now at 11, extreme cold could mean problems all over the area, from broken pipes to frozen roadways. we'll take a look at the aftermath as windchills dip

below zero. chopper over the scene. a maryland neighborhood evacuated as firefighters respond to a dangerous scene. and a toddler left home alone as his mother allegedly went to work. we'll tell you about the 911 call that prompted a police investigation. >> "news4 at 11" starts now. >> tonight a deep freeze takes hold of our region. cars covered in ice. schools forced to close. and crews keeping busy repairing a water main break in northern virginia. >> we have team coverage tonight of all that out there. doug kammerer, you said earlier that we're going to be in the freezer for several days. that the story you're sticking with? >> that's still the story we're going with, jim. i'll tell you what. temperatures in the freezer for sure. but not just for a couple of days. we normally see this during the winter. one or two days below freezing and maybe in the 20s. we're in this for about a week to ten more days. it's really going to be that cold. we'll take you down towards

union station. notice the flag blowing in the wind. that wind is really kicking up. winds upwards of 15 to 25 miles per hour. and with the cold temperatures already, you get the devastating windchills. 4 below in gaithersburg. dulles coming in at 4 below zero. and annapolis at 5 degrees. a very cold night. it's going to be a very cold morning. that's why we have the windchill advisories up once again from loudoun county over towards montgomerie county and howard county and maryland down towards northern fauquier and back to the west. you're under there for windchills between 5 and 10 below zero tonight. even d.c. and southern maryland, still cold for you, just not at that advisory criteria. will we be there again? i think so. and maybe even some colder air coming in. i'll show you when it moves in, and when we see our next chance of snow. that's moving in too. >> thanks, doug. our team coverage continues tonight with jackie bensen. she is live in alexandria, where crews have been on the scene for hours, trying to repair a broken

water main near a shopping mall. >> reporter: doreen, we just learned some new information. this is at duke street and north jordan. we're told duke street, which as you know is a major artery is likely to be affected into the early morning hours. the reason for this, you can see the icy road here. the reason for the length of time to repair it is the size of the water main we're told. it is 12 inches in diameter. just when it seemed like it couldn't get any colder, it also got very wet. in the fox chase neighborhood of alexandria. thousands of gallons of water gushed from a water main break on jordan street near the intersection with duke street. >> it's amazing. the whole sidewalk has gone down. the street has come up. and it's just -- it's flooding. it's crazy. it's wild. it's the same thing that happened a couple of years ago. the street came up about three or four inches and the sidewalk went down. and i think it's the tree. i think the tree is what is kind of tearing everything up right there.

>> reporter: the water main break affected traffic on busy duke street. rather than close it down entirely, alexandria police shut down just one lane. motorists were forced to drive through the icy water. with caution. and we're told that homes and businesses in this area are likely to have their water affected. in some case, not have any water until possibly 10:00 tomorrow morning. live in alexandria, jackie bensen, news4. a similar scene in the district. crews say they'll be out tomorrow morning to fix this problem that has been made much worse by the freezing cold. cars are stuck along taylor street in northwest because a water main leak has frozen into one thick sheet of ice. neighbors say the leak has been a problem since early december. icy sidewalks all over the city have also been a problem for pedestrians. this weather is also leading to yet another round of school closings and delays in virginia. culpeper, fauquier,

fredericksburg and loudoun counties as well as spotsylvania county schools all closed tomorrow. in terms of delays, fairfax county, calvert county, manassas city, and prince william county schools are all opening on a two-hour delay. in maryland, prince george's county schools also delayed for two hours tomorrow. d.c. public schools will open on time. the alexandria city school board met tonight. they met to decide how they're going to make up for snow days. they voted to make up those days by having class on days that were supposed to be scheduled days off. right now the plan is not to make up snow days by adding days at the end of the school year. several local districts are facing longer school years because they've already run out of snow days. we're following breaking news in maryland where a house explosion and a gas leak prompted part of a neighborhood to evacuate. chopper 4 flew over the scene of

meadowvale road in glen burnie. there are no reports of any injuries. fire officials say the fire leak is still active. utility crews are on the scene. they're trying to assess the situation there. tonight there are murder charges in the stabbing death of a 7-eleven clerk in montgomery county. police say they found sean king with blood on his hands and a box cutter in his pocket outside the store in gaithersburg this morning. an employee claimed king attacked abdul gafar without warning. customers described him as hardworking and well liked. still no word on a motive, but police say it did not appear to have been a robbery. a mother in prince william county in virginia has been arrested after her 4-year-old son called 911 to say that he was hungry. officers responded and found the little boy by himself at the home in frank haskell court in

bristow on wednesday. the child's mother is love franklin. she came home while police were still on the scene. she is being charged now with child neglect. tonight we have learned lawyers plan to file an appeal hours after a man was sentenced in the murder of redskins star sean taylor. cara maloney is in the studio with the developments out of florida. >> reporter: it was one of the worst tragedies in the history of redskins football. sean taylor's killer has been sentenced. eric rivera will serve 57 years in a florida state prison. rivera was convicted this past november of firing the shot that killed taylor. it happened during a robbery attempt on taylor's home. the gunman and four others admit thigh they thought the redskins player would be on the road with the team. but a knee injury kept taylor home that fateful night. today in court with taylor's family, he said it is a night he will always regret. >> and i'm going to have to live with the consequences. and i'm truly sorry for your

loss. >> one man there that night pleaded guilty. three others still awaiting trial. >> thanks. an arrest tonight in a heist so notorious, it became part of the movie classic "goodfellas." some robbers got away with $6 million. that was back in 1978. vincent asaro has now been charged with helping direct that plot. a bunch of guys burst into a lufthansa airlines warehouse at jfk airport in new york and got away with cash and jewelry. asaro is now 78 years old. he is charged with racketeering and conspiracy. police also arrested four men accused with asaro of being part of the same crime family. new numbers tonight concerning that security breach at nieman marcus. the retailer now says about 1.1 million credit and debit cards may have been compromised. the breach took place between july 16th through october 30th of last year.

the retailer adds that at least 2400 of those cards have already been used by hackers. customers who shopped in a nieman marcus store or at a last call discount store that's owned by nieman marcus were affected. virginia has become a battleground on gay marriage. republican lawmakers there are threatening to cut off funding to the attorney general's office. they say mark herring is required to defend the ban on same-sex marriage according to the state constitution. herring is the new attorney general. he says his office will argue in favor of allowing gay marriage during a federal court hearing next week. voters approved the ban in 2006, but polls now show a majority of virginians in favor of allowing gay marriage. in his final state of the state address, maryland's governor martin o'malley spelled out his goals for his final year in office. he did that today. o'malley hopes to expand prekindergarten to every child

in the state. that's to help increase educational opportunity there's. the governor reserved his strongest words for a push to raise the minimum wage to more than $10 an hour. >> it is good for every marylander because it is good for our entire economy. >> republicans oppose that increase. they say business owners will then hire fewer workers. they claim it could also put maryland businesses at a disadvantage compared to neighbors states. next tuesday, president obama will deliver his fifth state of the union address. the white house posted this photo of the president with his main speech writer getting ready for the speech. this year the white house says there will be more ways to take part and interact with social media. and of course you'll be able to watch the president's speech right here on nbc4. a secret audit that uncovered problems with speed cameras in baltimore may not lead to any changes here closer to home. the baltimore sun obtained the audit. it found speed cameras in

baltimore may have wrongly issued 70,000 tickets back in 2012. the vendor that operated those cameras also provides cameras in montgomery county. but police in montgomery county say while they use the same vendor, the police themselves are in complete control of the speed cameras. . next at 11:00, lost in the snow. how local crews tracked down an elderly woman who was all alone in the bitter cold. weather conditions today also created delays on metro. we'll tell you what you need to know before tomorrow morning's commute. and they paid money and spent months planning, only to be left stranded. tonight news4 is getting answers after hundreds of local students paid for a ski trip they never got to take.

a third person has died in the aftermath of this awful pileup involving 15 semi trailer trucks and 15 other vehicles in northwest indiana. this happened along the busy i-94 corridor in michigan city, about 60 miles west of chicago. cranes had to be brought in to lift the semis off the cars. a band of lake-effect snow had been falling in the area, and witnesses reported whiteout conditions at the time of the wreck. back here at home, metro trains are still scheduled as normal tomorrow. but the rapidly dropping temperatures were blamed for causing a nightmare commute this morning. some passengers tweeted pictures of the crowds on platforms during long delays. it was all because of a cracked rail near national airport. metro says the tracks expand and

contract in extreme weather. amtrak trains will still be on modified schedule tomorrow because of all the ice and snow. infrared technology helped save the life of woman in prince george's county. her name is edith charles. she is 79 years old, and she wandered off in the snow and that bitter cold last night, and they found her just in time. >> it looks like somebody is sitting down. i believe they were waving their hand when our cruiser went by. >> prince george's county police rescued charles in minutes. she disappeared while she was waiting in the car for her daughter to drop off a friend. her daughter is thankful because mrs. charles suffers from dementia and does not know english or her address. trouble tonight for hundreds of d.c. students. they paid money to go on a ski trip, but many of them never made to it the destination. and now school leaders admit they dropped the ball.

shomari stone is in northwest d.c. with a story you'll seale see only on news4. >> i feel sad. >> reporter: this is the only snow breanna lewis saw today. this sixth grader is disappointed she didn't go on her school ski trip. why? the buses didn't show up. >> love. >> reporter: and what was going through your mind at the time? >> i was sad. >> reporter: she goes to stuart-hobson middle, one of fi five schools scheduled to go on the ski trip. >> the ski trip is canceled. >> it was really sad. >> reporter: according to d.c. officials, capital entertainment services didn't pick up the kids at the last minute because of a contractual disagreement with the school district. karen ertz says she spoke with school officials today. >> dcps had not paid the bus company. and what the bus company said was that there was a dispute about the bills. >> reporter: the deputy chancellor of d.c. public schools told us, quote, i could go on as to why this happened,

but believe it is best to own the mistake, apologize to you, and work to ensure this doesn't happen again. end quote. we called capitol entertainment services to get answer, and no one returned our calls. dcps said the company did pick up kids at moden. maurey elementary students went on the trip. they hired another bus company at the last minute. and the kids would like to walk down the stairs outside of the schools and go to the slopes. well, d.c. public school officials tell me they're working on that. they plan on rescheduling the trips so the kids can go skiing. i'm shomari stone, news4. >> well, that's a shame. but from the looks of things, there will still be plenty of snow available whenever they reschedule. >> that's for sure. >> it seems endless. >> it really does. the ski seasons needed a winter like this. the last couple have been so warm. they've been wondering where the snow. now you got plenty of snow.

and now you have plenty of cold air to make all that snow. and boy, is it cold for sure. right outside our studios, look at the wind. guys, we have to walk to our cars. in just a couple of minutes. >> could you bring mine around, please? >> no problem, doreen. i've done it before. i'll do it again. no problem at all. look at that wind out of the northwest at about 12 miles an hour. but still gusting to 20 to 25. 17 the current temperature with those winds continuing to gust. now take a look at the numbers. there they are down at the airport. this is what we're sitting at right now with the 17 degree temperature. windchill of 4 at the airport. 10 degrees in gaithersburg. windchill here at 0. 12 in manassas. 11 towards martinsburg. 10 in win chest were the windchill well below zero. huntingdon 15. look at the winds, gusting upwards of 20 to 25 miles per hour around the region. that's going to continue through the evening. even 31 towards pax river. and the wind adds so much bite to the cold air. your windchill advisory does not include d.c., the i 4695

corridor southward. but everybody back to the west. it does include loudoun, fauquier, winchester, gaithersburg and frederick for windchills 5 below to 10 below. just because you're not in the vieszry doesn't mean we're not going to get close to zero. camp springs 1 below. nothing is going on in our area. don't expect any rain or snow. of course it would be all snow if we had anything coming in. but nothing today. look where it is snowing, though. and this really shows you the cold air. it is snowing right now at gale-force winds, right on the gulf of mexico, snowing all the way down this. houston under a winter storm warning. houston, texas, and this is the reason why. we've got the polar express. more cold air continuing to come down. the jet stream dipping all the way down towards the gulf, and the poles are wide open for business. with these little systems, they continue to bring more and more cold. and that pattern is simply stuck. it cannot move.

it's going to have a hard time doing. so that's why we're going to be stuck in it for some time. now 23 a high tomorrow. windchill around 10. extremely cold tomorrow. 36 degrees on saturday. but with 35-mile-an-hour winds, that's not a good day at all. and right now, we're thinking a pretty good chance for snowshowers. and i do think we will see some light accumulation in parts of the area. maybe upwards of an inch. this is something we'll of course continue to watch for you. 32 degrees on your sunday. 30 degrees on monday. and then, hmm, you add 'em up. that would be nice. you can add up two of these days. and that would actually be the average high temperature for this year. but look at that. 21 degrees on wednesday. that is all we can get once again. and just about every day, we'll have winds. we're talking about windchills each and every day. so it's not like 36 on saturday is warm. i'm expecting the windchill on saturday to be between 18 and 23. >> we're trying to keep -- >> going to be real sick of this. >> yeah, i'm taking off next week because people are mad. i'm taking off. >> probably be a good idea.

>> thank you, doug. we have sports coming up next. how about this? you're 28 years old, and you're the offensive coordinator of a

is the xfinity sports desk, brought to you by xfinity. your home for the most live sports. they saw sean mcvay in the lobby. they thought he was an intern. >> i wasn't sure. sean, i'm sorry. i'm sorry! >> he is not an intern. that, my friends, is the offensive coordinator of the washington redskins.

chris cooley calls him a dork because of his football knowledge. many others are calling him a coaching wonder. we wonder, all right, how a guy on the eve of his 28th birthday, it's tomorrow, landed a top assistant coaching job in the nfl. sean mcvay may be the youngest offensive coordinator in the history of the league, but he says he is up to the challenge. mcvay has spent six years coaching in pro football, four with the redskins. officially the tight ends coach the past three years with the team. but mcvay has a pedigree. his grandpa john was a head coach with the giants, and then he won five rings with the 49ers as gm. mcvay has football in his blood. he credits his mentors for coaching him up to get the job. >> i think the thing that has been special and unique about my situation is i've been around some really great football coaches that have really taught me a lot of football. and been willing to invest in me and help me grow and accelerate my career. talking about john and gray jay

gruden, mike and kyle shanahan. those guys were wonderful to me. having been around some great coaches, it gives you confidence that when this opportunity does present itself, you're ready to attack it full speed ahead. >> so what did it feel like for mcvay when he was told that he was named the redskins offensive coordinator? we're going to have that coming up tomorrow on "news4 at 5." his first network interview. he . he does not -- >> right. >> we're interviewing him for the roundtable on sunday. he does not sound as young as he looks. >> okay. >> he doesn't sound as young. you got to assume that if he is selected as coach, somebody believes he knows what he is doing. >> yeah. you know what that could bring? that could bring some really good life to the offense. >> here is the thing. all you need to know, robert griffin says he is trustworthy. he is going to be the quarterbacks coach as well. so john wall, that's right, that's important. john wall may be playing with extra motivation as the washington wizards hit the road tomorrow night. wall was snubbed by team usa today. he was not invited to try it out for the u.s. men's national team. it's assumed that wall was left

out because the point guard position is stacked with talent. meanwhile, bradley beal did get invited. beal will dry out this summer along with 27 others, all fighting for 12 spots. with kobe bryant retired from international competition, beal may have an opening to represent the united states in the world cup in spain. beal will head to training camp this summer to try and earn a spot. of course, that's all contingent on his stress fracture. college hoops. the maryland terrapins. alissa thomas, gives her 2,000 points in her career. terps up 5-4. you see in the second half, virginia on an 11-0 run. that's lexy bursin with the ball. cavaliers take the lead for good and the terps would get no closer than four the rest of the way. a huge upset, virginia over maryland in women's hoops, 76-72.

it's the terps' second loss of the season. >> the ladies have been playing some ball this year. >> 16-1 was their record coming in. >> that ain't too shabby. >> no, it is not. >> good for them. this will inspire them to run this will inspire them to run the table the rest of the for seeing your business' cash flow work even harder.

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we're getting a look now at a fascinating discovery made over in israel. it's a stone mosaic that was revealed. it is actually the floor of a large ancient church that existed about 1500 years ago.

archaeologists found it while excavating to build a new park outside jerusalem. inscriptions in the tiles bear the names of church leaders and major donors. that mosaic will be restored an either put in a museum or returned to a protected area on that site. that is fascinating. >> wow. pretty good too. >> i

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