georgetown. >> make sure the building fits the property appropriately. as far as codes go, the size of the building. a nice stone wall. make sure it fits properly in the area. >> the new condos are not getting all good reviews, though. some neighbors say the building would obstruct their views of the potomac river. it is 5:00 a.m. stay with us, "news4 today" continues. . unable to shake this winter. the extreme cold that's settled in the district and the impact on your weekend plans. plus, a violent day in the district has police investigating a pair of homicides this morning. what we're learning about each of those attacks. good morning, everyone, i'm aaron gilchrest. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this friday, february 28th, 2014. you'd think we'd start to see a little bit warmer weather these days. but we are certainly wrong about. that we're dealing with a bitterly cold start to your friday. just look at the windchills you'll be dealing with as you

step outside. single digits, even one below zero reading this morning. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein's here to tell us about the impact this cold's going to have on the day. tom? the impact is a lot of the region will stay below freezing all day long. today's weather story, frigid friday. a milder weekend, and a snow chance on monday. starting off very cold this morning. you'll have to get the puffy coat, warm hat, mittens, warm fatwear as temperatures are down to just near ten degrees in suburbs. reagan national at 16 degrees. gaithersburg down to nine. look at hagerstown, only six above zero. martinsburg only nine above. winchester, ten above. to the south, it's in the mid to upper teens. the wind has died down a lot. and the temperatures this afternoon will recover, but not much. highs only reaching the upper 20s this afternoon around the metro area. only the low 20s north and west.

hagerstown, western maryland may only reach near 20 degrees for the high temperature this afternoon. that's absurd. the average shy around 50 degrees. this is 25 to 30 degrees colder than average. now starting off on this friday morning, looking at the roads and rails, danella's checking things out. any delays yet? >> no, so far it's looking like a nice friday. a cold one but notice. here's what i'm tracking -- this is just in, an accident. so far still early, no delays just yet. but as the morning progresses, this will slow you down. southbound warrington road at hartwood church road. two left lanes blocked by the accident there. it does involve a tractor-trailer. so heads up. again, not seeing delays yet. this is going to be a mess if they do not clear it quickly. we're going to head up to i-95 now. the trip from all the way down fredericksburg, virginia, heading to the beltway. those travel lanes are open in both directions. no accidents to report. we'll head to 66 in ten minutes. back to you both.

>> thank you. it's 5:02. new this morning, d.c. police are investigating two new homicides that happened within hours of each other. someone shot -- shot an 18-year-old on haley terrace in southeast in the belleview area. less than three hours later, a woman was shot to death on j street in northeast off kenilworth avenue. richard jordan live at police headquarters in northwest with more. >> reporter: this morning police are looking into both of these cases. not a lot of information has been released publicly. nothing on a motive or the gunmen involved. what is alarming for residents is that in two months there have been more than 20 homicides in the district, that number 20 was that teenage boy shot and killed around 6:last night in southeast -- 506:last night in southeast washington. police talked to several people in the neighborhood, not a lot of information has come out yet as far as any leads in that investigation. and then about three hours later, the woman that was found

shot in northeast j street initially when the first responders arrived, she was alive, conscious, breathing. she was taken to the hospital. that's where she died. she did not survive the gunshot wound. that was homicide number 21. so 21 homicides so far this year. if you compare that to last year, last year at this time, there were just 12 homicides in the district. reporting live in northwest washington, richard jordan, news4. 5:04. new this morning, restoration crews are working to get a springfield apartment back open after it was heavily damaged by fire. this is video just in to the newsroom. the fire broke out late last night on backlike road in fairfax county. the "washington post" is reporting that two people have been sent to the hospital for smoke inhalation. another 45 people have been displaced from their homes this morning because of the damage. the fire reportedly broke out on the first floor of the building. happening today, law enforcement officials in connecticut will testify about mental health and school security. this is part of a sandy hook

commission meeting. state and local law enforcement officials will outline their policies on incident management during a crisis. consumer advocates will also speak today about donation management in the aftermath of a crisis. all the topic are related to the deadly shooting at sandy hook elementary in 2012. 5:05. the liberty university security guard who was shot and killed -- who did shoot and kill a student will not face criminal charge for those actions. lynchburg officials ruled that the security guard, a.s. mulberry, was acting in self-defense when he shot 19-year-old joshua hathaway. mulberry shot hathaway when he pulled a mallet from under his shirt and tried to attack the guard back in november. prosecutors report mulberry believed he was in danger, so his actions were justified. today on capitol hill, lawmakers will mark 20 years since landmark gun legislation became law. it was on this day back in 1994 that president clinton signed the brady bill. this introduced a waiting period and background check for some

prospective gun buyers. the bill was named after james brady, the white house press secretary who was shot during the 1981 assassination attempt against ronald reagan. today brady's wife, sara, will be on capitol hill to call on tighter gun-control laws. the man who tried to assassinate reagan will soon spend less time in a d.c. psychiatric hospital. according to the "washington post," john hinckley jr. will be allowed as many as 17 days a month to live with his mother in williamsburg starting in march. he would also be allowed to drive unaccompanied in williamsburg as long as he is going to treatment, work, or preapproved activities. his lawyer says there is no reason to fear him. a pedicure lands a local man in the hospital for weeks. ahead, his warning on what you need to look out for to make sure you're safe at the salon. ahead, new proof on just how expensive it is to raise a family. what parents are spending each month on their children. man, we are in the deep freeze now. temperatures are frigid this morning.

in "news 4 your health," results just released from a survey of hospitals say some don't provide enough hand sanitizer. based on world health organization standards, columbia university researchers put nearly half of hospitals at a basic or intermediate level for hand hygiene. they talked to more than 150

hospitals. just a fraction of the more than 2,000 asked to participate. maybe soon-to-be parents could use a lesson in budgeting. a bmo harris bank survey found parents with young children spend an average of $795 a month per child. 57% of people who expect to have children in the next five years think saving for child-related costs is important, but only 21% of those future parents have started to do it. i mean, you have to budget for, say, college tuition. you have a college savings for your kids. then that -- forget groceries and your day-to-day budget. >> one you get a teenager, a boy -- your food bill. yeah. you just wait. >> and the insurance if he starts to drive. 5:11 is the time. as we take a live look over the nation's capital, 19 chilly degrees outside our studios. and really the cold is the weather story today. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein here now with

weather & traffic on the 1s at 5:11. tom? >> with children, you also have to budget to replace lost mittens. you will need your mittens this morning, your warmest winter coat. there's the view of washington this morning. furnaces working hard to keep us warm. we're just in the teens and single digits. we'll still be in the teens by 8:00. here's the hour-by-hour frigid friday forecast. staying below freezing all day long. sunshine by noontime, only in the low 20s. and by mid-afternoon, only reaching the upper 20s to around 30 degrees with lots of sun. a look at a milder weekend and a snow chance on monday next weather & traffic on the 1s at 5:21. danella, still looking like smooth jazz this morning on the roads? >> well, in some parts of our area, yes. in stafford, i'm still tracking that earlier accident, testimony. this is involving a tractor-trailer. so the delays are just brief as you work your way passed it. it's along southbound route 17 at hartwood church road. it is blocking two left lanes and the left shoulder.

heads up, you'll have to stick to the right. folks on 395, clear. the earlier disabled, it's gone. >> all right. thank you. a moment of excitement that ended with a brawl at center court. why this fight could change how college students celebrate a big win. plus, the item being left out of some newer immediatele cars that could leave you stranded if you have a roadside emergency. t accountability office says 11 out of the

nation's 12 regional airlines were not able to meet their hiring targets last year. on top of that, the government says airlines will need to hire up to 4,500 pilots is per year for the next ten years to keep up with the surge in retirements and increased air travel. no major airlines have had hiring problems. but they pay significantly more than regional carriers. we are working to find out more details from united airlines about an emergency landing at dulles airport. the plane was flying in from st. louis, missouri, yesterday afternoon. toward the end of the flight, the crew started experiencing problems with the door. there were reports it opened up or came off the underside of the plane. the pilots were able to land the plane safely, and no one was hurt. i want to show you video now that's making the rounds on line this morning. you take a look at this here. some are saying this could lead to a ban on students storming the court at basketball games at different universities. this came at the end of the overtime game between utah valley university and new automakers would leave out such an important part of the safety

features. >> one of the things they looked at, carmakers started looking at doing was getting rid of first the full-size spare tire. then the temporary, smaller spare tire in order to make room for other stuff and to reduce the weight of the car. >> reducing the weight of the car helps bump up the car's fuel efficiency, at least making it look like it's getting better mileage. there you go. a lot of members of congress swore they would give up their salaries during the government shutdown. this morning, we're seeing how -- rather, which local lawmakers followed through that promise. ahead, the development dispute that is dividing neighbors in georgetown. who says spring is just around the corner? we're dealing with windchills around zero this morning. responded.

it also said a dispatcher sent an ambulance to the wrong address. we're getting a look at two women when may be responsible for an attack on the green line. take a look. metro police say these women targeted another woman at the mt. vernon square stop back on february 19th. if you know who they are, you're asked to contact police. and you may remember when we first told you about this assault, officers thought a dunbar high school teacher taking her students to the holocaust museum was responsible for the attack. the teacher's students grabbed this cell phone video of their teacher as she was being handcuffed and questioned. she was released once officers realized she wasn't to blame. 5:36 now. the d.c. side of the key bridge could have a new focal point. developers want to build a new luxury condo building just across the river from virginia there. the new condos would go up where the current exxon gas station and minimart are located off the whitehurst freeway at m street northwest. the plans show a five-story building with a sleek design here. developers are focused on making sure the feel of

they will make a recommendation

to the fairfax county board of supervisors on whether to improve -- approve the proposal. it is now 5:50. fish caught off the coast of fukushima are showing high levels of radiation. japan's agriculture minister says rock fish in the area were affected. the fishing cooperative suspended all shut up -- shipments. this comes days after it's said radioactive material after the disaster may reach the u.s. west coast next month. a special moment in the first openly gay athlete in american sports is going viral. jason collins tweeted this picture of himself with matthew shepherd's parents and brother last night. he presented them with an autographed number 98 jersey that he wears in honor of their son. shepherd was tortured and murdered in 1998 for being gay. collins, who was in college at the time, says shepherd's death had a huge impact on him. he wore 98 with both the wizards and celtics before coming out last spring.