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even as rain and wind leave their mark on the nation's capital. in other parts of the country, this huge system is tightening its grip, dumping several inches of snow, and leaving millions digging out. snow-covered roads caused this tractor-trailer to fly into a highway in indiana. all this bad weather to blame for several accidents, this one in ohio ended with one manned dead after he lost control of his car and overcorrected before hitting another driver. and now we're about to get a dose of winter in our own way. hello, everybody, i'm jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse in the weather center with storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson. veronica, this is what everybody wants to know. we're not going to get snow, but it's going to feel like the dead of winter? >> exactly. so the rain moving out, but we are really going to get blasted with our lowest temperatures we have seen since last february, talking some 20 to 25 degrees below average. and that's going to come with a biting wind that starts late tonight and runs through tomorrow.
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rain getting ready to move out. of course, it's been chilly and wet today. this is the last of it. you can still see wet weather around the beltway. not too heavy. prince george's county, anne arundel county and the west, snow high spots in west virginia starting to fade. temperatures not too bad currently. we're in the mid to upper 40s from leesburg to falls church, fairfax, camp springs and green belt around 46 to 48 degrees. but today in the 40s. by the time we get to tonight, late tonight, early tomorrow morning, temperatures will drop it all the way down into the teens. and in terms of what it feels like, because the wind, the cold all factor together. it's going to stay cold for a whil throughout the day tomorrow. we'll take you hour by hour, show you those wind chill temperatures throughout the newscast. veronica, thanks. we're learning more about the murder of a woodbridge high school student. brenden wilson was shot last monday a on a path near the school. a fifth and final suspect is now in custody. this time, it's a 16-year-old
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girl arrested on friday. police tell us the suspect set up the murder to look like a robbery during a drug deal. and police tracking a strange story in another teen murder in woodbridge. this one on keating drive here on sunday. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey working this story now for us. 19-year-old christopher weaver was shot and killed. a 15-year-old boy was injured, but is expected to be okay. julie has new information coming in on what happened in the minutes leading up to this shooting, and she'll join us live on news4 at 5:00 with those new details. first at 4:00 now, a maryland family asking for privacy tonight while they deal with the news their loved one has died from ebola. dr. martin salia was helping treat ebola patients in west africa when he contracted the deadly virus. news4's chris gordon has our report. >> reporter: family and friends of dr. martin salia are gathered here at this home in lanham to grieve for him. he was brought to the united
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states from sierra leone. critically ill, with the advanced stages of ebola. he died early this morning in nebraska. >> i had the pleasure and honor of interacting with mrs. salia over the past 24 hours. she is an incredibly strong, stoic, brave individual who really i think taught us a lot about someone going through these circumstances. >> dr. salia's family issued a statement, saying we pray for continued mobilization of resources in sierra leone, guinea and line ear liberia to combat the spread of the virus. we'll talk to another doctor who fought ebola in sierra leone. that's at 5:00. the red cross is having a lot of trouble recruiting health care workers to fight ebola. the head of the french red cross
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said today it's easier to find people to go to iraq than to recruit workers headed for the ebola zone. first at 4:00, there is a tuberculosis scare at a maryland high school. someone at potomac high in oxon hill was diagnosed with tb. the health department is working with staff and students to keep others from being infected. right now they are trying to identify people who may have had close contact with a sick person. so far they haven't found any other cases. tb is a potentially serious infection that spreads through the air. it is treatable with medication. at lea one apartment is damaged after a fire in northwest d.c. here. the flames and smoke began spreading around 9:00 this morning. the building is here on fourth street near decatur not far from new hampshire avenue. everyone got out okay. investigators are trying to figure out what sparked the blaze. neighbo remember a young mother shot to death by her 5-year-old son as police investigate how the child got the weapon. it happened in norfolk saturday.
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the mother's other two children, a 2-year-old and 7-year-old, were home during the shooting and saw it all unfold. authorities say it appears the gun was not locked up. a startling admission this afternoon from the french government about the latest video released by isis. officials in france say the militant who appears to behead a u.s. aide worker may be a french citizen. he appears to be a 22-year-old french man who left for sierra leone. he is under investigation for terrorism. this new video shows at least 14 men being decapitated. secretary of state john kerry says isis terrorists picked a fight with the wrong people. >> isil's leaders assume the world would be too intimidated to oppose them. well let us be clear. we are nott intimidated. >> a british father says another man in the video beheading hostages appears to be his son, a medical student.
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now first at 4:00, a man is charged right now in the disappearance of a 12-year-old maryland girl, victor yanez royo is accused of taking the girl as she walked to school. she was found in raleigh, north carolina, friday night and is now back home with her family. arroyo is charged with rape and kidnapping. authorities say he is in the country illegally. a shocking subway crime that could happen anywhere. why many commuters are worried this afternoon after a man is killed by a subway train. dangerous driving. the wave of wintry weather that had a mother and young son gone in an in
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a traffic alert now. a traffic alert affecting a
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major area bridge starting tomorrow. crews will begin a six-month project to shift lanes in the third street tunnel. this will affect pedestrians and drivers. the work will start at 7:00 a.m. and last through midnight during the week. it will be done during the day on weekends. the tunnel will be closed north of h street for the entire time. you'll have to take a detour around the construction zone, and d-dot is warning pedestrians to follow the sidewalk detours and not enter the work zones. d.c. police just released video they hope will help them catch suspected minivan robbers. two minivans pull up near an suv parked. a man breaks the window and grabbed something. this happened on bladensburg road off new york avenue on septemberth. no word on what was taken. we hosted this video on our facebook page. share it to help find these drivers. tour guides in arlington don't think they should be forced to get licenses and are taking their fight to the supreme court. their argument is that city governments are restricting
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their free speech by making them pass exams, testing their knowledge of local history. they say the rules could affect anybody who earns a living by talking. a court in new orleans recently struck down a similar case. that court decided the city has a right to require licenses for tour guides. on the defensive. even as a new allegation surfaces against bill cosby. we'll tell you how he is responding, and how it has a lot of people talking. and taking a taxi may never be the same. how music could play a big role in your next ride home. and make no mistake. it's chilly and rainy right now. and it's about to be bitterly cold. veronica johnson lets us know what to expect first at 4:00.
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you're watching news4 at 4:00. there are a lot of uneasy subway riders in the bronx today. riders are being wary after a random stranger pushed a 61-year-old man right off the platform and into the path of an oncoming train. this happened sunday morning. police released this surveillance there of the suspect. he calmly walked away from the station, got on a bus, and smoked a cigarette after the attack. >> very scary for my neighborhood. it's scary for the people in the community. >> i would rather take the bus. i think it's a little safer. >> the victim's wife was with him and saw the whole attack unfold. she was rushed to the hospital for treatment after that traumatic event. there is a lot of excitement
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today for american catholics. pope francis is coming to the u.s. it will be his first visit to this country as pope. only three other popes have visited the u.s. pope francis will attend the world meeting families event in philadelphia in september. philly's mayor says the visit is big for his city. >> this will be the largest event in the city's modern history. it seems only fitting the pontiff be bringing people together from all over the world with a sense of hope, compassion and connection to faith will make his first trip to america as pope at the world meeting of families. >> pope francis says congress and the president invited him to washington, but he hasn't said whether or not he'll be coming here. general motors is giving you more time to file claims over faulty ignition switches. this after the family of a woman who died in a crash claimed the company had not notified them. the new deadline is january
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31st. notice of the extension has been sent to current and former customer of eligible vehicles. so far, gm has gotten more than 1,800 claims for deaths and serious injuries linked to those faulty switches. as we get ready for a blast of cold weather, other parts of the country are dealing with the fallout from last weekend's snowstorm. six people were killed on icy roads in minnesota alone. as nbc's lindsey receiver reports, the families are shattered. >> r melancholy now falls on highway 212 in carver county. a family of four became a family of two. 29-year-old angelica and her 6-year-old son jorge died saturday afternoon when the family's pontiac slid into a truck. her husband and son survived. one of seven serious crashes in minnesota this week. >> just about every case started with a vehicle losing control on the icy roads.
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>> reporter: on i-94 near rogers, after more snow, a spin-out caused a threr cr >> striking a construction crane, which was far off on the shoulder, and sadly and tragically, the driver of that third vehicle died as a result. >> reporter: 24-year-old megan hinchlis was on her way to work. the st. michael mother leaves behind a 4-year-old son and heartbroken family now facing a long road of grief. turning to the weather, veronica, it's a little early for arctic weather. january-like weather. >> yeah, it is. it's really going to be the uncomfortable kind of cold tomorrow. the kind with the biting wind where you just want to get straight to where you need to go. here's how it looked earlier today. a wet one throughout the area, of course, at the height of our rain. that was between about 10:00 a.m. and about noontime today, when we saw some moderate areas of rain make their way through the area. and now we've got puddles left, right? so not everywhere is it going to dry up.
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and kind of concerned the bridges and overpasses could get icy. many spots not sheltered from the wind. the last of the rain just south of waldorf and west of leonardtown. you'll be seeing the showers lasting another 20, 30 minutes. annapolis, your rain ending. fredericksburg, before long mainly east of i-95, still seeing a drop or two fall. that will come to an end in the next hour. slick spots in bridges and overpasses. then that biting wind will start late tonight, 10:00 to 11:00 p.m. temperature is 50 degrees. i wanted to show how quickly we're going to clear out from mostly cloudy at 7:00 to mostly clear by 11:00. temperature around 40 degrees. maybe more in some locations. high temperature for tomorrow, even lower than that. so we head down to the 20s, low 30s. but the high temperature tomorrow not going to budge much, the mercury. 31 to 36, windy and just plain old cold. let's take a look at the future weather for you. the clouds you can see moving out.
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there is a look at 10:00 p.m. the winds start to pick up. we clekeep the clear sky for tomorrow. this is the coldest back to february, feeling a lot like a january kind of day around here. and then wednesday we see a few clouds move in, but not expecting any rain for midweek. still another cold day for us. impact forecast for tomorrow with the wind and with the cold will be moderate, because, again, those winds will be gusting at times up to around 20 to 25 miles per hour. along with temperatures that will be in the low 30s, will give us those low wind chill readings. we'll take a look at those hour by hour in a bit. what to wear tomorrow, especially the kids at the bus stop, they're going to need their warmest coat, gloves and a nice warm scarf. everything to keep warm. and, of course, even a hat to keep the head warm. let take a look at your storm team four-day forecast here. tomorrow's high temperature, just 34 degrees. 37 degrees on wednesday. yes, getting better. and i saw you already peeking
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over to thursday and friday, because those are the days when we're going to start to see a bit of a milder trend around here. still running below the average of 56. but at least we're not going to have the biting wind, and at least we're going to be back into the 40s. we'll take a look at what we can expect this weekend with that next wave of rain coming in, and, again, those hourly wind chill temperatures throughout the day and for your neighborhood coming up in a bit. a prison in florida is secure now, despite being damaged by a possible tornado today. a strong storm pulled out part of the barbed wire fence this morning. this happened at the calhoun correctional institute. two prison workers were injured by flying debris but are expected to be okay. no prisoners hurt. they're on restricted movement until the fence can be repaired. virginia cabbies will soon take a back seat to ride-sharing drivers. a draft report by the department of motor vehicles predicts more folks will start using services like uber and lyft.
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the dmv is studying ride sharing to help lawmakers determine rules. companies use smartphone apps to dispatch drivers who use personal vehicles. the drivers share the fares they collect with the companies. some say they like ride sharing because it's cheaper and faster than calling a cab. uber and spotify are teaming up to improve your ride. starting friday when users of the premium music service request an uber car, they'll be able to choose their music from ready-made playlists, as long as users are matched with a music-enabled device. it will be available in select cities. >> if it's a good song, i'm not getting out of the car. scammers targeting your money and your heart. consumer reporter erika gonzales has the red flag you should look out for when you're on the web. plus, staying healthy and fit. we'll tell you why where you eat could be just as important as what you eat right here first at
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in today's news4 your health, the time and evident effort it takes to prepare that home cooked meal is well worth it. johns hopkins followed 9,000 adults. people who frequently cooked their own food had healthier
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diets. they consumed less carbs, sugar and fat than those who cooked less often nor not at all. the home cooks also made healthier choices when they ate out. energy drinks and young children should never mix. that warning today from michigan researchers. they found nearly half the calls to poison control centers in recent years involve children under 6 who got sick after consuming energy drinks. many suffered serious side effects, seizures, heart problems and high blood pressure. energy drinks contain an awful lot of caffeine and a child's body cannot handle it. we want to hear from you about the stories that get you going first at 4:00. >> follow us on facebook and tw new nbc drama debuts tonight. it's a big monday night called "state of affairs." >> not only is it set here in washington, but the star of the show, katherine heigl, was born here. >> i was really little. i think we moved when i was 2 or something. but my dad lived in arlington for a long time.
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so we would visit him there. i loved d.c. i wanted to film this there. everyone is so well informed and well read. we had this amazing driver when i was there last time and guy had such incredible political knowledge of what was going on in the world and economy and -- i was blown that everyone is talking about that instead of hollywood. >> heigl's character works for the cia and is daughter-in-law by the president. the show debuts tonight on nbc 4 at 10:00 after "the voice." >> she thinks we're a smart town. we like her. we're looking forward to that at 10:00. we're rating for results from that spacecraft. scientists say they'll release the findings sometime this evening. the washing machine sized comet landed more than 300 million miles away from earth wednesday. but the batteries have died. scientists are hoping the lander
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will peek out of the shadows long enough so that the solar panels can recharge them. first at 4:00, it is no laughing matter. >> big accusations today against the comedian, bill cosby. we'll tell you what he and his lawyers said about them that have a lot of people talking. gone in the click of a mouse. we'll show you the new feature online that could protect your privacy, easier than ever before. trading-in or selling your car, truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, book an appointment. and three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. ♪ find out how much your car is worth ♪ ♪ at webuyanycar.com
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4:00. comedian bill cosby remains silent over new accusations that he forced himself on women. >> another woman came forward just yesterday, saying he drugged and raped her when she was just 19. news4's barbara harrison is here in the studio with more on the story. barbara? >> this latest accusation is from a former actress and music industry writer and publicist. she says bill cosby sexually assaulted her twice in 1969, when they were both working at universal studios. she said cosby invited her to help him with a writing project. she says he made her a drink and she woke up to him up dressing her. bill cosby has been accused of sexual assault by several women over the years, three in the last few weeks. cosby has never been charged with a crime in connection with these accusations. he denies everything the women have accused him. on saturday, he sat silent as an mpr host asked him about the allegations.
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>> there have been serious allegations raised about you in recent days. you're shaking your head no. i'm in the news business. i have to ask the question. do you have any response to those charges? shaking your head no. >> i think most people in the public expect that if you're accused of a serious allegation like rape, you're going to say absolutely not. no way. this is a very disturbing allegation. to just remain silent under very friendly questioning from the interviewer, that's disturbing. >> but cosby's attorney says, quote, over the last several weeks, decades-old discredited allegations against mr. cosby have resurfaced. the fact that they are being repeated does not make them true. his attorney goes on to say, that statement does not refer to a case that was settled in 2004. and in another statement to the associated press on sunday, yesterday, cosby's attorney said that he would not -- mr. cosby would not dignify decades-old
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discredited claims of sexual abuse. bill cosby has cancelled his scheduled media appearances, but still will continue his live concerts. jim, pat? virginia is taking some of the joy out of holiday cheers. the price of alcohol is going up, just in time for the holidays. governor terry mcauliffe directed the board to raise the prices to help balance the state budget. buyers will pay about 24 cents more on an average bottle starting december 8th. virginia has the nation's third highest liquor tax. the higher prices also apply to bars and restaurants that serve cocktails. his legacy of highlighting racial tensions in our country is drawing comparisons to ferguson, missouri. now there is a new tree to honor on the grounds of the u.s. capitol. it began with janet cohen who wrote a play about anne frank, who died in the holocaust.
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cohen told senator susan collins that the capitol had a memorial tree for frank but not for till. so collins decided to sponsor the new tree. a group of top senate lawmakers sent a letter to president obama today, urging him to take action on i immigration. this is the week the president could use his executive powers and make policy changes that would let millions of legal immigrants stay here in the u.s. it has republicans upset today, and they're now debating how to stop the president's move. news4's steve handelsman has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: president obama is back from australia, where he said he will order immigration reform. >> we're not going to depart 11 million people. >> reporter: republicans are warning against executive action. >> the president is really at the cusp of basically throwing a grenade into the middle of the immigration debate. if he moves forward on this executive action, which is not popular among american voters -- >> but immigrants being able to
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apply for legal status was supported by 57% of voters in the national exit poll on election day. and democrats want the president to act. >> there's really no reason that anyone should believe that this republican majority in the house is ready to act on immigration reform, and meanwhile, we're tearing literally tens of thousands of families apart. >> >> one obama order could end that by stopping the deportation of documented parents if their children are citizens, born in the u.s. and is backers of that call it legal. >> the president does have the authority to decide. there are folks who have been in the country and have strong connections to the united states, who are not a priority for deportation. >> repor mr. obama says he would prefer a new immigration law. >> give me a bill that addresses those issues. i'll be the first one to sign it and metaphorically, i'll crumple up whatever executive actions we take. >> reporte but republicans say no to any amnesty bill and warn they'll block funding for any
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obama executive a democrats warn that could shut down government, but the newly powerful republican leaders up here say they won't let that . i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, capitol hill. it's a bizarre story out of bangkok, thailand. someone tried to ship preserved body parts from bangkok to the u.s. someone packed up the head of an infant, three feet and a tiny heart in a box. he told police he found the items at a night market and wanted to send them to his friends in vegas. dhl, the shipping company, alerted police today, and today doctors at a local hospital said the body parts were taken from a medical museum. the tourist was released after questioning. police say he's no longer in thailand. an added safety feature for people who use the moez i willa firefox browser. the latest version includes a forget button. users can instruct the browser
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to forget the last five minutes, two hours or 24 hours of browsing. firefox has offered the same function, but the new forget button makes this easier. the firefox still offers private browsing windows when you know everything you're going to look at needs to be erased afterwards. security concerns climb to new heights. is there a major security lapse at one of the country's most iconic places? trimming your turkey on a dime may not be as easy to do this year. consumer reporter erika gonzales is digging into why the cost of your thanksgiving may be higher, and may not be for the reason you think. and storm team 4 tracking big changes in our weather. >> yeah, that's the cold. it's going to get really cold. when i return in a couple minutes, i'm going to take you hour by hour and show you our wind chill temperatures. in the meantime, don't forget to download our storm team 4 weather app. you can do that really fast and easy during the commercial break. i'll be back in just a moment. >>
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we want to hear from you. join the conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. new report out today is painting a grim picture about child homelessness in this country. the number of homes children in america hit a record high this year, according to the national center of family homelessness. nearly 2.5 million children don't have a place to call home. that's about 1 in 30 kids. 31 states, including the district, saw a jump in child
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homelessness. the report says high poverty rates and a lack of affordable housing are a big part of the problem. thanksgiving turkey production at the lowest levels in nearly 30 years. consumer reporter erika gonzales joins us now with how the change will affect our wallets? are we going to pay more for turkeys? >> everyone is wondering, is this going to affect my bird? not necessarily. and especially not if you buy a frozen bird. however, turkey production across the u.s. is at its lowest level since 1986. that according to the u.s. department of agriculture. it says that many farmers are scaling back on the amf turkeys they produce, due to a higher cost in things like feed and transportati. the good news here is if you buy a frozen bird, you shouldn't notice much of a price difference from last year. but those who opt for a fresh bird may end up paying a little bit more for that. >> all right. from thanksgiving birds to love birds. a warning tonight for folks
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looking for love online. >> that's right. this is actually the first time we're seeing the federal trade commission has settled with an online dating service. it accuses jdi dating, which operates 18 dating websites like flirtcrowd.com of using fake messages and computer generated profiles like you see here. as part of a settlement, jdi dath agreed to refund more than $600,000 to its customers. we sat down with the ftc, which told us the computer general-rated profiles were used to trick people into upgrading and pay more money. >> these messages weren't from real people. they were from computer-generated profiles, created by the company to entice people into paid memberships. >> the company called it virtual cupids. the ftc called it deceptive. >> according to the ftc, the only way that users could respond to that e-mail was to sign up for a paid membership of
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10 to $30 a month. some users were also charged automatically to renew their subscriptions without their >> not nice. >> no, not nice at all. you've got a serious warning for patients at 5:00. >> there's a new push for keeping your kids safe when it comes to window covering cords. we sat down with one local family whose son became en tangled in the cord of a window blind which his mom says resulted in a traumatic brain injury. >> if this message gets out and one person's child is saved, his injuries are worth it to us. to see other people's kids survive, and not have to go through this. >> very emotional interview. you're going to hear more about this new push and what the industry has to say about it, coming up tonight at 5:00. if you've got a story idea for the consumer watch, send us an e-mail to consumer watch at
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nbcwashington.com. yon see our phone number also listed on the screen. we would love to hear from you. >> all right, erika, thanks so much. >> thanks, pat. it's a big step for our region. we'll show you the building about to value the washington monument for one of the tallest in our region. and get ready to bundle up. we're pinpointing the bone-chilling temperatures you'll soon feel in your neighborhood. first at 4:00.
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4:00. as if all the rain and wind aren't enough today, we're about to get a serious dose of cold. >> one bundle up, folks. storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson kicks off the weather. >> the temperatures really tell the story of what really is headed our way. it's extreme cold, arctic air. this is wave number two of that cold air sinking south and headed east toward us. and, of course, it's areas of the midwest that have not only been dealing cold but a lot of snowfall lately. especially true for st. louis, missouri. and that's exactly where we find jay gray from nbc. jay, so how are folks dealing with this now? >> reporter: well, bundling up as best they can, veronica. a little surprised to see the temperatures drop and see so much snow this early in the year. look, 3 inches of snow in some areas around st. louis overnight. more in certain pockets. we've seen flurries throughout
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the day today, leading into what's going to be the coldest night of the year. not only here, but in many areas across the country. the bitter temperatures, brutal conditions, and battle against the elements continue overnight, and into today. >> this is a good wake-up call this morning. >> reporter: more than half the country waking up to snow on the ground, kansas city is frozen solid. the water from this fountain still flowing, but quickly turns to ice. kids and a few grown-ups are making tracks in louisville, kentucky. and while hillsides can be fun, it has been tough sledding for drivers. the elements being blamed for at least six deaths across four states. >> just about every case, it started with a vehicle losing control on those icy roads. >> reporter: conditions that stretch from south texas through the east coast, and forecasters warn, more ice and snow is on the way.
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too much too soon for many who say they aren't ready to take on the elements this early in the season. >> i'm not ready for winter. >> reporter: ready or not, it's here. for more than 100 million people across the country, dealing with temperatures below freezing right now. yeah, including here in st. louis, where it's in the low 20s. the low tonight, according to forecasters, will be in the teens. 11, 10, in some of the suburban areas. wind chills in the single digits. whether you're ready or not, winter is here. veronica, back to you. >> yeah, jay. so at this point, it really is just as much of a mental game as it is trying to stay safe out there in the cold. >> reporter: yeah, no question about that. and it's getting set and understanding that this is the start of what a lot of people feel like, veronica, is going to be a long winter. >> exactly. listen, thanks a lot. for us, we're talking about the cold about ready to step into the area between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m., temperatures in the mid 40s. of course, t coming to an end. not too bad.
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but once we get closer to mid night, the wind will start to pick up. temperatures drop pretty fast. 29 degrees. this is inside the beltway. other locations in the mid 20s across the area. and because of that for bridges and overpasses, there is that possibility even though we're talking about sunshine around 7:00, 8:00 a.m., that there could be some slick spots. those locations sheltered from the wind. so what will it feel li with the wind, with the cold, at 7:00 a.m.? wind chills in the teens. what it will feel like by lunch time, in the 20s. and then back by 6:00, 7:00 p.m., we'll fall right back into the teens. so you will need, again, your warmest gear for tomorrow. here's a look at the high temperatures before we factor in the wind. mt. airy, 27 degrees. frederick, maryland, too. olney and gaithersburg, 30 degrees, the high temperature. just 32 over around areas like lanham. and down through suitland, 33 waldorf. 31 the high temperature in culpeper. what it will feel like. let me take you through it.
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here's 6:00 p.m. here's 9:00 p.m. already below freezing throughout a good chunk of the area. montgomery county, loudoun county, close to that in principle william and fauquier. look at this throughout the area, getting close to the single digits by 7:00 a.m. it is going to be harsh at the bus stop. which means, again, if you have it, you pull out your warmest gear. you need your gloves, scarf to stay warm. 21 degrees there. what it will feel like later and around 20 by the afternoon. again, temperatures in the teens. quick look at your seven-day forecast here. we'll see some moderation of temperatures by thursday and friday. so doug, while we're talking about at least 24 to 48 hours of staying in the deep freeze, there is the promise at least of something better down the line. >> we are still in the month of november. as we make our way through the next couple days, yes, we talk about average tempere the midd. and even well below january numbers. but as i mentioned, november comes with a different sort of
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temperature. right now this is what we have been dealing with, be an area of low pressure making s in, bringing rain and then the cold and snow to the west. it does get warm e though, as the jet stream moves in. we'll see the jet move back to the west and as it does so, the cold air resides back toward the plains. for us, we start to get in on warmer weather. record high temperatures around miami of 86, 87 degrees. not quite that warm. but the temperatures as we move in towards thanksgiving week will be about 40 degrees warmer than we're expecting over parts of the area during the day tomorrow. >> we're a little envious of miami today, aren't we? 34 degrees the high for tomorrow. look at your wednesday. 37. we're up 10 degrees on thursday with sunshine. that's it for the rain this week. we stay dry with sunshine. moderating temperatures at the end of the week at least in the 40s. and what doug was mentioning, that 54 on sunday. 69, close to 70 degrees next week this time. so it won't be a chilly rain, but more of a seasonal rain for our area. we've got a lot more on the deep freeze headed our way at news4
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at 5:00. guys? >> all right. thanks, vj. they were stranded on a subway train for ten hours during a blizzard. now dozens of riders are getting compensated for their trouble. new york city's transit agency reached a settlement with 38 people. they are paying them $2500 each. the train got stuck in two feet ofnow during a storm back in 2010. some 500 people sat for ten hours with no food, no water, no heat. a spokesperson for the transit agency called it a fair settlement for everybody involved. get ready to look up, way up. construction on the second tallest building in the washington region is now under way in tyson's corner. ground was broken this morning on the new capital one headquarters. it w be 31 stories tall. it's 470 feet high. will only be seconded to the washington monument at 555 feet tall. the new building will include offices, retail, even a community center. >> tyson's will not be just a
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place where there are offices and retail. but also it's going to be a vibrant community that will include residential, a hotel, people can live here, can work here. >> now we don't have a timetable yet on the building's completion . now some stories we're working on right now in our news room. tough talk tonight from washington's head coach, jay gruden, after a loss that was tough to watch. we'll tell you what he just said about rg3 that has a lot of folks talking on social media. a big decision out of ferguson, missouri, that says a lot about the violence that police are expecting to surface any day now. i'm wendy rieger at the live desk. right now we're working on some new details about that attempted attack near the university of maryland campus that happened yesterday morning. a female student says she was walking to her car on hartwick road when a man with a knife walked up behind her and tried to drag her away. she managed to escape.
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coming up in a few minutes on news4 at 5:00, what the university is telling students to do to keep themselves safe. back to you. >> it's happened again and a lot of folks are not happy about it. how did someone manage to sneak past security and climb to the top of one of the most guarded places in the countr i'm julie carey in woodbridge, virginia, where two teens are shot as they stand at the front door. now one is dead. coming up, the neighborhood coming up, thow can i avoid maintenance fees?
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take a look at this. six months of work shown in 30 seconds. it's time lapse video of construction of the scaffold at the u.s. capitol created by the architect. the dome is being restored because there are more than 1,000 cracks in it. the previous restoration took place 50 years ago. it will take several years to complete this phase. tours inside the capitol rotunda will not be affected. new video has also emerged showing the fear and chaos immediately after malaysian airlines flight 17 was shot down in july. a resident reportedly shot the footage with a mobile phone. it shows people running toward the site and shows how close the burning jet came to hitting homes in that village. all 298 people aboard the boeing 777 were killed. the ultimate cause of the disaster is still under dispute. there's been another security breach at the brooklyn
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bridge. a french tourist scaled the bridge sunday, all because he wanted to take pictures. the d.a. is calling this stunt foolish. gus rosendale has more on the serious charges. >> reporter: he is apparently not afraid of heights or news cameras. the 23-year-old barely blinked as he walked out of the 84th precinct station house in brooklyn. he is a french tourist accused of climbing over a fence and climbing up the brooklyn bridge, he says, to take some photos. a french tourist like yourself. >> yes, he wants to take a picture. >> reporter: police busted him around noon. police found the suspect climbing a railing 150 feet up the walkway. when he came down, he claimed to be taking photos for a french newspaper but had no press credentials. >> i think there should be more security like a heightened security on the bridge. >> reporter: the suspect had been staying at crown heights with friends and was planning on flying back to france tonight. >> i don't get it, but, you
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know, i understand why somebody probably would want to call some attention to themselves. >> reporte it's the latest security breach at the brooklyn bridge. earlier this year, two german tourists climbed to the top and swapped the american flag for a white one under the cover of darkness. the russian tourist faces trespassing charges for taking a selfie. >> really? we're not tight with that yet? i can't with that, guys. >> senator charles schumer is considering legislation that would make climbing that bridge a federal crime. news4 at 5:00 starts now with jim and wendy. >> record cold on the way, and now at 5:00, the rain is moving out. but it is what is moving in that may change your routine in the morning. plus, a teenager murdered. the victim's family tells news4 what may have led up to the shooting. and bad test results. a surgeon books the second deadly ebola case in america. and the tragedy takes a although family down a path of false
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hopes. take a good look. the radar still active, folks. but the weather coming in after the rain will usher in a dramatic shift to the temperatures. >> we could be talking about some record-setting cold in just hours. we're talking about wind chills in the teens, and that is just for starters. storm team 4 meteorologist doug kammerer is here to break down the time line. >> yeah, guys. here we are in the middle of november, and air that's coming in is even cold by january standards. the coldest part of the year in our region. take a look, first off, storm team 4 radar. still showers around the haitiantown region. most down towards southern maryland, along the northern neck, even around the quantico area, reporting showers in that area. these continue to make their way up across the northeast, and moving towards the northeast here. d.c., metro air, i think we're good. if you travel down 301 or 50 towards annapolis, you continue to run into shower activity. the wider view shows the bulk of the storm moving off. look at all of the snow on the back side. that's where the cold air is.
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and when i mean cold air, i'm talking cold air. look at these numbers. 52 in d.c. 20 degrees in columbus, ohio. that is not a wind chill. that is the actual temperature, 20 degrees there. 32 in pittsburgh. 28 in jackson, kentucky. that's the cold air moving in overnight tonight. and i do expect to set a couple records in our region, both tomorrow and probably on wednesday, too. we'll talk much more about that coming up in my full forecast, guys. get ready, here it comes. >> thank you, doug. while we deal with this cold snap, other cities across the south and midwest are dealing with snow. take a good look at the road accidents blamed on the slick stuff near indianapolis, parts of upstate new york really going to get hit hard. here's a live look at what's happening. that's new york city. and buffalo, we've got two online there. they've had as much as 2 feet of snow in buffalo forecast there. here at home, you can find out exactly when anymore rain will hit your neighborhood by downloading the storm team 4 weather app on your phone. search nbc washington

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