it is really cold out there and getting cold per. schools have been delayed. some of these closed. we'll tell you how much worse it's going to get before it gets better. a show of unity in d.c. after a terrorist attack in

paris. we'll report what we're learning about the gunman accused of killing 12 people. and new construction could bring dangerous cargo closer to d.c. homes. the news4 i team followed the money trails that has neighbors demanding answers. here we go again. schools starting late. some of them even closing tomorrow. but not because of the snow or the roads. good evening, i'm door reen guess her. >> the schools are closing and they're delaying their start times because of the cold weather. in maryland an anne arundel have announced a two hour delay. louden county schools are canceled tomorrow. >> the flags outside union station tell the story.

not just cold but strong wind makes it feels like it's close to zero out there. let's go to meteorologist veronica johnson for the forecast thrchlts is really dangerous cold air. have to go back a whole year before we get a chance that we can see air that's been similar to us. your windchill right now, just at 2 degrees. but look at the winds throughout the area. this is arctic air that's over us winds over 30 even up around 34. leesburg and gaithersburg being reported. windchill values in around 2. getting close tore 10 below for montgomery county to louden county. we are under a windchill advisory covers the areas. in fact half of the east coast as we drop to minus ten here by tomorrow morning. we'll talk about when we can see relief in just a few. jackie benson is on the

national mall tonight. we don't just feel how cold it is, you can actually see it. >> repor jim, the store roy of what's going on right here is what you can see behind me. the wind that veronica talked about that was going to thrust us deeper into the deep freeze it's here. walks around this small park just show how treacherous the snow can be leftover from yesterday. the ice was treacherous. >> it needs to be salted. >> reporter: here the police blocked off a hilly section of the road after the freezing temperatures prevented any deicing chemicals that had been spread there earlier. on the streets, people were bundled up to their eyeballs with hoods and scarves. this is the night to pull out the hat with the ear flaps.

true weather warriors including this familiar face know it is the best way to defeat the biting winds. >> i'm obsessed with staying warm. i hate the cold so much. and i actually combined the hat with a ski mask and another hat underneath it. >> my mom got it from the store. >> reporter: and to answer the inevitable question this is not real fur. it is very very warm. i did not think it would like this bad but at this point it is just so cold i don't really care. live in southwest washington jackie benson. >> gorgeous jackie. because of the dangerous by cold temperatures the district's cold emergency plan has been activated and will be in effect until friday morning, allowing the city to set up warm warming centers to help the homeless. pet owners in montgomery county who leigh their dogs outside in the cold tonight

could be find. if you're caught the penalty is $500. dogs that have to stay outside for a long period of time must have access to water and shelter to protect themselves. about 100 people in virginia will sleep outside in this subfreezing temperatures tonight. they're doing it on purpose. dozens of tents have been set up outside the new chick-fil-a restaurant. if the folks in those tents can make it until 6:00 a.m. if they live they'll win free chicken once a week for a year we've learned tonights for a shooting massacre at a french newspaper are still on the run. we were originally told that one suspect was dead and two others were in custody. but the french authorities say there's now a manhunt for two brothers involved in the attack and the third suspect has turned hif in. the three people swept in earlier today opening fire

killing 12 people. now the world is rallying behind the newspaper. candle light vigils have popped up from paris to embassies in england and germany. a show of unity and support for freedom of speech. dozens of people gathered at the museum to read the names of the victims in today's attack. our chris lawrence was there. >> reporter: sometimes the simplest words carry the most power. they read the name of a victim followed by je suis charlie. i am charlie. >> we're against the monsters. they need to be stopped. >> reporter: this sirts's brother's grandparents are all in paris. >> everybody is shocked, sad. >> reporter: and he helped organize this vigil. >> it's kind of like a 9/11 in a

way. >> reporter: at one point it got so cold out here they had to move the vigil inside. but even there you could see the show of solidarity. the museum invited them in to get a break from the weather and some showed the support for the satire satire. >> the pen symbolizes freedom of compression and speech. >> the pen is showing its own signs of anger and fear. >> i'm scared of all of the things i'm seeing on seshlocial media right now. >> reporter: maybe this is a sign. one arabic the other french and saying the same thing. in northwest d.c. chris lawrence news4. this video just in to news4, another d.c. streetcar crashed into a vehicle this evening. the accident happened at florida avenue and 8th street northeast. no word on what caused the crash but we noticed some damage to the back end of the car as it drove away. this is the second three-car accident in a week.

on saturday a streetcar ran into a vehicle during testing. a dump truck driver intentionally rammed two police cars and ran up on the back of one of them at the wood m town center. police have not released the driver's name nor say why he did it. tonight we caught up with some of his coworkers. >> reporter: investigators tell us that the driver rammed into two cruisers on purpose in a busy shopping center parking lot around noon. is he a nice guy? >> yeah he's a nice guy as far as i know. >> reporter: earnest waders doesn't know why he friend would be go on a rampage. >> reporter: has he ever said anything negative about police officers? >> i can't say. >> reporter: t s when the dump truck driver drove into

the shopping zernt parking lot. two police officers were fluid for their cars. >> preliminarily, my understanding is it was a negative tone conversation. >> reporter: police say the truck driver drove away and then came back. he slammed into the parking cruisers. the officers were standing outside of them. they were not hurt. one cruiser was pushed into a curb. the man gets out and allegedly confronts the officers. police were able the arrest him without using force. prince gorges police are expected to release more information tomorrow. a trip to the barbershop landed a man in the hospital in southeast d.c. investigators say he was getting a haircut near the metro when a police officer outside fired a shot at a robbery suspect who had pulled a gun.

that bullet went through the store's door and hit the customer in the hip. he's expected to be okay. we're told police later arrested three men for robbing a nearby business. after 13 days on a picket line striking trash haulers will be back on the job tomorrow. those workers formed unity disposal which collects trash in howard went on strike december 26th over wages and benefits. a federal mediator urged the worker to go back to work. the two sides will continue their negotiations next week. next, following the money trail. new construction that could be dangerous cargo closer to home. why neighbors and the d.c. council want answers. it is much worse out west. veronica what's in it for us? >> it may hurt to be outside for any long period of time tomorrow. but we could see improvements before the week is up.

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dedicated army to research this. >> reporter: this woman is suing csx and the department of transportation to stop the planned construction zone in her front yard. he says trains carrying hazardous materials make it too dangerous to reroute them so close to her home and those of her neighbors. csx says it needs this land to double the size of the 110-year-old turnl because it's too small, cracking and flooding. csx says it participated in more than 200 public meetings and made substantial modification to the proposed tunnel design and construction process to reflect community feedback. it also submitted nearly 3,000 pages of documentation which chris frinch of the neighborhood association says raises more questions an answers. >> there's a certain amount of money, $4 million, csx in a

contract promised to give to t dot would give back and then what ssx would give back again. that back and forth doesn't pass the trust. >> reporter: so the news4 i team filed a request and received another 400 pages. records show csx paid ddot about $34 million for design changes to the nearly 11th street bridge project. ddot made multiple payments back to csx totaling more than $1 million. but we don't know why because a ddot spokesman can't answer the questions due to the lawsuit. >> it's got many concerns. but we respect our government to represent us providing the answers. >> in my view you can't script it better for creating distrust

and encouraging conspiracy theories. >> this representative says he's had trouble getting answers from ddot during his hearings. >> my answer is whether the right of way could be expanded. you're not sure because you're not a lawyer? >> i'm sorry. i can't answer that question. >> i remember r i remember i was d enough that i made some phone calls and said i don't understand why there's a gag order. >> the council voted to fund a rail safety study. >> the transportation system has talked for years about this and done nothing. after we put that in the law and identified the money, then the d.c. department of transportation went ballistic and said you have no authority to even study this which is ridiculous. >> the new d.c. mayor told the i team today that the safety of the district's residents is her number one concern and she just

reported a new director for ddot who is conducting a review of all of the projects. in the meantime d.c. council has introduced a flurry of new bills to tackle rail safety and reorganize ddot entirely. if you have a tip for the i team give them a call or you can send an e-mail to tips at news4 i team.com. weather is videoing an impact on much of the country with snow and dangerously low temperatures. school wu cancelled in more than 200 districts across the midwest. windchills too cold for the kids to go to class. in milwaukee a homeless outreach team offered those still outside some clothing and places to warm up. and for many of them tomorrow will be even worse. >> i know our weather could be worse seeing that but it doesn't make me feel much

better. it hurts out there. >> this really is the first time the first time this season that we're going to have to deal with air that's like this. so it's going to be a real fight for us tomorrow to stay warm throughout the day. but especially in the morning. minus 10 the windchill. so we're going to start with the bus stop forecast. take a look at this. what to expect at the bus stop. a gusty wind and windchills at minus 10. so again, it's a bundle up kind of morning, besides the hat and the clothes, the coat and all that make sure your nose mouth and neck are covered automobilell areas where the heat can escape. 12 tomorrow morning in d.c. for spots like ashton and wheaten, 8 degrees, the actual air temperature, areas like mcclain 9 tomorrow morning, college park at 11 degrees. look at this. in the teens onmuch of the early part of the day.

it's still looking like there could be icy patch ares on the secondary streets. of course we're also battling the wind early in the day, bitter windchill conditions. here's a look at what you can expect from 8:00 a.m. to the afternoon tomorrow 4:00 and 5:00 p.m. zero to ten degrees. by afternoon 10 to 15. so anything outdoors tomorrow, traveling, allow time for you car to warm up. better off exercising indoors. bundle up. we've got a chance for flurries on friday but most of the accumulating snow early in the day is going to be right here on the west side of i-81. around morgantown could be an inch or two, maybe three in the highest of spots but then sunshine for the afternoon. here's the way it's looking for you. 37 on friday. so it's going to start to feel a little better by the end of the week. then we've got a plit weekend,

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>> >>. okay. here's the deal. you got to think, phil jackson must be wondering what have i done. boy, they're bad. >> the knicks are not very very good. well we knew that going into it today. >> he's all zen, isn't he? >> he is all zen. it ain't working for him. it ain't. wednesday, hump day around here it's win day. the wizards and caps both gained victories. even though the knicks are the

worst team in the nba, they couldn't be looked past. wizards going for their third win over the knicks this season. let's pick this up first quarter. porter starting. so paul piers can get some rest tonight. porter with the strong move puts up the jumper. the wiz are up early. markel webster looking down the three-pointer. wizards getting quality points. pretty quiet. later on that back door pass gets the steal, going to finish with that. that wakes up the verizon center. wiz got a lead up to 20 but the knicks will climb back. but her lays it in. 101-91. they're now 15-4 at home. knicks have lost 13 in a row. north of the border to toronto, high temperature there today, not quite 2 degrees.

couldn't cool down the gas though. eric fair puts it in the net. cats go up 2-1. tonight, later in the period it's now a 3-2 game. john carlson to marcus johansson, good. johansson also had two goals. third period it's now 5-2. leaves pull their growoalie. it's his 20th of the season cats win it 6-2. college hoops. ninth ranked maryland on the road taking on illinois. first half tie game. drive, putting up the floater. good for the freshman triple leading the way for maryland. second half illinois mall come hill having a career night drained the three. he had 28 points.

illinois wins it 64-57 over maryland. ♪ frosty the snowman, like you've never heard it before. >> okay. >> nothing frosty about this. strong drive. uva with 12 points tonight. second half justin anderson on the run, clifrs a nice pass and mike toby finishing that off with a slam. uva wins it. they are now 14-0. so down to richmond. 20th ranked vcu, known for the havoc defense. on display in the opening second of the second half. dante weber to mow, alley cox easy dunk there.

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