for a suspect for a hit and run. a woman driving a toyota suv along columbia pike struck two pedestrians and kept on going. the woman reportedly turned into this driveway last night and scraped a car as she was trying to leave. one of the victims says she then ran him over and hispartner, too. >> she didn't want to stop. she ran over my leg first and then my part they are. basically pushed them down hit them with the car. second time she ran them over and pushed me away. >> the auto lot is at the back of a building that also houses a barber shop. it was filled with customers at the time. some used their phones to record the incident and showed the videos to detectives. there are new questions this morning about the future of montgomery county school superintendent josh came starua starr. several board members have lost confidence in his leadership. the board will meet today to start discussing the renewal of starr's contract. he needs five members of the eight member board it vote for

his renewal. a final vote is not expected until march. we were talking about how much we immediate to bundle up this morning. you can tell how much colder it was this morning when we stepped outside. >> screen says 24 degrees. feels colder though. tom kierein is in the "weather center". >> right now it is down to just around 20 degrees nearby suburbs, that includes oakton. temperatures by 8:00 just right away 20. the bluster we wind will mail . by noon 30 degrees and bright sunshine. in the afternoon, should hit load to mid-30s. in buoy there only down to just 2 degrees. clear sky bright and sunny by noontime, should be up into thenin upper 20s low 30s. hitting mid-30s by midafternoon. an woodbridge they're at 25,

feels like the teens. by 8:00 a.m. colder down to the low 20s with sunshine. then during the afternoon should be hitting near 30 degrees by noontime and by midafternoon mid to upper 30s there. right in the immediate metro area we hey get into the upper 30s this afternoon. but that feels like temperature will just be in the 20s through the afternoon. coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 4:41 we will take a look at your bus stop forecast for this wednesday morning. we'll call this winds-day morning. how are the roads? over all pretty good. prince george's county, no major problems into up totown out of up to. a live picture here now rouk beltway at st. barnabas road, everything looking quite good. 270 in and out of town flowing nicely for us this morning. nice and green. very different from yesterday of course when we were shut down up of the top of montgomery county.

66 into and out of town, no issues. same thing looking at 95. 95 in maryland also look quite good as is bw parkway. nice and green and lots of movement. remember we still do have wisconsin avenue south bound at east-west highway, some road work there. that should be out of the way here in the next 20 minutes or so. 4:33 now. right now it is the big dig out in new england. check out this video from connecticut. one of the hardest hit areas fran see the massive piles of snow as plus are splows are working around the clock to clear the streets and parking lots. this morning many roads are impassable and schools are closed. frigid waters flooded a massachusetts town after a seawall breach. some families had to be rescued by neighbors. the damage is so bad, some homes may need to be torn down and many areas are still without power. airports in the northeast are clearing the tarmacs and getting planes in to position this morning. for stranded passengers it is

not a moment too soon. crews at all three of the new york city airports are hard at work. hundreds of passengers slept at jfk last night after waiting five hours on a virgin atlantic plane. laguardia airport went to full 24 hours -- went a full 24 hours without a departure. boston logan will open in a few moments. nationwide 7500 flights were canceled yesterday. and here's what that means if you're flying out of our area this morning. so far so good. we checked in with flightaware.com. 12 are canceled out of reagan there are five canceled out of bwi, and three canceled out of dulles. nationwide more than 600 flights are canceled just so far this morning. coming up at 5:00 richard jor are dan will be live with the latest on travel in our region. today a meeting to discuss tighter controls at montgomery county airport. there may be big changes on the way as neighbors ask for the number of flights in and out of that airport to be reduced. six people were killed in

december when a plane crashed into a gaithersburg neighborhood. a review has been called for the airport's operations by the montgomery county revenue authority. 90% of the flights in and out of that airport are training flights. the december crash was not a training flight. >> it's a constant fear and a fear that has increased with the years. >> news 4 cameras with you allowed inside a private meeting last night between concerned neighbors and montgomery county's executive. the county is offering to review the flights coming in and out of the airport. at least three accidents since 2007 have involved training flights. they are also looking to change the times of operation for the airport. there is no word on when these chachks s changes will take place. today's meeting starts at 4:00. right now president obama is back home at the white house. he spent three days in india and the middle east. this is video from air force one landing just a few hours ago. president and first lady getting off the plane here.

the president now headed for a confrontation with congress. the republican majority work to orders and several proposals. the president's pick to be the nation's next attorney general will be on the hot seat today on capitol hill. confirmation hearings begin later this morning for loretta lynch. lynch has spent the past few days meeting with dozens of senators. she's expected to be confirmed, but the gops promising to grill her on issue range from civil rights to immigration. angie goff at the live desk. the fbi is investigating a new on online threat made against another airplane. this is the fourth day in a row that a threat has been made against a plane. the latest one coming on twitter saying that a bomb was on board a flight this is a flight from l.a. to chicago. now, after landing, we hear passengers were rescreened as well as their luggage, no flight plans were enter runted. no bomb was found. since the weekend someone on twitter has been making these threats toward various planes. the fbi saying all threats are

being taken seriously and when they get them, they will investigate them. the meeting today that might determine where your kid go to toss school next year. how you can weigh in on the proposed changes in prince george's county. plus find out just how many people have a permit to carry hand gun in the district. you're waking up to temperatures in the 20s but it feels a lot colder. tom kierein will have yo

today each park police will swear in a new chief. robert mcclean will mack more than 700 employees and a budget of more than $100 million. he'll be sworn in at 10:00 this morning at ford theater. ibl emceeing. also today, if your child attends public school in prince george's county tonight you have a chance to weigh in on some big changes. school officials are hoding a public hearing on changing boundaries and grade structures. it includes closures of thomas clag gcht e tchltgeft and thomas. and you can weigh in on a major change to the school calendar for monassas park city schools. they're considering a short of

year round schooling. it wants to break a state tradition and start the year three weeks before labor day. the change could start as early as this fall. if you want to weigh in head to nbcwashington.com to see how you can rsvp. they will make some decisions about this i think in march or april as to whether they will start the school year earlier, add more breaks in there, very different in virginia. let's check the forecast. we're talking about a really cold day outside. 25 degrees outside of our studios. and it will feel colder than that. >> layer up before you head out the door this morning for the business stop. i love thermal stocks. we'll have bright sunshine though. breezes will be blustery temperatures out to hit the low to mid-20s between 8:00 to 9:00 with bright sun respect but the windchills will only be in the

teens for this morning bus stop. temperatures are down into the low 20s to upper teens. gaithersburg down to 19. hagerstown 17. prince william, low to mid-20s. low 20s now in prince george's county low to mid-20s right in the district of qulum columbia. tomorrow maybe a wintry mix. a look at the timing for that coming up a new model run just coming in i'll show you that at 4:51. melissa, how are the roads? some construction silver spring southbound in that. avenue approaching powder mill road. two left lanes blocked there. might be out of the way by the time you you head out this morning. 270 at monday stroh'strose road, no issues there. overall, everything looking quite good. a lot of movement, a lot of green. and not that much construction around. we'll talk about the spots that

do have construction this morning. 66 headed into town 95 headed in to town and both of those out of town no issues there. live picture in prince george's county coming up. what we've learned about a man who was operating the drone that landed at the white house. plus which public charter

this just in, a new plea from the mom of the japanese hostage that isis is threatening to kill in a matter of hours. the mom of the freelance journalist begging the japanese government to, quote, please save kenji's life. this comes as japan's prime minister is calling the latest demands despicable adding that he's ordered his government to secure ken i didn'tji goto's immediate

release. if they don't get her they will go goto along with another hostage they are holding, a pilot that they captured from jordan last month. eun, back to you. 4:46. new this morning, we're learning that indonesia's military will no longer continue the search for victims of the crashed airasia jet. however the search and rescue agency will continue this weekend for at least one more week. the chief of the search and rescue area says the rescue operation is still on. 92 bodies are still missing. the military pulled out after failed attempts to raise the many body of the plane. the plane's black box has been found. today a man accused of killing his ex-wife's new husband will be in court. police charged him with murder accused of breaking in to his ex-wife's home and killing her husband this month. denise and cory madison had been

mattered for just three months when this happened. the islamic state is taking responsibility for an attack at a luxury hotel in libya. ten people were killed at the corinthia hotel yesterday. isis took responsibility with a statement on twitter, but so far there is little evidence to back up the claims. david berry who worked for a fredericksburg security firm was killed in that attack. the company's coo confirmed his death. they issued this statement saying our company mourns this extraordinary loss with his family and friends. the u.s. japan and south korea are nearing a deal to share intelligence with each other about north korea. envoys from the three nations held talks in tokyo today. the goal is on to share and safe guard sensitive information on north korea's nuclear program. it's a tricky political issue, too. some south korean's voiced concerns about sharing intelligence with japan. today we're working to learn the name of the man who crashed a drone on the south lawn of the

white house. he says he was drinking at the time the drone led to heightened security at the white house earlier this week. the president is now calling for rules to make sure drones are flown safely. now to a story first on 4. a major break in a hit and run months after the crime happened. police arrested edna browne of herndon, virginia. browne hit a woman on the reston parkway near the spectrum center back in november. she was thrown several feet and the driver never stopped. police tracked browne down at his job. they seized his car and plan to use it as ev moving forward with a granting a handful of people permits to carry concealed firearms in public. eight people have been given the permits since the department started accepting applications back in october. that's according to the "washington post". police say they denied permits to 11 applicants. in all 66 people applied for permits. 34 of d.c. residents and 32 nonresidents. most of the cases are still pending. a d.c. public charter school

could shut down. the amos 5 campus in northwest held a meeting last night to discuss the potential closure. leaders say the school's charter school license may be revoked, that would leave 1600 kids without a place to go to class by the end of the school year. it's unclear when the final decision will be made. 4:49. money and homelessness are on the agenda for mayor bowser today. this afternoon the mayor will get an update on the district's financial situation. and then tonight, bowser will give the opening remarks at the point in time count. the count is a yearly census and survey of homeless people in the district. 00 new report says you're at a big disadvantage if you don't have a college degree in d.c.. according to the fiscal policy institute, right now the difference between low and high income wages is the biggest it's been since 1980. their report says only people with advanced college degrees are making more as the city recovers from the recession.

the "washington post" says d.c. mayor bowser plans to address the unequalityies in her budget. president obama will attend a farewell for chuck hague en. earlier this month hagel went on a farewell tour of his own visiting severalys being a bases across the country. hagel will be replaced by ashton carter. we just learned that fairfax county public schools are opening two hours late today, a two hour delay for fairfax county schools. we're also getting closer to super bowl 49. and while arizona prepares to throw a big party, the department of homeland security is doing its part to make sure everybody is safe. homeland security secretary jeh johnson will make stops in glendale and phoenix. he'll survey security operations at various venues including the university of phoenix stadium where the game will be played. and now that media day behind will us the fun really begins. people will start arriving in droves to take in the atmosphere

ahead of sunday's game. jim hanley is in arizona with a look at what we can expect today. >> reporter: we have a lot coming up today. the party starts today, concerts fireworks. we'll catch up with wounded warriors as they take to the field. i'm going to try to climb this rock wall and stay tuned for the latest controversy. the next twists and turns, we'll catch up with our nbc analyst tonight news 4 at 4:00 5:00 6:00 and 11:00 live from phoenix. jim will be giving us an inside look at atmosphere all week long. you can also follow his behind the scenes experience on our nbc washington facebook page. heavy snow and howling winds are still pummeling maine this morning. the national weather service winter storm warning won't likely be canceled for hours. more than 2,000 people in the state are without power. when you think about the little snow we received gives you

perspective. >> now that we've stopped the precipitation from falling, we can think about the bits bitter cold today. >> we have windchills -- >> it hurts. >> it's painful. current windchills are down in to just the teens a single digits. look at our windchills right now, we have these chills down to just 7 degrees in gaithersburg. windchill in leesburg down to 9, elsewhere down to the teens. keep up with the chills when you're away from your tv with the weather app. here are the temperatures right now. we're hovering in the 20s to just mid 20s now all around the region, with a went gusting around 15 to 20 miles per hour. just enough of a blustery wind to really make it feel quite cold from the panhandle of west virginia virginia maryland around the bay everything is below freezing. there might be a little bit of patchy ice around from the snow melt yesterday.

this is out in horse country middleburg virginia posted by lloyd ferguson on twitter. and i'll share that on the instragram page and you can connect with me on facebook as well. post your foe owephotos on facebook. there is the sky. we're all clear. dry pavement just about everywhere. might be a little bit of patchy ice here and there, but for the most part, dry. just in the low 20s. noontime low 30s. mid and upper 30s metro area by midafternoon with bright sun. winds will diminish tonight. and then tomorrow, here is timing on a little bit of a brief dusting of some light snow coming through us this is around 5:30 6:00 p.m.. north of the met troer apro area. a quickly moves off to the east snd and is pretty much gone by around midnight. friday morning, we'll be in the 20s, mid-30s friday afternoon with sunshine. cold day saturday, only near freezing. could get a wintry mix late on sunday into monday. maybe some rain and snow.

and then cold again tuesday. melissa here now looking at good conditions so far. >> good conditions. and thank you for the dry roads. everybody is very happy. nobody perhaps more than me watching the sometimes mess out there in the morning. beltway here a colesville everything flowing just fine. nice dry pavement pretty much everywhere here. 95 into and out of town in maryland and bw parkway, hookinglooking good. prince george's county beltway at indian head highway is flowing nicely, too. 95 in virginia into town you're completely fine. nice and clear. out of town we're seeing a little bit of a slowdown mere dumfries dumfries. but it looks like it's cleared. 270 looking good. live picture coming up. your time is 4:55. and still ahead, the city of fredericksburg virginia is considering changes to its taxicab rates.

plus you you find out the roams on what will happen to prince wil

you could learn more about human trafficking today. it's on the rise across northern virginia with teens being targeted in public places. tonight the risks of human trafficking will be discussed. officials from both the fairfax

county human trafficking unit and the county public schools will be on happened to share updates and advice. the meeting starts at 7:00 tonight at the west springfield high school auditorium there in fairfax county. you can weigh in on the future of the prince william county land fill. lawmakers want to use the frot produce green energy but they also want to build an education center there to teach students about the environment. you can learn are more at two meetings. one at 3:00 and 7:00 at the department of parks and recreation. new numbers say you are getting a lot of new neighbors if you live in loudoun county. uva says there are about 1,000 new people coming to the county every month. according to a study that makes loudoun the fastest growing count i iny in the state since 2010. big changes could be on the way for people who take taxis in fredericksburg. officials may end the zone system according to the

fredericksburg freelance star. the city's taxi board is recommending a flat rate of $8 for any trip within the city, however some city council members say it might be too steep for low income residents. council members are asking for more information. stay with us. news 4 "today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m.. oh brr. take a look at these temperatures. it is really cold out there. you will need your winter coats and everything else as you head back to school and work today. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein will let us know just how cold it will feel. plus the snowfall may be gone for us but it is still causing a travel mess. we're live at reagan national with your travel impact. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. we just pushed out this information through the nbc washington app. fairfax county and page county schools will open two hours late

today. let's go to storm team 4 meteorologist now for your forecast. >> maybe a little bit of patchy ice on some sidewalk, but most roads are looking really good. even the side streets and sidewalks that were shoveled yesterday. a clear sky now. headlines for this windchill wednesday, cold morning, blustery afternoon, and then tomorrow we may get a bit of a light wintry mix moving in late afternoon in to the evening hours. look at our windchills now down to single digits. far north and western suburbs. closer to the beltway windchills in the low teens to mid teens. and even right near the bay, windchills are in the mid teens. winds are gusting around 15 and 20 miles per hour. so layer up this morning. by 8:45 9:00 we'll still have windchills in the teens from the mountains all of the way to the bay. and