n traffic as rush hour ramps up. and a deep freeze is creeping in. >> tom kierein is here with what to wear for the changes ahead today. >> good morning. yes, enjoy this relatively mild weather we have now compared to what is coming this overnight tonight and this time tomorrow morning. this morning, we are at or a little below freezing so bundle up. warm coat, scarf, fwluf sgloves. you won't need the umbrellas. maybe just a few passing snow showers later this afternoon. temperatures right now prince george's county near 30. low 30s to mid-30s in montgomery county and the district, falls church much of fairfax county rest of northern virginia right near freezing. didn't have muc winds only around 5 miles per hour. but they will likely be increasing we have a cloudy sky now. your headlines for this thursday morning, turning colder by later this afternoon and overnight tonight, strong winds will be

blowing in and then a frigid pattern develops by tomorrow and continues all the way into next week. next weather and traffic on the 1s a look at the hour by hour temperature plunge for the next 24 hours. 6:01. breaking news in hyattsville. a water main break will impact your drive to work. there is a hole in the middle of east-west highway. melissa mollet will have your alternate route coming up. all westbound lanes are closed on east-west highway between al adelphi. megan mcglathkcgrath is live. >> reporter: wssc has been able to shuts off the water. but what we do have take a look at this we have a large crack right smack in the center of the roadway. the water coming from that broken 10 inch water main, it kicked up the asphalt by several inches in this one area. and it's kind of a big stretch

there. and then on the other side more where i'm standing it actually dropped things down. so there is a bit of an indentation in the road. so they're worried that that water that was gushing from the broken pipe eroded the earth beneath the asphalt. so they were trying to open a right hand lane. they had some cones out. they were taking a close look at it hoping to open some westbound lanes. but they have decided not to do that. they're waiting for a crew to come on the scene to take a closer look to see if it's safe to allow traffic across even the right hand lane here. so at the moment, all westbound lanes of east-west highway are closed. that crew is not here yet, so it will be a while before they can assess whether or not they can open a lane or two here. so it is going to have a big impact on rush hour. eastbound lanes are open, but melissa, this is a big commuter route. >> it is a big mess. best thing you can to is probably take route 1 to avoid this all together. because that will be there for

quite a while. of course megan will be on the scene this morning. we've been tweeting about it as well. inner loop theat branch the crash off to the shoulder. 270 north and southbound no problems headed in or out of town. same thing as you're looking at the beltway overall. no major problems. 295 as you you pass 50 just a little bit slow. but nothing major issue wooiz-wise. beltway at colesville rolling along. more coming up. your morning commute could soon cost you a little more on metro. the agency wants to raise fares by ten cents per ride. they also want to add two minutes waiting time between peak trains. metro is giving you and you chance to comments at 1:00 this afternoon at metro headquarters. this all comes as the agency takes heat for its response to smoke emergencies last month particularly the one at l'enfant plaza. there are a number of new developments in that investigation and we're expecting to see a key piece of evidence in the investigation. we'll have all that coming up at

6:15. 6:04. we want you to take a look at this surveillance video from inside the donovan hotel where a local attorney was found stabbed to death. d.c. police want to talk to this person. the video shows the person in the hotel lobby near the elevators. the elevator button is pushed but the person decides to at that time stairs. david hisser submit ermesserschmitt was found dead inside his fourth floor hotel room. if you have any information, call d.c. police. today we expect to learn the fate of a public charter school in the district. the d.c. public charter school board will decide whether to revoke the charter of the dorothy height school. the board started an investigation after staff notified them of money problems it at the school. there was a rally earlier this week this hopes p keeping that school open. the board is expected to vote about 8:30 this morning. we will soon know whether two prince george's county elementary schools will be closed at the end of the year. school system's ceo has recommended both thomas claggett

and kenmoor be cleeosed. the vote is at 7:00 tonight. this just in new poll numbers on how virginia voters feel about the candidates vying for presidency. hillary clinton beating out all other candidates. democrats and republicans. former virginia senator jim webb a distant second. when it does come to the republicans, jeb bush and scott walker are leading the way. chris christie saw a deep fall in virginia dropping from 46% to 30%. that's his favorability rating. as far as president obama, high school approval rating also down in virginia from 53% to 43%. that's the the latest from the live desk. it is now 6:06. new this morning, there there

are three winning tickets in the $564 million power ball drawing. those tickets were sold in north carolina puerto rico and texas. but you should still check your ticket because someone in our area is waking up a million dollars richer. a $1 million ticket was sold somewhere in the state. here are the winning numbers. 25 11 54 13, 39. the power ball is 19. good luck. a cold start to your morning, but you will wish temperatures were this warm by this time tomorrow. tom is breaking do you know the polar plunge with your hour by hour forecast. also ahead, new concerns right now in the measles outbreak. the incident that may have put tens of thousands at risk. and there appears to an double standard when it comes to honesty. why parents are more willing to lie to their sons than their daughters.

chopper 4 is live over a house fire in prince george's county in mt. rainier. this is on 37th street just off of bunker hill road. you can see a large police and fire presence there. firefighters trying to stilt get the flames out. we know one house on fire. a car parked in front of that home is also burning.we know one house on fire. a car parked in front of that home is also burning.the flames out. we know one house on fire. a car parked in front of that home is also burning. a second home is very close to this burning home. right now firefighters are working trying to protect that second home trying to make sure the flames don't spread on to that second home. the house that is on fire, there is a partial collapse there. firefighters having to be very careful at this point trying to tackle this from a distance. no reports of any injuries at this time, but we'll be watching

it all from the live desk. back to you. there is now a serious health alert concerning one case of me sellasles in northern california. somebody with that dispute was commuting on mass trance sits possibly exposing tens of thousands of people. the person recently ate at a popular san francisco restaurant and may have also exposed co- co-workers at linkedin. a person tested for the measles in fairfax county does not have the disease. if you have the thbs washington app, you found out the results right away yesterday afternoon. the person involved started experiencing symptoms earlier this week. he or she remained quarantined at home while the test was processed. want to get right to your weather and traffic on the 1s now. here is a live view of union station where the flag is just barely moving. but later today, it will be flapping and snapping in a stiff wind that will be blowing in bringing in much colder air.

temperatures by 8:00 hovering around 30. by noontime the low 40s. by 5:00 p.m. about back down to the upper 30s. might have a few passing snow showers, but that's when the winds will increase gusts to near 40 miles per hour overnight, temperatures plummeting all of the way done to the mid teens by dawn on friday. how long this cold blast lasts? that's coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:21. what's happening now melissa? still have a problem westbound east-west highway between 43rd and adelphi. shut down westbound. adelphi northbound is now open. travel times in virginia looking good. 95 northbound 395 north, 66 east everybody moving along pretty well there. same thing 2750 southbound german town to the beltway. 16 minutes. outer loop 95 to 270, 11 minutes. i'm back in ten. would you ever think twice about wearing your yoga pants in public? it could soon be a costly mistake in one state. why a law maker calls them

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today the ntsb will show us the damaged third rail from last month he's smoke emergency. instead of pushing smoke out of the tunnel, fans pulled the smoke in toward the passengers. the train drew smoke inside as well because its ventilation was not turned off. the ntsb says all transit agencies nationwide should test their ventilation systems immediately. metro issued its report another small fire broke out on the tracks near courthouse station in arlington. trains had to single track through that station. they did not stop. passengers were evacuated from the platform and directed to

shuttle buses. the station was closed for more than an hour. 6:17. this morning we're learning more about a montgomery county map who used his job to collect child pornography. 58-year-old marion lee martin was sentenced to 7 years. he said he used his job at cvs photo lab to collect pictures of local child. when he saw a photo in a customer's order that he liked, he'd make a copy for himself. he also used his cell phone to take videos of young girls walking through cvs. >> he was taking a tripod with him to the zoo. never knew. >> martin told police he recorded girls it at the national zoo in 2013 at his home. investigators found tens of thousands of pictures and videos that martin had been collecting since 1977. in d.c. a rabbi accused of videotaping women at a religious

bath will be in court next week. inging barry freundel could take a plea deal. six women are suing him. we're told prosecutors met with them to talk about a possible deal last night. this morning we're working to learn the terms of that deal. post to the nbc washington app as soon as we find out what it is. counselors will be at middletown high school this morning after a student died in a car crash. 17-year-old claire knight was on her way to school yesterday when they are suv collided with a school bus. she was driving north. the bus driver and one student on board suffered minor injuries. officers say knight's cell phone was in her pocket at the time of the crash, so she was not texting. today funeral services will be held for rick warrick, he was hit and killed while changing a tire. his fiance was also hit, but survived. the driver did not stop after hitting the couple.

warrick's viewing begins at 9:00 a.m. at the matthew memorial baptist church in southeast. that crash also led to the reassignment of an anne arundel county dispatcher after he told warrick warrick's daughter to stop whining during the 911 call. bowie state university is taking steps to bridge the gap. a town hall event will include law enforcement from campus police all the way up to maryland state police. there will be a vigil that includes students and officers followed by an open forum where the two sides can ask each other questions. it starts tonight at 6:00. bob simon has been killed in a car crash in new york city. this happened last night on west side highway. we're told he was a passenger in a town car that hit another vehicle. the roof of the car had to be cut off to remove simon and the driver. both were taken to the hospital. simon died on the way. he was 73 years old. new this morning, a former korean air executive will spend a year in prison for having a

tantrum on a plane because she was served macadamia nuts in a bag instead of on a plate. the daughter of korean air's chairman achieved worldwide notoriety after she ordered the chief flight attendant off a december flight forcing to return for the gate at jfk airport. 6:20. this is just mind blowing. this morning we're hearing about one woman's incredible survival story. she was driving along the california coast when she lost control of her pickup truck and careened right off a cliff. debbie lopez says she found herself upside down in her truck saturday night. she managed on get her seat belt off and she realized she had damaged rib, cuts and bruises. monday she finally got the strength to climb through her windshield. >> and i knew at that point i had to get myself out. i had to see my husband and my family. just wanted to go home. >> wow. saturday to monday. and that was just the beginning. it took her almost two days to climb straight up that cliff back to the road.

lopez is recovering from the hospital now and should be released pretty soon. amazing. >> the will to live inspirational story of this woman who fought so hard is really incredible. shows so much about the human spirit. do you treat yours sons differently than your daughters? answer is probably yes. new study says according to the study, parents are more willing to lie in front of their sons than their daughters. p the study was done with kids ranging in age from 3 to 6. researchers say this may explain why adult women are more honest than men. all those little things you do affects the way they behave. >> i'm going to put it on my facebook page. they were looking at something else and noticed that this was happening with parents and kids. and one of the researchers tried to come up with why that may be the case thought that perhaps females, girl, may a higher

penalty for lying than boys do in society later on in life. so interesting article. want to get you up to speed on the forecast. as hard as it may be to hear. >> tom kierein telling us about some plunging temperatures. >> coldest weather of the winter so far will be moving in for the week he said. right now it's relatively balmy compared to what will be happening within the next 24 hours. and those winds will be picking up this afternoon and into this evening. we'll have the strong gusts of wind by late afternoon. so windchills won't be too bad at noon. windchills 30 to 35. but it will feel like 25 to 30 by 4:00 p.m. heading back home. this time tomorrow morning, windchills 5 above to 5 below zero. windchill advisory out for shenandoah valley panhandle of west virginia, western maryland. could havev windchills 15 to 20 below zero. right now hovering near freezing. keep up with all the polar changes over the next 24 hours with your storm team 4 weather

app. tomorrow morning down to the mid teens. it will feel like yes only single digits to 5 below in the metro area. lighter winds in the afternoon with a high near 30 and partly cloudy. then for valentine's day into the mid-30s and during the afternoon, maybe a passing snow shower. but windchills will be in the teens on saturday with the winds just away 15 to 20 miles per hour. then stronger winds move in on sunday. coldest weather of the winter so far on sunday with highs only around 20 degrees. winds could be blowing over 40 miles per hour on sunday and into monday. we'll have single digit temperatures on monday morning. afternoon highs mid-20s. winds diminish. chance of a wintry mix tuesday into wednesday. next we'll have a look at hometown temperature changes throughout the day. melissa has breaking news. in hyattsville, still have the water main break shutting done the westbound lanes of east-west highway between 43rd and adelphi. adelphi has reopened. so just worried about the west

westbound lanes there. overall no major problems. a little slow top of the beltway, but that's normal. 270 slow around the corner at old hundred road. 66 east of 29 eastbound, west bound, everything flowing. beltway at kenilworth, seeing a lot of volume here, but no issues. everything moving along quite nicely. looking about 40 miles per hour there. and then silver hill road in suit land at plaza drive two left lanes blocked from another water main break. i'm back at 6:31. 6:224. this morning we're hearing from the coach of that little league team that was just stripped 6 its u.s. championship title. the league says chicago's jackie robinson west false filed boundary maps, that allowed the team to use players who lived outside the area the team represents. and last night the coach defended his team. >> the boys did what they were supposed to do. so like independent, i'm still a

proud coach, i love them. >> with the title strippedindependent, i'm still a proud coach, i love them. >> with the title stripped it is now being awarded to mountain ridge little league from las vegas. we're told a teenager escaped with just a lot of soot on his clothes and probably egg on his face after he was stuck in a chimney in arizona. take a look at this picture. >> yeah, don't look up buddy. >> might want to warn your kids don't tryer this at home. they had to wrap a hope around his wrist and pull him out. he's lucky he didn't break any bones. >> there has never been a story about somebody who was successful at going down the chimney. >> that's true. well, a montana representative wants to ban yoga pants. that's right p. state representative david moore just introduced a bill that would tighten montana's indecent

exposure law. it would ban any tight fitting clothing including yoga pants from being worn in public. if a person broke the law three times, they could be sentenced to five years in jail and have to pay a $5,000 fine. that's pretty goodextreme. >> so no biking shorts spandex pants? >> here in our area you're running errands, you go there your workout to pick up the kid grocery store, you don't have time to change. >> that law probably won't make it. facebook is announcing a new policy that will let you live on after you pass away. you can designate a state executor and manage your account when you're dead. just choose legacy contact when you go into the security settings on your facebook page. that contact can then respond to your friends, update the cover and proceed file photo and archive your facebook posts and

photos. until now when facebook verified a death, it memorialized the account. that mean it could be viewed but not edited. a busy road is left off-limits as crews scramble to repair this water main that burst overnight. live look. crews there working. the impact it's having on your morning commute. and you're getting a first rook from the ground at this massive fire in prince george's county. it caused a home to collapse. news 4's molette green just arrived on the scene. there is smoke billowing through the neighborhood. she's next with the effort to contain the flames. and we're also tracking a dramatic change in the weather as you look live at national harbor. we'll show you how warm it will get in your neighborhood today

these are live pictures from chopper 4 over the scene of a house fire in prince george's county. you can see the huge response from emergency you crews. this fire started a short time ago on 37th street in mt. rainier. let's go live on molette green

who is live on the scene. >> reporter: we just got here and take a look behind me at what you see. the house where the fire started, nothing but a charred mess. only the chimney standing. i got a chance to speak to some neighbors who say the homeowner is in the hospital but was already in the hospital when this fire started. firefighters still working on this house. i can still see some flames behind the smoke. and right next door there is a home that has been impacted by this fire. firefighters are working on this home. p a neighbor tells me a 78-year-old woman inside that home heard an explosion, she was able to get out. shaken up by the xt the explosion that she heard. not sure the cause as the investigation hasn't even gub begun you because they're still trying to put all the flames out. we did see a washington gas truck on the scene.

there is a large presence of firefighters here working to make the area safe again. this is historic mt. rainier, so the neighbors are watching the devastation in their community that is so beloved. back to you. another breaking news story. there is a crack in the medaliddle of east-west highway. aware water main break causing the lanes to be closed. megan mcgrath is live with how long the road will be closed. >> reporter: we'll have to wait and see. you can see behind me that crews are starting to shovel up some of the mud and gravel that is here in the right hand lane. they want to maybe open that labor up, right hand lane, to allow some of the traffic westbound on east-west highway

relieve the congestion. they haven't done it yet. they're working on it. not the moment, all west bundound lanes are closed between 43rd and adelphi road. eastbound you're okay. those lanes are open p. as far as the situation here and how long it will go on, it will be a while. even if they are able to open up one lane the other lanes, the other two lanes to the left, they will be closed for a while. we have a big crack right here in the middle of the road. there was a 10 eventual waterinch water main that burst and kicked up asphalt. and they haven't even begun the work of repairing that. so this will certainly have an impact on traffic, because a big commuter road east-west highway even if they open a lane. >> absolutely. you're right, we will see the slowdowns coming shortly. so again westbound east/west blocked between 43rd and adelphi. best thing just take route 1 all together. taking a look at 95 in and out

of town, no issues. same thing bw parkway. 270 at montrose road a bit of volume typical for this time of day. 66 if you're hopping on around 234 headed in to town here you can see we're a bit slow through centreville but still going about 45 miles per hour. so not terrible. 95 once you hit dale city heading north, again about 45 miles per hour. back with travel times. good thing we have light winds for that mt. rainier fire or that could have spread a lot more. woodbridge 31 degrees 37 later this afternoon, high temperature around 2:00, 40. a lot of clouds. blustery winds with snow showers by 5:00 p.m. into the mid-30s. in silver spring 31. mostly cloudy sky there. and by early afternoon maybe

11:00,11 1:00 1:00 maximum temperature there. arlington right now at 31. mostly cloudy. by early afternoon, high temperature there near 40. and then a few show showers in arrest wlipg tonlington arlington, as well. back to the low 30s by late afternoon. today if you live in maryland state leaders are working to keep your family safe from drugs. in response to a surge in heroin-related deaths they're launching a new campaign to combat drug overdoses. the state attorney general will talk about the initiative in baltimore. you can follow us online and check the nbc washington app to find out what he has to say. a d.c. convenience store now closed as the city cracks town on synthetic drugs. business regulators say that they seized more than $1,000 worth of synthetic pot at a mobil gas station store at bladensburg road and morse street northeast. that gas station is still open. d.c. officials say this is the first store they have closed for this but they are working on other similar cases right now.

the wife of a man accused of killing three college students near the university of north carolina says religion was not the motive for the shootings. last night thousands of unc and nc state and duke students put aside their differences to remember the victims. 46-year-old craig hicks is charged with the murders. many are calling it a hate crime against muslims. but so far police believe the shootings were the result of a parking dispute at an apartment building. 6:36. the council on american islamic relations is holding a vigil today for the victims of that chapel hill shooting. it will be at the dupont circle fountain. it's tonight at 6:30. we're tracking breaking news in prince george's county where firefighters are on the scene of a massive house fire that caused a home to collapse in on itself in the last hour or so. here is a live look at the scene. all you can see is the smoke billowing in the air. the house burned to the ground. molette green is gathering information about what happened.

her life report in ten minutes. stay warm when you step you out the door. tom kierein helping you prepare for the conditions outside right now with your bus stop forecast. unable to catch rays? the new restrictions that could limit who uses tanning beds at salons in maryland. and your

you have less than a week tone roll in health insurance through the affordable care act marketplace. sunday february 15 is the dead line. so so far, more than 300,000 people have enrolled in health insurance in virginia. today lawmakers will hear evidence to spors a ban on indoor tank. the american cancer society wants a bill to protect minors. it says people who use indoor tanning machines increase their risk of being diagnosed with skin cancer by 59%. the bill has died in the senate for the past three years.

6:41 our time. and today, you won't have to work about a lot of sun, just a lot of cold. >>ing our polar plunge. >> tubetween 8:00 and 9:00 ought to be near freezing with a cloudy sky. we'll have a look at the timing another cold winds and how long the cold pattern will last next weather and what's happening now? >> in hyattsville, east-west highway still shut down between 43rd and adelphi. take route 21 to avoid that. in maryland, about ten minutes behind. 95 north not so bad. 395 north not so bad.

66 looking pretty good. just a tad behind. i'm back in ten minutes with more. stwloo we're tracking that breaking news on the water main break for folks this morning. melissa, you're looking at a live picture of the mess in prince george's county where a water main break has left a busy session of east-west highway off-limits to drivers. the impact it's having on the morning commute. plus we women like to talk about a lot of things but we'll show why you we're more likely to keep quiet about our finances.

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we are live at two breaking news stories right now. take a look at the scene here. this is a house fire on 37th street in mt. rainier. the house is a total loss. it burned to the ground. all that is left you can see the shell there charred remains. an smoke in the air. the fire spread from a house to a car in the driveway. firefighters are working hard to make sure the fire does not spread. also in prince george's county, the westbound lanes of east-west highway closed through hyattsville because of a water main break. megan mcglathkcgrath is there working the story for you. >> this is our biggest problem. eastbound lanes open right now westbound going to be shut down. not sure of an eta on this. when you step out the door, a calm wind cloudy sky. temperatures in the low to mid-30s around the metro area.

we'll be hovering this way for another couple of hours. and then only briefly get up to near 40 by early afternoon. back to you. breaking news again right now in prince george's county. a major fire in mount are a they're still going. one home is already completely collapsed there. we want to go back out live to molette green. where do things stand now? >> reporter: as far as we know nobody was inside this home when it caught fire and now you can see it has collapsed. there is still smoke coming from that scene. all that remains standing is the chimney. and over next door firefighters actively working inside this house where a woman in her 70s who had just retired neighbors tell me just recently was inside the home. she a woke when she heard an explosion. her house caught fire. firefighters worked very hard to keep it from burning down. back over to the original site where the fire started,

neighbors tell me the homeowner was already in the hospital, had checked into the hospital over the last few days. so as far as we know nobody was in that house at the time. firefighters still working here at the creep. we are working to get more information on what caused this fire in historic mt. rainier here on 37th street. back to you. it is now 6:47. we want you to take a look at this surveillance video from inside the donovan hotel where a local turnattorney was found stabbed to death. the video shows the person in the hotel lobby near the elevators, the button is pushed but the person decided to at that time stairs instead. david messerschmitt a d.c. lawyer was found dead inside his fourth floor hotel room. if you have any information, call d.c. police. i'm richard jordan at the

live desk. developing this morning, a cease-fire deal has been reached in eastern ukraine after 15 hours of negotiations between vladimir putin and poroshenko. leaders from france and germany also involved. here is the deal. at midnight on sunday morning cease fire goes in to effect and ukraine has promised to pull back some of the heavy weaponry that is on the border now. they will move it about 30 miles from that border. in exchange, putin says he will get the pro-russian rebels to pull back as well. again, this will all go down this weekend after months of fighting. thousands of people have been killed there in eastern ukraine. 12 before the hour. today we expect to learn about the replacement for chuck hagel as secretary of defense. the senate armed services committee voted unanimously on tuesday to advance ashton carter's nomination.

a full senate vote will take place today. he would take over a war president obama wants to expand for up to three years in syria and iraq against isis. and today we'll hear from several first responders in the american sniper trial. chris kyle and a friend were found dead at a shooting range two years ago. one of the witnesses is a texas ranger who says the suspect in this case confessed to him. it is 6:49. a new survey shows that women are willing to talk about a lot of things but money isn't one of them. landon dowdy is live 4 your money. >> a new survey by fidelity finds women don't like to talk about money. about 80% say they hold back discusses finances with friends and family because they consider it too personal. they don't want others to know that information. or they just weren't raised to discuss money. three quarters of women say they're saving for the future but 60% worry they won't have enough for retirement. back to you. >> big issue. thank you, landon.

new this morning, there are three winning tickets in that $564 million power ball drawing. her sold not here. north carolina puerto rico and texas. you should still check your ticket though because somebody did win a million dollars in maryland. winning numbers 25 11 54 13, 39. and the power ball was 19. >> you're still here. does that mean you didn't check your tickets or you didn't i win this. >> i did buy my ticket in maryland, so i do need to check. >> just in case you you want to share the jackpot. >> we're losing the weather. no other way to say it. p. >> not hitting the jackpot weather-wise. for the next willseveral day, most of the time we'll be below freezing. radar showing a few light flurries and show showers just coming into western maryland. tell be getting closer to hagerstown over the next hour or two and then parmartins big.

and then winds increase. windchills pie noon 30 to 35. but by 4:00 p.m. they will be 25 to 30 degrees. then this time tomorrow morning, windchills 5 blow above to 5 below zero with strong gusty winds. wind gusts this afternoon by 6:00 p.m., we'll have gusts to around 30 to 35 miles per hour. this evening those gusts could be 35 to 40 miles per hour by 8:00 p.m.. all the way until 11:00. we'll still have gusts 35 to 40 miles an hour with windchills getting even colder. we have a windchill advisory all these counties in blue. shenandoah valley pap handle of west virginia much of western maryland where some of the windchills may be to 20 below zero by dawn on friday. temperatures right now are right near freezing. montgomery pruk fairfax, arlington, rest of northern virginiand at district. dry roads for the morning commute. we'll be in the low to mid-30s with a cloudy sky. then blustery winds start to develop for the afternoon commute. back down to the upper 30s after

we reach low 40s early afternoon. fwlur a few flurries. keep up with the storm team 4 weather app. tomorrow morning down into the mid teens with the they'renear zero windchills. for valentine's day, partly cloudy to mostly cloudy and maybe a passing snow shower in the afternoon. windchills in the teens. not as windy as tonight. then very strong winds, coldest day of the winter so far on sunday with highs only reaching near 20. we could have winds gusting over 40 miles an hour sunday afternoon and evening and into parts of monday. monday morning single digits. afternoon highs mid-20s. a wintry mix after that on tuesday and wednesday. melissa still has breaking news. breaking news west bound east-west highway at adelphi. we're shut down. always new problem in montgomery village, mid county highway at montgomery village avenue, there in that intersection, an issue there, as well.

66 at fairfax county parkway, inbound, outbound completely fine. 95 pretty clear all the way up through dale city actually. and then a little slow as you get into woodbridge and lorton. beltway at colesville road no major problems there. everything moving along quite nicely. when you're 24u78thumbing threw your facebook you can take a moment to chat with me. at 10:00 a.m., i'll be on the nbc washington face book page taking your questions. make sure you like our page to take part. >> looking forward to it. 6:53. today we expect to learn the fate of a public charter school. the board will decide whether to revoke the charter of dorothy height school. the board started an investigation after staff notified them of money problems. there was a rally in hopes of keeping the school open.

the board is expected to vote at about 8:30 this morning. and we find out tonight whether prince george's county will keep two elementary schools open. ceo recommended both thomas claggett and ken mooremoor closed. students currently enrolled will be assigned elsewhere. the vote takes place at 7:00 p.m.. today mayorryor bowser will announce a new program to com bass bat homelessness. it will work on finding permanent house. the numbers of hopeless have increased because of lack of affordable housing. in the program families will be paired with a liaison to understand the rental market and can help with the paperwork. a big group of dads is making a real impact on their kids' lives. the school board says nearly 200

fathers showed up for its second annual fatherhood forum. i should say they were honored. it took place in springdale last night. the school board members sent us some photos from the event. fathers were honored for their commitment to education and their children. we'll go back to knowmolette green with the breaking news out of mt. rainier. >> reporter: firefighters are still working to knock down the fwlams here. we saw some pick up just a few minutesing go. we have video that a neighbor shot of this house engulfed in flames. neighbors tell us the homeowner inside the house with the original fire was already in the hospital. back to you. molette green live for us. thank you. >> and also breaking news out of hyattsville. water main break impacting your route to work. there is a crack in the middle of east-west highway. all westbound lanes are closed between 43rd avenue and adelphi

road. megan mcgrath is live with the work to get that road back open this morning. >> reporter: just within the last few minutes, we have started to see some traffic getting by to the right. so we are seeing a little bit of an easing in the area with one lane getting by. but the rest of the lanes they are closed because you can see the large crack take we have here right in the center of the roadway. we had 10 inch water main broke and caused the as fult tophalt to kick up. there might be erosion beneath. so this is going to be a while to get fixed and repaired and patch the road. they are, however, allowing that traffic to get by one lane to the right. but this is a busy road. it will be a tough go for folks on this commute. back to you. one last look at the forecast with tom. >> there is a live view of capitol hill under a cloudy sky. it's around 30 degrees. temperatures over the next 24 hours, a tremendous change. maybe up to the low 40s by

1:00371:00 then blustery wind, down to the teens this time tomorrow morning. marc train penn north 404 just got canceled. and westbound east/west pretty nasty. and that is the broadcast this morning. thanks for waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. a lot of breaking news. stay with nbc 4 and nbcwashington.com for the latest.

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