numbers as we move through night tonight. 19 by 6:00 down to 8 by 8:00 and look at tomorrow morning. this is d.c. friends. this is 2 below zero around 4:00 a.m. so yes, the coldest air we've seen so far this season but guess what? it gets a lot colder over the next couple of days, plus a couple chances of snow. winter really starting to pick up quick. >> doug thank you. news4 news4 following three big breaking stories tonight. a robbery and shooting investigation in northern virginia. the state of maryland has just ordered the inspection of all bridges following a frightening accident. and we've just gotten an up-close look at the burned metro track from last month's deadly incident. >> but we're going to start with that robbery and shooting outside of the bank in south riding. only news4 was in nearby chantilly when one of the suspects was taken into custody. that other suspect was found shot. deputies say the two robbers tried to hold up an armored car just outside the capital one bank off route 50. a few minutes later the getaway

car was pulled over old plains road. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey joins us with new information just in from the investigator ss jules? >> reporter: investigators are still on the scene of the shoot-out that took place in this shopping center parking lot today. it was a shoot-out between two suspects and two armored truck security guards. the security guards won that battle but the suspects were captured later thanks in large part to an alert shopper at a nearby grocery store. this is where it began. the parking lot of this capital one bank. a dunbar armored truck was parked here. two suspects approached and opened fire. but the dunbar security guards fired back. >> one of the suspects fired a shot at the dunbar security individuals and the guards returned fire both of them fired, and the suspect was hit several times. >> reporter: the dunbar truck drove across the parking lot to the harris teater to get away from the gunfire. the suspects jumped into a car and fled but an alert shopper inside the grocery store was

watching. he got key lookout information. >> saw what was going on saw them run off, was able to get a car description and call that in and i tell you, everybody worked together. the teamwork was just incredible on this. >> reporter: about seven miles away this was where the incident ended. a fairfax county officer spotted the red taurus and pulled it over. that's when police discovered one of the suspects had been shot multiple times. the clothes on the ground here mark where he lay before he was airlifted to the hospital in critical condition. the other suspect was taken into custody there. back at the shopping center investigators combed the parking lot for ed. the dunbar employee who came to help pick up the armored truck was yes leaved to know his colleagues were unhurt. >> stay true to their training and everything so, that's a good thing. >> reporter: coming up on news 4 at 6:00 reaction of loudoun county residents to this shoot-out right in the shopping center parking lot. reporting live from south riding julie carey, news4. now an update on that situation involving a school bus here in silver spring. table a look at these live

pictures from chopper 4. we've just learned four children are being take on the hospital with minor injuries. that bus had left sligo creek elementary when it swerved to avoid hitting a car on georgia avenue last hour. southbound georgia avenue remains closed at sligo avenue. following a developing story in maryland where over the next few days crews will be inspecting 27 state-owned bridges. this comes after a piece of concrete, a chunk fell on a beltway -- off a beltway bridge onto a car that was on suitland road. our tracee wilkins is working this story right now. she's going you have to a live report coming up. now to a look at just how much damage was tone when smoke filled a metro tunnel last month. the up-close look at a burned rail and debris comes as metro spent the day talking about raising prices. transportation reporter adam tuss is live with what we're learning. in the month that's passed we've learned quite a bit.

communication, of course was poor. the fans here at l'enphant plaza in the tunnel didn't work the way they were supposed to. not long ago we got our first up-close look at what caused so much smoke. the damaged pieces of rail and track after the severe electrical event that burned it all up. this third rail cover reduced to something that looks more like feathers or a wig. take a look here. these are the jumper cables that are used to carry serious high voltage between gaps in the third rail. you can see they are charred. the national transportation safety board showing us all this material at their headquarters here in downtown d.c. meanwhile, across town at metro headquarters -- >> i twice this week lost a half hour having to wait for one more bus to arrive. where do i send that bill? where do i get recompensed for that hour? >> thank you. >> reporter: some riders giving the metro board a few thoughts as metro now considering raising fares to help close a budget gap. the disabled have rider

visually impaired here to testify as well. metro board chair mort downey talking about the current challenges at metro. >> we understand how challenging a budget year this is for us and for the jurisdictions. >> reporter: the transit agency staying tightlipped about the ongoing investigation at l'enphant plaza, but as one board member told me today, we can do better. now, we've posted an update to this story on our nbc washington app. catch up on the whole metro smoke incident. all you have to do is search metro smoke. jim? >> adam we've just received word that the deadly underground emergency will be taken up on the hill tomorrow. what's that all about? >> reporter: yeah jim. we'll hear some interesting things. i'm being told that congressional leaders will talk -- this is the first time we're hearing about this. six gonzaga high school students self-evacuated off the train that was stuck in the tunnel. they pried open doors, used flashlights from their cell phones then walked to the l'enphant plaza metro station. that is the first that we have heard of this. we're expected to hear more

about that tomorrow at this hearing. >> adam tuss reporting live for us tonight at the l'enphant plaza metro station. adam thank you. wendy? well at least one person is going to have to find somewhere else to stay tonight and far while. a his home this morning. his neighbors say at one point the flames were so intense all you could see was the home's chimney. that fire broke out along 37th street in mt. rainier just a couple blocks off route 1 and prince george's county. firefighters took more than an hour just to put it out. the flames were so intense it woke up the neighbors. >> it was an absolute ball of flames to the point people could not tell whose house it was. i got a couple calls from neighborhood people saying whose house is it? they could not tell. >> the man who lives in the home wasn't there at the time and no one was injured. investigators have not pinpointed a cause. new information in a deadly stabbing at an upscale d.c. hotel as police search for a suspect, we're learning more

details about the possible events leading up to that homicide. news4's pat collins live outside the donovan in thomas circle. pat? >> reporter: jim, sources say investigators are looking into the possibility that this was a robbery that turned into a case of murder and that the victim david messersmith somehow was set up. but one big question here is -- why was he in this hotel in the first place? according to a missing persons report filed with police david messersmith's wife says she last saw her husband at their capital hill condo on sunday february 8th at 9:30 a.m. tuesday, february 10th 11:30 a.m. 30-year-old david messersmith found dead inside a fourth-floor room at the donovan hotel on thomas circle.

messersmith was a lawyer with dla piper, a big firm in chinatown. sources say monday messersmith was at work. according to the police report his wife called and reported him missing at 1:50 a.m. tuesday morning. about ten hours before he was found dead inside that hotel. so far the biggest clue in the case video of the so-called person of interest. it shows the individual entering the hotel about 7:45 monday night. it's unclear as to whether or not this subject is a man or a woman. the person hits the elevator button then decides to climb the stairs. at one point on the staircase, you can clearly see the face. after that the face is obscured. sours say police are looking into the possibility that somehow david messersmith was

set up. now, police say they've gotten a number of tips as a result of that security camera video, but so far, so far no arrests. live in northwest, pat collins, news4. pat, thank you. a man charged in the murder of a virginia man has entered what's called an alford plea in the case. by doing so brandon henry says he's innocent but believes prosecutors have enough evidence to convict him. henry's accused of stabbing and killing alvin cannon in the dale city area last summer. prosecutors tell us the victim tried to intervene when he saw henry attacking his brother-in-law with a knife. it's high interest right now on social media. the fbi director takes on race relations and law enforcement. why james comby says we're at a crossroads. maryland governor larry hogan proposes eliminating the income tax on the pensions of military retirees. this is chris gordon.

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maryland's governor says it's simply the right thing to do. >> he is lobbying for a bill that would bring tax relief to veterans receiving military pensions. >> news4's fwor gor was there when governor hogan shared details of a plan with a very receptive audience. maryland governor larry hogan came to american legion post 136 in green belt maryland. >> just want to say hi to everybody and thank you for your service. >> reporter: to share his proposals to eliminate income taxes on their military pensions. >> immediately when we pass this legislation, 25% of your income will be exempted an then over four years it will go up to 100% and you will no longer -- maryland will no longer take a penny out of your military pensions.

>> reporter: the american legion has been lobbying for this for years. >> i to know veterans that have left this state because of the taxes in the state and the fact that their military retirement is taxed. >> reporter: frank killebrew is a member of the east coast chapter of tuskegee airmen. he lives in ft. washington, a maryland income tax exemption would save him more than $5,000 annually. >> the money that i pay in taxes i would be able to put additional money into educational fund for my grandchildren. >> reporter: ultimately, the governor wants to eliminate income taxes on the pensions of all retirees in the state of maryland. i asked if he's beginning with veterans because of his family's military service. >> my daughter served in afghanistan, my son-in-law was on iraq and i think the people who put their lives on the line every day deserve a tax break. >> reporter: it will cost roughly $25 million for the exemption for the 50,000 vets on military pension, but the governor's staff says this tax

cut is included in his propos balanced budget which eliminates the $750 million shortfall he inherited when he took office last month. fwor gor, news4. there are some hard truths that police and the communities they serve must confront if relations are going to improve. that is the message from fbi director james comby today. he spoke at georgetown university. he says a lot of officers have become cynical over time because of the disproportionate amount of street crime committed by young black men. >> the two young black men on one side of the street look like so many others that officer has locked up. two white men on the other side of the street even in the same clothes do not. we need to come to grips with the fact that this behavior comp accumulates the relationship between the police and the communities they serve. >> he said on the other hand poor minority neighborhoods often inherit a legacy of crime and that cycle must be broken. there will be a vigil in our area tonight to remember three

murdered university of north carolina students. the council on american islamic relations is hosting it at the dupont circle fountain starting at 6:30. this afternoon a large group gathered in raleigh for a funeral service for the victims. a young man, his wife and her sister were found shot to death death in a condominium tuesday night. police tell us the murders appear to stem from a parking dispute dispute, but some in the muslim community including a relative of the victims, are concerned that the killings may have been motivated by hate. the city of brotherly love is going to play host next summer when the democrats select presidential nominee. dnc chair debbie wasserman schultz announced that philadelphia wb the site of the 2016 democratic national convention saying the si's deep-rooted place in our nation's history makes it the perfect setting. the rnc already announced its convention will be held in cleveland. senator harry reid is resting at home tonight recovering from a second surgery on his eye. reid was seriously hurt back in

january, you'll recall after an exercise band snapped and sent him tumbling into cabinets injuring his eye. his spokeswoman says tonight it is still unclear if reid will regain full vision in that eye, but doctors should have a better idea in the coming days. reid will return to work after next week's recess. word of the new exhibit at the smithsonian's national postal museum is getting a lot of attention on our facebook page. this museum is opening its first exhibit devoted to african-american history. tom sherwood went on a tour today. he's going to show you some remarkable artifacts tonight on news 4 at 6:00. and we just checked and water service has been restored along east/west highway in hyattsville. a ten-inch main broke in the middle of the road early this morning between 43rd avenue and adelphia road. and with bitter cold temperatures arriving tonight, there is concern that more pipes and water mains across our area may not be able to take it. doug? >> for sure.

we are bracing for some blustery stuff. >> and we really need to. this is really some dangerous cold coming in here and it's not just for one day or two day, i think this period is going to last us for upwards of 7 to 10 maybe up to two weeks. so we're talking about some really cold air. the coldest of the season. but it gets colder. just look at the numbers right now. 39 the current temperature in d.c. but look at pittsburgh. 14. that's the air coming our way. the windchill in pittsburgh right now down to minus 1. current temperatures around the rest of the region we're still in the 30s, 30 in gaithersburg 36 manassas 30 in martinsburg, but with the winds, let's look at our windchills now. down to 18 in gaithersburg 16 the way it feels in martinsburg, 25 in manassas. these are gunpointgoing to continue to literally tumble overnight. we have a windchill advisory in effect. frederick county maryland back along i-70 i-81 corridor and west of the blue ridge here nap's the area we think has the best chance of seeing 5 to 10 degrees below zero. that's from the national weather service. doesn't mean it's not going to

get cold here but we have to be below 5 below in order for us to get those windchill advisories. not going to happen in this region. but we're going to be close. back to the west winchester hegenberger, luray, romney, petersburg all seeing windchills well below zero through tomorrow morning. here's the front that came through. a lot of people saw showers today. snow showers were coming through the region. they will continue to move the the south and east and as they do the cold air just filters in right on behind them. take a look at the overnight low temperatures as far as the windchill is concerned. 6:00 we're in the teens. by 11:00, already close to 2 below in gaithersburg zero in frederick, near 4 in d.c. by early tomorrow morning when you're stepping out outside, look at this. 4 below zero in d.c. 7 below, gaithersburg. 5 below in leesburg. at least on this computer model. an extremely cold start to the day on friday and even around noon we could be in the single digits to around 10. an extremely cold day tomorrow but as i mentioned, it gets colder. the impact forecast tomorrow

moderate to high for sure. brutal cold especially early during the day. now, another area of cold air comes in on saturday. that's with another storm system, a good chance of show snow and i think we could see collating snow maybe an inch not a lot, but the bigger issue is going to be the windchill. 21 degrees for a high temperature on sunday. windchills near zero all afternoon. look at monday pap low of 9. that would be very close to a record low. the record low at d.c. is 5. the record low out at dulles is 11. i think we'll shatter that record towards dulles. then we have another chance of snow on tuesday and wednesday as temperatures plummet yet again. so guys as i mentioned, get ready. the cold air is here, it is staying here. winter didn't really come too fast for us but looks like it wants to pick up quick. >> all right. thank you, doug. only news4 is breaking news with the donald today. what trump has to say about his brand-new hotel going up along pennsylvania avenue.

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describing the post office pavilion being transformed into a luxury hotel. trump says it will be the likes no one in washington has ever seen. >> i think the ballroom is going to be used by everybody. even presidents that don't like me will use it. i already have a couple of the number-one-rated hotels and i'm good at that but there will be nothing like what i'm building in washington. >> the new trump hotel is expected to open sometime next year bringing in an estimated 500 permanent jobs. we don't know who they are yet, they're not donald trump, but maybe one day at least three people have become multimillionaires overnight. no one hit the jackpot around here but three winning tickets were sold in charlotte, north carolina princeton, texas, and ponce, puerto rico. the winners will split the $564 million jackpot meaning they will each end up with more than $100 million this if they take

the lump sum payout. it's also a big win for the store which is will get about a million dollars each. >> we sell the lottery every day. we sell the lottery but i never thought our store, i mean, would hit the jackpot. >> just because you didn't win the big prize doesn't mean you shouldn't check your tickets. there were two million-dollar winners in maryland and about a dozen people in virginia who won $10,000. and you know who you are if you did not win. >> you know who you are. but most facebook pages become something of a memorial when somebody dies. >> now the site is giving you the option to select a friend to manager your page when you pass away. before facebook would lock the pages when someone died so no one could log in. now users will have the option to pick a legacy contact. you can learn more about how you'll be able to live on socially on our nbc washington

facebook page. i'm tracee wilkins. coming up on news4, yesterday, state officials said that this beltway overpass was safe even after chunks of it fell on a woman's car. now hear what they're saying today. and a megadeal is in the works in the travel industry. expedia buying out orbitz. we're asking what this means for consumers. plus how the tragic death of a toddler has led to a new effort now designed to protect abused children.

right now at 5:30 those winds are starting to whip up. the temperatures are plup etmmeting. >> we could see windchills near get this zero tonight, folks, and this will only be the fist punch of a bitter cold blast. >> 33 million people on the east coast are now under a windchill advisory. we have team coverage on this frigid plunge. it starts with our chief meteorologist, doug kammerer. make it stop! >> i'm nice and warm here. you saw amelia segal blowing out there in the wind.

it ice definitely on the cold side. it has come down big time from just where we were a couple hours ago. 42 degrees the high temperature today, 41 back towards leesburg. here's the windchill now. as we look at it we're in the 20s. that windchill along the i-95 corridor. in the teens back towards winchester frederick, and hegenberger. one below in some parts of the areas back west. single digits moving in towards the area. 20s to the south. 8:00 teens even inside the d.c. metro area and overnight tonight by 11:00, everybody in the single digits. we are talking an extremely cold night tonight, one of the coldest we've seen so far this winter. but it's just going to get colder. the wind is the big factor here. amelia segal is outside in that wind. your hair blowing all over the place. >> i was out here for midday, the winds not as bad, but right now they are gusting at times up to 30 miles an hour across the area. you can see the wind gusts in washington now at 31. that's pretty much the favorite number everywhere. low to mid-30s. so tonight on into tomorrow especially during the morning,

what is the wind intensity? it's going to be yellow with winds this strong we could see some limbs down the garbage flies if you have trash day early tomorrow morning. but we're talking about another shot of cold air that arrives saturday into sunday morning. and that one, that one is going to be worse. >> yeah. we're talking about 35 to 40-mile-an-hour winds this evening. on sunday winds could gust to over 50 miles per hour and windchills could be down as low as 10 to 15 below zero even around the d.c. metro area. we'll talk more about the cold blast, plus not one, two, but three chances for snow. forecast at 5:45. some of maryland's oldest bridges are about to get immediate inspections coming a day after a car was crushed or hit by concrete falling from a heavily traveled overpass. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins is back at that overpass in morningside, maryland weather details on these inspections.

>> reporter: you can see how much this bridge has been through here. there are chunks of concrete actually missing from the bridge and, yes, some of those chunks fell on a car earlier this week. yesterday state officials said this bridge was still safe. now in a sthau nu statement the acting director of transportation is calling for an immediate reinspection of all bridges similar in age and condition to this one across the state. the statement goes on to say these targeted statewide inspections will help us immediately identify any bridges in need of repair with the goal of preventing what happened on tuesday from occurring again. it was on tuesday afternoon katherine dean says she was driving down suitland road headed towards air force base when chunks of concrete fell from beneath the beltway overpass onto her vehicle. she says she was covered in glass after the debris fell. her windshield and vehicle were damaged. yesterday some minor repairs were made to the bridge but state officials said there were no immediate plans for major work to be done. the bridge is on the state's

list of 82 bridges considered deficient. you can see chunks of the bridge missing, but yesterday state officials again said it was still safe to drive on and underneath. the woman who was scraping concrete off her cardis agreed. >> they're saying that what happened to me is normal is acceptable. it's not the acceptable. it's not the normal because they don't have to live in this and have the fears that i have. >> reporter: according to the maryland state highway administration there are 27 state-owned bridges like this one built prior to 1969. five of them here in prince george's county all of them are going to be reinspected immediately. now, we have a list of all of those bridges at nbcwashington.com. you can check them out. coming up on news 4 at 6:00 the acting transportation director has some worlds for the woman who was in that accident. we'll tell you what he has to say. tracee wilkins, news4. d.c. mayor muriel bowser announced today a new program

she hopes will end homelessness over the next decade. >> the mayor says she's going to assemble a team to help homeless families find permanent housing. bowser says leesing specialist inspectors and social service workers will help them find housing in the private sector. right now, the city puts people shelters or hotels when it's below freezing. bowser says the goal is to end family homelessness by 2018 and all homelessness by 2025.ajor online travel site expedia announced today it will buy one of its biggest rivals. consumer reporter erika gonzalez has details. >> this is it expedia plans to buy orbitz for more than a billion dollars. what does ha mean for customers booking online? what does that mean for you and me? we asked expedia. they told us there will be no changes to consumers' bookings as a result of today's news. it went on to say its proposed acquisition of orbitz still

subject to approval by the shareholders of orbitz and other closing conditions. now, if all of that goes through, if then expedia would gain orbitz's namesake such as cheap ticket ts and hotel club. expedia already has about a dozen brands such as hotels.com and hot wire. this is expedia's second major deal. recently it announced it has plans to buy travel os ti. that was last month. back to you. >> thanks erica. more than 4 million disposable plastic fire extinguishes are being called tonight. they're made by kitte. a faulty valve is can cause them to not fully discharge when you need them to. if you have one, call kiddie for a replacement. the list of models recalled is on our website, nbcwashington.com. another recall for dog owners. the fda is warning about a recall of nutrisca chicken and

chick pea dog food because it may be contaminated with salmonella. this recall affects four-pound bags sold nationwide. if you have these products they say throw it away in a covered trash can and contact the company. she wasn't even 2 years old and she suffered a tragic death. she's now the face of a new bill in maryland. how advocates are trying to protect abused children. reboot for youth. the inspirational program that's helping local children get the technology they need. there's tough love and then there's tough guys who love. caps stars explain how they're doing.

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rg3 is going to be a father. redskins quarterback announce edd the news on facebook today. >> today also happens to be rg's 3 birthday so that's a win-win for robert griffin iii. >> there seems to be a bait bit of a baby boom among local athletes. >> rg 4 if it's a boy. so the caps they have players right now on their team that are also new dads. i sat down with four of their stars and they really let me ask them anything i wanted to know about being a new father.

nigh think he's at 2,300 pictures. he's been snapping a lot. >> he has a little different face on this so i can't delete it. >> have you become better husbands from all this? how do you divvy up all the time now? >> let's bring the wives in. >> they'd probably say we don't do a very good job. >> when you get home you take the load off of them because it's been ten days. >> they don't actually physically throw them but it feels like it. one quick motion. >> if you're not paying attention, he's going to the floor. >> do you get chest hair from being a dad? >> you get dad strength man strength. >> it happened to him early in the summer. it's true. you know you did. your strongest summer. >> do you think this is in your head? >> no. >> a lot of it is holding that baby. you hold them for so long and put the beatty down and your muscles are sore. it's really achy. >> carry that car seat around too weather the baby in it. >> is there something that is difficult that is hard to figure out? >> putting clothes on them.

i feel like i'm going to break them. i just like getting their arm in there, i'm like i separated his shoulder. it's a guarantee. his shoulder must be separated. i take twice as long to put clothes on p. >> do you feel that it has changed your life? >> it makes things that happen at the rink or a bad play or something that you made seem so small compared to other things that are going on. you go home and you just think about your kid. >> practice is over i have a half an hour to see her before she naps. >> first day i came back from a road trip or rink i can't remember when ben realized i was gone and gave me a hug and said "dad's home." you can't really explain that. there's nothing better. >> see, they aren't always so tough. check out our nbc washington app where we have a photo gallery of the caps' dads with their adorable kids. i agree. warms you right up. you're going to need a warm-up because you know we've got the coldest air of the season moving

in right now. look at these windchills tonight. plummeting between 5 and 10 degrees around 8:00. tomorrow morning around 6:00 a.m. between 5 below and 5 above. a very cold friday. but it gets even colder and, yes, we have a couple chances for snow. we'll break it down for you coming up next. she was a little girl who didn't live to see her second birthday. kristin wright explains how the toddler has become an inspiration to protect abused children. smart, hard work generosity. how howe a local group of students is making sure classmates have the technology

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cold weather coming into our area doug. >> update what time, amelia? >> let me check on that. >> we're in the weather center. the windchill advisory has been expanded to include parts of montgomery county as well as loudoun county d.c.? >> so yeah, we are looking at a wind advisory until 1:00 a.m. tomorrow. this is going to include washington montgomery county and this is because we're looking at strong wu've been talking about that all evening. >> those winds gusting upwards of 30 miles per hour so not quite filled in but it includes montgomery county and howard county back towards western portions of loudoun county. we'll continue to watch as this windchill continues. no what does it mean a wind advisory? it means that windchills will be below 5 below zero. so that is cold. it's very tough in our area to get a windchill advisory because you need those extreme cold temperatures and it looks like we'll see those tonight. again, montgomery county western loudoun county all in the areas to the west of the blue ridge including up towards the west virginia panhandle right on through the night tonight. heads up out there. give yourself a lot of extra

time. it's going to take a lot. you'll have to put on a lot more clothes over the next couple days here. nothing on the radar, storm team 4 radar is clear. it's going to stay that way tonight. but it's not going to stay that way the next couple days. here's saturday morning around 7:00 a.m. it's just cold. yes, we had some cloud cover across the region but watch what happens around 3:00 in the afternoon. here's the next surge of cold air and it starts with a little bit of snow but watch how this comes down through the evening hours. a lot of us taking our wives out to dinner your girlfriends out to dinner yep, it's going to be snowing around that time potentially in parts of the region. valentine's day for sure talking snow coming down talking very cold temperatures as well. now, how much are we going to see? i don't think it's going to be a lot of accumulation but some areas could pick up an inch of snow. as far as the cold air goes we've got this one punch coming in right now. the second punch is the more brutal of the two. so this one's going to be a brutal punch, the next one will be even worse with those windchills below zero again on

sunday and into monday. and this sets the stage, this deep trough in the atmosphere sets the stage for what is going to be a very cold 7 to 10 days. high of 27 tomorrow but it's going to feel like the teens day. 42 on saturday. valentine's day, the warmest day in the next seven. then we get to sunday with a high of 21. but take a look at the windchills here. the windchills 15 below to 5 below. that's in the d.c. area. some of you could be 20 below zero for windchills at noon on sunday 5 below to 5 above, and then we're looking at our next storm system coming in tuesday and wednesday. yes, we accumulating snowfall with it. we'll talk much more about that. of course it's way far out there, a lot of time to watch it. right now we're all watching the cold. the latest coming up at 6:00. thank you, doug. anayah's law was introduced in annapolis today, an effort to reform laws to determine whether children are placed back with their biological parents after they've been abused.

>> she was abused and killed last year. kristin wright has our story. >> reporter: these are the fist images we are seeing of anayah williams. the little girl from frederick didn't live to see her second birthday. prosecutors blame her parents, frankie williams charged with child abuse and murder. stephanie williams is accused of abuse and failing to get help for her daughter. after being removed from her parents' home at 4 months old, anayah had just been returned to them. she died three weeks later. that was last march. anayah's story sounded the alarm in annapolis. >> even though there had been obviously some extreme abuse in her home there were loopholes in the law that forced the social services to send her back even though they really didn't want to. >> reporter: delegate kathy f. sally and other lawmakers introduced anayah's law with a group of foster parents call anayah's advocates. >> reunification is not knauls the best interest of these children.

it has to be case by case. >> reporter: the bill would add protections and give local departments of social services more power to stop reunification reunification. it would also eliminate a current stipulation that abuse must be chronic for the state to maintain custody. at today's hearing in annapolis, anayah's foster mom testified. she asked that we shot show her testimony because she says the feelings are still much too raw and she does not want to jeopardize the criminal case against anayah's parents. nigh any's advocates released 21 balloons one for every month of anayah williams' life. >> she was, you know, thriving in her foster home. she became a member of their family. you know just beautiful. >> reporter: in annapolis, kristin wright news4. family and friends are remembering a man struck and killed while trying to change a tire on the bw parkway. funeral services were held today for rick warrick at the matthews

memorial baptist church here in southeast. warrick and his fiancee were hit while changing a flat tire near route 197 in laurel last week. his fiancee is still recovering from multiple injuries. police have not found the driver who hit them. montgomery county housing officials say they placed 88 homeless families in local motel rooms in the month of january. last night news4 was first to report that the county has been using motel space to shelter some of its homeless population when there is an overflow. the county has three shelters for families several more for single homeless men and women. a count in 2014 found 891 homeless in montgomery county. a health official tells us the motel space is for families only. it is one of the most rapidly expanding areas in our region. now tyson's corner is declaring itself america's next great city. the falls church news press

noted a sign declaring that slogan is up on route 7. it's long been a hub for shopping and home to four metro stations on the home to the slooimpb and a boom in residential development. right now the loudoun county chamber of commerce is gathering to show support for old ox brewery, which is stuck in a big trademark dispute with red bull. the energy drink giant filed opposition against the brewery claiming their logos are too similar. old ox tells us red bull wants them to stop using any bovine-related pictures or words. even the colors red, blue and silver. well homework can be quite daunting these days for parents and for those without a computer at home. it can be even more difficult. some students in northern virginia are being given free computers to take home thanks to their peers. news4's zachary kiesch explains. >> our main inspiration was to bring greater technology access to low-income families. >> reporter: it's been almost a year since 15-year-old

christopher kao started reboot free boot. >> as an organization we've probably distributed about closer to 200. >> reporter: it's simple. when people have computers that no longer work or when companies invest in new computers, reboot for youth refurbishes them and gives them away. christopher isn't alone. >> my name is taroone. >> samuel. >> reporter: and this is raboom. >> recomponents. >> reporter: they're all just sophomores at thomas jefferson high school for science and technology. they use school as a place to flush out ideas and recruit. the group is now up to nearly 15. it all started when christopher was tutoring a student who confided in him that it was difficult to complete homework because his family didn't have a computer at home. >> and so at a young age nobody should go through that. >> reporter: no computer? the idea sounded awful. >> around 9 or 10 years of age i started to get into computer hardware and build mig own

computers. >> reporter: now a registered nonprofit, they have more than 40 computers waiting to be delivered and will get another shipment this weekend. >> our long-version goal would be to impact not only our individual county but to impact the entire world as well through greater access to technology. >> reporter: young creative minds in it for all the right reasons. reporting in northern virginia zachary kiesch news4. and developing tonight, maryland joining forces to combat a heroin epidemic. >> how leaders there hope to shut down the drug pipeline and why they're asking for help.

president obama just took a step that could save the lives of struggling veterans. signing a law that vo provides more support to help veterans struggling with posttraumatic stress disorder and other illnesses. the president admits this is not a complete solution. >> every community, every american can reach out and do

more with and for our veterans. this has to be a national mission. >> reporter: a veteran from our area attended today's signing. abby mallcoe says she's lost two close friends in the military to suicide. it's a new tactic to slow a growing epidemic in our area. >> maryland is joining forces tonight with neighboring states in the hopes of shutting down the heroin pipeline up and down the east coast. >> barry simms from our affiliate in baltimore takes a closer look at a plan that was announced today. >> reporter: from the streets to hospitals, towns and cities the impact is growing according to maryland attorney general brian frosh. >> we lose more than a person a day in our state to heroin-related use. >> reporter: as of september of last year, the state lists 428 heroin-related deaths 1,200 people going to emergency rooms.

instant and constant collaboration and court of appeals. -- cooperation between police and prosecutors to combat drug suppliers. >> that's very important because the folks who are trading in these --d theying in this drug have to be tracked down whether they're in cambridge, massachusetts, or cambridge, maryland, whether they're in camden or camden yards or bangor or baltimore. >> reporter: the a.g.'s office calls baltimore a destination city for heroin traffickers because of its location and access along the i 95 corridor and it seems more heroin comes to maryland from new york and new jersey than from any other place. in attack supply --

>> the aim is to bring charges perhaps simultaneously in multiple states against multiple drug networks at once. new at 6:00 tonight, a shopping center just reopened after bullets were flying during an attempted robbery of an armored truck. getting new reaction from choppers there. a metro passenger trapped in that smoke-filled train a month ago ready to congress to congress about what he saw that day. and the problems are training secret service officers. that is all composite as president obama is getting close to choosing a new leader for that agency. first tonight very strong winds blowing in some bitter cold. the windchill could be below zero by tomorrow morning. >> doug i'm hearing from you tropical storm winds. what's that mean? >> well tropical storm-force winds at 39 miles per hour and the latest wind advisory has come out saying we could have winds gusting upwards of 40 to 50 miles per hour. so we're talking about a little bit more wind out there and we've already seen those winds

upwards of 35 miles per hour. right now we're watching that frontal boundary that came through earlier, brought u day. that is not pushing down to south. in behind it we are seeing some very cold numbers. look at the winds, gusting 31 in washington 34 in leesburg 36 miles per hour in the fredericksburg area. and those winds have prompted that wind advisory. for gusts upwards of 50 for most of the state of maryland but also includes d.c. as well as arlington county and virginia and back to the west parts of the shenandoah valley back towards luray. that wind advisory in effect until 1:00 a.m. the windchill adviseory for windchills be low zero and really 5 below zero includes now howard county montgomery county western loudoun, and everybody back to the west. extremely cold night tonight. but we're just getting started. i've got the entire cold seven-day forecast coming up. >> thanks doug. a