caused a fire in warrington virginia at an auction and storage facility last night. we're told the firefighters were able to quickly get the flames under control, but temperatures caused water to freeze on the roads. new this morning, d.c. police say they caught the person responsible for stealing two kittens from a petco in d.c.. police arrested the teen yesterday and charged him with theft. the robbery happened on monday at the petco store on 14th street northwest in columbia heights. the three month old kittens haven't been found. the kittens belong to last chance animal rescue and were up for adoption at petco. the big story today and really for the weekend is going to be the bitter cold temperatures. >> and the winds are piercing. but winds are dying down now? >> yeah they have diminished. we had peak gusts to around 40 miles per hour by around midnight last night until about 2:00 this morning. since then, the winds are died down but they're still blustery

and will be blustery during the morning. then cold day the rest of the day. we will not get above freezing. your wed headlines, high winds likely coming back in even stronger on saturday into sunday. we have a high wind watch all across northern virginia and around the metro area. we could have gusts to 60 miles an hour saturday evening in to sunday morning, including the metro area southern maryland all these counties in color. that's saturday night into sunday morning we could have those very strong winds. right now winds 25 to 30 but that's enough to drop windchills to subzero. current temperatures around the region are frigid. we are down just into the low teens teens. gaithersburg only at 10. look at the temperature in oakland, 4 below zero right now.

a look at our hour by hour temperature changes through the day ahead that's coming up at 4:41. now melissa, what's happening? construction 66 west at the beltway, two right lanes blocked there another half hour or so. taking a look at 95 in maryland bw parkway no problems there. headed down south to prince george's county also looking quite good. branch avenue pennsylvania avenue indian head highway, don't have any issues. we did hear about that earlier crash inner loop at saint barn bass. don't see it on camera, but it could be just out of camera range. and again east-west highway, one lane blocked. today we're learning that a d.c. rabbi could face more charges after being accused of voyeurism. 152, tha number of women police have identified on video, they were caught on a hidden

camera by rab bi-barry freundel. the rabbi is accused of recording them during a ritual bath. he's being charged with voyeurism. yesterday a meeting was held with anthe alleged victims to discuss a possible plea deal. >> i'm very shocked. i'm shocked and it's just an amazing amgteing amount of victims. >> videos date back as far as 2009. freundel has a hearing date set for february 19th. today marion barry's son will be back in a d.c. courtroom on charges he threatened a bank teller. marion c. barry has pleaded not guilty. a pnc bank employee wouldn't let barry withdraw from an already overdrawn account and he threw a trash cap and broke a surveillance camera. barry is currently running for his late father's vacant ward 8 d.c. council seat. you use them daily, computer credit cards, but how

cyber savvy are you? today the white house will host a summit on cyber security and consumer protection. president obama headed to san francisco last night to deliver remarks at stanford university. the summit is designed toity for both the go. and the u.s. businesses. protecting american consumers is also a top priority. maryland transportation crews will immediately begin inspecting more than two dozen bridges across the state. the bridges are all similar to this one in morning side. a chunk of concrete fell on to a woman's car on tuesday. you see that right here. that bridge was deemed structurally deficient, but it's still safe to travel over. you can find out whether you travel over or under one of the 27 bridges that are being inspected on your commute. check out the nbc washington app and search bridge inspections. new information this morning on the deadly stabbing of a d.c. lawyer. police say david messerschmitt may have been set up. messerschmitt was found stabbed to death in a fourth floor room at the donovan hotel on tuesday.

the biggest clue in this video of a person wandering away the hotel monday night, police are asking for your help if you've seen this person. you may be surprised to learn that graduation rates here in the district are the lowest in the nation. u.s. high school rates rose to 81% between 2012 and 2013 while d.c. sits at 62%. lower than all the states. the national percentage has seen an improvement from the previous year but it still means that one out of five students are leaving school with no diploma. the highest rate was in iowa at 90%. a bill that gives dominion virginia power a five year break from regulators comprehensive financial reviews is now headed to governor mcauliffe's desk. the virginia legislature passed the bill yesterday. it bars state regulators from reviewing the power company's service, rates, terms and conditions. as part of the deal virginia dominion will make more strides towards solar power.

it was published by frank wagner before. a lot of you are using the new 95 express lanes lead to go big toll revenue for the state. the company that runs the lanes says that it's taking in an average of about $103,000 per weekday. about 33% of weekday drivers are getting a free trip by car pooling and using an e-zpass flex. the average toll for a trip on the express lanes is just over $4. a full revenue report will be issued in april. bitter cold blast. there is no way to explain it this morning. take a look. temperatures in the teens, winds aren't helping. tom is tracking hour by hour when these winds will die down. and the bait used by police to arrest a couple of car thieves. and we're learning most of you you support the president's mission to fight isis with military support. but we'll tell you the one thing americans are still slakky on.

a majority of americans want congress to back president obama's proposed authorization to fight isis. a new nbc news maris poll says 54% of americans want their members of congress to vote for military force against the terrorist group. however confidence in the president's strategy is lack. 48% of americans have little to no confidence in the strategy. two thirds of americans believe the united states and its allies will ultimately be able to defeat isis. we're getting new overnight reaction on the death of "new

york times" columnist david khar. the sometimes oig says khar collapsed in his office and died in his office. david carr was one of the most gifted journalists who ever worked at the "new york times". he combined formidabletal lebt with acute judgment. carr wrote about business culture and government. he spent some time in d.c. as editor of the washington city paper. david carr was 58 years old. we're now getting new reaction to the -- rather it seems that there is no escaping winter this year. today 17 states are under windchill advisories or warnings. a blast of arctic air is affecting temperatures from the midwest to the team south p. the midwest and northeast can expect single digit temperatures for the next several days. even florida and parts of the deep south are facing below average temperatures. for new england, this cold air

comes ahead of yet another snowstorm if you can believe it adding to more than 6 feet of snow that has buried the region. this is crazy for boston, too, but for people in the south, even a little bit of cold panicking, right? is your mom okay? >> she will not leave home. that's how they do it down in georgia when it get this is cold. for us we're not exempt from the very cold air. dangerously cold. let's check in with tom. >> mower mom knows how to take care of herself. we have the winds still whipping in. look at the flags at union station. they're still blowing. and here's how we'll be looking hour by hour. by 8:00, still only the low to mid teens. still blustery. but by noontime winds settle down it will be into the low 20s. and then heading the upper 20s by late afternoon. bright sunshine and a much lighter wind. we have the current wind gust right now to around 30 to 35 miles per hour. so windchills are subzero. layer up this morning. a look at our next chance of

snow coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 4:51. overall we're look pretty good. beltway at colesville inner loop and outer loop everything moving just fine. taking a look 270 northbound southbound everything out of the way as far as construction there on 270. no issues this this morning. do have this inner loop at st. barnabas report of a crash earlier. it is now being reported as off to the shoulder. later on today, you can chat with me of course on facebook at 10:00 a.m. this morning. eun had hers yesterday, aaron on wednesday, and everything is going well. so please join us on facebook this morning at 10:00 a.m.. looking forward to it. we have our questions ready. we'll stump you. your online profile could be keeping from you making a love connection. the color experts say could get you more hits and the words that could turn away possible mates. why the fbi is now getting involved in a deadly triple shooting that killed three muslim colle

layer up. current windchills are suboor row. haguers down 9 below zero is what it feels like. the winds have diminished only gusting up to around 30 miles per hour but that is enough to drop windchills to near zero in the metro area to down around 2 to 3 below zero western northern suburbs. windchills away the chesapeake bay are generally around 2, 3, 4 degrees above zero. so respect the cold. i'm molette green at the live desk following a developing story. was it a hate crime? the fbi now looking into the execution style shootings of three students near the university of north carolina. right now the feds are calling this a preliminary investigation

after getting many calls for a hate crime probe. the three who were muslim were shot near the campus. now, dozens gathered in dupont circle last night to show their solidarity with the unc community. thousands gathered in the north carolina for their funeral. police are saying they were killed in an argument over a, bag dispute parking dispute and the suspect is in custody. modern equipment is helping keep you and your car safe. two men were investigated after they lit he early took the bait offered by police. you're looking at the cameras inside a so-called bait car. officers put it out on the street after a rash of car break-ins. it looks like any other car except it has hidden cameras and microphones about that start recording when someone tries to break in and that's just what two men tried to do yesterday. the police department was watching and they tracked them down fast. >> send that image to the

officer's smartphones. so as they're looking for someone that has run away they can look at their smartphones and when somebody says it wasn't me they go how about this, maybe this is you. why both men have been charged with breaking and entering as well as theft. police have identified one of the suspects in an armored car robbery. loudoun county sheriff deputies say jared williams is one of two men who tried to rob an armored car yesterday afternoon. there was a shoot-out and one of the suspects was lit at least four times. the suspect who was shot is in critical condition.hlit at least four times. the suspect who was shot is in critical condition.it at least four times. the suspect who was shot is in critical condition. a woman accused of murdering a virginia tech student will be sentenced without going to trial. she maintains her innocence but admits state has enough evidence to convict her. ewing was charged with strangling samantha last year from vienna virginia. ewing faces 20 years to life in

prison. this morning we're hearing from local veterans about a new tax legislation backed by maryland governor hogan. it would eliminate the state income taxes they pay on their military pensions. >> the money that i pay in taxes, i would be able to put additional money into educational fund for my grandchildren. >> hogan announced the plan yesterday during a gathering at the american legion post. the governor said the tax relief would be phased in over four years. democrats are showing some love to the city of brotherly love. the party chose philadelphia for its 2016 national convention. that convention will be held on the week of july 25th. the republican national convention will be in cleveland one week earlier. three marines are still in a california hospital after being exposed to fire retardant gas during a training exercise. 22 hospitals were hospitalized

east of los angeles. a fire extinguishing system actually went off in an assault vehicle. this morning two more women have come forward accusing bill cosby of drugging them. one of those women says the comedian sexually assaulted her during their 1969 encounter. more than two dozen women have accused the 77-year-old. he has denied the allegations and has never been charged with a crime. some same-sex couples in mobile county alabama are waking up this morning to full marriage rights. within hours of a judge ordering the county to issue gay marriage licenses late yesterday, some couples had already said i do. cheers went up when the probate office windows opened. if you use online dating it seems your screen name could make or break you in finding love. a scientific analysis suggests that avoiding screen names that con chur up negative thoughts may help you with your online successful instead of using little use words like fun. men are apparently more drawn to

names about physical appearance while women look for names implying intelligence. which if they're reegd men's profiles they probably won't find very many. i'll own it. using letters higher in the alphabet can also help your success. >> i'm thinking of a good screen name. >> i'm good. >> well, your name starts with a. >> aa. >> look at you. if you're still looking for someone to spell valentine's day with it's kind of late. apparently d.c. is the perfect place to look. according to the site vil low zillow there are a lot of rich single people living in the district. there are a lot of date spots and a high percentage of new people to the area that are single. i have heard this, there are a lot of smart attractive eligible women, not as many smart

attractive eligible men. that's just what i read about d.c.. >> really? >> draw. so if you're a sink goal man, it's a good place to live. >> if you're a single woman, you're -- i can't use the traz i was thinkphrase i was thinking about. but out of luck. >> what does rich have to do with love? that does play a role, doesn't it? >> yes, it does. look you can't get around it. >> we're just being hsnonest. it's friday the 13th. >> #frigid friday. there is the flag in front of the building and it's flapping away in a stiff wind this morning. we've got weather alert day under way because of the super cold weather. and at the bus stop this morning, yes, windchills down to minus 5 between 7:00 and 8:00. we'll be bright and sunny though but temperatures only in the low teens. then between 8:00 and 9:00 mid teens, windchills will be near zero with bright sunshine. and windchill temperatures right now are down to subzero in

washington. windchill minus 1. across northern virginia, dulles now down to minus 5. minus 6 windchill camp springs and prince george's county. temperatures are down into the low teens to just near 10 degrees. only a 10 in front royal and gaithersburg reagan national at 16 prince george's county fairfax county down into the low teens. upper teens away the bay. cold snap highlights through monday two shots of cold air, this is the first one. second one comes in saturday night with subzero windchills near record cold by monday morning. we have a windchill advisory all these counties in blue frederick, washington county panhandle of west virginia this is in effect until 10:00 this morning. now we have a high wind watch for gusts to 60 miles an hour that's saturday night into sunday morning. all these counties in color northern virginia, the district and much of maryland that will be saturday night into sunday

morning. good travel weather driving today with dry pavement. morning, midday and afternoon. winds will bedy mip diminishing in the away but grip the wheel this morning. afternoon temperatures upper 20s with bright sunshine. saturday cloudy and maybe a few scattered snow showers late afternoon and evening. near 40 before then. then those strong winds come in saturday night into sunday midday. highs sunday only around 20. near record cold monday morning, single digits. highs for president's day will be reaching the mid-20s and then a chance a small chance of some snow tuesday night into wednesday. one of the models didn't give us in but a couple still give us some. so stay tuned. melissa is looking at a new crash. this is in brandywine. crain highway southbound at short cut road sounds like we have a closure there. trying to get more information for you. 270 north at old georgetown heard about an accident here. not seeing anything on camera unless this perhaps is a fire truck arriving. hard to tell.

but not the seeing anything on camera right now. 66 eastbound before 123, we have the two left lanes blocked until 5:00 this morning. wider look at things overall inner loop and outer loop everything flowing quite nicely. no major issue. but again, we do have this situation in hyattsville from yesterday westbound east-west highway between 43rd and adelphi, we still have two lanes westbound blocked this morning. a maryland congressman getting a lot of attention for being a little bit of a camera hog. >> what he betweene he did with his face and how it has to do with a special woman in his life, his mom. and what president obama is

4:57. i've received dozens of fantastic ideas for my neat meet your street series. so please keep them coming. tonight at 6:00 if you've ever driven through montgomery county, you know name. a paving company, a church. but do you know the story behind father hurley boulevard? who was the man and what does he mean to our area? if you have a road you've always wondered about please send me a note on twitter at firs@first4traffic and i will check it out. >> thank you. looking forward to it. today you can see a 3d portrait of president obama, the

first of its kind. the portrait will be unveiled today at the national portrait gallery here in washington. president obama is the first president to be scanned using the 3d technology. the portrait took 40 hours to print and it will now be a permanent feature at the national gallery. rg3 and his wife have announced on facebook they are pregnant. this is the photo causing a buzz on the internet right now. yesterday was robert griffin iii's 25th birthday. no word on whether it's a boy or girl. >> congratulations. well, today maryland's comptroller will be lobbying for your kids to have a longer summer. comptroller will be in annapolis at the state's annual tourism day. he'll discuss the idea of having all maryland schools start after labor day. that meeting begins at 12:45 at the miller senate office building. donald trump says his new luxury hotel in d.c. will be done right on budget and right

on time. the nearly 300 room hotel is housed in d.c.'s eyeiconic old post office building on pennsylvania avenue. some and i it will say it will be the best hotel in washington. >> i think the ball room will be used by everybody. even presidents that don't like me are will use it. >> the old post office was built in the 1880s. trump's hotel is expected to open sometime next year bringing in an estimated 500 permanent jobs. >> what if you're not elite, should we still visit? >> if you can get in the door. >> we'll go across the street you and i. >> take pictures from outside. stay with us. "news 4 today" fins now scontinues now at 5:00 a.m.. howling winds and plunging temperatures. it is a double whammy of a winter day. negative 10 degrees is the lowest it could feel like in some of your neighborhoods. sfwla and for that reason there

is a windchill advisory. good morning. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. welcome to "news 4 today". we have team coverage of the cold weather and we begin with tom kierein in the storm team 4 "weather center". >> coldest windchills are right now. it is near 10 below zero windchill in hagarstown. windchill there 8 below zero. windchill this gaithersburg is minus 3. manassas prince william county windchill there is at minus 4. much of prince george's county windchill there as well minus 4, minus 5 martinsburg, minus 6. feels like zero right in washington baut windbecause the winds are still whipping up. peak gusts now are around 25 to 30 miles an hour. your weather headlines for this frigid friday morning, we'll still have blustery winds for the morning and it will stay subfreezing all day long. and then higher winds moving in