hours. could be enough snow in bursts to leave as much as an inch. snow advisories right now, but none the less, snow bursts could leave as much as a coating or an inch or more in northern maryland. not expecting big accumulations accident but temperatures in the upper 20s to near 30. highs today in the mid- to upper 30s and near 40. that's the reason i'm not expecting a lot of accumulation on the roads. a coating of snow on the grass is a ponlt. have your hat and umbrella ready to go for the snow and rain showers later today. dangerous wind coming our way for tonight and near record cold by monday. a lot in the forecast. stay with us. >> thanks. >> it's not too cold because i'm bundled up but i think it's going to get colder. >> i'm fine because i have the layers with any exposed skin is chilly. >> i took my daughter ice

skating, about you we only lasted for about 45 minutes when we are usually out for two hours. >> the cold weather is here. not keeping folks inside. i talked with firefighters to see how they are preparing for the winter blast. >> this freezes up and could crack a line or something. it makes it inoperable. >> one place you don't want a pipe to burst is on the fire. they are preparing to drain the tanks on a colder weekend. >> we could shut off the valve that would make the onent and the drains and let the water out. >> the technician also showed us the warm weather gear. gloves and body suits need to be able to stay outdoors for hours. >> we come out and start the fire on the coldest day. it will be hot and sweaty and it needs to be dry. >> they recommend the same for all of you working outside.

the many players and hard labor can make you dehydrated. just like the hot summer days they warn drink plenty of water. we found just about everybody bundled up for a walk with their dogs. ellie even willing to give a hug to keep me warm. medics warn if you are planning to be in a warm car, prepare for the worst case scenario. >> have a coat appropriate for the weather conditions and gloves if you are stranded. >> let's show you a live look in northwest d.c. the d.c. mayor said more than 200 snow trucks will be on the routes by 2:00. crews will treat the roads before the wintry mix. in maryland, highway leaders will monitor the roads and extreme cold and the possible snow. we are working to find out what

virginia has planned ahead of the weather. download it at the weather app before this storm. we are updating it throughout the day with the latest forecast. >> police are trying to track down the man who shot a man on brooks drive. they found the victim and he was taken to the hospital and expected to be okay. police are working to figure out what the motive for the shooting was. >> new details on the fire that tore through the home in prince george's county. 13 people including an infant were forced out. firefighters were called to clayton lane around 8:45 p.m. last night. no one was hurt. >> developing out of mexico this morning. at least 16 people killed and 22 hurt after a bus and a train collided in northern mexico. it happened overnight. we got in new video of rescue

workers clearing debris at the crash site. mexican officials say the bus ignored a stoplight at a rail way crossing. it was split in half by the train and several passengers were trapped under the bus following the crash. >> all is back to normal at a dallas airport after a shooting. yesterday two sheriffs deputies were escorting an inmate through the airport and the inmate requested to use the bathroom. once his handcuffs were removed, he charged at the deputies and they shot the guy, but he was still able to make a run for it. they finally were able to catch up with the suspect in a security area. both were taken to the hospital. >> canadian police say they busted plans for a deadly shooting rampage. one is a 23-year-old american woman from illinois. the woman and her accomplice planned a mass shooting at a mall for valentine's day. it was set to happen today in

halifax, nova scotia. they arrested the woman at an airport who confessed there. police say a 19 yore old accomplice took his own life as officers surrounded hads home. >> former ravens player ray rice is asking for forgiveness for what he said is a horrible mistake. this comes ahead of the one-year mark. in a statement released to the sun and posted on his facebook page, he said he was sorry for letting down the young fans who looked up to him. he said there is no excuse for domestic violence. he is charged with assault against his then fiance. a video surfaced that showed him punching her in an elevator. >> gifts and packages may not be delivered on time. a network outage is causing problems for the postal service. package handling and i mail has been affected. services are running without problem ises.

they are hoping to fix the issue by later today. >> today is of course valentine's day. even though it is saturday the d.c. family courts marriage bureau will be open in honor of valentine's day. they are performing 14 weddings and they got started a few minutes ago. a happy congratulations to all the couples out there. par. >> call it a danger zone. 60 million people in the path of another monster storm. some are not done digging out from the last one. why they are using the word hurricane to describe what's about to come. >> we want to take another look at the current temperature. it will be slightly warmer than yesterday, but these numbers are going to die. chuck bell timing out when and how long they are going to go. >> plus the scary moment when is a group trying to escape an avalanche looked back to

another snowstorm is headed to the northeast. it comes after a cold snap that dumped more snow in the region. >> ron mott has a look at how peopling digging out of the snow. >> with snow lumped in mounds new englanders are steadying themselves for more with few spaces left to put it all. some at their wit's end. >> i'm freezing. my fingers are numb. >> staying inside as much as i can and trying not to go outside. >> a blizzard warning in effect and stores are crowded. snow supplies in demand and food and other essentials preparing to hunker down. >> you end up cooking and not being able to get out. >> one of the biggest concerns is wind. approaching hurricane force, 40

to 50 in new york and philadelphia and 60 to 75 on nantucket. the coast guard is warning mariners. >> a powerful storm will begin impacting the area. >> dangerous road conditions are likely. >> we urge everybody to please stay off the road during the storm through saturday night into sunday morning. >> boston'satigue with snow of the past 16 out of 20 days. the snowiest ever. nearly 80 inch this is season striking distance of the all time tale of 107.6. the national guard is deployed having cleared 700 fire hydrants and ready to respond this weekend. >> freezing. so cold. the red soxed hadded for spring training. ron mott in boston.

>> the cold for sure this coming week and we may have the first real chance of snow. a complete check of a very

new video developing out of mexico. a story on 16 people who were killed and 22 hurt when the bus and a train collided in northern mexico. it happened last night and new

video of rescue workers trying to clear the debris at the crash site. officials say the bus ignored a stoplight at a rail way crossing. the bus was literally split in half as you can tell by the video. that was done by the on coming train. several passengers were trapped under that bus right after the crash. >> it is quiet as we look at the capitol this morning. metro faced tough questions from congress during that hearing on the transit system smoke emergency. kmis communication and functioning were no excuse for passengers being trapped for 30 minutes. that's how long it took to get to them. they heard from d.c. resident jonathan rogers who was on the train and videotaped part of it and gave cpr to a woman who later died. >> in a photo believed to be the last i took before giving cpr to

miss glover -- sorry. other passengers were laying on the ground at 3 tiny tiny 39 p.m. >> it's the latest in a string of ongoing and federal probes looking into the cause of the incident near the metro stop. >> reverend al sharpton will join a leader to call upon the justice department to look into the murders of three muslims as a hate crime. he is charged with shooting and killing three muslims in chapel hill. they found 12 guns and a large stash of ammunition in his home. president obama condemned the killings and the fbi said they are opening up an investigation. >> the first openly bisexual governor is set to take office on wednesday. kate brown will take the oath of office when oregon governor steps down resigning amid a scandal with his fiance. he maintained they worked hard to avoid conflicts between her

public and private roles. >> the military says yes to hormone therapy and no to growing long hair. chelsea manning, formerly bradley manning requested treatment for gender disforia in 2013. a memo received said manning's hairstyle will be revisited after hormone therapy begins. manning is serving a 35-year sentence for information given to wikileaks. this dramatic video, about 100 people forced to leave their homes because of a raging forest fire that burned more than 5,000 acres and theying trying to determine if a barbecue started the blaze. >> you are about to witness something really, really scary. that's the sound of a snow

blower getting swept up. the man was headed out the side of the mountain when a wave broke away. here his friends realized he was not behind them and noticed it's only his head that is still above the snow. everyone rushed to save him. he is pretty much entirely buried. they were able to dig him out and thank goodness he is okay. >> we can't take our weather changes lightly. protect people pipes and pets. even animal who is are used to the cold will need additional shelter. you have an outdoor dog, make sure they have warmer places to go. it could be very cold weather and the cold is coming. last year reagan national only made it into the single digits

twice. we have the first shot since last winter on monday morning. wind chills could be 15 to 25 degrees below zero and up through the early part of tomorrow and even where there is just a wind chill, that means zero to 15 below. high winds will be a problem and they could gust at or above 60. you will need to meet preparations. near record cold. by comparison today will seem mild. bethesda there, 30 degrees with a light south wind. winds will increase ahead of that clipper and turn to the northwest tonight. here's future weather going through the day to day. by 11:00, an opportunity for a

sprinkle or two, but the real deal for a mix of rain and snow arrives after 3:00 this afternoon and should be out of here by 8:00 or 9:00. the most intense rain or snow likely to come down between 3:00 and 8:00 this evening. it's just warm enough where we shouldn't have trouble on the roads, but cold enough to have snow flakes mixing in. potential could get as much as an inch or more and around the metro the snow could come down enough to leave a white coating. hour by hour temperatures staying in the upper 30s to near 40. a great reminder to have the weather app ready to go for the next couple of days. there is the alberta clipper. for us it's this ripple in person pennsylvania as it comes along the border and could bring out a couple of snow showers. the only advisories are winter weather for columbia and annapolis and points north and

east. again, here's future weather through the course of the day. mid-to late afternoon. an opportunity for raindrops mixing with wet snow flakes. by 7:00 or 8:00 tonight, the rain and snow coming to an end and the real cold settles in and the winds gust to extreme levels late tonight. feels like temperatures going out for dinner and a movie, single digits and teens at 8:00 tonight. by 11:00 tonight, single digits above or below zero. by wake up time wind chills running 15 to 25 degrees below zero. this is serious stuff. you need to make your plans to take things seriously with this and make sure your pipes are ready and secure. if you know people that are outside tonight make sure they are layered. only 21 tomorrow. 9 would be a record low at

national airport and cold air in place, we will talk about this later in the snow. snow chances tuesday into wednesday. >> thanks. a family carjacked not once but twice and it happened in the same week. >> the mistake that is serving as a warning to you. plus we go back stage with a hot young director who is

>> there is a new effort to get

younger people to the theater. they have a young director in charge. >> he is bringing edgier work to bring millennials a reason to show up. we are introduced to matthew gardner. >> he has to bring something different to the table these days and still make you swoon over fried chicken. the director is keeping it hot in the kitchen. >> i'm constantly aware of what i feel like i would want to watch on stage. >> gardner got three helen hayes nominations. shows varied as the lean and farrell tender napalm. the visual sunday in the park with george. for a director who just hit 30 these are high peaks. >> everything i have done at this point has been a bit of an

effort. everything is new to me. >> he was a teenager when he was doffered by eric schaefer. he hired gardner before he graduated from college. >> with matt he will bring shows and say you should look at this. >> he had the foresight to produce really, really before the topic exploded on the front page. >> that was about a case on a college campus. >> for roadways the edge. >> i never want signature to be a routine. i want them to say now what are they doing. >> raised in college park he spent his youth studying with the washington ballet and watching old movies. >> always to me things were cinematic and how do you tell a story through movement. >> and choreographing a menu that bring a younger generation

to the table. theaters are doing it and gardner likes it. >> you entered the room and you are standing in the club environment. those are things that make a younger audience feel like they are a part of it. >> embracing the new without alienate the old, the bread and butter of any theater's economics. the task is the balancing act of modern theater. knowing when to be disruptive and when to send in the clowns. news 4 today. >> it will be a busy spring for him. >> unon solicited love letters from inmates? how they are getting private information. >> subsided only for a little while. even colder weather will settle in. plus yeah the next chance of snow and later we will explain how technology is helping one man say i love to you his

here are some top stories right now. people in new england are preparing for a blizzard. a warning is in effect for massachusetts and new hampshire and maine. it could bring more than a foot of fresh snow and winds and coastal flooding as well. the city is digging out from the last snowstorm.

it's running out of places to put all of that snow. >> weather is the big story here at home. don't be surprised if you see snow flakes around here but at least it will feel better than the arctic temperatures from yesterday. right now you still have the temperatures in the 20s to 30s. >> we are looking at 9:30 on the dot. we learned that v dot will deploy their own teams in northern virginia. more than 900 trucks will treat them in the area. prince kill yam in arlington counties. woor woor let's go to chuck bell. >> there is something to be said about strength in numbers. warmth in numbers. >> from calvert county maryland. taking a tour here this morning and they are all snow lovers right? dead silence. >> i'm half snow lover and half not. >> he believe works in a

political town. cloudy skies for now and temperatures all over the region under this full deck of clouds. lots of ice along the area. it's too thin out there. parts of northern maryland and bursts of snow possible. could be enough for a coating or an inch. any time we talk about snow we get excited around here. temperatures in the mid 20s and if you are planning to be outside, upper 30s to 40. down as much as 20 below zero. cold air means snow chances are climbing and more with all of that and the seven-day forecast coming up. >> we will see you then. police have rounded up several

people including teenagers in connection with a string of carjackings in the district. chris lawrence spoke with the families who were targeted. >> they were caught but not before teaching a tough lesson. >> i am kicking myself as much as i applaud d.c. police. >> he didn't want to be identified. >> i was about to take my youngest son to his daycare and he warmed up the car first. >> i left my key in my car to my own demise. when i said goodbye to my wife the car was gone. >> a witness watched it go down. >> i jumped in my car and it was running and it took off. >> they came back the next morning and stole his wife's acura, using the fob from his stolen key ring. pafr park are until they got in the car and drove off.

>> a carjacking here in northeast, they flashed a backhand gun and forcibly took the victim's car. >> the four people have been linked to three carjackings and three stolen vehicles. >> it's unclear as to when we will get it back. >> call it lesson learned? >> don't leave a car running. >> chris lawrence news 4. >> you can help police if you recognize these men. they may be connected to an armed robbery and assault on metro. this happened after 10:00 on thursday night at the town metro station. investigators say they don't have warrants for the men, they just want to talk to them. a group of people will be at the justice center to get signatures to stop police what they call the jump out tactic. take i look at this.

the american civil liberties union is using them to call for anent to the jump out slots. it shows this 18-year-old running from an unmarked police car in 2011 right there. he had a gun and shot was fired from the cruiser, killing briscoe. a jury killed officers of any wrong-doing. >> it was a drive by on him. so i'm just angry. very, very angry. i'm not going to stop until justice is served for my son. >> the aclu said all police cars should be marked. unmarked cars and jump outs are used to address crime problems across the district. >> an inquest into the shooting of an unarmed man in washington state. a farm worker is accused of throwing rocks and cars at officers. that's right there. they used a tazer to stop the man and when that didn't work

police opened fire. the shooting has drawn criticism from the president of mexico. he condemned the violence against the mexican citizen the family filed a lawsuit against the city. >> if you have anthem health insurance, you can take advantage of theft insurance. they said anthem hired an outside company to offer identity theft repair assistance and credit monitoring. they broke into a database that held social security numbers, birth dates and other personal information. they are not sure how many of the 80 million customers were affected. >> we now know the new date for the trial of jesse matthew accused of raping a fairfax woman. his trial was scheduled for march, but they wanted more time to look at dna evidence. a judge moved the trial to begin june 8th. he is accused of raping and trying to kill a woman.

he was indicted for the university of virginia student hannah graham who disappeared in september. the trial is expected to last two weeks. >> a developing story in ukraine. despite a ceasefire deal there is fighting between the ukrainian troops and rebel separatists who are trying to capture a rail way before a truce that is expected to begin tomorrow. 25 people were killed and leaders from russia ukraine, germany and france negotiated that peace plan. >> new this morning, a new case of measles in illinois. 13 cases have been confirmed and all of the cases are in cook county which includes chicago and surrounding areas. >> flu season has reached the peak and new cases of the flu appear to be dropping. it is still considered widespread in 32 states. according to the latest report from the centers for disease control, that includes maryland

and virginia. it's no longer widespread in the district. there fewer and less intense case cases in the last couple of weeks. it reached the highest levels at the beginning of january and stayed there for weeks. today, pope francis named 20 new cardinals in a ceremony attended by pope benedict. he will hold a service with the new cardinals and 15 will vote for a new pope when needed. >> a kind of unusual valentine's story and how inmates are getting your personal information to send love letters. what we dug up in the investigation. >> a local restaurant where food is not the only option for singles looking to make a connection. >> a live look outside where it will be cloudy for saturday and you might want to add an umbrella later

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>> today is valentine's day and if you are looking for love there is always cubid's table. you are invited to dine and meet a family sharing dinner by the fire. get a chance to mix and mingle and meet new people. this is every friday this month. >> i love you lorraine. >> you are going to hear a lot of i love yous because it's valentine's day. it's special to hear the words for the first time in 15 years. he married lo lane in 1989 and he was diagnosed with als. in 1999 he was outfitted with a ventilator and hasn't spoken

since. a new technology is giving him his voice back. the company, not impossible allows him to communicate using his eyes. it reads and digitizes his eye movements on a letter board. >> my lawyer do lo rain. i can't imagine life without you. you made the last 25 years fly by and i am looking forward to the next 25 years. love tom. >> with other devices like the one we saw, don and lorraine had to abandon their current method to learn how to use a keyboard. this is really specialized for them and this group does all kinds of things like this. they try to solve problems one person at a time. >> it's amazing to see what they can do for the family.

>> at 9:41 a check of the forecast coming up. >> nothing but cold cold and more cold coming up on a polar narrator: gas prices are down helping middle class families. but now, the white house wants to impose title ii regulations on your internet meaning new government taxes and fees. every month: you'd pay more. 11 billion dollars a year in new taxes and fees. internet freedoms can be protected with the white house and congress working together, but imposing new tax increases through public utility style regulations will hurt middle class families let's protect the internet we love without regressive taxes and fees. no to title ii.

welcome back. an ebola drug first used in the u.s. will be tested on patients in liberia.

zmapp was given to a medical missionary sent to the u.s. for treatment against the virus and he survived however doctors are not sure if the drug help. the company who makes the drug said it's very difficult to produce and they don't have large amounts of the drug. >> the u.s. department of drugs and human services are trying to speed up to produce. >> prisoners reaching out to women they don't know from behind bars. an investigation by the i team reveals complaints that inmates are sending them unwanted unexpected letters by mail. as the i team reports, some are concerned about prisoner pen pal services. >> a handwritten letter so uncommon especially from a stranger. when this maryland woman who we

will call angela opened hers -- she spotted something out of the ordinary. immediately. >> please don't be alarmed of my unfortunate predicament. >> i was afraid and i looked at the envelope and it said inmate mail. that's when the freak out began. >> an inmate sent her a note from the maximum security prison are a man she didn't know. he said he had been informed of her physical loveliness and wanted her to write back and develop a relationship. >> someone who the state felt was dangerous had my information and knew where i lived. >> she found he was in prison for kidnapping and sexual assault. we asked the state correctional officials and we were surprised by what we heard. they received eight similar complaints unwanted letters from prisoners including some here, the maximum security prison. in angela's case they linked it

to an online pen pal service in fort lauderdale florida. some charge inmates between 10 and $40 a year to post pictures and ads online. they solicit pen pals to write. some some cases they choose an inmate and send a letter but angela said she never used any pen pal site. how did her name and address get into the hands of a convicted felon? the operator said he has seen cases where people send them the names and addresses of random women found online in a phone book. hoping they will kwander their money and get their hopes up they scored a girlfriend and to get the inmates in hot water when women get scared and

explain. they address them immediately. we investigate any complaint about correspondents as soon as we know about it. >> i hit send and that's how it started. >> liz said she once fell for a prisoner she found on a pen pal website and took her for $20,000. cases like this is why she is petitioning to shut down all the sites. >> there is a big circuit that needs to be stopped. >> she thinks many who participate are scoping for possible victims. >> this person had been incarcerated for bad things. >> the inmate has not tried writing again and she'll only feel safe while the kidnapper is behind bars. news 4 i team. >> they reached out to prisoner websites and did not hear back. maryland state officials said they received no new complaints since the i team began working

on the story. if you have a tip or story idea for the i deem give them a call. or you can shoot them an e-mail. >> so today will won't be the best day, but compared to what's to come -- >> that tells you how bad it's going to get. a chance for snow is the warmest and nicest day of the next seven. that spells trouble. make plans to prepare and protect your pets and property that will fly around in a high wind. you need to secure all that was as a blast of seriously cold air comes our way. it will last through most if not all of the coming week and near record cold can be driven into parts of florida. for now it's full clout cover and the hazy fuzzy bottom clouds

with light snow. 30 degrees in washington and south wind and temperatures area-wide are in the upper 20s to around 30. the future weather forecast had that mix of rain and snow makes coming in in the mid-to afternoon hours. a little chance there and here's the best chance of 3 or 7:00 or 8:00 this evening. most that was is in the form of a rain and snow mix. the snow bursts may be able to add up to an inch of snow. the local computer model is cranking out a half inch to an inch around the metro area. that's about on track. an inch or more across northern maryland and a coating to maybe an inch on grassy surfaces around town. temperatures should be above the freezing mark. don't be surprised to see snow flakes. we are going off the air at

10:00, but you can have the local forecast and radar on the weather app. there is the clipper that looks harmless for now, but as it gets over the open waters it will intensify rapidly. winter weather advisory for anne arundel county and parts of howard county. that goes until noon tomorrow. wind chills and high wind warnings are on the map for tonight into tomorrow. winds could gust over 60 miles per hour at times. that's the reason power lines and trees could come down and if you have loose outdoor furniture or trash cans in the yard get it cleaned up. high temperatures near 40. highs tomorrow upper teens and low 20s. by monday morning, these are the out the door temperatures into the single digits. that is a record low in washington. wind chills could exceed 20 to 25 below zero. the cold is here all week near

20 for a high tomorrow. single digits monday morning, the moisture coming our way. better and better chances tuesday into wednesday. >> if you were with us you may remember the kid helped boy target employees before he went on a job interview. >> that was my favorite? do you know how it

so you may remember the story of the teen abler who tried to buy the target tie. we are learning that the teenager got the job. this picture is showing him being helped to find the perfect tie. he went shopping at target and didn't expect the kindness of the employees. the picture was post and went viral. the teen plans to pay the kindness forward. >> as soon as i get my first paycheck i'm going to get them a gift. >> i love this guy. do we have openings at news 4? he was excited to start his new job at chick-fil-a and he can help others as well. when he showed up he wanted a clip on tie and they got him a real one. the team is on the dad strip. >> i think you are at like 2300

pictures already. that goes to show you, he has been snoping a lot. >> he has a different face on this one. i can't delete it. >> have you been better husbands or how do you divvy up all the time? >> we don't do a very good job. >> when you get home you have to make sure you take the load off of them. it's been ten days. >> you don't throw them but it feels like a throw. it's one quick motion. >> if you are not paying attention, he's going to the floor. >> you get man strength. dad strength. >> it happened to him over the summer. it's true. you know it did. >> this is your strongest summer. >> is it in your head? >> a lot is holding a baby. you hold them for so long and you put the baby down and your muscles are sore. >> you carry that car seat

around too with the baby. >> is there something that is difficult or hard to figure out? >> putting clothes on. i feel like i'm going to break them. getting their arm in there, i'm going to separate the shoulder. i take twice as long to put the clothes on. >> do you feel it changed your life? >> it makes things that happen at the rink or maybe a bat play so small compared to that. >> it gives you a new perspective. >> i like that dad strength. >> thanks for much for joining

the howard has this energy. >> that was a place that made many stars. >> this was the testing ground. people like the supremes and marvin gaye. >> it's like history for our city. >> this was a very important icon that will be around i hope forever. >> like you belong to something that's bigger than yourself. >> the howard theater brought us together. it was known as the theater for the people, a place that was home to duke ellington helped