what you need to know right now about our dangerous cold. major bus delays plamed on weather and to have school officials adjusting tomorrow's schedule. the weather is also really tough on water pipes, even forcing a county courthouse to close today. you also need to be prepared for the wind out there when you step outside. windchills are in the single digits now. good morning, everyone. you're watching "news4 midday" i'm barbara harrison. the bitter cold is leaving a growing amount of ice on biggests and smallest waterways right now. this morning chopper 4 found this boat encased in ice on the south river. the river feeds into the chesapeake bay in anne arundel

counselt county. no surprise seeing temperatures in the teens and will chis even lower. tomorrow morning conditions will be worse. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal is in the weather center and brins us up to date. >> everyone is under a windchill advisory through tomorrow morning. windchills at times anywhere from 20 to about 5 degrees below zero. when the windchill gets to 18 degrees below vere oh or lower, that's when it's languagedangerously outside. avoid being outdoors at this point. the adviseor runs until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. the temperature now is 18 degrees. beaul sunshine but breezy conditions winds out of the northwest 17 miles an hour. gusting up to 25. windchill temperatures are in the single -- digits. how it's going to feel outside when do you pachter in the breezy conditions.

3:00 feeling about 2 degrees. by 7:00 p.m. zero. 11:00 p.m. five below. tomorrow morning, worse. i'll let you know what to expect tomorrow morning coming up at 11 11 11:30. >> thank you, amelia. and cold buses what would have been the students first day back since friday. news 4 megan mcgrath is on the scene way look at what happened. megan, oh it's cold out there. >> reporter: barbara, extremely cold. the wind is really really bad. that windchill is awful. as you said fairfax county schools haven't been in session since last friday. they have some employees go to the bus lots over the weekend to start up the buses, to warm them up a little bit, but when it came time to hit the roads this morning, some of those buses just wouldn't start. and there were three high schools really impacted by that. herndon, marshall and south lakes. students of those three high schools, some of them had to wait between 30 and 60 minutes

out in the cold for their buses to arrive this morning. and many of wondering why there wasn't a two-hour delay due to the cold. we spoke to one mom with three kids in the fairfax county school system and heard about the delay and instead of having her kids wait at the bus stop decided to drive them to s >> i was surprised. i think everybody thought there was going to be a delay. talking about it yesterday, just because they've had delays in the past for cold weather because there's a problem with buses starting and i think today was colder than any day this winter maybe eastern last winter. when they didn't have one, and then we got the call about the delay for buses, why didn't they just allow for a little bit of extra time? >> reporter: and the big problem was really with the first runs this morning. the three high schools. there were some delays at the middle school but things pretty much worked themselves out by the time the elementary school students got picked up this morning. i spoke to a school spokesperson who said they considered a

two-hour delay for today however, because the roads were in good shape decided to open on time and says they will consider a possible delay tomorrow because it's supposed to be even colder. should also #closefcps trending on twitter. got over 22,000 mentions this morning. a lot of the students who were waiting out in the cold for their buses this morning took to give folks a hard time about not getting a delay this morning. reporting live in herndon, megan mcgrath news 4. >> thank you, megan. cleanup from water damage will keep the forbes theater museum close add second day. you can see, a pipe leaked about an inch of water on to the floors. a spokesperson says none of the museum's irreplaceable artifacts appeared to be damped and the rest of the complex including the theater and peterson house will be open today. there are no court proceedings going on today at the prince george's county courthouse in upper marlboro. freezing cold temperatures cause add pipe to burst there causing lem trickle problems. anything scheduled to take place

at that courthouse today has been cancelled. we expect to have a list of more closings and delays throughout the day because of the weather. be sure to download the nbc washington app for push alerts as they come in to us. news 4 richard jordan is following breaking news for us out at howard county. live to him to see what's going on. >> chopper 4 over a two-alarm fire now off ring dove lane and leaf treater way. it is a cul-de-sac there. the area just off little patuxent parkway and vantage point way. you can see firefighters flames out dealing with smoking conditions. that town home destroyed. not much left of it. no injuries to report from here. firefighters will remain on the scene and looking to see what the cause of the fire was. brash? barbara. thank you. > lawyers for virginia's former first lady say the public humiliation she faced during the trial is punishment enough they say. they're asking a judge to let her off with probation and 4,000

hours of community service. prosecutors are recommending an 18-month sentence. if she gets prison time the judge will allow her to remain free bond while she appeals her conviction. both bob mcdonnell vap 71st govern earened his wife convicted of corruption. she is ted to the sentenced friday. back to news 4 richard jordan again following more breaking news. >> we are learning one of d.c.'s oldest public charter schools has lost its license. the dorothy heights community academy losing its license today. the board decided this affects four campuses three in northwest one in northwest washington. about 1,600 students will have to find a new place to go to school and the until march 2nd to apply for the school lottery there to get into another public charter school or another d.c. ps school. this comes after allegations that the school's founder kent amos was diverting millions of dollars into a private management company and then taking a kickback from that

about $1 million. he insists he did nothing illegal. zachary quiche is working the story pr for from him in 30 minutes. >> thanks richard. new today, postal workers fighting to save their jobs and the hollywood star helping their cause. plus -- a change today for a court hearing for a rabbi accused of spying on women during a ritual bath. what prompted the change. we'll be now to a developing story.

the white house says the u.s. is not holding peace talks with afghanistan's taliban leaders. earlier reports said the taliban and u.s. officials would sit down in qatar for a two-day meeting. this afternoon a d.c. rabbi accuses of spying on women will be back in court. his hearing was supposed to start at 10:00. it's now set to start around 1:00. the judge moved the case to a bigger courtroom, because the interest in the case and victims are expected to attend today's hearing. just last week police said they identified more than 150 women secretly taped by rabbi barry freundel. the tapings occurred at a ritual bath at a georgetown synagogue. so far freundel charged with six counts of voyeurism. we'll be in the courtroom today. watch for the nbc news coming through our nbc washington app later today for any breaking updates from that hearin

and right now the u.s. postal service is negotiating a new contract. back to richard jordan for that. good morning again. >> hi barbara. good morning. the negotiations starting today, expected to take a few weeks and a postal worker's union getting star is a frort actor danny glover. >> i come here as the child of postal employees who worked their most all their entire life as employees of the u.s. postal service. and i come here as their son, and i also come here as a customer. >> glover says he even worked briefly for the postal service. the union wants to expand postal services including notary and licensing services. they want to add more staffing longer hours, more days for mail delivery. they acknowledge that the internet has hurt the postal service when it comes to letters and bills, but they say they have reserved advantages from the internet when it comes to e-commerce and those packages shipped to people's homes every

day. they say they want to continue to bank on that. they're optimistic about theta with the new post master general at the helm. >> thank you, richard. your well-being has a lot to do with where you live. the state in our area that falls at the bolt many of the rankings. where that is we'll tell you. plus we're not the only ones dealing with this record cold. reports from nashville and niagara faums coming up. and record cold is possible tomorrow morning and over the weekend. i'm tracking a wintry mix. the latest timi

right now the bitter cold is not going anywhere. windchills in the single digits and colder tonight. asheville, north carolina nashville, tennessee, and paducah, kentucky all set to hit record lows today, too. nbc's jay sgra in downtown nashville and dylan dreyer at niagara falls with a closer look what happens when it gets this cold. >> reporter: hey there. brutal conditions near nashville again. it's been so cold so long that the fountain here outside the semp symphony is freezing. becoming an ice statue. there's a dusting of snow on the ground and some ice. more snow expected here tomorrow.

so a tough go for a lot of people across the region. equally as tough at frozing niagra falls where my colleague dylan dreyer is. dylan. >> reporter: the cold is affecting nigh agoagara falls. one of the coldest winters on record. you can see what it is doing on the american falls across the way. the falls themselves will never completely freeze. it's the mist and water the falls kicks up that freezes and creates gorgeous ice formations. this morning about 3 below zero windchill 22 below. should be even colder tomorrow as that siberian express makes its way in and most likely breaks records. dylan dreyer nbc news. >> thank you both. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal is back at 11:30 to let us know how much longer we'll deal with this kind of cold and possibly snow overthe weekend. we'll talk to her about that too. look at this individual grow prescott arizona where they mourn add woman killed by isis. earlier this month we learned

that kayla mueller had been killed. you can see her hometown held a big candlelight vigil to remember her. mueller was the last known american hostage held by isis. she was captured while working to help people in syria two years ago. mueller was 26 years old. president obama today again pushed back on the notion the u.s. is at war with islam. he made the remarks during the third day of a summit on countering extremism. he's come under criticism for not directly mentioning radical islam during the summit but obama is drawing a clear line saying people not religion are responsible for the acts of terror. >> obviously there is is a y between the middle east, the west and none of us, i think, should be immune fr criticism in terms of specific policies but the notion that the west is at war

with islam is an ugly lie. >> mr. obama has also faced complaints from muslim-american whose feel the summit could single out their faith. and new this morning a new poll suggests most of us support increasing the minimum wage. according to a new associated press gfk poll six in ten americans favor raising the minimum wage. 60% also favor requiring all employers to give paid time off to employees when they're sick. two-thirds are for requiring employers to give time off for parents after the birth of the poll results come after president obama included many of these issues in this state of the union address. for more on that we're joined by mark murray nbc senior political editor, and it is while many americans agree with a lot of what the president is suggesting doing, a lot of them don't think they agree with him. what is this about? >> well this is about the fact barbara, the economy has been improving over the last several months.

every economic indicator you see keeps getting bet around better but where there is still dissatisfaction, with middle-class americans. 1% and 2% recovering just fine but not me. my paycheck hasn't gone up. of course this could be a lagging indicator that all of a sudden if the economy continues at its current pace middle america could feel better than does now. a big challenge for the president and as well at parties for 2016 who can win over the public. my policies can put more money in your pockets. >> you think the poll reflects only those doing a little better? >> that's where the dissatisfaction comes from president obama handling the economy. you see the road for democrats, call for a higher minimum wage more family leave. day care. they're popular with the american public. >> and the president's popularity. how's he doing right now? >> overall approval rating as 47%.

gallup in 48%. below 50%, never a good thing but not on the george w. bush trajectory after the midterm election in the 20s, 30s. now to the mid to high 40s. neutral place as he party looks ahead to 2016. >> we'll continue to watch the numbers although i suspect at this point he's a lame duck. what difference? >> what goes up comes down what goes down comes back up. that's polls. >> for more from mark and the rest of the nbc news political team check out "first read" on nbcnews.com. vanilla ice talking about being arrested for burglary. what he says will happen to clear hi name. and a neighborhood bakery making a comeback. talk to a guest about three new bakeries you may not have 70 years

ago today marines invaded the small pacific lined of iwo jima. this iconic footage shows marines raising the flag days later. pay tribute at noon veterans of the war gather at pick arch of the world war ii memorial and at 2:00 help lay a wreath at the u.s. marine corps war memorial in arlington.

marines captured the island in march of 1945. a pivotal victory. new today, the new rankings about the connection between your well-being and where you live. news 4 aaron gilchrist breaks down the numbers for us. >> reporter: gallup interviewed noorn 175,000 people in all 50 states not d.c., though. they asked questions based on five categories. your sense of purpose, your social life your finances community and physical well-being. so here is how we scored. virginia had the best overall numbers in our area. it really is for lovers apparently. the commonwealth ranked highly for social relationship-based held. it was 14th overall. maryland didn't do quite as well. 29th on that list. a drop of more than ten spots from last year. it also had high numbers for social life and beat virginia in finances and physical health as well. as for west virginia well it came in last in the country for the sixth straight year and had the lowest social and physical

health rankings on that list. we can also tell you that alaska came in first place. you can see it among the top and bottom ten here on this map. ranked them for you. i've put the full report with the full list of states on my facebook page. back to you. >> thank you, aaron. well right now police are releasing new information on the woman who died in police custody. what was happening minutes before her death? and take a look at this flag flapping. the wind is making our dangerously cold weather even worse. amelia will be back with a first look at the seven-day forecast and when conditions might

let's have a look any other windchills out there. look at that. all in the single digits all over our region it is cold out there right now. but this may make you feel a little better. right now it's sunny and in the mid-40s on the east coast of florida where some washington nationals are playing right now spring training is finally here. it started today. spring training tickets are on sale there, too. the nats are a good bet to make the playoff again this year. the regular season starts on april the 6th. and storm team 4 meteorologist amelia seeing is here to talk about the weather. look at seven day now and see if it's going to warm up maybe, a little later? >> warm up one day and then it's go bitterly cold temperatures for this time of year once again. >> wow. all right. let's hear it. >> i have to say i was looking

at the seven day. the average high think time of year is 48 degrees. next wednesday, average high is 50. talking about a high today of 22 a high tomorrow of 19 we're not just a little bit below average. this is unseasonably cold air that's moved in to the area. dangerously cold air will be in place in spots tomorrow morning, especially for those of you in the suburbs, north and west of the district. a win the chi advisory in effect for every through 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. i think some of us might see that upgraded to a wind chi warning. as we look to the weekend, our temperatures aren't the focus, but i'm going to be tracking a storm system that looks to bring snow then a wintry mix and then rain in overall temperatures remain below average on the seven day except for sunday. current windchills temperature now in the single digits whether above or below zero. single digits two below in camp springs, five below in dulles. 7 degrees in college park and feeling 7 degrees below zero in

gaithersburg. plenty of sunshine right now. and dry conditions. can't rule out, though afternoon flurries with some lake enhancement actually. just something to note. no accumulation. it's not going to impact roads. the planner for the rest of today. when you remove the winds it's 18 degrees and a high of about 22. 2:00 p.m. temperature around 20 degrees hits the high of 22 at about 3:00. 5:00 p.m. down to 17 and by 8:00 windchill temperatures or how it actually feels outside will be about ten below zero to around zero. actual air temperature, 14 degrees. another night and tomorrow morning another morning to keep your pets in mind. make sure you're checking on elderly neighbors. you don't want to have the kids outside too long. tomorrow morning, talking about near record low temperatures. bwi marshall forecasting a low of 40. tied that. likely breaking the record low temperature in washington. the record of 8 set all the bake

in 1896 and dulles forecasting a low of 2. the record there, 2 below. i don't think we'll break that. the windchill advisory for everybody goes until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. during the morning, that's when it will be the worst outside. windchills in spots as low as 20 below zero and when windchills are that low you can see frost bite in 30 minutes or less. 5:00 a.m. 20 below in martinberg 11 below in washington. continue to see brutally cold temperatures during the morning he afternoon feeling like it's in single digits. saturday afternoon, snow moves in changing over to wintry mix, sleet, freezing rain and changing to all rain verier on sunday. veronica will be in at 4:00 p.m. updating that forecast. it does look like we could see some accumulation on saturday before that snow moves in. stow could cause slick spots on area roads. barbara, high temperature on sunday of 50 degrees, but then

you notice we drop back down into the 30s for a high monday tuesday and wednesday with a chance of light snow on wednesday. >> thanks amelia. let's go to the live desk. breaking news about deadly accident in laurel. richard, what's happening? >> barbara, a big break in the case. police now say they recovered the vehicle involved in a hit-and-run about two weeks ago on the bw parkway near route 197 in laurel. 28-year-old rick warrick changing the tire on his car. pulled over off to the side of the road when he was hit by an oncoming car. he did not survive the injury sustained there. the driver involved in this hit-and-run obviously took off. again, now police say they have roved the vehicle involved and also talking to a person of interest. we'll keep following this case for you. >> richard, thank you. more breaking news. one of d.c.'s oldest and largest charter schools is shutting down. the dorothy height community academy public charter school just had their charter revoked.

zachary kiesch is outside the armstrong campus in northwest. why was the charter revoked? >> reporter: well barbara, the charter was revoked, because the founder is accused of taking money that was geared towards the kids and using it to pad his own pockets. the dorothy height campus here just off of p street opened in 1998 over the covers the last number of years opened three other campuses. families of students that attend these schools received a letter this morning, the d.c. charter school board voted 5-0 this morning to revoke again, revoke their charter and dissolve the schools. all four campuses impacted and more than 1,6 hrn kids affected. again, ken amos, the school's founder, accused of taking money meant for the students and patting his own pockets through a for-profit management company he made. community academy public charter often referred to as caps one of the old effort and largest groups of charters in the city.

as we mentioned, four different campuses will be affected. armstrong, nicholson, burdick and cane. oh will will the kids go? friendship in d.c. bilingual public charters as well as dcps will pick up the slack through a number of different scenarios with the students. cap staff will continue to work with the chirn tludldren through the end of the school year. the board felt it important to make the decision now for application in the lottery process for dcps schools. reporting live here in northwest d.c. zachary kiesch news 4. >> thank you. new at "midday," fairfax county police are saying more now about the death of a woman in jail that happened earlier this month. natasha mckenna died while officers were trying to move her from fairfax count toy alexandria to face charges. they say she was in a restraint chair with a spit guard bib over her mouth when her emergency started. she had also just been tased.

we're also told police have video of what happened but they're not releasing that video at this time. the fbi is asking for your help to find two men believed to be behind a series of bank robberies. take a look. here they are. they robbed two banks in less than one hour in northern virginia yesterday. first they hit a bb & c on east maple avenue in veeienna. 40 minutes later a bank in sterling holding one at gunpoint. police believe the same two men are involved in a robbery in mclean just last month. now former rap star vanilla ice, real name robert van winkle is out of jail. arrest ed yesterday for allegedly breaking into and stealing from an abandoned home in florida. the real estate broker noticed lawn furniture and pool bicycles and other stuff missing about week ago. police found some of those items at a home under the care and control of van winkle. >> it's out of proportion and i

wish you guy wos focus on all the good things. listen guys it will all get cleared up. you'll see. >> van winkle host as renovation tv show on diy network. it's unclear if the crew for the vanilla ice project was filming an episode at the time. a representative for the diy network says it is aware of the situation and is c looking into the matter. we're following a developing story out of california right now. hospital patients infected with a superbug. more are at risk this morning we're hearing. a lookat what's spreading this deadly bacteria. and celebrating

now to a developing story out in los angeles. seven people infected and nearly ly 200 exposed to a potentially drug-resistant superbug and also may be linked to two deaths. a ucla hospital spokesperson is blaming contaminated endoscopes the kwipt used to examine the inside of your throat. ucla says some patients were possibly exposed to a bacteria known at cre. it can be extremely difficult to treat and deadly enough to half of those who become infected. ed fda issued a statement overnight saying it's closely monitoring this situation. it's been nearly one year since we heard the hash tag save josh.

it was a campaign that went viral. the hope was to give an experimental drug to a sick virginia boy who was dying doreen getsler recently caught up with josh and his mother to see how they're doing now. >> reporter: josh was diagnosed with cancer at just 9 months old. he was treated but it came back twice. eventually all of those years of chemotherapy took a toll and josh needed a bone marrow transplant but that wreaked havoc on his body. >> his body just started to freak out. his heart failed. kidney failed lungs were not working well. >> reporter: and that's when an aggressive virus took advantage of his weakened immune system. his mother amy says their only hope was an anti-viral drug. it's not approved by the food and drug administration yet. which means a doctor can't previbe it. so the family asked for something called expanded access or compassionate use, to get the medication for josh.

the drug's manufacturer said no. >> where there's a will there's a way. i said it once and we just didn't let go and then so many people didn't let go with us. our family was a tres part of this. i mean i think they ran the best p.r. campaign in the world. >> reporter: for this family social media was the key to saving their young son's life but as we learned in our exclusive interview, the journey isn't over yet. >> and coming up tonight on "new4 at 5:00" and 6:00 doreen the interview with josh hardy as his mother including more on the controversial program that helped him get the dlaug theyrug they needed to save his life. new bakeries throughout the area are opening. what sparked that? plus free visits but only for a select group of people. we'll tell you where. the announcement president obama will make today. and play the first song. ♪ for me about ♪

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and to millions of acres of land including parks, forests, wildlife refugees and historical sites called "every kid in a park." well through the years, neighborhood bakeries have become harder to find and chefs and customers seem to be now rediscovering the appeal of the classic bakery and new ones are opening and i'm glad about that. "the washington post" is here, three examples. good morning. good to see you. >> hi barbara. >> i could just smell the wonderful aroam ra of bread cooking. i love that in a neighborhood. >> especially this time of year. sit down have a great cup of coffee or latte. lots of option. >> and on every corner but not around here and now are coming back. why do you think? >> they went away in part because of the low-carb trend that started in the 2000s. >> right. >> and folks started to be more careful what they ate. we're seeing a return to the idea that we can have a croissant and it doesn't ruin our whole diet. we can sort of treat ourselves

answer bit. we're seeing folks trained to do these kind of things. it's hard to make a perfect breakry, talk about a few. i told you, i have one in my neighborhood now one called dog tag bakely in northeast washington. where is it? >> northwest. it's in georgetown and what's cool about dog tag bakery. so many veterans in the area. one thing to note for folks, it's run with a program as georgetown university training veterans to make some of these baked goods. this is a t-claire stuffed with a tea flavored custard delicious. trufral pops and standards like croissants and bread done by veterans and training veterans for a future after the military. >> and that's? georgetown. what about rise bakri? >> the name if you know anything about gluten-free baking hard to get a gluten-free item to rise. it's in adams morgan doing baked

goods grut ss gluten-free. >> and fresh baguette? >> opened a couple yearation. traditional french breakry one by a by no eyesed to work at the french embassy. order the baguette. only serve bread no more than a couple hours old and all the favorites from macaroon to ka nillies, a long list in "the washington post." >> lot newplaces to try. get ready and work out later. >> we'll have to do that. thanks. >> thank you, barbara. of course if you missed any of those names you can find them in "the washington post" and, of coursance on our website, nbcwashington.com. this morning i want to introduce to you a new "wednesday's child" who didn't get a lot of attention as a little guy. he's come a long way. you're going to see that. meet 9-year-old xavier. >> reporter: hi xavier. hi. may i sit down? may i sit?

xavier was in his classroom when i stopped by his school recently. is this some? what's that? he doesn't speak, bu he understands. and can respond in his own way to everything. what can you do with this? can you show me what you do with this? xavier is diagnosed with autism but as a foster child, social workers don't know whether that's a diagnosis from infancy or a later onset. >> as far as we know the history he's had, symptoms all along. >> reporter: she says parent neglect in early years made it imperative to get xavier help when he became a foster child. >> show me this? what is this? >> he's come a long way in his current placement right now. he's -- and this school placement. he's learned a lot of just thousand communicate through sign language and gestures. >> reporter: working with skilledskill teachers xavier learned many

things. >> can had match colors and shapes. difficult to see what his cognitive functions can be because he can't verbalize and speak what he knows. >> hi. >> hi! >> reporter: and what can be expected for his future? >> his potential, we don't know. depends on what kind of support systems he has to continue that structure. >> he needs stable structured environment where he know what's will happen all day long, every day. >> reporte a as for every child, it's what xavier needs to know they're loved and supported, one of most important for any child anywhere. >> if you have room in your home and heart for xavier or another child hoop waiting call the adoption hot line. search wednesday's child on nbcwashington.com. our time now 11:49. coming up, a look at the role

food plays in new year's celebrations in the asian cultures. plus the dangerous cold out there. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal is back with how to prepare for tomorrow's bitter

right now chinese new year celebrations underway across the world. look at these dragon dances. if you are not quite sure what to call the animal celebrated

this year you're not alone. technically it's correct to say year of the sheep, year of the goat year of the ram, because the chinese use just one zodiac sign for all of these horned animals, and whatever you call it this animal is not going to bring us any good luck. as strolgss say the sign carries an unstable economy, turbulent weather and transportation accidents. the start of the lunar new year doesn't have to mean all bad news. many sale brat the year of the sheep, goat whatever with food and with us a local chef blending asian flavors for this new year. >> happy new year to you, it is the year of the sheep and food is a big part of new year's celebrations in many asian cultures. joining us a chef opening yona in northern virginia this spring. >> how are you? >> you'refood is a big tradition. what is that? all about food and eating and

families and new years? >> asian people in general like to eat a lot of food and it's such a family thing. so new year's is a good excuse to get together and make a big meal. especially something like this. >> there are lucky foods we know that in are traditions of eating dumplings and noodles for long life. that sort of thing. you're making something different. tell us about it. >> i'm actually opening up a restaurant in arlington, virginia. it's going to be called yona. a lot of korean and japanese influence. so i'm making one of the dishes i'll be serving at yona and doing a pop-up next month in march for the whole month at g. and can you find inoh inoh @gbymikeisabella. i'm making a smoked dish. hamacci done a cold smoke and i've -- the other components i have with it are a little bit of khogan a vinegary sweet, spicy

you know a sauce, korean chili paste sauce. >> i'm familiar with that because you put that on a little of different foods you can eat with. you mentioned cold smoked. what does that mean? >> usually when you hot smoke something you smoke it until it comes up your internal temperature comes up to a certain degree. so this is a cold smoke. so you wouldn't have any cooking at all. >> it's just for the flavor then? >> exactly. so you just want the out, exterior of the fish or whatever it is that you're using to be smoked. so it doesn't take on smoky flavor just a subtle hint of the smoke. >> what if you aren't cooking it i'm thinking, flame, cooking. >> keep an eye on it. it's the detail of making re that the product that you want t does not you know turn too much as to what you don't want. >> okay. >> so i've just done a cold smoke.

you can tell it's still raw. >> yeah. >> but you can smell, it has a nice -- >> right. i can smell the smoke, for sure. >> exactly. that subtle city going to come up. >> what are you adding to this beautiful fish? >> the fish i'm going to season it with a little bit of salt. >> hamacci is one of my favorites things in the world to eat. >> i'm glad i brought it. >> and that? >> rice pearls. a little texture. a little sesame seed as well ande some sliced really thin think sliced onions that i soaked for about two hours. so it's not too spicy and you don't have that oniony that raw, oniony flavor. and radishes i'll julienned nicely and a little parilla leaf a sesame leaf. >> had you to tell me what that was. i'm used to the korean name.

that's all i've ever known it to be. >> and i'll put a little pull of this in the bottom. >> i have to taste t. please. >> here is the finished product, and i'll add this because i like spice. >> do you get a little bit of the smokiness as well? >> i can taste it. yes. delicious. chef thanks. yona is a japanese noodle house opening up in boston and you'll have a pop-up at g sandwich on 14th street wednesdays and saturdays through march. can't wait to try. thanks. time for a final check on the forecast. amelia? >> it is going to be very cold tomorrow morning. dangerously cold in spots. here's the forecasted windchill in your neighborhood. when the windchill temperature is 18 degrees below zero or lower, so areas like leesburg martinsburg gaithersburg winchester all of those spots if you're outside longer than 30 minutes, frostbite could start to set in. everybody still feeling the brutal cold temperatures

tomorrow morning. barbara, by tomorrow afternoon, not as bad, at least plenty of sunshine. a high of 19. snow then arrivesay. changes to a wintry mix saturday night. all rain on sunday. veronica has the latest at 4:00. that's it for "midday." thank you for being with us invite you to stay tuned at 4:00 5:00 6:00 and 11:00 tonight. tomorrow we begin a series you won't want to miss. a story happening right under your nose and you probably didn't no it. see you tomorrow on "midday."

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