in marylan there will be a two-hour delay for all y'all out there. keep checking out nbc washington app for the latest announcements. >> now to our live team coverage. doug is out in the elements right now on the storm team 4 weather deck. how's it feeling out there, buddy? >> i pulled the short straw but you guys are in my weather center and i'm outside. it is freezing outside. 12 degrees on our thermometer here. it is extremely cold. the wind continues to blow this evening. it's quite nasty out. i'm watching a snow shower move just to our south here. that might come right through downtown. going to be a quick glancing blow of some snow. let's show you the numbers across our area. as we told you it's just cold. 1 in washington zero in manassas. that's the current windchill. 6 below in gaithersburg 5 below in martinsburg. quite amazing. we're talking act record low temperatures tonight. the record at bwi marshall 4 we're going go to about 3 tonight i think. the record at dulles is minus 2. i think we'll get to about zero.

but if possible we could get to 2 below there. the record in d.c. set back in 1896 at 8. record-breaking cold. but the windchill overnight tonight, 10 to 20 below zero and to top it all off, cherry on top, all the fixings, more snow come for weekend. we'll talk about that including some ice. i'll talk to you about it when i'm inside and take off my hat. our team coverage continues with transportation reporter adam ts who is out in the elements looking at the impact on riders out in alexandria. adam? >> reporter: it is brutally cold out here wendy. doug just told you about it. the wind is picking up and a lot of people out here waiting for a train or the bus in this cold. it's only going to get colder. you know metro could not get around the cold. take a look at some of tweets from earlier today, on the green

line broken rail outside college park red line train malfunction there. and riders were tweeting out pictures of the backups, this one along the red line. take a look at one more here. this was just outside the noma station where riders said they saw flames on the tracks. turns out those are freight train trax and they do use a heater underneath the rails to heat them up. regardless it is cold and right fielders are having to bundle up. >> yes, it's cold but we need to working. >> put on your long johns, woolen socks, jacket, hat, you'll be fine. you can withstand the cold with the proper equipment. >> reporter: car batteries all over the area are dying and aaa says it's feeling a record number calls to fix them. at 6:00, what you might be doing right now that is draining your battery. you'll want to prepare as the cold air moves in. live in alexandria adam tuss

news4. >> while we're on transportation tonight fairfax county schools are responding to us from trapted parents whose kids had to wait outside in the cold for school buses that were delayed this morning. chris lawrence is in newsroom to tell you about that. >> tonight school officials are apologizing to parents and students but it was 10 degrees outside this morning and with windchills 7 below zero every minute that kids are waiting can be dangerous. students openly pushed officials to close school today or at least delay it. they've been venting their anger on social media. one student tweeted, kui i still can't feel my toes. dwlts delays were due to mechanical issues probably brought on by the holiday weekend where the buses didn't run for a few days. the school district did warn parents about the problem via a robocall at 7:30 in the morning after high school students were already out the door.

>> all in the south lake herndon, and marshall pyramids are running 30 to 60 minutes late this morning. this includes high schools, middle schools, and elementary rultds. >> but fairfax just released a statement saying it wasn't as bad as that call indicated. "we have about 1,500 buggss on the road each day and only 55 of our buses experienced delays of more than 15 minutes." an official says all the elementary school buses did run on time but this is the second time this year that fairfax county has a major issues with buses on a frigid day. in the newsroom i'm chris lawrence. the prince george's county circuit courthouse in upper marlboro will be parade klosed for second day in a row tomorrow. the frigid weather is blamed on a pipe that burst overnight. all proceedings will again be canceled for friday as repairs continue. it's been one of their top priorities and u.s. park police tell us tonight they have found the car involved in a deadly

hit-and-run that left a local woman mourning her fiance. park police tell news4 they're talking to a person of interest in the crash that killed rick warrick as he was changing his tire along the bw parkway in laurel earlier this month. his bride to be, jewel pearce was seriously hurt but survived the crash and talked to news4 from her hospital bed. he walked into court facing six counts of voyeurism. when he left he pled guilty to more than 50. so what's next for the rabbi who's gotten national attention for spying on and secretly recording female congregates? news4's chris gordon live outside d.c. superior court. >> reporter: the courtroom was h women who put their trust and spiritual lives in the hands of friendbarry freundel. he was a leader of kesher israel congregation in georgetown until

his arrest in october. rabbi barry freundel spoke publicly for the first time today. in court he was sworn in and asked by the judge, you want to plead guilty to 52 counts of voyeurism? "that's true," the rabbi replyied said, "52 count, theoretically the maximum sentence could be 52 years." prosecutors also said an additional 100 women appear on videos the rabbi took since 2009. prosecutors say that the case had gone to trial, they would have prove than the rabbi installed and operated recording devices at the national capital mikvah the ritual cleansing bath for the purpose of recording women fully or partially undressed without their knowledge or consent. the judge asked barry freundel do you agree with the prosecutor's statement of facts? the rabbi replied, yes, your honor. after court, the husband of one

of the women on the videos reacted to the plea. >> the point is he pled guilty. i saw tears in his eyes. he was crying. and it brings it to an end. >> reporter: there are reports the rabbi refuses to leave the house that kesher israel provides for him. his lawyer today clarified the situation. >> he is almost packed up and will be out within two weeks. the synagogue had offered to let him stay in the residence till march 1st but then wanted him to forego his pension of 25 years, which is in the neighborhood of $100,000 of his money that the synagogue is holding. when he refused to do, that they put out that press release saying he is illegally staying in the apartment. >> reporter: the rabbi's plans for the pewfuture on news 4 at 6:00. that's the latest live at d.c. superior court. chris gordon news4.

a woman who was on her way to a job interview in maryland is struck and killed. vanessa dixon was standing at bus stop in silver spring yesterday when an suv ran into her. police are investigating this as an alcohol-related crash. and today we're learning more about the victim. she was a mother of five. she comes from a large tight-knit family. her niece is one of several people who are speaking about her tragic death. >> this is hard for us. it's my aunt. and she just wanted to go to work so she could take care of her kids nap's it. >> coming up on news 4 at 5:00 her sister's thoughts on the man who hit her. video could help determine exactly what happened to a woman who died in fairfax after sheriff's deputies used a taser on her while snefs restraints. authorities are still investigating natasha mckenna's death at the fairfax county detention stwoernt weeks ago.

they say any video and data will be handed over the determine if criminal charges should be filed. new details that came out today reveal that mckenna was in a mesh spit hood and restraints when deputies used that taser. she was many the process of being referred to alexandria for allegedly assaulting a deputy. now to a pair of bold and violent bank robbers. not only are they walking into banks with guns out, yesterday one of them pointed a gun at a customer's head. the fbi tells us tonight the black hat bandits have hit seven banks in seven weeks moving from maryland to northern virginia. a $30,000 reward was just announced today. here's northern virginia reporter david culvert with a closer look. >> reporter: they're called the black hat ban diplomats. just look at the collage of surveillance images and you'll see why. since early january they've hit seven banks across our region dress in all black, their faces always covered, sometimes with a

fake beard and sunglasses like in this mclain bank of america robbery. other times they'll wear ski masks or bandannas. four of the seven robberies have happened in fairfax county. >> these suspects are extremely brazen. certainly using a handgun, putting it to someone's head is an extremely frightening thing for anyone to have to go through. >> reporter: so daring they've jumped the counter and went straight to the vaults. >> if you find yourself in a situation like this comply with the orders try not to get in the person's way. you don't know what they're capable of. >> reporter: two of those bold robberies happened the same day, just 40 minutes apart. the first one at this bb&t here in vienna. the two suspects each had a handgun, demanded money, then took off. within an hour they sended up at this sterling wells fargo, the security cameras catching them again. look at the cash piled up on the counter as they aim at the teller. the fbi wants names and they're willing to pay for them. a $30,000 reward if you know

something. in fairfax county, david culv news4 has obtained video of girls fighting at a local high school. new tonight, how to address a problem that parents say is just getting worse. putting the pedal to the metal. why maryland is closer to raising the speed limit on high.

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fight managers the halls-prince george's county hs like this one involving several girls. school in question says it's

dealing with the problem. >> but parents at forrestville high they tell tracee wilkins that not enough is being done to stop this. >> parents 'ooe reactions say it all. >> oh, wow. oh my god. >> reporter: when we showed them sh video, they were shocked. >> this is happening in this school? >> school officials confirmed it happened on january 20th during the school dey. a number of students were involved. the video is about a minute long and it's what we don't see that upset parents the most. >> i department see any teachers anywhere trying to break this pup. so that means that this was just going on. >> reporter: we received this video after airing the story about a teacher at forrestville high school being punched and knocked out by a student on january 29th just a few days after this fight. the person who e-mailed this video said the school was out of

control. >> i don't think we have one school that's out of control. >> reporter: darryl williams chief of student services for prince george's county schools, says while the students involved were disciplined due to school confidential policies he can't say to what extent. he says his job is to ensure students and parents feel safe in every school. and he'll review the culture at forrestville. >> what's the day to day life here at forestville and other schools? and what does the principal and the staff feel they need that we can bring as an additional resource to support this school to be the robust school that we know it is? >> reporter: parents hope that will mean no more violent incidents at this high school and military academy. >> i guess for me as a parent, it's time for me to begin to investigate what's really going on here. >> reporter: tracee wilkins, news4. now, school officials also told us they have complete trust in the principal at forestville high school and believe that he is able to deal with the issue surfacing at the school. maureen mcdonnell's lawyer

say the public shame was punishment enough and tomorrow we'll learn whether virginia's former first lady will go to prison. the same judge that sentenced her husband, former governor bob mcdonnell will be sentencing maureen mcdonnell tomorrow. prosecutors are suggesting 18 months for corruption that included taking gifts from a wealthy businessman. her lawyers want community service and wrote to the judge saying "mrs. mcdonnell has lived the worst nightmare of a public official's spouse vilified in the media and blamed not only for ruining her husband's political career but for sending him to prison." a highly debated change for maryland's highways is getting a green light tonight. today the state senate approved a measure to raise the speed limit from 65 to 70 miles an hour. now, this marks a milestone for the bill which stalled in the senate committee last year. a poents of the measure think it's a dangerous move that could make drivers think there's leeway to speed up to 80 miles an hour. the bill's sponsor says the increase would not be mandatory

statewide. and the museum at the ford's theater national historic site was closed again today after a water leak flooded that museum floor. an inch of water was found in the museum on thursday -- wednesday morning. maintenance crews are still looking for the source of the leak and believe it may be r related. that museum located under the historic theater where president abraham lincoln was assassinated. no museum artifacts were damaged by that. doug can you feel your face? >> yes. i was standing right behind you. just point over your right shoulder. here's the thermometer. right behind you. now down to 11 degrees outside our studio. i mentioned a snow shower to you. >> we just saw it on the other shot. >> coming right downtown. some snow coming down across the city right now. it's not going to be much. it's going to last maybe five ten minutes. that's it. these are just flurries. a snow shower.

this will continue to move on down. a chance for flurries yesterday. 17 degrees at the airport. the windchill 1 degree. 17 after a high today of 19. i have to check that though. we stayed below that 20-degree mark extremely cold. 13 in martinsburg, 10 in gaithersburg 17 in fredericksburg. not much showing up on the radar but you can see these little streerms here. these are lake-effect snow showers coming straight down from the great lakes. you can see a few coming through montgomery county back along portions of martinsburg, then that one coming right across the potomac right now eventually moving towards prince george's county. current windchill, 1 in d.c. zero manassas 7 below in hagerstown 3 below in winchester. extremely cold night but we're just getting started. tonight, brutally cold, windchills 5 to 20 below zero through noon tomorrow including one of the coldest days we have seen in february in years. and, again, we could set some records overnight tonight. feels-like temperature, the windchill as we move through the overnight hours down to 4 below

by 11:00, 12 below gaithersburg 11 below, manassas. look what happens early tomorrow morning. we're at 20 below in gaithersburg 22 below in hagerstown 15 below in manassas culpeper at 12 below, gaithersburg rockville coming in between 15 and 20 below. extremely cold start to the day and even around 1:00 in the afternoon, we're still right where we are right now. so it's going to feel very similar tomorrow afternoon than it does right now. just some extreme cold moving on in here. it will stick with us through the day on friday and into saturday. now, cold and rather breezy early tomorrow but then the wind will die and it's just going to be a cold afternoon. tomorrow afternoon will feel better than it does right now because of those winds. but then watch what happens on saturday. clouds move in and so does the chance for snow by around 1:00 2:00 3:00 in the afternoon we hope to see that snow or will see it just about everywhere. we think enough cold air will move in that we could see the snow change to ice. we could see a couple inches of snow early on saturday.

ice would be a big issue too. roads could be an issue on saturday evening. high of 32. 48 on sunday. all of that snow and mix changes over the rain on sunday. it was out of here by around 11:00 or 12:00. sunday is not a washout. the afternoon on sunday not a bad afternoon. then 33 on monday and then another chance for some snow coming up on wednesday. i'll tell you, this january weather has just been horrible. all right. we're a month later in february. well breast cancer doctors are rushing to make a new cocktail of drugs available to patients. the discovery that could prolong the life of some women by more than a year. it's been nearly a year since we all heard #savejosh. the hope was to give an experimental drug to a dying virginia boy. new tonight, josh hardy and his mother talk about his inspirational battle.

there is new hope for breast cancer patients with an aggressive of the disease.

doctors are telling us the results are unprecedented. this is a cocktail of two medications and it's helping patients live significantly longer. some are calling this a magic bullet for advanced positive breast cancer that ends up being a death sentence for many patients. dr. sonja swain says the results have been so promising that doctors are rushing to make this standard care for women who are undergoing this treatment. >> this is really remarkable because it's such an improvement in survival that we didn't expect. if you look at this group of patients in general they have a poor prognosis. so these new drugs have changed the course of treatment for these patients. >> again, these two drugs in combination with standard chemo. in 800 patients the treatment

slowed tumor growth and kept women alive 16 months longer. and a new crime -- >> a new crime is targeting the very people who take care of your children. it's called the nanny scam and the victims are simply looking for a job. >> they're like we need you to do us a favor and that's where the money comes in. >> claire lee is a junior in college. she, like many of her friends, warranted to make some money so she looked for a local nanny job and posted her information on a popular website. tonight at 11:00, consumer reporter erika gonzalez sits down with lee after her potential job opportunity cost her thousands of dollars. find out how this scam works and how to prevent it from happening. the nanny scam tonight right here news4 at 11:00. and new tonight, the family of the woman who was hit and killed while she was waiting for a bus is speaking to news4. what they have to say to the suspected drunk driver who was involved in this tragedy. rudy giuliani's latest

comments about the president causing a firestorm. tonight at-o'clock why he he said president obama doesn't love america. and a daring attempt to save man's best friend.

right now at 5:30 schools starting to open late tomorrow as this wicked cold sets in so pull up our nbc washington app right now and check out the latest announcements. the dmv will be in an icebox overnight. we could have record-breaking temperatures and subzero windchills. >> our live team coverage continues with doug and v.j. we have this siberian express. we need it to blow through faster doug. >> i'm working on it. if we all did it together [ blowing ] it would do something. take a look at the windchills we have out there overnight and

into tomorrow morning. this is what we're talking act, this dangerous cold 10 to 20 below zero early tomorrow morning around noon between zero and about 5. as the winds begin to subside tomorrow night, i'm saying not quite as bad but still 5 to 10 degrees. so brutal cold during the day tomorrow. wendy just said it, the siberian express. but veronica johnson is outside on the storm deck. v.j. this is exactly where that air is coming from. >> exactly. no joke for sure. we might as well be living in northern russia because that's where the air is originating from. let's look at the animation here. that air from northern russia the siberian region some of the coldest readings in the world have been recorded there. this area's been traversing the north pole headed right down boo the eastern part of the u.s. giving temperatures that have been below freezing even around atlanta, georgia. today, 27 degrees there. for us we're talking about record readings tomorrow morning in d.c. forecasting 6 for b.w.

marshall 3, and for dulles zero. again, temperatures just part of the story because those windchills 15 to 20 degrees below zero by tomorrow morning. so i think it's like maybe two, three long johns perhaps? >> i've got too many on right now. look what we've got coming snow and ice for the weekend. i'll break it down show you when it moves in and what to expect. tom sherwood is out in the cold tonight speaking with people who have to s their entire day battling these frigid temperatures. tom, you found someone on capitol hill who likes this stuff. >> reporter: yes, jim. it is bitter cold out here but i've proven right over there you can find someone who does indeed like it. >> cash or credit? full service. >> reporter: this is dane ellis. he's been out here in the cold since 6:30 this morning at the

capitol hill exxon jt blocks from congress. he's been pumping gas and servicing cars here for 18 years. how are the temps on a day like today? >> gorgeous. >> reporter: oh good? >> absolutely. i love -- i wish it could be this kind of weather the whole year round. it doesn't bother me. i'm a winter baby born in february just had a birthday. love the cold weather. >> reporter: how does he prepare for it? you don't look that cold. >> i'm well prepared. >> reporter: so you put that on or are you well padded? the native washingtonian now lives in prince george's county. he was a street vendor for ten years before this. it's a full-service station. prices are a bit higher than self-service but on days like this people like it. you like this full service? windshield cleaned, gas filled? >> you can't beat that right? >> they're happy. you know what i'm saying? they don't have to get out in the cold. you know what i'm saying? they happy. they don't mind and i don't mind

pumping the gas. >> thanks guys. >> reporter: coming up at 6:00 we'll mix this cold weather with some pizza and hot fried chicken. on capitol hill tom sherwood news4. >> all right, tom. thank you. jo our list is growing. loudoun county prince william, spotsylvania county schools closed and stafford county schools closed. you get another three-day weekend. tonight a family is telling us how devastated they are after someone they love deeply was killed by a car waiting at a bus top in silver spring. vanessa dixon was the mother of five and she was on her way to a job interview when she was hit. news4's kristin wright is live with what the woman's family is saying about this awful loss. >> reporter: wendy, people who knew and loved vanessa dixon have been coming here leaving flowers and just to be here in a place where she was killed

yesterday. her closest rel tichs tell me that as a family they've never experienced such a tragedy. >> this is hard for us. it's my aunt. and she just wanted to go to work so she could take care of her kids. that's it. >> reporter: vanessa dixon was a mother of five children a grandmother, a sister the large family she leaves behind is in a lot of pain. >> whoever take her life away i need to see that person put to justice. justice! >> reporter: the man driving the red suv police say hit dixon has not been charged. the investigation is just beginning. dixon was walking on cresthaven drive in silver spring wednesday morning. after hitting her and two cars, the driver was given a beth lieser. police are not releasing his blood-alcohol level, but they tell us they believe alcohol was

involved. >> there's no words can come and comfort us or no feeling. >> reporter: today flowers and candles sit where dixon, 49 was killed. her family says she had just gotten off the bus and was on her way to a job interview in white oak. vanessa dixon was a nursing assistant who showed her daughter samantha a kind of love that tonight means more than ever. >> out of all of my aunts and uncles her way of raising us was the hardest, but i actually appreciate it because all five of us are really strong children. >> reporter: coming up tonight on news 4 at 6:00 why one of vanessa dixon's family members tells us she empathizes with that driver. live in silver spring kristin wright news4. more than 1,600 students in the district are going to have to find a new school. one of the city's largest public charter schools, dorothy height community academy, had its charter revoked. the school's founder is charged

with diverting millions of dollars for his own use. today the public charter school board said in a statement that it will work"ensure that these students complete this school year with minimal, if any, interruptions and have options and guarantees for the next school year." six people will have to find somewhere else to stay tonight after a fire gutted their townhouse. chopper 4 up toemp scene this morning. as firefighters battled the bitter cold and wind gusts too. this is in columbia maryland. it began in an end unit townhome then spread to the next one over. everyone made it out safely. no word yet on what started the fire sxwroop a 77-year-old maryland man is recovering tonight after a heartbreaking attempt to rescue his dog from the icy waters of the south river in anne arundel county. he braved the cold and found the dog after a 20-minute search yesterday morning. rescue crews pulled them both from the river, but it was too his pet. after going to the hospital, the

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a sign of warmer days ahead, a hopeful one. baseball is back almost. today marked the start of spraing for the nats with pitchers and catchers reporting to the team complex down in florida. they got to work with temps in the 40s but lots of sunshine. the team also selling single-game tickets today. we checked in. seats for opening day april 6th against the mets still available, folks. >> nice. it wasn't too long ago the redskins star ryan kerrigan was bright eyed bushy tailed and sporting long locks at the nfl combine. this year he's there with shorter hair and is a spectator, giving us an inside look at the process proc >> reporter: here at the nfl combine, the most important part of the process is the interview session. it's the first time that coaches

get to really know these prospects on a personal level. redskins linebacker ryan kerrigan says he remembers sitting there trying to figure out what the coaches wanted to hear. >> everything you do you think somebody's watching like because that's how you're trained to think, even when you're just walking to get something to drink or eat, you're looking over each shoulder like is someone watching me. but so i mean that was the main thing that made it so stressful. >> reporter: you get about 15 minutes with these coaches. what are some of the questions they ask? >> they know the answers to most of the questions they're asking. they just want to hear you say them and see if you ear going to be honest or not. they'll throw a couple curveballs in there like i got asked would you rather be a dog or a cat. and of course i said a dog because i'm a dog person. but -- >> reporter: were you thinking maybe i should have said cat to seem softer or something? >> of course not. i was like a dog because, you know they're ferocious and they're more aggressive and, you know just tried to give some cliche answer. and hopefully that was what they

were looking for. >> reporter: in 2015 would you rather be a cat or a dog? >> 100% a dog. dogs are so much better than cats. >> reporter: looks like that dog went to the groomer. i asked why he cut those long locks, and he said in order to play like a professional he needed to look like one. in indianapolis diana rossini, news4 sports. the arctic plast here for sure as we continue to watch as that cold air moves in record-breaking numbers. we'll talk about how cold and when the snow arrives this weekend coming up. and also tonight, we have some live pictures from temple hills, maryland where firefighters are working a house fire there. >> we've just pulled um at the scene. our tracee wilkins alongside firefighters right now with details.

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prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins at a fire in temple hills on the scene. what are you seeing tracee? >> reporter: this is still under investigation, what caused this fire and still smoldering as firefighters continue to fight this fire that started a little after 4:30 here. now, we do understand that there was one man inside this home who was airlifted to the hospital. i'm told that he is in serious condition. they are just beginning to check him out to see if he is going to be okay. again, airlifted out of the house after this fire. exactly what started it and where it started. they're going to have to investigate to figure that out. only one person in the home when firefighters arrived. they do not believe that any else was inside or injured. now, for folks who are traveling in this area coming down allentown road know that it is blocked. when you get to westchester

court, they're not going to allow you this far even. it's actually stopped about a block up the road there. so you'll have to make that u-turn there if you're traveling down allentown road. looich i'm tracee wilkins, news4. as the siberian express continues to roll over us we have some school closings for you. loudoun county, princeia and stafford will all be closed tomorrow. too cold doug. too cold. >> yeah. i think we'll more closures here. it is too cold. we saw them close last year last january because of the extreme cold. we have it again here in the month of february. this is really remarkable cold. you mentioned we could set records tonight. it would be the first time we've set record low temperatures in the d.c. area since 1970. it just doesn't happen very often anymore, especially now that we keep the records down at the airport. your eving planner sunset tonight at 5:50 17 degrees, now going to 15 at 7, 11 degrees by 11:00, but once again, not just the temperatures it's the wind and the wind really is quite

brutal. look at the windchill. 7 below in camp springs, 8 below gaithersburg cyr flow manassas 2 below in ft. belvoir, annapolis at 1 degree. extremely cold nap's why we have a windchill advisory in effect until noon tomorrow for windchills between 10 and 20 below zero neeps why we're talking dangerous cold and will see more school closures during the day tomorrow. storm team 4 radar clear for the most part but a few light snow showers, not going to amount to much. the cold air is in place. our next storm system moves in in less than 48 hours. it's now on saturday that we'll see that storm move in. notice at 8:00 it's already encroaching upon our area already snowing down around roanoke. in our area i think we see the snow move in right around noon and lasts through a couple hours. 2:00 everybody seeing snow even towards richmond. the warm ace races in at least aloft. what that's going to do is create not just snow around d.c.

but some ice potentially too. that's going to be early on saturday evening. if you have plans on saturday evening, i know i do you'll want to stay tuned to this forecast because it is going to change a little bit and it could really impact your plans for saturday. 19 tomorrow 32 degrees on saturday then 48 on sunday. early rain but then that rain will end by around noon on sunday. monday tuesday, wednesday, thursday all still cold and, yes, a couple more chances for snow. right the next one looks like next wednesday. >> relentless. thank you, doug. for a second time this winter the students of fairfax county public schools have managed to take twitter by storm. >> yeah and a their fingers have been very busy today with the #closefcps became a trending topic around the world. their post it was a frigid air created major bus delays for schools in the county. many of the students created their own memes. >> this was my favorite.

it read i'm so cold i can use my nose drippings as a pair of chopsticks. >> suddenly i don't want sushi tonight. >> another one, ellen and the iphone weather saying "i have a rule if the temperature is less than my age, i don't get out of bed." of course in southern california she can get aw. check this out. from north of the border what appears to be a go proe video showing a train rolling through a massive snow drift and creating a big wave as it rolls across the tracks in ontario earlier this week. that is cool. it has been nearly one year since we all heard the hashtag #savejosh. >> it was a campaign that went viral. the hope was to get an investigationl dru to a virginia boy who was dying. doreen gentzler caught up wi josh and his family to see how he's doing now. >> hi wendy, jim.

meeting josh hardy recently you can see he's an 8-year-old so full of life. he's got a great sense of humor, loves to have fun with his three brothers. but he and his family have been through a long struggle to survive a series of medical problems. as we learned, the journey isn't over yet. when the camera turns on josh hardy can get a little shy. lots of people want to know how you're feeling, josh. >> good. >> reporter: so it can be tough to see just how far the 8-year-old has come over the last year. that's because when the world first met josh he was dying. >> he is gosh 100% from where he was this time last year. i mean just he couldn't even sit up. he couldn't eat. he could barely stay awake. >> reporter: josh was diagnosed with cancer when he was just 9 months old. he was treated but it came back twice. eventually all 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. his kidneys failed. his 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 antiviral brug called brincidofovir, but it's not approved by the food and drug administration yet, which means a doctor can't prescribe it. so the family asked for something called expan 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 that once and we just didn't getlet go and so many people didn't let go with us. i mean our family was a tremendous part of this. i mean i think they ran the best pr campaign in the world. >> reporter: that's when the hashtag #savejosh was born in an effort to put pressure on the drug company. >> no idea that it was going to blossom to what it did.

it was amazing. >> reporter: eventually, the drug manufacturer relented and gave josh the medication as part of a new clinical trial. amy says after just three doses josh's health started to turn around. >> we are so thankful. i mean it's -- the beautiful side of mu humanity just came out in such a way that we were just awe struck. >> coming up tonight on news 4 at 6:00 more on how josh is doing today. he'll talk a little more. and the controversial campaign that helped the hardies get the medicine that saved josh's life. wendy, jim, good to see he's looking a whole lot better than a year ago. >> always. >> wonderful. >> thanks doreen sxwroop we're following some breaking news out of california a big one. doctors at ucla talking about a superbug outbreak that has killed at least two people in l.a. >> what they're say noug at the lethal

the white house is calling all families with fourth-graders. >> you're about to get new options for spring and summer break opportunities. >> today president obama announced the every kid in a park initiative giving all fourth-graders and their famili free admission to national parks and monuments for the next year. it aims to get students to celebrate the outdoors ahead of the 100th birthday of the national park service. >> this all coincides with the creation of three new national monuments, one in chicago, another in colorado and a third in hawaii. and marines from across the country are gathering in a snowy arlington today to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the start of the battle of iwo jima. a wreath laid at the u.s. marine corps memorial in honor of those lost in 36-day fight. it is one of the deadliest battles in u.s. military history. coming up at 6:00 we'll hear from some of the survivors including one of the youngest

troops to fight at iwo jima. his attorneys call it a saturation of publicity. >> accused boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev's legal team went before a federal appeals court pushing to get this case moved out of boston. >> as steve cooper report not everyone favors a relocation. >> i want it to say in boston. >> reporter: liz norton whose two sons lost limbs in the marathon bombing 22 months ago, wanted the trial of dzhokhar tsarnaev to remain in boston. despite defense attorney going before the u.s. appeals court in their latest effort to have it moved out of town. what was it like to be there listening to it? >> i just -- you know, i'm just learning like everybody else. that's all. i really don't have anything else to say. >> reporter: tsarnaev wasn't at the hearing but his attorney argued her client can't get a fair trial because this attack was viewed as an attack on the marathon itself and an attack on the city of boston. >> you probably were there hearing the argument so you can

draw your own judgments. >> reporter: prosecutors who are seeking the did he believe after the explosion claimed three rooifr lives, plus the nearly 300 injured at the finish line told the three-judge panel jurors take their oath seriously. the voir dire process is working. so far 61 prospective jurors have been deemed qualified to move on to the next stage of the selection process. >> the last almost two years has been hard so it doesn't change. i just want to move on with it. right now at 6:00, a fire in prince george's county sends one person to the hospital with serious injuries. firefighters are now dealing with bitter cold as they go through the house. >> president obama refuses to tie all of islam to terrorism. he's doing so bedeath spite harsh words from critics including the man once called america's mayor.

>> i find it wrong in every possible way that it could be wrong. >> and the next step for a d.c. rabbi who admitted to spying on women, what his criminal plea today means for the civil case against him. today, one of the coldest days of our winter and it's about to get even colder. >> we're talking act breaking a record tomorrow and some schools are already taking action. prince george's and anne arundel county schools in maryland and fredericksburg city schools in virginia have already announced a two-hour delay for tomorrow. loudoun, prince william, stafford schools are closing because of the cold. >> we have a number of reporters covering this. doug and veronica in the storm center. folks? >> i think we'll probably see a couple more closures as we move through the night tonight not only cold this is brutal cold in the middle of february and we're talking act setting records. >> exactly.