program, and parents of all students grades 9 through 12 have applied to the lottery by february 1st. now at 5:00, it is day two of freezing cold windchills. but this morning even worse than yesterday. look at the numbers here. >> let's get to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell with what you need to know if you're heading out the door. how much do we have to bundle up today? >> everything you got, put it on today. not only do we have cold temperatures, but real issues, we have a very strong north wind. the bundle up factor is at its highest level for today. less wind for later on today. and worried about rain drops on our playoff game this sunday. weekend forecast at 5:21. impact the weather will have on your day today, breezy and cold, layer up, everybody. will affect things early this morning because of the chill. air temperatures are down in the midteens now. when you factor in the wind, windchills are down into the single digits to near zero. it will be a very cold day to be outside today. the wind eases up.

18 at 7:00 a.m. 25 at 7:00 tonight. and another really cold start tomorrow. but without the wind, it won'tiwon't i be as much of a problem. melissa mollet. >> it is chilly everywhere this morning. my check tire pressure light went off this morning. may have to do because of the cold weather. i was thinking let me get out and look. branch avenue here because of the cold weather, branch avenue looking good. 270 northbound and southbound looking good from 70 down to the spur taking you 27 minutes. that's what it should take you he here. northbound just fine this morning. have one thing happening in prince george's county, glendale boulevard, road work, emergency road work on the ramp blocking one lane. we'll look at 66 coming up. good morning. i'm angie goff at the live desk. one man is in the hospital recovering and police are trying

to figure out how another died after discovering a body in a park out in green belt. an officer patrolling this area of schrom hill park discovered that body in a car. before that he came across that stumbling man who police say may have been on drugs. that man apparently telling the officer he was robbed. we know that person is in the hospital being treated now. we are working to get the latest on the investigation into the death. stay with news 4. aaron? >> angie, thank you. 5:02. we're following a developing story in prince george's county. a man was shot inside a car on hobble bush court in glen arden late last night. we're working to get an update on his condition this morning. you see several windows on the car blown out. as soon as we get more details from police, we'll have them here and on the nbc washington app. also this morning, working to find out more about a deadly crash on i-95 in virginia. this happened about 8:30 last night. this was in the southbound lanes near exit 169 in the springfield area. virginia state police say one person was hit by a car there.

no word on why that person was outside of their vehicle. it is 5:03, president obama plans to announce new rules about gun control reform today. including a new definition for who is considered a gun dealer. many sell online or at gun shows and now dealers who accept credit cards or rent a table at a gun show will have to start conducting background checks. we'll also need to get a license from the atf. the president also wants the social security administration to disclose which beneficiaries cannot own a gun, for example, if someone has a documented mental health issue, their record will be looped into the background check system. he's also asking congress for the money to hire 200 new atf investigators to better enforce existing gun laws and these new provisions. now, some republicans are calling these new rules illegal. house speaker paul ryan says president obama is subverting congress. you can watch the president's remarks live right here on news 4 midday at 11:40 and stream the

address on your tablet or smartphone with the nbc washington app. anxiety building as investors wait to see how u.s. markets are going to open. now, a good sign so far this morning, chinese stocks here bouncing back a little after a real grim opening day. we know that stocks plummeted nearly 7% yesterday, causing china to halt trading. this did have a global impact on european and u.s. markets opening weak. the dow closed down triple digits, posting the worst opening day in eight years. that's the latest from the live desk. 5:04. a preliminary hearing today for the man accused of hitting seven people with his car in d.c. this happened early new year's day near farragut square. lloyd is accused of dui and leaving the scene. he's being held without bond. one of the women caught groping and twerking on a man in northeast d.c., we'll find out

her punishment today. marjorie charles from orlando pleaded guilty last month to this incident at a gas station. she'll be sentenced on sex abuse charges today. 22-year-old ayanna marie knight from las vegas also faces charges. well, muriel bowser yesterday went on a tour to promote her new crime bill. today, it moves here to the wilson building. some of the highlights of the bill would be tougher penalties for repeat violent offenders. other things would be like a jail to work program for prisoners, people in jail for nonviolent offenses would get more credit for participating in jail to work programs and it would be incentive for small businesses who install security systems in those businesses. well, the council has said that is grandstanding, the council chair on the judiciary said it was grandstanding and that the mayor hasn't given enough details or substantive issues to

deal with this. to date, that front moves to the judiciary. it will be a hearing on the incentive program for those crime systems. for those security systems in buildings. it means how much it is going to cost to pay for that. and that will be taking place later on today. and some of the other aspects of that bill will be dealt with later. we're live outside the wilson building, derrick ward, back to you. people in glover park neighborhood are fighting to keep a moratorium on liquor licenses in place. they're debating whether to continue that cap. a group of neighbors is pushing to keep a recently reopened nightclub from selling liquor and building private adult entertainment rooms. you may want to warm up your car before you leave this morning. pretty and clear, but downright cold. chuck bell will let us know what it will feel like when you leave for work at 5:11. trying to sort out what is going on in south carolina now. this is where an officer accused of killing an unarmed black man

was reportedly released from jail. other reports say that is not the case, though. and new this morning, honoring those killed in a paris terror attack. the tribute just coming into the live desk this morning from france.

5:10 now. conflicting reports about a police officer charged with murder. records from the jail in charleston, south carolina, say michael pfleger was released. however, deputies say he's still in custody now. slager shot a man running away from him last april. you may remember this incident was reported by a cell phone. add american university to the list of local schools banning hoverboards from campus. a letter went out to students saying a temporary ban was going into effect immediately. george washington university and loyola university have similar bans. george mason banned hoverboards from resident halls, but not campus wide. the consumer products safety commission is investigating at least 28 hoverboard fires in 19

states. >> not worth the insurance risk for the schools, catch fire or break your neck. i tried one, it wasn't pretty. >> you did? weather and traffic on the 1s. >> i want to see a picture of that. >> there has to be video somewhere. >> we have got people on it now, eun. don't worry. we will research endlessly to find this video. outside this morning, hoverboard or not, temperatures are hovering near zero this morning. so for your commute, bundle up this morning. breezy, temperatures only in the midteens for the ride in. and barely around the freezing mark when you come home. if you're going out for dinner and a movie tonight, cold and dry, evening temperatures will hover in the low to mid-20s. and if you're leaving town today, dry weather up and down the eastern seaboard, only real airline delays out along the west coast. look into the weekend, which does include a chance for rain. that's in ten minutes. melissa mollet right now. >> 66 eastbound, don't have any problems there. taking a look elsewhere, 270 after father hurley boulevard,

everything rolling along just fine. i'm hearing about a brand-new metro delay. a switch problem outside of -- right now, the french president honoring victims of islamic extremist attacks in the country. it is in one year since the charlie hebdo attacks. president francois hollande visited the newspaper headquarters to pay tribute to those who died, unveiling plaques around paris in their honor. he also visited a place a police officer was killed and the site of that deadly shooting at a kosher supermarket. that's the latest from the live desk. we continue to follow a developing story in oregon where the standoff at a federal building continues. what protesters say it will take for them to leave. >> a special visitor will make an appearance at a montgomery county school today. why the acting secretary of education will be hands on in

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5:16. how low will they go? look at the current windchills around here as we also have a live look outside this morning. we're in for another really cold start to the day. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and tom kierein will have the latest on that in a minute. first, news 4's molette green outside the -- in prince william county. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're at the lot off 123, dangerously cold out here. not much traffic at this point at this commuter lot. i talked to a gentleman sitting in his car, just moments ago. he's waiting on the bus to get into the city. but, of course, waiting inside his car, which is very smart to

do. it is bitterly cold. dangerously cold. if you don't have on the proper layers. you're not going to really do well in this kind of weather. especially concerned about the little kids who will be at bus stops a little bit later on this morning. around the region, local municipalities have, you know, initiated their hypothermia plan. they are in effect, which offers folks who needed shelter a warm place to stay, warming centers, even some emergency housing. and if you see someone in need, you should know you can call 311 and that offers help to those in the district, montgomery and prince george's county. but we are live here in prince william county, virginia, at the bus lot where folks are sitting in their cars waiting for a warm bus to roll in. back to you. >> molette green live for us in wood bridge. thank you. >> now to the developing story in oregon where a purported

militia group is occupying a federal building. the group is holed up in the national wildlife refuge in princeton, oregon. the refuge is under the control of armed protesters. they say they're not leaving until demands are met, including freeing a father and son in federal prison for leicighting fires on federal land. >> our purpose as we have shown is to restore and defend the constitution. >> the local sheriff told the group to leave. the fbi says it wants a peaceful end to the standoff. new details this morning about a barricade situation in chevy chase on sunday. alan johnson is in custody facing assault charges. d.c. police say he threatened his wife and brother-in-law with two guns at a home on 32nd street. he was apparently upset about the care of his mother. johnson will appear in court on

thursday. second barricade situation, this time in georgetown, a man who barricaded himself inside an office building will now undergo a mental evaluation. k street near the water front there was shut down for several hours. police say the man was going through a crisis. he surrendered peacefully after several hours. news 4 your health now, taking aspirin may lower your chances of dieing from prostate cancer. researchers in boston say those who took more than three tablets a week were about 24% less likely to die from the disease. cancer experts say aspirin may help prevent prostate cancer from spreading as well. now harder to find out where your packaged red meat came from. last month congress repealed a law to require stores to include the country of origin on label. the world trade organization decided last year that the labeling disadvantaged canadian and mexican livestock. there is a new app out there that claims it knows what your newborn wants.

the baby cries translator says that it can distinguish different kinds of cries which all mean different things. now, according to the app's creators it will tell you if your baby is hungry, tired, in pain, or has a dirty diaper. however, some pediatricians are not convinced. >> a cry is a communication, it is their talking, their babbling is their discussion. >> the app requires your baby to cry for 15 seconds before it works. no problem there. but -- >> how can the app tell you -- how does the app know the diaper is wet or last time your baby ate or when the last time your baby napped. >> i thought babies liked to cry different depending on why the kid is crying. >> how is the app going to -- just from listening to it you'll tell which cry is which? >> how do you know? >> i'm the mother, i listen to the baby cry all day and all night. >> that's where i shut up. 5:21 our time now. live look outside for you this

morning, folks. clear skies now. and as a result, so cold. >> chuck bell, even the hardiest of hardy cold weather lovers will say this is cold, right? >> my aaron gilchrist translator device here, it is cold out. it is cold out. that's all he's saying today. that's all the translation you need. everybody thinks it is cold. even i think it is cold and i'm a cold weather lover. windchills down near zero. layer up yourself and layer up your loved ones on the way out the door. weather moderate impact on your plans early this morning, not the rain or the snow, the wind and the cold outside first thing this morning. air temperatures are in the teens. 12 now in gaithersburg, 16 in washington. manassas at 16 degrees. fredericksburg at 17 degrees. layer everybody up. the only thing you can get away without today is rain gear. everything else that will keep you warm is what you need. windchills near zero now. hourly temperatures will recover a bit. up to the freezing mark.

but if you're outside dealing with the windchill, you'll need to have an extra layer of warmth for sure. speaking of it, my buddy tom kierein, the intrepid reporter in the field dealing with the windchill, a check on the chills through the day for you. good morning, tom. >> all i got say is wee doggies. it is cold. we got temperature here in wo woodbridge at the commuter lot of 16 degrees. the wind is settling down but a blustery wind here, so our windchills are down into the single digits. layer up like i am. here is your windchill forecast for the day ahead. we'll still have the winds, only maybe around 10, 15 miles an hour. still windchills hovering around 15 to 20 degrees. by this afternoon, the windchills should be improving. still layer up on this too cold tuesday. >> all right, thanks, tom. good advice. got the hood up today. temperatures for highs, just

barely above the freezing mark. we have one more cold day and night to deal with. tonight is cold, tomorrow the recovery begins. by later in the week, thursday and friday, temperatures back above average. temperatures back into the 50s, but this does come with a risk of rain showers. next big change from the mild and the dry to theild and wet on friday, complete check of the seven day forecast comes up at 5:51. mellas why issa mollet with a c traffic. >> warning for you at glenmont. 95 here at lorton road, northbound, southbound, no problems there. on 95, prince george's county overall, nice and clear this morning. everything moving along very well here. 395 southbound at seminary, two left lanes getting by. the road work there, until 8:00 this morning. that's hanging around a little longer than we typically see road work hang around. we'll talk about that again and take a look at those metro

delays coming up in a couple of minutes. 5:24 now. frantic moments for d.c. firefighters when flames surged inside a home, trapping some of those firefighters. this happened on delafield place northwest between 14th and 16th streets. when firefighters got to the home, it was fully in flames. as they worked upstairs, the fire surged downstairs. the chief says they actually lost contact with a few men for a couple of minutes. >> the fire spread so quickly when they were inside the house that all of us out here immediately got worried that they were all inside the house, because we saw their flashlights upstairs. >> now all the firefighters made it out safely. the red cross now help the displaced family. we are learning new information about a plane crash in anchorage, alaska. according to civil air patrol, the pilot used the aircraft without making requests to fly. he crashed the plane into multiple office buildings in anchorage one week ago. most of the businesses hadn't opened yet and the pilot was the

only person who died. a south korean plane took off and flew with its front door still slightly open. take a look at that. the passenger took this video and you see the gap between the door and the door frame. yikes. the pilots turned around about 30 minutes into the flight and the passengers complained of headaches and ear pain because of the lack of pressure. no one lost consciousness or was seriously hurt. virginia governor terry mcauliffe is expected to sign a trade agreement between the port of virginia and cuba's port. the governor is in cuba now expanding relations between the commonwealth and the island nation. he says opening up new trade opportunities will benefit the state'scauliffe announced a new educational exchange. 5:25. montgomery county public school is getting a visit from the new acting education secretary today. john king is stopping by joanne leleck elementary. he'll tour classes and read with

students. this is king's first school visit since taking on his new role. he was most recently new york state education commissioner. in just a few hours inoveria is celebrating the new women's hospital in fairfax county. hospital officials are having a ribbon cutting for the new building at 11:00 this morning. the facility on gallos road has a new labor and delivery room, testing centers and neonatal intensive care unit. it is expected to fully open later this month. if you haven't heard it yet it cold outside. a lot of places in the single digits this morning, most places. chuck says it should warm up by the weekend. he has that in four things to know about the forecast at 5:31. timing is everything. and now even more true if you drive through the district. the changes recently made to traffic lights that you might notice on your drive into work today. and everything happens for a reason. that's exactly what one woman says is behind a recent dog bite, how she says it eventually

led to the rescue of dozens of dogs.

chuck bell has been warning you. if you're just waking up, look at your screen. these are the current windchills. you want to bundle up big time this morning with places close to zero. look at that. >> right to chuck bell with that and the four things to know this morning. hey, chuck. >> good morning, you guys. it is indeed a very cold start this morning. what you need to know about the

day today, single digit windchills await you on the other side of the door this morning. so layer up, everybody. the gusty and blustery north winds will continue here through the early morning hours. but will ease up by later on this afternoon and our bitter cold pattern shows signs of relaxing before the week is out. current windchill only 1 above in reagan national. 4 above in manassas. plan out your day then, air temperature, 14 now, 18 at 7:00. windchills hover in the single digits to near zero. should be up to 27 for an air temperature by 11:00 and daytime temperatures today will be above freeze friesz iing but just bar. windchills in the single digits through 9:00 or 10:00. and get a little easier as we go later on in the day. it is a day, even my dog yesterday was, like, where did my blanket go. >> give me a vest or something here. hold me up, right? there are a couple of new problems here, blue and yellow line delays, both directions because of unscheduled track

work. red line delays shady grove because of the switch problem at glenmont. cold morning for folks here on metro. taking a big look at the beltway, main routes into town, out of town, no major problems right now. don't have any big problems to talk about in 270 at father hurley looking good. we'll-like we'll look at travel times in ten minutes. >> decision 2016. >> immigration by building a wall on our southern border that mexico will pay for. >> we will make america great again. >> today, people in iowa and new hampshire will start to see that new political ad. there are four weeks until the iowa caucuses. republican candidate donald trump says from here on out he will spend $2 million a week on ads. this ad reinforces some of his very controversial proposals. tracie potts is live on capitol hill now with more on the immigration portion of that ad. good morning. >> eun, good morning.

pants on fire, a deliberate untruth. and the trump campaign says it is 1,000% deliberate. the video of the people pouring over the border, turns out that's not the mexico border at all, it is the moroccan border between africa and spain. and the european union. they said they wanted to show that this is the same type of thing that could happen, but it wasn't made clear in the ad. so that is becoming an issue this morning. donald trump trying to gain support in new hampshire, as our other candidates like hillary clinton, she pulled out her not so secret weapon, bill clinton, out there on his own now, campaigning on her behalf. and some back and forth with attacks on donald trump, looks like the campaign has decided to ignore trump, not to respond. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us.

thank you. for the other candidates, jeb bush will spend the day in new hampshire, meeting with the small town chamber of commerce. marco rubio will be in iowa holding a town hall as well. the other gop candidates will be at a new hampshire forum on addiction. 5:33 now. d.c.'s medical examiner says a deadly confrontation at medstar washington hospital center was a homicide. james mcbride died in a confrontation with security officers last september. he had left the hospital without being discharged. the officers lost their jobs but no charges were filed. the hospital released a statement that says in part, we conducted a series of analyses to gain a complete understanding of the situation and as a result we have integrated several new initiatives including enhanced communications and training with all care teams and security officers. a maryland woman is going through rabies treatment right now. she was bitten at an adoption event that led police to seize 66 dogs. montgomery county police rescued

the dogs from a house in rockville after an investigation into that initial dog bite. they say they found several cases of animal cruelty. the woman told us she's glad something positive happened. >> all of these dogs were in the county but no one knew about. the fact that any of them could have a better life or be adopted or saved. >> the organization says the dog was not one of theirs. police are looking into whether it was one of those they rescued. a fight between the church of scientology and the frederick county council is now in the hands of a maryland judge. the church wants to use trout run as a drug rehabilitation facility. the county voted against rezoning the area as historic, something needed for the project to move forward. the church sued for discrimination. the judge's decision is expected in the next 30 days. this morning, for first time, we're hearing 911 calls when more than 100 motorcyclists took over the beltway. this happened two days after

christmas. at least 100 motorcycle and atv rider hit parts of the inner loop in prince george's county. they brought traffic to a stand still. >> about 30 atvs, motorbikes on the highway blocking traffic, doing tricks on the highway. >> there is 20 or 30 of them, weaving in and out of traffic, extremely aggressive, and actually scary. >> maryland state police say they have seen the video, but no arrests have been made. it is one of the most frustrating things nearly all of us deal with, so tough to get stuck on the red lights in your commute, if you're in a rush. some traffic signals have been retimed as part of a project. it is difficult art form to manage the traffic and the pedestrians and cyclists across the city. some signals haven't been retime in 30 years. >> they have a lot of work to do. the lights aren't -- they don't match at all. >> adding to the problem, d.c.

roads can't be widened anymore. there are nearly -- there are more than 1600 traffic signals in d.c. 200 signals will have new technology that allows buses to change the light so they can keep moving. >> after more than two decades, the trolley station beneath dupont circle will be open to the public again in april. the arts organization that took -- that took up part of that space is looking for budding artists to do something creative with hundreds of thousands of plastic balls. a project called reball. it is a design competition that will feature the balls in the newly opened space. you can go to the nbc washington app. we'll add all of the information you need to know about that competition. you'll be hearing a lot about our nbc 4 health and fitness expo this week. this is our 23rd year of holding the event. there will be all kinds of free health screenings, wellness information, new activities as well. wegman's is sponsering a healthy kids pavilion with healthy snacking tips and some fun games. and barnes & noble is helping us

start a new tradition, healthy books festival. to find out about the events, check the nbc washington app, a terrific event for the entire family. hope to see you there. >> we'll be there. >> yes. you and i both. that's right. you can meet us. come say hi. >> whatever it's worth. we want to tell you about the hunt on in china for the person behind a bus fire that killed more than a dozen people. what we're learning about the moments leading up to this arson and the search for the suspects. the story that has a lot of you hooked. hundreds of thousands of people are urging president obama to pardon the man behind a popular netflix documentary. will the measure ever make it to his desk? live look outside for you. beautiful union station there in the shot. the flag flapping in the wind because it is windy. that's making for a bitterly cold start to the day for a lot of us. what you need to know before you send the kids to the bus stop this morning. weather and traffic on the

right now, police in china are looking for a man in connection with an arson attack on a bus. 17 people are dead and more than 30 were injured in the fire on tuesday. take a look at the flames coming out of the bus now. police say a 33-year-old man is wanted in connection with this arson. there have been several bus fires in the same area in recent years. they have been blamed on people who were mentally unstable. metro transit police here in

d.c. need your help identifying several persons of interest in an assault case. these are some photos the agency sent us, there are six people police would like to speak to. the attack happened two weeks ago on a red line train near the noma gallaudet station. police think this is part of an attempted robbery. the assault happened at the height of rush hour. breaking news now on the rails. a couple of different problems. first of all, marc brunswick, a frozen switch this morning, this cold weather playing a big part into the morning commute on the rails. blue and yellow line delays, should take an hour to get out of the way. single-tracking between national airport and pentagon city because of a problem there. red line delays shady grove because of a switch problem as well at glenmont. we have one other issue we have been talking about this morning, inbound new york avenue at south dakota, disabled vehicle blocking lanes and 295 south at eastern avenue, left side blocked as well. >> no one is appreciating the

cold this morning. that's for sure. windchills are back down into the single digits above zero this morning. bus stop temperatures near 18, but chills near zero. indoor recess, give the day a d grade today because nobody is happy about all that. on the upside, mostly sunny. temperatures will get into the low 30s. if it is -- feels warm you wear it, put it on out the door. an accident that injured seven people on new year's eve. one person critically and this morning we're learning some new information about the man behind the wheel. what is expected to happen in a matter of hours. major development in the scandal that rocked the soccer world. what is expected to happen today involve a top fifa official. your time now is 5:42. stay with us.

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breaking news on the rails. some real issues here. first of all, marc brunswick east 890, 30 minutes behind because of a frozen switch.

same thing 511, canceled as well because of -- i should say canceled because of a frozen switch. only canceled in one direction. we'll talk more about that coming up. blue and yellow line delays now, single-tracking there on blue and yellow line and delays on red line as well. all weather related. chuck? >> thank you. weather related is also because of the cold temperatures outside. windy conditions remain. still feels like it is between zero and nine degrees this morning. when does the warmer air get here? your forecast for the weekend coming up. well, it was not a good year at least for crime fighting in the district. they finished the year with 162 murders and that was up from the previous year. mayor bowser seeking to address this through her crime bill. now, yesterday she went on tour for the -- to promote this bill publicly. she went to d.c. jail, she went to d.c. forensics lab and she

also visited a small business that had been victimized by burglaries, six or seven times. one aspect of this new bill that she has would be to install crime systems, security systems in businesses that have issues. today, she will take that before the city council and that will be the next front in her fight on crime. we're live outside the wilson building, back to you. 5:47 now. developing now, we're working to find out more about a man shot inside a car in prince george's county. this happened on hobble bush court in glen arden late last night. several windows on the car were blown out as we get more details, we'll have that here and on the nbc washington app. the man accused of hitting seven people with his car in d.c. on new year's day faces a judge today. police say malik lloyd was drunk when he jumped a sidewalk near farragut square and hit a pole. lloyd is accused of driving under the influence and leaving the scene. he'll have a preliminary hearing today. lloyd is held without bond.

we'll get an update on a controversial plan in glover park neighborhood. some have been fighting to keep a moratorium on liquor licenses in place. a group of neighbors is rallying to keep a recently reopened nightclub from selling liquor and building private adult entertainment rooms. lawmakers in florida are outraged over a backlog of untested rape kits. a new report reveals there are 13,000 kits that should have been tested by now and have not been. there are two plans on the table to correct the problem. both call for spending millions of dollars to outsource the testing. some argue outsourcing could compromise the results. a new documentary on netflix is quickly becoming a national obsession. making a murderer is a ten part series that follow the case of steven avery. a wisconsin man acquitted of a crime after spending 18 years behind bars. but just two years after his release he was charged with the murder of a young woman. avery and his nephew were convicted of the crimes and sentenced to life in prison.

this documentary suggests that avery was framed over a lawsuit he was filing from his wrongful conviction. >> a compelling character, complex characters, high stakes, incredible complex. >> i call it a movie, not a documentary, because it doesn't share all the facts. >> the documentary has triggered two petitions, one asking president obama to offer a full pardon of avery. for the white house publicly to respond that petition must get more than 100,000 signatures by january 19th. right now it has 48,000 signatures. today we'll find out how leaders in baltimore plan to address fledgling neighborhoods. they're presenting their fix for urban decay. the city of baltimore has about 17,000 vacant homes. hogan wrote a recent op-ed say ing buildings encourage

activity. video out of eureka, missouri where some people say they have a few personal items left from the floods. some only have clothing. the floods killed 25 people in missouri and illinois. the national guard is assisting the cleanup efforts now. breaking news now, again on the rails. so marc brunswick east 890, 30 minutes behind because of a frozen switch. camden and penn looking okay in our area now. there is an earlier issue there on the penn line up in perriville. if you take it from that area, to that area you can check the website there. blue and yellow line delays, single-tracking between national airport and pentagon city. red line delays, shady grove, because of the switch problem at glenmont. it is cold out there. and causing some issues. inbound new york avenue at south dakota, lane blocked from a disabled car. eft side blocked there. as far as travel time, looking good on 270 and outer loop of the beltway, 66 rolling along

nicely. so is 95 quantico to the beltway. the operative word for the day, well, you already know the answer to this one, cold for sure. and the cold air is going to be with us for at least another 24 hours before it starts to relax just a bit. current temperatures, yeah, coldest in ten months. 12 now in gaithersburg. 19 in annapolis. 16 at national airport. 17 in fredericksburg, even the urban centers and bay side locations are not being spared by the cold. how much colder? well, compared to yesterday morning, at the same time, we are 19, 20, 21 degrees colder now than the same time yesterday. so if you're here yesterday morning and thought, it is not that cold, today it is noticeably colder. windchills, current windchills in the single digits above zero across most of the metro. 4 in culpepper and fredericksburg. 4 in gaithersburg. 7 in annapolis. 1 at joint base andrews. as you plan out your day, braisy for the remainder of the morning up to lunch time.

by 1:00, 2:00, the wind will start to lay down and temperature will recover a bit. up above freezing for only an hour or two this afternoon. tomorrow, another very cold start, 20 degrees downtown. most of the suburbs will once again be back down, pretty close to where you are this morning in the midteens. difference is the wind will not be an issue tomorrow morning. a clear, cold and calm start to the day. plenty of sunshine tomorrow. temperatures climbing back up to the low 40s and stay dry for today, tomorrow and thursday. but there are rain chances sneaking back in toward friday and the weekend. i think the best chance for rain for better or worse comes up on sunday. weekend planner, saturday, whole lot of cloud s, temperatures in the 50s. risk of a shower or two, mainly in the morning, but sunday looks like the rainier of the days. that's how much it is going to feel much more warm and wet around here. coming up at[2árq 6:01, more in details about when the next big

change arrives from the cold to the wet. see you then. >> chuck, thank you. 5:52 now. the attorney for the boy known as the affluenza teen, man, i should say, say he's an inexperienced young man and entitled to some compassion. 18-year-old ethan couch argued he could not distinguish right from wrong because of his privileged upbringing after killing four people while driving drunk. the crash happened in 2013. couch has been sentenced to ten years of probation. fernando benitez says he isn't trying to defend couch, his criminal procedure is over. >> i think he's entitled to the same compassion any other human being would in a similar situation. >> couch is expected to be deported from mexico in the next two weeks. he was arrested there along with his mother last week. today a top fifa official will find out whether he will be punished more for alleged corruption. we're talking about secretary-general jerome baalke.

he and sepp blatter and another official. the other two received eight year long bans. he denies those allegations. a stafford county family is facing charges after putting a beloved pet to death. travis evans had his dog euthanized last july. the labrador retriever was suffering from cancer for months. according to the freelance star prosecutors charged evans with animal cruelty and a court recently found him guilty. prosecutors say evans left the dog suffer too long. evans attorney called the action an abuse of power. they filed for an appeal. there is a new twist in a video that went viral about a month ago. a pit bull protecting its owner after she was hurt in a fire. the woman in the video was now charged with setting an earlier fire in the same house. she is 34-year-old april newell. neighbors who know the family say this is a complete shock. >> we have been neighbors about

eight, nine years or so. and, you know, good people, you know. just doesn't make sense right now. >> the fire that newell is charged with setting was not reported. fire marshals found evident during the investigation into this current fire where the dog was found. good morning, i'm landon dowdy. ford is working with companies like amazon and ford owners would be able to open the garage door, turn on lights or heat from their car with their voice or the touch of a button. you can use amazon's echo device to turn on your car from your living room. i'm landon dowdy. this week you can now have your say on a controversial plan to raise traffic fines in d.c. the penalties for 20 traffic offenses would increase under this proposal. some significantly. one example, drivers caught going more than 25 miles per hour over the speed limit could

be fined $1,000. it is part of the mayor's initiative to eliminate traffic related deaths. crews believe it is about generating venue, a public hearing will be held at the wilson building on friday. parents entering their child into the district school lottery can expect changes this year. our news partner wtop reports that pre-k students who apply to their inboundry school are guaranteed a spot. also new this year, more options for older students including the empowering males high school, ross svelte high school. parents of all students 9 through 12 have to apply to the lottery by february 1st. if you fancy yourself a table tennis superstar, we may have found some big time competition for you. this is 93-year-old bill guilfoyle from missouri. he's been playing table tennis for eight decades and now headed to north carolina in hopes of qualifying for the 2016 summer

olympics. wants to go to brazil. he is expected to be the oldest athlete at the trials. and while qualifying may be a long shot, he said the competition keeps me young. >> the president of this company, nbc 4, is listening now, jackie bradford is into table tennis. >> give her a run for her money. good luck to him. storm team 4 getting ready for the winter blast outside. the commuters are getting a taste it now. bundle up as we see windchills in the single digits this morning. what you're going to deal with on your way to and from work and when we'll see a warmup. the app that promises to help parents with newborns. the app that claims that it can determine why your baby is crying. that's ahead.

right now, we're helping you get ready for the bitter cold conditions outside. you are going to need to dig through your closet for all of your warmest clothes. look at the current windchill temperatures out there, in the single digits. a big reason, the breeze now is enough to get the flag really flapping outside union station this morning. no matter where you live, there is no escaping this. we have team coverage for you this morning on this too cold tuesday. molette green is live out in the element s with the conditions

that the commuters are dealing with. chuck bell with the cold you'll see over the next 24 hours. good morning, chuck. >> good morning, you guys. we're dealing with the cold this morning and all anyone is asking me on twitter is when does it go away. the next big change when we bring in the warm air and then the moisture. so as we get towards the weekend, temperatures noticeably milder. and for snow lover like me, the the cold is gone before the moisture gets here. the next big change arrives during the day on friday as the cold air really lifts out and the moisture and the mild air moves in. in the meantime, we have to deal with what we have in front of us. temperatures in the midteens around the metro area. but you factor in the windchills, current windchills just barely above zero across the region. 5 in manassas and 1 downtown. the next 24 hours cold, 18 this morning. 25 at 7:00 tonight and down near 20 degrees by tomorrow morning. it is a cold one for sure. molette green is out in it.