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. let's hear more from her.

good morning, molette. >> reporter: good morning, yeah. i'm here at this commuter lot here in woodbridge off old bridge road. we saw a whole lot of folks rush on to two omni ride commuter buses going into d.c., one to the pentagon, the other to the state department. they were in a hurry to get out of this dangerously cold weather. we're dressing in layers on a morning like this is a must. and there is also great concern for those who are without shelter in these kinds of conditions all around the region. local hypothermia plans activated and to offer some shelter, iing centers and emergency housing to those in need. if you see someone at risk, call 311. that will activate someone to go to those in need in d.c., prince george's, and montgomery counties. that's the latest live from this lot where people are sitting in their cars, waiting on the buses

to ride up, before they jump out to get on a warm bus to go into the city. mellissa mollet has another loo at traffic this morning. >> breaking news now on the rails. orange line, single-tracking between new carrollton and sheverly. we have problems here all over the place. probably fairly likely due to the cold weather. red line shady grove, switch problem there. marc brunswick, behind because of a switch light there. eastern avenue, taillights southbound, new crash there, really slowing things as you head to the city. travel times in ten minutes. it is 6:02. a major announcement happening at the white house today. president obama set to announce some gun control reforms. the president's plans include several new provisions including a new definition of a gun

dealer. now, many dealers sell online or gun shows and are not required to -- they don't require background checks. anybody who accepts a credit card for a gun sale or rents a table at a gun show will have to be licensed by the atf. that means they have to start conducting background check as well. president obama wants the social security administration to disclose which beneficiaries are not allowed to own a gun. if someone has a documented mental health issue, for example, their record will be included in the background checks system at this point. the president is also asking congress for money to hire 200 new atf investigators. he says they'll be able to enforce existing gun laws and the new provisions as well. now, of course, some republicans are calling the new rules illegal. if the new rules go through, one threatened to restrict the justice department's access to federal money. the new rules could have a big impact in virginia where gun sales are on the rise. according to the richmond times

dispatch, sales spiked 9.5% after the shootings in san bernardino last month. the report said there were 70,000 gun transacts in december. second only to gun sales in 2012. after the shooting at sandy hook elementary. the professor at -- said the gun sale could be boosting the numbers. watch the presidential address at 11:40 and we'll stream it on your smartphone with the nbc washington app. green belt police say an officer found a man's body at schrom hill park last night. it is not clear how the man died. police are working to identify him. in a few hours, a woman nation sex abuse charges for twerki twerking and groping a man will be charged. this happened at a gas station in northeast washington last

year. charles is from orlando, pleaded guilty and will be sentenced today. 22-year-old ajana marie knight from las vegas also faces charges. tense moments for d.c. firefighters when a house fire surges while they were inside. this happened on delafield place northwest between 14th and 16th streets when firefighters arrived at the home it was fully engulfed in flames. as they worked upstairs, a fire surged downstairs. a chief says they lost contact with a few men for a couple of minutes. all the firefighters made it out safely, the red cross is now helping the home owners. today, 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 expanding relations between the commonwealth and the island nation. he says opening up new trade opportunities will benefit the state's economy. yesterday mcauliffe announced a new educational exchange between virginia commonwealth university and the university of havana. 6:06. today you can watch as

archaeologists uncover remains of a ship from the 1700s in alexandria. it was discovered at a construction site for a hotel on union street. experts believe that ship was originally used to extend the water front out to the deep channel of the potomac river. helping alexandria become a international port. the hull will be preserved and studied. parents, do you remember the baby cries and trying to do anything you could to calm down your baby? well, a new app claims it can determine what your baby wants. what parents and doctors are saying about it. we're watching developments out of oregon where protesters are digging in for a lengthy fight. the demands they want met before they leave. plus, we're helping you get ready for the trek to work with a frigid conditions outside. what you need to know for your commute next.

conflicting reports about a police officer charged with murder, records from jail in

charleston, south carolina, said michael slager was released on a $500,000 bail yesterday. however, deputies say he's still in custody right now. slager shot a man who was running away from him last april. you may remember the incident was recorded on cell phone. police in virginia say one person is dead after being hit by a car on i-95. this happened about 8:30 last night in the southbound lanes near exit 169 in the springfield area. we still don't know why that person was outside their car. the new acting education secretary is visiting a montgomery county public school today. john king will stop at joanne leleck elementary. he'll tour classes and lead reade with student read with students. he was most recently new york state commissioner. minus 20. that's right. 20 degrees, colder now than the same time yesterday morning.

that is a noticeable change. windchills are down near zero this morning. you'll need everything you can do to keep warm this morning. for your commute, temperatures in the teens, windchills near zero. later this afternoon, plenty of sunshine, temperatures only barely up to the freezing mark. we're talking about the weekend and rain chances in ten minutes. here is melissa with more trouble on all the rails. >> breaking new on the rails, orange line, single-tracking between new carrollton and sheverly right now. red line delays at shady grove because of a switch problem at glenmont. talking about marc, delays there as well. brunswick east 890, 30 minutes behind at this point this morning. taking a look at travel times, no real problem on 270 or the top of the beltway. 66 looks good. and so does 95 as you head northbound. trying to end one of the most frustrating parts of your commute, hitting the red lights after red light.

the progress d.c. is making to make sure the traffic lights are better timed. the controversy surroundi g donald trump's new campaign ads.

welcome back at 6:15. now to a developing story in oregon where the fight over federal land is entering the fourth straight day. a group of armed protesters have control of the national wildlife refuge in princeton, oregon. they say they're not leaving until the government gives up control of the refuge. >> our purpose as we have shown is to restore and defend the constitution. >> the group also wants a father and son freed from federal prison for lighting fires on federal land. the local sheriff told the group to leave. the fbi says it wants a peaceful end to the standoff. maryland representative donna edwards says the media treatment of the oregon protesters is a racial double

standard. in a statement edwards says the activists should be called, quote, law breaking militants. she said the white protesters are being judged differently than the black lives matter activists. a man who barricaded himself inside an office building in georgetown will now undergo a mental evaluation. k street near the water front is open this morning after that barricade situation that lasted more than seven hours. d.c. police say the man was going through a crisis. eventually he surrendered. now to another barricade situation. this time a man is facing assault charges. d.c. police say that alan johnson threatened his wife and brother-in-law with two guns at a home on 32nd street. he's apparently upset about the care of his mother. johnson surrendered after barricading himself inside that home sunday night. he will appear in court on thursday. montgomery county police say an animal shelter is caring for 66 dogs. police seized them at a house in

rockville after a woman was bitten at a potomac adoption event. it is in the clear whether that dog was one of the 66 rescued but police say that investigation led them to the house. the woman is undergoing rabies treatment. >> i'm very grateful that it wasn't either one of my children,because i never could have watched them endure the shots. >> the organization that hosted the event where she was bitten says the dog was not one of theirs. 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 rehab facility. the church sued for discrimination. the judge's decision is expected in the next 30 days. fan duel and draft kings lining up top maryland lobbyists and attorneys to keep their fantasy sports businesses up and running. the baltimore sun reporting more than 100,000 people in maryland have received letters urging them to show their support. fan duel is concerned that

maryland may join other states and ban the games. nbc's parent company comcast is among the investors of fan duel. you'll soon be able to look inside the trolley station underneath dupont circle. the station will open to the public for the first time in with decades in april. the nonprofit arts organization that took part of the space is looking for artists to do something creative with hundreds of thousands of plastic balls. you can can be part of the project reball. it is a design competition that will feature the balls in the newly opened station. you may remember all the balls from the national building museum exhibit the beach. the balls were donated at the project at the national building museum. you know about our changing minds campaign. we have been working to open up the dialogue on the issues involving mental health here in our region. this weekend's nbc 4 health and fitness expo you'll find a lot of resources to help your loved one. you'll be able to ask questions of experts and our changing minds pavilion and we'll have a few forums focusing on this

important topic too and a lot of other thins. the nbc 4 health and fitness expo saturday and sunday at the washington convention center, all free for you. we'll be there on saturday. nbc 4 washington app has a complete list of speakers and exhibiters and all the different things for adults, kids, everybody. >> see the classes, exercise cl classes, zumba may be. >> i block that out. >> there we go. 6:19 now if you ever held a crying baby, you want to know what the baby wants. >> why, why? there is a new app out there that claims it knows. this app is called the baby cries translator. the people behind it say the app can distinguish between different kinds of cries and tell you whether your baby is hungry, tired, in pain or has a dirty diaper. however, some pediatricians aren't convinced. >> it is a communication, it is talking, their babbling is their discussion.

>> the app also requires your baby to cry for 15 seconds before -- 15 seconds, please. there are babies that cry for three hours straight. i'm a little skeptical. >> i know. they say you have 200,000 different crying sounds, loaded into this app, and so it tries to match the crying with whatever explanation they have been able to figure out. >> some babies just cry for no reason. that's what babies do. that's what my pediatrician told me. coming up, don't cry if you step outside in the cold. your tears might freeze. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell tells how cold it is out there. >> single digit windchills this morning. if you're not crying from the cold, you squint your eyes on the cold days like that, it squeezes the water out so your eyes get watery because you're trying to deal with the cold effectively. frozen tear drops may be an issue later on this morning. weather will affect your plans here early this morning. it is all about the bundle this morning. many warm layers as you can put

between you and the blistering cold wind, that's what's important. temperatures will be rising to near freezing today. will stay cold. once the wind eases up that won't be too much of an issue outside. right now, 12 in gaithersburg. 19 in annapolis. 14 in winchester and front royal. as you plan to send the kiddos out to the bus stop, temperatures in the teens, windchills down near zero this morning. coming home from welcome and school later today, temperatures in the low 30s. we'll have plenty of sunshine. the current windchill is 4 in gaithersburg. zero, the windchill in martinsburg. six in culpepper. a lot of cold out there this morning. you'll need your heavy coats, earmuffs, hats, gloves, woolly socks, anything you can do. high temperatures only up to the low and mid-30s. traveling conditions, at least sunny, sunshine delays will be about all you are to worry about from the weather department. driving within 500 miles, dry. if you're traveling by plane, delays on the west coast.

windy and cold today. tomorrow, also cold but less windy. so start off tomorrow morning upper teens and low 20s, but without the windchills around. that will make it feel much nicer. dry the next couple of days. unfortunately just as we get closer and closer to the weekend, rain chances start to sneak back up. here is another peek of the seven day forecast. 25 today. back up by thursday. a risk a few afternoon showers. weekend filled with clouds taechls temperatures in the 50s. best chance for rain during the playoff game on sunday at fedex field. right now breaking news on the rails. we have a new problem here, brunswick east 890, 30 minutes behind. 892 behind 890, that's in a holding pattern because of a frozen switch. metro is honoring tickets now. we have issues on metro. orange line, no longer single-tracking. we have delays in both directions this morning.

blue and yellow line single-tracking there between national airport and pentagon city. red line delays shady grove because of the switch problem there at glenmont. montgomery village avenue at lost knife road in front of the library there, in gaithersburg, a brand-new crash there with police on the scene. right now police in china are looking for a man in connection with an arson attack on a bus. look at the flames. 17 people are dead and more than 30 were injured in the fire on tuesday. police say a 33-year-old man is wanted. there have been several bus fires in the same area in recent years. they have been blamed on people who are mentally unstable. this week marks one year since the deadly shooting in paris at the headquarters of a humor magazine. 12 people were killed in the charlie hebdo shootings last year. today, french president francois hollande visited the magazine's offices and unveiled a plaque with the victims' names. you're looking at video of that moment. tomorrow charlie hebdo will

release a special edition about the shooting. metro transit police asking us to show you these pictures. they say these are persons of interest in an assault. the attack happened about two weeks ago on a red line train near the noma gallaudet station. investigators say the assault happened at the height of rush hour. we are learning more about a deadly confrontation at medstar washington hospital center. d.c.'s medical examiner says this was a case of homicide. 74-year-old james mcbride was trying to leave medstar washington hospital center without being discharged last december. security guards confronted him and tried to take him back in. the medical examiner says mcbride suffered blunt force injury to his neck as well as injuries to an artery and his spinal cord. he later died. american university has banned 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. 6:25. few things are as annoying as getting stuck in an endless number of red lights. traffic here can be frustrating. timing is everything though. 60% of traffic signals have been retime in the district so far as part of a new project. and the officials say it is a difficult art form. some in the district haven't been retimed in 30 years. >> we're not widening our roadways anymore. so, you know, we have little capacity to push them out of traffic that we got. >> there are more than 1600 traffic signals in d.c. 200 signals will have new technology that allows buses to change the lights so they can keep moving. a deadly new year's crash is now the focus of a federal

investigation. the potential safety issue the ntsb is taking a closer look at. and a lot of problems on the rails because of the weather this morning. we'll talk about our marc issues and our metro problems coming up. a rough morning for commuters as we deal with windchills in the single digits. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is braving the elements for you. he has four things to know at 6:31.

angie goff at the live desk. for those of you taking marc trains, we know that train 890 and 892 are delayed for at least one hour. this is because of a frozen switch. we also know that crews are heading to the scene now to try to fix it. metro will honor tickets. follow on twitter for updates. back to you. as angie just said, worth repeating, a big mess for a lot of people this morning. brunswick east 890, 30 minute delays. metro honoring tickets. this could take some time to fix that frozen switch. update on blue and yellow line situation, still single-tracking between national airport and pentagon city.

outbound trains bypassing pentagon city and crystal city. use the inbound trains instead. orange line delays in both directs. taking a look elsewhere now, two new problems in the district. 14th street emerson and decatur, fire activity hanging around there. just south of that, at arkansas avenue, brand-new water main break that is being reported in that area. montgomery village avenue and lost knife road in front of the library, crash there as well. travel times in ten minutes. >> melissa, thank you. outside 6:30, we're helping you get ready for the bitterly cold conditions you're going to find as you step outside to windchills in the single digits now. that breeze that has the flag outside our studios flapping, you see it there in the distance, that's the big reason why. those numbers you see behind us here, they make you want to cry. you'll see them too in your neighborhood. we're talking about the windchills now. >> see the 1 in washington. tom kierein has for things to

know. you're bundled up. >> this is a frozen smile. i can't -- i can't stop smiling. i'm tom kierein. i'm freezing for you here in virginia along route 123 at the bus stop. seeing people boarding the buses. they are layered up. it is just stupid cold. the wind blowing about 15 miles an hour. windchills are near zero here in virginia. four things to know today, just layer up. good news is that this cold wind will be easing with time as the day progresses. and as we look toward the weekend, maybe it will have a football playoff in the rain. but temperatures throughout the day today will be staying cold. only in the mid-30s this afternoon. windchills will be a little better by later this afternoon, but still be right in the mid-20s. i say stupid cold, you stand out

here ten minutes, it makes you stupid. >> you better get inside. d.c. may muriel bowser is making a big push to boost safety in the district. the d.c. council is weighing a plan to fund security cameras for private businesses. news 4's derrick ward joins us live. >> reporter: it is all about crime in the district. last year take a look at some of the statistics, last year, 160, there were actually this past year, there were 162 murders in the district. 100 for the year before that. the mayor introduced a multifaceted crime plan. one of the things in the crime plan would be incentives for businesses to install security systems. another would be hiring more police. and one of the aspects of that would be making officers who are about to retear a chance to visit the crime lab, the crime services, the crime scene services to not affect their

retirement benefits. now, later today, part of that, that is the incentive for the businesses doing the crimes, security cameras, they have a hearing before the judiciary committee to take that up. that's going to cost some money. there had been some friction between the mayor and some members of the council. the mayor criticizing them saying they haven't done enough to dress this, and some members of the council saying that she would grant that. we're live at news 4, back to you. a preliminary hearing today for the man accused of hitting seven people with his car in d.c. this happened early on new year's day near farragut square. police say malik lloyd was drunk when he jumped a sidewalk and hit a pole last friday. he's accused of dui and leaving the scene and held without bond. 6:34 now. decision 2016. four weeks until the opening of the primary season. today, people living in iowa and

new hampshire will have a new political ad to watch. >> donald trump calls it radical islamic terrorism. that's why he's calling for a temporary shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> republican candidate donald trump's ad reinforces many of his controversial policies even through the ad -- even note ad was released yesterday, it will begin airing in key states today. trump plans to ramp up spending to about $2 million per week ahead of the iowa caucuses. hillary clinton will hold a campaign event in iowa. jeb bush in new hampshire meeting with a small town chamber of commerce. marco rubio will also hold a town hall in iowa. the other gop candidates will be at a new hampshire forum on addiction. it is 6:34. leaders in baltimore are addressing struggling neighborhoods today. maryland governor larry hogan and baltimore mayor steffi rawlings-blake are going to a neighborhood to announce their new plan. the city of baltimore has about 17,000 vacant homes.

many started rioting after the deaths of freddie gray. hogan wrote a recent op-ed in the baltimore sun saying empty buildings encourage criminal activity. people in d.c.'s glover park neighborhood are fighting to keep a moratorium on liquor licenses in place. they are debating tonight whether to continue that tap. a group of neighbors is pushing to keep a recently opened nightclub from selling liquor and building private adult entertainment rooms. there is a new twist in a video that went viral about a month ago. you remember that dog that stood by and protected its owner after she was hurt in a fire. the woman in this video, 34-year-old april newell, is charged with setting an earlier fire in the same house. fire marshals there in prince george's county found evidence during their investigation into the fire where the dog was found. today, you'll probably hear more than one co-worker talking about the netflix documentary making a murderer. the ten part series follows the case of steven avery. the documentary suggests that avery was framed over a lawsuit

he was filing from his wrongful conviction. avery was 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 that crime and sentenced to life in prison. there are now two petitions asking president obama to issue avery a full pardon. part of the mayor's initiative to eliminate traffic related deaths and now you have your say on a controversial plan to raise traffic fines in d.c. the penalties for 20 traffic offenses would increase under the proposal. some significantly. one example drivers caught going more than 25 miles per hour over the speed limit could be fined $1,000. critics believe it is about generating revenue, a public hearing will be held at the wilson building on friday. the hours ahead, president obama will take matters into his own hands when it comes to gun control. what his executive orders will mean for you and how republicans promise to stop them. dangerously cold conditions

now as you get your kids dressed for the day ahead. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell has your what to wear forecast for the kids at 6:41. putting themselves out on the edge. the lengths firefighters went to do rescue a family's pet.

i'm angie goff. we're following breaking news out of atlanta right now where we have a hostage situation going on. police confirming that a man is holding children captive and has a knife. the kids aged from 3 months to 17 years old, we believe a woman is there, a total of 11 children. we want to take you to the scene right now. this is right outside motel where this is going on, which has been evacuated. you notice there is a police presence. we know the s.w.a.t. team is on scene, they're negotiating, hopefully for a peaceful resolution. according to our local affiliate there in atlanta, a woman made a 911 call but at this point

police don't know what is at the core of this domestic dispute. roads in the area as you can see from the video there are shut down. we'll keep you posted. the federal government is now getting involved in a deadly crash investigation. t a special team will inspect a toyota yaris that crashed. it accelerated out of control before the crash. the california highway patrol is investigating whether the accelerator could be to blame. a utah family is sending a big thank you to a fire rescue crew after they saved their dog from a frozen pond. you see some of the video here. tucker fell through that ice while being walked on monday. firefighters used a ladder to bring him back to safety. the crew received a thank you photo from their new canine friend. and now, your storm team 4 forecast. >> good morning, everybody. that dog has his fur coat on and you'll need an extra layer of

warmth on your way out the door this morning. need your heavy coat, earmuffs, hats, gloves, scarves, thick woolly socks, anything you can do to fight off our coldest mornings in nearly a year. windchills close to zero now. temperatures in the teens. chills near zero. layer the kidos up this morning. temperatures in the low 30s by later on this afternoon. highs today, yeah, only in the 30s. a moderating trend and chance for rain in time for the playoff game. more about that with the seven day in ten minutes. for now, breaking news continues. >> breaking news now, new problem on the roads, look here, talking about connecticut avenue at randolph road. chopper 4 over the scene, southbound here. we have one lane getting by. as chopper zooms out, you can see the big mess this is creating. southbound connecticut avenue. avoid connecticut if you're leaving noe ining anytime soon. marc, brunswick east 890, 30

minutes had behind. blue and yellow lines single-tracking between national and pentagon city. those outbound trains bypassing pentagon city and crystal city using inbound train instead. all the routes looking pretty good right now. right now our storm team is preparing you for the winter blast outside. these commuters are getting a taste of it for sure. a live-like. what you're going to deal with on your way to and from work. and when we'll finally see a warmup. and catching a glimpse of history. the long buried discovery in alexandria that you

breaking news, a big backup here southbound connecticut avenue at randolph road because of a crash. getting by on the left side of the roadway. chopper 4 over that problem. delays on marc and delays on metro. quite a mess this morning. full details coming up. right now we're helping you prepare for the bitter cold conditions outside. you will need to dig through the closet, get your warmest clothes as you step out to windchills in the single digits now. team coverage now. molette green is live out in the elements with the conditions commuters are dealing with. >> we begin with chuck bell with the cold you will see over the next 24 hours. chuck? >> that's right. time for the double extra hot triple espresso special for getting out the door early this

morning. wake-up weather windy and feels like winter. the feels like factors are between zero and nine degrees. molette, i know you can tell me that is not a pleasant thing to be out in. >> oh, my goodness, yes. it feel like zero degrees out here. a guy just almost missed his bus going into d.c. into to capitol hill. we're here at the commuter lot in wood bridge off old bridge road here. the buses are coming every 15 minutes or so. people are not waiting at the bus shelter. sitting in their cars, and timing it out until they can ride -- until they can run and jump on a big warm bus going into d.c. it is dangerously cold, folks. you must dress in layers. and, of course, great concern for those without shelter. and around the region, local hypothermia plans are in action. folks who are -- can get into a

warm place and take shelter. you can call 311 if you see someone in need, at risk in d.c., prince george's and montgomery county. that's the latest live here from woodbridge, zero degrees, feels like it. back to you. >> molette, thank you. today, president obama is making a major announcement about gun control reform. the president will speak from the white house at 11:40 this morning. his plans include several new provisions including a way to require more gun dealers to conduct background checks. many sell online or at gun shows. anyone who accepts a credit card for gun sales or rents a table at a gun show will have to be licensed by the atf. that means they have to start conducting background checks as well. also, the president obama -- back up here a bit, president obama will have social security administration disclose which beneficiaries are not allowed to own a gun. if someone has a documented mental health issue, for

example, their recorwill be included in the background checks system now. the president is also asking congress for money to hire 200 new atf investigators. he says they will be able to enforce existing gun laws and these new provisions, some republicans are calling the new rules illegal. house speaker paul ryan says president obama is subverting congress. we learned mark herring will be at the white house for the announcement today. the new rules could have a big impact on the commonwealth with sales near record highs. according to the richmond times dispatch, gun sales spiked 9.5% after the shootings in san bernardino last month. the report said there were 70,000 gun transactions in december. second only to gun sales in 2012 after the shooting at sandy hook elementary. we'll stream the president's address on the nbc washington app. we'll show it to you live here on news 4 midday. now the middle east is

coming dangerously close it a regional conflict. saudi arabia is rallying its sunni allies to sever diplomatic ties with iran. this is all fallout from the execution of a shiite cleric in saudi arabia over the weekend. richard engel joins us live now from istanbul, turkey, with more on the rising tensions. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. experts say it is very unlikely that iran and saudi arabia would ever be in direct conflict and that they would go to war over this. but this is certainly an unwelcome diplomatic development. after the weekend, when saudi arabia executed a leading critic, a shiite cleric, there were protests in iran, protester attacked the saudi embassy and after that, saudi arabia, bahrain, the uae and just today kuwait all either cut or downgraded diplomatic ties with iran. iran called that execution of

the cleric a crime according to the iranian president who was quoted as calling it a crime today. this makes it much more difficult for the white house to try and bring all the sides together to fight isis. so instead of coalescing around a policy in which they can fight isis, there are diplomatic squabbling and fighting between the shiite block of states and the sunnis. >> richard engel live for us in istanbul, turkey. more in a few minutes. thank you. right now, green belt police are working to learn the name of a man whose body was found in a park. police say an officer found the man's body in a parking lot outside of schrom hill park last night. it is not clear how the man died. one of the women caught groping and twerking will find out her punishment today. marjorie charles who is from orlando pled guilty last month to the incident at the gas station. she'll be sentenced on sex abuse charges in a few hours.

ajana marie knight from las vegas is also facing charges. intense moments for d.c. firefighters when a house fire surges, while inside that house. this happened on delafield place northwest between 14th and 16en streets. firefighters arrived, the home was fully in flames as they worked upstairs, that fire surged downstairs, the chief says they lost contact with a few men for a couple of minutes. all the firefighters made it out safely. the credit cross is helping the homeowners. breaking news on the roads now. take a look at this. chopper 4 over this problem here in silver spring, connecticut avenue there at randolph road where that crash is involving the bus, so right now you can see that we have the right lane blocked and left side of the roadway getting by, getting to the southbound lanes here this morning. our problems on marc still persist. brunswick, 30 minutes behind, 892 behind that, waiting, so metro is honoring tickets.

some of the metro mess cleared up a bit. this cold weather just causing problems everywhere. blue and yell yes line, siow li single-tracking. outbound trains bypassing pentagon and crystal city. looking good on the roads. roads behaving themselves. rails not so much. we have a couple of problems here in northwest. 14th street between emerson and decatur, fire activity, so closing that section and south of that at arkansas, water main break dealing with this morning, 270 at montrose road, normal volume headed southbound. beat that. that's a busy morning. temperatures near zero this morning. what to expect for your day today. it all spells out to the word cold. bitter cold start this morning. that north wind which set up shop yesterday is still with us this morning. lay down this afternoon. on the upside, january sunshine coming your way for later today.

a shock to the system for sure. temperatures this morning are 20 degrees colder than we were yesterday. and when you factor in the wind, windchills down near 3 at national airport. 4 at gaithersburg. 2, winchester. feels like factors with time, by 10:45, still feels like the teens. by mid to late afternoon, windchills will be back up to the upper 20s to near 30. that's where the air temperatures will be. the wind will delay down after 2:00, 3:00, planning out your day, chills near zero this morning, highs today barely above the freezing mark. only 35 in washington, 34 in leesburg. the weather will affect your plans early this morning. and all about how well you can bundle yourself up and protect yourself from the wind and the cold. another cold start tomorrow morning, but without the wind, won't feel quite so bad. tomorrow afternoon, temperatures back up to the low 40s. rain chances start to sneak back in, just in time for the weekend. that's not good. we have a lot of stuff going on this weekend. saturday and sunday, both the new storm team 4 health and

fitness expo, both saturday and sunday, will be cloudy. best chance for rain on sunday. that might be the better day to come out to the health and fitness expo. and sunday, all eyes turn towards fedex field for a 4:40 kickoff between the pack attack and our hometown redskins. likely showers around. temperatures in the 50s. so at least it will not be cold. that should be an advantage for home team because packer people they like it below zero. hopefully a mild rainstorm will lead to a home team win. >> yes. developing out of india, six gunmen who attacked an air base are dead. this along the border of pakistan in operation to secure the base under way since the weekend. we know that seven indian troops also died. that's the latest from the live desk. eun, back to you. today, you can watch as ark ology archaeologies uncover the remains of a ship.

experts believe the ship was used to extend the water front out to the deep channel of the potomac river. that would help alexandria become an international port. the ship's hull will be preserved and studied. it is 6:56. four things to know. several d.c. firefighters were nearly trapped inside a burning home in northwest. crews lost contact with the firefighters for several minutes. they all made it out okay. the fight over federal land in oregon entering its fourth day. the armed group says it is not leaving until the government gives up control of the wildlife refuge. a man's body found in schrom hill park in green belt last night. police are working to identify him. watch news 4 on your phone, tablet or here at 11:40 when president obama announces major changes to gun control reform. and right now big backup connecticut avenue southbound at randolph road in silver spring. a one mile backup because only the left lane there is open. then on marc, brunswick, east 890, 30 minutes behind. 892 waiting behind that one.

honoring tickets but single-tracking blue and yellow line between national airport and pentagon city. forecast, all about the chip, about the chimll, about te chill. wind laying down finally tonight. >> sorry, i got where you were going with that. >> as you can see, milder by the weekend. >> you like that? >> no trouble. >> that's it this morning. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. have a great day. >> make it a great tuesday, everybody.

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good morning. hello winter. after record-breaking warmth, a blast of arctic air stretches throughout the east. minus 3 in bangor, 8 degrees in boston, and here in new york city it's 11. are the bone-chilling temperatures here to stay? al is on the case. dominating. new national poll numbers out this morning show trump and clinton firmly in control of their respective party's presidential race. both with 17-point leads as the trump campaign defends a controversial edit in its new ad. >> he'll stop illegal immigration by building a wall in our southern border that mexico will pay for. >> and former president bill clinton takes aim at the gop while on the stump for his wife. >> people run, an believet