definitely going to get hit by the cold. 45 in d.c. 15, the temperature not the windchill, 15 in columbus, ohio. that cold air moves through. wind advisories in effect until midnight tonight. windchills tomorrow in the single digits. i'll break it all down for you. i'll see you in just a couple minutes. we have breaking news. those ten american sailors they should be released soon after being taken into custody by iranian authorities. this started about five hours ago near farcesy island in the middle of the persian gulf. two navy vessels had been traveling in the gulf when one of those boats had mechanical issues. those officials say that the boats inadvertently drifted into the waters that are controlled by iran and the coast guard there responded taking all ten sailors into custody. >> it would have been about dusk in the persian gulf and it would be very easy for two crew, if they're trying to repair a boat in open waters, to inadvertently drift while they're doing those repairs into those territorial waters which

is apparently what happened, and the iranians at least, believe it. >> senior u.s. officials say that secretary of state john kerry worked directly with his iranian counterparts. and they say that the u.s. has been assured those sailors will be allowed to continue on their journey. back close to home tonight we're learning more about a deadly home invasion. one man is dead after police tell us two masked men opened fire inside a home in charles county. news 4's pat collins live at the scene in waldorf with details for us tonight. pat? >> reporter: jim, why this house? why this man? why this day? a robbery turns into a case of murder. it happened at this home in waldorf. this home near the railroad tracks. four people inside. two men, two women. >> there is no indication that this was a random attack. the house appears to have been targeted and the people inside were targeted.

>> reporter: police tell the story this way. it's 4:15 in the morning. two masked men with guns go inside. they gather everybody together. they start demanding money. they rough up the guys but when they don't get what they want they open fire. one shot, two shot, three. at least four shots fired. a 34-year-old man ends up dead in the hallway. the other man manages to escape by jumping out a window. a woman in her 20s, they say she was partially clothed, she ran away. this woman the official resident of the house, managed to escape harm as well. she's a longtime acquaintance of the murder victim. a 34-year-old man with ties to baltimore. they say he thought of her as his adopted mother. this man who asked not to be identified explains. >> she'd been like a mom to him.

>> reporter: to the victim? >> right. >> reporter: he was staying with her here. >> that's all. >> reporter: all of a sudden these guys come in with machksk and guns? >> that's right. masks and guns. demanding money, shot and killed him. >> reporter: what do you make of that? >> i'm just shocked. >> reporter: police back at the scene this afternoon looking for more answers. i'll be back at 6:00 with more on the case. live in waldorf pat collins, news 4. we were totally helpless. there was nothing to do but just wait and hope that the smoke didn't get worse. >> one year to the day since the deadly incident on metro. dozens of people stuck on that train that filled with smoke. file lawsuits against the agency for ailments they say are both physical and emotional. >> they're bringing her through the train and her being unconscious. that was a memory that i still live with. >> and that memory they're speaking of is of fellow passenger caroline glover who

died in that smoky incident at the plaza station last year. news 4's derrick ward reports on how the survivors are hoping that this doesn't happen again. >> reporter: 7887 lawsuits, count them, 8g7 lawsuits filed on today the anniversary of the accident, and filed on behalf of passengers who survived. report after smoking brakes on the yellow train line brought a response eerily similar to the events one year ago today. an evening commute turned chaotic and deadly. virginia bound yellow line train encounters smoke from an electrical ark as it leaves the plaza station. one person dies. another 80 passengers are injured. in need of rescue. jonathan rogers was among them. >> we were totally helpless. we were told, stay put, like the best thing you can do is stay put. if you open the doors, get off the train, the train can't move so you'd be jeopardizing everybody else if you try to get off the train.

so there was nothing to do but just wait and hope. >> reporter: he says he and other passengers took turns giving passenger carol lynnine glover cpr but she did not survive. >> bringing her through the train, her being unconscious, that's the main thing that sticks in my head because that's a memory i still live with. >> reporter: her family has filed a lawsuit against metro as have 80 other passengers. today, rogers was among those going public with his own legal pursuit. >> by putting their foot to the fire, it forces them to make metro safer. hopefully it forces them to take corrective action. certainly we feel, and i think anyone would feel, that the people trapped in the train should be compensated. >> the client need to know what's in the smoke so they can get proper treatment. >> reporter: metro's new gm paul wedefeld said subsequent changes in procedure and oversight brought a new level of safety and preparedness to the

system. there's also federal oversight in the system's day-to-day operations and plans by metro to hire its own point person on safety. rogers says -- >> what's that do for carol glover, you know like everybody else who was trapped on the train? like, too little too late. >> reporter: i'm derrick ward for news 4 in northwest, and we have team coverage on the continuing issue of safety on board metro. thanks, derrick. a year later and still no cause for this whole smoke episode, but today there are new clues. i'm adam tuss. that part of the story coming up. and a chilling new account tonight of the final moments when uva student hannah graham was seen alive. it comes from a witness who saw graham and suspect jesse matthew together. chris lawrence is in our newsroom with the details on this. chris? >> reporter: details are coming out of an affidavit for a search warrant. it was released today and

basically recounts how this woman saw hannah graham and jesse matthew on charlottesville's downtown mall. the document says the woman, quote, witnessed the black male going up to a white female walking alone and put his arm around her. the witness expressed to her friend, he doesn't know her. the witness and her friend followed the black male and white female to tempo restaurant where they sat at the bar with graham and matthew. as the witness was leavings the restaurant, she mentioned to her friend, quote, he's going to " her up. police released some surveillance video showing jesse matthew following graham on the mall. this is basically the last few minutes before this woman's account begins. also in those documents that were unsealed today, a timeline of graham's disappearance and information that a bloodhound found graham's scent in matthew's car and in a dumpster near his apartment. jim? >> chris lawrence. chris thank you. only on news 4 tonight, mismanagement of money found inside d.c. public schools'

athletic department. including tens of thousands of dollars in uncounted money inside locked in an office cabinet instead of being deposited. scott macfarlane breaking inging this story for us tonight. >> jim an internal review found over the course of a few years, hundreds of thousands of dollared collected from high school sports ticketed and concession sales were not deposited for weeks or for months. the audit reports poor recordkeeping and delays in getting cash to the bank. and they call it gross negligence by a former add straiter. they don't refer to that add administrator by name but makes clear they're referring to stephanie evans, who resigned a few weeks ago. auditors say her colleagues found $32,000 in cash in locked bags in a locked cabinet waiting to be deposited for months in her offices. that includes proceeds from the annual turkey bowl football game. the audit also questions why the

athletic director allowed some student fund money money set aside for student athletes to be spent on hospitality suite buffets and, quote, extravagant gifts for sports events. one d.c. council member says that was inappropriate. >> the student activity fund has specific directions on what it can be used for and can't be used for so the thing to is follow those instructions and obviously there may be some occasions where you can support on adult maybe helping get a student to an event or something like this, but most of this needs to be spent on student athletic, you know, activities things like that. >> stephanie evans tells us she didn't receive this audit about her until a few hours ago when it was shared with her by the news 4 i-team. her response coming just a few moments ago. she spent the day reviewing it saying no questions were raced with her about the hospitality suite events and indicates d.c. public schools helped her organize it and says she raised questions for finances and the need for more finance staff when

she started the job in 2011. much more of what we founder a hen reaction and reaction from parents on news 4 at 6:00. >> scott macfarlane thank you, scott. right now we're learning more about the children at the center of those abuse allegations at a northern virginia daycare center. today therapists took the stand at the trial of a daycare worker. news 4's meagan fitzgerald live for us outside the prince william county courthouse with new developments tonight. meagan? >> reporter: and jim, you know, within the last hour here, the judge struck down 13 of the 39 charges brought against one of those former daycare workers sarah jordan. he said there just wasn't enough evidence. now, today, throughout the day the judge heard from five licensed therapists that have experience in diagnosing trauma in children. they were brought about by the prosecution. now, these five therapists did sessions over a period of time with 13 of those students who investigators say were abused.

now, we want to show you some video here of where this all happened. it happened over a six-month period in 2013 at the minnieland academy in woodbridge. investigators say former daycare worker sarah jordan and kierra spriggs tripped children, sprayed them with water from a hose and encouraged them to bite and fight each other. today, five therapists testified against jordan. they told a judge they used a technique called play therapy on the 2-year-old and determined over several months that they showed signs of trauma. now, some of the therapists reference the toddler's inability to speak during sessions and not making eye contact as abnormal behavior. now, tomorrow morning when court resumes at 10:00 a.m., it is possible that the defense will ask the judge to strike even more of those charges, and, of course the judge will decide then if he's willing to do that. it's possible as well that a verdict could come sometime tomorrow afternoon.

coming up at 6:00 hear what the defense said in court today to try and discredit one of those experts and you may be surprised at her response. wendy? >> all right meagan fitzgerald. and president obama is just hours away from his final state of the union address. we're going to find out why one d.c. father has been invited as a special guest. i'm tom sherwood. tonight, president obama gives his last state of the union address. this time next year, the family will be moving out of the white house. where will they go? i'll have the story coming up. and news 4 has learned about problems at the 911 call center in prince george's county. you're watching news

still tracking the radar right now. not a whole lot going on around most of the region. shower activity. i want to show you what's happening to our northwest. look at morgan county west virginia, a very intense snow band coming through right there along 70. this will move toward hagerstown and martins burgs smartinsburg the next 20, 30 minutes and down to northern loudoun counties the frederick area and the rest of the area over the next couple of hours. this is wa we're watching. we'll continue to do so right here from the storm center.

that state of the union address and no part of your mind or brain can you imagine donald trump standing up one day and delivering a state of the union address? >> well, i can imagine it in a saturday night skit. look, anything's possible and i think, you know, we shouldn't be complacent. i think everybody's got to work hard. >> that's president obama speaking with the "today" show's mad matt lauer about the possibility of donald trump as president. >> tonight he will deliver his final state of the union address. and two words he'll likely fight hard to avoid, lame duck. >> news 4's chris lawrence joins us with what to look for tonight. >> wendy, the white house says it's not going to be your traditional bucket list of things he wants to accomplish. despite a poll showing serve inging seven out of ten americans think the country is headed in the wrong direction, we're likely to hear an upbeat view from the president. unlike his previous speeches,

this one will focus on the long-term future rather than the list of immediate policy proposals. white house officials say this could also be mr. obama's shortest address since his first. that one clocked in around 52 minutes. just over the president's should shoulder we're going to see a new face paul ryan is now the house speaker. a syrian refugee will be among the guests sitting with the first lady. her box seats will also include an empty chair that's meant to symbolize victims of gupn violence as the president pushes for gun reform. >> the president needs to keep pushing us. those who believe in common sense rules, support the second amendment and believe in common sense rules, just like you can support the first amendment but understand you can't libel somebody. >> the president's approval rating sits at about 47 that is right about the same as ronald reagan before his final state of the union. south carolina governor nickykki haley is going to give the

republican response. from eisenhower listening to her husband's speech to mr. clinton working on last-minute changing in his limo. we have photos from state of the union addresses through the years. open the nbc washington app and search "state of the union" to check them out. in a year the obamas will be packing up and leaving the white house. speculation is growing on where the first family will live. tom sherwood explains why there's a good chance the family will stay here in d.c. >> reporter: president obama is in his final year in office. he and the first lady have seen daughters sasha and malia grow up in the white house. the daughters go to sidwell friends. sasha graduates soon but malia, three more years. the first family may stay in town at least until malia graduates rather than return to chicago. but where would they live here? one recent rumor had them buying condos in city center downtown, but there's no confirmation of that. veteran high-end realtor jim

bell says he would expect a single-family home. >> tom, i think the first family is probably likely to choose a house over a condo. >> reporter: he cited the more traditional home environment and security concerns. >> this election is driven in large part by what the secret service requires. >> reporter: they can't go out and buy a house that they like? >> after you're president, probably not. >> reporter: bell suggested the exclusive neighborhood off connecticut avenue. or mass avenue heights which is home now to hillary clinton. >> there are ten houses currently on the market in mass heights that would amply provide for the obamas. >> reporter: house the white house today, opinions varied. where do you suggest they live? >> chicago. it's home. >> they want to make sure they're comfortable after they leave the white house. >> come to arlington virginia. >> reporter: the family has less than a year to decide and to

start packing. in the district tom sherwood news 4. a showdown over pot laws in maryland is looming. as lawmakers head back to annapolis for the next session of the general assembly. after the last session governor larry hogan vetoed two marijuana bills, one of them stopped police from seizing small amounts of cash from drug dealers. the other decriminalized the possession of marijuana paraphernalia. it made smoking pot in public a civil infraction rather than a crime. the legislature could override those vetoes. police say that would create dangerous situations especially on the roads. >> we're talking about the ability for people to smoke marijuana openly in public, in public venues or in cars, especially being intoxicated. >> we want to make sure driving while smoking marijuana and smoking marijuana public is considered a crime and not just a civil infraction. >> police say they hope that the governor and the legislature reach a compromise on these

marijuana bills. maryland's governor also wants to cut taxes for some individuals and businesses. he unveiled his new plan this afternoon in annapolis. the tax cuts would be for maryland families making less than $53,000 a year. some small businesses and governor hogan says he's focus the on people hurting most by tax increases implemented under former governor martin o'malley. he claims it will benefit about 1 million people and thousands of businesses. someone calls in a threat at a school, but we're going to find out what police did when they found out who was on the other end. plus need a cuddle? well, so do these goats. why there's a call for volunteers now in virginia. and the powerball jackpot is still rising. but how many people around here have actually won millions? we have the facts and the figures on who got rich.

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and now your storm team 4 forecast. >> maryland transportation officials tell us they're ready for the first snow of the season. check it out. you're looking at a live picture along i-68 east of cumberland. where you can see the snow has already started to fall. that area could get up to 3 inches of snow when it's all said and done. >> and doug is in the weather center with a look at what the system will look like once it cop comes close to our area. >> it really will not look anything like that in our region

but if you are traveling out to the west definitely keep an eye out for that. even closer to our area highland county reporting some snow. look at this. this is kind of what you're going to see today as you make your way down. that's actually a shower coming down around the capitol just off into the distance right there. you can see the clear skies behind it and the clouds and the clouds kind of dropping. that's the shower activity. that snow changing to rain. i want to show you what's happening around the frederick area. look at the clear skies there. look off to the left side of the screen. that is all snow shower activity. just off to the west. now that snow shower activity is making its way toward the frederick region and will be there within about the next hour and you can see some fairly heavy snow. 45 degrees the current temperature. so if it is falling around the d.c. metro area, down toward southeast, we are looking at rain right now coming in through the region. but the colder air is coming. now down to 37 in winchester. some snowflakes reported there. cumberland at 32. with that snow that has fallen in that region. 48 toward po tuck set river.

look at the shower activity around our region. again, this is what you saw from the cloud cover, 495 fredericksburg shower activity, snow back to the west. we'll do a couple zooms. montgomery county heavier showers around the olney area, likely falling as rain, maybe mixed with snow. look at columbia seeing snow around the baltimore area. they're seeing snow, too. then back to the west this is what i'm watching. this is and it's fairly heavy between hagerstown and martinsburg. if you live in martinsburg, it's on your doorstep right now coming toward shepardstown over toward frederick in about the next half hour to an hour. so that's what we're going to continue to watch. it's this band right here that has brought 1 to 2 inches associated with it. very quickly in some areas. so i wouldn't be surprised if it was to put down a coating on that to jektrajectory would move down d.c., most likely staying in maryland, extreme northern virginia the next one, two hours. behind this, it gets cold. boy does it get cold in a hurry. we could see some issues on

roadways moistst likely secondary roads. most to the north and west. especially areas of elevation. here are the current wind gusts. 40 culpeper, near 40 in martins burgs. the wind is going to be another big factor as we move on through. that's why a wind adviseory is in effect for just about the entire area the entire state of maryland. winds gusting upwards of 50 miles per hour tonight. could see localized power outages. maybe some trees down. some branches. so once again, give yourself a lot of extra time. look at the high temperatures tomorrow. 32 in d.c. 29 gaithersburg. 27 martinsburg. with the wind, we'll see windchills early between 5, and 10 degrees tomorrow afternoon. those windchills climb between 15 and 20. that is it. tomorrow is one cold day. 35 on thursday. 46 on friday. late rain friday night and a little more on the mild side saturday with a high of 48 then it gets even colder as we start off next week. coming up around 5:45, we'll have the look at the seven-day forecast. veronica is back with that.

we'll continue to monitor the radar for you right here from the storm center. only on news 4, triumphs and failures. virginia's governor gets candid with julie carey. what he sees for the future of the students in the old dominion dominion. and one year after the deadly smoke incident on metro, we found one issue that comes up time and time again. prince george's county has a new 911 system that some police are having a hard

you're watching news 4 at 5:00. >> we still don't know one year after that deadly smoke incident at the plaza metro station, it is not clear why it happened but there are new clues about the conditions inside that tunnel that day. transportation reporter adam tuss has been combing through the documents. and he joins us to tell us what he found. >> reporter: well, wendy when you look through those documents and what it was like inside the tunnel that day, one issue keeps popping up water. not talking about a little water. talking about pools of water. time and time and time again these images were documented inside the tunnel just outside the l'enfant plaza station, rusted out equipment rusted walls, leaking pipe and all of it was leading to a big mess of walter near high voltage metro

equipment. all of it was also being documented in metro's own reports which talked about damage and premature loss of service life to elements like rail, ralgil fasteners and other track opponents. the prince george's county fire chief and chair of the region's council of government's fire chiefs, a group that's taken an active role in metro safety. while he says he can't talk specifically about a cause, he can describe what it's like inside those tunnels. >> i can tell you i've ridden the trains and seen the water dripping down as you ride by. you see that and got to wonder, you know, what's going on in. for the patrons you know, i think that's something they probably don't want to see. you know, it's -- it's the backroom. >> reporter: it's fair to say water leaks are present in other parts of the system and other transit systems in general. he does say metro is in a better position today compared to a year ago. things like radio communication have improved and so has overall responsibility. but thinking back to a year ago,

with those people on that train he says it should have been different. >> i liken it to someone trapped in a building that's on fire for 45 minutes. put yourself in that position and ask the same question. i can't even imagine what they were going through, and i feel for them as a responder and as a rescuer who wants to get in there and do the right thing and get to them and in this case, that's come and gone. >> reporter: coming up at 6:00, the chief talks about the perception that metro may have put service ahead of safety. at l'enfant plaza adam tuss, news 4. a new 911 system is causing problems in prince george's county. bureau chief tracee wilkins is live in riverdale park with details for us. >> reporter: we talked with some officers who are really looking forward to as most people in this generation, depending on their computers to do their jobs so there was some disappointment when they found out those computers would not be available for the next few weeks. for many new officers the laptops in their patrol cars are

like a lifeline. but now that tool has gone dark. >> prince george's county 911. >> reporter: prince george's county 911 center insta new 911 system that went online yesterday. it's going to take a few weeks for public safety officers to connect to it with the laptops used in many patrol cars. that includes county police, the sheriff's department, and some municipalities. >> it allows them to receive information related to the calls for service that they'd been dispatched to it allows them to communicate with the other officers as well as communications. >> reporter: the laptops have to be updated and the officers trained. it could take three to four weeks for everyone to be online. prince george's 911 call center spokesmen say this is a part of their plan for the new system and should have been expected that the computers would go dark. riverdale park police chief david morris of the municipal chief's association says his officers are working around this inconvenience the old-fashioned way. >> while there's been some loss of technology, what has not been

lost is the ability of the officers to continue to communicate with the dispatchers through the radio just like we have done >> reporter: now, chief morris is one of those officers who's been a police officer for a very long time and remembers when all communication was with a radio and using pen and paper to dispatch calls. so he feels very comfortable with his officers and other officers being able to deal with this transition. he's also very excited about what this 911 call center is going to be able to do once it's completely online. coming up on news 4 at 6:00 how this is impacting your calls to the 99 99 this is impacting your calls to the 99 99911 center. reporting live in riverdale park, tracee wilkins, news 4. we're monitoring the winter weather that's moving in. doug's tracking the radar. >> and v.j. is tracking an even bigger story tonight. doug begins our coverage. hi, guys. >> yeah, hey, guys. we are watching snow coming in across parts of the area starting to become a little more widespread. we have one squall line right now that's making its way through parts of the area. i want to show you the radar.

here it is, stormg team 4 radar. notice activity around howard county columbia and i-95. heads up if you're traveling i-95. back to the west hagerstown down toward winchester this is the area that's starting to get under the gun now. i want to focus on the montgomery county area. around gaithersburg, columbia over toward laurel. watch out in this area for snow and rain. back to the west, this band right here, martinsburg to hagerstown, it says it's rain. most of this is all snow. the weather service just put out a statement talking about visibility that could be near zero. so this is an area to watch out for. could produce upwards of a quarter to half an inch of snow very quickly. also seeing snow around bluemont, clark county back toward frederick county. this will move in toward loudoun and frederick county, maryland, the next half hour to hour. heads up. we'll continue to keep you posted. behind this it gets cold. veronica is ready for us on the storm team 4 patio. >> reporter: indeed, you'll want to dress for cold conditions

from the top of your head all way on down. warm coat for sure. the windchills are going to drop in a hurry this evening. already 33 degrees. feels-like temperature. 19 in hagerstown. 41 in d.c. now. also dropping to the teens late. the other thing the story that's going to impact everyone the winds. 50 mile per hour gusts. there could be scattered power outages this evening. strongest winds prior to 11:00 p.m. to midnight. even tomorrow it's still going to be breezy and no better windchills zero to 10 early part of the day tomorrow. we improve with windchills in the teens tomorrow afternoon. i know you'll have more on that coming up a little later. >> tomorrow will be one arctic day for sure. you'll need everything out of the closet. even colder weather in the seven-day forecast. ver roononica with that in a moment. some cell phone carriers are ditching contracts but will a no-contract deal save you money? we've done some homework for you. the family of a slain local journalist will have a front-row seat at tonight's state of the

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we are just a little over three hours away from president obama's final state of union address. there will be an empty seat in the gallery this evening for victims of gun violence. >> one seat will be filled by a local father who lost his daughter to a random shooting.

the father of reporter charnice milton will be the guest of delegate eleanor holmes norton. news 4's jackie bensen just spoke with him on capitol hill. jackie? >> reporter: well jim, kenneth mcclenton says he agreed to be delegate norton's guest because he never, never stops seeking justice for his daughter and other d.c. homicide victims. 27-year-old charnice milton was a reporter for "the hill rag," a publication. prestigious newhouse school of communication. she was coming home last may, changing buses when she was struck and killed by a bullet police believe was meant for someone else. police released video of a group of more than a dozen atv and dirt bike riders persons of interest but no arrests have been made in charnice milton's

murder. her father hosts a radio show called "the exceptional conservative" but he says tonight tonight is about charnice and others no longer here to speak for themselves. >> there is no political party for murder. across the board whether you are black or white, whether homicide is happening in the district of columbia, happening in chicago. 110 shot over the weekend. 17 dead the past 10 days. it's happening. that's not because of someone's color of skin. that's not because of someone's position on the second amendment. it's because of the flaw in the heart of men. >> reporter: mcclenton founded an o dedicated to solving d.c.'s backlog of unsolved murder cases. live in northeast washington, jackie bensen news 4. governor terry mcauliffe is hitting the mid-point of his term. coming up he tells me where he thinks he scored his biggest success. >> so we went from a large deficit to the largest surplus.

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virginia lawmakers are heading to richmond tonight for the start of the 2016 general assembly. it marks the midpoint for governor terry mcauliffe's term. bureau chief jewelry careulie carey is live in richmond, she spoke one-on-one about his accomplishments and disappointments. >> reporter: all quiet here tonight, but everything kicks into high gear tomorrow. for governor terry mcauliffe,

this is an important legislate if ive session. he already made a strong mark on virginia's economy, now hopes to do the same with virginia schools. in his office revising the state of the commonwealth address he'll give tomorrow night, that's where we found governor terry mcauliffe but hasn't been in his office much. >> i've been traveling, i've been all over the middle east and cuba in the last 60 days. >> reporter: mcauliffe's number one campaign promise remains his top priority, economic development and job creation. in his first two years, virginia's economy did an about-face. >> when i became fwompbgovernor as you know i inherited a $2.4 billion deficit. today we have the largest surplus in virginia history. >> reporter: a solid economic picture jobs numbers at historic levels. it's one place the former dnc chairman has found common ground with the republican-controlled general assembly. >> certainly if you look at in terms of economic development and as a salesman for the state, terry mcauliffe has done that remarkably well. >> reporter: in the next

session, the governor hopes republicans will join him, too, in his push for a record investment in k-12 school. his proposed budget would spend $1 billion in part to start restoring teacher positions lost during the recession. >> we're going to add 2,500 instructional folks back into the classroom. it's important to do that. >> reporter: mcauliffe's biggest disappointment, his failure to convince lawmakers to accept federal dollars to expand medicaid to provide health care to 400,000 low-income virginians. >> common sense. how can you turn down $2.4 billion when it's not going to cost you a penny? >> reporter: this session the governor is pitching it a different way but republicans already digging in in opposition. >> don't say no. let's compromise. my door is always open. >> reporter: and enacting gun control, that is another campaign promise mcauliffe has mostly failed to deliver on. coming up on news 4 at 6:00, why he is more determined than ever to keep fighting for that. back too you now, wendy, in the

studio. >> thank you, julie. do you like to cuddle? do you like goats? well, have we got an opportunity for you. a virginia farm is looking for volunteers to snuggle their little baby goats. this is down near charlottesville. caramont farm in ezmont say 90 baby goats are going to be born next month and need help snuggling them and bottle feeding them. the goats don't drink their mothers' milk i didn't know this, because they use the mothers' milk to make goat chief. four hour shifts each. this will start february 7th. that would be nice to cuddle -- >> a dog in there too. >> he'll keep you company. you guys are busy today, v.j. how fast of an affair are we talking about here tonight? >> here's the thing for the snow, when it comes into your area and makes its way through, it's only going to last 10 maybe 20 minutes at best but it could come down really hard for a few minutes. reducing visibility and really

laying down even on roads briefly as well. we're seeing some of that squally weather right now around hagerstown, maryland. take a look at savage mountain again where the road temperature is at 26 degrees there. roads a little snow covered up in that location. western maryland, too. meanwhile around here, yeah we're going to see some of that make its way into the area. take a look at storm team 4 radar. we've been tracking it throughout the afternoon. you can see right around areas of hagerstown down toward martinsburg, that's the squally line that we're seeing. it's headed east toward areas like thurmont. eventually making its way toward thurmont, frederick, maryland, balliger creek within the next few minutes. meanwhile, we'll expand it out and show you the back edge around morgantown, elkins. that is the last of it that will be coming through here. up until about 8:00 p.m. this evening we're going to be seeing some of these snow showers make their way in with a little accumulation. what's next for us, the windy

and the cold that will follow especially for early tomorrow morning. school day recess, well, what grade does tomorrow get? a "d." it's going to be way too cold. for thursday, a grade of "a." for friday, "b." we'll do not too bad toward the end of the workweek. we will have more clouds, though, coming our way. out the door tomorrow morning a warm coat. gloves. scarf. hat. everything. don't want to go with the jacket for tomorrow at all because again those windchills early in the day zero to 10 degrees with our air temperature 19 to 26 below freezing. we really stay below freezing even during the afternoon tomorrow. 26 hagerstown. 27 winchester. gatorsit 32 la plata. high temperatures for tomorrow. the early part of the day, it's still going to be breezy. keep that in mind if you're going out trying to get exercising in. this part of the day, of course during the afternoon when the winds will be just a bit lighter at least throughout the area. cold one for tomorrow. the average high now 43 degrees

for your thursday, we're partly sunny, 45. 46 on friday. temperatures come up once again. there is a chance of rain late on friday. this will be impacting anyone that has plans to go out friday evening. showers come through the area. should be gone by early saturday morning. not a bad weekend, either. partly sunny on saturday. the high 48. 40 degrees on sunday. then cold air follows. not just for the early part of next week, but throughout the entire week. look at the high temperature. 28 monday. 30 tuesday. with those overnight readings in the teens and 20s. that's not even factoring in the wind. doug has more on how long that pattern is going to stick with us coming up on news 4 at 6:00. >> all right. a lot of people received new cell phone over the holidays. setting it up, choosing the best plan cannot only be confusing, it can be tedious especially with the price wars going on now. news 4's aaron gilcrest has a breakdown for you. >> reporter: cell phones constantly change with the latest technology.

so do the cell phone plans. >> there are significant changes that we've seen in the cell phone plan market over the past year. >> reporter: david butler with consumers union, the policy division of "consumer reports" explains how some cell phone carriers have done away with contracts. four major carriers, at&t, sprint, t-mobile, verizon wireless, offer no-contract plans. carriers separate the cost of the phone from its service. >> once you pay off the cost of the phone, usually in about two years, your monthly bill goes down. >> reporter: but will a no-contract deal really save you money? well that depends on how much data you use. >> it's not easy. and companies are are not going to go out of their way to help you save that money. the burden's on you to do your homework. >> reporter: here's what to look at before changing your plan or switching your cell phone carrier. if you only use cellular data to browse the web, use news and e-book apps and check e-mail "consumer reports" say you may be just find with a 500 megabite

to 1 gigabyte data plan. if you stream music and video, you'll likely need 2 to 3 gigabytes per month. news netflix, youtube or data-draining sites? butler says consider an unlimited data plan. if you choose a plan and go over your data, you could be in for a big bill. >> should look at a couple of months to get a good average of how much you're really using. and use that to help you find the personal plan that's best suited for you. >> "consumer reports" compared four carrier plans and crunched the numbers for you. find that breakdown on our nbc washington app. search "cell already set a world record for largest lottery jackpot. there's a very good chance it could get even bigger, folks. the estimated jackpot and the powerball jumped today to a whopping $1.5 billion. if you win and take that lump sum, that's $930 million before taxes. nobody's hit the powerball jackpot since november. we know the odds of winning

are stacked against you, of course. but people in the dmv area have claimed some big lottery prizes in the past. you may recall back in 2012 when someone in maryland split a $656 million jackpot the biggest prize ever claimed in virginia was in 2004. a $239 million prize by a man in winchester. the largest prize ever awarded by the d.c. lottery a $2 million winner in 2013. there have also been at least $13 million prizes in d.c. over the last 20 years. a terror threat called into a school but boy, were police and the community surprised when they found out who did it.

a new york school district is trying to figure out how to punish a student who made a terror threat to her school. >> as ida segal tells us tonight, it's a tricky situation because the student is only in the third grade. >> reporter: it was just after the holiday break when officials at maple hill elementary listened to voicemail and heard a message they're calling a terroristic threat. police discovered it was made by a 9-year-old girl a third grader, who's now been charged with the crime. as the community continues to debate what the appropriate punishment should be. >> these times everybody's so afraid. everybody's so on edge now that all normalcy is like, out the window. >> we call the police any time we receive a threatening call to

any of our buildings or the school district. we treat them all the same which is that the threat is serious until we can demonstrate that they're proven not to be. >> reporter: this is the fifth prank of this nature in the school district this school year so far. in all the other cases the kids had to go into lockdown mode, but in those cases it was a computerized voice of the prank call. this is the first time they heard the voice of a child. >> 9 years old, where's that coming from? when a child is that young, you really have to wonder where that influence is coming from. >> reporter: the 9-year-old who has not been identified has been suspended and officials say there is a lesson here for her and other children who think they're just playing a harmless prank. >> a joke is not a joke anymore. in this particular case what specifically was said is construed as a crime and as a result, we as a school district treat those very seriously and prosecute them to the fullest

extent possible. >> reporter: her criminal case is still pending. in middletown, ida siegel, news 4. breaking right now at 6:00. ten american sailors held by iranian forces. all this unfolding just hours before president obama delivers his final state of the union address. why $32,000 in cash was sitting in bags on the floor in the building behind me. a d.c. public schools office. our report coming up. a year later and still no cause for this whole smoke episode, but today there are new clues. growing speculation about the first family's next move. why many think they'll stay here in d.c. even after leaving office. first tonight our weather. the wind is picking up as snow showers fall across parts of the region. >> some of it is kind of wicked out there. this is along i-68 east of cumberland maryland. doug kammere nowr with a look at

what we can expect in these parts over the next several hours. >> yeah guys, we're finally seeing the squall line making its way our way. seen some areas of shower, some areas of flurries coming through the area earlier. back to the wests, we're seeing a squall line come through. hagerstown, a coating, half an inch of snow thundersnow in that area as the line made its way on through. ex-attends fromtends from the maryland/pennsylvania border to the shenandoah valley. d.c. area, shower activity. it's very light. this is rain for the most part maybe mixing with light snow. it's back to the west look at this down around frederick, frederick, you're about to get this in the next 15 to 020 minutes. martinsburg, shepardstown, heavy snowfall moving on through. this will put a coating down on the surfaces, possibly the street surfaces because it's coming down that fast around