we're talking about the storm system making its way out of here. now, the cold is really working its way in. >> reporter: it's one of the coldest nights of the year. hundreds evacuated because of a fire in a high-rise. super tuesday could be day

off for fairfax county school students. some fear donald trump suppo supporters could cause disruption at the polls. >> that's why i stand here as confident as i have ever been, that the state of our union is strong. >> hello, everybody. right now, the temps are dropping, winds are whipping and our first snow of the season is officially in the books. >> winter is taking it pretty easy on us so far. remember when we were wearing shorts on christmas day. >> all that changed tonight. arlington and downtown d.c., we're seeing the first real signs of winter. >> some of you had to wipe the snowflakes off your windshield on your evening commute and some in your backyard. >> huge flakes came down outside our nbc4 studios. tonight, our team wants to make sure you stay warm and get you ready for tomorrow. >> shomari stone is in bethesda.

first, we check in with meteorologist doug kammerer. what's the latest? >> we told you the clipper system would move in with snow. we saw that earlie and most locations coming up with a trace or coating of snow. that system moved out of the area and you saw how heavily, maybe 10 or 15 minutes at the most and then out of here. what we told you was behind you was the cold. look at the winds bringing cold. 37 in leesburg, 37 in martinsburg and 35 in martinsburg and 38 at patuxent river. take a look at these numbers at 11:00 at night. 23 degrees the current wind chill. we saw high of 47 today and 5 in martinsburg and 20 in culpeper and 10 in gaithersburg and 20 overnight. coming up, i'll show you what

you should expect hour by hour and how long this extremely cold air will stick around. >> thank you, doug. for many of us, this first taste off snow is a welcome sight. >> for others not so much. shomari stone is in an area where a fire in a high-rise caused a lot of people to be out of their home. >> reporter: good evening. i feel sorry for people in this high-rise. it is cold out here right now and the wind brushes against your face. the best thing to do is go inside. for some of those folks they couldn't go inside 15 to 20 minutes after that fire broke out. let's roll video. the fire started in a 16th floor apartment. firefighters quickly put it out, medic s drove two people to the hospital for minor burns and tonight they don't have a place to live. three other apartments are destroyed because of water damage and the firefighters used the water to put out the fire in

the original apartment. hundreds in the cold. the wind chill, as dough told you hope to of the show, in the 20s sometimes. 50 minutes later firefighters determined it was safe and people were allowed to warm up back in this lobby. >> it was freezfreezing. we came out there and there wasn't a lot there and very cold and windy. >> reporter: those people in this lobby warming up around a couple hours later, they were allowed to go back up to their apartme apartments. again, three other apartments on the 16th floor completely destr destroyed, those folks have to find a place to live. for the elderly couple who lived where the fire started are in the hospital, have minor burn, the fire still under investigation and firefighters trying to determine what started it. we continue to bring you updates regarding this situation behind us and post it on our nbc washington app. live in chevy chase, maryland,

i'm shomari stone, news4. >> an unfortunate time for a power outage at a bar on capitol hill. take a look at this picture tweeted out by d.c. council member charles allen tonight. he was watching the state of the union when the tv and the room went black. pepco tells us crews are in the area trying to locate the problem. right now, about 2,000 people don't have power in d.c. >> new at 11:00, there was concern tonight in fairfax county over huge turnout in the republican primary election in part because of huge crowds supporting donald trump. it prompted the fairfax county board of supervisors to ask schools to give teachers and students off on super tuesday. jackie is at the government center with more on this. >> reporter: this matter is getting a lot of attention because of a candidate whose name never even came up.

the name trump was not even raised. this is not about any individ l individuals who happen to be running. >> reporter: earlier today, the board of supervisors in fairfax county, virginia, voted to discuss closing the school for the march 1st presidential primary. electoral board secretary laid out her reason including turnout that could exceed a presidential election and mandate those vo voting republican must sign a loyalty pledge. >> the law in virginia allows parties to ask for that. the republican party asked for it. if you come to the election official with your republican ballot and haven't signed the statement of affiliation the election official cannot give you a ballot. >> reporter: in a statement, corey stewart, virginia chairman of donald trump for president said the candidate objects to the republican party's decision on the pledge and noted there have been no threats of violence over the issue. >> he said, these allegations are aattempt by an establishment

republicans in collusion with democratic officials to malign trump supporters as violent and insinuate the campaign is inc e inciting violence. smith, the only no vote said the board had already considered the issue and voted on a two hour delay. >> i was on the school board when we first dealt with this issue and the school board considered whether we should not have school that day or two hour delay. there's a real feeling education is important to students and great for them to see the process of them coming to vote. >> reporter: right now, a two hour delay in fairfax county schools march 1st and we are told the school board is unlikely to change that. live in fairfax county, news4. >> thank you. twitter exploded tonight with tweets about the president's 8th and final "state of the union" address. the #sotu was used nearly 1$1.5

million. chris has been watching. chris. >> the president announced a new national effort to beat cancer and took indirect shots for republicans running for his office. >> i will try to make it a little shorter. [ applause ] >> i know some of you are ancy to get back to iowa. >> any claiming that america's acade economy is in decline is pedaling fiction. when politicians insult muslims whether abroad or our fellow citizens it diminishes us in the eyes of the world. it makes it harder to achieve our goals. it betrays who we are as a country. >> but a new poll shows most americans think the country is going in the wrong direction. south carolina governor nikki haley offered an alternative. >> if we held the white house, taxes would be lower for working

families and we'd put the breaks on run away spending and debt. we'd encourage american innovation and success in stead of demonizing them so our economy would truly soar and good jobs would be available across our country. >> seeming to take a shot at the republican front-runner. >> yeah. not by name, jim, but no doubt she was referring to donald trump. >> something to follow the siren call of the angriest voices. we must resist that temptation. no one who is willing to work hard abide by our laws and love our traditions should ever feel unwelcome in this country. >> as governor haley said, you don't have to be the loudest person in the room to be heard. doreen. >> chris lawrence, thank you. the tone of this address is also very different from what we've heard from the president in the past. news4 steve handelsman joins us

with that side of the story on capitol hill. >> doreen, defending his approach in the so-called war on terror tonight president obama warned against an overreaction in the fight against isis and terror. he said, calling it world war iii for example is wrong. it's not world war iii. he said, that just plays into the isis narrative. the isis forces can hurt individual americans but cannot destroy the united states of america. he criticized the approach of donald trump although he did not name the republican front-runner individu individually. he said it needs to be rejected. the world respects us, said president obama, not just for our arsenal, our military, it respects us for our diversity and openness and the way we respect every face. when politicians insult muslims that doesn't make us saver, said mr. obama here tonight. that's not telling it like it is, it's just wrong. back to you. >> thank you, steve. a developing story that threa n

threatened to overshadow the president's speech tonight, 10 american sailors remain in the custody of the iranian revolutionary guard. those sailors were taking part in a training mission in the persian gulf. one of their boats may have had some kind of mechanical problem and drifted into iranian claimed water. secretary of state rather john kerry, has been in contact with iran. he says the sailors will be released soon. again, right now, they remain in iranian custody. >> tens of thousands of dollars stuffed into bags of cash. an investigation into the finances of the d.c. public schools athletics department revealed only on news4. for the bushes, it was texas. for the clintons, new york. as president obama approaches the last year of his presidency, where will his family settle after eight years in the white house? >> feeling lucky? join the crowd. tomorrow's powerball drawing nears, millions are putting down

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i'm jason pugh here at the live desk with major shaking and movie ing going on in the nfl j a couple hours ago, league owners voted to allow not one but two teams to move to los angeles. they approved a vote for the st. louis rams to move to englewood, california and gave the san diego chargers an option to join them. 49ers were left out of the deal but could take the chargers spot if san diego backs out. >> we've been at this over 20 years.

we felt we needed to have the kind of stadium and kind of project that had the vision, that had the facilities and bring a new kind of fan experience to the nfl. >> chargers will have a year to decide if they will make the move to englewood. the stadium will likely be ready for the 2019 season. until then the rams are expe expected to play at the l.a. coliseum. >> thank you. an internal investigation reveals mismanaged money in the district's athletics department including long delays and depositing of cash earned through ticket sales to major sporting events like the turkey bowl, hundreds of thousands of dollars in late deposits between 2011 and 2015. the district auditors in a report obtained by the news4 i-team said 32,0$32,000 in cash recently found in bags in a l k locked cabinet in an athletic department office. uncounted money that should have

been deposited months earlier. a former administrator was accused of gross negligence in the audit and resigned last fall. she told the i-team phenomenal management problems existed well before she arrived on the job. the d.c. schools says it's taken steps to ensure the funds are properly handled. the full statement is on our nbc washington app. >> he's traveled the globe and watched virginia's economy improve significantly. but governor mcauliffe says he still has a lot to ask of lawmakers coming back tomorrow. halfway through his first term, mcauliffe said he's proud the state's deficit has turned into a large surplus but frustrated he can't come to an agreement with republicans on accepting federal money to expand medicaid. >> how can you turn down 2.4 billion when it's not going to cost you a penny. don't say no.

let's compromise. my door is always open. >> he also hopes, will join his push for a $1 billion investment in virginia's public schools and that money would restore teaching positions lost during a recession. the general assembly conv e convenes tomorrow and governor hogan has a big to do list for legislators today. hogan unveiled a new plan to cut taxes. it would help very small businesses, families making less than 53,0$53,000 a year and re e retirees. maryland democrats have their own priorities, they want money for police reform, job training and recreation centers in baltimore after the freddie gray riots last year. the first family has about a year left to enjoy life at the white house in 20,000 square feet. it's safe to say they will be downsizing and many think they will stay right here in the district. >> there are 10 houses currently on the market between 4 and $6 million that would amply provide

for the obamas. >> do we need another motor cade in town? >> are you kidding? do we want president barack obama to live in washington, d.c.? you bet. >> real estate agents have also suggested the kalorama neighborhood as an option. the obamas are expected to stay in town until the youngest of their two daughters finishes school at sidwell friends. it's cold but that wind is mean. >> it is. it got me excited for a minute. you wait for snow and see it coming down. that snow squall came through so fast, the snow was coming hard and started to accumulate on the grass. as soon as it started, it ended. this is what we saw through silver spring earlier around the silver springs area, there's that ice rink a couple weeks ago we were skating in temperatures of 60 degrees. look at that snow coming down.

temperatures have fallen as winds kicked up. you need all the snow gear today. temperature, 31 degrees, wind chill sitting at 20! we were at 47 earlier and now it feels like 20 degrees. a very cold night. 22, martinsburg, 22, la ray. most areas below freezing. heads-up, there could be slick spots on some roads that did see snow earlier. that wind advisory continues until midnight with winds gu gusting at 30-40 miles an hour. i haven't seen any over 40 yet but they could gust up a little bit and will keep the wind chill going tonight and early tomorrow morning. the snow is gone. that clipper system that moved through, you can see it here, the last six hours pushing across our region and making its way in our region and still left up to the great lakes. for us, it's the cold air.

morgantown, 15, 8 degrees in columbus, ohio, the coldest of the season. tomorrow, high temperatures about where they are now in the 20s and low 30s. if we get above freezing, that would be on the warm side. 28 in frederick, 32 towards culpeper. we will see plenty of sunshine tomorrow but the wind will be a factor. it will be cold to start, between 5-10 tomorrow morning and 10 and 15 around noon. not many of us taking lunch outdoors and between 4:00 and 5:00, wind chill between 15 and 20, as high as they can get. they have the right used, warm coat and gloves and scarf and hat. you will need it tomorrow. probably not thursday. maybe the jackets come back out. back to 45 degrees. 46 on friday with late rain that comes late friday night. you may need the umbrella if you're headed to dinner.

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a little over three minutes left, wolverines up five. jack irvin, he had 22 points. and rasheed sulaimon trying to tie the game -- excuse me, clutch three by sulaimon, later on, trying to tie the game. sulaimon off the mark there. maryland loses their second game of the season. final score, 70-67. cavaliers facing the miami hurrica hurricanes. a nice find. malcolm brogden. had a game high 20 points, cavs up two. later on, virginia has the lead. london with a nice kiss off the glass. beautiful floater there. leading by three. later on, cavs looking to put this one away. nice find.

virginia beach-miami, final score, 66-58. g.w. visiti ining umass. s seeable. having a tremendous season for g.w., can do it all the way with this jump shot. tied for the game at 38. a few plays later, more from the coloni colonials, cavanaugh, a deep three. that's good. g.w. beat umass 81-70. georgetown will play st. john's on the road tomorrow. over in hockey, capitals get a few days off before their next opponent. halfway through the season. barry doesn't have too much to worry about. they have the best season. and currently on a four game winning streak. alex ovechkin the league winning in goals. and top five in save percentage.

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