the irs is against the outsourcing. the agency tried this in the past. the new law calls the irs to enter into contracts with qualified tax collectors for march. a no contract cell phone plan could keep your billow. it could be tough to know which plan to buy. the big thing here, don't go over your data or you could face very high over age fees. >> crazy, and companies are not going to go out of their way to help you save that money. the burden is on you. >> david butler with consumer's union says if you only use your data to get on the internet and use e-mail and apps, get 500 megabyte to 1 gigabyte plan. if you stream music you'll need 2 to 3. if you use netflix, youtube, any other site you'll probably need an unl limited plan. sometimes a selfie goes too far. there's a guy in ohio who's in

jail this morning because he sent police a selfie to replace the mug shot they were using. >> pretty much. >> the man was wanted in several cases didn't like the mug shot police in florida were using so he sent them a more flattering selfie. the photo showed him wearing sunglasses and a sports coat. >> my goodness. >> said, here is a better photo than -- that one is terrible. somebody recognized the man. he was arrested yesterday. >> so many things wrong with that story. mug shots aren't supposed to be flattering. >> you're going to jail. >> right. stay with us, news 4 continues right now at 5:00 a.m. "news 4 today" begins with breaking news. good morning, i'm angie goff at the live desk and we have this breaking news out of temple hills right now where an apparent home invasion has turned violent. police on the scene right now at this house on brinkley road after someone tried to break in and the homeowner shot the intruder. now the homeowner and his wife were home at the time.

both of them were not hurt. the alleged robber though is in the hospital and that individual is in fair condition. molette green is on the way. we'll update you shortly on the situation. now we want to check in with chuck bell who has more on the official return to cold. i hear you have more on a delay, too, dhuk. >> absolutely right. shenandoah schools operating on a two-hour delay. everyone else is on time and below freezing by a mile. check out your chills this morning. 6 in leesburg. 8 downtown. only 1 in martinsburg. highs in the upper 20s to around 30 degrees. it will be dry for today and for tomorrow. as i mentioned a few minutes ago, rain chances coming back into the picture on your friday. the next big change arrives just in time for your friday night plans. dry friday at 3:00 near 50. moderate rain by 9:00 friday night. showers lingering into the first part of the day on saturday. the rest of the weekend looking a little better. more of that coming up at 5:21.

here's traffic time. here's kim mccormick. >> thanks, chuck. on the inner loop after new hampshire ave., two right lanes getting by. apparently an overturned vehicle off the shoulder. all of the emergency equipment blocking the two left lanes. be careful as you're headed out from silver springs towards college park. staying with 267 down towards the beltway. coming in bound on route 50, everything looks good towards the beltway. same with inside the beltway on 50 and on 95 southbound moving from columbia down through savage and laurel and college park. moving along quite nicely at posted speeds. aaron, eun? the president of the united states. [ applause ] >> it is being called president obama's best speech since he first won the presidency back in 2008. today president obama will travel to nebraska to highlight themes of his final state of the union address. he says our economy is the strongest in the world. the president says his foreign policy is working and will work

against enemies like isis. last night he tried to reinvigorate the american people saying, quote, the spirit of discovery is in our dna. he said he's disappointed that american politics has become more divided and resentful on his watch. >> democracy does require basic bonds of trust between the citizens. it doesn't -- it doesn't work if we think the people who disagree with us are all motivated by malice. it doesn't work if we think that our political opponents are unpatriotic. >> the president made a passing mention of a handful of policy priorities. they include curing cancer, cushing prescription drug abuse and reforming the criminal justice system. turning to the gop response, south carolina governor nikki haley said both parties need to work together to restore the public's trust. she said, that can start with immigration reform. she expects disagreements in

washington but being the loudest does not make someone right. >> sometimes it can be tempting to follow the siren call of the angriest voices. we must resist that temptation. >> not everyone was pleased with haley's address. in a tweet "meet the press's" chuck todd said, quote, some conservatives not happy with haley' rece sponges. too soft and politically charged. tracie potts will talk about what the president did not include in last night's address and why it matters to you. right now we are waiting for the release of ten american sailors after the iran military captured them and their boats. iran's army chief though now saying the sailors and vessels will be freed soon but that this should be a lesson to the u.s. an state tv reporting that the two navy boats were seized after one drifted into iranian waters.

officials saying that the boat mall functioned and iran has realized that it was, indeed, a mistake. aaron? today the second man charged in the murder of an american university graduate student will be in court. matthew slonsky was shot outside the shaw-howard metro station last september. he wasn't the intended target there. 19-year-old andre dudley is charged with second degree murder. 19-year-old marcus king is charged in slonsky's death. details about a fire inside a bethesda apartment building. they say the electrical fire started from an extension cord at the willard avenue apartments. this caused $25,000 worth of damage. six adults have been displaced. today virginia governor terry mcauliffe will give his state of the commonwealth address. he'll talk about the state of the economy and job creation. we sat down with him yesterday. he said he's most proud that the

state's deficit has been turned into a large surplus. still on his to do list, convincing republicans to accept federal money to expand medicaid. the governor calls accepting the money common sense. >> i think that's the process that we're going through, but senator hanger said this is nothing to do with the merits of health care, it's all political ideology. he said that. the republican co-chair of the senate finance. >> governor mcauliffe also hopes republicans will join his push for a record $1 billion investment in public schools. the money would restore teaching positions lost during the recession. tonight's address begins at 7:00 p.m. over in maryland taxes will be the focus on governor larry hogan's address to the general assembly. hogan says the cuts would help families making less than $53,000 a year and retirees. meanwhile, 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.

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you go. >> okay. i just wanted to say it's time to check our forecast. it's cold and i want to know how bad it's going to be. >> chuck, tell her how bad it's going to be. >> it's going to be bad. back to you. >> no, i mean more than that. >> fair enough. moderate impact from the cold today. sun and wind in abundance today. wind chills are down in the single numbers this morning. it feels like 8 in leesburg. only 1 in martinsburg. three in gaithersburg. all the burgs are cold today. teens and 20s on the way in. only 30 degrees on the way home today. that is a cold day for sure. there is a moderating trend just in time for the weekend. more about that in ten minutes.

trouble now on the beltway. here's kim mccormick. >> you are so right, chuck. inner looch p on the beltway. two right lanes are getting by here. also people are using the right shoulder. pretty significant crash. please be careful if you're making your way from silver spring. frederick to the beltway, moving along nicely. no significant delays. when you get into your car make sure you tune into wtop 103.5 fm for traffic updates. breaking news in prince gorges county. police are on the scene of a shooting in temple hills. we're learning this may be the result of a home invasion. molette green will bring us up to speed from the scene next. we're going to check back in from angie goff on the live desk who's monitoring this situation. a rescue

now to that breaking news in prince gorges county at 5:17. police say a man was shot by a homeowner after breaking into a home on brinkley road in temple hills. molette green is joining us live. molette, what can you tell us? >> reporter: aaron, good morning. by the looks of things now you cannot tell that just hours ago this was a scary scene for this family in this house behind me. prince gorges county police say the homeowner fearing for his life shot a man who torched his way inside. this happened just before 2:00 a.m. at the 4900 block of brinkley road. the homeowner and his wife were the only ones home. had a gun and confronted the suspected intruder. when police arrived they found a man here suffering apparent gunshot wound. the man was taken to the hospital, conscious and alert, said to be in fair condition. now there's no identification on the suspect at this time and nobody in this house behind me

was nurt this very scary incident but police are still investigating the circumstances that led up to the shooting just hours ago in this community. that is the latest live from temple hills. back to you now. eun, an update just in on news we first broke yesterday morning on "news 4 today." turkey says that they have detained three russians suspected of isis ties after the suicide bombing in istanbul. now this happened at a popular tourist spot. ten people were killed. most of them german. turkey has become a target for isis recently after vowing to help defeat radical islams. a third suspect is in custody after being arrested in texas after a man was found dead in silver springs. police montgomery county say leonardo was arrested in texas. he left maryland in an attempt to avoid arrest.

two others have been charged with murder back in december. a man is recovering this morning after being attacked in his home in prince frederick. police in calvert county are looking for three suspects. this happened around 6:00 yesterday at a house on thunder hill road. the three suspects entered the house, attacked the man inside and left. he's expected to be okay. if you were in that area or have any information about the assaults, contact police. convicted serial kill jerel charles severance sent an eight page letter to "the washington post." the newspaper describes the letters rambling, vulgar. it's against gays and women. he was convicted in three high profile alexandrea murders back in november. the sentencing is set for january 21st. that letter was sent last month. in just a few hours d.c. mayor muriel bowser will announce extra beds at the casa ruby drop-in center. the expansion is set out for

young adults identified as lgbtq. six beds are added. a $45,000 investment by verizon allowed the shelter to add the additional space. a d.c. alliance youth advocate says thousands of people under the ainge of 18 experience homelessness every year but the city only has 300 beds designated for them. also happening today, an announcement from the national transportation safety board in washington. members will unveil their list of the transportation safety improvements they consider the most important. drunk drivers in maryland could soon face more serious consequences today. representatives from mothers against drunk driving will be in annapolis. they're calling on lawmakers to pass legislation requiring ignition interlocks for convicted drunk drivers. the devices mandate blood alcohol tests before they'll start. 25 states have similar laws in place. in news 4 your health now, more news on the hoverboard a

lot of people receive from the holidays. doctors say injuries from them are adding up. your height offer the ground and speed are making falling injuries even worse. >> we've been seeing injuries to the bones and joints, both wrists and ankle injuries, fractures and those types of things. it's been more than would be expected from just a typical fall. >> now here's how doctors say you can be a little safer. if you're riding a hoverboard, make sure you're wearing protective equipment, proper stuff. start out slow and hold on to something, something stable as you figure out how to keep your balance. so would you like to snuggle with a cute baby goat. >> do i what? >> sorry. caramont farms looking for volunteers to snuggle with a baby goat. >> don't tap me. >> the virginia farm expects more than 90 goats to be born over the next week. >> oh, come on. workers say they need help

bottle feeding the goat babies and getting them used to contact. volunteers needed from february to march. it's a cold month, too. the look on your face. they're babies. they're little. >> it's -- volunteers to snuggle with a goat. >> chuck bell, how about you? >> no. >> not the same as co anchoring with a goat. besides, they have the nice little wool coat on. they'll be fine. a little human contact never killed anybody. outside this morning, talking about sending in your snow pictures. twitter handle fweechluvngirl. if you have your pictures, feel free to do so. twitter @chuckbell4. instagram @forecast4you. single digits. five at joint base andrews. 22 the wind chill in

charlottesville. barely above zero in martinsburg. single numbers and teens for the next couple of hours. getting into the afternoon and evening though with the wind laying down not as much of an issue. wind chills about the same as air temperatures as we get towards 8:00, 9:00, 10:00. tomorrow the weather in your plans, biggest impact on your outdoor plans will be this morning with wind chills between 5 and 15. with time, more sunshine, slightly milder temperatures and a whole lot less wind will make the second part of the day much, much easier to deal with. what to wear, your winter coat, all your warm woollies. everything to warm up with today. temperatures only in the teens and 20s. as i mentioned, there's not much of a rise coming today. 24 hour focus then, out the door, 23 with chills near zero. by 7:00 tonight, still cold with light winds. not much of a wind chill to worry about there. a cold start tomorrow morning, temperatures mid 20s. without much of a way in the way of a wind threat.

sunshine with a rain chance sneaking back into friday. weekend outlook, saturday rain may linger up to lunchtime. saturday rather, sunday, cloudy and chilly. dealing with the cold this morning. going to be watching out for your frosty fingers. tom kierein outside in the elements for you. good morning, tom. >> freezing for you on this wednesday morning. the winds have died down a bit. i'm live here in tenley town where we've had gusts of winds around 20 miles an hour. the temperature at the storm team 4x4 is only 20 degrees and the wind gauge is reporting just a gust a few minutes ago of 22 miles an hour. you need to really take care and layer up to avoid frostbite and hypotherm hypothermia. your head, hands, feet are most at risk. cover your extremities. layer up. loose fitting layers. the warmest are wool and fleece. that's the best material to wear. now, with an update on our traffic, here's kim mccormick. >> thanks very much, tom.

we still have the problem on the inner loop on the beltway after new hampshire avenue. they briefly stopped traffic moments ago. they are re-letting it go. two lanes remain getting by. you'll hit delays coming from silver spring making your way towards college park. be careful. looking live at the wilson bridge, no problems of any problems right now. moving quite nicely into and out of maryland. green line delays because of a signal problem at greenville and we have yellow and blue lines delays because of a disabled vehicle at king street. kim, i'll taking it from there. just into the live desk, we have learned that a man trapped in a sewer line for hours was just rescued. take a look. this is happening out in oakland, california. the affiliate there said the crew freed the man 15 minutes ago. he was working on a sewer line when a trench collapsed and he became trapped. this happened around 3:00 p.m. yesterday. by the way, the reason it took so long to rescue him, lots of

sand and clay made it hard for the crew to dig him out. glad that he is okay. aaron, over to you. >> a pennsylvania state constable shot and killed a child while serving an eviction notice. police say 57-year-old donald meyer pointed a rifle at the constable. the constable fired and the bullet passed through meyer's arm and hit 129-year-old girl, sierra. she was standing behind her father. meyer owed $1700 to the landlord. developments surrounding the cincinnati man charged with plotting to attack the u.s. capitol in the name of isis, you may remember christopher cornell. a federal judge says attorneys could have the results of a mental health evaluation by the end of the month. this they will help determine whether cornell can stand trial. it's been a year since the fbi arrested him. he's 21 years old. the republican race for president may keep your child home from school on march 1st. the fairfax county board of

supervisors voted to close schools on super tuesday. their worry is that turnouts, specifically large numbers for donald trump supporters, there's also concern about the gop requiring virginia voters to sign a loyalty pledge. >> the republican party asked for it so if you come to the election officials with your republican ballot and haven't signed the statement of affiliation, the election official cannot give you a ballot. >> right now fairfax county schools are scheduled to be on a two hour delay on primary day. president obama's final state of the union is in the books but people aren't just talking about the main issues he hit on last night, they're also talking about the things he didn't mention. why he may have skipped some issues when we break down the speech for you. we're nice and clear. will the rain return? chuck bell will let us know whether this weather is going to mess up your weekend plans. mess up your weekend plans. coming up

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we have breaking news out of iran. iranian state tv saying that ten american sailors detained after they were captured along with their boats in iranian waters have been freed. you are looking at the first pictures of those u.s. sailors. they include nine men and one woman. now it is believed according to officials that one of the boats drifted into iranian waters after it malfunctioned.

since then iranian officials have recognized that mistake. more as we get it. we're still waiting for confirmation from the pentagon. back to you. angie, thanks. 5:31. want to remind you that warren and shenandoah county public schools in virginia as well as schools in grant county west virginia are all on two-hour delay today. >> this could be because of the weather we're having. let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell with 4 things you need to know. >> good morning to you, too. 4 things you need to know, snap. back to the cold just like that. after a nice day yesterday, we are cold this morning. the northwest winter winds are blowing and keeping wind chills down in the single numbers. we'll be dry today and dry through most of the day friday. more about how that next rain chance will impact the weekend coming up. more cold. yeah, another shot of cold comes in early next week. planning out your day today, windy and cold all the way through about mid afternoon. the wind will lay down late this afternoon to about sun down tonight. it's going to be a chilly one today. kim mccormick now first 4

traffic. good morning. >> good morning. we still have the crash on the inner loop at the beltway after new hampshire avenue. two right lanes getting you through. delays coming through new hampshire avenue making your way towards college park. traveling into the district, so far so good on all of the main roads into and out of the city. if you're taking metro, there's resit dual delays on the green line and yellow and blue lines have a disabled vehicle outside of the king street station. i believe in change because i believe in you, the american people, and that's why i stand here as confident as i have ever been that the state of our union is strong. thank you. >> a power full end to president obama's final state of the union address. the president spent much of his address talking right to the american people rather than the lawmakers seated in the audience. nbc's tracie potts is live on capitol hill with analysis. tracie, good morning. let's start with reaction. >> reporter: reaction from the

candidates, the people who want to replace president obama including donald trump who the president didn't name but certainly targeted in that speech last night. donald trump tweeting that the speech was boring, rambling and nonsubstantive. another republican ted cruz calls it a state of denial as opposed to a state of the union. on the other side you have hillary clinton who says the president laid out seven years of progress that we need to build on. bernie sanders also tweeting that the speech was important and it reminded us not to be afraid of change. very different views on each side there. >> that's right, tracie. we just reported that we're getting word that the u.s. sailors in iran have been free just now. >> reporter: right. >> the president didn't mention the situation in his address last night. >> reporter: he didn't. there were a number of things he didn't mention. asked about it some democrats said, look, this is a breaking situation. this is a situation that they

were expecting within hours they were going to be freed. no, the president talked about the iran nuclear deal without talking about those sailors who had been captured by iran. he didn't talk about guns and gun control, something that he has been talking about quite a bit as of late and says that he still wants to try to pursue in the last year of his presidency. race, that didn't come up either and he didn't endorse anyone, bernie sanders or hillary clinton or maybe martin o'malley for president although we may not expect that until certainly after iowa and new hampshire. tracie potts, live on capitol hill. thank you. we mentioned the president didn't spend a lot of time on gun law reform. we do know some of the guests were relatives of victims of gun violence. the father of d.c. reporter charnese melton. she died last year when she was shot in southeast washington on her way home from work. her father spoke with jacquie benson a few hours before the address.

>> homicide is happening in the district of columbia. it's happening in chicago. 110 shot over the weekend, 17 dead the past ten days. it's happening, and that's not because of someone's color or skin, that's not because of someone's position on the second amendment, it's because of the flaw in the harp amend. >> d.c. police have not made any arrests in the murder of charnese melton. we also spoke with mark davis. he operates a small solar warehouse out of an at that cost yeah. he started in 2009 to help inner city joout today a woodbridge day care teacher could be arraigned on charges she abused toddlers. a big win for the defense team of sarah jordan. a judge dropped 13 of the 39 charges against her. the defense argued there wasn't enough evidence to make the charges stick and the judge agreed. today the defense is expected to ask for more charges to be dropped. prince william county police say

jordan and another worker abused the children over a six-month period at the mini land academy in woodbridge. today bill cosby's lawyers will attempt to convince a judge to keep information in a civil lawsuit confidential. seven women are suing cosby for defamation. they claim he sexually assaulted them decades ago. cosby's lawyers say the women are attempting to reveal invasive and intimate details about him and that any materials in the case should be sealed for at least two weeks. cosby has been charged with sexual assault involving one woman in 2004, however, dozens of women say cosby assaulted them as well. cosby denies all allegations. 5:36 now. the trial for the man accused of killing uva student hannah graham starts in six months. we've learned a woman says she saw jesse matthew and hannah graham together shortly before graham died. the woman's account was included in a search warrant affidavit that came out yesterday. she said she saw matthew and graham in september of 2014 at

the downtown mall. the woman said she saw matthew put his arm around graham. you will soon be able to see police hearings in baltimore after the death of freddie gray and the riots in that city. the internal affairs department says it's working to be more transparent with police operations. kevin david announced plans to start live streaming disciplinary hearings. a d.c. public school's internal investigation found a series of money problems inside d.c. high school sports. auditors found that in 2015 thousands of dollars in cash sat in lockers at d.c. public athletics offices in northeast washington waiting to be deposited. the investigation also uncovered money set aside for student athletes was spent on hospitality buffets and extravagant food for vips. the audit doesn't name her but put blame on a former athletic director who resigned in 2015

saying she was grossly negligent. that woman is stephanie evans. >> there's cash sitting in an office, and worst of all it's cash that should be accounted for, deposited and put to work for the youth sports programs. >> public schools would not answer specific questions about what changes had been ordered. instead, they issued a statement saying, quote, d.c. public schools take proper management of funds seriously. we have taken the necessary steps to ensure that such funds are properly handoold today the prince william county school board will meet to discuss long-term improvement plans. the work session begins at 6:00 tonight in manassas. the board will work to acquire new school sites, building new schools and fixing classrooms. they'll work to fix technology inside schools in the next six years. take a look at what you're up against as you get ready to head out the door. these are current wind chills. chuck bell will let us know what to expect by the time the kids head to the bus stop at 5:41.

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it is 5:41. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. this is not feel bad cold, this is kind of dangerous. >> need to think about that as you get the kids ready today, right, chuck? >> absolutely right. single digits in the area. no exposed skin if you can help it. 9 in manassas, 8 downtown, 7 in damascus. what to wear? all the warm woollies. winter coat, warm hats, scarves and gloves and extra thick socks if you're stand being at the bus stop. bus stop temperature, 23. wind chills scolder than that. probably an indoor recess and temperatures only up to the freezing mark. seven day forecast in ten minutes. for now, trouble on the big 495. we do have a problem. the inner loop of the beltway after new hampshire avenue. we have two right lanes getting by. delays are stacking up back into silver springs. if you're taking canal road and

chain bridge road into the district, a nice, clean shot here. traffic is very light. if you are traveling on 66 or 95 in virginia, you are running into heavy and slow traffic on 95 moving from quantico to the beltway. when you get in your car tune in to wtop 103.5 fm for traffic updates on the 8s. kim, thanks. renewed tensions between north and south korea after south korea fired warning shots over the border overnight. they say a north korean drone flew on to their side. they responded with a machine gun. south korea said the north scattered leaflets and called the president a, quote, mad dog. you could vote on a plan to add express lane tolls on 66. bob marshall proposed a measure to require two questions on the ballot this november. one asks should there be tolls imposed on 66 inside the beltway. the other asks if tolls should be imposed outside the beltway.

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. welcome back. at 5:47, i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. >> today the governor will have his state of the commonwealth address. >> concerns in prince gorges county where they're trying to work out some bugs in the new 911 system. will it impact you in the case of an emergency. good morning, everybody. you're waking up this morning and it is cold. it feels like only between 5 and 15 degrees outside this morning. layer up and be ready for a wind chilled start to your wind day.

weekend forecast coming up. we've got a problem on the beltway. inner loop just after new hampshire avenue. you have two right lanes in the right shoulder getting by. pretty nasty crash. more updates coming up in just a few minutes. 5:48. today virginia governor terry mcauliffe will deliver his state of the commonwealth address. he'll speak to the assembly about investing in schools. he hopes they'll join his push for a record $1 billion investment in public schools. that money would restore teaching positions lost during the recession. >> since 2008 we've lost 5,000 positions k through 12 during the recession. we're going to add 2500 instructional folks back into the classroom. it's important to do that. >> now the governor also works to reform the way high schools deliver education. he says high schoolers need to deliver schools that can help them land a job later on. >> the general assembly also reconvenes in maryland at noon.

governor larry hogan has a big to do list for legislators. first up, tax cuts. they would help small businesses, families making less than $53,000 a year and retirees. meanwhile, 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. drug lord guzman is being constantly moved from cell to cell inside a maximum security prison m mexico. it's the same lockup that he escaped from through a tunnel back in july. guzman has been moved eight times at that prison. he was recaptured on friday. there is now 24 hour video surveillance on all parts of his cell. the escape in july was his second from a high security prison. right now brazilian military police are on the hunt for 39 ip mates they say escaped from a prison in the state of rio grande de soule. more than 40 inmates dug a

tunnel into the ground and escaped yesterday. police escaped 7 of them. others were seen escaping in taxis or running away. a 14-year-old is dead at the hands of his own father. police say the cincinnati man shot his son thinking the boy was an intruder. the son didn't tell his father he was coming home yesterday morning because he was skipping school. the teen was in the basement of the home when his father heard a noise and grabbed his gun. a new york school district is trying to figure out how to punish a student who made a terror threat to her school. school officials at maple hill elementary heard the voicemail contained a threat after the break. police discovered it was made by a 9-year-old girl, a third grader. she is being charged with a crime but the school is trying to figure out what her punishment should be. >> call the police any time we receive a threatening call to any of our buildings in the school district. we treat them all the same, which is that the threats are serious until we can demonstrate that they're proven not to be.

>> for now the student has been suspended. the school says this type of threat is not a harmless prank. today metro's leader will attend the monthly meeting of the metropolitan governments. cog is an independent nonprofit association that helps the d.c. region tackle some of its major issues. >> reporter: i spent d4 so far. it is the world's largest jackpot ever. $1.5 billion if you can wrap your mind around that. the catch value, more than $900 million. that dollar amount has been growing since early november because lottery officials made it harder for us to win.

your odds, 1 in 175 million to now in 1 in 292 million. tickets here at the tenley town market will no doubt be selling, selling, selling like hot cakes today. good luck to you. we'll see if hopefully anybody wins because i don't know about you, but i'm kind of getting a little tired of this. we're live at northwest. back over to you. >> as long as it means a win for me or someone in my family, i'll say yes. >> we have to wait until then, right? >> erika, thanks. we want to get you up to speed on the forecast this morning. 5:52 right now. chuck bell is in the storm team 4 weather center. >> eun is pulling for me. -- pulling for her to win. i'm pulling for me. it's cold outside. any pictures from the snowflakes yesterday, send them to me. susan o'brien in damascus,

maryland, got this picture of a little hint of snow. conversational amounts of snow. didn't have to shovel it. didn't have to plow it. don't have to deal with it for any school delays around the metro today. warren and shenandoah counties do have the two hour delay. what to expect for today? the snow's gone. clouds are gone. wind chills are going to stay in the teens all day long today as winds will average between 20 and 30 miles per hour. temperature wise, we're in the teens and 20s now. we'll barely make it to near freezing later today. right now only 17 in hagerstown. martinsburg. there's a view of the camera from national harbor. can see all the little ripply waves heading towards the shore. gusty winds have wind chills back down into the single numbers. only 9 for the current wind chill in manassas purg. 13 in ashburn. 7 the wind chill in rockville. wind chills will inch their way back up into the teens and 20s. it might be after the sun goes down and the wind lays down

before the wind chills are becoming much of a factor. traveling today, northwest flow has downwind lake effect snows across new york and new england. that won't be a factor for us. we'll have cold sunshine and wind today. for tomorrow, looks like another chilly day but not as cold as today. temperatures up into the mid and upper 40s. more clouds coming in our way for tomorrow. as we get into friday and saturday, clouds thicken up and there will be a chance for rain friday and saturday coming up at 6:01, i'll let you know what part of your friday and how long into your saturday those rain chances will linger. another shot of bitter cold air comes our way next week. kim mccormick. good morning. >> problems on the inner loop beltway after new hampshire avenue. the left side of the roadway blocked. a lot of emergency equipment there. the beltway further back coming from silver spring, that inner loop, you can see the delays. plan appropriately and give yourself extra time. outer loop not looking bad which is pretty good for this time of the morning. traveling across the chesapeake bridge, we have wind warnings in

effect. make sure to hang onto the wheel very tightly. it can get a little treacherous. >> kim, it is now 5:55. developing story in michigan. the national guard will be on the ground in flint to help deal with a drinking water crisis. governor rick snyder ordered them to hand out bottles of water. the problem started last year when the city started using water from the flint river instead of water from the detroit system. the river water corroded pipes and released lead into the drinking water. lead then began showing up in children's blood tests. residents were ordered to stop drinking the water in october. >> we are going door to door. it is planned every day this week and it will continue until every resident has safe drinking water. that's our goal. >> governor snyder announced a special committee formation to study the water issues. he's been widely criticized for his response to this public health crisis. prince gorges county facing some growing pains after launching a new 911 communication system. for example, cops who depend on

laptops if their patrol cars for information won't be able to use those computers for the next month or so. the new system went online on monday and some officers still need to be trained on that system. prince gorges county's police chief says he's expecting some growing problems here. >> with any technology, when we flip a switch, if we -- anyone expects it to work perfectly is not living in today's world of technology. >> that was the city of river dale park police chief you heard from there. police across the county say it will not affect your 911 calls. the system allows information related to an incident to be sent directly to laptops inside patrol cars. you could soon pay more for gas in virginia. they want to replace virginia's car tax with a local gas tax. fairfax city's chap peterson announced legislation for 2016. he says localities won't lose money. he said it will help get rid of the bureaucracy needed to enforce the gas tax. if it's passed, it would not be

more than 5 cents a gallon. good morning, i'm landon dowdy at cnbc headquarters. u.s. government officials say the obama administration will announce efforts thursday to boost self-driving cars. currently there is no legal framework governing autonomous vehicles on the roadways. they've called on regulators to clarify rules. this is the cnbc morning business report, i'm landon dowdy. thanks, landon. we're watching breaking news involving the sailors. what they're saying, that's ahead on the live desk. also ahead, a potential deal that could make it harder for you to find parking around d.c. when a proposed parking minimum rule could be eliminated. we're hearing that frederick county public schools in virginia are on a two-hour delay this morning. stay with us.

"news 4 today" starts now. good morning, i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. wind chills in the single numbers this morning. get ready for a wind whipped wednesday. complete check on the forecast just minutes from now. we're also watching a developing story in temple hills after a homeowner opens fire on

a man trying to force his way into the house. plus, a decision that can make it harder for you to find a parking spot in dc. how opponents of a plan to eliminate parking minimums in the district are fighting back. we have a problem on the inner loop of the beltway. you need to be very careful. it's after new hampshire avenue. you can see a lot of police activity here. two right lanes getting by. we already have pretty significant delays back into silver springs and building. definitely be prepared. as you move out of the house, give yourself extra time. bump your schedule up a bit. you will be stuck in the significant delays. the outer loop cannot see the crash which is good. it's getting heavy around the mormon temple. southbound george washington parkway after route 123 there is police activity causing some delays. chuck? >> thank you, kim. everybody dealing with the cold this morning. wind chill now only 1 above in