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

martinsburg. in charlestown, west virginia, only 9 above in winchester. feels like a balmy 10 in washington. wind chill impacts will be borderline extremes with wind chills near zero. later wind chills like 10 to 15 degrees. still a risk of hypothermia. take the cold seriously. temperatures for highs in the upper 20s to near 30. sunshine today, clouds coming back late tomorrow and rain chances back by friday. here's when i think they're most likely to be impacted by the rain. cloudy and dry friday by 3:00. moderate rain by 9:00 friday night. friday night, dinner and a movie plan. date night could be impacted. showers could be coming to an end early on part of your saturday. more about your weekend forecast at 6:21. back to the news now. a developing story out of prince gorges county. police say a man was shot by a homeowner after breaking into his home. this happened around 2:00 this morning on brinkley road in temple hills. news 4's molette green joins us with the latest.

molette? >> reporter: eun, by the looks of what's going on out here right now, it's hard to tell that there was a reported break-in and shooting here just a few hours ago. prince gorges county police tell us that the homeowner took action, shot a man, they say, forced his way inside. he confronted the suspect and fired his gun after fearing for his liempt now you're looking at video shot just hours ago when vectors got here just before 2:00 a.m. here in the 3900 block of brinkley road. the homeowner and his wife were the only ones inside the home at the time. the man who was shot was conscious and alert and in fair condition when police got here but suffering apparent gunshot wounds. police tell us no i.d. on this apparent suspect. we are working to find out if there are charges coming in this case. now the two people who live inside this home and were here at the time, of course, were not injured in this incident. police are still though telling

us they are investigating the circumstances that led up to the shooting just hours ago. that is the latest live from brinkley road in temple hills. back to you. >> thanks, molette. 6:03. today the man police say is responsible for the murder of an american university shooting will be in court. 19-year-old andre dudley is one person charged with second degree murder. he was not the intended target of the shooting. slonsky wasn't. a woman who claimed she was gang raped at a uva party has been ordered by a federal judge to turn over documents. the story appeared in a "rolling stone" article that has been widely discredited. they ordered that from a defamation suit. aramo wants to see communications jacquie had with the magazine and others at the time the article was being written. the suit says eramo was wrongly portrayed in the article. six people have to find somewhere else to live after a

fire destroyed their bethesda apartment. montgomery county fire says the electrical fire started from an extension cord at the willard county apartment. it caused $25,000 worth of damage. breaking situation in iran right now. u.s. officials confirm that 10 sailors have been freed. here are the first photos we're getting after they were detained by the iranian military. the crew and two boats were seized after one of their vessels drifted into iranian waters. they say the boat did have technical problems and iran has acknowledged that this was a mistake. indeed, a happy ending, but iran's army chief still coming out this morning and saying this is a warning to u.s. lawmakers not to think about imposing new sanctions against iran. aaron? we need every american to stay active in our public life and not just during election cycles. so that our public life reflects the goodness and the decency

that i see in the american people every single day. >> a call to action in the president's final state of the union address. today the president will take that momentum with him to nebraska. he says our economy is the strongest in the world. his foreign policy he says is working and will work against enemies like isis. last night the president tried to reinvigorate the american people saying the spirit of discovery is in our dna. he also said that he's disappointed american politics has become more divided on his watch and he warned against excluding others because they look different or practice a different religion. >> we can't afford to go down that path. it won't deliver the economy we want. it will not produce the security we want, but most of all, it contradicts everything that makes us the envy of the world. >> the president touched on policy priorities for the months ahead as well. now to the gop response.

>> while democrats in washington bear much responsibility for the problems facing america today, they do not bear it alone. there is more than enough blame to go around. >> the governor from south carolina faces a lot of push back for comments like that one. some conservatives saying she was too soft last night. >> governor haley's push for immigration reform. she said she does not expect agreement in washington, but it's up to both parties to rebuild trust with the american people. as we mentioned, the feedback poured in on twitter. political writer ann coulter tweeted trump should deport haley. laura inc. gram said too bad nikki haley missed her opportunity to stand with the people. david axlerod liked haley's address. the former presidential adviser tweeted, really effective speech by nickki haley.

avoiding the response of the state of the union curse. we'll talk with mark murray later this morning about what stood out later this morning. that is coming up at 6:50. if you leave the house you can still watch on the nbc washington app. turnout for the presidential primary in virginia expected to be high this year and that is causing some concerns. how it could impact your child's day at school. a steady breeze outside is going to make our cold temperatures feel much more miserable. storm team 4's helping you prepare with what to wear. >> giving you a voice. >> giving you a voice. one virginia

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we have some breaking traffic news on the beltway. inner loop after new hampshire avenue, you can see we have a very serious crash here. three right lanes getting by.

two of the right lanes. you'll find delays pretty much back towards university boulevard about a mile and a half. if you had plans to leave, you might want to leave a little extra earlier to get through all of the problems. we have icing conditions on eastern avenue between d.c. 295 and minnesota avenue. residual delays at shady grove. if you are traveling on the beltway making your way from 270 down towards the beltway, you are going to run a little bit heavy and slow but not too bad this morning. tune in to wtop 103.5 fm in your car for traffic updates. kim, thanks. 6:11. we know how hard it can be to find parking spaces in d.c. developers and real estate investment firms won't have to build as many spaces when they're working on new buildings, however, proponents of that plan are threatening a lawsuit in response. that can come as early as friday when a zoning commission acts on new rules. if those rules are approved they can take effect in july. this morning a lot of you

are talking about the st. louis rams and the news they're moving to los angeles. the nfl owners made that move official yesterday. the rams will start playing in l.a. this upcoming season and will have a new stadium by 2019. the oakland raiders and san diego chargers applied to move but were denied. >> knew your storm team 4 forecast. good morning, everybody. time to layer up once again. get your winter coat, warm hat, scarf and gloves on on your way out the door this morning. wind chills are down in the single numbers and teens this morning. only 10 for current wind chill in washington, 21 the wind chill in culpepper, but down near zero out in the shenandoah valley. for your commute this morning, temperatures in the upper teens and low 20s. coming home today, temperatures only near 30. a lot of wind out there as well. high profile vehicles, hang on. there are some wind restrictions on the chesapeake bay. keeping a close eye on that. i'll be talking about your weekend and tom kierein is

talking about hypothermia threats. growing pains. some issues police officers are dealing with at a new 911 call center. a developing story out of turkey involving the suicide bombing that left several tourists dead. who police have in custody this morning from the

a possible new break, we should say, in what's behind the suicide bombing that killed ten tourists, most of them german in turkey yesterday morning. turkish officials say they have arrested three russians in connection with that attack. they also raided the homes of those who are believed to have ties to isis. now a suicide bomber blew himself up at a popular tourist spot yesterday. that was in istanbul. turkey has become a target for isis after the country stepped up efforts to fight the islamic state. eun? thank you, angie. republican presidential candidate donald trump could be the reason your kids stay home on march 1st.

the fairfax county board of supervisors is worried about the large turnout from his supporters on tuesday. the board voted to discuss closing schools on march 1st with the school board. they say big turnouts for the primary could pose a danger for students. there's also a concern about the gop requiring gop voters to sign a loyalty pledge. >> they asked for it so 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. >> right now fairfax county schools are scheduled to be on a two hour delay on primary day. today a prince william county school board will meet to discuss long-term improvement plans. today's work session begins at 6:00 p.m. in manassas. the board will discuss acquiring new school sites, building new schools and adding classrooms to existing schools. the board will also work to improve technology inside schools over the next ten years. an internal investigation at d.c. public schools reveals mismanaged money in the athletic

department, including long delays in the depositing of cash in ticket sales. there were hundreds of thousands of dollars in late deposit between 2011 and 2015. the i team obtained an audit that $32,000 of cash was found in bags in a locked office. uncounted money that should have been deposited. a former administrator was accused of gross negligence. she told the news 4 iteam financial management problems were there before she arrived at the job. d.c. schools says it has taken steps to ensure funds are properly handled. the full statements and more of the iteam's investigation right now in the nbc washington app. it is now 6:18. today a woodbridge day care teacher could be sentenced on charges she abused toddlers. a big win for the defense team of sarah jordan.

they dropped 13 of the 39 charges against her. they argued there wasn't enough evidence to make them stick and the judge agreed. prince william county police say jordan and another worker abused the children over a six-month period in woodbridge. jesse matthews murder trial starts in six months. he's accused of killing uva student hannah graham six months ago. a woman said she saw them together before she died. the woman said she saw matthew and graham in september of 2014 at charlottesville downtown mall. the woman said she saw matthews put his arm and graham. today bill cosby's lawyers will try 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, quote, 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 that cosby assaulted them as well. cosby denies all of the allegations. in news 4 your health now, if you're planning a pregnancy, you may want to give up potatoes. researchers at nih shows new data shows eating potatoes may increase the risk of developing gestational diabetes during pregnancy. pregnancy experts say replacing two servings of potatoes a week could reduce the risk by 10%. give up fries though. doctors say injuries from hoverboards are adding up especially from people using them who fall. they say your height off the ground and the speed you're moving make those injuries worse. however, there are some ways to keep you safe. first, make sure you're wearing the proper protective equipment, then start out slowly. be sure to hold on to something stable as you figure out how to keep your balance.

when you start moving though you can't hold on. >> i've been there. i held on to my best friend. >> have two people holding on to you. >> lots of looks but no sale right now. the home depicted in the film "the silence of the lambs" as the residence of killer buffalo bill is on the market, but the current owners are having trouble finding a buyer for the victorian home south of pittsburgh. in august the price of that house was $300,000. it's now $250,000. the most grisly scenes from the film were filmed on a sound stage, not in the house. we have some breaking traffic news from the beltway. top side inner loop after new hampshire avenue. you can see these delays from chopper 4 here leading up to the crash scene. the crash is blocking the left side of the roadway. you have delays back to university boulevard. it's a mile, mile and a half. give yourself extra time as you're moving around. route 50 in fairfax, we have a crash pushed off to the left side of the roadway. it was blocking the center of the road and that was causing you some delays.

be careful for a wreck montgomery village. police should be on the scene. then a crash causing delays in the district will be southbound d.c. 295 after east cap. that is causing a bit of a delay back towards the maryland/d.c. line. what's up with the weather. chuck will tell me? >> shiver me timbers. >> chuck, go ahead. >> shiver me timbers. >> shiver me timbers, indeed. it is a cold change out there compared to yesterday. nearly 50 degrees with the sunshine yesterday, but then of course we had the snow showers move in. if you've got a picture of any of the snowflakes a flying yesterday evening or early this morning, send them to me on instagram at 4cast4u and chuck bell 4. weather will impact your plans here this morning. strong northwesterly winds have wind chills down in the single numbers here early this morning. with time though the winds will ease up by later this morning so the weather will impact your plans much more severely this morning. by this evening, winds will be

nice and light once again but it will still be cold. 1 above in west town. 3 above in sharpsburg. 9 in gaithersburg, 16 in fredericksburg. wind chills now over the next couple of hours, teens and low 20s up through about lunchtime, but notice with time though by the time they get towards 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 9:00, wind chills will be in the upper and mid 20s. that's where the wind chills will be. it's teens and 20s on your way out the door planning out your day then for this morning. 19 out the door now. 23 at 7:00 a.m. only 27 degrees by lunchtime today. afternoon temperatures will be in the upper 20s and low 30s right on the national mall. might be able to make it up to 32. if you're going out tonight, it will be cold but the wind will not be as much of an issue. temperatures in the mid to upper 20s. still cold enough to cause hypothermia. for more on how you can avoid that, here's my buddy tom kierein shivering outside this morning. >> reporter: i'm live in the

northwest in tenley town. we had a gust at the wind gates at 21 miles an hour and the wind continues just steady here at about 10 miles an hour. so there is that risk, head, hands, feet most at risk to hypothermia, frostbite. make sure you're wearing layers that are loosely fitting. forget the fashion today, and wool and fleece are the warmest. cover those extremities. isn't that right, chuck? >> right. don't want to have any fingers exposed out there in the chill early this morning. thanks, tom, for that. get in there and have yourself a cup of hot chocolate on me. what about the weekend? i know you're already thinking about the weekend. rain showers late friday night. that may linger into the front part of the day on saturday, but the rain should be over by noontime. saturday's highs upper 40s to near 50. sunday, partly to mostly cloudy and chillier. temperatures only near 40 degrees. that's ahead of the next blasts of arctic air which arrive on monday. talk more about that with your seven day coming up at 6:51. back to you.

developing in oakland, california, this morning, a worker rescued after spending 14 hours stuck in a sewer. a man was working on the sewer line yesterday when a trench collapsed and trapped him. sand and clay made it hard to work him out. workers finally freed him about 5:00 this morning. today metro's new general manager will outline his priorities. paul wiedefeld will attend a meeting. he'll talk about his observations of metra since taking the role. cog is an independent nonprofit organization that helps tackle the issues. you can vote on a plan to add tolls to i-66. virginia delegate bob marshall proposed a measure to acquire two measures on the ballot. one says should there be tolls inside the beltway and the other asks whether there should be tolls outside the beltway. the questions will be only

advisory. meaning they won't force the state government to decide whether or not to build those lanes. 6:26 now. there will soon be more police services for people in the dale city lake ridge area of prince william county. construction has started on the central district station along davis foreign road near the prince william parkway. it will be the third police station in the county which is adding 25 additional officers each year. that new station expected to be completed in august of next year. this sunday some of you will be doing your best to be the best tom a. teddy, perhaps george. the nationals are holding auditions for the racing presidents on sunday. this looks like a really tough job. the washington city paper says about 200 people have already applied. the audition is not open to the public. so the job interview will include some freestyle dancing, important to be a president, right? the 40 yard dash, of course. i would imagine some balance is required. >> big head, right? >> yeah. >> i know, trust me. >> oh, please. two raceness ths in that au

6:27. many of you are dreaming big thinking of all the things you can do if your ticket happens to be the winner in the powerball jackpot. we'll take you live for how high the jackpot has climbed. >> also ahead, the dreaded car tax you have paid every year in virginia may soon be a thing of the past. how one lawmaker believes he can eliminate. brace yourself for a wintry taste of winter. these are the wind chills that we're seeing out there now. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell h

we have some breaking traffic news on the inner loop of the beltway after new hampshire avenue. this crash has been with us since just after 5:00 this morning. we still have the left side blocked. you have very long delays stacking up towards university boulevard so it will be a mile, mile and a half. if this is your normal route of travel, you want to give yourself plenty of time. the outer loop is rubber necking. they can't see the crash because the tree is separating them. we have a crash in virginia. eastbound i-66 at route 50. the left side of the road is blocked here as well. you get by on the right but it

is causing delays. crash southbound d.c. 295. the left lane is blocked. if you are traveling on southbound 270, you're starting to run a little heavy making your way through rockville. aaron, eun. >> thank you, kim. we're preparing you for the brutal winter conditions outside. the weather, the wind. you're seeing blowing that flag outside of union station. there's a big reason why it feels so cold right now. >> these are the wind chills you're feeling right now where you live. most of you are in the teens. some of you are even colder than that. our hashtag today is windsday. >> the weather has earned that. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell here with the 4 things to know. good morning, chuck. >> good morning. almost 45 to 50 degrees in your neighborhood yesterday afternoon. today, wow, what a difference. it feels almost 50 degrees colder. the 4 things you need to know about the forecast for today. snap, just like that, the weather has changed and the sunshine and the mild weather from yesterday is now a thing of

the past. and it's going to continue to be cold around here for the next couple of days. my remote control is not working very well for me. there we go. i was about ready to go over there and let it have it. snap, back to cold today. the winter wind will be blowing especially hard this morning. it will ease up a bit later this afternoon. dry today and tomorrow into most of the day on friday. there's another big push of cold air coming our way for next week. we're not quite done with the cold yet. chills as you guys are mentioning. single numbers and teens right now. heading out for a walk or a jog early this morning, layer up for that wind. temperatures today getting up close to the freezing mark. see you in a few. >> thank you, chuck. we're watching the situation in south korea right now after soldiers fired warning shots over the border into north korea overnight. south korea said a north korean drone flew on to their side. they responded with machine gunfire. south korea said the north scattered leaflets into its country which denounced the

country and called the president a mad doing. today virginia governor terry mcauliffe will deliver the state of the commonwealth speech. he will speak about investing in virginia schools. he hopes they'll join his push for a $1 billion investment in public schools. that money would restore teaching positions that were lost during the recession. it would also help prepare students for jobs. >> 11,000 cyber jobs. starting pay on every pair lost, $88,000. we will use this money credentialing, redoing how we deliver, building skill sets. >> now the governor says he will also talk about common sense gun restrictions. he will propose background checks to the general assembly once again. and the general assembly reconvenes in maryland today at noon. governor larry hogan has a big to do list for legislators. first up, tax cuts. they would help very 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 rec centers in baltimore after the freddie gray riots last year. >> 6:34. there are 1.5 billion reasons to play powerball today. take a look at the sign. it isn't even big enough to show you this entire jackpot. you have people in your office taking up collections perhaps for this historic jackpot prize. let's check in with erika gonzalez. good morning, erika. >> reporter: good morning, eun. we already ran into one of our colleagues this morning. what are you doing here? he said, trying to get rich. yeah, you, me, everybody else in the world, right? it is, in fact, the world's largest jackpot ever at $1.5 billion. this tennley town market as well as so many other markets in the area selling those tickets faster than, well, people can get them. how much money have you spent on tickets? i hope it's been worth it just the sheer fun of it because

nobody's won. this jackpot has continued to roll over since early november, and now we are at the $1.5 billion mark. what do you think? i think it's going to roll over probably again. we'll see if anybody has any luck tonight, but it is your last opportunity to grab some tickets before tonight's drawing. the cash payout, $900 million. little more than that, actually. we're live in northwest. eun, aaron, back over to you. good luck, everybody. >> thanks, erika. 6:35 right now. prince gorges county facing some growing pains after launching a new 911 communications system. it seems that system is not communicating with everybody. public safety officers who depend on laptops in 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 it. police say your 911 calls will not be affected. >> iwhat's not been lost is the ability of the officers to

continue to communicate with the dispatchers through the radio just like we're done forever. >> the new system allows information related to an incident to be sent directly to laptops inside pa trool cars. it also allows officers to communicate with each other. online accounts of james hacker have been hacked. this is months after reports that someone was hacking cia director john brennan's personal e-mail. clapper's office was aware of the hacking which was first reported on tuesday. we're seeing a lot of reaction right now to president obama's final state of the union. coming up, nbc news senior political editor mark murray joins us to talk about what stood out last night. putting an end to the yearly car tax and what money would replace the lost revenue. a steady breeze outside is going to make our already cold temperatures feel much colder. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is helping your kids get ready for their school day forecast. that's at 6:

welcome back. 6:39. today volkswagen executives will present their plans to fix diesel engines that cheat on emissions tests. the company ceo will meet with epa officials in washington. you may remember volkswagen admitted to using software to cheat tests in more than half a million vehicles. yesterday the epa and regulators rejected vw's most recent recall proposal. you can soon pay more for gas in virginia. a state lawmaker wants to replace the car tax with a local gas tax. chap petersen introduced legislation in 2016. he says they won't lose any money. it will help get rid of bureaucracy needed to enforce the car tax. if it's passed, it won't be more than 5 cents a gallon. beltway, inner loop after

new hampshire avenue, you see the left lane is blocked with accident investigation and re-creation. you have delays all the way back towards colesville road. the taillights, that is the inner loop. now be careful on the red line. we have some delays from shady grove because of an earlier train malfunction at union station. on 66 your speeds are down approaching the beltway because of a crash at route 50 in fairfax. don't forget, when you get into your car tune in to wtop 103.5 fm for traffic updates on the 8s. chuck, what's happening in the weather. everybody needs to get out the warm, woolly coats. winter hats, coats, scarves, gloves, everything you have to beat off the chill this morning. wind chills are down in the single numbers and teens across much of the area. that's a mistake for manassas. it's 4, not 44. 16 in fredericksburg. 10 in annapolis. school day forecast, windy and cold at the bus stops this morning. air temperatures, teens and 20s.

single digit chills. only a c for what should be an indoor recess. highs only around 30 degrees. a little bit milder before the end of the week. rain chances on the weekend. more cold next week. all of that at 6:51. chuck, thanks. we are tracking a number of developing stories right now. first in temple hills where police are investigating an attempted home invasion that ended with one person shot. plus, we have the latest on the 10 u.s. sailors held prisoner iran. in the last hour we learned they were freed.

your time is 6:45. right now we're watching several developing stories for you. at this hour first in prince gorges county where a man is shot trying to force his way into a family's home overnight. >> it's one of the stories we're working on to get you up the minute you're up. first, breaking news on the roads. we have a crash on the inner loop of the beltway. been with us most of the morning. just after new hampshire avenue. the left side is blocked. there's investigation and re-creation going on. delays back towards route 29, colesville road. outer loop cannot see the backup. they are in regular delays as you make your way in towards silver springs. eastbound 66 at route 50, there is a crash on the left shoulder. everyone is shivering this morning.

the feels like factors are between 5 and 15 degrees this morning. talk nice to your barrista, whether they're at the starbu s starbucks, husband or wife. extra hot coffee needed this morning. a developing story out of prince gorges county this morning. police say a man was shot by a homeowner after breaking into his home. the man was taken to the hospital. it happened around 2:00 this morning on brinkley road in temple hills. news 4's molette green has the latest. >> reporter: eun, by the looks of what's going on out here right now, it's hard to tell that there was a reported break-in and shooting here just a few hours ago. prince gorges county police tell us that the homeowner took action, shot a man, they say, forced his way inside. he confronted the suspect and fired his gun after fearing for his life. now you're looking at video shot just hours ago when investigators got here just before 2:00 a.m. here in the 3900 block of brinkley road. the homeowner and his wife, they

were the only ones inside the home at the time. the man who was shot was conscious and alert and in fair condition when police got here but suffering apparent gunshot wounds. police tell us no i.d. on this apparent suspect. we are working to find out if there are charges coming in this case. now the two people who live inside this home and were here at the time, of course, were not injured in this incident. police are still though telling us they are investigating the circumstances that led up to the shooting just hours ago. that is the latest live from brinkley road in temple hills. back to you. it is 6:47. today the man police say is responsible for the murder of an american university graduate will be in court. matthew schlonsky was shot walking near the shaw-howard metro station. andre dudley is one of two people charged with second degree murder. he was not the intended target of the shooting.

the woman who claimed she was gang raped at a uva party has been ordered by a federal judge to turn over documents. the judge ordered the documents as part of a defamation suit from uva associate dean aramo. they want to see communications jacquie had with the magazine and others at the time the article was being written. aramo was wrongly portrayed in the article is a cording to the suit. six people had to find a different place to live after fire destroyed their bethesda apartment. the fire started from an extension cord. it caused about $25,000 in damage. we just heard from the pentagon on that developing story out of iran. ten american sailors are free and now the navy getting ready to investigate what led sailors into iranian waters. you can see the crew. actually, we have photos of the crew that we'll show you here

shortly, but they along with the two boats which i believe is what we're looking at now were detained. now all nine men and a woman, they're doing okay. nobody was hurt. one of the boats had technical problems, we're told, when it drifted into iranian territory. iran reports that they found nothing suspicious with the crew and acknowledged that this was, indeed, a mistake. eun? 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. a powerful end to president obama's final state of the union address. some people are calling it president obama's best speech since he first won the presidency in 2008. as expected, he looks to the future. in the next decade the president believes we need to address the growing divide between the rich and poor. he says we need to accommodate for technology that's pushing some people out of work. the president warned of a

resurgent russia, threats from isis and be the ability to form a consensus in washington over issues including climate change. let's get the perspective now from nbc's senior political editor mark murray. >> good morning. >> thanks for joining us. we talked about some of the highlights, but what about what the president didn't discuss. we expected him to mention gun control. he didn't do that. what else was missing from the speech? >> gun control was i think probably the biggest omission. again, what stands out more is some of the things that weren't totally explicit and implicit. those are all the political overtones, eun. he was singling out donald trump we shouldn't discriminate against muslims. he was singling out someone like marco rubio when he was talking about the dangers of hawkish interventionism. he was signaling out others when he talked about bombing. i was fascinated how he framed this as a political speech. it's almost a response to

everything he heard last year. >> you said that yesterday morning. that's what you were looking for. >> and he delivered on it. >> there you go. you tweeted about the contrast that the president was setting up against people like donald trump in the address yesterday. >> yes. i mean, again, it was such a big part, almost like a rebuttal to donald trump. what was fascinating was the republican response, nikki haley, south carolina governor, also gave the republican response. her own speech seemed like a rebuttal against donald trump. talking about we should be a welcoming country, a welcoming political party. that ended up getting backlash from conservatives. you're seeing a 1-2 from president obama, the republican responder and then trump's people responding. >> there was a lot of puv back to nikki haley's message after the state of the union. how does that set her up for she's considered a star of the party? >> she got a lot of praise from mainstream republicans, a lot of moderate republicans who thought that's exactly the kind of message the republican party should be having. as we've seen on the campaign

trail, who are the people popping at the polls? donald trump and ted cruz more from the insurgent outsider combative lane as opposed to the paul ryan wing which nikki haley was trying to address. >> mark, thanks as always. >> thank you. we still have breaking news on the inner loop of the beltway after new hampshire avenue. left side is blocked with an accident investigation and re-creation. you're stacked up back to 29 about three miles worth of traffic. eastbound 66 at route 50 fairfax, left shoulder is blocked at the crash creating delays. across the occoquan headed towards the beltway, nothing unusual here. i-270 looking live at shady grove road. heavy volume of traffic but nothing in your way from frederick all the way down to the beltway. thanks, kim. here's what you should expect and your forecast for today. wind chills will be in the teerns all afternoon long. winds will average 20 to nearly 30 miles per hour tying most of

the wind problems here in the front part of the day barely making it up. air temperatures in the teens and 20s. the center in manassas is broken. 21 in leesburg, 18 in winchester, 19 in stafford and quantico. winds howling. 5 the wind chill in gaithersburg. 1 above in martinsburg. notice by later in the day, wind chills not quite as much of a factor because the wind will lay down pretty much the time the sun goes down this evening. so your forecast then for today, chills in the single digits this morning. breezy and cold at noontime. sunny and cold at 3:00 this afternoon with the temperature up near 32 degrees. traveling today, new york or new england downstream of the lakes got lake effect snow showers going, otherwise dry weather up and down the eastern seaboard.

tomorrow looks like another nice day. mostly sunny, cold in the morning but milder by tomorrow afternoon with a few more clouds coming into the picture. that will lead us into our next rain chance which comes into the forecast on friday afternoon into friday evening. friday's high near 50. rain likely about the time the sun goes down friday night and should be done by about noontime on saturday and then another shot of arctic air comes our way next week. just released, a newly, highly anticipated poll that puts ted cruz above donald trump. the des moines register bloomberg poll says that cruz is in first place with 25% of gop caucus goers. this is compared to trump's 22%. marco rubio and ben carson neck in neck. this follows the release of the nbc/wall street journal poll this past weekend that showed similar results with cruz leading.

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we still have breaking news on the top side inner loop of the beltway. one left lane blocked. these delays stacked back in towards four corners area. three miles. outer loop is your typical volume coming from college park in towards silver spring. >> thank you, kim. chilly day outside. everyone is going to need to layer up or be cold. >> got it. that is the broadcast this morning. thanks for waking up with us. the "today" show is next. we'll see you in 25 minutes. have a great day. >> make it a great wednesday, everybody. >> come on now,

good morning. breaking news. those ten navy sailors detained by iran released this morning. the navy now investigating how their patrol boats drifted into iranian waters. we're live at the pentagon. return to hope and change. >> that's why i stand here as confident as iave ever been that the state of our union is strong. >> president obama uses his last state of the union address to tout his accomplishments, set some lofty goals and take a veiled shot at donald trump. >> we need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. >> that sentiment echoed in a surprising republican response from south carolina