west springfield with this story. chris? >> reporter: well, guys -- in this west springfield neighborhood were all clean yesterday at this hour but suddenly that changed. daniel boothe walked with me down his sidewalk to show how dangerous it now is. boothe says it was midnight when he grabbed his cell phone to take video of a contractor clearing snow to widen greeley boulevard, a snow emergency route. >> let's see where it goes. will it go on the sidewalk? and it does. it goes right on the sidewalk. i took pictures and video throughout and i told the inspector i was recording as well just to make sure we were documenting what was happening because i didn't know if they had -- if they had permission to do this. >> reporter: sidewalks on the opposite side of greeley boulevard are clear but on his side it's all snow covered, including the bus stops.

boothe says he has three children, a newborn, a toddler, and an 8-year-old. >> we all shoveled this walk, so our kids could walk to school, we could walk to the bus stop. now we don't have a sidewalk. >> reporter: while we were here a fairfax county snow removal inspector drove by to assess the situation that affects many families in this neighborhood. >> and they can't use the sidewalk now. >> no, i mean, my corner back there it's up to my head pretty much. so i can't shovel it. >> reporter: it appears she won't have to shovel it. if you look at the power of the media, we reported this at 4:00 and behind me now a fleet of bobcats have arrived. it appears they're clearing the sidewalks here in west springfield. coming up, we will find out at 6:00 how other northern virginia communities are dealing with snowy sidewalks. that's the latest from west springfield. pat, back to you. >> all right, chris gordon.

northern virginia bureau chief julie carey caught this video of snow showers on i-66. the video is from the morning commute. even though we're just talking about a few flurries, it was too much too soon for some people. you can follow julie on twitter @juliecareynbc. safe to say i think we've all seen enough snow for a while. >> and it's going to be a bitter cold night before we feel a dramatic change, doug. >> i just want you guys to know i'm taking two days off. >> you deserve it. well earned, buddy. >> you sure have earned it. >> taking the weekend for sure. and i think we all need this weekend as we're starting to finally get back to normal. a lot of activity this is weekend are actually happening. i know my kids have all of their games and practices and everything that's scheduled, nothing canceled just yet. take a look outside right now. the big deal tonight is the winds and the cold. we've seen winds gusting upwards of 40, even 50 miles per hour. 50 at dulles. 52 at quantico. a 40-mile-an-hour wind gust in

manassas. 30 miles per hour around gaithersburg. windchill now around 209 in gaithersburg. a very cold night tonight. if you're going out tonight, make sure you bundle up. we'll see more ice tonight. the good news though is the wind really comes through and drys the road out. i don't think the roads will be that big an issue but there will be ice on the sidewalks. wch windchills in the teens. and bundle up for sure. i shut put like five exclamation points. we'll talk more about the cold tonight, what's up for the weekend, and then a big change for early next week. we'll talk about that, too, in the seven-day forecast. >> thank you, doug. three people are recovering after a crash that injured a highway safety worker in virginia. chopper4 up over the scene today along i-66 in centreville. we're told a vdot worker pulled over to help a driver whose vehicle broke down. at some point a pickup wound up going off the road hitting the

vdot vehicle before also striking the vdot worker and that stranded driver. all three people involved in that crash are expected to survive. right now traffic is running more smoothly in a prince george's county neighborhood. the sinkhole that shut down several roads is now fixed. crews have now repaved the road. the sinkhole opened up on addison road between dry log and crown streets. and a water main break in the heart of bowie created a mess for hours today. a small geyser sent water gushing all over one of the busiest roads in the region. the 24-inch main broke this morning near the intersection of mitchellville and excalibur roads and with the swings in our temperatures, this could be a sign of things to come. news4's darcy spencer joins us now from bowie. >> reporter: this is mitchellville road here behind me. you can see it is open. the repairs have been made. water was turned back on a couple hours ago, and residents

were told they could expect to get water back on sometime late tonight, but wssc got it done quicker because they got a little lucky. gushing water turned mitchellville road in bowie into a river during the early morning commute. it was shut down for hours. wssc says 3 million gallons spilled before the water was shut off. one major complication, snow. wssc had to first clear the snow and ice before they could begin digging down to the pipe. once they reached it, they got a lucky break. the pipe itself was intact. the problem was a broken valve, and that was a relatively quick fix. >> we don't have to repair a section or multiple sections of pipe. we just need to repair that valve and then we can get the water on for about 50 or so customers who are out of water right now. >> i saw it on the news. i said, oh, my god, that's my street. >> reporter: josephine brown

said she kept checking her water and checking on her neighbors to make sure they were okay. >> i've never seen anything like this and i'm so grateful i have nice, clean water. >> reporter: but not everybody does. some residents say they noticed a change. >> it's turning like brown and yellow. i can notice that it's discoloration in the water. >> reporter: wssc says if you experience that discoloration, just flush your water for several minutes and everything will be just fine. now, we've had the cold, we have had a blizzard. the next big thing, potholes. coming up on news4 at 6:00, i will tell you what's been done in prince george's county to start tackling that problem. back to you. >> good times just keep coming. darcy spencer, thank you. some gun control activists are outraged now over the compromise between virginia's governor and gop leaders. some who lost loved ones to gun violence are accusing governor

mcauliffe of, quote, caving in to the gun lobby. but the governor says tonight the deal is the most significant step in gun regulation in more than two decades. bureau chief julie carey checked in with both sides today. >> reporter: dueling protests just weeks ago on the capitol grounds. governor mcauliffe lining up with gun control act vibss but some of them now feel betrayed by the deal the governor just struck with gop leaders. >> there are many, many people in the gun violence prevention community in virginia who are beyond disappointed. >> reporter: martina says she's disappointed, too, but sees some positive steps forward in the deal. most important, she says, a measure to take guns away from people under long-term protective orders. >> it is a significant step, and i have no doubt that it will save lives. >> reporter: but the compromise plan doesn't come close to closing the so-called gun show loophole. it would require state police at all gun shows, and now permit them to provide voluntary

background checks for those making private gun sales. >> there will still be a gaping hole. this is just a very, very tiny step in the right direction. >> reporter: gun owners seem fairly pleased with the compromise. most important to them, restoring reciprocity on concealed weapons permits. >> the big thing is being able to comfortably going into surrounding states knowing you're able to carry is a big relief. >> reporter: ahead at 6:00, a look at the sharply critical letter send by some leading gun control figures to the governor. in chantilly, i'm julie carey, news4. fairfax county school employee is in custody accused of sending inappropriate photos to a teenage girl. police arrested morrice stephenson, a bus attendant at quander road school in the alexandria section of the county. police say he sent inappropriate

photos and text messages to a 16-year-old girl who is student at the school. investigators searched his phone and found the images in question. he is now charged with solicitation of a minor. right now detectives are canvassing an oxen hill hand looking for clues in the death of a man on wednesday night. police found 41-year-old derrick mccray shot in the street. detectives don't believe this was random. if you know anything, you're urged to call them. there's a $25,000 reward. a family dog helped get its owners safely out of their home after an electrical outdeath caught fire. it started in a home in woodbridge last night. the family apparently smelled something funny. they say it was their dog's barking that led them to a smoking outlet. two adults, seven kids, and that dog will now have to find somewhere else to stay tonight. a family fights for justice. a man visiting washington for a wedding dies after a fight

outside of a nightclub. why his closest relatives are concerned about what will happen to his suspected killer. plus, a plow driver wins the lotto. what we found when we reached out to him today. so what did you do with all of your know days? i'm mark segraves. coming up, i'll show you where ♪

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here at the live desk, we just learned montgomery county police are investigating threatening e-mails that were sent to two nonprofits in the past week. police say the e-mails were september to specific members of these organizations and stated that the organization didn't transfer a specific amount of money by a deadline, they would attack that nonprofit. now, detectives say the e-mails originated outside the country and it's a phishing scheme used to extort money. bottom line, they don't think these threats are credible and police say if you get one of these e-mails, don't respond. call them so they can look into it. pat? thanks, chris. it started out as one of the worst ski seasons in our region in recent memory. but as news4's mark segraves reports, last weekend's snowstorm brought some much-needed relief to the thousands of employees and businesses that depend on snow. >> reporter: when we got up here

this morning, we found plenty of people from the d.c. area taking advantage of no work and no school and plenty of snow. >> we came up yesterday and right as we were pulling in the parking lot we got the text message that school was closed again tomorrow so we got a roonl in the motel and here we are. >> reporter: here at liberty mountain resort, just like all the ski resorts in our area, the two feet of snow is just what they needed. in recent years ski resorts in our area were open in november, but because of the unusually warm winter, they didn't open their slopes this season until mid-january. >> and unfortunately without having the holiday week, some of the college students and such didn't get to come and enjoy the slopes but now all of the kids are getting out with these extra snow days. >> reporter: because there was no snow in december, lots of people canceled trips, weddings, and other events. that was bad news for all the employees and businesses that depend on skiers. >> we have about 1,600 employees, both regionally and

from the baltimore, washington, region. we have a lot of people that come and work on the weekends for us. >> reporter: many of the folks we ran into from the d.c. area were more than happy about the snow and the time off from work and school. i guess you were pretty disappointed about all the snow and school being closed. >> no, sir, i like the snow and i like to be out here. >> i'm looking forward to the kids going back to school. >> a little snow fatigue at home. >> it's been a whole week. that's really enough. >> reporter: no ski trip is truly complete until you have a warm beverage by the fireside in the lodge. if you're thinking of heading up to the mountains for a ski getaway this weekend, coming up alt 6:00, we'll tell you how you can save some money and how kids can ski for free. liberty mountain resort, mark segraves, news4. things are starting to get closer to normal across parts of the district. we found folks still out there shoveling sidewalks in georgetown earlier and larger snow removal crews are hauling out the big piles. neighbors we talked with say

it's still a work in progress. >> we're wondering when they're going to do our block because they're doing the block next to us. >> it's a little slippery. i haven't fallen, knock on wood but it's been okay. >> we've had some complaints into the newsroom about mail delivery. we checked with the post office which tells us they're approaching normal levels and attempting to make deliveries wherever it is safe. if you live in prince george's county and you didn't shovel your sidewalk, get ready to pay up. starting today you'll have to pay a $100 fine if your pavement isn't clear. normally you have about 48 hours after the snow has fallen and has stopped, but the county gave us an extra three days because of all of the snow that fell, and there will be more fines for every 24 hours that your sidewalk isn't cleared. for more information about snow removal regulations, call 311. school was closed but thousands of children showed up for their free and reduced price school lunches in prince george's and montgomery

counties. county records obtained by news4 show more than 1,800 did so on wednesday and thursday in montgomery county, including 130 each day at one of the larger meal providers. gaithersburg elementary school. in prince george's county, the district tells us it's received 475 free meals this week, including at northwestern and suitland high schools. >> a lot of folks in our area have complained about being inconvenienced by the blizzard. >> but for one man it's changed his life for the better. gerald finchum is a snowplow driver from charles county, maryland. get this, he took a break from plowing to buy a scratchoff lottery ticket in woodbridge. he won $225,000. he says he was in the right place, right time. he tried to catch up with this new millionaire but at least one of his phone numbers is already disconnected. a smart man at that. >> probably a good idea. >> yeah.

well, identity theft has reached epidemic levels. the federal trade commission received a whopping 500,000 complaints just last year. >> news4 consumer reporter susan hogan is here to tell us about a new one-stop website that's just launched to help victims fight back. >> that's right. well, if you have ever been a victim of identity theft, then you know how financially devastating it really can be. the fdc is stepping in to help victims in a big way. for the first time ever, identity theft victims can now go online and get a free personalized theft recovery plan. here is how it works. the website allows you to rapidly file a complaint with the ftc. you will then get a personalized guide that will streamline many of the steps involved for you. you can download the documents you'll need to alert police, the credit bureaus, the irs. the advice you will get is not going to be generic. it's actually customized for your own needs. this upgraded site is the fdc's answer to an executive order

issued by president obama back in 2004. we have got the link to the identify i-theft recovery plan on our nbc washington app. just search identity theft. >> all right. susan, thanks so much. >> you're welcome. >> really appreciate it. well, it's a new accomplishment we'll say for maryland native and olympian michael phelps but probably not the kind of accomplishment you might expect. he was at an arizona state basketball game yesterday and made a surprise appearance from behind the team's infamous curtain of distraction with the goal of making an opponent on oregon state's team miss a free throw. once asu pulled back that curtain to reveal phelps in his swim cap with all of his gold medals, it seemed to work. the oregon player missed. phelps is at asu to train for the upcoming games. >> he can take credit or blame there. this is the first weekend

without the nfl since september. be patient because next weekend you know it, super bowl 50, carolina versus denver. the game is being played in santa clara, about 40 miles from san francisco where all the super bowl related festivities are happening. as far as security, officials tell us they're braced for any potential threats. >> local, state, and federal law enforcement will be sharing information in realtime so we're all on the same page and that's critical to understanding what the situation is throughout the bay area and then responding appropriately. >> one misstep this week, take a look, crews at levi stadium accidentally painted both end zones in broncos' colors. who are they rooting for? it was quickly corrected though. >> yeah. do you leave your car running to warm it up every day? even a lawmaker on capitol hill failed to listen to warnings from police about that, and what happened next was played out on social media. plus, so many women are

concerned about the spread of the zika virus that some airlines are reacting to customers who want to change their travel plans now. and a maryland student's racist post about the black lives matter protest goes viral. see what the school leaders did about it on news4 at 5:00. stay with us.

wow. where in the world is wendy? how about rio? you know, they're sending me here for the olympics in august, so i thought i'd come and just get a preview, and let me tell you, if you are on the fence at all about going to the olympics, call your travel agent now. this place is amazing. and i'm coming back with a whole bunch of stories. oh, i'll see you soon. or maybe not. mm-mmm, mm-mmm. >> it's summer down there. >> tough work, doug. in the heat. >> you have see graves up there skiing today, her down there in rio. >> 100 degrees down there?

>> it just looked humid. >> it was very humid. i feel very bad for her. we have a great shot here. it's going to be a cold night tonight but we're ending our friday and ending our very rough week on a pretty good note. take a look at the sun going down tonight. sunset tonight at 5:26, so, yeah, if we sit on this shot for another minute -- okay, we're not going to do that, but if we did, you would be seeing the sun go down behind the horizon. it was great when it was right here five minutes ago. you can still see some of the pink hues out there in the cloud cover. we have some pretty nice conditions coming, but not tonight. tonight 37 right now. the current temperature. windchill of 27. the winds have been gusting upwards of 40 and even 50 miles per hour today. it has been very windy and we've seen those snow showers and rain showers down to the south. snow showers to the north. once they made their way over 95, it was on the warmer side. that's why you saw rain. that system moved through and then behind it we've got the

wind and the colder air coming right on down from canada, right across the great lakes. this is a quick moving system so behind it we are going to get a lot warmer tomorrow. but tonight it's chilly. down to 30 already in gaithersburg. 36 in manassas. 36 in culpepper and look at the windchill. 27 in d.c. 26 in cam springs around andrews. 19 winchester and martinsburg. it's going to be really cold. evening windchills, 17 to 23. tonight between t9:00 and midnight, 15 to 20. by tomorrow morning, a windchill around 20 to 25. it's going to be a cold start to the day tomorrow, but tomorrow afternoon not bad. we're calling saturday chilly, but temperatures around 45 with sunshine. the afternoon is looking pretty good after a very cold start to our day. now, sunday, notice the temperature. up to 55 degrees. we'll see partly to mostly cloudy skies but sunday is looking really, really nice. a lot of meflting going on.

monday a chance for rain. we will watch the system to see how much rain it gives us. if it gives us a little bit more here, we could be talking about a pretty good flood threat early next week. 56 on monday, 50 on tuesday. we get even warmer on wednesday with a high temperature of 65, that coming with some rain. coming up at 5:45, veronica will talk much more about the extended forecast because we go way up with the potential for melting and then we come way down with the potential for a lot of other things. we'll talk about that at 5:45. >> thank you, doug. it was a highly touted gun program and a database lawmakers said would put criminals behind bars. so why is it going away in maryland? the news4 i-team has some answers. plus, it's the dog that stole our hearts during the blizzard. a special reunion with the rescuers who helped save a st. bernard. a father of two was punched in the head and later died moments after leaving this georgia avenue lounge. tonight his family is speaking out. coming up at 5:30, we're

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you're watching news4 at 5:00. it was a horrible random assault. a man punched in the face and later died. >> it happened last summer as the victim was leaving a bar on georgia avenue. today for the first time his family saw the surveillance video of the attack. the victim was a 35-year-old father of two. both his family and the suspect were in court today.

news4's meagan fitzgerald joins us live from northwest washington. meagan? >> reporter: and, pat, police say the man and his friends were leaving the peace lounge around 3:00 a.m. on august 22nd. they turned the corner to go down fairmont to retrieve their car and that's when he was attacked. investigators say this man did nothing wrong. life was just getting started for this 35-year-old. he was a proud father of two little girls and was recently married. his sister says he lived in texas but came to d.c. this summer for his friend's wedding. on august 22nd, police say he and his friends were leaving the peace lounge on georgia avenue in fairmont. >> they left the lounge. they were trying to walk to their car, the parking lot. >> reporter: according do court documents, while he and his friends were walking, the suspect approached him and

punched him in the face. the victim fell back knocking his head against the pavement. investigators say the attack was unprovok unprovoked. his sister saw it today for the very first time. >> this stranger guy, he just came from out of nowhere. he just punched him in the head. he fell and he died. >> reporter: now she and her family wear t-shirts in memory of their youngest brother. she says being with each other gives them strength to carry on. >> every day we have questions. >> reporter: now, the suspect was charged with second-degree murder. he's due back in court in march. coming up at 6:30, why the victim's family fear they might not see justice. pat? >> meagan fitzgerald. thank you. tonight some gun control activists in virginia are angry about a compromise between virginia's governor and the gop leaders. virginia will once again honor

concealed weapons permits from other states. the proposal would also require state troopers to be available at gun shows for background checks and take guns away from people under a long-term protective order. governor mcauliffe says the deal is the most significant step in gun regulation in more than two decades. a different landmark gun law in our area is quietly going away. it passed 16 years ago with great fanfare creating the bullet database to hopefully help solve crimes but as the news4 i-team's scott mcfarlane reports, maryland is throwing in the towel saying it didn't work. >> reporter: calvin braxton's family heard the police siren. >> it occurred just around the corner from my mom's home. >> shot and killed in a restaurant parking lot in 2014. >> i felt like a piece of me was taken away instantly. it really, really hurt. it hurt. >> reporter: the accused shooter, 21-year-old robert garner, faced a jury. >> you're dealing with a jury.

you're dealing with 12 members who have to make a decision. >> reporter: one of the pieces of evidence shown during the trial, a shell casing recovered from the scene. >> they had a wild look on their face almost. >> wild. >> yeah, like this is it. that's all i needed. >> reporter: jurors convicted garner of murder. he's serving a life sentence. investigators had compared that bullet casing to information kept in a unique maryland database. a database created in landmark law called the maryland responsible gun safety act of 2000. it was such a big deal at the time the president of the united states appeared for the signing. the law required gun manufacturers to fire a round from every gun sold in the state and send the casing to maryland state police who then would bar code and file each one for future evidence, sort of like a fingerprint database just for bullets. but police said calvin braxton's case was one of only a few in which the evidence was ever used, and even so it didn't help find the actual gun. >> the database never worked as

it was intended to work. >> not once did the hundreds of thousands of shell casing they've collected solve a crime. >> it's been frustrating from those who thought it would work and experts and technicians at the crime lab who put a lot of effort into zaebiestablishing t program. >> cameras were allowed inside an old fallout shelter where those hundreds of thousands of casings are stored. maryland has just closed down the program. the technology is now dated they say and they've stopped collecting the casings, too. they aren't tossing out the old ones, at least not yet, in case an old gun is used in a future crime. mrs. braxtop says she was grateful the program existed. >> some of the butterflies release from your stomach. not all, just some. >> reporter: and says if her brother's murder case ends up being one of the few helped by the database, it was worst the

trouble. >> it cost a quarter million dollars to operate the database. scott macfarlane, news4 i-team. someone stole a senator's car while it was warming up. now we're learning how he got it back. today is the anniversary of the signing of the fair pay act and the woman the act is named after says we still have some work to do. unequal pay hurts us. it hurts our families, and it

it's been a week since the blizzard hit our area, and we just learned all that snow caused a roof to collapse in laurel. take a look. it happened at a townhouse on south shore drive. the weight of the snow caused the roof to cave in. the red cross is helping the folks who live there find another home and the city is encouraging people there to have their roofs checked out. you want to make sure the snow is clear so nothing happens like that to you. >> thank you. she was the nation's oldest female veteran. alyce dixon was 108. we're told she died in her sleep wednesday. the ves tra-- she was born in boston in 1907. she joined the military in 1943

becoming one of the first african-american women in the army. that's according to the va. she later worked at the pentagon. no word et yyet on her services. the woman who inspired the law banning pay discrimination based on sex introduced president obama at the white house today. the president is proposing collecting data from companies with more than 100 employees. it would reveal the workers' gender, ethnicity, and race. it was seven years ago the lilly ledbetter fair pay act was signed into law. she sued her company after discovering her employer was paying her less than men doing the same job. >> nobody wants to be the poster child for unequal pay for equal work, but spurned on by that note, that's exactly what happened to me. >> according to the white house economic council, in 2014 women working full time were only paid

79 cents for every dollar men made working the exact same job. in alexandria today a former computer science student appeared in federal court accused of supporting isis. prosecutors believe he stole and then released personal information about more than 1,000 soldiers and government workers and gave it to isis. the kosovo native was arrested in malaysia last fall. if convicted, he faces up to 35 years behind bars. new controversy over that oregon standoff after the fbi releases video of the activist shot and killed by police. i'm david culver in fairfax station. behind me all calm as this partially frozen lake. a week ago a different scene that had many of you commenting and sharing on social media. a st. bernard rescued from the icy waters. ahead, a reunion with the first responders that saved milo's life.

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tonight a warm reunion for a dog that fell into an icy lake in northern virginia. rescuers from fairfax pulled milo, the st. bernard, from this frozen lake in fairfax station

just as the blizzard was kicking into high gear. david culver has that reunion as milo reunited with his rescuers. >> reporter: the last time yolanda and her family met these fire and rescue crews, it was in the midst of a blizzard. >> a busy night already for those folks. >> reporter: last friday evening around the same time we were on air riding along with fairfax county four and rescue crews, their colleagues were responding to this. >> if he'll come. >> reporter: 5-year-old milo, a 120 pound st. bernard trapped in the icy waters of this fairfax station lake. the frantic calls coming from the family, dad, mark whartman. >> oh, man, when it first happened, your heart sank. >> mark was temped to jump in but his wife held him back. >> what made you hold him back? >> because then we have to try to save both of them. >> reporter: master technician

david bush among those in the frigid water wit milo. >> got in behind him. luckily the depth of the water helped us. it was only about to chest level. >> reporter: within minutes crews got him out. >> luckily it all worked out and he hopped out and was very cooperati cooperative. no bite marks or scratches. >> we came really close to losing him and we know we did. so thank you, guys. >> reporter: and this is milo's way of saying thanks, warmly rubbing up against the first responders who saved his life and loving all the attention. in fairfax station, david culver, news4. >> glad milo is okay. because of the blizzard, if you live in maryland you have an extra week to sign up for health care. the maryland health benefit exchange extended the deadline to enroll. it says the record-breaking snowstorm may have prevented people from getting to their offices in time. you now have until midnight on friday, february 5th, to enroll. tonight a senator from

delaware has his car back after it was stolen right from his driveway. police tell us they recovered senator chris coons' suv today after someone called saying two vehicles that looked like coons' car were racing through a neighborhood. several kids ran out of the suv and took off in different directions. police were not able to catch up with any of them. the senator's car was returned without a scratch. >> shame to hear our senator, somebody took his car. >> it doesn't matter where you're at. >> not surprising at all. >> how was the suv stole snn the senator's wife left the key in the ignition to warm it up. when she got back outside, you guessed it, it was gone. >> never want to do that. what kind of night is it going to be, doug? >> well, it's going to be -- >> veronica. >> it's going to be a cold one,

pat. the night for us, it's going to be cold. we're still going to be windchilled. we're feeling like we're in the 20s right now, low 20s, but teens for much of the rest of the evening so keep that in mind if you're going to be going out and bundle up. improving conditions as we make our way through the weekend. you're really going to like this weekend. we'll see lots of melting but i do not think we'll be able to get down to be able to see the ground. that's not going to be for days from now. by 9:00 this evening you can see we drop below freezing to 31 degrees. the wind will start to settle late as well. some of our lower readings will be up around frederick, gaithersburg, even hagerstown. now, because it still will be a cold one tomorrow at the beginning of the day, not too bad. the afternoon will see rising temperatures and it will be quite seasonable. i'm calling it cool and sunny. the weather tomorrow just having a low impact on our area. ample sunshine across the area. closer to 50 degrees around fredericksburg, around qurs like

quantico, 44, 45. the next big change that i think you will really notice is what happens on sunday. temperatures will be rising some ten degrees or so. so there's 11:00 a.m. with more melting. 47 is the temperature. by 1:00, we're up to 53. that's when that change comes into the mid-50s. the last 55 degree day we had around here was some 20 days ago. so mild now as we get into the weekend. still cautionary, parking getting better. we're seeing some piles shrink and crews are doing a great job of trying to remove that snow in a lot of locations and keep in mind the icy spots for early in the morning. we rise above freezing at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. hit the car wash. that's what i'm saying to do. hit the car wash. lines are going to be gone. make sure you get the salt, the grit from under the car so that it doesn't pit or rust with the salt. the chemicals have been on area roads. if you're going to go running,

temperatures by 1:00 closer to 40 degrees. it will top out at 45. if you're going out saturday night, maybe ice skating with the kids, back to the coat, scarf, the gloves, all of it. but early next week we'll go from these temperatures in the 40s to mid-50s that we'll have around for the weekend which is really going to be nice. to mid-60s next week. monday a chance of rain. you can see the rain coming into the area. the chance between 1:00 and 6:00 on monday. then next week wednesday could get quite a bit of rain. 65 the high, but it gets cold next week. could get more than an inch and ma means possible flooding for wednesday. we'll have more coming up on news4 at 6:00. breaking news just in the live desk. we've learned three people have been hurt after an ambulance and a car got into a crash in d.c. this happened at 17th and k northeast. three people were hurt. one of them is the person who was being transported in the ambulance. the other is a firefighter and a passenger in the other car. some of these injuries pretty

serious. police are still investigating how it happened. shomari stone is heading to the scene. we'll get an update as soon as we can. now to the race for the white house where things are really kicking into high gear with just three days left to the official launch of the presidential primary season with the iowa caucuses. the latest poll numbers show donald trump atop the gop field in a dead heat when it comes to the democrats. on monday we'll see exactly who has had the best ground game when caucusgoers in iowa become the first in the country to decide who they want to see on the ballot this november. >> i'm tom brokaw in des moines, iowa, the capital of the state that is the first test of the presidential season. the caucuses are monday. that means we've got a long weekend of rock and roll in one of the wildest iowa caucus contests i have ever witnessed, and i have been coming here since 1980. what happens on monday will help set the pace for what happens the following tuesday in new

hampshire. some will survive, others will stand by the wayside, but obviously everyone is wondering what will happen with donald trump. wi will the big poll numbers he has hold up or will ted cruz catch him? and on the democratic size bernie sanders and hillary clinton now essentially deadlocked in a close race. a lot to look forward to and nbc news and msnbc will have complete coverage. and we'll have the latest right here on news4. our own aaron gilchrist is headed to iowa to cover the caucuses and you can see aaron's report starting on sunday. right now the fda is considering a plan to control the zika virus should there be an outbreak here. a british company has developed a genetically modified mosquito that would reduce the mosquito population. the virus is in more than two dozen countries in the americas now. zika is suspected of causing birth defects.

all 30 people with zika here in the u.s. were infected elsewhere including the one case in virginia. the head of nih says an outbreak here is not likely. >> i can't say we're definitely not going to have a major outbreak in the united states. that would be foolish to say. what we do is we prepare for the possibility of a major outbreak. >> only 20% of people with zika virus show symptoms. it's now easier for expectant mothers to change travel plans over zika virus concerns. most airlines and cruise ships are offering refunds if you're expecting. it applies to those who have booked trips to the caribbean and to latin america. the refunds also apply to family members traveling with you. he has his hands up, but newly released video may explain why the fbi still shot a man involved in that standoff in oregon. and a brutal attack on a busy metro train. tonight at 6:00, new details about the teen suspects who were

heading to school before the situation turned violent.

a big break in a california prison escape, but the threat is not over. >> yeah, one of three men who got out of the orange county jail last week turned himself in today. sheriff's deputies say bac duong told a person on the street in santa ana this afternoon he wanted to give up. he and two others used tools to

cut through steel bars, then rappelled from the roof of the facility last friday. now the hunt is intensifying for the other two escapees. >> we will continue with those same efforts using all available resources to capture the additional two he escapees who outstanding. >> the other two men are considered dangerous and may be driving a stolen van now. both were in jail on murder and other serious charges. local school officials call it disturbing. the video that went viral of a white teenager in maryland disparaging the black lives matter movement. >> howard county's school superintendent sent a message out to parents this week about the incident which was recorded at a party involving students from mount hebron high school. the hurtful words about race and the misuse of social media is not acceptable, quote.

we're trying, she says, to teach our students the harm this kind of language can have on others. the boy in the video has since apologized on his facebook page and he's asking for forgiveness. right now at 5:00, armed activists are still occupying that wildlife refuge in oregon. the takeover began almost four weeks ago now as a protest against the federal management of local land. >> the fbi has just released video of tuesday's deadly confrontation with one of the protest leaders. nbc's joe fryer reports on what the protesters want before they leave the land. >> reporter: the occupation at the wildlife refuge is still not over with four activists holding out. they want assurances they won't be arrested if they leave. meanwhile, the fbi has released unedited video of tuesday's deadly confrontation with the occupant's leaders. the video was taken from an fbi plane. according to the footage after authorities pulled over the group a truck driven by lavoy

finicum raced away. one minute later it veered left nearly hitting an agent. finicum emerged with his hands in the air but the fbi says on at least two occasions, he reached for his jacket pocket. he was shot and killed. authorities say there was a semiautomatic handgun in that pocket. the fbi says it wanted to lay out an honest, unfiltered view of what happened. in all, 11 people tied with the occupation have now been arrested. many are scheduled to appear in federal court later today. in burns, oregon, joe fryer, nbc news. news4 at 6:00 begins with breaking news. there is a new controversy on the campaign trail. the state department says 22 of hillary clinton's e-mails will not be released to the public because they contain information that is now classified as top secret. the e-mails were not marked classified when they were sent. this comes amid the investigation into clinton's use of a private e-mail server during her time as secretary of

state. her campaign says the new classification stems from bureaucratic infighting over what should be considered top secret and they continue to call for the release of all of clinton's e-mails. this comes as the presidential candidates are just about to face their first major test with voters. >> on monday the people of iowa will cast the first votes in the 2016 presidential race. steve handelsman is following it all from des moines. >> reporter: donald trump went to new hampshire bragging about boycotting the iowa debate. >> i'm getting more publicity than if i -- you know? >> reporter: as rivals mocked trump last night. >> he's the greatest show on earth. >> reporter: he staged his own show nearby. there there >> tlaez amazing love in this room. >> they talked about him more last night when he wasn't there. >> so you like him, what, at least as much now? >> oh yes. >> you will caucus for him? >> yes, i will. >> reporter: trump got more attention th