and whether it impacts your commute. >> all eyes on alabama. a final push from both candidates now is up to the voters to decide. who will win one of the most contentious races in the country. first, we are in storm team 4 weather alert mode. take a look at the temperatures on your screen. not bad now. but by the end of the day, it will feel a lot colder around these parts. it is 5:00 a.m. right now. are you ready? >> no, i'm not ready. who thought 40 degrees would feel good? >> we'll take it. wish it could stick around. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. we need to get to the all important forecast. we want to prepare for the big change. maybe you should bring a heavier coat to work today. >> we have crews spread out to cover the cold snap for you. let's start with meteorologist chuck bell on the weather deck.

>> temperatures over the next five or six hours will be as warm as they're going to be until probably next monday. yes, indeed. near 50 degrees by lunchtime today before the arctic express comes rolling on into town. temperatures will be doing the downward spiral by later on in the day today. right now, skies mostly cloudy overhead. temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s. winds out of south this morning. there's a little bit of a windchill now. but that's nothing compared to what's coming our way. currently, 37 in leesburg. 31 in prince george's county. 43 by the way in annapolis. near 50 at lunchtime before it turns windy and colder. northwest winds 20 to 35 miles per hour later on. these are your 5:00 temperatures. we'll be 50 at lunchtime. martinsburg down to the freeding mark by 5:00 this afternoon. washington down to 41 degrees by 5:00 p.m. windchills as well. here's your 5:00 windchills. teens, 20s to 30 degrees. bring that heavy winter coat on

a check of the next couple of days which looks very cold. melissa, that's coming up in a few more minutes. >> sounds good, chuck. you need to come back inside and get warm. >> okay. inner loop of the beltway after college park had the work zone. that's cleared out of the way now. taking a look at 95 in virginia, quantico to the beltway, if you're going 68 miles per hour here, you're going to get there in 17 minutes. same situation southbound on 95. no issues there. nice and clear. prince george's county into and out of town looking good this morning. a live look here at 66 at 123. looks like we have perhaps a little bit of a slowdown here. i'll figure out what that is and be back to you in a minute. aaron. >> melissa, thank you. we'll continue our team coverage with justin finch. >> reporter: he's live in northwest washington with a look at how to care for your car in the cold. justin, want to be prepared here. >> reporter: hey, eun. you s

everywheever everywhe everywhere. from your tires to your mirrors, you expect things to work. that's not always a guarantee. with the cold snap coming, it's a good time and reminder to make sure your car is winter ready. here's things to check out. first your battery. is it approaching expiration? is it working okay? if not, it may be time to take a look at it and get a new one. also, your windshield wipers and fluid. is it time for new blades? it may be. your fluids, make sure there's no water in there. you also want to look at your tires, check them for wear and tear. also check the pressure when it is cold outside. your lights and signals are -- are all the lights working properly. it's now a good time to check. also, don't forget about taking care of your fuel tank.

>> make sure your gas tank is completely full and has no less than half a tank of gasoline at all times. >> reporter: all right. looking now at the lights. simple fixes to do. it takes a few seconds. something you can do now that's very easy. it can easily save you a lot more down the line. live in northwest, justin finch. back to you. >> justin, thanks. if you want to find out more winter weather tips, head to the nbc washington app. you'll find the updated forecast information also. breaking news concerning metro's orange line. >> chris lawrence is at the live desk with details. chris, what happened? >> eun, aaron, someone got shot at a metro station in northeast d.c. this morning, metro transit police are searching for two people who may be connected to those at the station. take a look at these two men. a little after 8:00 last night, they got into an argument with

someone started shooting, these two took off. the third man is expected to be okay. police are asking you to call them if you know who these two people might be. back to you. >> thank you, chris. it's now 5:05. a serious wrong-way crash has left one person dead and another critically injured in maryland. take a look. this is footage from chopper 4. this is the outer loop of the beltway in landover, not far from fedex field. maryland state police say that car or truck in the video collided around 9:30 last night. trying to figure out why one of the cars was going in the wrong direction. follow-up dates in the nbc washington app. we now know the funeral arrangements for the deputy state fire marshal killed on i-270. sander cohen will be laid to rest in rockville. cohen helped fbi special agent carlos wolff w

car. another car hit and killed both member. cohen was also a volunteer firefighter in rockville. developing this morning, for the second time in two months, new york is recovering from a terror attack. this was a scenario officials had long feared. a suicide attacker detonated a bomb at rush hour in the city's subway system. take a look at surveillance video. 22-year-old akayed ullah detonated the device strapped to his body. it happened at the busy port authority bus terminal. commuters scattered for cover. >> everybody just ran to the closest exit. >> it was a big explosion. the impact pushed everybody around. >> three people, including the suspect were hurt here, he's in serious condition. the suspect is from bangladesh. he told police that he carried out the attack in the name of isis. alabama voters will decide who takes the senate seat in a race the entire country is watching closely. >>ey

television arguing their case. after avoiding 40 years. >> it's time, folks, that we say no more. >> last night republican roy moore and democrat doug jones held last-minute campaign events. moore denies allegations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls. but the reports have been enough to put his traditionally republican seat in jeopardy. we'll check in with chris pollone in alabama in a few minutes. the allegations against moore are part of a national conversation about sexual harassment and assault. new numbers from facebook reveal more than 30 million people posted their stories using the #me too since mid-october. those me too stories generated more than 100 million posts, reactions and comments. social media hash tag encouraged both women and men to come forward and share their stories of harassment and assault. eight minutes after 5:00

this evening, jewish people around the country and around the world will light the first candle on the menorah. the festival of lights will feature special prayers and food. at 3:00 this afternoon, there will be a concert and a ceremony to light the national menorah on the ellipse in downtown d.c. one of the biggest concerts of the holiday season brought people to the capital one arena last night. ♪ ♪ >> performed her song havana. she was one of the celebrities who hit the stage for the hot 99.5 iheart radio jingle ball. >> was that charlie puth? >> i think it was. fallout boy was there.

back during the holiday season. this year was the ryan seacrest foundation which helps sick children. >> $1 of every ticket was donated to the foundation. a lot of fun there. if you're just waking up and just joining us, it's a storm team weather alert day, sheena. >> yes, it is. get ready later on today. the kids at the bus stop, no weather alert for this time period. but late this afternoon you will notice the changes. but the kids standing outside still need to bundle up. it feels like the 30s. nice and dry out there. by the afternoon, we'll see a big drop our temperatures. around 47 degrees by 3:00 p.m. after that, we'll notice big-time changes and windchills in the single digits tomorrow morning. more details on what to expect through your wednesday with the bitter cold blast coming up. another high-profile person accused of sexual misconduct. the new allegations against celebrity

what he'll be stepping away from as a result. it's dubbed the man flu. don't be so quick to laugh. >> sorry. too late. >> there's a new study that says it may be

now breaking news at 5:12. eun, aaron. we're getting word of a deadly explosion at a natural gas plant in austria. we just got these images in the newsroom. take a look at the smoke. there are reports that one person has been killed. 18 others injured. i've actually seen pictures online of cars melted in the parking lot from the heat. authorities say the plant is near austria's border with slovak yachlt i slovakia. no word on what caused the blast. back to you, aaron. chris, thank you. as we mentioned at the top of the hour, a shooting at a d.c. metro station has a lot of riders concerned about their safety. >> for more on that, adam tuss is live at the minnesota avenue metro station. adam, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. that shooting happened around 8:00 last night. take a look. right here on the platform at

minnesota avenue. this has a lot of people in the area wondering what was going on. take a look. we have video of the suspect or a picture of the suspect, the transit police are on the lookout for here. i have to tell you, minnesota avenue has kind of a distinct reputation here. this was the highest crime metro station in all of 2016. that is something that transit police are obviously keeping a close eye on. but in terms of an enforcement effort and how transit police are actually trying to keep the system safe, there are things that they've been doing. they have been putting officers in high visibility uniforms. pretty much bright fluorescent yellow uniforms. they've had a crackdown which has led to more arrests. people recovering guns -- monitoring that happening at metro stations. metro is one of the most wired in the country. as the search for the suspects continues, be

stepping up patrols. >> adam, thanks. 5:15 now. the man accused of being a serial killer and creating fear and panic in tampa will appear in court. >> donaldson iii is expected to enter a plea there. he's accused of killing four people in october and november. police say the suspect admitted he owned gun used in the shootings but did not admit to the murders. in less than two hours, alabama voters will head to the polls. they will choose a new senator in a race that has the entire country's attention. roy moore has been accused of dating teenage girls which he denies. >> moore is facing off against doug jones. chris pollone is live in montgomery with the candidates' last push for voters. chris, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, aaron and eun. such an interesting race on the local and national

majority in the senate. obviously, if doug jones wins the race, it will be tougher for him and republicans to push through their agenda in the upcoming year. in any other year with any other candidate, republican candidate, this would be almost a gimme for the republicans. but because of those allegations against roy moore, you know, now this appears to be a pretty tight race. alabama hasn't sent a democrat to the senate in 25 years. so it all comes down to turnout. yesterday, both candidates held appearances. roy moore has been under the radar. only holding one appearance in the last seven days. doug jones has been crisscrossing the state over the last three days. polls are all over the map, some say roy moore has a ten-point lead. others say doug jones does. it comes down to today. we'll see who shows up and what ua

>> chris pollone live in montgomery, alabama. chris, thank you. this morning, famous chef mario batali is admitting some of the sexual misconduct allegations against him are true. yesterday he announced he was stepping away from his restaurant empire and abc's "the chew" after four women came forward accusing him of inappropriate contact over 20 years. in a statement, he said much of the behavior does in fact match up with -- he prepared the final state dinner of the obama administration. this morning, we're taking a closer look at the mental health of teenagers. 20% of teens are suffering from a mental health condition. dr. harold cop wits once the children mine institute. he says 60% of teens with depression and 80% with anxiety do not get treatment. he says

collecting 10,000 mris to show biological differences in kids with mental health disorders. these brain scans being collected are showing the clear differences in those and spra separating them and comparing them. there's a running joke about guys when we get sick. that face right there tells us all about it. we get ridiculed for being sick. >> we don't ridicule you for being sick. it's how you behave when you are sick. >> it is not the reaction. this is going to change. the guardian reports on a new article in the british medical journal that says men may experience more severe flu sim tons than women. >> that's why. >> there's logic to this. the article states that men's hormones can dampen the immune system while female hormones boost the immune system. so we are sicker than you. >> it's not that you're acting sickean

i can't move. >> i genuinely feel like that is -- my body no longer wants to move. >> we have a long list of things to ridicule aaron on. faking illness isn't one of them. >> there you go. there is a biological scientific reason for it then. >> keep in mind. cold doesn't make you sick. germs do. if you get sick, you can't blame it on the actual weather conditions. that being said, ooh, is it going to be cold the next couple of daysment right now, still 42 degrees at national airport courtesy of a south wind for now. the winds will turn to the northwest and increase to 25 to 30-plus miles per hour later on in the day today. be ready for a significant shift in the weather pattern. right now, your tuesday morning off to a not so cold start this morning. everybody is above freezing now. these temperatures now are warmer than will be for next couple of days. get used to it. get used to the cold. 38 at 7:00 this morning. sunup at 7:17. the

temperatures around. 50 at lunchtime. by 5:00 in the afternoon, temperatures already in the 30s. by 8:00 tonight, below freezing. windchills are likely to be in the teens and low 20s as early as 5:00 or 6:00. download our nbc washington app. take a look at your custom tailored, storm team 4 forecast. here you go. for satellite and radar combined here, little light snow across the northern half of the keystone state. there could be a raindrop or snowflake today. but doesn't look like much of a rain chance. the real issue is the cold. that's the cold front going through. could generate a quick sprinkle at lunchtime today. there's the five-day forecast. falling temperatures this afternoon. bring your hef you coat now. you'll need it. you'll need it the next couple of days. a couple of chances of light snow coming our way as well. by the time we get to the weekend, melissa, things will

improve. >> sounds good. taking a look at the roads. eastbound 66 before. the left center lane in blocked. we were looking at that camera a short time ago. something must be going on there. taking a look at 66. fairfax county parkway to the beltway, you can see as you head inbound through fairfax that delay this morning. that's something that might stick around a little while. looking to prince george's county. no major problems there. right now everything is looking pretty good. beltway overall running smoothly as well. inner loop and outer loop nice and clear. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. we are working for you to help you finish holiday shopping. a look at the hottest gifts all the tech lovers on your list will love. >> join us later today for the ellen degeneres show. she airs at 3:00 on nbc4 followed by

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making its way through a yard and jumping off a railing. sitting there in the street. needed a break perhaps. a few hours later, monkey was seen in a neighborhood more than a mile away. this monkey has been on the loose since october. no one has been able to catch the monkey. >> there's so much to see and say. you got take it all in. people looking for the monkey say that nobody should approach it or feed it. which is a good idea. >> i would never approach a wild monkey. who does that? >> people would do that. >> in costa rica, there are monkeys who -- >> i know they're wild monkeys. an uber customer took a five-mile ride in toronto this past weekend and it was a bit of a surprise when he checked his receipt. uber charged him more than $14,000. he was in the car for 21 minutes apparently. it should have set him back 20

charge, uber apologized and issued a full refund. >> how would you pay for that? no, sir. $14,000? what gift do you give the technology junkie in your family? >> i have a couple of those in my family. there's a big push to completely redesign the technology in homes from lights that turn on with voice command to computers that can lock your doors when you're away. news 4 spoke with a tech expert who says they're all part of one big trend this year. >> one of the big trends we're seeing in stores is people asking me how do they make their home smart. connected home it a big trend. >> this is what i'm saying. i can't get in. i can't figure it out. then you're outside for three hours, can't get in out of the cold. a lot of the so-called smart functioning can be done from your cell phone. you know how i can use

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out of the ashes, a sign of hope. a neighborhood scorched by flames. just out of curiosity, why do they bully? what's the point of it? >> bullied at school. compassion for a boy brought to tears. this morning we have his first reaction to the outpouring of support. cold snap. take a good look at these temperatures, folks. they are about to change big time. we're breaking down the timing in the storm team 4 weather alert. winter is coming. >> it's here. the cold is coming. real cold. >> i guess we need to accept it. >> we have until january, right? >> i'm aaron gilchrist. i'm eun yang. brace yel

going to feel, you know that bone chilling in your blood and bones and you can't get warm. >> meteorologist sheena parveen begins our weather alert coverage from the storm team 4 weather deck. of course, we sent her outside. >> sheena? >> i know that feeling eun. i have it right now. i'm freezing. there's a bit of a breeze out here. it feels quite a bit colder than it actually is. feels like 38 degrees in washington. leesburg feels like 31. winchester 32. 35 clinton. if you think this is cold, wait until tonight and tomorrow morning and tomorrow afternoon. we have a bitter blast of cold air coming. now, we always tell you to have the warm coat, the gloves, the scarf. you don't want to forget that. tomorrow especially. you probably want to wrap the scarf around your face. the windchills in the single digits. for today, it's pretty decent. by lunchtime, 47 degrees and dry. by 4:00 p.m., you'll notice the cold air moving

blustery with windchills dropping into the teens in locations. yes. it's going to get very cold around here. we're watching a couple snow chances as well. we'll talk about that in a bit. let's head back inside to the warmth of the studio. melissa mollet is watching of the roads. >> i'll need to have warm tea ready for you. still an accident here this morning. it is on the shoulder. so it's looking better than it was. but just not great here this morning. we can see the delays. but it now is on the shoulder. brand new problem southbound 270 before 370. center of the road. we have two right lanes getting by this morning. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway. no issues, inner loop or outer loop. everything is rolling just fine. we're going to take a look. eun? >> melissa, thank you. it's 5:02. here's a look at your top story this morning. metro police are looking for two men you see in the photograp

monday night's shooting at the minnesota avenue metro station. one man was shot in the arm around 8:00 last night on the station's platform. he is expected to be okay. >> today the eyes of a nation will be on alabama as voters in that state choose their next senator. last night republican roy moore and democrat roy jones both held last minute campaign events. moore has been accused of acting inappropriately with teenage girls. he denies the allegations. polls open at 7:00 a.m. president trump is using an attempted suicide bombing in new york to push for his travel ban. yesterday a man attempted to detonate a suicide vest in the subway system. now both the president and attorney general jeff sessions want to stop the kind of visas they say the suspect used to enter the country. tracie potts will explain what kind of visa is embroiled in this controversy. multiple calls.

inside. >> you heard the dispatch call made sunday night. loudoun county firefighters could not rescue the person trapped inside the rural home. >> now, investigators are working to figure out what sparked the flames. right now, fire crews spending the day combing through what's left of the home in lovettsville. the inside of the home was gutted by the fire. the name of the person who died has not been released. no word on what caused the fire either. working for you heads up. check your smoke detectors. we spent the day with prince george's county firefighters. they installed new smoke detectors for free. maryland law, new one takes effect january 1st. it requires a smoke alarm to have a built-in battery that lasts ten years. a big change from the 9-volt battery dee tech tors most

>> i don't want to be homeless. this is a big help. >> the new detectors must be installed on every level of your home. call 311 to have a prince george's county firefighter install a new one in your home. firefighters finally received good news as they tried to control the wildfires in southern california. it could be weeks, though, even months before the fire is out. chris lawrence is in the newsroom with more. >> the wind whipping those flames across neighborhoods has turned and it's pushing the fire away from some of the communities in danger. it's also blowing some of the smoke out of the area allowing firefighters to actually see what's in front of them. that will help the aircraft which can't maneuver through the canyons filled with smoke. there's no rain in the forecast. that's what they really need. the fires have destroyed more than a thousand buildings, people under mandatory evacuation orders.

contained. still, you take all of new york city, that's how much land is burning. >> staggering, chris. thanks so much. people are doing what they can to help those affected bit fires. $3 million has been raised for southern california fire relief efforts. the website says 35,000 donations have come in from every u.s. state, puerto rico and other countries. there are new concerns about hate on a local school campus. at the university of maryland there have been 27 incidents of racial bias and discrimination this semester. that's according to a report to be released next week. discussions about this kind of hate have been happening inside classrooms. they think more has to happen so everyone feels safe. >> probably the best thing to do is have those interactive and difficult discussions and have members of community involved as

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what is the joy in taking innocent people and finding a way to -- it's not okay. >> you may have seen this social media post over the weekend. that is keaton jones visibly upset trying to describe to his mother how the kids at his knoxville, tennessee, middle school tease and bully him all the time. he says other students call him ugly and tell him he has no friends. well, he has a lot of friends now after his mother posted the video. people from all walks of life expressed concern for

including delanie walker and many others. he's invited to the opening of movies and concerts and a front row seat. he's had a lot of support from all over the country. he says he's as surprised as anyone else as to how much a hengs his video is -- attention his video is getting. >> makes me feel good that making a difference all around the world. gives them a voice they might not have to speak out about it. saying how it's not right. >> there was a bit of a twist in keaton's story after a wipictur of him standing next to a confederate flag. it didn't diminish support for him. it's been viewed more than 20 million times. i hope the overall message

that people get is that bullying is wrong. you have to take a stand. demanding action. women accusing the president much sexual misconduct. what they now want and why the white house says this is political theater. a shooting at a metro station on the platform. what are transit police doing about it to keep you safe? i'm adam tuss. i'll tell you about some of the tactics coming up. chuck bell, weather alert mode around here. maybe for the next couple of days. brace for impact. the arctic express arrives around lunchtime today. howling winds and falling temperatures. fee feels-like temperatures back in the teens. looks like the smartest kid in school, bring the heavy winter gear with you on the way out the door. delays on 66 and on 270 this morning. te spotshat will be the

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good morning everybody. don't be caught off guard. turning very windy. gusting over 30 miles per hour at times. be ready for falling temperatures as well. sheena has a ten-day forecast that's chilly. that's coming up in five minutes. chaos in metro. a shooting on a platform. the manhunt and the impact on riders now. late-night plea. jimmy kimmel brings out his baby and brings out all the stops. the serious message he wants you to hear. 14 before the hour right now. president trump is using an attempted suicide bombing in new york to push for his travel ban. >> both the president and attorney general ex jeff sessions want to stop the visas the suspect used to enter this country.

good morning. >> hi good morning. it was an f 4 visa, the kind of visa that allows you to come into the united states from a foreign country if you have family here. the president calls it chain migration. he wants to end it. he says that people coming into this country as immigrants would be better served, the u.s. would be better served under a system of merit immigration where people are allowed in based on points they get for speaking english, for having a job. for the skills they bring for levels of education. some here on capitol hill consider it discriminatory. after yet another terrorist event, the president is pushing for that. as a key part of immigration reform. >> tracie potts on the hill for us this morning. thank you. i'm chris lawrence at the live desk with breaking news. the nl

marshall faulk and others over allegations of sexual harassment. in a statement that the nfl spokesman put out, ike tailor and heath evans have been suspended from their duties at nfl network pending an investigation into some of these allegations. this story is developing. we'll update you as soon as we learn more. aaron, back to you. >> chris, thank you. now to the renewed focus on the president's past. three women are repeating claims that president trump acted inappropriately toward them before taking office. they say they're inspired by the me too movement. they say if the senate is investigating, congress should look at the president more closely. >> i want to believe as americans, we can put aside political inclinations, we will hold mr. trump to the same standard as harvey weinstein and the other men held accountable for their behavior. >> at least 16 women

they say they were vetted during a 2016 campaign and responded by electing president trump. many of us like to use ride sharing services like lyft, uber. probably you've never been attacked. d.c. police are looking for a driver who attempted to seeks ully assault a passenger. customers are shaken. >> i'm very disturbed by that. i have used uber. never lyft. always had a very good experience. so it makes all of us think about personal safety and what steps we can take to protect ourselves. >> a police report says the woman was able to escape from the car and the driver took off. police have not confirmed what ride share company it was. 5:49 our time right now. we have four things to know before you hail your next ride. plan ahead. know you

in mind. try to avoid waiting on the street if possible. you want to verify your driver. make sure you're getting into the right car. share your trip details with friends so they make sure you arrive safely at your destination. it's 5:50. metro transit police are looking for these two men on the screen right now. they say they're connected to a shooting that happened at the minnesota avenue metro station last night. one man was shot in the arm on the station's platform but is expected to be okay. police say there was an argument and then shots were fired sometime after 8:00 p.m. if you know anything about them, contact metro transit police. after that shooting, some metro riders are concerned about their safety. >> for more on that, adam tuss is live at the minnesota avenue metro station. adam, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. that shooting happening here on the platform last night. let me show you why metro thinks it has a leg up

does something bad. see these cameras. metro is one of the most wired systems in the entire world right now. they monitor so much. that is why transit police were able to quickly get information out about the suspect and information about who they might be and what exactly happened here. transit police really stepping up efforts across the system when it comes to improving your safety. there are actually things to tell you about the overall efforts when it comes to transit police and what they're trying to do to make sure these things don't happen. obviously crime has been a major focus for some time. here's some of the things they've been doing, actually. they've been putting police officers in high visibility uniforms. meaning that they're wearing bright yellow uniforms on platforms and in stations. they've done a crackdown on fair evasion and what that does is that leads to other arrests. because riders might be carrying a gun or something. metro says they've recovered those things. and then all of those things combined lead to mormon torg the

system which we were telling you about. live on the platform. police trying to figure out what happened. put the pieces together about the shooting last night. if you have any information, transit police would like to talk to you about that incident last night. back to you. adam tuss, live for us at the minnesota avenue metro station. thank you. all right. sheena is here talking about the blast of cold weather. i know you keep telling us, but i don't think until we feel it, we're going to realize how bad it's going to be. >> it hasn't hit me yet either. i'm forecasting it at this point. >> like noonish today, right? >> early. >> more like after, i would say, 4:00 p.m. we'll start feeling it. >> noon will be comfortable but breezy. still feel cooler, but i would say for most of your tuesday, we're not going to see the blusteriness that we'll see this afternoon. tuesday morning, this morning, dry and cold. now tuesday afternoon, that's when we start to see changes. getting blustery later tonight as well.

windchills. you definitely want to bundle up. you need the gloves and the star of. court exposed skin especially if you're outside for a long period of time. like waiting at the bus stop or waiting around. wednesday afternoon, we have a late snow chance. this is mostly actually wednesday evening. we'll show you that in a second. temperatures feel like the 30s. about the upper 30s in the district. feels like 5 in clinton. feels like 33 dulles. 33 manassas. future weather, this is the future feels-like temperature. watch as we drop off at 6:00 p.m. feeling like the teens. the wind will make a huge difference. by 7:00 a.m., the cold air locking in. coldest point of the day tomorrow morning with single digit windchills. some areas close to zero. then we go into tomorrow afternoon. still feeling below freezing. by tomorrow afternoon which is the warmest tiechlt day. here's future weather.

8:00 p.m. wednesday, the snow starts falling, mainly north of the district. sticking, too, on the untreated roids. it -- roads. maybe an inch or so north of the district, northern maryland. you have to stay tuned. the clipper systems move quickly. the timing could be changing a bit. we'll keep our eye on it for you. another chance into friday. so far the weekend looks decent. more details on the bitter cold headed our way coming up. let look at the roads on your tuesday morning. good morning, melissa. >> good morning, sheena. columbia pike at oak leaf drive. not too many details. police are just arriving on the scene. we'll get more information in the next couple of minutes in silver spring. red line single tracking between farragut north and dupont

cleared out of the way here. 66 no major issues. southbound 270 before 370, center of the road still blocked by the crash. still slow in the main lanes. beltway, overall, no major problems. taking a look at travel times, 270, slow because of what we saw there. 66 inbound, 95 north in virginia also looking all right. listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car today. more on this coming up. good morning. i'm leslie picker at cnbc med quarters. american express will no longer require customers to sign for their credit card purchases. the company says the change will take effect in april. frost fighting technology has advanced so much that signatures are obsolete. it follows similar announcement in recent months by master card and discover. with your morning business

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>> terror near times square. a bomb scare during the morning commute. what we're learning about the attack and the impact of security at a major travel destination. the stars hit the stage in washington. the reason some people had a late night this holiday season. good morning everyone. "news4 today" is working for you as we get you ready for this big chill. big. >> we have team coverage to help you get through the day ahead. justin finch is out live to help drivers prepare. first, though, let's get to the forecast with meteorologist chuck bell. yes, indeed. the cold air is only five or six hours away from reaching the d.c. metro area. southerly winds helped keep temperatures up overnight.