until tomorrow morning. storm team 4 is working for you this evening. doug kammerer is kicking off from the storm center. are there days that we are going to be suffering from this? >> in the next ten days, we've got seven that i believe are below freezing, right on through next week and starting off the new year on extremely frigid numbers. tomorrow is going to be an incredibly cold day. let's take a look and show you what we're dealing with now. you saw flurries on the camera shot. flurries going on in parts of northern virginia but the main system is off to the south and east. in hagerstown, 3 below zero. the wind continues to move in. we're in for a very cold night tonight and bitter windchills right on through tomorrow morning. and really all day long tomorrow. we're going to talk about our snow chances. they are not great but we'll tak

year. some of the coldest numbers that we've seen in a long time. much more in 10, 15 minutes. it could be worse, you could be living in erie, pennsylvania, where they are still trying to dig out after that record-breaking amount of snow. five feet has fallen there just since christmas. >> and cold is crippling chicago, temperatures hovering around zero. it's so cold that you can see steam in michigan and the chicago river. and skiers in colorado are enjoying the fresh powder. the heavy snow is pretty but it's also dangerous because much of the high country is now under an avalanche warning. it's only a matter of time before a significant snow does fall in our area. be prepared. download the nbc washington app right now to get the weather

>> new remarks from a close family member of the teen accused in a horrific double homicide. the 17-year-old is in critical condition after allegedly shooting scott fricker and his wife buckley kuhn-fricker in their reston, virginia home. he then turned the gun on himself. david culver is outside the family's home in reston. what have you learned today about the suspect's past? >> reporter: we got a lot new information, pat, that we gathered as we started the day at the other end of fairfax county where the teen suspect lives. the suspect, we know his name but we're not releasing it because he's a juvenile, for one, and police have not formally charged him. he's still in the hospital in critical condition. whether en when we went to that home, we

interviewed a woman who is very close to the suspect. she's a relative. she tells me that the suspect is mentally ill. this home sits on a quiet street. i walked up wanting to ask the teen suspect's family what might have motivated this shooting, were there warning signs that might have been missed. a woman, who's a very close family member, tells me she feels horribly for the victims, the fricker and kuhn families. the 17-year-old got into their home and scott buckley found them in their daughter's bedroom. police say the teen then shot and killed the couple before shooting himself. >> "caller advising her mother and father were shot. caller is still upstairs with her boyfriend." . shots fired. >> the suspect dated the couple's daughter for a couple months and they hadea

the boy was promoting naziism on the boy's media account. >> my daughter found out about it this past week and forbid their daughter to see him again. >> reporter: "the washington post" reports that back in october, neighbors found a swastika mowed into this field across from the family's home. >> i think it got covered up very quickly, i guess. somebody mowed the lawn and tried to take care of it. >> reporter: the teen suspect suffers from mental illness, she says. here we are five days after this tragedy. you can see behind me at the couple's home a growing memorial. in fact, about an hour ago, more people coming out in the cold to lay flowers down remembering the victims here. pat, wendy? >> such a tragic story. thank you. two cases months apart now appear connected. first, a construction

later a teenager is found dead. in that 13 gang members are at the center of these incidents. mark segraves was the first to report this connection between the cases. he's in silver springs this evening at the lot where this all started. back in october, there were houses on this lot that had to be taken down for purple line construction. when one of the purple line employees came into the house, he was confronted by members of the ms-13. the purple line employee was not harmed but he was surrounded by four men and at least one had a gun and another had a machete struck to his leg. he quickly called police but insisted that he would remain anonymous. inside they found

honoring the st. of death and a skeleton hanging from the ceiling. four members were arrested, including the three men pictured here. then, on christmas eve, one of the suspects not far from where we're standing was found murder inside this apartment building. 18-year-old jose herera was found shot to death just two days after he was released from jail on the previous incident. police do not have any suspects in herera's murder. a spokesman for the purple line don't believe gang members have been targeting their employees or their properties. mark segraves, news4. a razor-thin race for the virginia house remains up in the air tonight. the three-judge panel will decide what happens next. supporters of

fineman were outside of the courtroom. they are signs imploring them to throw out the ballot. if it's not thrown out, it will be decided by drawing names from a bowl. the balance of power is also sat stake. democrats and republicans will share power in the state's lower chamber if fineman wins. the first weekend in january, president trump will host house and senate gop leaders at camp david. trump will unveil his infrastructure plan in january and the president believes the issue can unite republicans and democrats. also, he plans to push for welfare reform in the new year. in a tweet he said, changes are needed because, quote, people are taking advantage of the system. we're working for you, helping to navigate all of the tax changes coming in this new year. o

their property taxes before that deduction cap goes into place. residents in the district, fairfax, montgomery and howard counties are allowed to pay early. chris gordon is live in fairfax to tell you what you need to know about this. chris? >> reporter: these fairfax county residents are taking advantage of extended hours here at the government sender to prepay those property taxes. the tax collectors are working until 6:30 tonight, tomorrow and friday night. and check or credit card at the counter. >> it looks like -- >> yes. >> reporter: drop boxes are eventually located around the government center for those who don't want to wait in line. >> you can go online where we have instructions in terms of writing and sending in a

we have an address and to who it needs to be sent to. you can also pay by certified funds in either the form of a cash or check or money order. in addition, you can pay electronically, through a transaction from your bank. >> reporter: it's the first day residents have the opportunity to prepay their property taxes. long lines wind through the hallway of the department of treasury in rockville. the wait is between 40 minutes and an hour. >> i was told it would probably be a good idea to go ahead and do this. >> reporter: even though the irs hasn't said whether the deduction would be recognized? >> yes. as long as they don't charge me double, i'll be okay. >> available here in rockville, if you want to pay by mail, you can get the formç online. >> they are on my department's website, the

department of finance. >> reporter: d.c. residents can prepay their property taxes online or at any wells fargo bank in the district. tomorrow, the prince george's county council will meet to consider allowing residents there to also prepay property taxes. if the measure passes, prince george's county will then announce the procedures it will put into effect. now, keep in mind, all of these jurisdictions are working against a december 31st year-end deadline and that's coming up on sunday. we are monitoring and following all of these developments and we'll keep you updated. wendy, back to you. >> when do we know if the irs will accept this next year? i mean, when do we know if the irs says prepaying it, you get to deduct it? >> reporter: well, that's a good question. we don't know now. nobody's indicated when that decision will be made. probably after the first of the year. >> all right. tha

>> right now, most of the rides at disneyland are back online after a major power failure today. people got stuck on dozens of attractions at the california theme park. a spokesperson says a transformer malfunction is to blame. this is one of the busiest times for disneyland. people are not only celebrating the christmas holiday but they are gone there to ring in the new year. video you'll only see on news4. bags searched at the height of the christmas rush and what was found inside that caused such a commotion. the cdc says the flu is now widespread in virginia and maryland. but you've already gotten your shot. what this means for you if you have and if you haven't. coming up. plus, 2017 is ending on a frigid note. when we could also see some

we're staying on top of this bitter blast of cold air and temperatures are in the 20s now. it's only going to get colder from here and that's not the only winter weather we're tracking. storm team 4 will tell us what the chances are of getting snow later in the week. doug will join us here in a few minutes. but flu is surging here in our area. doctors are warning this is a particularly bad year for this virus. >> this shows activity map in

maryland. >> doctors will tell you what to do if do you get the flu. >> does there seem to be a lot of this around these days? the peak season for influenza is upon us. it goes from december to february and it's already on the rise. in fact, in maryland and virginia, the cdc calls it widespread. the cdc breaks down flu levels into five categories, no activity, sporadic, local, that's where d.c. is, regional and widespread. maryland and virginia are among 23 states reporting widespread flu. did you get your flu shot? >> yes, i did. >> reporter: did you? >> we did and so far we're doing well. >> reporter: is the shot helping the flu stay at bay? >> the vaccine is obviously not 100% effective. in fact, this year it's

been in the past but it's still strongly recommended that everyone receive the vaccine so we can decrease the total number of cases of flu. >> reporter: there's already been more than 7,000 confirmed cases of the flu across the u.s. and double than this time amount last year. the cdc recommends anyone over the age of six months to get a flu shot, especially the elderly and children. did you get your flu vaccine? >> yes. >> reporter: how about here? >> we did. >> reporter: nobody's been sick this season? >> knock on wood, no, not yet. >> reporter: remember to wipe down surfaces and wash your hands. a lot. last year, there was a 42% effective rate. erika gonzalez, news

out of those who have had the flu, most say they got the flu shot. and here's another good reminder for you. show you how fun life is in the wintertime. you know when you leave your car running so it warms up? don't do that. fairfax county police arrested these two guys for stealing a car a few days before christmas. the homeowner says she left it running in her driveway, didn't lock the doors and when she came back, it was out of there. officers located the car a few blocks away and took the suspects into custody. the one on the left is wearing a shirt that says "trust me." we all thought that was funny. not only is car warming, warming up your car dangerous, it could also be illegal. in maryland, cars are only allowed to idle for up to five minutes unless you're stuck in traffic or have mechanical issues. in the district, gas or

minutes if the temperature is below 32 degrees. there's also a hefty $1,000 fine if you idle longer. and in virginia, it only applies to public vehicles. i don't know how they enforce that. >> i see you warming up over there. >> they want to warm up their car because it's so cold. >> yeah. they are coming with automatic starters, which really does help to get the car up and running. it's going to be one of those times where you're going to need that or maybe you want to get the car started up and you head back in for a few minutes and get the car warming because temperatures in the next few days will not get above freezing. friday and saturday is the warmest day. only for a high of 36 on friday. right now, it is frigid. temperatures 27 degrees. wind out of the north at 15 miles per hour.

too. current temperatures right now in gaithersburg, 23. 25 in manassas and winchester. when you add up that wind, and we've seen it gust up to 20 miles per hour this afternoon, these are the windchills. 8 in winchester. 7 in hagerstown. really frigid numbers and it will be colder when you wake up tomorrow morning. no rain. snow is still trying to come down into stafford county. the bigger storm system passes down to our south. once again, to our south. this is going to be the scenario here. the cold air and high pressure dominating and that area of high pressure is sending all of the storms to our south and it won't give us the big storms that we get this time of year. we're going to stay fairly dry. a few chances of snow but nothing very big. now, tonight, by 7:00, notice

digit. stepping out the front door, notice these windchills. that's 11:00 tonight. statement deal. 3 in gate theithersburg, 7 in d. stepping out the door will be a cold day for sure. and then same deal goes for around noon tomorrow. that's going to be the case for the next week or so. windchill advisory, not in the d.c. metro area. we have to get down to below minus 10 and well back to the south, windchill advisory until 8:00 a.m. and it's not going to be that kind of threshold. ten below, we may get there next week. a high tomorrow of 28 degrees. breezy and cold and chills in the teens. 36 for a high on friday. flurries are possible. better chance of snow showers. this is not an

snowfall by any means. 33 degrees on saturday. new year's eve and new year's day, another system comes and brings us colder air. 15 for an overnight low on monday. 12 for an overnight low on tuesday. starting off on an extremely cold note and notice how many days we have below freezing. i told you last week, it's going to be one of those times where the potomac freezes over. right into next week. >> pretty cold. thank you, doug. thieves are stealing a whole lot of packages these days. >> and one woman was so sick of it, she decided to take measures into her own hands and used her cat to fight back. go kitty go. >> got to see this story. plus, former president obama gives his first interview since leaving office. what the 44th president is revealing

the library of congress is cutting back on its twitter chime. just select tweet. this deems historically important. like president trump's tweet. it's no longer 140 characters and its videos more people tweeting.

up. it's collected 12 years of public tweets. and a woman out in san francisco is really thinking outside of the box. the leer box, that is. she explains how she used her cats to come up with the perfect surprise for some would-be thieves. >> the cats steal the show inside her house. outside, thieves are stealing packages. >> i get a little thing from amazon saying your package is delivered and i run down stairs and there's nothing there and i check my video and i'm like, really? >> reporter: she says package thi thieves are trolling her neighborhood. last week after her cat's medicine was stolen, she decided it was time to make a stink. >> my cat was sick and i'm like, this would be really nasty to leave this for peop.

>> reporter: they left two packages out on christmas eve and four on christmas day. they were all stolen. >> i didn't think anyone would steal packages on christmas eve or christmas, but they did, all six of them. >> reporter: she's hoping the kitty litter makes an impact. >> i feel bad because obviously they are in a situation where they are stealing but i hope they look at all packages a little more and don't think we're just easy pickings here. >> clever. >> maybe they'll bring it back. there are a few steps you can take to try to beat porch pi pirates, like signing up for an alert. >> and you can have it shipped to your work or require a signature. >> if a package is stolen, call the shipping company right away and let them know. a surprise for a holiday traveler at a local ait

claim after he landed. what he had in his bag that caused so much commotion. counting down to 2018. what a beer maker has to do with just how much you pay for that ride home. plus, frosty and frigid and it's only getting colder from here. a closer look at the exeme, tr

the big stories we're following on this wednesday, a close family member of that teenager who teenager who's accused of killing that couple in reston. she said the suspect is suffering from mental illness. scott and buckley fricker were killed in their home. the suspect was dating their daughter. a spike in the number of cases in this region for the flu. doctors tell us the vaccine is not as effective as it has been in past years. the best way to protect yourself is wipe down surfaces and wash your hands. we're in for a frigid night. temperatures are in the 20s now and that doesn't count the windchill. it's so cold that the district is it taking special precaution to use the homeless to more warmer places. and it's going to feel like the single digits when you step

outside tomorrow. >> doug, we're going to have to hunker down for a while. >> a lot of people got coats on. i got one for christmas and maybe gloves and hats. below freezing for much of the next ten days or longer. 23 degrees in gaithersburg. we already have windchills below 15 degrees. it's going to be an incredibly cold night tonight. tomorrow morning, winds, 10 to 20 miles per hour. gusts to 25. feeling like zero to ten degrees. it will stay below freezing and as i mentioned the next ten days, too, much more on this and we'll talk about your new year's eve on sunday and monday. that's when colder air moves in. see you back here in 15 minutes. >> thank you, doug. a holiday traveler passing through dulles airport is now in

jail. >> scott macfarlane has the story and video that you'll only see on news4. >> reporter: a man is accused of trying to smuggle $12,000 in phony $100 bills. news4 was there when customs and border protection officers pulled him into a holding cell and then pulled every item from salazar's checked baggage. a special agent said diaz salazar was knowingly trying to smuggle the fake money from colombia. they say they questioned and searched international passengers in part to help stop smugglers. >> they are looking for narcotics and currency

ammunition, guns, trying to stop terrorists coming in. so we have a multifacet job that we do. >> records show that this is at least the seventh counterfeit cash smuggling case at dulles in 2015. he has pleaded not guilty but he's being held without bond until trial and also faces deportation back to colombia. scott macfarlane, news4. pat, back to you. >> thank you, scott. the bright light at times square was bouncing off of hundreds of crystal triangles. this year, 288 new triangles were added. a gift of serenity design. each triangle weighs 7 ounces and can withstand all sorts of weather. the ball drops sunday night in the big apple. as we get ready for the new year, lots of people are

year's eve and the good news is that metro will be opened late. the bad news is, you have to pay for your ride this year. transportation reporter adam tuss helps you make your plans. >> reporter: three extra hours of metro rail service for new year's eve. it happens on sunday this year and metro normally closes at 11:00 p.m. but now for new year's eve, metro will be open until 2:00 a.m. just a couple of days away until 2018 and metro riders making their plans for celebrating safely. >> the first thing i think about whenever i go out for new year's, yeah, is where we're going and how we're going to go there and back. >> reporter: in recent years, miller and coors has sponsored late-night rail service so it was a free trip for riders after midnight but that's not happening this year. that means you'll have to pay to catch a ride on metro. this rider says she's thankful that the late-night service is

>> i think it's great to provide people with an opportunity without having to drive and to be safe catching the metro. >> reporter: here's what you need to know. metro will be opened until 2:00 in the morning on new year's eve. there won't be any track work, so that's good news. and customers will have to pay to catch a late-night ride. security is going to be keeping an eye on everything and even though the rail system will be opened until 2:00 in the morning, the last train times vary by station and be sure to check the last time of the train that leaves the station. now, metro says last year well over 13,000 riders took advantage of late-night rail service for new year's eve. so plenty of people rely on this option. back to you. d.c. water is trying to find ways to lower customers' bills by getting into the invention business. a team of researchers are looking to find ways to solve problems and create new ideas for d.c. water to test and

now the utility is going the extra mile to try to market and sell the services to other water systems and eventually to private customers. d.c. water already holds about a dozen patents. >> what we are doing at d.c. water is very aggressive and it hasn't generated much water but we've created our own intellectual property for new technologies that we have helped invent. >> it's something that they have to get rid of anyway but they found a way to turn it into something that people will pay for. coming up at 6:00, we'll show you what that is and how they do it. you didn't get that sack of money you wanted for christmas, but don't give up hope. two chances to win a big holiday jackpot but you've got to act quick. plus, celebrities run into problems on airplanes, too. the

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hopes that seedlings can be planted. chelsea grew up in the white house and in a tweet she says she treasured that tree. well, we have two big year-end lotteries coming up this week. lots of excitement at the official d.c. lottery store inside union station. tonight's powerball drawing is 337 million and then friday's mega million's jackpot is still growing. right now it's about $306 million. a christmas miracle that was too good to be true? a computer glitch led lottery players to believe they held winning tickets. there were angry and disappointed people wednesday morning. they were there to collect their prizes. some thought they had one thousands of dollars. >> when i got those tickets i thought,

paid for, my bills paid for, everything. >> the south carolina lottery says it will make a decision about the tickets on friday. so what happens when a prince and a president sit down for a chat? >> the revealing new interview between prince harry and former president obama. what the former commander in chief says about social media and what he said about inauguration day. and coming up, i'll tell you what happened and why officers are being honored as heroes. and we're in for a cold night tonight. take a look at the current windchill temperatures. 15 in washington already feeling about minus 1 and colder air is moving in. it's going to be extremely cold as we start 2018.

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well, when there's five feet of snow on the ground, a snowplow is not enough. bobcats are digging out the snow. ron allen is in erie to explain why the town is about to break another record. >> reporter: it's a snowstorm for the ages. there's an incredible amount of snow on the ground. 60 inches, five feet in some places. people say they haven't seen a storm this bad in 50 years. it's not over yet because there's more snow in the forecast. they could break a record and have 100 of inches fall in the month of december. we'll have more coming up in a live report shortly. >> we're having a bobcat discussion. >> those are the little ones. >> yeah, for the sidewalks and

we did have a good video at 4:00. you need it all when you get five feet of snow. >> what are we going to need on new year's? >> here's what we're going to need for our snow. nothing. today it was really pretty. it snowed for one to two hours. it was light snow. it didn't accumulate because it was coming down so lightly across our region. next couple of days, we got a chance for more but the big deal is the cold. 27 degrees and dropping. this is the temperature, not the windchill. by 11:00, it's 19 degrees. it's going to be a cold night tonight. the windchill is going to be a bigger factor. 7 in hagerstown. 18 in leesburg. 15 is the current windchill in the d.c. metro area. winds are a factor right on through early tomorrow. stillç seeing some snow shower and flurries down to the south and around stafford a

woodbridge. but that's really it. it's part of a bigger system that came through earlier. again, the bulk of the energy has stayed down to the south and east. that's the trend over the next couple of days because of an area of high pressure and a deep trough of low pressure. that allows all of the cold air to come on down and they have a better chance of seeing snow in central georgia than we do here over the next four to seven days. so not a great chance with this next system. it will be farther to our south and east. what everybody gets is the cold. that will set us up for a cold day tomorrow and even colder for new year's. let's go over to amelia. >> putting the forecast together earlier in the week, looking at the numbers i was thinking clam someh wd

7 in washington. 5 in frederick. 8 degrees in culpeper. the one saving grace tomorrow, at least we have plenty of sunshine in the forecast. your feels-like temperatures through january 1st, it's going to be during the afternoon when it will feel the warmest. tomorrow afternoon, feeling about 20 degrees. friday and saturday, our windchill temperatures are around 25. and then another arctic blast moves in on sunday with feels-like temperatures around 15 and monday starting off 2018 only feeling about 5 to 10 degrees afterwards and that is during the afternoon hours. so if you have plans to be out on new year's eve, take a look at your planner. temperatures in the 20s and falling into the teens by midnight. with a bit of a breeze outdoors during the evening hours, it will feel like we're in the teens and then during the day on january 1st, a high of 24 with a bit of a breez

between 5 and 10 degrees. we didn't even have a temperature as cold at 24 degrees in 2017 and that's how we're starting off the new year. >> starting off on a cold note for sure. just looking at the next ten days here, the hottest day we have is 36 on friday. that's 10 degrees below average. but that's it. most every other day we're talking about 20 only. look at the teens here. some of you see actuallies ne l. we have a 40% of snow showers. and of course it's something we'll watch for. one thing for sure, get ready to bundle up. >> thank you, doug. since leaving the white house, we've seen former president obama out there on the campaign trail. >> but he hasn't spoken with a reporter one-on-one until today. the person asking

was britain's prince harry. >> leon has more. >> the conversation aired on bbc. it was recorded back in september. these two sat down and talked about legacy, the emotions of leadership and one particularly especially timely topic, decisiveness on social media. >> fake news and trolling, major social issues. >> right. >> is there more that you could have done as president to get ahead of some of these issues? >> all of us in leadership have to find ways in which we can recreate a common space on the internet. it's also, by the way, harder to be as obnoxious and cruel in person as people can be anonymously on

>> president obama didn't mention president trump by name but he did reflect on the day he handed power over to the trump administration. >> you sat through the inauguration with your game face on. what was going through your mind? >> the sense that there was a completion and that we had done the work in a way that preserved our integrity and left us whole. that was mixed with all the work that was still undone and, you know, overall there was a serenity there more than i would have expected. >> they have had a solid relationship in the past. harry created the invictus games for injured military members to

compete. >> i thought it was important for me if i was talking to a wu wounded warrior for them to understand that as commander in chief, even though i am responsible for ordering them into a war theater, that i didn't take it lightly and that the wounds that they had received were ones that i honored. >> in case you were wondering, prince harry doesn't have his own radio show. he was serving as the guest editor. there's something that happens when people of the same stature get a chance to sit down and talk and that's exactly what we saw happen in that conversation. >> that's one thing i love about radio, there's more of an intimacy there. >> and you can feel it coming through. >> yeah. >> interesting to hear his insights as well. >> absolutely. now that he's free to talk, it's nice to see him unwinding like this. >> uh-huh.

for the fifth year in a row, barack obama is the most admired man. president trump came in second. this is his third time on the list. pope francis takes the third spot. the title of most admired woman, hillary clinton. five years in a row in the top spot. but the percentage of american who is admire her keeps dropping. this year she earned 9%. five years ago she won with 16%. a group of prince george's county corrections officers will tell you they were just doing their job but to the rest of us, what they were doing was heroic. news4's amy cho explains how they jumped into action. >> reporter: every day, corrections officers report to work to keep people safe and every day remind each other to be safe. but one day a few weeks ago it was a prisoner who needed to be saved. >> we had a detainee that had hung himlf

>> reporter: the officers jumped into action and saved the man's life. this morning, those officers are being recognized for what they did. they say they would have done it for anyone. >> regardless of what he's done or his charges or whatever, it is our job to protect and promote. >> everybody is treated the same here, so all of us tried our best to do everything to make sure everybody is safe. >> they are not sure whether the prisoner knows that it's them who saved them or if he's grateful but they say that's not the point. >> one of the biggest takeaways is the importance of cpr. everyone should know how to do it because you'll never know when it will come in handy. amiee cho, news4. >> we all need to know that. how far do you think you can get on a flight

hours long? try no where. a flight had to be turned around and went back to square one and every moment was documented on social mdia bye

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patients to work out twice a week that may improve thinking ability and memory. the new guidelines did not advise any dietary guidelines or medication. john legend and chrissy teigen have finally touched down in tokyo. they were on the no where flight from l.a.x. to l.a.x. a crew realized there was an unauthorized passenger on board after four hours. teigen looked into the whole thing. gad d gadi schwartz is looking into what went wrong. >> reporter: a flight made a u-turn returning to l.a.x. just after four hours because of an unauthorized person on board. this caused confusion among passengers. >> hey, guys, chrissy teigen here reporting live. >> reporter:

chrissy teigen. she live tweeted to her followers about the incident as it unfolded writing, "a flying first for me. four hours into an 11-hour flight and we are turning around because we have a passenger who isn't supposed to be on this plane." passengers were told that someone boarded a plane with a united airlines ticket. we are on ana. and trademark tongue in cheek, she added, so basically the boarding scanner just registers to nowhere ana released a statement overnight making no specific mention of a ticket from united airlines but explains the incident this way. during the flight, the cabin crew became aware that one of the passengers boarded the incorrect flight and notified the pilot. as part of the airline security procedure, the pilot decided to return to the originating airport where the passengers with disembarked.

statement, "why did we all get punished for this mistake." flight time equals 8:20. >> john and chrissy have finally landed and had another three-hour connection but decided to cancel that. chrissy, who is pregnant, tweeted, for obvious reasons. our news continues now with wendy and leon. inside the mind of a local teenager who is accused of killing his girlfriend's parents in reston. some question if red flags were missed in the month before the

killing. >> and people are scrambling to pay their property taxes ahead of the new law. >> first at 6:00, bone-chilling cold. d.c.'s emergency plan goes into effect within the hour and offering shelter to people in need. >> temperatures are falling below freezing. wells are in the single digits. >> and be glad you're not in erie, pennsylvania, as the city digs out from that record snowfall. more than five feet in two days. and there's more on the way for erie. >> that is crazy. in minnesota, further to the north, they are used to the cold up there but today the temperatures fell to 36 degrees below zero. and that crushed the record there. more on that in a moment. but first, here's doug with a look at what is happening. doug? >> that is just an awesome time lan lapse towards minnesota.