colder. >> thank you for that. thank you for cheering us up to start the hour. we have a storm moving in tonight, folks, that could bring some snow for some of us tomorrow. doug is here now to break all of that down for us. doug, what's the word? >> the word right now, you continue to mention the cold and now, yes, the snow, too. some wind out there today. you saw the flag blowing by union station. not blowing all that much, but still a little bit of a wind chill out there. take a look at the current numbers, down to 17. right now in the city we're at 12, in hagerstown 5, state college the cold air it is in place. it is here and now all we need is a little bit of moisture. that's what we're going to get, a little bit of moisture. nothing out there now. the snow making its way down across portions of cincinnati, close to west virginia now. winter weather advisory is in effect for them but not for us. how much are you going to see in your area? i'm going to time it out, and take you hour by hour for the ♪ overnight and the cold air rushing right back in behind this system for new year's. see you back here in about ten minutes. >> you got it, doug. in the meantime let's go to the

following as an fbi raid unfolds in sterling, virginia. chopper4 over the scene for several hours now. >> this is right off of courtyard square, and tonight we are learning more about the people who live in that town home and we are gathering reaction from neighbors. news4's jackie bensen first on the scene, she's there live now with developments. what have you learned? >> reporter: well, wendy, we can tell you this scene is still a very active one. chopper4, i believe, is going to show us some live pictures where you will be able to see a large white van. that is what the agents are using as almost a mobile office here as they go in and out of this one town house. we can see that they are looking at what appears to be a computer inside there. now, this began about 2:00 this afternoon. dozens of fbi and other local law enforcement vehicles here. all we know is that it is in connection with a warrant that comes from the eastern district of virginia, and thatis

authorized law enforcement operation. that is the only official word that we have been given about what is going on here. now, obviously this is a very quiet complex here, condominium complex. we are told that the people in that town house just moved in in july, and people here are very, very concerned. they want to know what's going on. here's what one of them had to say to us earlier. >> when i pulled up from work, i just saw all the under cover cars and then i was like, oh, my god, what is pap going on? i saw all the fbi jackets. this is really serious. >> just got home from work actually and just saw, i thought everybody was parking because of a snowstorm, probably coming, and then the helicopter worried me a little. >> reporter: now, what we have seen are agents carrying out boxes. but as to the reason for serving this search warrant, what they are looking for, no information has been made available to us about that.

live in sterling, jackie bensen, news4. >> well, a convicted felon with a violent past is the man behind the mayhem on i-95 yesterday. stafford county deputies say gregory lee killed his wife and led police on a chase and then shot himself before crashing his suv. his path of destruction has police shocked that more people weren't seriously injured. news4's david culver has a closer look at the take down live along i-95 in evening. david? >> reporter: wendy, the stafford county sheriff tells me that as he reflects on this incident, he's got mixed emotions. part of him is deeply saddened by the fact that a mother was shot and killed. she was the suspect's wife, 36-year-old melissa d. lee. now, the other part of him is relieved, grateful, even, that his deputy and the other law enforcement involved were not seriously hurt and survive

when you look at the deputy's cruiser, follow the bullet path. from the windshield into the driver's seat, you can see the frayed head rest where the bullet pierced through. incredibly, the deputy sitting in that seat, alive and well. >> they were so professional and they conducted themselves based on the way they were trained and did a phenomenal job, and we know there was some divine intervention involved. you're talking about a matter of inches. >> reporter: stafford county sheriff david decatur, surprised with the aftermath 42-year-old gregory lee died in the shooting spree and highway chase. >> this guy put a lot of people in harms way and in jeopardy. >> shooting of a person on heron drive. >> reporter: it started around 11:20 yesterday morning. lee shot his wife three times in the heron drive apartment, and took off. >> a black ford suv occupied by gregory lee is involved in a shooting coming from the area of plantation off

state trooper spotted lee. >> northbound on 138. >> reporter: lee pulled out a gun and started shooting at them on the highway. >> shots fired! >> reporter: neither state police nor deputies fired back. deputies believe lee shot himself. we learned today deputies had previously chased lee. >> he violently rammed one of our deputy's cars in 2005 and he was taken into custody. >> reporter: a search of lee's past court record show several offenses, one of them a 2008 guilty plea for assault and battery on a law officer. the question that remains tonight, why? what would have sparked what was a violent chase and why that initial shooting and killing of lee's wife? it's something deputies are still looking into. we do know, wendy and leon, that the couple leaves behind three children. >> that's tough. >> that's just terrible. >> thank you, david. >> that's terrible. thank you, david. a man was

out of a car just off i-295 during an initial police investigation. armani coles died. they are trying to find out where he was shot and the circumstances surrounding his homicide. the investigation stalled traffic on 295 and new york avenue as you might expect. new clues coming in tonight about a second person killed this week in a fiery crash. ganzi was from la plata, he was a passenger in the mercedes that crashed into a tree and then exploded on rosehill road the day after christmas. three people died in the crash. the driver, eric moss, was identified there at the scene. detectives still trying to figure out exactly the name of the third victim and figure out what caused the crash to begin with. >> a series of house fires in maryland leaving some people homeless and causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages. first in brentwood, nine

after flames raced through this home off 39th street today. chopper4 over the scene a few hours ago, that fire started on the first floor, spread to the roof, didn't injure anyone. a separate fire in aspen hill, now being blamed on a faulty furnace in one of the units. 60 people, including 30 children, had to evacuate last night after this fire at the apartment building off georgia and hewett avenue. management said they do have space to house everyone who was displaced. and montgomery county alone, fires have displaced 1900 people, caused nearly a million dollar in damage in just the past few days. but most people got out safely because of working smoke detectors. in maryland a new law will be taking effect on january 1st. your home must have a smoke detector that is less than ten years old. that is because the technology has changed and new detectors have batteries that last

if you break the rules, you could face time in jail or a fine. only a couple days left to donate to charity and write it off before the new tax law takes effect. >> that's right. charities now seeing a big end of the year boost. some, though, worry this tax change could hurt donations in the long run. news4's chris gordon working for you with last-minute donation rush. >> reporter: the long line of cars snakes through the parking lot of good will in arlington. donated items are unloaded, receipts are given so those who itemize can take a tax deduction. but the new tax law doubles the standard deduction. that could result in fewer people taking charity deductions. nonprofit organizations could see a dip in their donations next year. >> we'll continue to give, but, you know, maybe not as much. >> reporter: good will sells the donated items, using the money for job training and employment services for people with dili

>> the new tax law may impact middle class donors who itemize their tax deductions. however, you know, we believe that washingtonians will continue to be donors and it won't impact in a measurable way. >> reporter: in d.c., the organization some, so others might eat, feeds and clothes people in need. it also has a medical and dental clinic and offers other services like addiction treatment. >> we've had several people call and tell us that they want to make their donation ahead of time this year for 2018. so, they're doubling up on some of their donations. >> reporter: the salvation army and alexandria uses the sale of donated items in its store to run its 109-bed rehabilitation facility for men who live here and get job training for six months. >> if donations were to go down, it would be harder for us to do our job here and to take care of the men that come seeking our help. >> reporter: the salvation ay

lines open all day saturday and sunday for last-minute donations. reporting from northern virginia, chris gordon, news4. >> in an impromptu rambling lunch time interview with "the new york times," president trump dished on the russia investigation. blayne alexander on capitol hill. blayne, the president denied coy lugs a -- collusion and said he thinks he'll be treated fairly. >> reporter: wendy and pat, he denied it six times during the interview with "the new york times." he also talked about the russia investigation and he says he believes it's bad for america, but he also said that as of now, he has no plans to interfere. president trump greeting service members at his florida golf club, but in an interview with "the new york times," taking shots at the investigation into russian election meddling led by special counsel robert mueller, saying it makes the country look very bad and it puts the country in a very bad s

doesn't bother me because i hope that he's going to be fair. i think that he's going to be fair. a departure from some republicans in recent weeks who have questioned the investigation's credibility. >> this is disgusting, unaccountable bias. >> i think the public trust in this whole thing is gone. >> reporter: public opinion pretty evenly divided. and nbc news/"wall street journal" poll showing 38% of americans believe there was collusion between russia and the trump campaign, while 35% say no. and in the interview, president trump insisting again there was none. >> [ inaudible ]. >> no, i'm not, no. >> reporter: but critics caution that's not set in stone. >> his definition of fairly has evolved over time. he conditioned his support for the mueller probe on this fair treatment, which i think he will be the ultimate judge of. >> reporter: as for the justice department, president trump said that he has the absolute right to get

and already four people are facing charges in that investigation, including, of course, michael flynn, the president's former national security advisor. wendy? >> blayne alexander. thank you, blayne. the count down to the new year is on, see the unprecedented security measures taking shape in the big apple. >> plus the tragic mistake after a toddler is blamed for causing new york city's deadliest fire in decades. >> and from mink coats to gold teeth, bowling balls. this is a few of the unusual things holiday travelers left behind at airport security. >> you've done that before, haven't you? >> i always remember the bowling ball. >> all right. and you've heard about smartphones, but what about smart traffic signals? ole new technogy that could

12 lives lost after flames ripped through an apartment building in the bronx in new york, among the victims a baby and four members of a single family. as nbc's chris palone reports, investigations -- investigators, rather, believe that a toddler playing with burners on a stove sparked the whole thing. >> reporter: a dozen people are dead and fdny investigators say a young boy is to blame. >> we found that this fire started in the kitchen

it started from a young boy, 3 1/2 years old, playing with the burners on the stove. >> reporter: the fire broke out in a bronx apartment building thursday night. investigators say it spread quickly to other floors when the young boy's mother left her apartment door open as she escaped with her children. >> fire travels up the stairway acted like a chimney. it took the fire so quickly upstairs that people had very little time to react. >> reporter: the fast-moving flames forced dozens onto fire escapes and into the street, enduring brutal cold as firefighters tried to rescue them. joel rodriguez made it out alive. >> jacked out the ac, threw it on the sofa, had my wife get out. >> reporter: 170 firefighters spent two hours battling the flames. the oldest victim 56, the youngest just eight months. >> there were a lot of people coming out on

burned. >> reporter: excludesing september 11th, it was the deadliest fire in new york city in more than 20 years. >> we have people who have lost their lives, lost their homes, lost their -- lost everything, and we grieve with them. >> reporter: firefighters arrived three minutes after the first call for help. it was already too late for many victims of this fast-moving fire. chris palone, nbc news, new york. >> the biggest party of the year is now one day away and the crystal ball is installed. the number 18 is in place. and new york city is ready to ring in the new year. this is a live look at times square. the n.y.p.d. says security is going to be unprecedented this year. more officers than ever patrolling the crowd sunday night. an estimated 2 million people expected to gather there. police are banning back packs and large cannisters. all garbage cans are being removed. vapor sniffing dogs will help root out any explosives.

>> last year we're putting out more dogs, more observation teams with sniper capabilities. you'll see an increase in heavy weapons, bomb squad personnel and cameras. >> 125 parking garages near times square closed, sealed. sand filled trucks are going to block the streets. the n.y.p.d. is also keeping a close eye on hotels that overlook times square. d.c. doesn't have a big public celebration such as new york, but the police department is prepared for many private parties here in our town. only news4 talked to d.c. police chief pete about the d.c. area. officers will be on patrol. >> new year's eve, like big eemts we have in the city, joint operations command center will be up. we'll have somebody there in the event something happens. we don't anticipate that. we anticipate a good weekend. >> of

on new year's eve. it is going to be so cold that fredericksburg has now canceled its new year's eve family fun night because it's going to be quite cold, doug. >> we're going to find out if the vapor sniffing dogs can work when it's that cold outside. do your nose -- does your nose work when it's pink? >> i heard they can go way down to like minus 30. i've heard that. i don't know. >> really? >> i can hear e-mails coming in now. >> i'm not sure. >> setting you both straight. >> we're not minus 30, but we will be below zero sunday night into monday when we ring in the year as far as the wind chill is concerned. a very big factor there if you're going to be out and about on your sunday night. right now take a look towards liberty ski resort. they are loving this. >> how pretty. >> absolutely loving this. they've got the ski rink -- the skating rink there which they actually put in last year. and they have most of the mountain open now. it's amazing with this cold air they're able to make so much sno

it last week. they were able to put 2 feet of snow on the entire run and open it in one day. that's how much snow they were able to make out there at liberty mountain. i think i might be heading up there tomorrow. if you want to head somewhere closer, nation a l harbor, a great place to go still for the holidays all lit up. gaylord national. you've got ice there until january 1st. now, 26 degrees, winds out of the north at 9 miles per hour. you know we're dealing with a bit of a wind chill. temperatures are on the cold side. we've been below freezing. any snow that develops tonight, any snow that falls is going to stick. it is going to stick around for a while, too. on the radar now we're dry. notice back to the west, this little ring of moisture right here, what's going to happen is you're going to see this come across like this and then it's going to pivot right across our region and then head back out towards the northeast. so, we're actually in a pretty good region for this storm to bring us some snow fall. now, it's not going to be a lot but we are going to see it.

here's 11:00 tonight. some cloud cover around the area. by 1:00, 2:00, notice the snow around most of the area. notice where it's not. fredericksburg, waldorf south ward. maybe some flakes for you, but that is it. the snow kicking up around 4:00, 5:00 a.m., you can see it coming down in parts of maryland, d.c. north and eastward. it is just about out of here for everybody by 9:00, 10:00. we could see snow showers on the backside from this storm system as it moves on through. what else will we see behind this on the backside? oh, much colder air. the wind comes in and, boy, does it get brutal on saturday night into sunday. okay, how much snow we're going to see? well, d.c. annapolis, warrenton places to the north, less than an inch, maybe up to an inch in some isolated areas. one to 2 inches winchester, hagerstown, ski resorts, you might want to give yourself extra time for that. as we head through the day tomorrow, high

that's warm compared to where we've been. this is the warm est, 36, near 10 degrees below average, it is the warm est day i have on the entire ten-day forecast. that is just a brutally cold ten-day forecast for our area. much more like, i don't know, detroit. detroit. >> detroit. >> on the cold side for sure, guys. >> wow. >> apple says it is sorry. now the tech giant is trying to win back customers after reports surfaced that some of the company's software upgrades were actually slowing down your iphone. >> and when something is wrong in your neighborhood, who are you going to call? next and only on news4 tonight, the story behind the dump busters. eho they ar

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when there is ach trash out there in your neighborhood, who you gonna call? dump busters. it's a new group cracking down on people w40678 been iho have out everything from toxic debris to waste. >> those who get caught do face stiff penalties, but they have to be caught. mark segraves has the story you're only going to see on news4. take a look. >> ror

themselves the dump butters, a team made up of d.c. police officers, department of public works inspectors, and staffed with the d.c. department of energy and environment. >> i just want to drop this off. we're with department of energy and environment. we have a dumping hot spot back there as you know. >> reporter: their mission? track down the people responsible for illegal dumping, like this. and this. and this. >> it's not fair. because the neighborhood absolutely deserves better than that. >> reporter: they work with residents to identify what they call hot spots. then they deploy hidden cameras. >> we get a multitude of things. we get tag numbers, we get faces, we get, you know, everything. we get clothing, look outs, all that from the pictures. and from there we just go into usual police investigative techniques and find out who did it. >> reporter: and they have a lot of success in tracking down those responsible for the ill dumping. >> in the last year i've been doing this we probably locked up approximately 30 people from doing it. we actually arrested an individual who dump

55-gallon barrel of oil of antifreeze and contaminants. it was close to the anacostia river so you can imagine how bad that would be for the wildlife around here and i brought him to justice. >> reporter: and that justice can be stiff. >> we catch you dumping out of a vehicle, we have the right to take the vehicle from you. in some cases we have the violator come and clean up his own illegal dumping. >> reporter: there is also jail time and you can lose your driver's license or your business license. and there are fines. big fines. >> in prior years we had $40,000 in fines. that consists of any illegal dumping, consists of hazardous waste. >> reporter: the dump busters program started out as a pilot program in northeast d.c., and it has expanded city wide. mark segraves, news4. >> the storm is moving in and doug is tracking the timing and the impact coming up next. >> and we have new reaction from d.c.'s top cop after two

over the city's surveillance cameras just days before the president's inauguration. and what he's saying about the evolving cyber threat and efforts to keep it from happening again. >> plus, new technology coming soon that could help you to get to wor fastekr.

now at 6:30, millions of people across our country in the grip of a bitter deep

lows in some places and it's going to stay that way well into the new year. >> on mount washington in new hampshire where it's always cold, temperatures there felt a minus 34 degrees shattering an 80-year record. >> and in new york, famous fountains covered in ice. minnesota more than 1100 crashes and 330 spin outs just yesterday. >> that's crazy. then in erie, pennsylvania, we've been watch ing what's been happening with them the last couple of days. 60 inches in four days. but conditions are ideal for the slopes for michigan to west virginia. sledders and skiers are ending the year on a high note despite the low temperatures. >> what can we expect to bring in the new year? let's check with doug. >> we have all of that, the cold air, a little bit of snow moving in now. take a look at where the snow is. it's moving our way right now through parts of the ohio valley, moving close into west virginia. it's going to be here in just a few hours. and it's going to last through the overnight period. again, it's going to move down just like this and

sea. now, take a look at the advisory. right on through ohio, west virginia, and this area now under a winter weather advisory. this includes parts of the panhandle of west virginia, includes frederick county, washington county, carol counties in towards maryland as well as franklin counties and fulton county in pennsylvania. only expecting one to 2 inches in this area. but because of the fact we've been so cold, any of that is going to stick to roads. roads could be a bit of a mess up here early tomorrow morning. much more on what to expect with this storm where you live and i'm going to break down the stem tours for new year's eve. >> the thick traffic returns wednesday morning when so many of you get back to work, in the new year several communities will be experimenting with smart signals that could help speed up your drive. scott macfarlane went digging to find out which roads are under consideration. >> reporter: you're at a major intersection in montgomery county, the intersection of east jefferson street and montrose parkway. they arest

algorithm driven traffic signal technology. hopefully to move traffic through smoother and more quickly. for matthew till ford, the afternoon drive is always stop and start. >> a little bumpy. >> reporter: he said it's always stop here. in north bethesda where randolph road hits park lawn. >> i've been here for 19 years and it was nothing like this when we first moved here. >> reporter: randolph is one of the major roads under consideration for new adaptive signal technology. traffic lights operated by complex computer algorithms and sensor devices, they continuously measure the actual traffic at the intersection and adjust accordingly. >> adaptive signal is the latest technology, kiting edge. >> reporter: montgomery county transportation director said they adjust the timing of signals each day at traffic management headquarters. they respond to unexpected back ups and accidents, but he says the computer-driven signals reprogram themselves. real-time, 24 hours a day. >> it's a cout

computes, has a very complex algorithm, looks at both sides of the intersection, the two roads that intersect, and then decides what kind of a timing should give to each one. >> reporter: the virginia department of transportation tells news4 it is using these adaptive traffic signals in fairfax county at some of the busiest intersections at will little river turnpike, prince george's county officials are considering adding the signals along richie marlborough, iverson street corridor and national harbor. if it is effective, they say there are plans to expand to route 108, and potentially shady grove road. >> we have a great neighborhood, but like any neighborhood, there are things that are great. >> reporter: which would suit matthew till ford just fine. >> the number one gripe is the amount of cut through traffic and people trying to avoid this. >> reporter: transportation officials in montgomery county say they hope this new adaptive technology can speed the traffic by 10% next year. it may not sound like a lot but they say it is

roads and adding new pavement. scott macfarlane, news4. >> well, the crime happened here, but the suspects are actually in romania. two hackers under arrest now for breaking into d.c. police surveillance cameras, over 100 cameras were hacked days before trump's inauguration. the ransomware attack was discovered january 12. a federal complaint unsealed thursday shows the cameras couldn't record video several days. police chief tells news4 the camera software was removed and then reinstalled, but there is no guarantee the same thing won't happen again. >> i can't say it won't ever happen again because whenever you come up with a fix for something like this, there is always somebody working to try and overcome that. but, you know, we're doing the best we can to prevent something like this from happening. >> the secret service actually helped d.c. police figure out what was going on with the investigation. the cameras were back online before inauguration day.

raiding a condo complex in sterling. >> agents seem to be focused on one particular town home. chopper4 was over that scene. this is off courtyard square. we saw agents removing boxes from the home. the fbi is not giving us really any information, but neighbors are telling us they are also being kept in the dark, but they're concerned about all the activity. we are told the people renting out that town home have only been living there for a few months. and new clues after a highway take down in stafford. news4's david culver has been looking into the past of that murder suspect who led police on that violent chase yesterday. police say gregory lee murdered his wife and then shot at deputies as they tried to track him down on i-95. police say he ended up shooting himself and died overnight. today we learned lee had several past run-ins with the law, was a registered sex offender. and you have just two more days to donate to charity and write it off before the new tax changes kick in.

next year. few americans are expected to itemize their deductions while charities are seeing an end of the year boost. some are worried that donations are going to drop off as a result of the tax changes. >> speaking of things being dropped off, lost and found, the unusual things left behind in our airports as officials turn to twitter for help in tracking down who things belong to. >> and apple is sorry. the high-tech company is now trying to win back customers and critics who learned that recent software update slowesd

an apology from apple in the wake of mounting criticism and lawsuits, the tech giant is taking some heat after admitting its software updates can slow down iphones to compensate for aging batteries. the company says that it's necessary to keep those phones from shutting down unexpectedly. but critics believe it is designed to force users to buy upgraded devices. so, apple is now offering to

replace batteries in iphone 6 and later models for 29 bucks starting in late january. that's a $50 discounts, by the way. >> you would think someone would remember leaving their gold teeth or mink coat behind at security checkpoint. they have lost and found things in the airport. tsa is on a mission to return those items to the people who left them. darcy spencer shows us how they're doing it. >> reporter: this man is retrieving a vest his mother-in-law left behind at dulles international airport. >> she realize when had she got to the plane it was left there. she called us and we called here and these guys were able to locate it. very simple. >> reporter: it's just one of the thousands of items being stored at the tsa's lost and found room. >> here you go, sir. >> thank you. >> reporter: and getting items left at security checkpoints back to their owners is what the tsa wants to do. >> sometimes people are embarrassed they left something, they're embarrassed and there is no need to be embarrassed. >> reporter: the items range from the unusual, like this fur

>> black belts, we've got brown belts. bins and bins of belts. >> reporter: what do we have in this room? >> so, here there are just a few dozen laptops. >> reporter: many of these items have been lost just since the holiday season, like this photo made into a canvas portrait. >> clearly a lot of loving care went into producing this. >> reporter: some of the items may not be worth your time, like a roll of wrapping paper. but if your child or grandchild was waiting for this mowana doll for christmas, it's worth coming back for. new this year, tsa workers are holding what they call a tweet fest. they are posting photos of the items they are holding, hoping to reunite them with their owners. >> while using social media tweeting out photos of lost and found items in hopes of raising people ams awareness tsa does have a robust lost and found operation. >> reporter: darcy spencer, news4. >> the tsa has many of the lost items posted on their website. find a link to the lost and found on the nbc washington app.

>> you've got two chances this weekend to try and win a life-changing amount of money. the combined jackpots for the next megamillions and power ball drawings, $690 million. get you some of that. news4 stopped by tinley market this morning. that place has been called the luckiest lottery store in d.c. over a dozen winners have bought tickets there. the megamillions drawing is tonight. you can buy tickets until 9:59 p.m. power ball, that gets drawn tomorrow, and we'll have the winning numbers right here on news4. >> ever had a really bad haircut? bet it can't top this. and this barber ended up being arrested and charged. >> a heart warming story during this bitter cold. i'm sorry, i can't look at that. that hurts. how police in one local community are helping to keep kids warm after an officer noticed something unusual ile he whwa

your new year's weekend is going to start with some painfully cold air and snow. in fact, the wind chills are going to be near zero when we ring in the new year. doug is on top of it for you. he joins us here in just a moment. but in this bitter cold it is critical that we stay safe and warm. >> yeah, and the police department in virginia wants to make sure children are well protected. news4's kristin wright tells us about the happy feet campaign. >> we have woolly socks for like winter, christmas style socks. >> reporter: that's fairfax county detective carter. he's on the case collecting nice warm socks for boys and girls in the community. >> it makes me feel good about myself, being a parent

without anything such as socks, hats, gloves or a coat. especially right now, it's getti getting really cold. >> reporter: it all started two weeks ago. his colleague was working a school crossing. >> a young male approached and he noticed he was not wearing socks. he stated that he did not have any. >> reporter: so, fair oaks district station in fairfax started a sock drive. they've got a big, big pile so far, all kinds. >> i'm really, really impressed by the outpouring of people helping out with the situation. people are always in need and we're here to help in any way we can. >> reporter: they're asking for new socks to fit elementary school kids so they don't go without. >> but we do have people that are in need. some people are embarrassed or don't know how to approach someone in reference to needing help. >> reporter: donations are coming in from across the region and across the country. fair oaks district station is accepting donations through next week. in fairfax, kristin wright, news4. >> alrighty. you're going to he will it us -- ea

video. i think the video is really cool to show you how cold it is. a great he will demonstration. >> you called an audible. this is video that you called for. >> yeah, you wanted to see it. >> i love this video. >> this was up at mount washington. what is going on here, one of the observers took a pot of boiling water. put it into temperatures of minus 30 degrees and it immediately changes over to ice particles, in other words, snow. >> that's crazy. >> pretty cool. >> no, no. >> it is pretty cool. however, this is one of those things where you tell people don't try it at home. remember, this is still boiling water until it comes out and hits the air. you guys know this fact right here, hot water actually freezes faster than cool water. >> really? >> so, if you want to make ice cubes faster, put in boiling water into -- >> i have been reading about that off and on, hints from heloise. >>

effect. this is what we're looking at, 26 degrees, temperatures dropping a little, not much, only into the mid 20s right around through the rest of the night tonight. not as cold tonight as the last few nights. why? we've got cloud cover. temperatures still in the 20s now. that cloud cover eventually leading to snow. not here now, but it's just back do our west and you can see it moving on down across portions of chicago. that's toward cincinnati, toward west virginia. just a minute ago or rather 10, 15 minutes ago the weather service issued a winter weather advisory for areas around martinsburg, frederick, towards carroll county, up to the north towards gettysburg and pennsylvania and back towards parts of maryland around frost burg. watch out for one to 2 inches of snow. one to 2 inches is not enough for winter weather advisory, but because we're so cold, anything that falls will stick on the roads. there will be a lot of problems on the back roads tomorrow. so, heads up there. snow early tomorrow, should be over by around noon. could see some afternoon snow showers during the afternoon around 3:00 or 4:00.

degrees. and then some icy spots around 7:00 tomorrow. so, just know tomorrow morning between, say, around 6:00 and 9:00, is going to be the time, a, most of us are waking up if you're hitting the outside. did i do this again? i did. >> no pauses again? >> i'm so upset about my pause points. all i'm trying to show you is how cold it is on new year's. new year's day, here we are 8:00 in the morning. 4:00 below zero in hagerstown. 2 below in leesburg, 1 below in d.c. that's the feels like temperature. that is the wind chill out there. it will be similar around midnight. so, going out on your new year's eve, expect to see some brutal numbers. the coldest air we've seen so far, and it's already been on the cold side. weekend outlook travel, watch out early on your saturday. no problems saturday afternoon and sunday, but watch out early saturday. ski resorts looking great. cold, but great. better i think tomorrow after the snow ends. and taking down the christmas lights, ways thinking about doing that this weekend. no, my house will be the one that has

watch out there, it will be quite tough. there's the next ten days of temperatures. notice, i've got eight out of ten days, not just below freezing, but in the mid 20s, guys. it's going to be brutal right on through the first full week of january. >> i always say after the new year the lights become winter lights. >> good idea. winter lights. i'm getting the winter man, too. he also looks like santa, but he's winter man. >> we were talking about brutal. this is a bad situation. a barber found himself in a very hairy situation with police after a customer ended up with a very, very bad haircut. >> how bad can that be? it's very bad. take a look. not only did the man end up with a bald swipe across the top of his head, the barber even cut his ear with a pair of scissors. this happened in madison, wisconsin. the barber told police it was an accident. that's an accident. >> an accident? >> the man was fidgeting. i think that's the barber. and moving his head. and he warned him to stop. the barber is

and disorderly conduct while armed charges. >> scissors. >> mayhem and disorderly conduct while armed. >> that's not enough. even more than that. >> the madison wisconsin price department said the victim looked like larry from the three stooges. who didn't love larry? >> he tried to make -- barber tried to make him look like himself. that's what happened. the new year almost here, the aps and the wizardsc v

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this is the xfinity sports desk. >> chris miles here in the nbc sports washington studios. the proverbial ball will drop two more times for the wizards and the puck once more for the caps before new year's day. there's been some turmoil at the end of 2017 for these two teams. let's start with the caps who were able to stop a three-game skid last night in boston.

games, well, they've gone overtime. the last two have needed shoot outs on wednesday night. alex ovechkin missed the shoot out goal, tough loss to new york. the great equalizing second. and the game winning goal in the shootout, caps 12 straight wins over boston, dating way back to 2014. it's ovechkin's 24th of the season which ties him for the most in the nhl. caps host new jersey on saturday night. to end the calendar year heading in the right direction. >> when you're a hard team to play against, a hard team to play, and we just tried to play simple. again, i think tonight we'll feel more comfortable than previous games, but it's nice coming back and hope we can get the points. >> wizards host a team with the second best record in the

them considering washington has the best record in the eastern conference against teams with the winning record. the problem? ten of their 16 losses have come to teams with losing records. on wednesday the wizards lost by 14 to the hawks, 4, 9 and 25. that's a steep fall back to earth after beating the team with the best record in the east on christmas day. after the game, john wall said they played for stats against losing team. bradley beale? well, this is what he had to say. >> we were too selfish offense and defense, plain and simple. it's frustrating because it's just the inconsistencies that's killing us. it's really killing us, you know. we've got to -- we have to figure it out. the teams under .500, we have a terrible record. against boston, we were don't carry it over. that's not true. >> wizards forward welcom

tonight a game against houston. chris paul is expected to return for the rockets. he's been out the last three games with a abductor strain. 15 and 1 all nba point guard on the court this year, rockets lost to the celtics last night after leading by 26 points. tip-off against washington set for 7:00 at capital one arena. we can't overlook two farmormer wizards returning to the district. nay nay is out for houston. leon, wendy, doug, perfect night to be inside catching some basketball. it's freezing outside. you don't want to have any activities out there, right? >> you got that right. got that right. that's for sure. >> happy new year. >> happy new year to you as well. >> all right, man, have a good one. >> as we count down to 2018, we want to wish you a safe and happy new year and we want to thank you for letting us into your home every night. >> we really truly do appreciate this honor. nbc nightly news is coming up next, but first we want to take a look back at how

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