indeed, 2017, a little bit of snow. just ahead, a look how many of you enjoyed what was likely the last snowfall of the year. and right now at 6:00, let's take a look at storm team 4 radar, still flurries in the region, but as the snow moves out, bitter cold air moves in. our meteorologist is tracking all of that for us. breaking live now, the fbi investigated a suspected isis sympathizer in the mysterious five and a half hour raid in sterling, and we just got the court documents that say he wanted to kill americans. >> i'm darcy spencer, an early morning fire left dozens of

couple days before the new year. a live report ahead. news 4 at 6:00 starts now. well, if you've been outside at any time today, you know there's an arctic cold front that actually hit us today big time, and it's going to be driving down temperatures all the way to the teens tonight. hello, everybody, i'm lyon harris. our meteorologist says for many of you it feels even colder tomorrow. what's the story on that? >> i know. to think, it could feel colder than this. yeah, feels like the single digits soon here. i want to wrap this up, though, snow ranging from flurries to light snow in areas of northern montgomery county and in the district, flurries coming down. this is the last of it. at 8:00 or 9:00, this moves out of here. throughout the overnight hours, as i said, lingering flurries tonight, and then winds begin to pick up. it's going to be breezy, blustery ug

temperature drops. that's not going to make it feel better. the feel like temperatures are going to be in the single digits when we count down tomorrow into the new year 2018. we got a lot to talk about this evening. details to help you plan out the remainder of the weekend. i can tell you now, it requires many layers of clothing, leon? >> gosh, stacey, thank you. that sounds so cheery, thank you. oh, we'll see you in a bit, okay? oh, the snow did not cause major problems this morning. it did, however, make it tricky walking or jogging on sidewalks and bridges outside. >> the lines, tough to see, driving saturday morning, coming to a stop, a challenge in some spots. not enough snow to plow in the district. road crews, instead, treating amid freezing temperatures. some drivers had back tires working overtime to push

through. some pedestrians carefully navigating covered sidewalks. got to love mark seagrave, he did not know the cameras were rolling as he helped a woman across the street. that is working for you. >> by midday, getting around, not a problem at all, and just remanents of the morning snowfall remain. the snowfall, many of you, got out to enjoy. >> it's beautiful. we're glad to have a little snow. glad it happened on a saturday when we have park run. >> reporter: a group of runners, part of park run, jogging on a snow covered throosevelt island. >> it was so nice, so many were so enthrilled with it. >> teddy looks nice in the snow, really pretty today. >> reporter: not one of the nuance snowfalls. folks scraping off just a light coating, a clean sate, you could say, going into 2018. it appears the cold, that bitter cold, will be lingering as we countdown to the new year. three,

david culver, news 4. >> don't hold your breath waiting for seagrave to help you across the street. breaking now, we know now where the fbi raided a virginia town home last night. fbi agents say the man arrested was an isis supporter. they arrested shaun andrew dunkin yesterday in sterling. according to the federal documents, fbi agents found numerous internet searches on the cell phone including body arm armor, isis attacks, and weapons. a family member says that he converted to islam and may have become radicalized as early as last year. or as recently as last year, i should say. court documents have an unnamed coconspirator who told the fbi in july that dunkin was interested in joining isis. news 4 captured video from chopper 4 as well as on the ground as agents removed boxes from a home in sterling last

five and a half hours at the home yesterday. we also learned tonight that dunkin will be in federal court next tuesday in alexandria, and, of course, we'll be covering that. friends and family say a final good-bye to a husband and wife killed in their reston home three days before christmas. funeral services for scott his wife were held today. family members say, the daughter's teenage boyfriend shot them and believe a relatives say they had just learned the teen had not seen sympathies and told their daughter to break up with him. the teen shot himself and is now in the hospital. they plan to charge him with the murders in this case. right now, dozens of people are out in the cold forced from name homes safafter a massive f this morg

year. darcy spencer is live outside the condos with new video you'll only see here on news 4. darcy? >> reporter: hey, leon, this is the building where the fire happened this morning. you can see restoration crews placed tarps along the roof. let's get back to the exclusive video we obtained a short time ago as i share new information just released by the montgomery county fire department. the cell phone video was shot by a resident this morning. you can see the flames were very intense. this happened just before 5:00 this morning. quince orchid boulevard. 29 adults and 22 children displaced. they are being assisted by the red cross. we're told residents had to be rescued or evacuated this morning. the fire started in the attic area. the cause is likely accidental, but for yonow, ruled

let's hear now from two displaced residents. >> nobody hurt. we are okay. red cross come and help us. >> that could have been us. like, we're actually safe now, like, it makes me, like, appreciate stuff, and makes me appreciate the time you spend with people. >> reporter: the fire caused an estimated $450,000 in damages. the red cross continues to help those residents as a nearby elementary school. back to you. >> thank you. darcy spencer reporting live. new york times drops a bomb shell on russia's alleged ties to the trump campaign and may now know what sparked the fbi investigation. third day in a row, demonstrators launch rare protests on the street of iran. why they are so upset there and how president tr um

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opportunists. a live look now at new york times square as people are preparing for new year's eve there and how law enforcement plans to keep the 1 million expected to show up there safe. plus, an officer in new york needed protection from one very wild attack.

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all right, new year's eve is tomorrow, and law enforcement, not just here in the u.s., but all around the world is going to be on high alert. nbc news correspondent chris palone has more on celebrations taking place around the world. >> reporter: madrid to new york city, police in cities around the world are working to keep new year's eve celebrations safe. in berlin, workers spent saturday setting up barriers around the gate where hundreds of thousands are expected to ring in the new year. large bags and suitcases are banned from the event. >> i feel pretty safe. i'm not scared. >> i'm not scared. >> yeah, yeah, it's fear that scares people, and i don't think -- you can't let that ruin your life. >> in brazil, rio has fireworks and 2,000 officers are watching over the festivities, and tourists more concerned about the weather than security. >> we think it's going to be very, v

and we hope it will not be raining tomorrow. >> reporter: in new york, keeping 2 million people safe sunday night is the top priority for the nypd. >> there's going to be one of the most well-policed, best-protected events in one of the safest venues in the entire world. >> reporter: this month, a would-be suicide bomber tried to set off a bomb in a walkway under times square, but now officers have additional training with help in identifying would-be bombers, clearing crowds if they see a threat, stopping the bomber with lethal force, and treating the wounded if a bomb goes off. >> at this time, there's no direct threats to new york city, to times square specifically, or any new year's eves events generally. >> reporter: not even the cold is lessening the crowds. >> we're more aware of the surroundings, not changing our activity or minds, and we truly believe in the if you see something

>> reporter: the countdown to the countdown is on, now with just one day to go. nbc news, new york. by this time tomorrow, someone could $384 million richer. the final power ball jackpot of the year, and last time anyone won was back in october. no one hit last night's megamillion jackpot which is now $343 million. officers get all sorts of calls, most of them emergencies, but one in upstate new york was a, well, a little squirrely. >> jumping on to the officer there, the body cam there captured the entire ordeal. the woman called the police because this guy was eating cookies in her

that's why she call the cops. the officer captured the squirrel and released it. if you walk in your house and find a guy like that inside, you lose your mind. >> yeah. >> right? >> that's what's going to happen. >> we're going to lose our minds over how cold it is outside. >> yes, we are. in fact, i already lost it. it's freezing out there. we are down to the single digits by tomorrow, so, yeah, we got frigid weather on the way, but we woke up to a nice little winter wonderland this morning with snowfall out there, and a few flurries lingering. getting to that in a moment. this is a live look outside right now in the district. what does it feel like? let's get the current temperatures up. all right, 33 degrees right now. mostly cloudy for a lot of us, but turning on the radar, notice how we do have lingering flurries, a lot of light snow falling in montgomery county as well as down towards mid and southern

counties. this is tapering off, wrapping up. at 8:00 or 9:00, we'll see the last of it pull through. these are the totals. we knew it was not a major snow event, however, you know, doesn't take much when the grounds are this cold to hold the snow so roads were slick out there, but frederick county, maryland, they got 2.1 inches of snow. that's why you had a winter weather advisory. for the rest of us, really from trace to a .50 to under an inch in montgomery county. that's the last of the snow for the overnight hours. we'll see it taper off. roads still slick. going out tonight? keep that in mind. temperatures dropping to the teens. when you see 18 and blustery, that means it feels more like 13, 14 degrees out there, and by 2:00 a.m., very cold, mostly cloudy skies. planning out your sunday. if you have plans on tomorrow morning, going for a run, it is bone-chilling cold. get the thermals on. ru

party? dry tomorrow. you don't have to worry about snow. very cold. good news is, tomorrow night, cold, but we are looking at mostly clear conditions so any fireworks you're going to see should be good as far as viewing conditions go. your new year's planner, saturday, we are going to see these snow flakes taper off tomorrow, again, wind chills are something to be cognizant of. we enter the year 2018 with sun. before i wrap up and go, i want to show you the future feel-like temperatures. 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, single digits, pushing through to the midnight time frame, feeling like 8 degrees in the district and 4 degrees in maryland. here's a look at the ten-day, folks. the next couple days are going to be in the 20s, and we keep the sun. it's cold, but there's sun out there, and then we head into next weekend, and we'll be monitoring our next chance

you feel better, right? but speaking of feels like temperatures, the wizards, you know how you feel about these guys, hot and cold all yearlong. tonight, though, feel better about them because they put it together last night.

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we're trying to figure out what we have with the wizards here. have they figured things out? do they know what they're doing now or what? >> sure. easy questions. i'll try to sort it out. i don't know why, you have the answers, you're on wizard's radio tomorrow. the wizards, in a maddening way, that nickname is a perfect fit for the team this season. like magic, they disappear and box out. wednesday's loss, you remember that, and then magically reapair last night at home over the rocke rockets. they have the tricks including the ability to be beyond the arc. from three point distance, rockets friday, otto was

pointers -- feeling benter? helping them. they take the most threes in the nba, but wizards on the rise, and friday, shot a team record of 36 three pointers tieing a franchise record by making 18 of them. >> we were taking that key site to the game, able to get the ball and come off pick and rolls and put pressure on guys, and guys making assists or extra passes, and getting the shots. making threes. we don't live and die by it, and, tonight, we live. >> i think we have enough skill, passing that we can get 33. we have not quite reached that average. we are averaging 26, but 36, and as long as they are wide open, we shoot them. we have good players who can shoot the ball. you know, tonight, we made them. >> trick is to do it tomorrow against chicago. virginia opening up

is 12 in the first half, a game finished there with 31, but jer roam with 29 points. a five-point game at halftime. over three to go, up one, the sixth and final three of the game, up by four, and robertson answers, he has a three of his own, and, oh, wow, a one-point game again. then, pay attention, after virginia misses a free throw, d.c. with the chance to win it with a bounce pass, stolen, the clock stops with 2.1 left. it shouldn't have. another try. second attempt, nick, offensive foul. offensive foul. crazy ending. virginia, i mean, escapes, no thanks to the time keeper, 59-58. college park lagt night, reaching a milestone, abrupt first half, making career

400 as well as his 150 win in college park, 12-3 on the year, hosting penn state coming up tuesday night. you know, at 7-8, the redskins are disappointed, disappointed, but not divisive. the team they prepare to play this weekend, another story. the giants, not only 2-13 record, but they are team turmoil in the middle of a major locker room riff. they took to the radio calling eli apple quite immature and a cancer. redkins head coach says, that's not happening on his team. >> we had our share from time to time of squabbles, but we have a strong room within the group, which is group, and i hardly ever have to step in there and address the team about certain issues because we have strong group down there that they handle it within themselves, so you always want that as a head coach. you don't want to have fires put out every single day. every ye

every player's different. you have to handle them differently. unfortunate what they are going through, but fortunate we're not going true it. >> yeah. trying to get back. double overtime loss, in milwaukee, now, that's cold, playing marquette. highlights at 11:00, i feel better about the wizards. >> what they need is a jerome. >> one of them. at least one. >> that's the news for mow. thank you for joining us. nightly news next here, back at news 4 at 11:00. have a good night.

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