this is not the cold anybody likes. take a look at the wind chills now. incredible. 11 in d.c., 0 in hagerstown, and 10 below 0 in pittsburgh. i think many of our numbers will be below 0 as we move on through the rest of the night tonight. the reason the wind, we have the winds gusting to 20 to 25 miles per hour around the area. where it is not showing up means we don't have much of a wind gust but still seeing winds 10, 15 miles per hour with an occasional gust to 20. that really does bring down the temperatures. so, tonight into the next couple of days, the frigid weather continues. we're going to be tracking the storm for thursday. i'll tell you who has the best chance of snow for thursday. that storm actually brings in the coldest air yet, yes, it gets even colder than it did last night. we saw those wind chill numbers well below 0. we go right back there friday and saturday. much more on this, i'll see you back here in about 15 minutes. >> all right, thank you, doug. the deep freeze keeping firefighters busy after a series of house fires during the start of the new year.

in maryland more than a dozen fires, but no serious injuries. in virginia, two new year's day fires, one of them with a tragic ending. flames raced through this home in annandale, trapping a 94-year-old man inside. and tonight we are learning more about the victim from neighbors who captured images of the aftermath. news4's amee cho was at the scene on columbia road with reaction. amee? >> reporter: leon, everyone on this street who knew that man says he was sweet and caring. his name was louis, but people called him mr. lou. neighbors tell us he used a walker and that may be why he was trapped. >> there is someone inside. mr. lou. mr. lou! >> reporter: as firefighters battled the flames, one neighbor stood anxiously outside waiting for news of her close friend mr. lou. very would later learn he didn't make it. >> he is inside, inside the house. i saw

call, scream. i mean, anybody can grab him. mr. lou is small. they can grab him. >> reporter: she shared these pictures of mr. lou's life, 94-year-old world war ii army veteran. he had a birthday party a few years back and several years before that he married his wife lenni. >> he was a very nice old man, as nice as they come. he's such a nice guy. >> just a very delightful elderly gent we got to be friends with, and i'm very sad to see him go. >> he always call me nash ir, nash ir, i love him. he was humble. loved my kids. you know, we were always there in his house. >> reporter: this morning firefighters brafrming the bitter cold for hours to battle the flames. they still don't know what caused the fire. now neighbors are left to mourn their loss. >> i'm speechless. i'm sorry, i'm heartbroken. i'm sorry, it's so sad. so sad for mr. lou to leave us. >> hope he went to a better plac

>> reporter: fire officials tell us his wife did make it out of the house okay. the cause of the fire is still unclear. live in annandale, amee cho, news4. >> thank you, amee. >> devastating story. >> so sad. >> yeah. intense flames at an apartment building in d.c., but fire crews say smoke alarms helped residents escape safely. the fire broke out on buena vista terrace southeast at around 3:00 this morning. one woman says the cold weather played a role as she tried to get out of the apartment. >> but i had to go back. i had to stay until i had my son's gloves, his hat. i'm choking on the smoke. i had to make sure he was warm because i knew it was this cold out here. >> a metro bus was brought in to keep residents warm while they waited for help from the red cross. one firefighter was injured while battling the flames. he fell through a staircase inside the building. take a look at those flames. that's intense. we are told he should be okay.

>> a scene there. crews in montgomery county battled 12 fires over 48-hour span this weekend. the number of fires is unprecedented as people tried to do what they can to keep their homes warm in this bitter cold. officials say this fire you see here off dody terrace could have been prevented. this was caused by fireplace ashes that were not properly discarded. no serious injuries in any of the fires thanks to working smoke alarms. in maryland, there is a new law on the books. if your battery operated smoke detector is more than ten years old it has to be replaced. to have a sealed in battery with ten year long life-span. break those rules and you could face a misdemeanor charge or fine. >> a devastating start to the new year for a prince george's county family. a mother of three stabbed to death in her home. crime tape surrounds the house on 38th place in brentwood. news4's jody fleischer is in our newsroom with how the small tow

lesson for her close knit community. >> megan, brentwood's mayor says she was just down the street from where the stabbing hand. she went to the scene early this morning to talk with neighbors and the victim's family. police are calling this domestic violence and the mayor says too often victims don't get the help they need, then it's too late. family members tell us 23-year-old liz mendez was a mother of three who moved here from guatemala a few years ago to be with her boyfriend, the father of her children. but they say he is the man police have arrested for killing her. brentwood mayor lopez says domestic violence is a partly important issue within the latino community. >> i don't know if it's a culture thing, but we don't tend to talk about this until, you know, it's so late. it's very hard to get to the trust of the people, especially, they're not going to look for help. they try to manage themselves with family and friends, but there's no place where these familian

help. >> reporter: she says the murder in her small town on new year's morning is a sad start to the year. but one she and her neighbors can learn from and raise awareness. >> there are agencies, but they are so small in the community is so large. so, it's hard to keep up with it. >> reporter: as of now, police have not released any information about the man they arrested, but they say there were other people in the home at the time of the stabbing and they are talking with them as part of their investigation. leon, back to you. >> all right, thank you, jody. now we turn to a new year's tragedy in costa rica. a dozen people including ten americans killed in a fiery plane crash there, it happened yesterday. investigators were back at the site today to try to figure out exactly what went wrong. a family of five from new york was among those killed. and tonight we know that they had ties to our area. nbc's tammy lightener has more on the investigation. >> reporter: burning debris from the wreckage was discovered soon after the single engine plane

rica's pacific coast popular with tourists. on board two crew members and ten americans. local officials say all of them died in the crash. among the victims, a family of five from scars dale, new york. bruce and irene and their sons matthew, william and zachary. authorities say the plane belonging to the costa rica airline took off from the airport shortly after noon on sunday. heading to san jose, the capital city, when something went terribly wrong. according to witnesses, the plane suddenly flipped in the air before slamming into a mountain near the airport. >> so, here's what we know about the family from new york that was on board. bruce and irene stein berg were on vacation with their three boys when they all died. irene grew up in potomac, maryland and live in the new york city suburb of scars dale with her husband and their kids. the family recently celebrated the

generations of relatives. bruce steinberg worked in investment banking. his wife volunteered with local jewish groups and charities. the couple's oldest son attended johns hopkins university. they were on vacation when the unthinkable happened. >> inconceivable that a whole family should meet with such a disaster. they were a lovely family. when i moved in, she brought me a cake. that's the kind of person she was. >> also killed in the crash, four members of the weiss family who lived in bel air, florida. no word yet on what caused the crash, but bad weather in costa rica may have played a role. and we are working a developing story in prince george's county for you. a metro transit canine vehicle hit and killed a man today on crane highway at chad ford road in brandywine. we are still working to find out how it happened and who the victim is. just a few minutes ago, route

301 reopened to traffic. >> with the start of a new year came much needed relief for a d.c. family after two little girls who disappeared were found safe today. police found 7-year-old lela mcneil and 11-year-old paris may williams. they had last been seen on 12th street in southeast yesterday. d.c. police are not saying exactly why they left or where they were found. >> and there is new concerns about safety near public schools in our area. >> the new action being considered statewide to protect your child after an alarming number of accidents involving pedestrians. >> and the tropical depression transz pour tags project for 2018 from the roads to the rails, we'll look at what it could mean for your commute. >> plus winter weather making history as it tightens its icy grip across the country. see some of t he

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bone chilling cold for the new year, temperatures hit record lows to kickoff 2018. the conditions are also blamed on two deaths due to exposure. the national weather service posted wind chill advisories today from south texas all the way north to canada. from montana all the way east to new england. the brutal weather made history in omaha, nebraska, shattering a record that stood since 1884. last night, also the second coldest new year's eve ball drop in new york's times square.

he's looking at how people across the country are coping with the bitter cold. >> reporter: braving single digit temperatures in boston, hundreds traded in their parkas for swim suits. to take parts in one of the city's oldest traditions, a new year's day dip into icy boston harbor. >> it's a great way to start a year. >> reporter: for some communities in new jersey, those time honored festivities put on hold by the brutal cold. >> it's too cold and they're worried about somebody getting hurt. >> reporter: no dip in cleveland, either, because crews couldn't cut a hole in ice over lake erie. the subfreezing temperatures closing down an ice skating park in des moines, iowa, over the weekend. and in ohio, columbus's annual 5k was on inside. runners taking to treadmills instead of the streets. >> we made the decision just based on safety factors, the risk of being outdoors for prolonged period of time. >> reporter: the cold has already turned deadly. in

within hours of each other. the medical examiner confirming both deaths cold weather related. and in detroit, where temperatures dropped to 2 below overnight, a man was found dead in front of a church. and forecasters warn the arctic blast is expected to maintain its icy grip on most of the country through the week. dan scheneman, nbc news. >> we talk a lot about how much we hate the cold, but it's a real thing being out there, not prepared for it can be deadly. dangerous. you know, it looks like things aren't getting any better any time soon. >> no. as a matter of fact, they could get worse by the end of the week. as cold as it's already been, i think we get colder by friday and saturday. that's actually the coldest air we've had so far in this cold stretch coming up over the next few days. out there tonight, yeah, a cold night for sure. this is out towards columbia heights where everybody bundles up for sure. you've got everything on. the hats, the coats, the gloves, the scarves. even my son put

[ laughter ] >> oh, man, i don't know. they always want to wear shorts these days, but not the last couple of delays. pants for sure, you've got it. the cold air remaining across the area. thanks for that shot out there, telemundo. this is a beautiful full moon. this is actually the super moon tonight, going on right now, and looks gorgeous for sure. we have another full moon at the end of the month. the wolf moon, by the way. 22 degrees winds out of the west at 10 miles per hour. we had a bit of a wind chill. temperatures around the rest of the area, 14 in winchester, 16 in baltimore, right now honeytown coming in at 19 degrees. look at the wind chill, 5 to 10 mile an hour wind makes it feel so much cold e. winchester down to 1 below, 6 degrees in gaithersburg, 0 hagerstown. 2 in martinsburg, 8 towards patuxent river. incredibly cold tonight. no snow to talk about. storm team 4 radar

the moisture to the south, this is sleet coming down around the brownsville area, corpus christi. they have freeze warnings in effect. most of the country as we said not just cold, but bitterly cold. wind chill advisories from canada to maine to tampa, tampa, florida. under a wind chill advisory right now. we have those hard freeze warnings all the way down toward the mexican border. just incredible how thick this cold is and how deep this cold air s. it sticks around. overnight wind chills dropping below 0. 11:00 tonight, 0 in d.c., 7 below in gaithersburg, 3 below in leesburg. tomorrow morning out the front door, it is brutal as the kids make their way back to school, you folks are heading back to work, that cold. not a good day for lunch outdoors. by 3:00 we rise to the teens for wind chill all day. yeah, incredibly cold for sure. high temperature 28 tomorrow. sunny and cold. not as breezy, so the winds will start to come down tomorrow afternoon. but still going to be a bit of a wind chill

have those little wind tunnel effects going on. 28 tomorrow, 35 on wednesday. we get above freezing for the first time in a while. it may be hard to come by. some of you may stay below the freezing mark. 27 on your thursday. chance of snow thursday. now, again, we've been talking about this storm for the better part of a week. i think this storm once again is going to stay far enough off the coast here. we have the cold air in place. but far enough off the cold. some of the computer models have been trying to bring it a little closer to us giving us some snow in parts of our area creating a big storm for parts of new england. this for the most part will miss us but it is something i will continue to watch. once again it will be on thursday. a chance of snow, especially east on thursday. and then it just drives in even more dangerous cold. highs on friday and saturday of 19. look at that overnight low on friday -- on saturday morning. a low of 5. our wind chill could be around 10 below and that could be inside the beltway. >> just whoa. all right. thank you, doug. it's something all of us have, but the

thieves are sinking to a new low to get their hands on your smartphone. the brazen crime trend and what you can do to protect yourself. >> the new year means new laws from a marijuana milestone to a couple calling it quits.

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president trump is on his way back to d.c. right now. he departed the winter white house minutes ago. he bid farewell to the 2017 with a lavish party at his private club at mar-a-lago. mr. trump predicted 2018 will be a tremendous year, saying there's much work to be done, but it will be great. >> not so great warning for those who got new cell phones or tablets for christmas. >> it's always something, these thieves. so, those devices are tempting to the eyes of consumers and crooks. an investigation by scott macfarlane and the news4 i-team reveals the criminals who target your phones are getting even more brazen. >> reporter: people running through metro stations, but not to catch trains. they're running to catch the pe

below ground and above. in a string of recent cases, brazen criminals snatched phones out of people hands. it happened at a donut shop on november avenue. in the summer it was jeannette's phone. >> i grabbed for the phone, it wasn't there. mine was taken in church of awful places. >> reporter: where she is choir director. a visitor grabbed it from her purse. >> you want to be welcoming because it's church after all, and it was gone. >> reporter: the news4 i-team pulled police records in d.c., maryland and virginia and found something we didn't expect. they report the overall number of phone thefts is actually dropping as technology allows more owners to brick or lock their phones rendering them inoperative if stolen. but get this. we also discovered that thousands of phones hiefeists

more physical. is it scare sni >> after the shock wore off. >> reporter: she has never seen the video until now after a man stole her phone off capita hill. he hustled offer e street and on a metro train. this wasn't the character of night. >> no, it was 10:30 in the morning. >> reporter: her phone was never recovered. >> no, i didn't imagine t my phone is gone and my bag gone and he's off in a cloud of dust. >> reporter: they found one pattern. an easy escape route. in recent weeks the crook struck near the door of a cvs pharmacy on 12th street. a pizza shop on u street. as the doors opened at a metro stop. we are holding our phones right out in the open, having ear buds in our ears as we walk, focus ug on too much what is in front of us and not nearly enough on what's around us. >> maintain awareness, keep your head at a swivel.

next stop. >> reporter: he has eyes in the sky watching for would-be phone snatchers. including here at their security operations center in landover. and with police scattered on the platforms. but he says riders need to be vigilant, too. >> look for other people around you. are they watching somebody you should be watching? >> reporter: be aware of people standing too close. our producer and metro staffer showed how normal it looks if someone is in position to steal your phone. police say do not do what this passenger did at a green line station. chase after the man who stole her phone. watch the video as he weaves through the station, the victim follows him back onto the train before the thief jumped back off. marianne harding said she never tried to run af him. >> snatched the bag off my hand and was gone like a rocket. if i were his age i could never have chased him. >> reporter: these days she's keeping her eyes up even if others are looking down. scott macfarlane, news4 i-team. >> if you have a tip or

idea you want our i-team to look into, head to the nbc washington app or the number on the bottom of the screen. >> sadly they can't keep you warm tonight. you think it's cold, you haven't seen anything yet. doug will be back to tell us when we'll be struggling to hit 20 degrees for a high. plus a look at who has the best chance of seeing snow this week. >> and serious concerns about sidewalks and crosswalks near public schools. the new call for action to make sure your kids are safe. >> president trump back at the white house after spending the holidays in south florida. his response to the growing nuclear threat f ro

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a cold start to 2018, but it's just the beginning. get ready for the coldest air of the season. are you ready for that? >> you have no choice. it's coming our way. you can't get out of the way. you can't run from it. also coming our way, the possibility of some snow. doug has the word on that. hey, man. >> yeah, guys, we keep talking about this. the coldest air of the season and we have to go colder and colder again. that is exactly what's going to happen after this bout of cold air. the highs in the mid-atlantic, 26 in d.c., 12 in pittsburgh. the high temperature today, the wind chills were below 0 most of the day there. we still have a wind here. look at our current temperatures, d.c. at 22, gaithersburg at 16, 16 as well as in manassas and 19 in camp springs. even with

the single dimg its with these temperatures. it will be an extremely cold night tonight. it's going to stay that way. the headlines, more of the same frigid weather continues, tracking the storm for thursday. i'm going to let you know at 6:45 who has the best chance of seeing some snow and just about how much. and then coldest air yet moves in. i'm really tired of saying that. >> i'm tired of it, too. doug. >> tired of hearing it. >> when is summer coming? we have spring, right, then summer. >> it gets better. >> it gets better. hang in there. okay. back to school tomorrow for kids throughout our area, and despite the cold, many must walk to get there. so, news4 has learned maryland is considering a sweeping review of the safety of roads near every school in the state. only on 4 tonight, scott macfarlane reports state leaders are concerned some streets and school crossings need safety upgrades. >> reporter: christina morris ward walked across a state highway each day to get to

sometimes before sunrise. >> should had to cross over twice in order to be able to walk up the hill to get to her school. >> reporter: one october morning a few years ago a car collided with and killed morris ward. a few steps from the curb. >> she was deceased by the time i got there. i kissed her. they were like, you can't touch her. i said, this is my child. i'm going to kuchibhotla her to her my last good-bye kiss. >> reporter: she was one of a series of pedestrian deaths near maryland schools. it raised questions whether all roads and school crossings are properly configured to protect students who use them. >> those incidents happen all the time in the county. with we need to do a better job of keeping the area safe. >> reporter: when maryland reconvenes, he will formally propose the state highway administration order a review of all crossings near all schools statewide. >> not having things like sidewalks and crosswalks, that's something that's a statewide problem. it can't be solved by the local police or local school

cars hit pedestrians are sadly becoming more and more common in our area, increasing over the past five years. news4 checked maryland state records and found more than 2,500 pedestrian accidents in each of the last five years. police agencies in maryland conduct special enforcement details near schools to ensure drivers are operating safely and without distraction. but safety advocates say engineering reviews of all the signs and markings near schools and crosswalks are critically important. news4 had a report which showed pedestrian and bicycle collisions near schools decreased following an engineering review of signs and, maings near montgomery county schools months earlier. ward said she supports a statewide review. >> we still have a whole big way to go. >> reporter: not every student is completely safe. scott macfarlane, news4. >> one person is recovering from this accident on the george washington parkway.

at that. the car crashed about 6:00 this morning in the turkey run park area. the parkway was shut down in both directs for a time, but is now back open. >> investigators say a northern virginia man wanted to join isis and search for ways to carry out an attack. tomorrow he'll face a federal judge for that. fbi agents arrested duncan at his sterling home and news4 captured agents taking boxes out of his apartment. according to federal documents, fbi agents found numerous internet searches on his cell phone that included body armor, isis attacks and weapons. when agents arrived at the home, duncan ran off. the fbi says he tried to destroy a memory chip and a thumb drive. he is now charged with attempting to obstruct a terrorism investigation. president trump is on his way back to the white house. we want to show you here pictures from joint base andrews where the plane that he was flying in landed just moments ago. here we go, this is a

the first family spent the christmas holiday at the president's estate in palm beach, florida. he seems to be rethinking u.s. foreign policy on twitter. nbc's edward lawrence explains what this could mean for 2018. >> hello, everybody. happy new year. >> reporter: president trump spending new year's eve in black tie at an event he hosted at mar-a-lago in florida. >> we're off to a very good start as you know with a great tax cuts and anwar, getting rid of the individual mandate. >> reporter: the president wakes up dealing with another threat from north korea. where its leader says he has the launch button on his desk and his nuclear missiles can reach the u.s. main land. president trump so far tight lipped about it. >> we'll see. we'll see. >> reporter: north korea also offering an olive branch saying for the upcoming winter olympics they are willing to send a delegation to south korea for talks. the president with foreign policy on his mind today as violent protests ignited in iran

the president tweeting, they are hungry for food and for freedom, along with the human rights, the wealth of iran is being looted. time for change. former presidential advisors caution it might be better for the u.s. to sit this uprising out. >> we might taint this revolution and allow the regime to paint them as american proxies, which is the last thing they need. >> reporter: the president also tweeting about pakistan saying we have given them $33 billion in aid over the past 15 years and they have given us nothing but lies and deceit. while helping the terrorists we hunt in afghanistan. >> come on inside, folks. >> reporter: as president trump talks foreign policy, he starts 2018 with high hopes. next weekend president trump meets with the republican leadership at camp david. he will come up with his agenda moving forward, including rebuilding infrastructure, immigration, and coming up with a long-term federal budget. edward lawrence, nbc news, washington. >> and taking a look at our top stories this monday night, a tragic start to the n

a world war ii veteran known as mr. lou was killed early this morning. 94-year-old louis was not able to escape after his home caught fire. he relied on a walker to get around. neighbors tell us mr. lou loved to tell stories and was a kind, caring man who always gave christmas presents to kids in the neighborhood. route 301 in prince george's county is open to traffic again after a deadly accident involving a metro transit canine vehicle. it happened on crane highway at chad ford drive in brandywine. we're working to find out the name of the victim and how the accident happened. witnesses say a plane was in the air less than a minute before it crashed in costa rica. 10 americans died on the flight, including a family of five with ties to maryland. irene steinberg grew up in potomac, maryland and lived in new york city

three sons. the family of five died in the crash during a family vacation. it is still unclear why the plane went down. >> looking ahead now to some major transportation projects that could impact your ride to work or school, here's adam tuss with a look at what's coming up. >> reporter: transportation always a huge topic in our area, and 2018 is going to be no change. we have some major projects that are on the drawing board. i'm adam tuss. i'm going to tell you where the biggest impact is going to be coming up. >> and the new year also means a host of new laws from a milestone for marijuana use to the weird and wacky, we'llreak it bal

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barack obama day which happens to be the former president's birthday. and also in illinois divorcing couples now have to take their pets into consideration when they are dividing up their assets. >> all right. so, president obama no longer in office, but he's keeping up with the presidential tradition. so, he released his favorite songs and books of 2017, and the list is quite exec triccentric. he's feeling jay z.'s song. ken trick lamarr's humble, broken clock by sizza. and a lot by mavis staples. signs of the times by harry stiles. chris staple ton's millionaire. and this one, you have to help me with this one. >> megente. >> i didn't want to butcher that one. this is by dave and willie

a few books he enjoyed were a gentleman in moscow. also anything in possible, and sing unburied, sing by desmond ford. >> how many of those songs did you know? >> listen, don't hold me to it. >> i thought i was bad. so many people pledge to get their homes and their finances in order for the new year. so, we are working for you with four relatively painless tips to make that a reality without wasting any of your time, all right. here we go. first, spend 15 minutes a night de-cluttering part of your home. pick a room or cabinet and clean that one space out. that will get your home clean without wasting an entire weekend doing it. all right. then second, automate your bill payments and savings deposits. if you pick one account and make sure you have enough money in it to pay all your bills, you'll never have to worry about scheduling a bill payment again. and as far as savings go, an automatic deposit of 20 bucks a month can add up over time. third, clean out your phone

take an afternoon and get rid of all those apps and photos you don't need and take another afternoon to go through your e-mail and unsubscribe to all those mailing lists from retailers you don't even care about. and then finally, consider using an rss feed to stay on top of everything you do care about. you can set that to find stories and blogs from dozens of sites and it's a lot faster than scouring the sites one by one every day. and if you don't know what an rss feed is, ask a kid in your neighborhood or somewhere else in your house. meagan, back over to you. >> all right, leon. feeling lucky in the new year? well, no one hit the winning numbers in the power ball or megamillions last week. so, leon, we still have some time here. >> all right. >> the power ball is now at $440 million, making it the 9th largest jackpot in power ball history. the next drawing will be wednesday. the megamillions is now at $343 million. the next drawing will be on tuesday. so, hurry up and get those tickets. but here's a little dose of reality. the odds of wng

there are about one in 175 million. here's some perspective. the chance of being hit by lightning, one in 10,000. getting a hole in one in golf, 1 over 12,000. and hit by a meteorite, one in 1.6 million. attacked by a shark -- i know, these random facts, i don't care, try your luck. being bit by a shark is 1 in 11 million. all of that more likely to happen than you winning the lottery. >> just trying to terrify us. that's what she's doing. >> you know what, there's hope. you never know, it could be you. >> keep hope alive. all right. coming up next, a look at the biggest transportation projects for 2018. >> and from the roads to the rails, how the worst could impact your commute. first here's doug tracking the bitter cold that won't go away. >> it just will not go away. you're trying to kick it to the curb, it's not happening.

21 in frederick. thurmont, maryland, the high only 14. and, yeah, gets even colder later this week. much more on that. we'll see you back here in just a minute. take a look at that moon. love it. per moon, 2018.su per moon, 2018.su before we start, i just want to say if anyone still doesn't have fios, please stay out of the way so your lag

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we've got some breaking news just coming into our newsroom. some 4,000 people are without power in montgomery county because of an underground transformer fire. fire officials say center way road is closed now between roads way and the area of goshen road in gaithersburg. tough night to be without power in this frigid situation we have here in the area. we have a crew heading to that scene and we'll update you on the nbc washington app as well. meagan? >> all right. have you resolved to spend less

wouldn't that be nice for all of us? there are some massive transportation projects scheduled for this year that could help. tonight's transportation reporter adam tuss has a round up of what to watch out for in the new year. >> reporter: paying a toll to get around traffic and how to pay for metro, those are the major issues in the transportation world. 2018 is going to be a year filled with huge transportation projects, from i-66 in northern virginia to hear in maryland where roads like the beltway, i-270 and the bw parkway could see major changes. and then here in the district where metro funding will once again become a major issue. let's take a closer look at what's being done about all this. along i-66 -- >> 3, 2, 1. >> reporter: expect to see major construction from gainsville to the beltway as new express toll lanes are added. two new lanes in each direction will run

lanes, and the construction will last four more years. >> it's going to make it even worse. >> reporter: over in maryland, look at the size and scope of a project that governor hogan wants to get off the ground. express toll lanes along the 270 corridor, the maryland side of the beltway, and the bw parkway. two new lanes in each direction of those roads. it's still not clear exactly how long it would even take to build this project, but the state is positive. you are 100% confident the beltway, 270, 295 are all going to see these massive changes? >> every one of them will see changes. >> reporter: and on metro, the gm has unveiled a budget that calls for no fare hikes and no service cuts, but a $165 million more from local jurisdiction to help fund the system. metro says other than maintenance, most of the new funding it gets this year will go toward buying more of those shiny new 7,000 series railcars which are also supposed to provide a safer ride. adam tuss, news4.

>> and for a complete list of all the transportation projects, you need to stay up to date on, just check out adam tuss's transportation page on our nbcwashington.com. >> i wonder if lauryn ricketts is checking the transportation page to get out of here and go somewhere and celebrate. >> she is a married woman. >> how about that. >> laren ricketts. >> good for the weather family. >> absolutely. we have some pictures of lauren's wedding. lauryn ricketts got married in wilmington, north carolina. her and her husband who happens to be a marine, by the way. >> beautiful bride. >> absolutely. >> she looks gorgeous. >> and the weather great down there. it was on the cool side for sure, but congratulations to lauren and to eric as well. >> congratulations. >> i don't know when she's coming back to work either. >> she didn't tell you? >> i'm not sure. you know, i'm not sure what the next move is. out there right now, guys, we're just looking at the cold air continuing to come in across our reon

make its way in towards our region as far as the cold air is concerned. there it is right there, the super moon, the first full moon of 2018 happens to be called the wolf moon. yes, there will be another full moon later this month on january 31st. that's because of two full moons, the second full moon in any month is called a blue moon. wolf moon, blue moon coming up later this month. 22 degrees, current temperature dropping right on through the teens. 15 by 11:00 tonight. cold, cold and cold. we've said that a lot over the past week or two weeks. looks like we'll be saying it another week. 16 in gaithersburg, 16 in baltimore, 20 in fort belvoir, 18 in the dulles area. no snow now. we are tracking a system that is down to the south. it's going to stay down to the south. eventually it is going to try to work its way up here. first we have to talk about what is here now and that is the cold and look at these numbers tonight at 11:00. 2 below 30 in manassas, 7 in winchester, gaithersburg. wind blowin15

but when you have numbers this cold it's not hard to get below 0 for the wind chill. 5 below in gaithersburg. this is 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. as many of us are getting up going to the bus stop, heading out to work, 2 below in annapolis and 8 degrees in manassas. so, some really incredible cold continuing across our region. we will see a lot of sunshine tomorrow. wind chills 5 to 5 below, 12 degrees at that time. 23 degrees at noon, 28 by 4 and 23 degrees tomorrow night. tomorrow 2 degrees warmer than today, 28 still below freezing. i got us above freezing, everyone, on wednesday. yes! but it does not last. we go right back below freezing on thursday. and thursday is going to be a really interesting system because this storm system, most likely staying off the coast here, but we've got enough cold air. we could see a couple inches of snow in charleston, south carolina moving up the coast of the carolinas most likely staying on shore, models trying to bring it closer to the coast. still missing us, but bringing a good amount of snow to

that's something we'll be watching, going up to parts of new england. one thing for sure, colder temperatures. look at the high on friday. 19, 19 as well on saturday. absolutely frigid. temperature in the morning on saturday 5 degrees. wind chill in the city could be between 5 and 10 below 0. >> how does it look in florida? >> you know what, it's even cold down there. they're going into the 20s, into the 20s all the way into southern florida. >> that's where the redskins are heading. [ laughter ] >> oh, yeah. >> coming up in sports, skins packing up and heading to the off season again. a lot of questions remaining after a disappointing finish. >> but first here's peter alexander with a look at what happens' ahead on nbc nightly news. >> coming up tonight on nightly news, frigid cold temperatures making for punishing start of the year for the eastern half of the u.s. wind chill advisories as far south as tampa. there is little relief in sight. al

this is the xfinity sports desk. >> all right. ball drop, it's over, see you later, guys. i guess we're going to be seeing kirk playing in i'm betting orange this time next year. >> that's what you bet for next year. now you're sending the whole team to florida. you have plans for everybody. leon has it all figured out and he's from cleveland, go figure. 2018, shot back at you. hello, 2018. as leon mentioned the ball did drop at 34midnight. for the redskins it dropped literally and figuratively. the intersection of despair and disappointment, lost players to injuries, lost games, and now you might say a cul-de-sac of questions, after a 7 of 9 record and second consecutive season with no playoffs. this is not how the redskins were hoping to celebrate the

year. burgundy and gold cleaning out the lockers at redskins park. we've done it several years, dee angelo hall, this could be the last time he cleans it out. quarterback kirk cousins not in the locker room. that was aid good scramble. they would have a few questions for him. they head into the off season of uncertainty since 2014. many players still searching for answers after that 7 and 9 season. >> we have to do better as individuals and players and coaches to repair ourselves. one in five in our division is not acceptable at all. you can't even go to the playoffs doing that. it's just so many things we have to fix. we have to be better in all three faces of the football game. >> you get travel bags or you get trash bags. we got trash bags this year. no travel bags, no opponent, no opponent coming to see us. none of that. what we do have is trash bags. and that's cleaning out our lockers and going forward and looking forward to 2018. i guarantee you

bett better outcome than this one. >> travel bags or trash bags. that's a hashtag. he was given a three-year contract extension reportedly worth $10 million. yes, he settled in on defense after getting his journey in the nfl as an undrafted receiver. this is why, his question with the redskins, he spent the season opposite free land. he is testing free agency. black monday, not good. it means losses in the nfl, lost games, that now have led to lost jobs. redskins had too many losses, but head coach jay gruden is safe. espn reported ownership told staff gruden will be back. the same cannot be said for several other coaches. the raiders firing jack del rio. he had just signed an extension. oakland is closing in on getting john gruden back as their head

lions parting ways. he was the coach four seasons just on extension. bears firing john fox, chicago finished last in nfc north. each of the three seasons. chuck pagano out for indianapolis. his team suffering since the loss of andrew luck. bruce arnz was winning but retired as head coach of the cardinals to spend time with family. leaves as arizona's winning est coach in franchise history. what anniversary is this? tenth anniversary of nml's edition of home with the mets. sabers taking on the rangers. rangers up 2-1. puck behind the net and out to wine en, scores. lundqvist ties the game at 2. we go to overtime. rangers on the power play, chad puts it on the net. j.t. miller to clean up. rangers win in overtime 3-2. >> always great. it's cold, though. >>

>> and 7 of 9 feels worse than 8 and 8. >> there you go. >> don't need to tell you that. thanks for joining us, folks. nightly news starts in 60 seconds. before we start, i just want to say if anyone still doesn't have fios, please stay out of the way so your lag doesn't get us all killed, ben. what's so good about fios anyway? uh. what's so great about a 100% fiber-optic network that makes your gaming system actually work awesomely? hey. did you take out the trash? haha, garbage boy! dad, i already took out ben. it's not funny. gaming is best on a 100% fiber-optic network.

with a 2-year price guarantee with a 2-year agreement. tonight, a frigid and dangerous start to the new year. below freezing temperatures in 90% of the country with at least five deaths now linked to the cold. just when will it end? the search for what caused a plane to hit a mountain moments after takeoff. in costa rica. ten americans killed, five from the same family. the new warning to the u.s. from north korea's dictator who says he has the nuclear button on his desk. buying pot. it's now legal for recreational use in california. one of the many new laws taking effect today. and a celebration of life at a big new year's day parade and the selfless acts that are inspiring america. this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. good evening. and happy new year. i'm peter alexander in fole