none of this is hitting the ground yet but it's really starting to get its act together and down towards the parts of carolina off to the east, a blizzard warning for areas out towards ocean city. they could see 50-mile-per-hour winds. we could see 30 to 40-mile-per-hour winds here. soon, hundreds of trucks will be hitting the roads. >> shomari stone is at the city's command center in northwest with a look at the plan for the evening. shomari? >> well, good

we're here at the d.c. department of public works storm team 4 command center. the employees will be looking at these monitors. there are nine of them. if you notice, they'll sometimes go to black and what they are doing, this is realtime live video from major intersections throughout the district. for example, we have florida avenue, bening road, pennsylvania avenue, first street and potomac avenue southeast. around 8:00, that is when the snow table will send out the trucks to pretreat the roads with salt brine and then 200 trucks will be deployed. if you're out and about, stay away. give these guys and women working out there time and room so that they can get t

make the roads safer for all of us. you're now going to hear from the d.c. department of public works director. let's hear what he has to say. >> we have had very dangerously low temperatures. any amount of precipitation can create ice and black ice, whether it's half an inch tomorrow or, like i said, it can affect traffic. >> reporter: now, christopher says that he is anticipating potential danger on the roadways and we will bring you another live update at 6:00 and 11:00 tonight on nbc washington news4. i'm shomari stone, back to you. >> thank you, shomari. there is a missing man in our area and detectives with dogs have been looking for any sign of the man.

costco yesterday in beltsville. chopper 4 was over the scene as crews searched the woods behind that store. he suffers from dementia and cannot speak. >> reporter: detectives are working and so are his family. you've got woods right behind this area and then to the left you can see there is an industrial area. lots of places that this man could possibly be. >> i'm going to give some direction. >> reporter: police are canvassing

they are searching for daniel dehaven who has been missing for more than 24 hours. >> you've seen the reports that we have snow coming this way this evening. temperatures are going to dip again so it is critical that we locate mr. dehaven. >> reporter: he lives right up the street. mr. dehaven has dementia. police are hoping that he's someplace warm. >> it was very cold. i hope and pray that he's in a warm space. >> this flier is all over the place. he's 5'9", 175 pounds. he has salt and pepper hair and they say that he was last seen wearing a black coat. prince george's county police want to hear from you as soon as possible. every tip can help. tracee wilkins, back to you in the studio. >> desperate search and time running out. tracee, thank you so much. now to a reminder

something appears to be frozen, you should never go out onto the ice. chopper 4 is live here in leesburg where first responders went to a report of a person possibly falling through the ice of this pond. you can see footprints and a large hole there we are told that they checked but did not find anyone. and we are working for you with resources to keep your family safe during this bitter cold. download our app and take the forecast everywhere you go. well, this evening we are learning new details about the husband and wife murdered in -- the two people murdered in the district as police try to figure out if their deaths may be connected. the victims' bodies were found about an hour apart late last night and there are new details in

pat? >> reporter: wendy, this is a shocking murder scene and she was locked in the trunk of her car, her car torched and flames rose high. imagine what it looks like here. two friends killed on the same day about two milings apart. are these murders somehow connected? police want to know. it took some time, but police have now identified the victim in this case of murder. 23 years old, shot multiple times, stuffed in the trunk of her car and her car torched leavio

escape. her death has brought great sadness to her friends and family. k.k. was close to her son. >> what has this done to you? >> it hurts. it not only hurt me but my son. >> k.k. was close to your son. in fact, she called him that day to talk to him, didn't she? now, about an hour before k.k. was murdered, the body of a man tossed from a car and he had been shot a number of times. that man identified as 27-year-old armani who worked as a building engineer for d.c. public schools. that murder scene was about two miles away from where

killed. and they could go back to their childhood days. police are working hard to solve these two murder cases. >> thank you, pat. now to a new book. have you heard, it's already an amazon best seller and it hasn't even been released yet. it's sparked a nasty war of words tonight between president trump and a former top adviser "fire & fury" chronicles the trump administration from the election night when many of the trump campaign supporters believed they would lose up until this past fall. leon harris has a look at explosive stuff. >> this is

inside and outside the white õuse and will for days, if not weeks to come. he interviewed 200 people and slams the president and those closest to him. among the most damning comments, his take on the publicized meeting between donald trump jr. and jared kushner and a number of russian nationals, he says even if you thought this was not treasonous, unpatriotic or bad stuff -- that's not the word he used, however, and i happen to think it's all of that, you should have called the fbi immediately, he says. and he added that they are going to crack donald trump jr. like an egg on national tv. and he writes about an apparent deal between the president and his

she would run for president and, quote, the first female president, ivanka entertained, would not be hillary clinton, it would be ivanka trump. president trump this afternoon blasted bannon writing this in part, steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency when he was fired he not only lost his job, he lost his mind. >> what in the world is steve bannon's end game here, he's clearly throwing a grenade and exploding it and has been since the excerpts came out but now the president is doing a little scorching of his own. >> the white house says president trump and steve bannon last spoke back in december. a couple of other points from the book coming out tonight. bannon is quoted telling individuals he doesn't believe mr. trump make it is through a full term as president. wolff also

watching three monitors and getting on the phone in a rambling affair. storm team 4 is in alert mode. we track the snow and polar air that is coming back on top of us. just ahead, a look at the dangers on our icy waterways and the two things that you can do to help save a life if that happens. how the district is handling an increase in people needing overnight shelter. you have heard the term bombogenesis or bomb cycle? what is that? doug and amelia will be back to explain it to you. and a reminder to wake up for news4 today. we expect cancellations for school. sheena parveen will

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we have breaking news. chopper 4 is headed to a reported rescue on an icy creek, as we've been warning you, don't go out there. it may look solid but it isn't. a vehicle crashed and ended up

baltimore road and shilo church road in boyd. this is the same area where a car was stuck yesterday. as soon as chopper 4 gets on the scene, we'll bring you live pictures here on news4. well, let's get the word on the weather and just how much snow we'll be seeing out of this and how much those temperatures are going to drop overnight. we have team coverage. doug and amelia, take it away. amelia will be talking about that thing we call bombogenesis. first off, we have cloud cover around the area. yes, it's cold but we're a lot warmer than we've been the last couple of days. 33 degrees and we'll drop into the low to mid-20s so

because the roads have been so cold, it will stick everywhere. we have a winter weather advisory in these zones and usually it means a couple of inches. and to the east we have that chance. and all up and down the coast. this is going to be one heck of a coastal storm and we learned that in college and haven't talked about it much because you don't want to hear all the time but it happens all the time for us. amelia has more. >> doug, you were just mentioning how it's trending on twitter. what is bombogenesis ork

system drops 24 millibars in about 24 hours or more. millibars are going to be a measure of storm system and it's going to intensify and is intensifying at an astonishing rate. here's a look just after midnight. you berarely ever see these colors. this really intensifies as it moves up the coast. and it's usually up around the north poll, arctic, dangerously frigid air. tomorrow from the snow, we think especially on friday, how cold it's going to be at the bus

i want to show the timing of the snow as it moves on in. as we move in tomorrow morning, 1:00, the snow moves in. around 5:00, you can see the snow come in between 1 and 5:00. still snowing between the i-95 corridor to the east. look at that sharp cutoff. leesburg, nothing across the river around gaithersburg and it could accumulate in that region and moves out by 8:00 and then it just gets plain cold and windy. how much snow where you live? less than an inch. prince george's county, down towards charles county, 2 to 4 down to the south and a little more as you head out towards the eastern shore and around ocean city, 4 to 8 inches there. and now turning frigid, 28 degrees early and

temperatures quickly down into the single digits. windchills in the 10 to 15 to 20 below zero range friday morning and saturday morning. that's why we have dangerous cold. we could see schools delayed on friday morning due to the fact that we're so cold and then tracking another storm system on monday. that one could give us ice. we'll talk much more about that in the next couple of days. right now it's all about the next 72 hours. well, when it gets this cold, groups that help the homeless work overtime and mark segraves drove around in the hypothermia van. >> reporter: you can find them on our street corners and if you look, you'll see them huddled under the bridges during these dangerously cold

for the past 16 years, he's been driving one of the hypothermia vans for a local nonprofit. if they let him, bones will drive them to a shelter. and bones has been working double shifts every day for the past week as have scores of others who take care of the less fortunate during these frigid days and nights. >> that could be me. i hope somebody will do that for me that i have for them. >> over the past week, the hypothermia vans have transported nearly 4,000 homeless to day centers. they can get hot meals, clothes, see a doctor, do laundry and take a

searching for more people he can help. he told me over the past 16 years the face of the homeless on our streets has changed. >> we started with more elderly folks and middle-aged and now we're seeing younger folks. >> reporter: how young? >> 20, 18, in the teens. >> reporter: if you see someone who needs help, call 311 and they'll dispatch the van. in the district, mark segraves, news4. to breaking news now, details on a gruesome double murder just days before christmas in reston. erika gonzalez is looking at court documents. erika? >> we've been going over these documents detailing the gruesome scene in fairfax county police walked into. this is a case that's gotten national attention. we are talking about the murder of two parents. scott frick

buckley kuhn-fricker. according to documents, blood stains were found on several doors and walls, bullet fragments and holes in a ceiling in the hallway and numerous shell casings and items like a hammer and a knife also found on the scene. now, at the suspect's home, police also found gun parts, ammo and a gun box. the teen suspect whose name has not been released remains hospitalized in critical condition after police say he turned the gun on himself. no charges have been announced.

stop the disease from spreading. that's what loudoun county prosecutors say they are doing in a court case related to the opioid crisis. >> a judge sentenced a woman to prison for four years for not calling 911 when her friend overdosed. this is tearful testimony to warn others. ♪ >> reporter: music composed and performed by whit black, covering a range of mel lod dees. the family is satisfed

judge's ruling. still missing is witt black. september 2016, the popular local musician found dead after a heroin overdose in a hotel. his family and friends say he had never done the drug before and that it was heather timber, his friend of more than ten years, who introduced it to him that night. prosecutors played surveillance video in court from that evening. it showed black struggling alone for more than 40 minutes. >> it was very critical watching the last 40 minutes of my brother's life and seeing him so unresponsive in a stairwell and watching the defendant, you know, do nothing. >> reporter: for prosecutors here in loudoun county, this goes beyond punishment for one individual. it's about sending a very clear message to the community about not spreading the disease of addiction. >> individuals absolutely need to seek help and we need to support people that are seeking help. but we do need to send a message to the people spreading the

disease. >> reporter: the judge sentenced her to four years in prison. >> we have an opioid crisis and we have the ability to treat folks for that but sometimes a criminal justice system doesn't favor that much. >> reporter: meantime, the black family trying to move forward using the witt black foundation to honor his first love. in leesburg, david culver, news4. a legal challenge over the balance of power in the virginia statehouse. what's next after that judge rejected the request to throw out a crucial vote. >> the plumbers are out and they are busy. pipes are freezing and water is going everywhere. coming up, we've got some tips you might want constoid

kammerer. the radar is all clear and temperatures have been the warmest that they've been in over a week even though most of you stay below freezing. that's got to be a huge factor working its way up the coast. you can see the storm taking aim in the carolinas right now south of raleigh in and around the charleston area. let's zoom down this region. charleston has been pummeled. this is live video of one of the roads down there and i'll tell you, it's just going to be a complete disaster zone.

ready for this type of snow. watch this area take effect. that's the area of low pressure really getting its act together. we have winter weather advisories through the early morning hours tomorrow. i'll breakdown the road conditions for you and how many of you have a chance for some delays or closures both tomorrow and friday? see you in 15 minutes. >> thank you, doug. we always talk about the dangers of pipes bursting when the temperatures dip this low. news4's meagan fitzgerald has more. >> reporter: this woman in northwest d.c. avoided what could have been a major disaster. come on in and we'll show you why. her pipes are

the experts say the pipes didn't burst but that got us thinking, we want to give you some tips so you can avoid a visit from these guys. let's start here in the kitchen. this plumber says the cold air from outside contributed to the problem. >> so the customer hasn't been using the kitchen sink and the cold air got in and it actually froze the pipes because it was standing water. >> but rose says this woman is lucky. the pipes could have burst creating an even bigger problem. to avoid the headache, he says to keep the temperature in your home at 68 degrees or higher before you go to bed at night. rose says to let all faucets in your home run at a drizzle and then turn them off when you wake up. if your washer and dryer are exposed to the cold air, there iwo

water is drained from the pipes so they don't freeze. >> unscrew them, both of them, and from the machine make sure the water is run out of it. >> if you know you're going to be away from home for two or three days, turn off your main shutoff valve and then turn on all faucets in your home. and make sure all the water is drained out of the pipes before turning the faucets off. it's the same process for turning off the outside water valves. rose says if you follow these tips, you should have an uneventful winter season. meagan fitzgerald, news4. i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk. let's give you an update on the situation happening in maryland where a person has been pulled from their car in boyds after it went into an icy creek. this is in boyds, maryland, as chopper 4 zooms in

i know it's dark but as you look through those trees, you see the suv in that ten-mile creek. the ice is thick. we know one person was rescued and it doesn't appear that they have any injuries a nd it startd with a crash and then the suv ended up in the creek. this is the same area, same spot where a car wound up in the creek yesterday. so again, please be very careful out on the roads as our weather situation only continues to intensify over the next couple of days. stay safe out there. over to you. >> thank you so much. we're working for you as this cold continues and the snow arrives. wake up with news4 today at 4:00 a.m. we have team coverage with meteorologist sheena parveen and we'll have up to the minute school delays and cancellations. we already have some delays in. get weather updates at any time in our nbc washington app. well, it's an election that could decide the balance of

dragged on for nearly two months past election day. it could keep on dragging, folks, even past tomorrow's drawing. the winner of virge yinia's 94t district will break the tie. they have agreed to not challenge tomorrow's results. but state law requires another recount. stick with news4 for the tiebreaker. it could be a game changer if simons wins, the house will be equally divided. if david yancy wins, the gop will hold a slim majority. and work crews in richmond are putting the final touches on ralph northam's inauguration. he will be the 73rd governor of

have with the 73rd governor, i have been here for ten years and i have relationships with people on both sides of the aisle. they know how i like to do things. >> and northam insists his landslide victory fueled by president trump is a mandate for his top legislative priority. >> medicaid expansion is important and i'll do everything to make that happen. >> northam points out that more virginians die

than auto accidents. >> we need to talk about weapons of war. >> reporter: northam won't know until tomorrow whether they are going to have a split delegation. >> i think it really brings people from both sides of the aisle and get good things done and do what is in the best interest of virginia. >> since they can't drive anymore for security reasons, they are driving all of their cars and putting their house in norfolk on the market. in richmond, virginia, julie carey, news4. frigid temps turn parts of the potomac and the sea to ice. some local firefighters show us

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take a look at this map right here. you can see most of the area is shaded in purple. that's a winter weather advisory. what does that mean for delays? i'll have that forecast and what you can expect on friday coming u

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mouth. it's a problem for both sellers and buyers. how to make sure your package makes it into your home. susan hogan reports on the solution some have found of this delivery dilemma. and chopper 4 is staying on top of the news of the car that is stuck on the icy ten-mile creek in montgomery county. same place a car crashed in exact same way just yestday. anotherer

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just a moment. chopper 4 flying above ten mile creek where an suv somehow ended up in a body of water. it's a frigid night. the rescue that took place was very dangerous and had to happen fast. the driver expected to be okay. this is the same spot where another car wound up in a creek yesterday. had crews out on the ice earlier honing their skills. chris gordon is in pot tomorrow mock county with -- potomac river with how they rescue someone. >> reporter: grab a branch and try to reach them but if you can't, toss it to them so they can use it to keep t

911. this montgomery county rescue team allows us to place a camera on the victim. and the rescuers showing how they practice pulling someone to safety who falls through the ice. >> one, two, three, four. [ bleep ]. >> reporter: the firefighter who is the victim in this drill stresses that time is critical. >> it's bearable with protective gear on. without it, it would be completely unbearable. you wouldn't be able to function within seconds. >> reporter: the ice here is three to four inches thick but montgomery county fire rescue says you should not consider it safe. if someone falls in, you should throw them something to keep their head above water. immediately call 911. >> reporter: frigid temperatures

canal. monday night, three people are rescued from a car stuck in icy waters in boyds, maryland. they are cold but uninjured. rescuers say the right thing is staying put and calling 911. rescuers say that you should stand no closer than 10 feet away from frozen ponds and creeks in our area for safety sake. that's the latest live in montgomery county, back to you. >> chris, thank you. all right. we've gotten air from the north pole coming down? >> that's what they call the polar vortex. you hear these different words coming out, bombogenesis or bomb cyclone. we've talked about this for years. >> new to us. >> but they are catch phrase words. it's goingo

pidl rapidly. that's all it means. take a look at what is happening outside right now. there are temperatures around the freezing mark. 33 degrees but that wasn't long enough above freezing to really make a difference. take a look at the radar. it shows snow moving into the area. none of this is hitting the ground. if you're in a plane and flying in towards dca, you're probably seeing snow out the window but not on the ground. it evaporates before it hits the ground. that's the case most of the night tonight with the snow trying to move in. the snow will eventually saturate the atmosphere and that is snow falling just to the south and east of raleigh. some very heavy snow down here. this snow moves in overnight tonight and that's why we have a winter weather advisory. it's because of the cold air that we have this advisory. cold air, the timing during the morning rush and thei

inch in most of our western zones, west of i-95 and east of an inch i-95. it's going to be a bigger issue as you head out towards the eastern shore. blizzard warnings in effect for rehoboth and ocean city. timingwise, starting around 3:00, 4:00, everybody is seeing snow but nothing back towards the west. and you won't see anything from this storm. it's all towards the east and out around 8:00. what about the roads? they could be a big-time problem even with a coating of ice or snow. they are very slick for the morning commute. some slickness even tomorrow night and into friday morning because the temperatures will be so low that the snow is not going anywhere fast. that's going to lead to delays and cancellations. fauquier county, a delay because of snow. calvert county also, a two-hour delay. >> right now we're doing our school delay

you can see calvert could become canceled and prince george's and parts of stafford and king george county as well. we head to the west, arlington, alexandria, fairfax, prince william, fauquier, montgomery, carol county, howard county. delays here are possible. areas like washington county, panhandle of west virginia, count on school being open. definitely want to do the homework if your county is in green. so you have a good chance of a delay, if not a cancellation on friday morning because look at these brutal feels-like temperatures at 6:00 a.m. feeling about 15 degrees below in martinsburg and even 7 degrees below zero in the district on friday morning. as we head into the wen

worse during the afternoon and sdple zero degrees outside. >> that's the case friday through saturday. weather alert tomorrow, friday and saturday. sunday, breaking out and we won't have the wind so not as bad as a windchill. we'll set records, i think, especially over towards dulles airport. there is a possible mix with ice and staying on the cool side as we head into most of next week. >> if you live in a condo or apartment complex, packages are piling up and lost and stolen and property managers stressed out and trying to make sure that they are tracking all of the stuff. susan hogan is going to show us what is going to solve this delivery dilemma. >> let's face it, most property managers don't want to be

packager deliverer. this time of year they are inundated with packages coming and going. all year long, it's crazy. >> it's insane. >> packages piling up is a real problem. >> it's a pain having someone at the desk 24 hours accepting packages. >> reporter: how hard would it be to have access to your packages 24/7, nothing to sign, say hello to the delivery dilemma answer. carriers scan packages, put them in lockers and residents are automatically notified by text. >> it's very convenient. it's like i don't have to go out and the convenience to the residents p

is priceless. >> management isn't getting calls every single day, every hour, really, on the hour saying, do i have a package? >> and you don't know which one it will open as a surprise every time? >> for property managers, they are usually swamped with packages year round. >> it's not left out on the front porch and possibly lock lost in the 100 packages it's right here for them. >> good news, back to you guys. >> susan, thank you. when we come right back, a popular garden center gets ready to close its doors. >> storm team 4 tracking the storm coming our way and a wintry punch by the afternoon. cancellations are scrolling at the bottom of your

next. and we continue to follow that breaking news chopper 4 flying live over ten mile creek here in montgomery county where an suv is trapped in an icy creek after your daughter wants to stay organic. your husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. you want to stay free from artificial preservatives. and your debit card wants to stay on a diet. fill your cart with small victories like giant's nature's promise brand. great prices on over 1,300 items. eat well for less. only at my giant.

it's been a neighborhood staple for more than 80 years but johnson's florist

center is closing. they tell us the closure is due to a rent increase. there's two other locations in kensington and montgomery county. kensington center will offer deliveries to currently served zip codes in the district. a pharmacy opening near a school is usually not that big of a deal but they offer medical marijuana. news4's kristin wright went to see if the school's neighbor is causing any concern. >> we are zoned as a pharmacy. >> reporter: sue is trying it for bad arthritis. >> it gets depressing, you know, when you get older and you say this is not what i thought my go

this much pain. >> that type is to be educated about the marijuana than scare them. the school district doesn't expect any problem. >> how hard would it be for the student over there to come over here and actually get cannabis on their own? >> extremely hard. >> reporter: the manager says they've had community outreach meetings and so far are good neighbors. >> there's a specific need everywhere. >> a little baggy. >> reporter: something that sue could not agree with more. >> to get registered in maryland, you have to go through a series of hoops. i don't think it's going to be a problem. >> reporter: in frederick

now at 6:00, a weather alert here. we're tracking a monster of a storm making its way up the coast. snowfall totals, i've got them for you. >> wait until you feel what is behind that snow. i'll show you how far the polar vortex will have temperatures plummeting. >> desperate search. police are working around the clock to find a missing man. how you can help. plus, war of words. the jaw-dropping fight over what's fact and what's fiction as the president turns on steve bannon, even saying his former ally has lost his mind. first, live to chopper 4. an suv ends up in icy water. >> this is at ten mile creek in boyds, maryland. the rescue that took place there was extremely dangerous and

our newsroom. you can see the car trapped right in the middle of the creek there. the driver is expected to be okay. now, this is the same spot where another car got stuck yesterday. >> we have storm team 4 and a team of reporters tracking the storm's every move and how it could have impacted you. >> and we have a list of school delays for tomorrow. you'll see them running at the bottom of your screen updating in realtime. >> it's going to be brutal. snow is coming down in tallahassee, florida, a short time ago. >> imagine, yeah, the snow is making for a big mess in south carolina, too. here