>> and gusty winds are now blowing in behind the snow. just look at the flags over union station. it's not too much right now, but there you go. >> there it is. >> now we're bracing for some dangerous wind chills. >> that's right. we're updating our school delays for friday. that will be scrolling across the bottom of your screen. we are here for you with live team coverage. let's start now with meteorologist doug kammerer and amelia draper. what is p what's the word? >> the snow continues to move up the coast. it is finally moving across the rest of the area. no more winter weather advisory but now we get into the most dangerous part of the system. >> yeah, we're talking about winds and dais dangerously cold air moving in. wind chill advisory overnight. this is the first time the season we talked about dangerously cold air impacting. >> we've been cold, but this is dangerous cold here. take a look at the radar. still over the potomac z

showing the storm the last few hours, it is hammering places like boston, places like new york, even the ocean city area in new jersey, parts of new jersey picking up over a foot of snow. now, the snow is out of here, but behind this -- this is what we've been talking about the last week -- is going to be the wind and the wind chill. wind advisory in effect. winds could gust up to 50 miles per hour tonight. 50 mile an hour wind you see in the area highlighted. that could take down trees and see power outages as a result of that. those winds also combined with the extremely cold temperatures, and you get the wind chills. look at the wind chill advisory. it includes everyone. you have wind chill warnings for areas along the blue ridge here, but wind chill advisories, 5 to 15 below 0. they could go down as far as 20 to 25 below 0 tonight and early tomorrow morning. much more on this, much more on the cold, how long it sticks around, what to expect tomorrow morning, what to expect this weeke

the weather center. >> well, eastern shore and the coast got the brunt of this storm and the pictures tell the story. >> that's right. we want to show you some video here. this is from ocean city those who did try to get out of their homes wound up getting outside and getting stuck in all that stuff. news4's justin finch continues with the coverage. he shows us what the board walk looked like earlier today. >> reporter: you can get a sense of how much snow is out here by the size of this drift. by this hooters sign here, i want to give you a sense of how high it is by standing next to it here. this is really high, really deep stuff. the snow at this point very dense. it's not just powder any more. it has a bit of an icy grit to it. and again, it's been snowing for several hours now from overnight into these hours right now. taking a look now, around the board walk here as you can see, it's just white everywhere here. so much snow,

no one is out here but us and a few other people who dare to come out. most of them plow operators, first responders and a journalist or two we met earlier. so, the advice has been for those who do not have to come out here to not do so. and people tend to be abiding by that. we now know ocean city bracing itself for as much as 12 inches of snow out here. public transportation has been called off for today until roads improve. and as you can see, there is a very good reason why. we're live here in ocean city. i'm justin finch, news4. now back to you in the studio. >> that is painful to watch, isn't it? now, as we told you, we have some breaking school announcements just coming into the newsroom here and these are all for friday. and because of the frigid weather out there, all schools in prince george's county are going to be open two hours late. anne arundel county and fauquier county will be on two hour delay. frederick county, virginia

the complete list will be scrolling across the bottom of the screen so keep it tuned here throughout the afternoon. our team coverage continues with prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins. tracee, you've been around, all around brandywine to la plata. how are folks faring? how are the roads out there? >> reporter: well, the roads are slushy. you can see that everything they put down on the roads to try to deal with all of this stuff, it's working. but when you come into the neighborhoods, the secondary streets, this is what you have, compact. it's going to stay this way through tomorrow and this is the other thing you see. look at this one, look what it does to the street sign over there. see how hard the wind is blowing? doug kammerer was telling me we are looking at wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour. it's hard to talk to you. freeze after awhile. but that wind hits your face and it is just hard to deal with. you can see right now it's coming across my face again. you can see that one coming

people are dealing with all of this and trying to prepare for what's going to come, and that's going to be a deep freeze. >> very slushy, very slushy, very dirty. >> reporter: and that slush anditis are expected to hang around throughout the night and through tomorrow. >> this morning was kind of rough because the snow was accumulating so fast. but it's pretty much in good conditions now. >> reporter: main roads are clear around route 5, but neighborhood streets are covered. >> the light snow. in other words, it's not sticky. so, it's easy to get off the cars, it's ease toy get off the sidewalks and most likely for the road crews to get off of the road, too. >> reporter: but that wind. the news4 storm team says winds are up to 50 miles per hour in southern maryland. >> it's not a bad snow. it's just real cold and windy. >> reporter: those primary streets were

of concern for today. a lot of the neighborhood streets are going to be hit overnight and then also into tomorrow morning. reporting live from brandywine, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >> reporter: i'm david culver in richmond, virginia. it's not often to say head south if you want to see more snow. with this system that's the case. you can see in the commonwealth they have a few inches in some spots, good amount compared to northern virginia. looks pretty scenic when you see benches like that. or over here, capital ground, you see the statues covered with the coating and the trees even. all nice to take in. the roads, not too bad either. when we were coming down from northern virginia today, clear in most spots then it got a little bit slushy compared with places farther north. overall it is a' passable. schools are closed and businesses as well. as the snow stops,

starts to pickup and bitter cold temperatures, we're feeling it in virginia's capital. back to you. >> and the church chiming in the background makes it even more scenic. well, tomorrow morning could be dicey. news4 will be working for you starting at 4:00 a.m., you can get the latest school schedule changes and alerts about what ice is on the roads and where and updates on these dangerous temperatures. and remember, the storm team4 forecast is at your fingertips 24/7. find weather alert coverage by opening the nbc washington app. >> today's random drawing to determine the balance of power in the virginia house of delegates was dubbed the richmond bowl and it did have all the suspense of a close college football game. >> the winner of health district 94 is david yancy. >> republican delegate david yancy's name was pulled out of a ceramic bowl in richmond this morning. viewers watched it

on news4 at midday. the name drawn means yancy will continue to represent house district 94 from newport news and republicans will keep control of the house of delegates in the commonwealth of virginia. a house race is being contested in court. >> the backlash over fire and fury is gathering its own fire and fury. today a standoff between president trump and his former top advisor steve bannon. for bannon's quotes in that book, lawyers are now getting involved. but the publisher is doubling down and moving the publication date up so the books get to the shelves faster. blayne alexander tracking it all from capitol hill. blayne? >> reporter: yeah, wendy, people want to see it now. they're moving it up. instead of next tuesday as originally planned it is coming out tomorrow so people can buy it starting tomorrow morning. it is worth noting nbc news has not independently confirmed much of what is in that book and the white house is pushing back hard calling it a work of complete fantasy written by, quote, a crackpot.

true to its title, the new tell-all book bringing more fire and fury between president trump and former top advisor steve bannon. >> i didn't talk to him. >> reporter: after a scathing statement yesterday, today the president with a cooler response to explosive quotes about his family attributed to bannon. >> he called me a great man last night so he obviously changed his tune pretty quick. >> reporter: in fact, bannon said this during a radio show this morning. >> there is nobody we think higher of than president trump and the agenda. so, let's not let the left wing media stir that up. >> reporte reporter: but he not not deny calling a trump tower meeting between the president's son and a russian attorney treasonous and unpatriotic or saying that the russia investigation would crack donald trump, jr. like an egg. the president's lawyers warning bannon legal action is imminent with a similar cease and desist letter to the book's publisher and author. >> creating more jobs. >> reporter: todhe

in the white house briefing room. his spokeswoman insisting americans are more worried about things like the economy. >> i don't think they really care about some trash that an author that no one had ever heard of until today, or a fired employee wants to pedal. >> reporter: a book stirring up a fire storm before it even hits shelves. perhaps coincidentally starting next week there is a new policy in the west wing, no personal cell phones allowed. the white house says it is for security reasons only, nothing to do with the new book. leon? >> thank you, blayne. things just get more and more interesting. >> curiouser and curiouser. >> curiouser and curiouser, there you go. a big blow to the blossoming marijuana across the country. jeff sessions gives the green light to federal law against the sale that shielded

intervention is changed. it is not sitting well with local attorneys general and d.c. and maryland members along with patients are concerned about the future of their treatments. news4's chris gordon has that part of the story coming ahead here on news4 at 5:00. >> but first at 4:00, ivanka trump is house hunting again. we're going to tell you why. >> plus, flooding, whiteout conditions, dangerous cold. the monster storm morming through bost moving through boston. we'll show you the conditions. >> some of us will wake up to temperatures that feel like 20 below. doug and amelia are back in time to time-out this big chiland letl u

back at 4:15 with a live look over the national mall, looks pretty. but what you can't see is how dangerously cold it is getting out there. >> uh-huh. >> doug and amelia join us in just a minute with just how long our next round of arctic air is going to hang around. >> that's right. ice, sleet and snow sweeping through the northeast and crippling areas up and down the east coast right now. >> nbc news chris palone is in boston where fast moving snow is causing whiteout conditions there. chris? >> reporter: hi there, wendy and leon. that's right, millions here in the northeast are un

as a matter of fact, the national weather service said that this officially is a blizzard, more than three hours with winds over 35 miles an hour, low visibility, heavy blowing snow. that's what we've seen all day long. but it's not just the snow that government officials are concerned with. they say they're also concerned with wind and water. the snow came and the flood waters followed. a midday high tide right when snow and wind became the most intense since storm surge crashing and homes on the massachusetts south shore. >> i've never seen this before. this is really cool and crazy to see these waves. >> reporter: storm surge rushed ashore in downtown boston turning state street into a river of ice and slush. many towns with low lying areas with rescues of people caught off guard. >> this is cold for sure. >> reporter: in all 16 inches of snow expected in boston, moren

>> just seems like another winter day. >> reporter: it left new york city under a blanket of white. school children there got a rare snow day. but official worry more about the wind and snow. >> mother nature can bring the severity that is beyond your control. >> reporter: the clean up will take place in the south. north carolina governor said three people died there. >> our biggest concern is the freezing temperatures that will linger. >> reporter: the first winter blast of 2018. causing havoc for millions from florida to canada and everywhere in between. and as you might imagine, travel is an absolute mess throughout the entire region. the roads are terrible. it's snowing 2 to 3 inches an hour. the plows can't keep up with it. last check, airport s are technically open but flights aren't getting in and out. more than 4,000 cancellations in the u.s. today. most of them, of course, here in the northeast.

cancelling at least 75% of their slate. it will take a little while to get back to normal. leon, wendy, let's go back to you. >> those are tough people up there in new england. >> they've been through this before. >> it's still tough for them. we're not as tough and it's going to be even tougher for us down here because this cold weather is not going away like in an hour, right, doug? >> no, because, you know, the back edge of this is coming through. the cold, the wind and the entire time for the storm we've said that was the most dangerous part. >> yeah, absolutely. we saw a lot, pretty much every school was closed today because of the weather, the snow. tomorrow because of how cold it's going to be. >> let's look now. you can see the camera shaking. if you step outside the studio, the tower is 150 feet tall. you hear the wind whipping through the towers here. current temperature sitting 26 degrees, winds out of the north west at 17. but the guests are much higher. gusts upwards of 40 miles per hour,

rest of the evening. as far as the snow is concerned, it is gone. a couple of snow showers over towards the chesapeake, that is it. but here's the storm itself moving up the coast. it's right in through here right now, right off the coast of bongs. so, they are getting just tremendous winds, tremendous storm surge from this. could be one of the highest storm surge of all times in the boston area, new york getting it. we are done with the snow fall. it is now the temperatures and the wind. 26 the current temperature in d.c., 21 martinsburg, 24 douns towards manassas. as we move through the rest of the afternoon the wind is a huge factor. upwards of 40 to 50 miles per hour. you can see the area highlighted. northern virginia, the entire state of maryland, west virginia and the district. what can we expect from that over the next couple of hours? the big thing, the winds as i mention, 50 miles an hour, and what they're going to bring is potential tree damage. be ready for power

know where your flashlights are, batteries, make sure phones are charged just in case and have someplace to go because it is going to be brutally cold tonight. let's talk more about the wind chills now as winds continue to rip on through. wind chills continue to go down. >> absolutely, doug. we're talking about wind chill temperatures tonight. 20 degrees below 0, take a look at how it is feeling out there right now. i want to remind you, wind chill is when we take the air temperature and we factor in the sustained wind so the winds are sustained at about 10 to 25 miles an hour, you get the stronger gusts so it could even feel a little colder out there at times. again, we can't say this enough. dangerously cold tonight and again tomorrow night. right now it is feeling 6 in gaithersburg, 13 in washington, and about 8 degrees in manassas. skies clear out that allows our temperatures to plummet. as we see the sunsetting, we'll see a wind chill advisory go into effect. it official lip runs from 10:00 p.m. tonight till noon tomorrow. everybody under the wind chill

warning in far western maryland and parts of west virginia. regardless you want to avoid time-out. frostbite is possible in 30 minutes. if kids have to be outdoors, make sure they have gloves, hat and scarf on. wind chill temperatures at 10 below 0, doug, it is going to be the worst tomorrow morning 7:00 a.m. you can see air why wide everybody 10 degrees below 0. winchester 10 degrees below 0. >> as you mention that's with the regular wind. you add in the sustained wind, the gusts, we could be at the 20 to 25 below, guys. this is some incredible cold we have coming in for tomorrow night. that's why we think schools will be canceled for tomorrow. 19, frigid conditions. this is the most cold we've seen this season. 18 for a high on saturday. 9 degrees early sunday morning with a high of 24. but with less wind, sunday might feel a little better. we have a chance for rain and possibly a mix on monday as we look

the chilly side. we do warm towards the end of next week but tracking another storm next friday and saturdayment we'll see what that one brings us. we're most likely thinking a good chance of rain, but could be a mix, too. that is something we'll continue to watch for you here from the storm center. guys? it's the weekend. make a three-day weekend out of it. >> it's four, they were off today. >> there you go. >> i'm looking long range. this is not going anywhere any time soon. we have a consumer alert for you before you start your dinner tonight. >> we'll tell you how long you may want to leave lettuce off the menu and tell you why. >> and i'm going to walk you through the advanced security flaws that are on your computers and your phones, all of it putting your information at risk. >> jody foster is no fan of superman. i'm tommy mcfly with your celebrity 60. but first ellen page is a married woman. the juneau star tied the knot with her friend emma

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all right. now at 4:30, a live look at the rockport, massachusetts area. this is outside of boston. check out that snow they've got coming down there. a little bit of wind as well. they're bracing for a really big bitter blast. >> right. and they're struggling up there. those yankees know how to deal with this kind of stuff. we have live team coverage down here. let's start with doug in the storm center. what you got now? >> you're right, guys. i talked to two friends, one of which is in boston. he's having a really hard time of things in the boston area. one thing he told me was there's a lot of people that are still walking around out there, no problem. they're acting like this is something they deal with. this is something they deal with this time of month. now, talked to another friend in the same conversation and he's talking about the people in miami where the current tuum tour is -- temperature is in the

the radar right there, nothing going on in our immediate area. but you notice what's happening up towards boston, up around new york, still seeing that incredible snow fall making its way on up here. we've seen 12 to 18 inches for some of the higher points here including one just south of philadelphia around the cape may area. still for boston, they've got another 12 hours of this storm before it moves on out. for us, the snow is gone, but now it's the wind and the wind chill. look at the current numbers. 6 is the way it feels in gaithersburg, 8 in manassas, 13 in d.c. and if you take the wind chill that i'm expecting to see by tomorrow morning, it will feel nearly 20 degrees colder than this tomorrow morning. so, if you think this is cold, guys, it's going to get a lot colder over the next 24 hours. and it's going to stay that way right on through saturday night. >> all right. and things are getting more than just a little chilly this winter. the cdc says more than 1200 people die every year just from being out in the frigid temperatures. but how cold is too cold? and how can you tell when it's time to

amee cho talked to experts today. she's outside in northwest, to explain what you heard. amee? >> reporter: hi, wendy and leon. bitterly cold temperatures, frostbite is very much a real concern, even just a few minutes of exposure of your bare skin can put you at risk, especially your fingers. notice i'm not taking any chances. doctors say frostbite comes in stages. the first stage is frost knip, that's very much treatable going inside, putting on warm blankets and clothes that sort of thing. but the second stage of frostbite, that can cause permanent damage. doctors say the elderly and kids are the most at risk for frostbite but really anybody can get it. we asked a doctor at med star washington hospital about what warning signs people should be on the look out for. >> the temptation is ye usually the first thing, numbness, tingling, fiery feeling in the fingers. skin color changes so sometimes people have blistering, redness that

return inside. so, those are all warning signs. >> reporter: now, if you have any of these symptoms, you should certainly get to a doctor right away. those first 30 to 40 minutes are crucial. as far as staying safe, layering, you want to wear a lot of layers. you want to put on gloves, hats, that sort of thing. you can also use hand warmers. those can be a good idea, but make sure not to let them touch your skin for too long because that can cause burns. wendy? >> all right, amee, thanks. good list. right now the powerful news4 erika gonzalez is at the live desk with a look at the storm's travel impact. it's been a whopper. erika? >> this is one for the records. we've seen whiteout conditions in new york, frigid coastal flooding in massachusetts. this winter storm has halted operations at airports north of us like jfk, laguardia. newark isn't any better. they have hundreds of cancellations, boston

same thing. as a result many planes have been diverted to dulles. we've learned about a dozen plains all large body coming in from international destinations landed at dulles. from there, it's up to the carriers to either get those folks on another plane or bus to get them to their final destinations. most of them really headed to new york. of course, we'll continue to follow the developments right here flt live desk. i'm erika gonzalez. back to you guys in the studio. >> all right. and the nbc washington app an essential tool to have on you on these weather alert days. it gives you easy access to all the school closings, the storm team4 radar and the four day forecasts. download it now if you don't already have it. >> news week is apologizing for a tweet that it posted earlier this week. it's a link to an opinion piece that showed an image martin luther king, jr., in his casket. that offended many people including the civil rights icon's daughter. news week deleted that tweet and posted this apology. you see here on the screen. however, the timing

is causing some big concern. whur thomas tyler is here with the talk around town. listeners have to be upset about this because of when this is happening. we're just a few days away from martin luther king, jr. day. >> some listeners think it might be click bait to get people to click. get them to like. either way, they're upset. they think it's disrespectful and uncalled for. a lot of them have been weighing in on our facebook page, making comments about what was said. and we also, as you can see on the screen now, here are some of the comments what our listeners were saying, they thought it was disrespectful, they feel this is how they treat minorities. it was shocking. but i will tell you, the other thing is our phone lines lit up. we had lots of calls like this one from fort washington. his name is darius, and he weighed in as well. >> the image was disgusting. i was highly offended. and it was extremely insensitive to the king family. we're coming on the mlk

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storm team4 radar here. >> it is not quite done with people in rockport, maine. this is what it looks like there. for us, a bitter blast of cold is coming in next. >> and we've got team weather coverage for you on that. let's start now with our chief meteorologist doug kammerer. doug? >> we're tracking that storm, guys, watching it making its way out. across our region, one thing for sure. this is going to be the coldest night we've seen so far this winter. we've had a lot of really cold nights the past couple weeks. this one, yeah, this one is one you'll write home about. you might not be able to because the ink will be frozen. nothing on the radar, the storm system is gone as far as the snow is concerned. we picked up about an inch in and around the d.c. metro area, down to the south and east we picked up close to 4 inches. we could pretty well with our snow fall forecast as far as that was concerned, not much at all back to the west. here is the storm. you can still see it just coming down around the boston area. winds right along the coast upwards of 60 miles per hour. boston and new york are really getting hammered. we

the heaviest snow did not coincide with the heaviest wind around our area. it did, however, in places like ocean city in our closest zones. gaithersburg 22, 24 in manassas. look at the winds. these winds gusting close to 40 miles per hour right now. 38 gaithersburg, 38 in frederick, 39 in hagerstown and 40, near 40 towards manassas. could gust to 50. that's why we have the wind advisory in effect. that wind advisory going to 7:00 tonight. wind chill advisory now, little bit different, wind advisory is solely for winds. wind chill advisory is when wind and chill combines. notice the darker blue, towards blue ridge, western maryland, this is the area under a wi7bd chill warning. it could be -- rather, 15 below 0, could be even colder than that. wouldn't be surprised to see0

it's coming from and how it gets this cold around our region. amelia is taking a look at that from the storm center. >> exactly, doug. this storm system was so strong it was able to dislodge from the polar vortex. we've been talking about this term, it is not a new term, it's a buzz word so let's talk about it. here's where the polar vortex typically is, around the north pole is a low pressure with arctic, arctic air. this storm system riding up the coast now was so strong that it was able to tap into some of that arctic air sending it down into our region as well as the great lakes and the northeast. this is why we're saying we have dangerously cold air. some of that polar vortex is coming down. the north pole as cold as it is there, that air is getting sent into our area overnight tonight. it is which is not only tomorrow, but saturday into sunday morning. take a look at best, this is how it's going to feel during the afternoon hours. again, like doug was saying with the wind chill so. when you factor in

speed and temperature. 0 out there tomorrow afternoon, that's after the dangerously cold start feeling about 0 out there saturday afternoon, on sunday feeling about 10 degrees. and then we start to see the system loosen its grip on monday and futuesday. wind chill temperatures not that bad. not just the wind chill temperatures. we start to finally warm up a little bit. but not any extreme warmth on the ten-day forecast. >> no, again, our average high temperature this year is in the mid 40s. we don't see that coming until the middle of next week. due to the fact we're going to be so extensively cold, 19 on friday, 18 on saturday, 24 on sunday. but with less wind sunday, the better of the two weekend days. 38 on monday and we're tracking a storm that could bring us a little bit of a mix. this is something we're going to watch very closely. could be another weather alert day on monday. and then staying on the chilly side, the warm est looks like it could be late next week, but this is another storm that if it travels to our south could become a colder system and we could be dealing with some more

so, once again, we're going to be watching all of these systems over the next couple of days. one thing for sthuure, winter's grip fully encased in our region now. >> okay, doug. we're going to help you keep it moving. find out which foods help you stay warm. open up the nbc washington app and search ways to stay warm. >> i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk. boston has been turning out some pretty impressive images with this winter storm, but nothing like the scene in situate massachusetts. let's show you the video coming from the nbc station in boston there. this is historic. this has not been seen since the bliss ard of '78. they tie a 15-foot high tide gauge record there. they have had winds up to 60 miles per hour. look at that water just racing through there. again, this is situate, massachusetts and we're hearing from

people had to be rescued from conditions just like those. from the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. >> well, president trump's daughter and son-in-law are reportedly house hunting yet again. the washington post says ivanka and jared are looking for a new d.c. home to replace the current home. the post reporting the couple looking for something a little more private, which you might understand. ivanka and jared have been renting a 1920s era home in kalorama for about a year. it is also very close to the home of former president barack obama. and now only on news4, a d.c. church built in the early 1900s, isn't it a beauty? for the last 20 years -- 25 years, it's been sitting empty. but now it has a new life. tommy mcfly is here with an exclusive first look inside the hotel in adams morgan. what a beautiful building. >> it was cool to be the

the first people inside checkeding it out. you get a feel of the history when you see it there. the new d.c. hotel has a sense of neighborhood in every single way. they source a lot of things in the hotel from the city and we were some of the first cameras to get inside to give you a story you'll see only here on news4. >> this is built for the community and what we have provided here is high-speed internet that is complementary and people are beginning to adopt this space. they've known about it for quite a few years. they helped us create it. >> there are some notes of the church still here, like the grand chandelier. >> yes, the grand chandelier, we weren't able to save the organ, but we saved the pipes and we turned it into this magnificent chandelier. >> so, inside every guest room there is a flavor of washington. >> yes. what we want to have happen when our guests walk into a room or when they wake up in the morning, they know without a doubt they are in washington, d.c. all of the artwork you see here

photography is from local artists. and the furniture is replicas of furniture we found in washington, d.c. the books from idle books, every room has a miniature library. >> what is this? >> this is full-service radio tested by jack in play. this is our podcast station that we have live in our rooms. >> with a roster of 30 local shows, they will bring the noise and the neighborhood conversation. after a quarter century of quiet, the line d.c. hopes to bring a spark of new life to an adams morgan landmark. >> it's a venue for families. it's venues for romance. it's a venue for adventure. >> the local chef from wood bring kitchen in baltimore have two restaurants they'll be operating in there. one is open. the other one in the next couple weeks. it was really incredible how this hotel company worked so hard to bring adams morgan neighborhood into this property. >> right. is it going to be an adventure

>> yeah, i think there are some bars. adams morgan might be a little cheecher. >> do we have a price point for the rooms? >> i don't have a price point. they're running previous stuff now so we'll see when it happens. >> it's still cool. adams morgan, especially if you haven't visited the neighborhood in a while. >> i remember being in d.c. ten years ago wondering what that building was. >> now you know. thanks, tommy. >> you got it. >> leon? >> it is a cool spot, get out and walk around the area. cool stuff to get to. maybe there is a new digital assistant in your home after the holidays. consumer reporter susan hogan has some tips on how to make it work for you: >> alexa, start a grocery list. >> whether it's making a shopping list or converting cups to ounces, a voice assistant can help you out in ways you never imagined. but first you actually have to set it up. >> when you get a new voice assistant or smart speaker, you need to download the app that goes with it.

from there it will walk you through how to set the device up. >> once you have that, you might have to add skills for action and google home. think of it as added features that make your assistant smarter. >> it can tell you what the weather is. >> 46 and cloudy. >> or have it read your calendar for the day. you can get the latest sports scores. >> new england patriots lost 31-24. >> or play trivia games. >> with high-tech add-ones like smart light bulbs, door locks, you have an instant smart home. >> if you have a smart plug, you can turn on and off whatever you have plugged into it. whether it's a lamp, in my case the christmas tree. alexa, turn the christmas tree off. what it lets you do is get things done without having to open an app or, you know, in this case crawl behind the couch and unplug the tree. >> another tip from consumer reports, prace

and what it can actually do. >> it is important to remember that, you know, rome wasn't built in a day and you're going to buy things to connect to it and add skills and apps. it's kind of something that you construct over time. >> nice job. susan hogan reporting live there. coming up next at 5:00 where we found local snow crews hard at work clearing your streets and why this is going to be a tough task. >> our team coverage of your forecast is far from over. doug and amelia keeping a close eye on the monster system now pulling up around maine and where it goes next and how it is going to impact you. >> and new today, a challenge to the law that made medical marijuana available in our area. we' tell youll

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first the snow. now the bitter cold. storm team4 tracking a blast of frigid air that will invade our

>> and i'm doug kammerer. temperatures tonight dropping, but the wind chills will be absolutely brutal. i'll show you just how cold. >> the dangerous temperatures on the heels of a winter storm that brought a blizzard to the beach. >> between the snow on the ground falling and this wind, so very treacherous conditions out here. >> why also shutting down schools and delays across the area. >> primary is secondary roads look good but how about those neighborhood streets? i'm tracee wilkins. next on news4. >> and this monster of a storm is having on travel. >> news4 working for you with team coverage right now at 5:00. >> well, we hope you are holed up and hunkered down, folks. hello, everybody. we begin with the storm that by early this afternoon had already brought nearly a foot of snow to, of all places, ocean city, maryland. i'm jim handly. >> and i'm wendy rieger and our meteorologist says this storm is compared to super storm

wintertime. these are live pictures from union station. the wind has been whipping that flag. it's getting a break right now, but it will be whipping around in just a minute. as for snow, we didn't see much accumulation in our area, but in new york they could get up to 10 inches of snow and the mayor there has declared an emergency. warning this weekend that it could feel like negative 20 outside. then in boston, they are likely to see even more snow and they've taken a beating up there. and the big issue for boston right now is widespread flooding and along the coast, the winds are gusting at 65 miles an hour. >> they are getting beat in bean town. back here in our region, the big concern over the next couple of days is that big drop in the temperatures and dangerous wind chills. just moments ago, prince william announced it will have no school tomorrow. no school in prince william. now, montgomery and prince