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>> that is a storm team 4 weather alert on this tuesday morning. you may be able to see why here. there were freezing temperatures last night and things could be a little slick when you head out this morning. we've got it covered for you. 5:01. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist i'm eun yang. we're nine days into the year and most of them have been filled with bad weather. we've had it all, right? >> that's true. as always, we're working for you with what you need to know to get your family where they need to go safely. we'll check in, in a second. several school districts are giving students extra time to get to class because of that threat of ice left over from yesterday. we learned that st. mary's county schools are on a two-hour delay. >> in addition to the schools i'm about to read, there are a number of private schools delayed. all the schools are running at the bottom of the screen. montgomery, charles, anne arundel and frederick county on a two-hour delay. fairfax, rappahannock,

county schools on a delay. manassas city, manassas park city are opening two hours late. for your forecast to find out what we can expect before you head out, let's check in with sheena parveen. sheena, good morning. >> we have this morning patchy ice. this is why we have a weather alert. better safe than sorry. not everyone is below freezing. most of the area, in fact, is if the roads have not been treated, the sidewalks not treated in your area, you most likely have some ice. we've been getting reports of ice in much of northern virginia and northern maryland because of the cold temperatures this morning with that precip that we had last night. look at the temperatures now. mid-20s gaithersburg, dulles, manassas. 32 in lorton. 23 in frederick with reports of ice there. 30 in leesburg. another issue, look at this dense fog. less than a half-mile visibility through a good portion of the area. be very careful driving. let's head out to

expect. >> my ride in was definitely was difficult to start wlet get a look at the current conditions. temperatures in the district above freezing, but feeling like it's 26 degrees. here's what you can expect while you hit the road. give yourself time to take your time. we're expecting the treated roads to be wet and slick. the untreated roads, that's where you'll find the black ice. take your time. heading throughout the day, we'll see your fog. that's the good news. melissa, how is it looking? >> you're right. the untreated roads really the problem. the sidewalks, the driveways, all of those spots a little gross this morning because of that icy coating. taking a look right now at a couple of trouble spots. here is one. inbounds 5 after 231, icy conditions and several spin-outs reported there. we do have areas, even though it seems like a main road, might be treated, still a little slick. inner and outer loop of the beltway ok

no problems there. southbound gw parkway, ramp blocked by a water main break. the second ramp is open. live look at 66 east of nutley. just after nutley, looking good inbound and outbound. we do have fog across the area, though. i'm chris lawrence here at the live desk following up on that breaking news melissa just mentioned. that water main break at reagan national airport. if you're flying out of reagan, you may want to allow extra time. we got more information on that. blocking the main entrance ramp at southbound gw parkway. but there is a second ramp entering the airport. that's being used as a detour. you could also get route 1 in crystal city. we've got justin finch. that's his live camera there. he's on his way to that water main break to bring you a

going on there. we'll see t back to you. because of this weather, we've been talking about school delays. calvert county schools in maryland, two hours late as well. here's what we're talking about when hee say take your time on the roads. what ice may be left to blame for a crash that happened in bethesda. a woman's suv skidded off the road and smashed into this apartment building on clarendon road. you can see damage both inside and outside of the apartment. all three families living in the building were displaced because of the damage. take a lock at the car. the driver was trapped in the suv and had to be rescued by firefighters. she's in the hospital with serious injuries. cleanup is under way at a historic landmark in montgomery county. flooded the basement at the historic clara barton. there's no major damage but there is an inch of water in the basement. most of the valuable

the home served as the headquarters for the american red cross in the late 1800s. you can get the latest forecast for your area any time in the nbc washington app. we had the latest closings and delays for schools around here. breaking news out of north korea. >> chris lawrence is at the live desk with the latest. chris, what's happening? >> south korea says north korea will send a delegation to the winter games next month. this development comes after the first formal talks between these two countries in about two years. the main signal of that relationship -- they met in a border village. the talks only centered around the olympic games, not kim jong un's nuclear program. president trump called it a good first step. he even suggested he may be willing to sit down with kim jong un, but only if they abandon their missile progr

it's 5:06. a man accused of killing two teens the night before their graduation will go on trial. jose canales-yanez's case will only be heard by a judge. he waived his right to a jury trial. he's one of the people accused in the deaths of the two teens. they were found shot to death in a car back in june hours before their graduation from northwest high school. police believe they were killed in revenge of a robbery of canales-yanez's girlfriend the search continues for a missing prince george's county man who has dementia. today marks one week since he was seen at the costco in beltsville. he's about 5'9" with salt and pepper hair. dozens of people joined to search for him. they've expanded the search into anne arundel county. he may have been given a ride to the gam bebrell

safer in prince george's county a korccording to police. >> they say violent crime is going down. adam tuss has a lock at the newest statistics. adam, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. certainly this is great news for prince george's county. a county that has been battling crime for so long. now the police chief here says crime is down more than 50% over the last decadement take a look. there was a press conference yesterday where not only the police chief but the county executive and the multiple other officials came out to tout the statistics. really something that they were absolutely wanting to show off. let take a closer look at the numbers here. we're talking about big-time statistics here. 18 fewer murders than in 2016. 6.6% drop in violent crime. the 7th year in a row with the reduction in crime. county executive rushern baker

>> how do we make sure what you see today is not an anomaly. this is seven years of work that will continue into 2018. one of the things that they also pointed out is that this reduction in crime leads to renewed entrance to invest here in the county and things like economic development. that's something that's positive in terms of going forward here and last year, the county averaged about 49 crimes per day. that is way down compared to what it had been previously, guys. so that's good news for prince george's county. back to you. >> adam tuss. ta thank you. democrats will host a news conference to discuss reinstating net neutrality. late last year the fcc repealed those rules. net neutrality prevented internet providers from

connection fees based on those preferences. democrats want to put the rules back in place. the press conference is scheduled for 10:30 at the capitol. this morning, the president is back in washington after visits to tennessee and georgia. his legal team is reportedly considering the possibilities of trump sitting down to be interviewed as part of the ongoing russia investigation. it's unclear whether that interview, if it happens, would be conducted by robert mueller himself. coming up in a few minutes, tracie potts will join us live from capitol hill with the latest. fires to the end zone. touchdown! alabama wins! >> you just sought moment the university of alabama won its 11th national championship. the crimson tide rolled over georgia in overtime. if you went to bed before midnight, it looked like it was going to be the

alabama came back from a scoreless first half to tie up the game and wins it all. not only the 11th championship, but the fifth in the last nine years. that's how you win a football game, dramatic. >> that's the game they wanted to see. very exciting. the final play was thanks to a freshman who replaced the quarterback. can you imagine the pressure? you're only a freshman. >> hot of georgia dogs very sad this morning. if you're just turning on your tv, we want to let you know we're in weather alert mode. >> that's right. black ice and patchy fog could make for a hazardous commute. give yourself extra time this morning. good news, improving conditions throughout the day. highs into the upper 40s and warmer than that bit end of the week. stick around for the full forecast. it stirred emotions and spec hags. wa we're learning about the possibility

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5:15. bra breaking news at reagan national airport. justin finch is in that area right now. justin, are you seeing anything? >> yes, we are. fake a look, eun. crews are setting up to divert traffic away from that ramp. this is the southbound gw parkway. the entrance ramp that will take you through the airport. that area is now shut down because a water main had broken off of that ramp. traffic is now being -- airport traffic, rather, is being diverted. the airport -- they have a detour as i said or enter via route 1 in crystal city. the airport is up and running at this time but as you can see, the conditions with the fog out here, slick patches, they want you to be extra safe making your way to the airport out there. just so you know that southbound gw parkway entrance to reagan is

going to be closed. they're encouraging you to take the second detour at the second entrance to the airport off the parkway. back to you guys. >> justin, thank you. 5:16 now. just turning on your tv this morning, another rough day weatherwise for folks. >> we're in a storm team weather alert mode. that's because of last night's wintry mix and the refreeze that follows. it was already so cold depending where you live. give yourself extra time because you could see slick sbaidewalks and roads. sheena parveen will let us know what happens when you fake the elements. i want all the girls watching here now to know that a new day is on the horizon. >> nbc news correspondent peter alexander tweeted last night a source close to oprah tells kate snow as of

intention of running for president in 2020. political run or not, oprah's inspiring words are echoing through the halls in north d.c.'s academy. >> remember her words. i feel like they are empowering. they give you perseverance and the hope that you actually need to get through any situation. >> white house deputy press secretary hogan gibeley told reporters aboard air force one, we welcome the challenge, whether oprah winfrey or anybody else. the doctors referring to our smartphones as electronic cocaine or digital heroi win.

want them to do something. half of all teens say they are a dicked to their phon-- addicted phones. they say smartphones could become a public health crisis for young people. they want new apps for parents to help them restrict children's access to smartphones. >> seeing increases in anxiety, increases in depression. certainly increases in sleep deprivation because they're staying up late at night texting each other. >> the letter to apple comes after a world health organization announcement last month. the international body said that video game addiction will be classified as an official mental health condition. there are useful app that is can monitor the time and cut it off. cut off the wi-fi connection. sometimes as a parent, you have to say hand it over. put it away. >> i feel as a parent -- you're constantly on your phone. kids learn the word

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schools are closed today, i believe. chaes a chachblgt they we that's a change. they were delayed, now they're closed. >> we're dealing with icy spots too. we have a weather alert out and so many school delays. now that closure. we also have very dense fog out there this morning. we're going to show that in a second. we should start to see improvements after 7:30. that's when the sun comes up and it will help to warm the temperatures. this week, we'll be milder, wait until you see the temperatures. but the precip that we had last night, we had areas below freezing. that's why we're seeing icy spots. if it looks wet, it could be ice. you need to remember that all morning long. 23 degrees frederick right now. 26 dulles. 24 manassas. many areas in northern maryland and northern virginia are below freezing. even quantico, clinton coming in at 30 degrees. be very careful out there with some of that slick roadways, maybe sidewalks. here's a look at the radar. we're nice and dry.

nothing falling from the sky but fog is developing. look at this visibility. zero. manassas, warrenton, almost zero in the district. less than a half mile. clinton, gaithersburg, down to 0 in fredericksburg. that will create issues this morning too. your commute this morning, areas of ice, patchy fog by this afternoon. we're in the mid-40s. look what will happen in the end of the week. >> it's going to come with rain and that's going to be around to start your weekend. big improvements temperaturewise. probably not that great, melissa. >> not that great. a couple of patchy spots here and there that are sort of dealing with the icy areas. it's going to be a mess this morning. my car was encased in ice as well. taking a look at marc trains. 407 is canceled because of

southbound gw parkway, the ramp to reagan national. the main ramped blocked by the water main break. inbound 5 after 231, just a warning. had earlier icy conditions and spinouts in that area this morning. beltway over all, no major problems. >> melissa, thank you. we have school closings and delays into the newsroom. this just in. culpepper county schools. -- >> the only district closed today. as these things develop and change, we'll update you

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the crimson tide comeback everyone is talking about this morning. >> "news4 today" starts now. >> 5:31 now. good morning everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm un eun yang. thanks for joining us. for conditions on the roads and the important forecasts, we're working for you with a look at what you need to know to get your day started off right. >> meteorologist sheena parveen begins with details on the weather alert day. >> we do have a weather alert because of ice that we could be seeing out there. we had the precip yesterday. we have ice that formed in many locations that are still below freezing. so ice mainly before sunrise this morning and remember as you head out, if it looks wet, it could be ice. you need to remember that as we go through the early hours this morning. we also have patchy dense fog out there. that's another issue on the roads. a cle

this morning, 23 frederick, 26 dulles, 28 leesburg. 30 degrees clinton. 30 quantico. 24 in manassas. in the district, we're at 34 degrees. these areas below freezing. the potential for the slick spots, better safe than sorry this morning. be very careful. here's a look at visibility. we're seeing a lot of areas under a half mile visibility. dense fog to deal with too. somara theodore is on the weather patio with a look at what you can expect on the roads. >> yes, it was a bit of an icy situation get to go my car this morning. as we head throughout the day, we should see conditions i am proven. but we are expecting the patchy ice, as well as that fog. it's very dense and causes issues, visibility issue. give yourself some time. here's a look at how things will improve through the day. plenty of sunshine through the afternoon. highs in the upper 40s. you want to stick around for that full forecast. for now, let's see how traffic is doing. melissa? >>

morning and as somara and sheena just said, still slick in various spots around town. we're talking about sidewalks, bridges, ramps, overpasses. all of those, even if they were treated, could still be a little slippery this morning. beltway looks quite good. nice light volume and no major problems. southbound gw parkway, the ramp to reagan national airport, the ramp is blocked by a water main break. the second ramp is open though. that is the good news. justin finch on the way to that problem for us this morning. icy conditions in this area. several spin-outs already reported. eun? >> thank you, melissa. it's 5:33. continuing our team coverage on this weather alert day. live on the roads. taking a firsthand look at the conditions. >> news 4's justin finch in alexandria now. how is it looking? >> reporter: we're on gw parkway heading south. there's so much fog. yes, we've seen the

on the side streets, neighborhood streets. but as we've made our way to northwest d.c. here to virginia, we've been astounded by the level of fog out here to greet you making your way on to the roads much as a word of caution, as you make your way on to the neighborhood streets, you may find some icy patches. we certainly found some black ice. as you make your way on to the roads heading towards northern virginia, you'll see a lot of this. fog is heavy. it's thick as you can see. the visibility is reduced. so another reason to take it slow and be careful as you make your way to work and school this morning. live in alexandria, justin finch, news 4. now back to you. >> justin, thank you. several school districts are giving students extra time to get to class this morning because of some of the ice left over from yesterday. >> this just in. stafford county schools are now closed. those schools were on a delay. that's a change. stafford county schools close

maryland. montgomery, charles, frederick county, calvert and prince george's county schools on a two-hour delay. >> return to virginia now. fairfax county, spatsvania, rappahannock, fredericksburg city, prince william county, loudoun county schools they're all on a two-hour delay. manassas city, culpepper and fauquier county schools opening two hours late. it's now 5:35. here's other top stories we're following. black ice may be to blame for a crash for an apartment complex badly damaged in bethesda. look at this here. a woman skidded off the road and smashed into this apartment building on clarendon road. all three families were displaced because of the damage. the driver was trapped in the suv and had to be rescued by firefighters. she's in the hospital with serious conditions. good news from prince george's county police. they've told us that they found

the woman we asked you it to keep an eye out for. she's been located and is safe. alabama won the national football championship again last night. the crimson tide came back from a scoreless first half to beat georgia in overtime 26-23. it is their sixth title in the last nine years. that's the kind of finals game you want in college football, right? incredible. thieves often go after what's left inside your car, right? that's why police officers say lock your doors and windows. check out what they did to these doors on these cars here. >> this happened friday morning at a condo garage on south 10th street. it took them four hours to dismantle the car doors and even airbags. valuable items like golf clubs were never stolen though. there was one clue left by a suspect. an oakland a's hat. a woman will spend the rest of her

>> 17-year-old admitted killing 16-year-old alexandra reyes in gaithersburg last january. the gang took cell phone video of the murder to promote themselves to gang leaders in el salvador. that video has been used against them in trial. seven have been found guilty. the commonwealth's attorney will be seeking a long-term prison sentence for her when she's sentenced in may. the child lost outside on a cold night is safe now thanks to police and some heat seeking technology. take a look at this. >> playground. down right here, mike. i have a view of it right now. >> this is infrared footage taken from a fairfax county police department helicopter. there was a missing 10-year-old found huddled in the woods in manassas. he

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to invest here. and this morning, we're under a storm team 4 weather alert. patchy fog as well as some patchy ice could be an issue on the roads this morning. as you head through the day, it burns off and we get improving conditions. we'll have the details in the full forecast. for now, over to you. >> thank you. fog across the area. we're dealing with that. and a water main break t

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humanitarian policy. nearly 200,000 people from el salvador who have been allowed to live and work in the u.s. for more than a decade are facing an uncertain future. the options, leave the country by next year or face deportation. today the president will host a white house meeting on immigration. >> tracie potts joins us live from capitol hill with details. tracie, what's this conversation going to look like? >> well, it could look like one side versus another side. we'll see if they come to any agreement, eun. the bottom line is that this will be a bipartisan meeting. we're expecting democrats and republicans from leadership. they're trying to negotiate a new budget, including some things that both sides want on immigration. republicans want to see more border security. democrats want to see protection for young immigrants brought here illegally that runs out in march, the daca a program we've been talking so much about. president trump is bringing them into the white house, hoping to

now, the president wants that wall. his spending plan includes $18 billion for the wall. it's a lot of money to spend. republicans say democrats aren't cooperating on border security and vice versa. this is the president trying to mediate what's not working here on capitol hill to get immigration taken care of and to get the budget in place. >> tracie potts on the hill this morning. tracie, thank you. a new york city firefighter and two other people suffered minor injuries when a fire broke out on top of the trump tower. the secret service first spotted the fire in a cooling unit on the roof deck yesterday morning. president trump owns the penthouse and tower, but he was not there at the time. his son eric trump tweeted thanks to the fire department for people calling the fdny. mitt romney was treated for prostate cancer last

the cancer did not spread beyond the prostate. the next few weeks, romney is expected to announce plans to run for orrin hatch's senate seat. he was elected in 1977 and has been the longest serving republican senator in u.s. history. medical marijuana users in maryland may have to give up their right to own a gun. marijuana is illegal at the federal level and federal gun laws ban drug users from owning or buying firearms. the baltimore sun reports maryland state police asked potential gun buyers to ask if they have a medical marijuana card. they told card holders they cannot buy guns. they even tell card holders to turn over weapons they already own. trying a new approach to slow our opioid crisis. as scott macfarlane and the i-team reports, there are reports to skyrocketing number of deaths from a

is now going to prosecute manufacturers of fentanyl overseas if that fentanyl comes to the united states and causes deaths here. that announcement comes amid a surge of cases, a string of seizures of drugs, including fentanyl at dulles international airport. the chemists make the drugs overseas and ship the drugs here. officers seized some inside food packaging, even lollipops. others were inside passenger luggage. the deputy, u.s. attorney general told news 4 that they've brought two criminal cases against these international manufacturers. >> this is the first time we've actually indicted by name chinese chemists in china who are alleged to have supplied fentanyl as a result of injuries or death in the united states. >> coming up tonight at 11:00, wie go behind the scenes with u.s. customs officers when they see a suitcase they suspect has

they say the one thing that has to be done in addition to prosecution to help stop fentanyl from getting on to your streets. scott macfarlane, news 4 i-team. it's 5:50. check out this counterfeit hall. stopped by customs officers at dulles last night. officers found nearly 400 pairs of fake air jordans. they were going to sdplandry a. they retail for more than $100 per pair. if you see -- they're worth more than $55,000. you have to have an eye for this sort of thing to spot the problems so you know you're not buying fakes. sometimes it's too good to be true. they retail for $100. you might want to think. 5:50 now. good news when it comes to crime. many neighborhoods are getting safer. >> they say violent crime has been dropping and continues to go down. news 4's

a look at the newest -- the news for prince george's county, adam? >> reporter: absolutely, eun. it's always good to present these figures when you can talk about a positive trend when it comes to crime. like all of this, it's interrelated. when it comes to crimes and how it relates to investing in the communities, prince george's county leaders say it's making a difference. take a look. there was a big press conference yesterday. the police chief, the county executive rushern baker and others unveiled the statistics. this is a positive news story for the county in terms of what it means forg getting the count back on the right foot. violent crime and overall crime down 50% over the last seven years. that's a positive trend. let's take a closer look at the numbers as well. 18 fewer murders than in 2016. a 6.6% drop in violent crimes and the 7th year in a row with a reduction in crime. guys, as i mentioned, that

a positive trend for the county. police chief hank so win ski talking about that yesterday. >> we make sure what you see today is not an anomaly. this is seven years of work that's going to continue into 2018. >> reporter: one of the things the police chief was talking about is the number of crimes that his officers are actually able to close. the cases that they're able to close and that leads to an increased reduction in crime. so definitely a positive trend here in prince george's county. overall crime trending downward. again, the county executive and other officials saying that that is leading to reinvestment here in the county as people start to have a more favorable view of things here. back to you guys. >> adam tuss, live for us at the police headquarters in prince george's county. thank you. sheena parveen telling us more about what we can expect today. i think we're worried about ice. >> that 34 degrees looks pretty

>> who knew we'd be happy about 34. >> it's crazy. >> it's happened now. i walked outside this morning going, oh, good, it's not going to hurt as bad today. this is amazing. but we also have to take into account with the temperatures below freezing and the prepacipe had yesterday morning, even if it feels good to you, we have a weather alert because of the patchy ice. it could be ice. you need to remember that this morning. we're dealing with patchy dense fog around the area. driving issues for sure. look at these numbers in northern maryland. northern virginia, 24 manassas. in the district, we're a couple degrees above freezing where we don't have as many problems with the ice. but areas like quantico, clinton, fredericksburg, looking at the numbers below freezing. be careful this morning. dry on radar, though. we're going to stay dry until thursday night. we have a few days here where we're not looking at any wet weather.

look at the advivisibility. 95 and around the beltway, we have visibility a half mile or less. so some dense fog this morning. look at your planner for today. dense fog and some ice early. but by the afternoon, 47 degrees and sunny, for a high. wait until we get to the end of the week. future weather, we stay dry today. that's all ahead of a cloudy day thursday with some very late rain. that will lead us into a rainy friday. look at these temperatures, though. thursday, high of 55. 62 friday. now unfortunately that 62 is going to come with rain as we go into saturday. in the 50s and much colder. by the end of the week, and then we're watching next week. check the roads. hopefully not too bad with that fog, melissa. >> we're seeing that fog. we have a live picture right now on 395 at seminary road. you can see that sort of haze there in the air. that fog could cause issues on

seeing any big problems right now. couple of crashes here and there don't seem to be too much of a big deal. you're dealing with fog this morning, dealing with ice on the untreated roadways. treated roadways looking okay. southbound, gw parkway, the ramp to reagan national by the water main break, the second ramp is open. you're going to get -- inner loop and outer loocht beltway. no big problems there. as far as your travel times, 270 looking good. top of the beltway, inner loop and outer loop just fine. 66 inbound and 95 northbound quantico to the beltway. that's okay as well. listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. in news for four health. inspiration to get moving this year, new research says it's never too late to make a difference. the american heart association found regular exercise can reverse the effects of -- the study look

couch potatoes and found those working out at least four times a week -- that seems like a lot. >> it works. i'm telling you. exercise apparently it works. >> i've heard great things about it. [ laughter ] >> i need the right workout, though. that's key. if you don't enjoy it or it's inconvenient, you're not going to go. >> all true. we're working for you to help you find that right workout. molette green is helping us all get fit for the new year. she's checking out go go fitness in suitland. molette, something special about the music at this gym, right? >> reporter: oh, yeah. it's so good. it's an institution this music is an institution in d.c. it's popping in here so bad or good, if you want to say that the camera is shaking as you might see there. yes. these fitness classes are all over the dmv and prince george's county and montgomery county in the district. you've got a 60-year-old

lady in here stepping it up right here. danny tucker is the fitness instructor leading these classes around town. we're going to talk to her and talk about why this works for so many people keeping their get fit new year's resolution. we're live in prince george's county in suitland. we'll be back on "news4 today" in the 6:00 hour. >> there you go. you have to be coordinated to keep up. next at 6:00, google and twitter are being sued. why white men say they're the ones being discriminated against at work and online. alabama's crimson tide rolled over the georgia bulldogs. if you went to bed early, we have the dramatic ending that you missed. fog overhead to patchy ice on the streets, i'm justin finch. we're watching the conditions that could prevent a hazard as you make your way to work and school. a live report is coming up.

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minute by minute. fire to the end zone. touchdown! >> the battle in the south comes down to overtime. alabama fans waking up in a good mood this morning. that is the sound you probably will have to wake up to this morning depending where you live. you have to dig out the ice scraper before you hit the road. it is a weather alert morning. due to patchy ice and definitely dense fog you're seeing out there. >> we've been monitoring the conditions since we've been on the air at 4:00 this morning. take a look at the dramatic change. sheena parveen is here with the news of just arctic air going away finally. >> finally, i think a lot of us are breathing a sigh of relief that we're not looking at the bitter cold this week.