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>> loved ones brave the elements to remembehe one of t two victims killed while sitting inside of a car in d.c. >> so we have had the most dramatic drop inmp atures. this morning, the hig range 56 but they fell and fast. the difference between night and dayas 35 degrees. good evening, everybody. the arctic blast is here and outside.n right brutal this is the coldest air we have seen so far this season and we didn't find lot of people enjoying their night outside. this is video from china town. everybody is pretty bundled up

there. right now it's alr dy bad enough. it's 20 degrees where i'm standing nowut the feels like temperature is 2 degrees. so i want you to take a look at this current temperature. choose your city where ever you live. i'm going to g with frederick maryland. right now frederick maryland is at a current temperature of 18 degrees. look at yreels like temperature now. it feels like 1 degrees there so we're down to the single digits and making our marchan downward we'll continue to drop below zero for feels like temperatures in the district as well. here's the reason i need you to stick around. i want to bri you up to speed on the latest on the advisory that's been sued. it's your holiday and you may be thinking about going outside and then i want to brief you and look at our nt rain andnow

chances. stick around for that. i'll have that and more but i can just tell you, if youha don to go out tonight or tomorrow morning, don't do it. >> if you're thinking aboin outside, you'll quickly change your mind. all right. thank you so much. live team coverage tonight.st ping outside feels like if you walk into a freezer and then there's a giant fan hitting you in the face. one person that is bundled up outside is darcy spencer. she's live at the wharf in southwest d.c. to be f people have outside because they have to work. >> well, that's exactly right. you know the good newss some of those really brutal winds have died down. it's still kind of windy out here but not as bad as earlier this evening. it's stillervery, cold and it sounds like it's going to get

worse. >> some had to be out in thebi er cold like this valet. >> it's extremely cold. like the arcticut re. it's crazy. >> but with people going out to dinner and to a sold out concert, he had a job to do. >> does this make you rethink the kind oe work you in. >> it makes me dress warmer. i know that much. >> while some are bundled others not so much. we found people not quite prepared for this. some had no coats. me had no sleeves. >> what brings you out here in this cold and wind. >> we cameut here to see a concert tonight. it is freezing. we have been with standing it for a long time. >> looks like you're not properly dressed. >> we're not. we're not dressed dproperly. ssed for the concert, not

the cold. >> on the m nationalall hardly anyone was around by the monument once night ll. >> this is the worst cold i've ever been. >> these folks had the right idea. a nice dinner indoors with a waterfro t view. t did seem nice t buty have to walk from the restaurant to get to their car and face t brutal cold and the wind. ouu want to make sure that if you're going oute prepared and covered and your hat and gloves and layers and the bes idea, stay inside unless you absolutely have to go out. erica, back to you. >> my favorite sound bite is the kid that said my parents dragged me to marshals. no mom, no.

thank you so much. stay warm outthere. so we want to show you this look in alexandria at the damage there. at one point wind gusts were at 50 miles p hour in our area. good news is that nobody was hurt. d.c. activating a hypothermia alert. call 311 if somebody needs shelters and check on your neighborhoods. leaders are activating their emergency plans and warn everybody to be careful out there. for more on the cold including wind chills in your ho neighb, open the nbc washington app. >> our weather alert continues tomorrow. the windll advice ri will still be in effect. chuck bell is going to get you ready for the holiday chill. news 4 todaytarts at 4:00 a.m. all right. we switch gears now.io desper for some of you that are federal workers.

unless president trump and mocrats compromise, you'll miss another paycheck this week. we enlterred day 3 of the shutdown. >> the president's latest offer is going nowhere. >> today vice president mike pence on a televised sales mission for the president's new shutdown offe for reluctant democrats he tried to make the border wall seem less ominous, it'sot sea t sea. it's 234 miles of baier. >> for critics, pence drew a line. >> this is not amnesty. there's n pathway to citizenship. >> but the president sent mixed messages on attwitter. irst saying no, amnesty is not part of my offer.bu left the door wide open. amnesty will be used on a muchb er deal, whether on

immigration or something else. but many democrats are rejecting the plan. democratic presidential candidate kirsten gillibrand. >> it shows his lack of compassion and empathy for people that are suffering. 's a nonstarter. >> senatr mark war called the president's updated offer a starting point. going into negotiations, i'm all for it. increasing border security, i'm all for it. >> shutdown politics with the biggest audience of the year on ice. wednesday speaker pelosi indefinitely postponed the january 29th address. >> let's tal about it at a time when government is open. >> today the president responded, nancy, i'm still thinking about t state ofhe union speech. there are so many options. he suggested she b ke their deal. while a contract is a contract, i'll get back toou on. >> that was nbc's kelly o'donnell reporting.

we'll let you know what happens whawmakers return to washington. >> tonight's cold weather didn't stop a community fromg rememberne of two people murdered a week ago today in southwest d.c. gunman killed zyair bradley as he satn the car with another woman on forester street. several dozen people huddled together to keep warm during a vigil from they used their cell phones and flashlights instead of candles because of the wind. they red readcripture and let go of . balloo >> we all play t deaf earthe shooting. a simple phone call toub tcoulde difference in life or death for somebody. >> so far, no arrests. the town of leesburg hit today. placing kkk flyers on businesses and homes.

and not targeting any specific t households it's left residents unsettled. some banning together to remove the flyers.>> t's really sad. >> loudoun county ainaacp it will work with the state's attorney to craft a hate crime ordince and hopefully deter similar incidents from in the future. >> a bit of a scare for a friend inntown this morning. an electrical fire broke out. that started inside the tv studio on north capitol street. overhead sprinklers put out the fire. good news is that nobodyas hurt. all right. the super bl is setfter two thrilling thdings. championship games came

down to the last play. >> we were yelling on the edge s of ourts watching the second to last weekend of football. both headed to overtime for the first time in nfl post season history. the coin toss, patriots won it. got the ball. tom brady driving new england down the field. and then burkehead scored the game winning touchdown. patriots head to the super bowl for the fifth time in five years. an nfl record night for tom brady and bill belichk. mcvey leading the rs to th super bowl. a 57 yar game winning field goal. the former redskins offensive coordioutor will be theest coach at a super bowl at age 32. >> it's surreal. you're so happy for these

players, and i have a real big headache right now, jim, from lling all day today. it's an unbelievable y. opportunit what a blessing it is to be able to do this and to see the people succeed that you care so much about. >>t this was a special day, for sure. nd the crazy consequence about the super bowl match up, this game between the rams and patriots will be 17ea to the day just the last time they met in super bowl xxxvi. we'll have more coming up in sports and on sports final. back to you. ou all right. we'll see then. >> meanwhile, we are not the only ones dealing with vicious weather. mother nature doing aumber on state after state. we're goi to show sngom

>> some in burlington, have been using snow skis to get around. the life threatening situation could become a serious situation tomorrow. >> a blast of winter weather buried the northeast today. o a foo snow in albany new york. even plow drivers bowled over. compare?es this >> biggest one for me. >> a stunning sight, the hud river, frozen. where there wasn't snow, water was a problem. r heavyains flooded areas of new york city today. strong waves slamming the eastern seaboard and parts of coastal massachusetts are underwater. overnight, a major drop in temperatures in some cities will

leave an icy mess r on thed and possible shower ouges. international falls minnesota will feel like 40 below. cleveland wind chills of minus 11. chicago, negative 9. the cold adding to the misery. conditions the blame for hundreds of crashes and dozens of injuries. >> you have to be rel. >> trouble at the airport too. 1,600 flights were cancelled and 2,700 delayed. >> the storm is responsible for killing one person. a snowplow driver in kansas died when he lost control of his truck and it rolled over. >> new at 11, an outpouring of support for the 13-year-old teenager in wisconsin held in captivity for 88 days. her church holding a praise and gratitude service tonight. >> this is the churchhere

jamie and her family worshipped. they prayed nonstop for her safe return. her alleged kidnapper telling police he saw her at a bus and knew he wanted to, quote, take her. they said he killed herts par before kidnapping jamie. she managed to escape two weeks ago and she is now stang with relatives. tomorrow, the nation pauses to remember the life and legacy of dr. martin luther king jr. his eldest son speaking at a service this morning at the national cathedral. he talked about his father's vision for america and the importance ofcommunity. dr. king delivered a sermon at the national cathedral just weeks before his assassination in 1968. and tonigh folks bundling up to take pictures at the memial at the tidal basin. there's aumber of other events honoring dr. kingtomorrow. many organizations arein pla service projects around the

as well. >> if you plan to be doing any of those activities, you're going tore want to warmly. layers, layers, and more layerso and try limit the amount of time that you spend outside as well. >> abelutely. i h toe warmers on right now. >> that's a good idea. >> that's a good idea. pull them out if you're going t tomorrow. it is just going to be down right cold out there, as if its lready cold. so we are officially under that wind chill. adviso it has begun. the dangerous cold has stted to movein, and it's only getting colder. let's take a look at your st for tonight. i have lunar eclipse there because i'm going to see it take place around 12:16 a.m. or 12:12:00 a.m. and if you are planning on steppinoutside to relish in that plbeautyse, bundle up, it's cold. temperatures around that time will be at 16 degrees, but you factor in the wind chill and it's going to be feeling like below zeroan and you to limit pyat time-outdoors and make it

quick and sn wind chill advisory has gone into effect at 10:00 p.m.. it sticks around until 11 what you can expect is that these temperatures are going to feel like anywhere from 5 low zero to 15 below zero depending on where you liv and i'll pull up a map in a moment but i want you to know that puts us in the hypothermia andte frost area. it's very important that you don't have exposed skin going outside. as far as wind goes because that's a major factor in all of this. today we saw wind gusts up to 52 les per hour causingrees to come down.re right now w on the other end of that. it is improving a bit but it's still windy there. windy enough to make it feel like the arctic blast. 37 miles per hour the wind gust in the district right now. we're at about 22 i culpeper. 26 in frederick. gusty and windy through the overnight hours. here is the impact of the wind

on the temperatures. making it fl like 4 below zero 2 m aa:00 a.m. just into montgomery county, we're headed down to 1 below by the time you're waking up tomorrow morning. some parts ofrerick can honestly hit minus 15 for a feels like temperature. i'm pushing us into 11:00 a.m. t much relief there. by 7:00 p.m. tomorrow, that's warm as it will be tomorrow.gl in the s digits. if you're going to be walking the dog tomorrow morning, this is something you want to keep in mind. 12 degrees will be the actualur temper 16 degrees is going to be the actual temperature around lunchtime. very tebl and fridged. if you're heading down to the title basin, to cebrate martin luther king jr. day, layer up. it wl be sunnyo at least a

dry beautiful day, just very, very cold out there. so t temperature trend this week does show some hope in t. si 50 degrees by wednesday and then 45 on thursday. the average for this time of year in th low 4s. storm team 41 10-day outlook. the temperature will be dropping throughout the day on tursday so any rain falling could change ove snow. that's the next chance for seeing snow flakes in the area. what c i say? it's winter, right? >> it is winter. that's a very active ten-day forecast. l ank you. your teenager w receiving their acceptance letters in the next few months from and universities. one maryland team got more than just a letter today. ke full marching nd along with mascots.

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>> all ght. you have two weeks to talk all the smack you want and then it's game time. n the tch 17 years making. the rams and patriots will battle for the title of chaion in two weeks and the way each team purgenched thecket, both thrilling and controversial. heading toarrowhead stadium, they're doing what they do best, making noise. chiefs up 4. tom brady trying to lead new england back and his pass off the o handsf rob gronkowski

tercepted by kansas city. but pump the breaks. flag on the defense.of side. no interception. paiots keep going. down the field, it's burkhead from four years out givg the pats the lead. in overtime, a huge moment. the coin tossf course. new england wins. they get the ball first and a touchdown wins it. after brady mared them dow the field, buesehead down again. this time from two yards out. patriots win it 37-31. 4th super bowl trip in the last five years for new england. >> now former redveins offen coordinator sean mcvey under two minute to play and lookingag fo a

a huge controversy on ts play. instead, they took the field goal, time for the rams to do the same thing. so overtime hit by fowler. ball in th air. that's john johnson coming away with the interception. l.a. tes over with good field position and on t for 57 yard attempt. this one for the game to send the rams to the super bowl and he comes through. rams bea theaints 26-23. they head to atlanta for the super bowl. new orleans still u that non-call and we have reaction from both coaches coming up on sports final. the weather in chicago matching the caps play lately. a cold streak. t picks up in the third period, blackhawks up 6-3.ns defeen getting them back in. second goal of the game. t.j. oshie jumping out of his way. caps trail 6-4.

four defensemencc anted for it just within one. sloppy play plaguing them all day. embarrassing and goes around them for the third goal of the game. hat trick. they lose 8-5. hope they can turnd things aroun quick. >> tnk ha

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if you plan on staying up 4 about anoth minutes or so, 12:12:00 a.m. to be exact, bundle up head outside, take a look up. that will be the best time t see tonight's eclipse. also known as the super blood wolf moon s it'ser because it's the closest to the earth and it appears bigger.

it's a blood moon because it returns red and according to some folk lore, hungry wolves howl the loudest at the moon during solar eclipses during the of january. >> there's icy spots out there as well. be careful if you're going to be driving tonight. >> good advice ere. sports final is coming up next and wake up with news 4 today. we begin a n4:00 a.m. goht, everybody.

>> right now onrts final. >> overtimes and controversy. welcome to super bowl liii. >> we'll probably never get ove it. >> i can't believe this is the same team thet won t stanley cup. >> tou medicine for the caps. >> i don't think the work ethic is there right now. >> anon emo return for the man that helped hoist the cup. o be thought it was going okay. >> this is what everyone is looking at. ge pumpe up. sports final starts now. only two nfl teams left to flex your muscles ander