chuck, can it get colder? >> it can be colder than this. last winter, the whole first week of january was this ascold opposed to just one or two days almost toward the end of january. right w, it is 10 in washington county. 15 in washington d.c. county.rince george's but when you factor in what is still a fairly signifirtnt est wind, windchills are down below zero for most of the area. plan on about minus 5 to minus 10, as you step out the door this the windchill advisory is going 10:00 a.m the few kids that have to go to school. not every school is closed. ds, know, while you're waiting for the bus this morning, it will be frigid. temperatures year 20 degrees today. if you're going to work or school, your what to wear forecast, your heaviest coat,

hat, scarves, gloves. the hand warmers, that wouldn't be a bad idea, either. >> good to know chuck. it is cold this morning. new problemn silver spring. the camera just flipped to show us. west university at georgia avenue. report of the crash. not seeing vehicles involved. i think they're blocking what's happ westbound university, near georgia avenue. that crash there. inner and outer loop of the beltway. no problems on they. belt earlier problem is gone. 66 fairfax county,kw p to the beltway. p 63 mil hour gets you there in 9 minutes. a me was destroyed in an early morning fire. >> the fire broke out on brothers place int. southe news 4's nicole jacobs is at the scene with the last, including the cause of this fire. nicole? >> reporter: molette, it did not take long for the crews to

determine theause of this fire. we're told it is electrical. they had a space heater that overloaded the electrical outlet. you see the fire is out right now. i want to getshou to video ing you exactly what it was like here before they left the scene. we're told firefighters arrived heavy smoke and flames showing on the home. they were confronted by two men who were inside the house, but d gotten themselves out. telling them there was one wan trapped inside. they quickly found the woman. they transporteded h eher and tn to the hospital with fe-threatening injuries. it is cold and icy out here. here are the challenges thaay fire crewshat creates. >> we have icy conditions. there's the threat of falling t from ice. our firefighters, in addition to

the gear they normallywork, are also dressed for the weather. slows them down. >> reporter: taking a live look here on brothers place here. no firefighters were hurt as a result of thishi fire, is good news. fire crews do want to take this time to remind people, who a using space heaters in this type of weather, you want to makeg sure you p it directly into the wall and not into multiple outlets, which is likely the case here. back to >>you. nicole jacobs for us. thank you so you probably heard the wind howling all night long. that coupled with the low temperatures, have the feel-like teweratures plummeting be zero. >> yeah. it definitely feels like you're walking into a freezer. it feels like the north pole to me, when you step out the door. that didn't stop you from going out last ght, though, enjoying the three-day holiday weekend.

lots of pple were out at the warf in southwest. most properly dressed for this weather, as you can see. some were not. others had to be out in the cold working, like this valet. >> it's extremely cold, like the arctic out here. when the wind blows,t blows. i'm talking chilly willie out here. >> oh, yeah. chilly willie. chuck, has mentioned that the cold snap is expected to linger until around midweek. >> d.c. has activated the hypothermia alert. families seeking emergency shelter canlso call 311. several shelters are open around the district for people who need to warm up. t have all of locations listed in our nbc washington app. in montgomery county, officials are turning indoor aquatic centers into waing

centers.oc the fourions are up on your screen right now. shelters will be open from 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., pets are welcome. coming up, chuck bell will have the latest foreca your neighborhood and all of the advisories and warnings in effect. we have the locations of the warming shelters and centers in our area. as we enter day 31 of the government shutdown, reality of missing another pag heck is sett for thousands of federal employees. unless president trump and democrats reach a compromise, they won't bgetting paid this week. a weekend offer from the president appeared to be dead on arrival. in his latest deal, president trump offered legal status to immigrants brought to the u.s. as children and refugee status will expire in three years. it includes the $5 billion for his border wall. the deal has met opposition froh arties. someiv conserv say his proposal offers amnesty but

president trump says that's not the case and says the deal is temporary. nancy pelosi called it a nonstarter. mitch mcconnell is expected to bring the deal to the senate for a vote tomorrow.th buplan may not have the 60 voted needed to move ahead to the senate. as the shutdown drags on, ap table is offering free breakfast for furloughed workers out of work. it will be at greenwood elementary in brookville, maryland. that starts at 8:30 and will last until 10:ne this morning. 4 is working for you as the shutdown continues to stretch on. you can find up-to-the-minute developments and resources for those affected by thshutdown. it's all on our nbc washington app. this morning, two days after a video sparked outrage on social media, the young man believed to be at the center of the confrontation is defending himself and offering a different perspective of what haened. e footage gone viral shows teenagers wearing maga hats,

seemingly taunting nathan phillips during the indigenous people's march on friday. the teen released a statement saying it is outright lies. he is a junior at covington catholic high school in kentucky. he said an african-americait student w them was being teased. and he led students in a school spirit chant. he says he believed by remaining calm and motionless, he wasff diusing the situation and prayed it wouldn't get out of hand. he says he doesn't have hateful feelings in his heart and thanked phillips for his military service. new videos have emerged that indicate there was an encounter between the studentse and peopl who have identified themselves as members of the black hebrew israeli israelites. both sides other of trading insults.

in a joint statement, the roman catholic diocese of covington and the high school apologized to phillips. the statement reading, in part, quote, we conde actions of the covington catholic high school students. the matter is being investigated and we will take app upriate actito and including expulsion. leesburg residents are fighting hate with unit in their community. someone placed ku klux klan flyers on buildings. they were in plastic bags and weighed down with eybirdseed. ere likely placed at randd. news 4 talo a resident that took the flyers down. >> i knew i had tof find all them and find them and throw them away. >> it's really sad that it kps happening. i just -- i just amhankful that guy was here to rid the streets of it >> in response, the naacp is planning a unity march for later today. the organization says it will march toward reconciliation.

that megchs at 10:00 a.m.ts participants are asked to meet at the loudon county courthouse. coming up, aimee cho will be live in leesburg on how residents took action. today is the feral holiday honoring dr. martin luther king jr. and this year, will mark 56 years since dr. king stood on the national mall and delivered hi "i have a dream" speech. >> my poor little children will bun day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin by the c content of theracter. i have a dream today. >> more than 250,0d people crowe steps of the lincoln memorial. coming up, hear from dr. king's son who spoke at the national cathedral yesterday. in a few hours, large crowds will be back on the natial mall to honor dr. martin luther king jr.

the annual wreath la ceremony is going to take place at 9:45 at the mlk memorial. and many places are planning service projects. >> a peace walk is planned to start at 9:00 this morning from the anostia metro station. then, at 11:00 a.m., the 38th martin luther king jr. parade. that will begin at the intersection of martin luther avenue and good hope road st in south.c. there's an outpouring of support for the wisconsin teen, jamye closs, who was held in captivity for 88 days after her parents were murdered. la night, her church held praise and gratitude service. her accused kidnapper saw jayme at a bus stop and knew he wanted to, quote, take her. patterson is also accused of killing jayme's parents. is facing up to life in prison. this morning, we're hearing from a friend of the closs family about how jayme is doing now. >> they're doing well. they would take it day-by-day. and they're appreciating every

moment they have toget tr. every momey have with jayme and they are happy to have her home. >> we'll have the latest details on this story coming up on "today." >> happy to hear about that. to know, she has a long way go. >> a long way to recover. yes, she does. super bowl liii ematch 17 years in the making. >> feels so long ago. a so long that the rams and patriots were squaring off for the lombardi trophy. they're doing it again in two weeks. both teams needed overtime to punch their ticket to atlanta. tom brady leading new england ln aate drive in the fourth quarter to take the lead. the chiefs would tie it up and that would send t game into overtime. from ther r it wasex burkhead in overtime. 's going to score the game-winning touchdown. packing.s are sent the patriots, once again, goi t ba the super bowl. it will be their fourth trip in the last fiv years. a record ninth appearance for brady andbelichick. meanwhile, in the nfc,or fr redskins coach, sean mcvay, led

the rams to the championship as the second year as head coach. greg zuerlein kicked the 57-yard game-winning field goal against the saints in overtime.ci the conce about this match-up, the game between the rams and the patriots, will be 17 years to the day, sincehe last time they met in super bowl xxxvi. we remember it fondly, tom brady winnirg his very super bowl. he has won a few more since then. >> he's a winner. >> just a few. >> i'm happy for sean mcvay. >> good for him. 32 years old, i believe. >> there you go. still ahead, while you were sleeping a celestial phenomenon was out of this world. >> we couldn't stay up to watch if couldn't, we have the ou. pictures to show you, the super moood wolf on. plus, what's in store for northern virginia when amazonmo s into national landing. we're going to look at the first

of many town halls. good morning, everybody. dog walking forecast time. this little guy,ly a named chili. we should have named him frigid this morning. a col one for sure. people and pets are going to warmth t extra layer of today and shorter than average walks because temperatures today will barely get above 20 degrees. check of that five-dayecast. f

you're watching ne today. >> norther virginia residents had a chance to ask questions about how amazon's new hq2 will impact their lives. there was a big turnout.al elected offifrom alexandria and arlington took questions on a number of tops. they addressed concerns about how thmove will affect housing and transportation.

leaders say they will hold amaz accountable. >> we are the ones that need to lead the way to make these corporations, amazon or anybody else, that comes to our neighborhoods and support our communities to be good partners. >> amazon will hire 25,000 ee employs to work at the crystal city headquarters and hiring starts this year. in "news 4 your health" this morning, a new studyays many cancer survivors face financial struggles. that's according to a new study from the american cancer society. cancer survivors have more debt than their peers with d history of tease. even the people who had private insura woods. not out of the patients in high deductible planwithout a health savings account were at risk for money problems.at researcherorthwestern university have developed a way to predict a woman's risk of d postpartression. the formula was nearly 73% accurate.

it looked at ftors like number of children and education. moms who can start treatment earlier have a better chance at a full recovery. ?>> how do you keep your kids from catching a co a new poll finds 70% of parents still believe folklore advice, like not going outside with wet hair. and half gave their children vitamin c or other supplements th effective.roven to be the good news is, most parents use cold prevention strategies b provscience, like hand washing and staying away from others who are sick. re's an idea that is sur to cause debate in your house. more than 500 school districts nationwide are shifting to a four-day school week. >> having that extra day on the ekend, gives me a chance to replenish myself to come back and be the best t teachert i can be. >> okay. what am i supposed to do with my kid on fday or whatever? >> tell him to get a j.o.b. >> amid a nationwide teacher

shortage, teacher walkouts, the strikes happening more often. district officials feel this is a good option to retain teachers and boost mo tle. wis model work everywhere? joe fryer will have more coming up on the "today" show. >> the round o 16 continues down under on day eight of the 2019 australian open. all eyes on serena williams, who takes on simona halep. also competing, naomi osaka. you'll remember williams lost to osaka in the u.s. open after a very heated confrontation with a chair umpire. >> w remember, too. oh, my goodness. a lunar phenomenon happening rrile you were sleeping. not to though. here are the pictures. take a look at this moing's super blood wolf moon. the moon hit this peak viewing just after midnight. if you're wondering why some call it that, we're going to eak it down for you right now. colorood refers to the

the moon turns during the height of a lunar eclipse. it's super because iars larger than normal. wolf is the first full moon of january. >> yeah. super moons, almost always happenhis timesef year bec this is when the moon is closest to us. the moon shifts about 25,000 to 30,000 miles floser andther from us. averages about 250,000. now, it's only 225,000 miles away. >> thank you for the facts. >> you could get there in a blink if you had to. all about the cold today. dangerous wind chills, and not going to be an improving picture for 24 to 36 hours. afternoon b highs will barely around 20 degrees. it will stay bitter cold this g. even the wind probably won't ease up until after midnight tonight. it will still be frigid tomorrow. it will be a little less brutal than today. the winds still going.

15 degrees for a temperature and minus one for the windchill in washington. same storys copy and pasted all over the gion. winchester at 10. quantico at 16. factor in the winds and it feels like 7 below zero. zero in culpepper. 1 below in leesburg. the windchilldvisory continues until 11:00 this the morning. by then, the temperatures will be close enough to 20 degrees whereinhills will be near zero. there's your planner, then, for windy and cold all day. afternoon highs today, only around 20 to 22 degrees. another cold start tomorrow morning. wi the wind, it won't seem so bad. and then, rain, all this fgid air goes in and out in a blink. it will be raining wednesday afternoon, wednesday night and through most of the dayn ursday. a look at the weekend forecast coming up in the next half hour. >> good morninin silver spring, westbound

university boulevard, georgia avenue, on the west side of your screen here a crash response. doesn't seem to be impacting tht intersection badly. 65 miles per hour in 28 minutes. >> thank you, melissa. sti ahead on news 4 today. >> preparing for a financial emergency, what you need to know if y're not affected by the government shutdown. matthew mcconaugh"e stops by then" show. >> what was the most rebellious thing you did as teenager? >> 13, i got mad at myan parent i told them i was running away. and they said, you are? they beat me to my room and started packing my bags for me. and pushing me out the inor. i don't i want to go as bad as i thought i did. >> mcconaughey dishes the dirt on whas he did a child and other personal interests with ellen. you can watch theinull rview at 3:00, followed by new4 at 4:00s .

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you're watching news 4 today. >> well, on thisay 31, of the partial government shutdown, many furloughedre workers >>inking about their rainy day funds. hat you need to know about preparing for financial emergencies. >> reporter: among the stories of furloughed federal workers, chris greer's story stands out because of what he's been doing for years.

>> i have a little bit of an emergency reserve fund we have saved as a family. >> reporter: sadly, he's the exception, not the rule, according to a new bank rate survey aboutmerican workers with no emergency savings accounts. >> 40% of americans could pay an unplanned expense of $1,000 out of their savings. >> reporter: the average financial emergency costs about $3,700 andakes the argument to at least start an emergency savings account. >> the critical action step is setting up that direct deposit from your paycheck into a dedicated savings account. >> reporter: if, however, you have little or no emergency savings, there are a couple very important don'ts. >> don't automatically go to your credit cards. don't turn to the payday lenders. >> reporter: the money coach says don't try to borrow yourself out of debt.

do adjust to a more fr lifestyle. and ask creditors for patience. >> you may need to get loan . defermen you may need to negotiate to make smaller minimum payments. >> reporter: you may need help from nonprofit agencies that she says deal with debt in good times and bad. still ahead on news 4 day, shutdown showdown. >> president trump's weekend offer to democrats comes up short. what they're asking the president to do before agreeing to any short-term plan on immigratn. plus, wild weather batters the dmv over the weekend. we're takingceou to the of the hardest hit spots. chuck? >> good morning, everybody.ke p weather forecast. you're going to need the extra hot beverage first thing this morning as temperatures are down near 12 degrees. and the wind is blowing. and the wind is blowing. it won't

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but it is brutally cold. nday morning. we're on this weather alert mode because of this cold weather. good morning, everybody. i'm molette green. >> i'm cory smith. aaron and eun have torning off. melissa is standing by with a check on your commute. we're going to start with chuck bell. it is frigid, chilly, brutally cold. >> that's right. there's ak whole b of adjectives to describe today and none of the include balmy or tropical. temperatures in the teens across the area. far western maryland, oakland, at 4 below zero. that's the air temperature. most of us in the city are in the low to mid-teens. 15 in arlington, 10 in gaithersburg. and 's your windchills, 5 10 below zero for current windchills. windchill advisory is in effect for the next coue of hours.

your planner for today. it will be mostlysunny. afternoon highs will be lucky to get to 21 or 22 degrees. melissa, let's hope you have good news in traffic. >> you know, i don't have the worst news. just a couple little things here and there. westbounrg university at g avenue. this crash, out of the roadway and in the parking lot here. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, nice and clear here. metro, remember trains run on a saturday schedule today because of the holiday. for marc, it's penn line only. and vre is not rning because of the holiday. travel times, 270, top of the beltway loo good. 66 and 95, no issues. listen to wtop when you hop in your car. an electrical fire started by ar space hea at a home on

brothers place southeast. it charred the home and caused damage on side. one woman was rescued from the blaze. two others were able to make it out on their own. all three were sent to the hospital and are expected to be okay. we'll have ae l look from the scene on how weather impacted this firefight. this morning, leesburg residents are fighting hate with unity. >> ku klux klan flyers were placed on doors. aimee cho has the neighbors response. you've s covered thisry before. >> reporter: molette, i have. the response is the same each time. neighbors tell us they are outraged and the kkk has place in leesburg. this time, police say they found 80 recruitment flyers so far. they come in ziploc bagies weighed down with birdseed so people have to open them to see what's inside.

nee same thing happened oear ago this weekend. martin luther king jr. weekend 2018. people finding flyers in baggies like this one. they have been investigating the flyers but there's not much dhey ca because they're protected under the first amendment. the only thing that could be charged is littering.s resideay they are taking matters into their own hands so neighbors don't have to see that hatred. >> we found as many as we could and got rid of. th >> shocked. i knew i had to find every oneo the street and throw them away. we don't need that stuff around here. >> they loudon cou chapter of the naacp is holding a unity march inesponse to all of this at 10:00 a.m. live in esburg, aimee cho,

news 4. on this holiday, a lot of eople have the day off from work. the reality is for more than 800,000 people furloughed from the federal government, this marks day 31 of theartial vernment shutdown. >> a month. an entire month of partial government shutdown. those workers will miss another paycck. p president trump made a new offer to democrats from the white house. >> in recent weeks, we have met with large numbers of democrat lawmakers to hear their ideas and suggestions. bys ncorporating the priorit of rank and file democrats in our plan, we hope they will offer their enthusiastic support and i think many will. >> the president's offer includes more money for humanitarian aid and drug detection technology. it promised to give a million immigrants three years of protection from deportation.

top democrats rejected the offer, refusing to fund a border wall. and they demanded that the president reopen the government before further negotiations on immigration. a scare to tell you about our friends at nbc news. it started at the eighth floor studio on capitol street. ain ww had to be broken to release the smoke. no one was hurt. two days after this video of geens wearing maga hats seemingly taunt native american elder sparked anger on social media, the high school he student at t center of the controversy and at the center of your screen is defending himself. he says much of what he's been accused of ar quote, outright lies. he says he was just trying to diffuse a tense situation after his group was being>> taunted. a wisconsin community came together that night to support 13-year-old jamye closs. she's the girl who was held in

captivity for days after her parents were murdered. her suspected kidnapperce told poe saw her at a bus stop and knew he wanted to take they say he killed her parents before kiding her. she managed to escape two weeks ago and is now staying with relatives. are you ready for some football? eks., you have to wait two the super bowl is set. the new england patriots and the l.a. rams are heading to the big game. both teams securing their spots last night in ov'stime. the first time the nfc andhahe afcmpionship games went to an extra frame. this wille the patriots fourth super bowl appearance in the last five years. a rea hy big daye in the dmv, across the country, as the nation takes time to remember the life and legacy of the reverend dr. martin luther king jr. >> the tributes began yesterday. this is hisldt son speaking at a sunday morning service at the national cathedral. he talked about his father's

vision for america and the importance ocommunity. >> dad said, the one institution that must keep the flame of hopv burning and is the church. that was te in 1955 when he delivered it. that was true in 1965 when we 8,t the vote rights act. that was true in 1hen fair housing legislation was passed. at is true this morning 2019. >> dr. king delivered a sermon at the national cathedral just e s before his assassination in 1968. still ahead on news 4 todaye a tragic wkend accident leaves nearly 100 people dead in mexico. we'll return to the scene of a pipeline explosion and

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this, while investigators continue their search to figuren out what wwrong. so far, it's believed the pipeline has been punctured as part of a fuel theft. as people were collecting gasoline that was spewing from the line, a fireball erupt. in addition to the 79 killed, another 81 injur. dozens are missing and fuel theft has been an epidemic in mexico in the wake of friday's explosion. the cotry's president says he will reinforce security along the pipeline network. police in ireland have arrested two men and accused them of setting off a car bomb. o fortunately none was hurt but the damage was extensive video cameras captured a person parking the car and running away and then the blast, as you saw. police believe the new i.r.aib may be respo for planning it. there's a star in louisville, kentucky. >> he has four leg hand his name dini. good name. >> yeah. >> he's a goat. >> oh. >> and he's well-known on

intersta 65, it turns out. year after year, he would disappear when someone would try to catch him. they would try to find him and catch him and he would disappear. and somehow he avoided the bad traffic. the elusive go is a social media star. he has 36,000 followers. but unfortunately in late october, he was hit by a car and the cursh i his front leg badly enough he needed medical treatment. he was moved to a wildlife sanctuary where the owner is trying to make houdini feel at bme. >> i'm supposed bringing an i-65 sign so he will feelt home. he stays with these posts like he would on the expressway. >> what he doing? >> i don't know. >> he has five acres of land all to himself. >> i wonder, did they -- is that five acres of land near traffic to make him feel little more at home? >> yeah. he seems to love traffic. >> yeah >> like our melissa mayollet.

>> not that much. we're going to head to break and another check with chuck. >> that was bad. >> it is freezing cold outside. get your seat heaters on siz he before yd to work this morning. ten-day forecast just a few minutes away. also ahead, deal or no idde. present trump makes a weekend announcement. his offer to democrats on the immigration battle and reopen the government. y the

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all right. taking a live look outside with ty ca a beautiful morning to see. but it feels absolutely terrible. a frigid weekend, giving way to a very cold monday morning. we're in weather alert modell day. storm team 4 tracking how the temperatures are going to go and how long they will stick around. chuck bell will have a check on the forecast. breaking newshis morning. d.c. firefighters rescued a woen from this burning hom in southeast. the fire started early this morning on brothers place i utheast. >> news 4's nicole jacobs joins us from the scene with more on the cause and how weather played a role in fighting the fire. >> reporter: cory, this was an electrical fire. a ace heater plugged into an overloaded outlet. that's what crews are telling us this you can see the fire is out. crews have left the seen.

i want to get to some video showing crews here a short time ago. we were told, it took about 15 minutes to put out this fir. pro that, we're told that two men that had gotten themselves out of t home told firefighters there was a woman trapped insi. fire crews were able to quickly lote her and transported her as w as the two men to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. now that we know the cause of the fire, here's what crews have to say. >> we want to remind everybody if they're using portable away, threeeep them feet away from anything flammable. also, to flug thplug them into outlet. not use extension cords. make sure your smoke alarms are working. >> reporter: taking a live look now on t outside ofhis home on brothers place.

you can see, pretty extensively damaged here. just a reminder, crews want you to know, if you're using a space itter, you should plug directly into the wall, not using any other outlets in order to make thatrk. back to you. >> nice jacobs, for us live, in southeast. things may be cold outside, but the battle between president trump and the democrats is heating up. over the weekend, the president offered to give oneilon immigrants three years of protectionrom deportation. exchange, he wants money for his border wall. today, democrats are saying no deal. and the president is firing back on twitter, accusing speaker of the shows nancy pelosi of acting irrationally. and if the immigration debate wasn't enough, the legal team continues to push back on last week's buzz feed port, suggesting the president ordered then-lawyer michael

cohen, to deny plans to build a trump tower in moscow. nbc's geoff bennett reports fhom the whitee. >> reporter: good morning. today, the enters week five, as president trump's offer to end the stalemate hits a wall with democrats. the president is pledging his support for a democratic priority, legal ptection for certain undocumented immigrants. but the compromise would come with a price for democrats. $5.7 billion to build that southern border wall. the proposed deal dead on arrival with demratic leaders who say they won't negotiate ntil the president agrees t reopen the government first. while there's no quick resolution in site ght to the shutdown, the president's lawyer, rudy giuliani, is trying to solve another issue. he vehemently denies that prident trump told his previous lawyer michael cohen to lie to congre. follows a rebuke by the special counsel of a bufeed report that made that allegation. in the same allegation, giuliani

says that the president's involvement in the moscow trump tower talks were until months before the presidential election. giuliani's new admission could be a game-changer. we'll have that and more later on "today." >> geoff bennett for us at the white house. ? ffets of the shutdown took a serious toll at bwi on saturd. so many tsa agents called in sick, a security checkpoint had to be closed. passengers were asked to get to the airports earlier for their lights. for furloughed workers in our area, an offer of help coming in upper marlboro will have a grory center. the grocery stories will be offered until supplies last. all of the help that's available for the furloughed workers, head to nbcwashgton.com or check out our local app.

we're kwos aworking for you as n the government is shutdown. this morning, police in fairfax county are looking for a driverhat hit and killed an elderly man friday evening. chopper 4 flew over the scene on arlington boulevard. police have provided the 93-year-old man who was killed. he was crossing near sommerfield road when he was struck. they say the driver sped off in a dark-colored pickup truck with an open bed. the cold weather last night did not prevent a community froe ering one of the two people murdered more than a week ago in southwest d.c. zyair bradley was killed when he sat in a car with a woman on forester stree last night, several dozen people huddled together during a vigil for him. instead of candlelight they used cell phone flashlights because of the wind. they prayed together and let goo of balloonemember him. >> my cry is, we have a deaf ear to the shooting. we pretend we don't hear it.

a phone call can be the difference betwe life and death for somebody. >> alexus washington was the other person in the car. ere and bradley were co-wos. so far, no arrests have been made. despites bitter temperatu last night, we spotted some people out and about, a lot of them. a lot of them in the area of the warf in southwest. not everyone has been listening to chuck and the rest of storm team 4. some people are walking without jackets. really dangerous. >> liquid layer. >> they h that liquid layerap parently because the wind, coupled wit low temperatures. this is very, very serious, folks. the feels-like temperatures ummeting belowzero. because of that, d.c. has activated its hypothermia alert. if you see someone that needs shelter, call 311 or 911 if there's an immediate safety risk. families can call 311, as well. there are several sheltersndpen arhe district for people who need to get inside and warm up. we have all those locations

sted for you inside our nbc washington app. it's not just the cold.ha look strong winds did in sign a street and hollandane that was toppled over. there were 35-mile-per-hour gusts. and at o pointind gusts were at 50 miles per hour this weekend. d one was hurt. as wel with the frigid temperatures, other parts of the east coast are buried under snow. >> yeah. ekend winter snowstorm dumped snow from t midwest to the northeast. this is burlington, vermont. now is falling 1 to 2 inches per hour on saturday. people ditching the car and going with the skis. >> windchills were well below zero. the entire state is under a winter storm warning. chuck bell, it's nasty outside. >> it sure is. windsontinuing to blow.

northwest wind averaging 17 miles per hour. so, thats sha quite a bit off of the temperature down to the windchill.y currenational airport is at 15 degrees with a windchill ofm s 1. temperatures all over the region. because there's a stable wind out there, the temperature spread isn't all that big this morning. most everybody, between 10 and 17 degrees. normally, there's a bigger range in temperatures. tomorrow morning, it will be every bit this cold. but without the wind around, some of the cold spots, manassas, might be down near zero for air temperatures eomorrow morning. there won't as much wind. windchills are running 5 to 10 below zero. they'll stay that way for the next cple of hours. eventually the windchills will recover ever so slightly, up to about zero for most of the afternoon. again, that northwest wind will be strongest betwe now and about 4:00, 5:00. there's your hour-by-ur planner. 18, at noon. 21 at 3:00 in the afternoon.ow ayck to 18 by 6:00.

again, the winds down after about midnight tonight. it will be a very cold start tomorrow morning but notuite as windy. you can get the complete custom tailored storm team 4 forecast on the nbc washington app. you can find and follow me on social media, at chu bel on twitter. good pictures enj saturday on my instagram. all right. ten-day forecast time. frigid today and tonight. we'll just call it very cold tomorrow. high34. rain wednesday afternoon through thursday. another shot of significa cly cold aires in friday and saturday. that could, melissa, lead us to a chance for snow a week fromw. >> will have to wait and see on that. looking at your first 4 traffic, in springfield, a new problem. northbound 95 broore franconia . a ladder in the roadway. a couple of people have hit it.

66 looks okay. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, nice and clear. no problems there. westbound university boulevard in silverpring and georgia avenue, have the response from the earlier crash this morning, partially in the roadway. did have it in the parking an metro, a reminder, because of the holiday, trains on a saturday schedule. marc, penn line only today. vre, no service becse of mlk day. travel times, 270 looks good. top of the beltway, noat proble all. 66, you're on time. listen to wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car today. it's thaaltime of year ady. teens in the dmv and across the country will receive college acceptance letters. one maryland teenager found out where she's going over the weekend an a letter. more than ♪

okay.ty univereaders rolled out the red carpet. several surprise visits to homes. some of the terrapins' marching band along with mascot surprised audrey who couldn't believe all of this was happening for her. >> good for her. best of luck for her. here's the four things to know. an electrical heater started an early morning bze at aome on brothers place in southeast. firefighters say they rescued one woman from this fire. eo others wer able to make it out on their own. all three went to the hospital and are expected torecover. the naacp is planning a unity march for 10:00his morning after someone spread ku klux klan flyers in leesburg yesterday. look for more on this in the nbc washington app. we've entered day 31 of the government shutdown and an end is still not in sight. the democrats rejected a proposal by trump over the weekend.

but the senate may still try to pass it. check out the "today" show for the veryatest on the gridlock. in today, the nation is remembering the life and legacy of reverend dr. martin luther king jr. a parade will start at martin luther king jr. avenue and good hope road in southeast d.c. expect road closures. we posted a linkith the closures in our nbc washington app. 15 degrees. stay warm out there. thanks for joining us for news 4 today. >> the "today"

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. good morning, brutally cold, tens of miions waking up to dangerous bonehi clling temperatures from the midwest to new england. the arctic blast ushered in b that powerful winter storm over the holiday weekend. tens of thousands s without power, gridlock at the airports. this morning what you can expect as you head out the door. breaking news, reports that at least five people have been killed and two americans htn a suicide attack on a u.s.-led convoy in syria. the second ambush on americans there in a week. we're live witthe very latest. blame game, president trump attacks democrats for rejecting his latest offer to end the government sh democrats accusing him of holding the country st