it m makes angry. plus keep it beeping. susan hogan with a few tricks to avoid car key to be headaches. news 4 begins with a storm team 4 wea>er alert. let's start with the dangerous cold. a frigid wintery wallop, i'm leon harris. >> i'm pat larsson, it's just about unbearable to be tdrs. it feels like it's in the single digits for many of us. >> we have team coverage of the weather alert. mark segraves standing by with a report on the icy conditions outside. t let's start with doug kammerer with a look at how much longer this cold is going t last. >> you're talking about frigid, wintery, wallop, i love that, wind chills today way down there. 8 degrees right now in washington. 1 below 0 in around t a haguerstowa and to the north. the winds still gusting upwards

of 30 to 40 miles an hour today. windsgh remain thrhe evening at 30 miles an hour or higher. feeling like 0 to 10 degrees all night right on into early tomorrow morning so another frigidt. st a frigid start at the bus stop tr sure,orrow is one cold start to the day. we'll talk about this coming i'll show you what's happening with the next storm moving in if we're still talking the cold. mark segraves in dupon circle. this is the coldest air we've had so far this season. >> reporter: and it feels like that, too, doug. look around, not very many people out here today,e that's theason why. look at the temperature, 20 aygrees. i willt's gone up about three deges since we got here a few hours ago, but i don't think that takes into consideration the wind chill factor out here. while it is a holiday and thego federarnment is still shutdown, there are still lots

of people who have to go outside. the frigid temperature caused this road to freeze over causing traffic problems along church road inbowie. some of the hardest hit are our homeless neighbors. many living i tents. the district opened energy shelters like this one. melvin smith who tersees district's homeless outreach knowams wants everyone to how they can help by calling the hot line if you see someone in distress.>> they're 24 hours in th hypothermia season, and willing to go out and do a welfare check and encourage someone to come ie to c off the streets. >> reporter: the number to call ifant the van to come check on somebody is 311. that's 311 for the hypothermia van. we can tell you last night at one of the homeless shelters in the wdistrict, aan did die. it is unclear whether her death wasol related to the weather

or not. back to you guys. >> sad to hear. >> thanks, mark. a reminder to be extra caful if youse a space heater to keep warm. a space heater caused this fire at home in southeast d.c. this morning. three people were inside andke to the hospital. they're all expected to be okay. officials say you should always plug a space heater into the wall and keep it at least 3 feet fronying that can catch fire. get updates on the weather using our nbc washington app. free. and there you'll have forecast for your neighborhood in the palm of your hand. and good afternoon, i'm wendy rieger at theive desk th breaking news. aan who was stabbed this afternoon in prince george's county, he has now died. police tell news4 this was a domestic incident. the suspect is related somehow to the victim. the victim was taken to the hospital from cedar n laner

montgomery road. this occurred just before noon. but there he died from those injuries. we don't know, again, exactly what that relationship is between the suspect and the victim. news 4 jackie bensen oner way to the scene now. the democratic field of presidential hopefuls got more crowded today. senator kamala harris announcing her bid in a video on social media. hours later harris held her first news h conference atard university, her alma mater. she outled how she plans to work for the people. >> when we take on these positions it's representing all the people in the country. when someone wakes up in the middle of the night, a mom in compton or kentucky, she's waking up with the same conces how she' going to raise the babies, pay the rent, and how she's going to be able to retire

with dignity. >> harris is the first african-american women to jump into the race so far. although she's from california, she decidedo open her headquarters in baltimore. th day 31 o government shutdown. if an agreement is not reached by tomorrow night, thousands will go without a second paycheck. democratic reaction is icy to thede proposal pre trump announced on saturday. our team coverage starts with susan mcginnis. >> reporter: a plan to end the ekutdown will be put to the test this but looking at reactions so far it could run to a wall. today, president trump and vice president pence made an unexpected visit to lay a wreath at the martin luther king jr. memori memorial. >> a great day. >> reporter: be but it may not be for federal workers still unpaid as the shutdown pushes to a fifth week.

there was a rally for support of workers following president trump's weekend proposal that protects 1 million immigrants, incling dreamers brought to the u.s. as children and continues his demand for $5.7 billion for a border wall. >> common sense with lots of compromise. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell said he will hold a vote this week on the plan, but it's unclear if the plan could pass seven ate, needing democrats to sign on. and in the house it's virtually dead on arrival. democrats return their demand e government reopen for talks to resume and reject wall fundin >> we can allocate $5 billion to a wall that makes no sense. we need to enforce other ports ofentry, we need to hire other border patrol agents. >> reporter: asach side in washington blames the some federal workers blame both

congress. >> they need to gets back to work and let us do our job so we can contribute to society. reporter: a furloughed workers wait for food and wait to go back to wo a. there aro tens of thousands of federal contractors said to be losing $200 milln a day. as the shutdown drags on federal workers are headed for another paychec with all zeros, foodng they're relying on banks like this to make ends meet. chris gordon has a look community is stepping up and trying to help out. chris? >> reporter: the world central kitchen here in northwest washington is on today until 6:00 p.m., even though it's a federal holiday honoring dr. martin luther king jr., the chef's for feds project was begun last week, it offers a fr

fo coffee to federal workers and their fam ies during the shutdown. this state department employee with 20 years of service in the federal government brought her 5-year-old daughter for lunchldt the wentral kitchen. >> this is really just a god send, it's a life safer. >> reporter: in prince george's county members of the first baptist church giving away 3,000 bags of groceries to federal workers. it's their martin luther king day of service project. >> as a long-time federal government employee i never thought as head of my household i would be facing a situation where i have to depend on strangers to look for food for my family. it's not right. an reporter: for these federal workers, the final pressure could get worse by the end of e week, with a possibility that they might miss their second paycheck because of thehu government sown. >> it's tough. i don't know how much longer we can go. >> reporter: he brought his three sons with him to pick up

food to take home. >> between me and my wife we've been explaining what's goingth wi the government. it's basically a tragedy right now. but we're making it through. > reporter: now the chefs for feds project expands starting tomorrow with a new resource center located right next door at 701 pennsylvania avenue northwest. andoming up tonight on news4 at 5:00, we'll tell you what kind of services they'll be offering. that's t latest live in northwest washington. leon, back to yo >> thank you, chris. this is just one of many resources available for furloughed federal workers. we have a complete listing on the nbc washington app. st check that out. remember to stay with news4 for continuing coverage of the shutdown. pat? a baptist minister used the

biblets and transformedords into a movement. today people focussed on the legacy of dr. martin lurher king jr.ing the annualarade in d.c., we're live outside the memorial now withe how peo are celebrating king's life through this day of service. derrick? >> reporter: this is the place you come to see the iconic statue of dr. king. you can read his inscriptions on the walls aund here. this is a place people come to commune with him. but on this day we honor him there are cany places youan go to experience the dream in action and actually feel his spirit. it's a holiday, but not one for resting. and thisear for those viewing one of the parades, it's n one for being warm. >> hopefut'y be starting soon. it's cold out here. >> reporter: in martin luueer king av the mlk parade has been a fixture for years and

charles h found prime viewing spot for most of them. >> i've been coming to the b paradeore they make it a holiday, i was out here then. >> reporter: over those decades and all the peace and turmo the reason remains the same for him. >> we as a world need t come together. >> it came as a joyous daybre daybreak -- >> reporter: the temperatures weren't enough to chill the spirits of those who came. >> i am bra enough. >> reporter: bands managed to play on and people marched proudly with their banners, be they young or seasoned, all across the area. the theme of a holiday. in alexandria they got together help others. back in d.c. where the parade ended, service started. community.the >> many of us got up at 5:00 to be here at 6:30 to make sure the

hundreds of people marching in the parade would bereeted with food and nutrition. >> reporter: that's just an extension o what they do year round. >> part of the dream is h ping someont. >> it's good to see people from all over the district, the ward, coming together to serve god's people in honor of the legendary dr. martin luther king. coming up later, some of the other obseances of martin luther king day around the area. we are liv at the martin luther king memori. y can found out more about today's events honoring dr. martin luther king jr just go to our site and search k. >> hardy souls to be out in the cold on a day like this because we are ither alert. >> it is dangerously cold

outside. oug says we're going to warm up a ain herend he's monitori a big storm coming in later this week. i'm adam tuss, thishe cold weatis doing a number on the roads andha we havet you could classify as an emergency situation' out here on one of our major bridges. i'll explain coming up. >> don't worry i you're already not sticking to your new onar's resolutis. ♪ you want a fresh-smelling home, but some air fresheners use heavy, overwhelming scents.

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a weather alert from storm team 4, doug is tracking dangerous cold andhe wind making it feel much worse. >> right now a live look at current wind chills. the cold weather is doing a number on our roads opening up hu potholes and craters out there. >> look at this. you see these cars here? they have to move around these holethe road even driving outside their lane to do it. doug standing by with a closer look at the freezing temperatures. to first lets go transportation reporter adam tuss. he's looking at one spot that's now being called dangerous. ad? >> reporter: well, they are everywhere. potholes and huge craters lining some of our busst roads. >> somebody has to sndp up a get it done, make it safe. >> reporter: perhaps the worst stretch of road isn't just a road, it's age br

look at the memorial bridge as major craters and potholes have developen the out bound lanes of the bridge. clearly this is not a gtud siion on the bridge. you can see it isown to the rebar, the metal there underneath the road surface and it is causing some of these drivers tohe avoid large hole, going in the opposite lane. >> somebody has to fix it. i got on the phone and e-mail to contacts i have, and nothing happened. >> reporter: bill u memorial bridge all the time. he reached out to us at news4 because he believes the bridge is now dangero. >> cars dodge the potholes and usually one way going toward virginia and you'regi d yourself into oncoming traffic, which is not healthy. >> we tried to get in touchh wit the national park service but because of the government shutdown, some of theirre operations impacted. so for right now, hoping a

fix here and for many other craters that are popping up across the region. in the district adam tuss, ne 4. >> they're everywhere. >> can't escape it. >> terrible! terrible! >> it's an understatement to say it it is.there. this is the coldest we've seen this season by far -- >> can i tell you something today my newspaper was frozen solid. >> no kidding? >> frozen solid newspaper. that's interesting. >> it is. >> that could be a problem. >> how does a pap freeze? >> good question. we have the cold air making its way in, it'll stay that waynd tonightnto tomorrow. this is a short-lived arctic w blas got it across the area now. not short enoh as far as some people are concerned, but that sunshine not helping us at all as far as warmer temperatures go. only 23, look at the winds,

northwest at 21 miles per hour. talking a really cold day. the current wind gusts, 36 mile an hour in d.c. near0 camp springs. these winds will start to calm once toe sundown but we'll see breezy conditions overnight. the feels like estemperat 8 degrees. 3 in gaithersburg.el 1 in hagerstown. just getting out of the car to go to the store, that's cold, but working in this today, it's somethg you need to dress a lot of layers and cover your skin as much as you can, hats, scarves, gloves. satellite rad showing what's happening area wide here. there's not much going on acr.s the nati you can e soo the stretch of the water ming off and creating cloud cover. ot much going on across the nation that's going to change over the

next couple days. tomorrow we'll see another storm in center portions of the country. chicago down down towards memphis, dallas, this is snow back tthe west. watch what happens for us, this storm moves far enough to the west see mild air come in wednesday, wednesday will be twice as warm as it is out there today we'll be above average, clos to 50 degrees. this is 10:00 a.m. no rain yet. wednesday afternoon, wednesd ght, we have the rain, milder temperatures here, and then the rain sticks around all night wednesday into early thursday. thursday morning into the low 50s, but just like yesterday, we get the rai and warmer temperatures early, and then the cold comes rushing in late in the day on thursday. that can change tosnow. that's not going to be the big deal, the big deal is the colin air m across the region.

tomorrow is 35, and a mix of sun and clouds. rain late in the day on wedn,day. thursd high of 54 but falling temperatures during the afternoon. so don't think it's going to be a mild afternoon on. thursd 38 degrees on friday, as we move back intor. colder weat 36 on saturday, still chilly on sunday. and watnoing forer potential big storm early next week. i told you guys we're in for a ather roller coaster the month of january, that's what we've got the next ten days. >> all right. >> it looks like you hit the nail on the head,too. tips to make your cars keyfob last longer. >> susan hogan will explain why where you leave your keys for the night really matters. plus p

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together. i felt like they should take this act on th road. at one point we couldn't even hear what they were saying beouse we were cracking up hard. we'll have so much more with them tonight on. acce it got a little naughty. >> they don't need a that's awesome. >> not at all. >> really funny there. so what's coming up tonight, man? who do you have on the show >> word on the street is, there's a new a-list couple in town. >> okay. >> brad pitt, charlize theron. >> really? >> right! >> piqued our curiosity. >> we have the insidtrack. come hang out. we have a lot more, but come . >> good stuff. >> we'll tune in. thank you scott. >> take it easy we'll see you later. storm team 4 has issuet.a weather al

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a very cold day out there ans one reason i not just the cold air, it's the wind. look at the wind gusts, 36 miles an hour, d.c., 26 in gaithersburg, 33 in baltimore. it just looks cold outside. look outside our sdios right now. the wind blowing the flag around across our region, that puts the wind chill down into the single digits, the stronger wind gusts, like 17 in gaithersburg, add in the wind, current temperature, 3 degrees. we have a roller coaster of weather over the next week to ten days. much more on that tracking a number of different storms we'll see you back in about 10 minutes. 3 does not sound eliendly. mlk day and the family of martin luther king jr. visiting his memorial here. >> his oldest son laid a wreath at the momdtum joi today by

his wife and daughter. the family paused for a few moments before leaving a few minutes later. the memorial opened in 2011. leesburg residents are fighting hateith unity today, e naacp holding a march after the k ku kln placed fliers on homes and businesses. they say the fliers are only bringing the communi closer together. >> unity always wins. theye unified in what they think is right but in the end bringing people of different colors and races together is what it's ou that's what america is about. >> this is the third time fliers have been found in leesburg in the last couple years including one batch passed out theame exact weekend last year. right now police are saying the fliers arend protected u free speech. community members hope to get the fliers classified as hate crime so police can

whoever handed them out. mlk day is often the time for people across the country to get together and give back to their counities. >> but one d.c. woman has the spirit of this day all throughout the year despite tragedies that ve plagued her life. megan fitzgerald has herstory. >> reporter: for decades, the united planning organization, or upo, has been helping and saving lives. >> we started witthe population of washington d.c. >> reporter: she's the director of volunteers here. and knows firsthand the impact her organization has on neighbors who are struggling to survive. >> providear child through the department, job placement, job training. >> reporter: bne particular volunteer provides more than just food and resources. >> her name is wanda. >> reporter: she's genuine and sincere and someone people can relate to. >> reporter: her name is wanda

dudley and she gives hope to people who feel like life has deal them an unbearable hand. because she felt that way too. >> repsbter:. >> my d passed away, well, he was killed in 2015. and my oldest son died in jun of last year, 2018, from pneumonia. >> reporter: just last month her youngest son was gunned down. >> it's a trial and trubisky bla -- tri pew lace i go through on a daily basis. >> reporter: but you never know about the pain she carries. >> i don't come with my aioblems. >> reporter: herand depression disappears while wanda is serving and helping to save the lives of others, few will ever realize they are the ones helpingo save hers. >> under cover they don't even know that i pull joy from teem.

>> reporr: in the district i'm megan fitzgerald, news4. >> what an overcong spirit she has. >> yeah. for mos today is a federal holiday. for some it's day 31 without a paycheck as the government shutdown enters the one-month mark. over the weekend the president offered a deal to end the stalemate but that proposal dead on arrival with democrats. wendy rieger is at the live desk with the latest developments . >> em leatiders d say they will not negotiate until the president agrees to open the government first. the offer has a proposal to extendhe legal status of dreamers. but theomomise comes with the 5.7 billiono build the president's border wall. democrats turned it down and some conservatives were

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and even a 9 monthld baby in that car. she is describing the fact that she has not heard from the duke as highly insensitive. th there needs to be a decision as to w prince phillip and i are from the same walk of life here or not. >> reporter: she's calling for a period of reflection to see what could be done direerently. y prince phillip is showing that he intends to do nothing differently. he was photographed over the weekend driving nagain, not private roads but out in public. he wasn't even wearing a seat belt. police will interview emma tomorrow to get her account of what happened and an image issue. look at the f page of one of the british papers today, the queen's sorry, no word from phillip. the danger, of course, is that here prince phillip begins to look arrogant, and that's always a bad look for the royal family. back to you. brutal cold gripping our neighborhoods. >> it's a good idea to keep your

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let's g you caught up with four things to know. a man has died after being staped in prince george's county. nd police tell news4 this was a domestic incidenthe suspect is related to the victim. he was rushedta to the hos from cedar lane just before

noon. the man died later from his injuries. jackie bensen is on the scene and she'll have report coming up. as the partial government shutdown drags on, furloughed workers are facing the prospects of another missed paycheck. this means concern about payg the bills and the mortgages. communities are holding job fairs and b foodks for workers. a day of service remembering dr. martin luther king jr. parades were held across the country, including in the d.c. area. inon arlingt people volunteered at the high school, they bagged up food and supplies for. edents in ne storm team 4 on alert because of the cold. if you've been outdoors you know how brutalhe temperatures feel. doug kammerer is tracking this arctic blast jus ahead. we're not the only ones feeling it. this deep free is impacting

millions of nbpeople. s chris palone shows us e bone chilling conditions. >> reporter: first the injury, then the insult. a storm system packing rain, ice, and snow battered millions from the plains in the middle east up through u state n york and new england. hundreds of flights cancelled. some that did go ran into trouble. a united flight slid off the runaway in chicago saturday. and driving in places like fargo nearly impossible. once the storm moved out, the cold moved in, parts of new york and new england saw wind chills moorning as low as 40 below zero. >> getting outf the house to get into the car like anxtra half an hour today. >> reporter: some areas got nearly 2 feet of snow and the cold made digging out and cleaning up tougher. >> it's frozen you can't do much but scrape it. it's salt it, treat it, scrape it off. >> reporter: ice brought down

trees and power lines in connecticut. the coastuard rescued aerunter in newy stranded on the island. and in pittsrgh a truck treating icy roads flipped over on an icy road. sudden people hopin for a mild winteramealized that dre is over. >> yes, i have to go to work. >> you're sad about that? >> i want to cry. >> reporter: for millionsf americans, a reality check. there's still a lot of winter left to come. chris palone nbc news new york. that's not >>couraging. no. stepping out doors this morning was a reality check. how about tomorrow morning? same deal. st's just as cold tomorrow morning as it this morning. wind chills between 0 and 10. and the kids go back to school tomorrow and most p heading back to work. it's going to be a cold one out there for you on your tuesday. your monday, it's been nothing but cold. lots of sunshine but that has not helped at all.

3 degrees the high temperatures. our average high is now in the low 40s, we're 20 degrees below average today. dropping into the teens by 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, that's without the wind chill. 13 the current wind chill in rockville, 3 in gaithersburg. look at krofton, 22. what does that tell you? not a lot of wind left. that's good news. we're seeing less wind and we'll see it subside as we move through the night tonight.e nothing on radar picture now. we'll stay on the dry side. what we are going to see is that wind through tomorrow morning even a 10 to 15 milnd per hour produces wind chills like this, tomorrow morning 8 in frederick, and 15 in d.c. o tomorrow ter factor, to be, it's going to be on the cold side, 27 for a wind chill, 23 in

gaithersburg. less wind tomorrow but more cloud cover. today the sun helped bit tomorrow we have the cloud cover moving in during the afternoon so that's going to make this colder. as you make your way to the bus stop tomorrow, windtwhill n 0 and 10, still dangerous cold. there'll be a lot of parents keeping the kids in the car until the bus comes. 27 by recess. breezy conditions there, too, and by the time we're pking up th kids, more cloud cover with a temperature of 35.t let's talk abhe pattern that has brought this in. this is a winter roller coaster for sure. way up in the west, way down across the t east,s is what's -- this is the jet stream here. this pattern is called the positivea, and what that means is huge ridge of highth pressure i west with warm air and a trough along the east. this pattern isti going to around. what that means for us is rather cold conditions and storms that

move down towards the gulf, pick up moiure and move our way. this thursday storm, the jet stream slidesest and brings rain on wednesday and thursday, the cold air moves backin, we see another storm coming in just in time for the weekend into early next week. where will this one go?as this the potential to be a big coastal storm. does it stay off the coast and don't see much at all, or does it come closer to our way and we're talking a big snowstorm? still a loted to be discuith this one, we will be big-time storm watching for the weekend into nex week 35 tomorrow. but into the 50s. wednesday a milder day with late day rain. 54 thursday. but we'll fall all day as another cold frontoves through. cold again on friday and saturday. there's that storm.ah storm watching monday and tuesday. guys, really i could say sunda night, too, we'll bein wat that one big time. >> thank you, doug.

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right now a weather alert om storm team 4, doug is tracking dangerous cold and the wind is ming that feelworse. here's a look at the current innd chills outside. it's in thee digits for a

lot of us. doug is back at the top of the hour with a look at how long tht blast is going to last. difficulty as crews in spain try to save a toddler who's been trapped in a well for a weul. diff terrain is delaying the rescue work. teams are drilling the well to try to get the boy out, but that requiresriing heavy equipment up steep access roads. the 2-year-old fell into the well as his family was walking through a private tate. officials say they haven't been able to find signs of life but they are wking on the basis the child is alive. a second attack on u.s. i forc syria in a week. >> we report on a suicide bomber targeting a convey in northern syria this morning. >> reporter: the pentagon has confmed that a convoy.s of and kurdish forces were involved in a car bomb attack this morning in isis called the incident a

suicide attack. syrian state m tia sayhe blast targeted a checkpoint in the northeastern province where the u.s. maintains a military base. comes a week after isis exclaimed responsibility for a suicide attack in a restaurant in manjib. these attacks complicate president donald trump's decision to withdraw all troops syom a, something he announced last month and the continued bombings underscore the pentagon's assertions that th islamic state remains a threat capab of deadly attacks. nbc news london. now at 5:00 i'm doug kammerer, tracking the dangerously cold temperatures. >> itt dressed p good. the cold weather isn't going to stop me. >> i'll show you how long the polar vortex sticks around.

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it is a cold one out there for sure. thee coldest day of year, you mentioned that. the wind chills have been a factor all day and they'll continue to be a factorayhrough thetomorrow. look at the numbers across the region, the current wind chill tting at 9:00 degrees in d.c. 1 above zero in hagerstown, five below state college. 7 in ocean city, maryland. winds remain gusty through the evening hours, 30 miles per hour plus. ev0 ao 15 mile an hour wind gives you a wind chill of 0 to 10 early tomorrow morning. frigid at the bus stop, so you know that, too. ase make our way through the next couple days, a frigid tuesday start, warm irby wednesday, temperatures in the 40s to s and tracking the next storm, that's wednesday night into thursday. one of three big storms i'm tracking. see you back here in about 15 minutes. you know