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is that the snow is turning to ice. this is a live look from the storm tea 4 storm truck in the river road area of the montgomery you know when you get behind the wheel tomorrow morning, it's going to be tough to tell the wet pavement from black ice. >> that's one of the reasons so many schools are closed or delayed tomorrow. we're working for you tonight, helping you plan for a potentially dangerous morning. our team of reporters is spread out across the dmv. >> but we want to begin with our chief meteologist doug kammerer. doug, the wind is going to be a big issue, too. >> reporter: it really is torrow, guys. what a weather whiplash we've had over the last couple of days. today we saw the rain and snow come down.ns some locat picking up 1 to 3 inches of snow. d.c. at the airport, officiall 0.2 of an inch. backhes in sterling and towards leesburg, 2 inches in manassas. this is the area all day today we saidould have problems tonight and into the day

tomorrow. even areas that didn't see a lot ofsnow, we're still going to have the potential for ice.re here the last 12 hoursg showou how this moved through. this is the last six hours now. that system is out of here. in behind it comes very cold air. 21 in manisis, 20 in gaithersburg. everything out there is freezing. we have a lot of reports of ice. wind chillsy theway, right now are in the teens, the low teens. now this is new. wind advisory just came out abouthi 9:00 evening, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., just about all day. wind gusts of 40 to 50 miles per hour. we could seeor snow tw and windchills below zero the next 48 to 72 hou. we've got weather alert all the way through friday. we'll talk much more about that. i'll see you back here in just a few minutes. , it's going to be tough. >> that wind isn't going to help thank you,doug. >> as doug mentioned, the big story tonight is the falling temperatures. we have crews driving around our area looking for the trouble spots out there. >> we s did findome snow-dusted

roads in montgomery county. shomari stone begins ourive team coverage in bethesda. shomari, how are the roads there looking? >> reporter: the rain turned to snow during thevening commute. at least an inch has fallen and the slick roads in some areas. right now many streets are freezing, especially secondary ads in some neighborhoods in montgomery county. tonight people tell us they're concerned about driving to work on icy roads tomorrow morning. >> people need to be safe because this area doesn't know how to deal with snow. unless you've gone to college like i have in the midwest and snow and all that kin of stuff, you know how to do it. if you don't, don't do it. >> reporter: so what are you going to do tomorrow morning? >> have a cupe f cofd then i'm going to go to work. >> okay. >> reporter: right now, make

sure that you give yourself plenty of time if you plan on goin to work and taking your kids to school. the good news is that there is a delay.r we're now joined by my colleague news 4 f darcy spencm reston. darcy? >> reporter: well, shomari, i can tel you that the snow stopped falling out here in reston a couple of hours ago, but the temperatures have continued to fall. we can feelre the dife being out here from what it felt like earlier today. take a look at this banner here. you can see it whipping in the wind. so we're already seeing that. and it feels very cold out here. i want to show you what the roads look like. this is one of the ssondary streight off the reston parkway. it looks very dicey and it's only going to get worse in the morning. the roads wet and slushy now, but with temps taking a t,dive overni all this could be ice when you head to work and school in the morning. some drivers are already planning for problems. >> because they said it's supposed to get down to in the

teens. i'm leaving work in the morning, that's where i'm really goingbeo autious because in the morning i'm expecting probably some ice on the roads. >> reporter: take i extra slow. >> take it extra slow, exactly. >> reporte thealling snow created a winter wonderland here virginia.n trees and branches covered. silver cars. no scraper, no problem. just use your sleeve. some took action before the storm hit, raising theirer w now because the wintery mix was predicted to happen during rush hour, many got to go home early. >> too the metro here and then it's gotten a lot better. the roads are kind of slick but not too bad. so, you know, just trying to drive sloef and hly it doesn't get too bad. >> reporter: the roads for the most part just wet from the toll road to secondary streets. the snow is pretty to look at, but if you're driving or walking, you've got to be careful. some are just taking it n stride, heading to the store, not to stockusup, jt to get dinner. >> just a little cabbage, some

chicken breast, you know, dinner for >>tonight. eporter: so you're planning on not being holed up tomorrow? >> oh, no. i'll be at work tomorrow. >> reporter: no matter what? >> yeah, yeah, yeah. we're talking an inch or two. it's not that big a deal. >> reporter: well, it's not anl big deals you're a kid and school is cancelled tomorrow or perhaps you go l in atle bit late. we're going to continue to update that. f course on the nbc washington ap now to find out more about road conditions in fairfax, let's go to news 4's chris goon. >> reporter: this is chris gordon in frfax. v dot trucks are now plowing, they're spreading salt. the rd is wet and come morning that could prove to be a dangerous for driver t >> anythint lands on the ground and is wet overnight is going to freeze into ice, so ice issing to have an tomorrow morning. >> reporter: the extreme cold could also create a danger of hypothermia or frostbite. if you don't dress appropriately wearing layers.

that's the latest from fairfax. back to you. >> chrisordon reporting. thank you. today's winter weather is already responsible for a deadly crash in fauquier county. a 22-year-old man from woodbridge died when he lost control on sowego road right near the prince william william stafford county line. some crashes in the first 90 minutes of the snowstorm in fauquier county. new tonight, the office of personnel managemen says that most federal workers furloughed during the shutdown will receive paychecks byhursday. now, some of you began gmuting those -needed checks today. the national zoo re-opened day, as did smithsonian museums, including the national museum of african-american history and culture. director lonnie bunch personally welcomed back visitors as they arrived today. >> people love what they do here and they almost feel like, yes, not getting paid was horrible,

but being taken away from being toe to engage the public, share the stories they care about has been even more difficult. >> we've gathe sd allts of personal stories since the shutdown began. we have them, an update on a maryland mother battling cancer, too, who had been furloughed. you can read more about her story o our nbc washington app. just search "donor help". the manf convicted brutally killing three members of a d.c. family and their housekeeper willl for be sentenced this friday. wtop radio is reporting that federalrosecutors are seeking four life prison sentences thout the possibility of parole for daron wint. a jury found wint guilty in october for killing this family and their hsekeeper vera figueroa back in 2016. wint is due back in court on friday. in montgomery county, a man's in custody accused his mother. he is being held tonight. this morning police found his

mother dead at their home along mariana drive in aspen hill. family tells us his mother worked at hotel downtown. officers went to the house this morning after she didn't showr p work. they found the victim with trauma to her body and herod so with bnd cuts to his hands. police have not said how she died or released a possible motive. also in montgomery county, two friends and rect college graduates were found shot to death inside a car. we showed you the scene from chopper 4 last night as breaking news. police are still releasing few details about what happened to christian roberts and jordan radway, just that they were found shot inside the car just off stewart lane in white oak. one of the boy's godmothe tells us that the family is crushed. >> what are you going toos remember about jordan?

>> this funloving personality. his sweetness. >> there is a vigil planned for the two victims this friday at paint branch high school where they were teammates on the school's basketball team. the vigil will follow friday's game. new at 11:00 tonight, a heated debate in maryland's legislature over whether you should have the right to say when your life ends. it's been a long debate, a billh called death w dignity. supporters wore yellow t-shirts today ashey spent time lobbying lawmakers. it is the fourth year this measure's bee reintroduced. it's backers say they have abo 60 co-sponsors for the bill. that bill would require a termy ill adult witix months or less to live the right to end their life with the help of a doctor, but the bill has its opponents. >> the bill puts all of the vulnerable populatio in our society at risk, the ill, the elderly, those suffering from

mental illness,. our vetera >> what is fundamentally at stake here is the freedom and self-respect of the individual. >>is doctor-ad deaths are legal in seven states, including d.c. a series of road projects announced today could transform transportation in northern virginia. those projects totalled more than $1 billion. among them, thetate plans to add a fourth auxiliary le at i-95 south to prince william county parkway. it one of the most notorious bottle necks in our region. the state also plans to add a neweversible ramp from 95 to connect leopitz brd near santora hospital in woodbridge with the hot lanes. v also,dot will expand the toll laneso fredericksburg and extend the 495 express lanesll the way to the american legion bridge. when we come right back on news 4 tonight, a look a on a mission. they want to make sure no one else experiences the heartbreaking loss.

>> please help stop these agedies from occurring in our schools. >> only on news 4, hear from the grandmother of a killed in a school second. how she believes lawmakers can save the lives of other children. and we're talking about cold. just look at this. the windchill right now in d.c., 17. minneapolis, 50 below zero. cold air moving in tomorrow.

tonight we're hearing from the family of a fairfax county 3rd grader killed in a tragi accident at school. >> wesley died back in may. he was helping a teach operate a large motorized wall at francona elementary school. his grandmother is pleading with state lawmakers to pass legislation to help prevent a tragedy like the one that claimed wesley's life. >> news 4 consumer investigative hporter susanan tonight has been following this story from the very beginning and she has an update you will see only on news 4. well, we were in richmond as a state delegate introduced his bill that he drafted right aft wesley's death and after our investigation. they wereom and dad, also there along with a lot of their friends and family. all of them shere toport wesley's grandmother, who made a passionate plea for change.

>> this is his third grade picture. >> reporter: as most grandmothers do, sally loved showing off picture of her grandson wesley. the toothy-grinned little boy o brought so much joy to the lives of everyone he knew. many of them here in richmond to support sally as she testified in front of the house miucation subcee. >> please help stop these tragedies from occurring in our schools. >> reporter: she's supporting house bill 1753, drafted by delegate mark sickles. the legislation would require schoolmaistricts to have f policies and training in place when it comes to motorizedio part. it would also restrict when the dividers can beoperated, unles they have an additional safety device installed with them. n>> one of ours channels, which is here today, has been doing a lot o investigatory work around the metropolitan regionnd the three-state region and has found out there

is a lot of -- a lot t be desired in our policies. >> reporter: in the northern virginia area alone, according to nbc news 4, there are 202 electronic partitions in schools. >> reporter: nearly 500 in the entire d.c. region. our news 4 consumer investigation has found there are very few rules andwhraining it comes to these powerful devices. >> it does not seemhat we can depend on school distrt administrations or school boards toun vrily act adequately to protect our students. >> reporter: so delegate sickles is depending on his colleague to make it law. >> i'm sure it will pass and i'm looking forward to taking it over to the is in et ang get the governor to sign it. thank you for the researcro you've done our region and bringing this to the forefront of all of your viewers at channel 4.

>> reporter: now, death sickles tells us he's going to rename this bill the wesley charles lapicky act. it goese bef the house education committee next. we'll continue to follow this and keep you posted. in the meantime, checkur out interactive map in the nbc washington app to find out if lur child's sch has one of those motorized partitions in it. all you have to do is search "partitions." >> while you're in the nbc washingt app, y can watch wesley's grandmother's entire testimony to the house subcommittee today. find that raw video by searching "testimony." tracking the cold weather for you tonight. our storm team 4 by 4 providing thhte pictures ton on river road in montgomery county. rain a snow that fell today will freeze overnight, creating some big problems, but nothing, nothg like what they'reeeing in the midwest. leon harris is at the live desk tracking those unbearable bone-chilling numbe

. >> we have to be careful what we complain about because folks as ad as it's going to be here, nothing as bad what the midwest is going through. in fact, things are so bad there, the u.s. post service is doing something it almost never does, cancelling mail divery in nine states. states from iowa to kansas are cancelling all or most of their mail deliveries tomorrow. when you hear that term life-teatening conditions that's exactly what it's going to be. according to the national weseher ice, a windchill of minus 25 can freeze skin within 15 minutes. it's going tosee w than negative 25 in somelaces. in fact, temperatures dropped as low as minus 26 in north dakota with windchills as a low minus 62 in minnesota. governors in wisconsin, illinois d michigan havell declared emergencies as the worst of the cold is moving in tomorrow. >> it's an event unlike any we've seen in a generation, and

i thi it's really important that we protect people. >> at least four deaths areco ected to this weather system, including a man who was struck and killed by a in the chicago area. chicago is looking at historic cold moving in. the mayorre says the city is turning some of their busses into makeshifarming centers. that's just how bad they expect things to g. jim, doreen, back to you. >> leon, thank y. wow. >> clearly this is weather to take very seriously. >> even if our area, wre not going to get down to 30, 40, 50 below zero, but we're going to get to 10, 15 below zero tomorrow. >> cold enough. >> absolutely. already on the cold side now after the rain and snow we had across the area earli today. take a look. here's what's going on currently. you can see the winds by the capitol, the flags, rather, by the capitol starting to -- starting to blo a little bit. yeah, those winds gusting upwards of 20il to 25 an hour. temperatures, 29 degrees. winds out of the northwest at 17

miles an hour. so our currentinhill, well, that's down into the single digit. 8 in martinsburg, 17 in d.c. it is a very cold night. yeah, it's going to get a lot colder tomorrow night. there is the rain and snow we had across the area. 1 to 3 inches in areas west of i-95, especially loudoun, montgomery county, alleporting 3 inches of snow. now it's melting. nothingn the radar now, but we have a chance for snow tomorrow. current temperature, 29, d.c., 29 gaithersburg. that's why we're seeing the ice and so many schools have cancelled or delayed tomorrow because othe ice out there. not the main roads for the most part, but the secondary roads, the roads you live on, the neighborhood roads, those are t the onest are going to have ice especially into some sidewalks, too. what is wet will become ice. that's going to be the rule of the night. lots of slick t spots through morning. heads up there. arctic front tomorrow.

that arctic front comes in right around noon in mostth locations. 's when the wind begins to pick up. look at this. 17, d.c. zero in buffalo. the windchill, 28 belowero in chicago. 50 below zero in minneapolis. the coldest i've seiver toden t below zero. incredible cold. even atlanta, 19 below zero. look at this, guys, once the winds rlly pick up, a wind advisory in effect from 9:00 a.m. to:00 p.m. tomorrow for just about everybody here, 20 to 30-mile-an-hourin. winds gusting to 50 miles an hour potentially. the highe winds could actually come with a little burst of snow as the arctic front comes through here. couldoa see a quickng if it does move through around 12:00, 1:00. then it reallyets cold. by tomorrow morning, windchills in the single digits everywhere. 11, d.c., but single digits back to the west. this is by 5:00, everybody.

below sfwozero. 1 blow, d.c., 3 blow -- a little warmer i guess you could say down to the south. at least above zero. look at thursday morning. that's why i fully expect to see a windchill advisory in effect tomorrow night into thursday. windchills close to 15 below zero. this is some serious cold that we're going to be dealing withth all day sday, into the day on friday. could see some snow showers. it doesn't look like it will amount to much. this doesn't last long. weather alert into thursday. but look at next week. we don't just jump, we go the opposite direction. warmel be 735 degre5 degrees >> thank you, doug. coming up, a full slate of local hoophe plus caps on their bye week. we're going to show you how ex ovechkinal n

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>>izards have gone through their ebbs and flows this season. add tonight's game to list of year.ointment this coming off a loss, washington the better team than the 10-41 cavaliers, but they didn't look like it. bradley beal wealth a good night. game-high 31 points, but he couldn't do it all. skipping ahea third quarter, cavs up 10. pass to osmond in theno corner. he kcks down the three. 26 points for the second year player. the cavs starting to pull away. in the fourth, clevelaue conts to pile it on. jordan clarkson draining the three. team-high 28 for him. cavs up 25. the wizards bated back. under a minute to play. jordan mcrae, burying a tre. look at that, a four-point game. can't get the shot off. it's stolen. cavaliers hold on to beat the wizards, 116-113. 2 of the cavs '11 wins against

the wizards. third ranked virginia visiting 23rd rank nc stat. cavs up fouith a great pass to jay huff. throwing it down. what a feed from guy. cavs in control. skipping ahead final minutes, wolf pack on the way back. dorn with the drive. a beautiful reverse lay-in. he had 13. this one, though,eang into overtime. in ot, virginia taking over. tied at 61-61. kick it out to kyle guy. 3 he had points. beat nc state 66-65. to college park, 21st rankedry nd. terps trying to host that o- twgame skid. northwestern's shot a little off the mark. anthony cowenr. passed ahead to bru fernando. gets ahold of it. dthrowing itown. what a pass from cowen. fernando kind o fumbles it there. with the finish, the terps up

ten. in the second half, maryland started to pull away. pass ahead to fernando off the glass and 22 points, ten boards bruno. maryland back on the winning side. they take it 70-52. the capitals' bye week almost over, but alex ovechkin still having fun on a trip with family and friends. yes, he's a riding dolphin. this is something you never thought you needed but now you' not sure how you're going to live without it, am i right? his wife posting these videos on having a great time on break. even getting a little smooch there from the dolin at the end. last june we saw him in foun

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