many roads king slick and potentially dangerous this morning. local school districts are not taking any chances. it is 4:00 a.m., good morning, everybody, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. we have all the latest closings and. dela there are plenty of them. the federal government is on a three-ho delay and employees rave the option for unscheduled leave tell le work. as for schools cull pepper, farks uquer. >> as are loudoun fairfax, mineral, hardy and grant in west today.a are closed >> the delays, in maryland, howard, montgomery, prince georges and anne are on a two-hour delay. >> in virginia, alexandria,n, arling falls church, fredericksburg are on two-hour

delay. amp est virginia, berkley, shire, jefferson. all of that information is at the bottom of your screen and in the nbc washington app. >> this morning, we also have team coverage of the storm and its impacts. teams are spreadcr outs the region monitoring road conditions near you. >>issa is standing by with your first 4 traffic but we begin with lauren rickets and look at all the cold temperatures, lauren. >> yeah. we havpe chilly ttures out there right now. we will continue to see some chilly temperatures as we go through theday. but look at these wind chills across the area. you can s some pretty drastic wind chims to the upper midwest. and those are continuing to sink down. now this piece of cold air ise going to coming our way as we go into the afternoon and evening. winds will start to pick up after about 8:00 p.m. tonight. again, we are looking at some very bitterly cd wind chills. we have wind advisories and wind chill advisories in place for this. now the current wind chill here in the d.c. areas at 24 right

now. that is only going to drop throughout the day today. so we will see those very cold wind chills come right back into our area. wind chill advisory in place, a wind advisory in ace. we'll talk all about those coming up, but first traffic with melissa. >> good morning. >> going to start with cameras o this morning show you what's going on road wise. northbound, southboice and open. most of those main roads are looking okay because they were treated. the side streets not the situation. so looking okay there270 at old 100. i-70 and 270 still have slushy mess in the middle of the road on 70. southbound on 270, this camera went dark. that looked pretty good as well. inner loop, outer loop of thewa y nice and clear right now. we'll let you know when things start happening. eun? >> melissa, thank you. the snow fell late into the evening for some of us. look at that. qukly covered roads and

sidewalks making a pretty picture for anyone iloide ing out. if you were outside, things became quick ickly. temperatures plunged and winds whipped turning the snow hard and making roads pretty icy. >> the wdyther has alr proved deadly. the conditions are blamed for the death22f ear-old man who died after losing control of his car right near the prince william/stafford county line on sowego road. that deadly crash highlights just how dangerous slick and icy roads can be. >> this morning, we're monitoring the hardest hit areas and places you want to avoid. we beg with news 4 justin finch who is tracking the roads in clarksburg. justin, good morning. how is it lookihe you are? >> reporter: tlai, eun and aaron. good morning. the mains and highways. clarksburg village section what you're sing behind us here might be what you see as you wake up this morning.

check out this street here. learly been through here and plowed. but if you look under that light, you clu see thatsh is still there. that sheen as well. moving to my left here, you can the same goes for that sidewalk, too. so we're not seeing a lot of snow, but as you make yr way on to some of these roadways, these surfaces, what we are seeing is a lot of slush. tricky ife very you're not careful. so as you are beginning your routine this morning, perhaps a bit later than usual, go ahead, salt andre shovel w you can, make sure your surfaces are clear for you to walk on as well a drive on. that could b hazard being that it's so cold out here. these surfaces that look slicke certainly very much so and very big risk if you're not back into you. >> justin finch, live for us in montgory county. justin, thank you. >> we're tracking road conditions across the region fou his morning.

news 4 adam tuss joins us live from vienna. adam? >> good morning, aaron. yeah, tak a look out the drive cam of the storm team 4 x 4 here, the road contions are in really good shape for the most part. now, it's going to be those side s, the secondary streets and the sidewalks and the parking lots that are going to be the reml pro this morning. honestly i think you'll have more of an issue j tt walki your car, maybe pulling into a convenience store, something along those lines. that's going to be the real problem spot for you to watch now.for this is 123 in the vienna area. you can see it's been treated. it's in good shape. we have a lot of salt on thend gr for the most part, road crews have done a good job. the temperatures are cold we'll drive around all through northern virginia checking out the road condions. you have a problem spot, i encourage you to tweet me and we'll come tak a loot it and see if we can get the road crews take care of it for you. guys, back into it. >> adam, thank you. our coverage of this latest

round of wintry weather will continue>>ll morning. ust a few minutes we'll check out the impact in the district. news 4 cameras were along wisconsin avenue yesterday when the snow started to fall. look at all that traffic. many roads in d.c. arelso slick right now. if you're walking, keep an eyeo outce patches on the sidewalk as well.ws molette green with join us in a few minutes. until then, check outbc the n washington app and nbc washington.com for continuing coverage of the very latest conditions. following breaking news out of hyattsville at this where police are conducting an investigation we're trying to dig into. megan fitzgerald? >> good morning, aaron. we just learned that police are investigating a homicide. i want to show you some from the scene overnight. this was on hamilton street near 37thavenue. hyattville police tell us that a man was fidnd dead i of this home. to give y context, this is down thetreet from theest way supermarket and hyatt park.

it's still unclear if police have made an arrest, but of course we're staying on top of this. learn update you as we more information. back to you, aaron. >> thank you. 4:07. we turn to good newfor federal workers, the office for personnel management sayshat mo furloughed workers will receive paychecks by tomorrow. some of you started receiving those much-needed checks yesterday. e national zoo reopened yesterday as well. same goes for the other smithsonian facilities, museums, including the neuional m of african-american culture. the director personally welcomed back visitors as they arrived. >> people love what they do here and almost feellike, yes, not getting paid was horrible but being taken away from being able to engage the public, to share the stories they care about, that's more difficult. >> we also had good news this morning about kwa sean latimer, the local woman who was furlghed and had to make a difficult decision about whether to pay for her chemotherapy or

pay for the house bill. you can read more about her story in the washington nbc app. search donor helpig another the government is getting back to normal, plans are in the works for the state of the union and the democratic response. stacey abrams will deliver the democratic responseo president trump's address to congress next tuesday. you may remember abrams was a democratic candidate in a very close 2018 governor's race in georgia. watch the sta of the union and democratic response right here on nbc 4 next week. it's now 4:08. former adviser to president trump roger stone pled not guilty at the fal courthouse in the district. stoneked into the courthouse as people in the crowd shouted lock him up. stone was surprisingly low key inside the courtroom. he is accused ofng l to congress and witness.ating this is all part of robert mueller's investigation into ss ru's interference with the 2016 election. stone will be back in courtn friday. in montgomery county this

morning. >> t friends and recent college graduates were found shot to death inside a car. we showed you the scene from chopper 4 yesterday morning. ictim as entified the christian roberts and jordan radway. they were found shot inside a car just off stewart lane in white oak. a relative tells us the family is crushed. >> what are you going t remember most? >> his fun-loving personality. his sweetness. >> vigil will be held this friday at paint branch high school where the two played basketball. vigil will follow friday's game. started with a woman not kshowing up for w in montgomery county, ended with her son in jail f murder. ozzi maine kamara is charged with killing his moth. she wa killed after she went to her home to do a welfare check.

that's where ty found her. officers say she was dead and her son had blood and cuts on his hands. investigators have not released a possible motive in this case. developing this morning, investigators are looking for surveillance video in the possible hate crime against empire star jussie smollett. he was a walkingng a street early tuesday morning in chicago when two men attacked and beat him. they tied a noose around his neck and poured what's believe to be bleach on him. they yelled racist and homophobic slurs at smollett who he is reported to be in good condition. he went to the hospital on his own. >>h the super bowl just a few weeks away now, few days away now, it's this sunday, fans can expect security to beight in atlanta. >> today the nfl will join local law enforcement to outline its public safety plans for game-related activities. secretary of meland security kirstjen nielsen is also expected to attend.

the los angeles t ramse on the new england patriots this sunday. everything leading up to the big game in the nbc washington app. still ahead here this morning, we continue our team coverage of today's frigidr weathe and the impact on our roads. plus, you here.k it's cold be glad y're not in chicago. bitter cold teeratures, whipping winds and wild snow causing trouble across the city. we'll show you just how bad those contions are. >> definitely breaking records out in the midwest. we didn't break any records here yesterday, but it's certainly cold as wth go ove next two days, starting this morning. wind chills are going to be a factor throughout the day as well as temperatures. rmperatures already starting in the teensht now. we'll talk about how cold it's going to get and we do have a warmup coming our way. we'll show you in the ten-day we'll show you in the ten-day forecast next.

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welcome back. 4:13,t's a weather alert day here on news 4 today. icy conditions are what remain after a brief snowfall yesterday. today cold temperatures and strong wind gusts arexpected across the region. school delays and cancellations are in effectw.ight all that information can be found running at the bottom of your scrn and in the nbc washington app. temperatures will be below freezing for most of morning and because of that d.c. has activad a hypothermia alert. >> molette green has details on how the city isrying to help people stay warm. molette, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. you know the district only got a little teeny bit of snow,no so -- no ice issue here. it is the cold that is really the problem for those folks who have to go out ear this morning. and of course the weather, the temperatures are going to drop. that wind chill level that lauryn ricketts has been talking about going to sink deeper.

the cold emergency activated in the city, of co the schools are open on time. d.c. is a walking city. people walk to the busstop. they walk to take the train. and theig concern , of course, for our homeless neighbors in the city. andf so,course, these shelters will be opening up this morning at 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m.re at some of th centers used as warming centers. if you need someone inbl tr call 311. immediate need f emergency help, of course, dial 911. of course, there conditions brutal out here this morning. and they're only going to get worse throughout the day as we talk about that cold air just really coming in and sinking in on us and taking hold of us here in the district. that is the very latest, live from northwest d.c. right behind me is one of those where a lot of people have been coming out this morning heading out to work or to wherever they

go throughout the day. ck into you. >> some really important information there molette, thank you for that report and for wearing that hat. it's 4:16. our cold temnoratures are ing like what other parts of the country are experiencing right now. >> you didn't give her a chance to respond. >> it's a great she'll get me later i'm sure. several cities from the midwest to the northeast saw snowstorms of their own. hundreds of fligts were cancelled at chicago o'hare because of snowy weather there. crews had to clear several miles of runway and taxi pavement there. frustrated h passengersad to bear with the delays and many were forced to rebook their flights. >> you know they're frustrated in chicago when they' used to this kind of weather. and in minnesota, frigid temperatures and dropping wind chills are causing major problems for firefighters. this was the scene of a large houseire yesterday morning in minneapolis. officials were called to this hous twice after the fire started up again. crews battled the fire in

temperatures approaching 10 degrees below dozero. t know how they do it. i really don't. no injuries reported. god bless them. >> arctic blast brought snow to the carolinas too. it wasn't a big storm, many worry about the deep freeze that's coming. officials say the wintry mix will freeze when temperatures drop creating dangerous o conditio the roads there. areas around the mountains may see single digit temperatures. >> residents in up state new york are dealing with blankets of heavy snow. look at that.oa the may look bad now, but conditions are expected to worsen over the next couple days. approach otals cou an inch and a half per hour. some areas in buffalo could see more than twoeet of snow by the end of the week. now, i will say, buffalo is used to this, oright? eet of snow, no schools are closed. they haven't plowed and ready to go. >> absolutely. i was out here yesterday afternoon 4:30, 5:00 p.m. from a young woman from albany, s had on thin sweater, no hat. i'm in thenow like this. no big deal.

>> little bit of snow we got in d.c. quarter ofren inch you go to the west we had 3 inches, 2 1/2us inchest to the west. and it's still creating issues out there. although, i have to tell you, give kudos to the road crews. >> oh, yeah. >> absolutely. >> there wasn't a lot of sli spots. a few getting out of my apartment complex tcet had over, but that was to be expected. d.r the most part, roads aren't that we'll check back in with melissa as the day wears on and check in with wpot as well once you get in your car. watch out for isolated slick spots out there. we have not only light snow shower putsible today, also as we get into friday, little piece of energy tries to scoot through the area. so some more light sw showersss le on friday. now things are warming up. in fact, by the time we get inte this weekend w warming up quite a bit and we need it because those temperatures out there right now in the teenso 20s. 24 here in the d.c. area. everybody else in the teens

right now. and the sun coming up just about 15, 20 minutes after 7:00. temperatures will drop before then, but temperatures staying below that freezing mark through the morning. so anything that is not treated on the roadway is still going to freeze. especially your patios, sidewalks and stuff likethat. so be careful. by this afternoon,hose temperatures may get to around that freezing mark. withki winds p up after 8:00 a.m., it will feel a lot colder than that. we're becoming windy today. wind gusts up to 50 miles an hour today. nothing on the radar right now. again, we've got a little system that could bring some snow squalls to the area, but for the mo part, we are dry out there. wind advisory goes in eect at 9. 8 or 9:00hes the winds pick up. gusts up to 50 miles an hour as we continu through the day today. so it is going to get a little on the windy side. here take a look again a few snow squallspossible.

as we go through the day today. not expecting any additional accumulation. if you get caught in one of those, visibilities could come a bit. so again, we're expecting that later on, but no more on accumula we'll talk about the warmup and how cold it will get tomorrow because we do have wind chill factors in effect late tonight into tomorrow and we'll show you that coming up. we'll show you the roadways with melissa. >> good morning. adam tuss driving throu vienna. the main roads looking pretty good. he was just in abo nei that was not so hot. a lot of the sidewalks, side streets will bemessy. careful as you step outside. 270 father hley ulevard, looks wet. have a vehicle on the right side of the rodoway. t think there's any issue there regarding the weather at least. 270 and 70, so 70 here still have a lot of sno there. you can see on the roadway. no doubt it's beet treated j perhaps it's been a while. leesburg is looking okay. only problem, outer loop of the beltway, ramp to southbound 95

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>> agouncer: you're watch news 4 today. >> welcome back. for several weeks furloughed federal workers had to cut corners tot make ends m during the shutdown. >> some had to cut back on medications which can come with me serious consequences. news 4 justin finch is working with you on ways to save on your meds if you're ever put in that situation again. >> reporter: when ask if there's ever a safe way to skip a medication, howardniversity llege of medicine dr. mark johnson offers simple and strong words. >> absolutely not. we see that in diabetes andigh blood pressure. people cut back on their i and then they have a blood sugar crisis, or people cutack on their blood pressure medicine and they end up having a stroke

or a heart attack. >> reporter: he understands what could drive such a hard decision, money running low as the bills run evergh . critical reasons he says why you should not skip your meds because the stress of a furlough and fears of another one could add stress to the bo. >> can't imagine what these folks are feeling. people lose sleep. people's blood pressure changes that type of stress. >> reporter: though, if your meds are expensive and you need help saving money, rerecommendations reaching out to your physician. >> sometimes we c look at the medications that the patients are taking and see if there's something that wean substitute that is of a lesser cost. >> reporter: there are other resourceo, you can check out today. websites such as rxassist.org, neeg needymeds. and ppaarx.org.

the doctor underscorou even on fu no one should ever take a gamble on their health. this is really a life or death decision that you make when decide to skip medication and ration medicine, for some people. >> iia is cr and no one knows how the dice going to roll. >> reporter: justin finch, news 4. >> and that was the toughest part of government shutdown, people having to make these tough choices. planning ahead is not always as easy as it seems when you don't have the money to save . then what? privacy problem is impacting millions of iphone users. coming up, how a teenager exposed a facetime glitch that puts your personal conversations at risk. and we are talking about a risk for the wind chills. et is going to get dangerously cold around h as we dip into some of that chill that was in the midwest. we're talking about wind chills that are well below zero. we'll show you just how cold it's going to get in your neighborhood and let you know when that warmup is coming in just a few minutes.

kplus, we'reping an eye on the roads this morning. here is a live look at the roads in oakdon,virginia. last night's snow may mean icy last night's snow may mean icy

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>> announcer: news 4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. >> you're waking up to a storm aam 4 weatherrt for the second morning in a row. take a live look at clarksville. maryla more snow there for sure than here. the snow has stopped falling, robut today thele is with the temperatures. they're well below freezing and it is causing roads to be slick. the problem is it's not going to get above zero today. it's going to be cold all day and windy. good morning, everybody, i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. a lot o schools are trying to keep people off the roads. the federal government is on a three-hour delay and employees have the option for telework and scheduled leave. culpepper, frederick, manassas city and page county schools are closed as are