>> 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 loudoun, fairfair, warren county

and wshenandoah. t virginia, mineral, hardy and grant county schools are closed today. talk aboutn delays now maryland, howard, montgomery, prince georges are on a two-hour delay. >> in virginia, alexandria city, arlington, falls church city, fredericksburg city, king george and spotsville. in west virginia, berkley, hampshire, morgan county schools will be open two hours late as areminder, we have all that information in the nbc waon app and at the bottom of your screen. >> team coverage now. the roadsout o checking out conditions. melissa moe lay has the warnings. >> we begin with lauryn ricketts. she's in for chuck this morning with the latest on our forecastn hey, la >> hey there, guys. yes. i got to give the kudos to che roadws out there. didn't get that much snow and we were talking about that cting to two inches. some areas got three inches north and west of d.c., but ther ze during the overnight, that's really what we were

concerned about. and i honestly didn't hit too many problems when i came in this morning,however, there's still some icy patches out there specially with temperaturesha below 32 degree mark. 24 is our temperature right now. so, isolated icy patches, especially those bridges, those erpasses, ramps,sidewalk, be careful. driveways. even going into parking lots that aren't treated. so again, be careful out there. it's becoming windy. that's going to be the today. winds are picking up after about 8, 90 a.m. could have a few passing snow showers later this afternoon. again, we' clear right now. we're looking at dry conditions through your morning. now, we do have win advisories in effect starting at 9:00 a.m. wind chill advisorie starting later on tonight. we'll talk about how cold it will et and how warm i get for the weekend coming up in a few minutes. let's talk to melissa. good morning. >> good morning, lauryn. talking about the main roads. they look grea 66 is a good example right now.

28 here near dulles airport, same situation. st looks slick. remember those bridges and overpasses always freeze first. and no doubt we' going to have issues with those as the morning commute rolls . 270 father hurley boulevard northbound, southbound no issues. just seeing some of that snow here in the grassy ar same situation, 15 before i-70 there in frederick. in springfield, outer loop of thebeltway, ramp to southbound 95 right side blocked by a crash, inn loop and outer loop of the beltway, no issues. eun? >> melissa, tha you. ro crews were out in parts of northern virginia ahead of this arctic bst treating allhe roads before they became icy. vdot officials were very clear that anything wet on the roads overnight will be ice this morning. so news 4 is on the roads right now checking out the conditions. >> news 4 adam tuss joins us reve now from the road. adam, where you and how sit looking? >> well, we are on fox mill road, aaron, in the okdon slash

vienna area. you can see that this road is ig reald shape. melissa was talking about the main roads. they are fine. this is a classic secondary road in northern virginia and the road crews have been out in force salting and getting it all down to really good pavement. but, i got to say there are some spots where it does change over, especially if you get off a road like thiso into a parking lot, sidewalks also going to be an hesue. i think biggest problem this morning likely will be you just getting to yourcar. that's going to be a big problem for you this morning just to make sure that you get your oting on the ground. but as you can see right now, roads like this, fox mill road, not in bad shape. gwe'reng to head up towards leesburg which got about three inches by someots last night. and we're going to see if we can find any other problem sps. ain f you see anything out on the road that you want me to one check out, contact me social media @adamtusz and i'll come find it for you. guys, back into you. >> all right, adam.

thank you. our team coverage continues tgw in mery county. >> news 4 justin finch is live in clarksburg now. justin, how is it going out there? >> reporter: hey there, good morning. i've been watchin the salt trucks come and go here on frederick road. it's looking pretty good. nice and cleary same sto for a lot of the main highways andain thorough fairs we've seen throughout the morning so far. if youus look jt foreman boulevard, you can see a salt yuck just passed through there, too. make your way across the street here, take a look there. that isid a salk underneath here off of frederick. it's still covered by snow. and youook over here at this parking lot here, it is still snow covered, too. this is an issue.he this is parking lot of clarksburg high school. you look at this scene and you see why schools in montgomery county are going to be opening two hours late, at least today and by 7:00 a.m. they could decide whether or not to close school all together. so lots of students, families,

teachers and staff watching tot see w the county will do as a result of this storm and of course the conditions left behind. we're live in clarksburg, i'm justin finch, news 4. >> justin thank you. also want to give you a live look at conditions we're finding in prince georges county. this picture from buoy right we'll keep checking in with our crews spread out across the area this morning to show you what conditions are like near your home. >> if you have to head out, be sure to have that nbc washington app with you. download itou on phone to find the full forecast and all the delays and closings you need to know about no matter where you are. top stories at 4:36. as we told you few minutes ago the federal government is open on a three-hour del today because of the weather. federal workers who missed two paychecks during t government shutdown should get paid by tomorrow. they will receive their back pay for the five weeks the government was shutdown. >> today, maryland governor larryil hogan deliver his annual state of the state address.

this will be his first addresse during hisd term as governor. news 4 chris gordon will be there. it starts at noon in annapolis. we are working to learn more about a homicide investigation in hyattsville. this is video from that scene on hamilton street near 37th avenue. the city of hyattsville police tell us a man was found dead inside of this home. no word yet onhe suspect or how exactly that man died. actor and singer usesy smollett is recovering after a brutal attackn chicago. investigators are looking for rveillance video. the star of the show empire was walking early tuesday morning when two men attacked and beat him. they reportedly tied a noose around his neck and poured what's believed to be bleachn m. police say the attackers yelled racist andho homc slurs at smollett who is said to be gay. 4:37 and the caps will be back on the ice at the end of all-star as the nhl break comes to an end. >> no one seems to be enjoying

the time offx as much as a ovechkin. take a look, he's riding a dolphin in this video. >> wait, wait, wait. >> tyes. ught he was resting up getting ready for the next -- maybe this is his wade of nd ung. ovi's wife posted the videos on instagram. a little more graceful than the last time we saw ovi in the water when he was swimming in georgetown after winning the stanley cup. this time he had some help with a natural swimmer, right? >> sure. >> so i guess h is getting the rest he needs and gets the bye week and hopefully come back and win all the games. >> because he didn't do the all-star game, he has to sit out a game. that's the penalty. he won't be on the ice. continue to rips, buddy. >> listen, i don't think he cares much at this point. the battle over metro's hours continues. why bringing back late night hours could beve delayed more? plus, our team coverage continues. these are what some of the side roads near your home might look like this mornin this is in northern virginia. we'll check back in with our crews checking out conditions

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>> announcer: you're watching news 4 today. a car fell nine stories in a high-tech parking garage and burstnnto flames whe it hit the ground. take a look at the video here. >> wow. >> this is what things looked like in miami yesterday in the parking garage. the garage uses elevators t ve cars. and a car fell down nine stories. the car's owner says it was a stick shift and believes the gear. left it in luckily nobody was hurt and the neighboring businesses were not affected. >> if it was one of those fancy garages i believe it was a fancy car, too. yikes. coming july, metro will stay late like it used to. it's something riders have been asking for for more than a year. >> metro's general manager told d.c.'s mayor he needs more time to do more maintenance on the system. during a meeting yesterday he proposed four options to the

mayor and d.c. council. rst, revert to original hours including staying open until 3:00 a.m. friday and saturday. second, open the system later, including opening at 10:30 on sundays. third, close le on weekends at 2:00 a.m. or four, maintain the current limited schedule. >> those four m options to need a lot of work. i thinkn we know w an agency doesn't want to do something they present the worst possible scenarios. >> we are getting ahead of a lot of these issues, but we're just not there yet.he >> metro board could vote on service hours at its next meeting in two weeks. if the board doesn't take action in the next few months the late night hours willom aically be restored on july 1st. well, we had some snow moving through the area yesterday. we're drying out day, but now the aftermath. talking about the winds.sl danger cold today and tomorrow with wind chills below zero. we'll talkhe about when winds

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this is the good stuff™ ♪ it's now 4:45. live look outside right now. bundle up as you begin your wednesday. we're in weather alert mode for temperatures outside right now. we are also keeping an eye on the roads. this is frederick county, maryland. concerns about black ice h forced many schools to close or delay classes this morning. all of that information is running at the bottom of your screen. also find it in the nbc washingtonapp. orm team 4 meteorologist lauryn ricketts is working on the forecast right now. we'll check in with her again in a few minutes. today a bipartisan group of hous senate lawmakers will

begin border security negotiations. >> thisroup is tasked t come up with a plan as another partial government shutdown looms. news 4 tracie potts joins us ve with tails on this. tracie, good morning. >> hey, guys. good morning. a bit of a different approach here. these are the nancy pelosis or the mitch mcconnells we see all the time. they're politicians but they're rank and file members and their job is to come up with something that democrats will sign off on, republicans will sign off onth d president eventually, of course, will sign off on. some of them skilled negotiators. they've been involved in immigration issues before. their first publi meeting is happening today. meantime, the president says if th can't come up with a compromise on the border wall, he'll use the pentagon to pay for it by declaring a national emergency. but, this is reining, three of his top intelligence chiefs just told congress yesterday the biggest threat facing the u n. righ is north korea. they didn't mention the border. >> tracie potts live this morning. you, tracie.

4:47 now. still no speehfic motived the deadliest shooting in u.s. history. ral investigators concluded in the 2017 massacre in las vegas. th fbi says the gunman stephen paddock wanted notorietyn the attack but left his specific motive as a mystery. the shooting killed 58 country music fans and left hundreds of others injured including anne arundel graduate tina frost. she has undergone multiple surgeries. the male nurse aused of raping a woman in a vegetative state in arizona will appear in court. back in december t woman shocked care givers when she gave birth at a health care facility in phoenix. police laterte arr nathan sutherland after a dna test tied him to t newborn baby. suthexland facesual assault charge. if released on bond he will be placed on house arrest and ordered to wear an electroc monitoring device until trial. the man convicted in the d. mansionurders will learn his fate this werr.

wint will be sentenced on friday. he was found guilty in the 2015 killing of the family and their our news partners are reporting federal prosecutors are seeking four life in prisonte ses without the possibility of parol for wint. >> the debate over the death with dignity bill continues in malland. that bould allow a terminally ill adult with six right or less to live the to end their life with the help of a doctor. supporters wore yellow t-shirts as they spe l timebying lawmakers. this is the fourth year this measure is beinged introd backers say they have 60 cosponsors for the bill butnt there are p of opponents, too. >> the bill puts all of the vulnerableur populations in society at risk. the ill, the elderly, those suffering from mental illness, our vetens. >> fundamentally at stake here is the freedom ael respect of the individual.

>> doctor-assisted deals are legan seven states including d.c. it's 4:49. back now to our team coverage. it is cold all over d.c. and people are just taking their ce chances. >> our molette green has details on how the city is helping wa people stay . molette, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you guee. you can the roads and the sidewalks still have the treated ice, but there's no real ice -- the treated salt on the sidehalks and roads is. but this is not an ice issue this morning in the district. it's all about the cold. this is a cold emergency status here in the strict. and we're right in front of a shelter, an overnighthe shelter at 7th and p for men. this will be letting out at 7:00 a.m. this morning. and they have the option of going to one oaytheme warming shelters throughout the city. schools are open today.

d.c. is a walking city. t people wal the bus stop. they walk to school. they walk to their jobs. you really hav to bundle up today. now, if you see some people, some o our homeless neighbors in trouble throughout the day, you can call 1 and get them a ride to a warming center. 'sso, if then immediate threat to that person, just call 911. this is not a d to take any chances. you need to really bundle up with the hat, the gloves, the scarf, everything. even a big fluffy hat like this that yf made mention last time because this is super cold out here and you need a warm hat. ck into you. i bet that does exactly what you need it to do this morning, setting a good example. thank you, molette. we continue our team coverage of this wintry weather now with megan fitzgerald at the live desk. >> looking at the nationalpi ure, i am feeling for the folks in chicago. minus 16. i c't imagine that >> no, i can't. what does that feel like? not that we want to know or yt

ng. but this just tells you everything. the united postal serv sending out this tweet saying they are suspending deliveries inin at least states due to this extreme cold. so now we want to give you a ve picture of chicago and what negative 16 degreesoo like. nowhere that we want to be. some places in these states, mostly in the midwest, though, could see wind chills as low as 60 below zero. of course, that's colder than parts of antarctica, alaska and even t north pole. that's way too dangerous for these workers making these deliveries. now governors in wisconsin, illinois, and michigan declared states of emergencies due to the extremely cold weather. back into you guys. >> tha is a sign. thank you. if the post office -- >> i'm shocked with that. that's crazy. >> they go through all kinds of weather. >> what is it, neither snow no rain nor gloom of night. nothing about crazy cold, though. >> they need to put that little clause ine, right? >> i can't blame them.

with wind chills that are historic here in the midwest. >> i don't blame them either. frostbite can hit a few minutes. >> even if your skin is not exposed, you'll get that i mean, especially through the midwest. now, here we're still going toi deal some very chilly conditions out there as well. so, nothing like we' seein for our friends in the midwest, but still our wind chill will drop below zero. now, ouremperature is staying below 32 degrees, which is a freezing mark. p of course we have to watch for icyches out there. we have adam tuss on the roadways. we have melissag trackhe traffic. listen, the main roads, thanks to the crews out there working throughout the overnight, dumping tons of salt the main roads aren't that bad, but of course the secondary roads, sidewalks, parking lots, adam tuss will get more into that. anything that looks wet could be black ice. the big story today, winds. absolutely. gusting up to 50 miles an hour. i do believe there could be some powe outages. of course that could be

problematic given the cold s p we'rving. we have a warmup coming our way as we head into this upcoming weekend. taook at these temperatures right now. the wind hasn't picked up yet and temperatures rige now in single digits in 20s. as you wake up this morning, those temperatures top out i o the mid 20s and we're going to top out today in the afternoon in the low 30s. now, we're dry right now. we could have a few snow squallr ng to make it through the area, so don't be shocked if you see a few light swew s out there today. not going to amount to much. 32 degrees will be our daytime high. becoming windy after 8:00 a.m. this wind aisory goes into effect after 9:00 a.m. gusts up to 50 miles an hour. the temperature and the wind chill will be falling toughout the day. taking a look again we could see a snow squall passing through the area as w head through the afternoon. not expecting any accumulation with that, but could reduce visibilities rather quickly. wind chill advisories in effect starting later on tonight and continue in through tomorrow morning. now your future wind chills, take a look at this as we go

through the afternoon, we drop into the single digit for wind chills. 8:00 tonight, we're in the negatives. then we stay in the negatives throughout the overnight into tomorrow morning. look at that. negative 15 in hagerstown. 12 in martsburg. it will be bitterly cold as we get into your thursday. ten-day forecast, chances of snow showers passing through on friday. not expectinguch accumulation unless you're north and west of d.c. plenty of sunshine as weouet into sunday, monday and tuesday. look att tha temperature on tuesday, back around 60 degrees. all right. let's get a look at traffic with melihaa mollet. >> is what you call a big ole change. right now look a this drive cam with adam tuss driving around town showing us what some o these roads look like. this is a very good example of a neighborhood street, side street. look out your window, you may ik see something this. once you hit the main roads, though, a very different story. that's good. here is an example of that, 270 at the spur nice and clear there. just seeing that snon the grassy parts next to the road

15 in frederick before 70 a sheen on the roadway there. outer looer before unty, disabled vehicle crowding the left lane in silver spring and brandy wine right side blocked by a crash there. eun? >> melissa, thank you. 4:55. the teen who discovered a glitch on the facetime app. >> we told you about this glitch that allows someby to hear you, possibly even see you without picking up the facetime call. someone could access your microphone by adding themselves to the same call through the group chat feature. if you tried to dismiss the call with the power button, your video feed will pop. 14-year-old grant thompson discovered the glitch trying play fortnite with your friends. >> i'm only 14 and stumbled upon this bug trying to play vide games with my friends. really shows how crazy the devices are. any bug could give away all your personal information.

>> cou hear more from that young man on the "today show." apple plans to release an update later this week. it's advising you to go into your settings and disable the facetime app. >> it's the 14-year-olds who know how to do all the stuff withhe phones and the technology. >> they figure it out, yeah. there seems to be a winner in thepe bryce h sweep stakes and it's not the nationals. at least not yet. the philadelphia police tweeted this picture ofr harn uniform saying the rumors are true -- the rumps. sorry. the rumors are true. bryce harper is coming to philadelphia. >> police. it's a multi-year deal worth -- >> $51,000? >> really per year to start with a city option -- >> 58. go ahead. 58,000. no, it's 58. that's what it says in the tweet. any way, that's peryear. it's a joke. it's a city option to increase annually and then theyrd for all the questions about manny machadoo the philly fire

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>> announcer: news 4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. thine're waking up to a blanket of snow this morning. the flakes aren't the concern now, though. it's the ice that slipped in along with them. litter cold set in overnight making many roads and potentially dangerous. this morning, local school districts are not taking any chances. welcome to wednesday, everybody, 5:00 a.m. i'm aaron gill crust. >> i'm eun yang. this morning we're staying on top of all the latest closings and delays. there are plenty of them. the federal government is on a three-hour delay. employee have the option for telework or unscheduled as for the schools in virginia, culpepper, frederick, manassas city schools are closed. >> lou down, fairfax, shenandoah, warren and princent william c schools. west virginia now, mineral, hardy and grantounty schools are closed today. delays, highway