>> we want our dog to be healthy, but it costs aot more to keep them >>healthy. consumer reporter susan hoganr protecting y pet and your pocketbook. we have a storm team 4 weather alert. as you can imagine team coverage tonight as we track this polar plunge. >> yeah, bundle up, brace yourselves, folks. that blast of cold air is barrelling our way. >> in chicago they say the hawk is out, but that city is feeling the teeth o this polar vortex. the wind chel temps in the negative 40 >> meanwhile in st. paul, nneapolis, you betcha, it's cold. as for our area, the folks are out andbout. a bundled up and brutal night on the way. fairfax, arlington, and montgomery county schools are already on a o-hour delay tomorrow. >> and we are still dealing with a some strong gusts out there.

this is the scene at the point today. the whipping winds making for some wobbly landings. let's gettarted at the storm team weather center. >> we've got to buckle up, you guys. this is only going to e woge trs in ig aerround 11:00 i'm heading to t and telling people get ready. now the wind chill is down arnd 5 to 10 degrees. >> and that was very evident for some of you whe that snow squall moved through the area. right after that we really saw our temperatures start t plummet. >> our current wind chill at 8 right now in the d.c. area. 38 below 0 in chicago. international falls, 41 below in parts of minnesota. 33 leesburg, 26 in the city. that wind, though,eally makes it feel that much colder. that's why we had a wind chill

advisory. that wind chill advisory in effect from 9:00 tonight until 10:00 tomorrow morning. we are talking extd.me c once again those wind chills between 0 and 15 degrs below 0. frostbite threat within 30 especially when you're not wearing a hat, and i know we're going to david cobert next. >> his mom has called repeatedly today. doug, thank you. well, on sunny days you usually find a lot of folks at gravelly point watching it planes land. well, today it's practically empty except for northern virginia bureau reporter david. he's there le for us. a no doubt you are feeling the wind and cold. no hat and no earmuffs, >> reporter: look, i have a turtle shell of sorts i've been going into. so don't worry, but letel me

you, they're telling you where this is coming from. you heard those numbers out in the midwest. it is tough to t comprehendt chill coming our way. so we wanted to catch up with some of those folks who had a taste of the future, so to speak. those coming from the midwest right here to d.c. to deal more frigid temps. the war of a passenger plane on its approach to reagan national. coming ihe from west bringing with it a arctic chill. what was it like just stepping out of that air up tthere? >>lmost takes your breath away it was so cold. it was 52hi below morning. they canceled schools for two straight days which is very for minneapolis. we're usually used to handling the cold weather, but it s very cold. >> you can feel it in your lungs. it's cold. eo it makes you short of breath. >> reporter: jan onboard the same flight as mark. she did not leave the airport in

minneapolis and still felt the cold air on that jet bridge. >> they were warning people not to wait for their luggage that they had checked because it was too cold to stand the and breathe that cold air. l they hadanded as that same cold albeit a little less intense her little reagan here shivering after two minutes outside even while wearing her canine sweater. if it temperatures do not phase you perhaps the strong gusts of nds will. imagine being onboard. jane was. >> a couple of people on the plane were a little upsete beca it wasn't what they had expected or had ever experienced before. >> it was that rough? ng it was that rough. >> reporter: walhrough the terminal there you can almost hear the fol w who perhae on a jet like that one, so full of joy.

they're skipping to their gates headed to places much warmer than what we're dealing with here. kely down to florida. and then you go down to baggage claim and you can see the folks who have arrived from warmer places and they've turned it into ass dg room of sorts, opening their luggage andpu ing on as many layers as possible. >> david, if you really gave them a nice welcome, you'd be standi there with a hot dish. >> he can't hear now. we'll see you at students actually probably don't mind the winter blast too much if it gets them out of school, but there'says a price to play later in the montgomery county public schools has already reached itso limit. emergency closure days. d.c. public schoo has used one day. at thisoi p prince george's

county public schools tacking on one day at the end of school and in fairfax county the school days are going to be longer so thos hours can b used to make up for this inclement weather. and storm team 4 working to keep kwo your family safe. we've got live radar, up to the minute forecast and school closings for you a on our free nbc washington app. >> there is always a pay back for school days. >> now to the latest on those efforts to keep the government from shuttg down agaust a couple of weeks from now. >> as lawmakers tryo work out a deal there is a different effort that would pu money in the paychecks for federal workers. >> reporter: so democrats are calling this part necessity, part gesture tof appreciation for those affected by the 35-day partl government shutdown.

new legislation to give many federal workers a raise. virginia congressman injure ae conally introduced a bill to give civilian feds a 2.6% pay increase. is the same the military personnel got last year. but congress can't override that. meantime the clock is ticking for lawmakers to find coumon to prevent another shutdown. thison after bipartisan group selected to strike a deal border security funding had its first meetisi. aling they are willing to add more money but stopped short of fundinges the ent's wall. >> along with my democratic colleagues i'm rdy toork in good faith to write a department of homeland security bill that funds smart, effective border security. smart border security is not overly rel on physical

barriers. >> reporter: remember now the president said any deal must includ border barrier money. current funding runs out february 15th. if there is no deal by then we could face another shutdown or the president might declare a national emergency. we'll have to see. and there's some good news for those federal empyees who missed paychecks during the shutdown. the office of personnelay management most of you should receive back pay some have already begun receiving those much needed checks. wendy? in prince george's county police there are investigating a murder after a man was found dead overnight. that home was just down the t street fromhe super market and park on hamilton street near 37th avenue. so far there's been no arrests. one of our region's top law enforcement officials thomas ranger says he'll retire after

servicing 15 years as chief of. poli he's worn the badge now for more than 40 years. he says policing has changed lot over those years. >> so often the narrative and the national conversations about police are being driven by those few cases around the coury where police have not been on the right side of justice. a lot of cops i think are being painted by that broad brush. that said, we shouldn't sit back and just complain and be martyrs. all that means is we've got to double down and do our job the way it's supposed to be awdone. >> want to stay with us for news 4 at 6:00 tonight. our pat collins talks with the chief on some more controversial topics including his thoughts on bodyameras and legalized marijuana. a top city leader says the gun violenc in the district should be declared a state of emergency. one way the city w dealingh the problem, identifying people nto could be involved in vio

crimes before they become a victim or a spect. news mark seagraves spoke t the people at the center of this effort. >> reporter: this is scene far too often in neighborhoods across the city. gunfire that often turns deadly. at yesterday's meeting between the d.c. council and the mayor. cocil member treyon white told the mayor his neighbors don't feel safe. >> there been several nights when i hear gunshots that sound like we' in a third world country. 30, 40, 50 rounds. >> repter: white urged him to head off violent crime before it happens. and that's exactly what this group of activists are doing with the help of the city. >> we are in the community because we are launching a five-year campaign called the building for us campaign. and it's really ao focus make sure that the people who are doing the

from blang and brown and marginavized communities a voice and other work to prevent gun violence in our communities. >> reporter: joshua is doing his part to stop the violence.f a victim gun violence at young age samuel has also spent time behind bar now he spends his days reaching out to young people in his communityie ident as high risk of being involved in gun violence. >> i've been affected directly by the gun. b i'een in a position, but what i'm trying to do is show them they're not alone. my answer is educating yourself. ande nee to keep connecting guyshrough different job opportunities and things ofhat nature. >> reporter: his office recently identified 24 young men at risk of being involved in violent. crim >> 22 of those guys were actually placed inubsidized employment. they're now moving forward to be

placed in long-term employment. months after a news 4 i-team investigation revealed a thousand d.c. public schoolteacrs working without a license, there is progress to report tonight. >> but it is just some progress. scott mcfarland joins us to explain. d.c. officials tell the news 4 i-team they're stiking to get more of the district schoolteachers licensed. this summer we found only 75% of d.c. public schoolteachers had aliance. as of this week, nearly 90%a either hav license or have at least applied for a license that's 3,6eachers. a licenseture is required under d.c. law. correctedrking on a action plan with d.c. schools because of this. recent news 4 ini-team

stigation shows for teachers licen licenseture is a safety issue. teachers who work without licenses are dckficult to t and weed out if they engage in misconduct with kids. we found neighboring school districts including prince george's county say they do not ouploy any unlicensed teachers. >> thank when we come right back on news 4 at 5:0drama involving a chineseel degation here in the district. >> protesters scuffling with security outside the willard hotel. and they didn't stop there. >> plus, disturbing new details in the mansion murders case. the

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intercontinental hotel in northwest washington today involving protesters. >> they rushed at members o the chinese tradeelegation. but this isn't the only incident today involving these news 4's cory smith with it latest on this. cory? >> reporter: yeah, wendy, that second incident happeningeery closo the white house. we'll start with the fdest inci that happened here at the willard intercontinental. you had a chinese vice premier walk outside of the hotel on his way to see secretary steve mnuchin when he's rushed by a group of protesters. secret service surroundsim. he's hustled into his car. one ester is even thrown to the ground, and he's on his way. later in the day another protester gets involved in the same motorcade. secret serviceus telling you know, he jumped the barrier and got in front of the motorcade, blocked traffic. that person was ultimately

arrested. oneecret service member w hurt but not severely. despite the drama andeste you have these high stakes trade talks going on between china and the u.s. right now, we spoke to ho said erg reporter wloo l of this has nothing to do with the trade negotiations. >> clearly the relationship between the u.s. and china is important to a lot of people and a lot ofca chinese ame and chinese exiles who live here in the united states and who are watching that into the future. bloomberg reports that the protesters who met the vice premier outside of the ctel were angry or they were accusing thenese government of wanting residents to relocate. but, again, not about the trade lks. but he also said this is just par for the course when chinese delegates go into foreign countries where protesting in public is legal and just a way of >> cory, thanks so much. working for your health tonight, protecting yourself

from the flu with a flu shot could also help protect you from a stroke. a study byrs researc at columbia university looked at morehan 30,000 stroke patients. it found many were hospitalized with severe bouts of the flu. increases say flu he odds of having a stroke by almost 40%. and the risk is prolonged. lasting up to a year. now, the reasons for the rise aren't clear, but past studies have shown stroke risks do go up after any major infection. back to our weather alert, and, you know, people when they hunger down in the cold they get bread and eggs, and you might want to pick up pack of beer. beer delay concerns for drivers qd the for thelity of beer, they don't want it to freeze while it is in storaay. officials situations like this is more important to see

snowplows thann beer trucks the roads anyways. >> stock up. that's part of the list of things we've got it on our website, things to not leave in your car on a night like tonight as well. one time i leftn some coke zero. that's what we're dealing with tonight. just some frigid arctic air making its way through here. this is the kind of cold air that frees the potomac for a couple of days. but that's all it's here for, a couple of days. so we're not talking about the entire potomacou freezing. there right now that's a pretty shot. doesn't look like it's 22 degrees, but it is. look at those winds. northwest at 17 miles p hour. look at the feels like temperature right, 0 in leesburg, 8 below in d.c. 22 degrees in fredericksburg. we're continuing to see that

ld air move downo the south. here's the wind gusts. upwards of 30 to 35 miles an hour. we saw some 45 mile an hour gusts earlier. very windy conditionsight on through the rest of the evening. here's the arctic front. look how clearly you can see that front coming on through. intense snow squalls. we even had snow squall warnings today for louden county, frederick county and pointe to west, the first snow squall warnings we've ever sn. something new from the weather arvice and it means intense snow coming dow reducing visibility very quickly and bringing winds associated with it as well. that's why we had that and if you know snow associated with that. 24 below in cleveland. 28 below in chicago and even colder up towards t north. it is going to be frigid tonight all across the eastef of the nation.

windhill advisory intffect. look this. this is just one computer model. by 8:00 tonigh below 0 in d.c. at least close to it. this is inside the beltway. but possibly 15 below 0. parts to the north still above freezing or above 0 for the south. even tomorrow morning waking up to 8:00 a.m., you've still got those wind chills below 0, and that's why mosthe of school zriks or a lot of them so far have gotten to a two-hour delay and that's a very good thier. teures tomorrow, 26. wind chills in the single digits and teens all day. chance of snow swers on friday, but look, it's only a 30% chance. better chance to tnd north west. 32 degrees there, and then we start to warm. 48 on saturday. that's above average. 56 on sunday. that's way above average, but we're not done yet, folks. by sunday and get montana a

wednesday for free. that storm passes way to our north aest and ushers in some very warm temperatures as we head through the middle of next week. still ahead, trady on the new york city subway. >> a young mother plungin down the stairs while carrying a stroller. the fatal fall raising new questions. and we have some new details and we have some new details on a recall involving

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nechool chancellor was at today's ribbonut cng. the first of three public hearings will be held tonight at 6:00 just ahead of the d.c. council's vote. we've got a consumer alert to tell you about this evening. there is a major recall involving chicken nuggets that you need tow about. tyson foods is recalling their white mt panko chicken nuggets. some people say they found e rubber inside roduct. that's never good. check the labels. this rall is for nuggets with a best if used by date of november 26th of this year. now, tyson says throw it out or take it back to the store where au bought it. so farre no reports of anybody getting sick or having adverse reactions to the nuggets. well, we're workingor your money tonight keeping your pet healthy can cost a bundle. consumer reporter susan hogan is goin to show you how to save on those pet onmedica plus, an explosivee debat in irginia over the issue of

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extreme cold to say the least, and it's all movin our way. 8 degrees the current wind chill in d.c., but already 0 in parts of our area.

38 bow in chicago, 28 below in cleveland. wel get into this area. st. louis, minus 8. we could see tt across our region tonight and because of that weave a wi have a whind chl 30 to 40 below 0 in those areas for us. i'm thinking windhis about 15 below 0 to around 0 by early tomorrow morning. frostbite potential in 30 minutes or less. make sure you bundle up. make sure you cover up as much skin as you can. as i mentioned earlier shorts in the ten day forecast. >> yeah, loving that. here's a look at some o our other top stories. strong winds are making a tricky for planes to land ateagan national. it's so coldoin illin and other upper midwest states that the u.s. postal service had to

stop mail deliveries today. we'll get a report from the windy city of chicago. that's coming up in just about 15 minutes. and a bipartisan group of lawmakers is expected to strike a deal on border security funding. the top democrat on the appropriations committeee says they willing to spend more, but they stopped short of agreeing to money for a wall. they have until february 15th to come to a compromise before we have another shutdown. a man suspected in a serie of brazen armed robberies at cvs ores in our area appears to have struck again. investigators a starting to notice a trend here. news 4's pat collins has the story now from montgomery county. >> reporter: cops. cops want this guy really bad. you see he's been using cvs htores as his own personal atm.

he is the sunday n cvs robber targeting stores in wheaten. he did it on a sunday nht in october. he did it at a cvs in four corners on a sunday night in november.hi december, n in december. but last sunday back in business. last sunday back aga at this cvs in four corners. this time instead of the gray sweatshirt he's weang a red one. maybe he got it for christmas. each time it's the same thing. he goes in with a gun, the employees into the office, makes them lie on the floor,th d he takes off with all the cash. no mask, no gloves, no effort tg diseim hlf. that gun does most of the

talking. >> and he keeps on doing it, and doing it and doing it. this is the third time. the guy's relentlegh. >> we need to get him off the street because he is armed with a handgun and does threaten the clerks. >> reporter: if you've seen this guy, f you know this police want to hear from you. in montgomery county, pat collins, news 4. well, virginia may be raising the legal age for smoking from 18 to 21. the state senate passed a bill yesterday 32-8 and they had bipartisan support. and today on wcop's ask t governor the governor explains why they want to raise that age. >> we have a probl especially at high school and the many seniors that are 18, and 18-year-olds right now can buy tobacco products and then transfer them over to minors. the governor has talked about

also a bill that would allow guns in churches. his thoughts on that is coming up on news 4 tonight at 6:00. now to some breaking news. news 4 as learned that university of maryland president wallace is staying for another year. he had announced his retirement you may recall after the backlash over the heatstroke death ofan a mar football player. well, prince george's county bureau chief hasre someing details for us now. >> reporter: the board that oversees all ofmaryland's universities has decided to leave dr. wallace lowe in place for another year a it searches for a new president. >> theoard willow vote to reconvene in closed session. >> reporter: today thesi univ system of maryland's board held a closed door meeting. last year a football player collapsed during a pctice and died. and short time later from heat

exhaustion. the investigation into what led his deathaused shakeup at the university and at the state board as well. soon after the board voted to leave the board and now it's time do the work of finding l replacement. the chair has this to say about the search a new president. >> these types of searches at flagship campuses and mansr research itutions often take up to a year or more. >> reporter: we don't know specifically what theoard of regents discussed because it was done behind closed doors,

know they agreed for him to stay until 2020 until theyin a replacement. a young mother is dead after she fell down a flight of stairs on a subway in new york city. she wagl jg her 1-year-old baby and she was also -- excuse me -- carryin thebaby's stroller when she fell. mala tia goodson couldn'e the escalators because there wasn't an escalator. only a quarter of the subway stations in new york have escalators and tonight her family is devastated. >> i'm just so shock i don't even know which way to go. >> remarkablyr her daugh was not hurt. the city has approved funding for two dozen elevators, but thatill not cover every station. bhen we comek on news 4 at 5:00 tonight we are on weather alert. no surprise.

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prep for the big game. all eyes on the chilly city right now. >> jp, you're live on radio row. i've been to one of those before. everybody is on the scene. set that scene for us this week. >> reporter: yeah, you know the fans are really starting to fill things up here in atlanta. the buzz isin cer growing. radio row is the spot where radio stations from acrosshe country come down here, setup their tables and just a slew of athletes, players, celebrities just kind of work the room and do interviews. 's crazy. we got guys from d.c., new york. there's a station from siouxfa s, south dakota, down to the west. >> the patriots have certainly been dow this road before. what is the talk about this

game? any talk about brady today? >> plenty of talk about tom brady. i mean, we're watching whatab i pr the greatest quarterback ever. he's got more playoff appearances than most quarterbacks -- more super bowl appearances than most quarterbacks make the playoffs. what tom brady is doing is really crazy. but for me the underrated part of this super bowl is going to be that rams front line. if they're able to get to brady and disru the patriots run game, i think the rams have a really good chance of pulling this one andha getting mcveigh to become the youngest super bowl coach ever. and what he's donen l.a. s fast is really impressivee >> nice thatve a local homegrown connection. all right, jp. the redskins insider for us on nbc sports washington.

thanks for taking time with su. all ahead, protecting your puppy and your pocketbook. how you can save big bucks and still keep your pet healthy. and it's bad here but how about chicago? the windy cityit getting with the coldest weather there in generations. we're taking you to chicago still ahead on news 4 at 5:00. and we're in sto team 4 weather alert mode as we track dangerously cold air. this is tomorrow morning, 7:00 a.m. look at some of the wind chill temperatures, about 10 toee 15 de belows

a soal media fire storm over a northern virginia lawmaker's bill that would loosen t rules on late term abortions. virginia democrats say she was forced to take down her social media feeds because of death threats.

and governor drawing fire for defding his fellow democrats. she held her little girl on the house floor when she wasrn in last year. now she's at the strof a fierce partisan battle after her testimony monday went viral in conservative circles. aepublican delegate pushing with this question. could an abortion be done even when a woman is dilating ready to give birth. >> i'm asking if your bill allows at? >> my bill would allow that, ye >> reporter: anti-abortion activists seized on the answer. today the fight center stage on the house floor. the house speaker weighing in, condemning the measure that's similar to one recently passed in new york. >> thisill would allow a mother who's showing physical signs of g labor to an

abortion. we are really one small step from new york. >> reporter: the democrat'sin leader f back, accusing republicans of deliberately mischaracterizing the bill. >> wha transpired yesterday was wrong. and it's really beneath this body and unacceptable. >>eporter: under virginia law third trimester abortions are already allowed, but they require consultation with three doctors w determine the woman could die or determine her health would be substantially or irredeemably repaired. virginia's govern, a doctor himself explaining late-term on abortions ar done in rare and difficult situations. >> for legislators to pea there and using semantics and confusingeople an riling people up is in no

one's best interest. >> reporter: he thinks at least two doctors should consult on late-termabortion. it was proposed in the last session and was once again killed in subcommittee. when i comes to your pets, our cats and dogs, we spend a ton of money. >> last year americans spent almost $30 billion on veterinary services. consumer reporter susan hogan is working for you on how you can care for your little friends and not going broke. >> we love our pets, of course. and we have two dogs of our own now and our vet bills double. but there is a way to cut some of those bills way down. consumer report shows us what we can do. more than a quarter of all pet owners worryhey won't be able to afford their pet's medical treatment. >> we want our dogs to be healthy, but it costs a lot more to keep them t healthyn even us sometimes. >> pet owners spend anywh

e from $9,000 to even $13,000 for medical treatme course of an animal's lifetime. and costs can continue to rise if your pet needs a prescription. consumer report says before you buy the meds directly from the uyt, shop around. >> you can also a lot of your pet's medications from a relar human pharmacy like ancvs walgreens. >> reporter: although there are some veterinary specific drugs a number of meds prescribed to pets are the same we use, and some pharmacies will even give you the same discounts on drugs they often their human customers. online pharmacies are another way you could save filling your pet's prescription. but make sure you're buying them from a safe site. >> there's a progr that screens pharmacies for both humans and pets and akes sure they're storing their med kags correctly, dispensing it correctly and dispensing the right kind of medications.

ow reporter: and always fo the label's directions. if you have any questions about medications ask your veterinarian. and there's another tip that may save you some money in the long run, spay and neuter your pets and prevent health problems in their reproductive system. >> gd information. great. thank you. well, let's continue to talk about pets. dog, hey, guys, it does not like thisth w. he's in and out in an instant today. >> yeah, and that's going to be hee case. you take dog outside and first of all north and west of d.c., you've got the sw still on the ground across our area. and as we move on through the next couple ofay what we're going to be watching here is that extremely cold air contuing to move in for places like chicago. >> and right now in chicago the 38 chillra tempere is

degrees below 0. >> reporter: the sun may be shining here in thef city chicago but we are truly in a deep freeze. you can see the s am risin from the buildings. it is virtually a ghost town in the downtown area, and deep freeze has had an effect on public transportation. specifically on the regional line. the metro electric that you're looking at rowht is shutdown today and tomorrow because of the cold temperatures. the regular bus and rail service is running pretty well even ough it's very, very cold. it's had a few minor rail issues, but they have been able to get people around. and this deep freeze continues into tomorrow. 38 bel 0, i mean it kind of makes our weather look balmy. a lot of people say 0 to 15 belo that's not super cold.

hey, for the d.c. area that's definitely on the cold side. dropping through the teens. still staying window right around through:0 6:00, tonight. take a look at the current wind chill. 8 d.c., 6 below 0, and garret county 25 below 0. e mountains again will really be the mark between freezing weather and the frigid arctic air that will stay just back to our west. yountaw that f come through a bit earlier with those snow showers that we saw. an as it did temperatures dropped 10 degrees in 10 minutes as that front moved throu. that front now almost all the way towards the boston area. wind chill advisory in effect wrom 9:00 tonight until 10:00 a.m. tomor morning. extreme cold aoss our region. d we've already got a couple of school delays and school closings.

>> and we really do think that delays are at least a way to go tomorrow because when you're dealing wit the wind chill temperature of about 10 to 15 or 20 degrees below 0, which is where we're going to be at in our coldest spots, frostbite can happen in 30 minutes. and that's based on an adult. u can imagine kids a lot more susceptible. orre are your wind chills tomorrowng. this is especially in the suburbs. tack on a few degrees here in the city. but 6:00 a.m. it's feeling about 5 degrees below 0. 9:00 a.m. right after the sun comes up, the wind pick up just a l bit, and it's feeling about 10 degrees below 0 by lunchtime only feeling about 0 degrees there. onand wenue to track wind chill temperatures in the single gits and low teens. just a brutal day tomorrow and dangerously cold out there tomorrow. morni so what exactly is the wind chill when we talk about? it's what the air temperature feels like to theuman skin. it happens when the wind whips

away that layer of warm air that always kinds of surrounds your body. and when that happens your body temperature drops faster. think about it when you get that hot bowl of soup and you have to ow on it to cool it down. that's your wind chill temperature. if the kids are heading into schour make they not only have on the puffy coat but the gloves, the hat, the scarf as well. feels like temperatures still below 0. and then we do actually start warm up after tomorrow. >> i love what you say about the soup, blowing the warm air off. favorite kind of soup? >> tomato. >> it's a grilled cheese type of day. arctic cold tomorrow. weather alert tomorrow. 30% chance of snow showers or flurries on friday. saturday. here comes the warmer air.

56 on sunday, and hello 60s. 66 degrees on tuesday. chance of rain a couple of days next week, but i we'll take with temperatures near 60. >> yes, we will. yeaheah, yeah, >> and that wind -- >> i can hunker down until then. coming up, an obsession and the lottery and easy cash that drove it and drove a man to kidnapping and murder. >> we have learned some chilling new details about the high profile mansion murders as the lone person convicted is about to learn his fate. and coming up at 6:00 tonight, a sinkhole lea police to a b

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clockru ticking towards fy 15th. the w are calming down finally but the sun is also down, and that means it's getting a lot colder quickly. >> yeah,ee the like temperature is headed below 0 by tomorrowanorning. check it outright now in minneapolis. negative0 degrees. the u.s. postal service took the drastic step today of canceling deliveries in cities all over the midwest. >> here in d.c. it was the wind hat made it feel so cold this afternoon. and already schools are announcing late starts for tomorrow. includin fairfax a montgomery counties. our team coverage starts nownd with doug amelia in our storm center. how low will it go? >> it's going way low. we're talking about something we haven't really seen in about five years here. and that's wind chills below