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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 chil below 10,
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below 0. >> and when you have wind chills anywhere from 10 to 15 degrees below 0, you can get frost fte in minutes. >> take a look at these wind chills right now. 2 degrees. it feels like 2 now in d.c. puff low just went down to 24 plow with an ongoing i blizzar buffalo. 35 in chicago. you talk about winte weather and boy do we have it across the nation right now. look at these winds gusting to 33 miles an hour at the airport. over 40 miles an hour in annapolis. you add the wind withhe temperature and you get these extreme wind chills. from 9:00 tonight until 10:00 tomorrow morning, wind chills below 0, down to 15 below in some spot maybe ev colder. frostbite threat, yes, within about 30inutes. so, guys, we're talking one cold tonight. we'll show you just how long this cold air lasts and when the 60s return.
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ye, they're in the ten-day forecast. >> better time to look forward to. our northern virginia reporter david colvert is out in the cold tonight. he's in arlington watching those planes struggle to land. >> they're dealing with some strong wd gusts along the water there, aren't they? >> reporter: i'll tell you this in the past hour we had the sun in our last report. you felt some sense of warmth. since the sun has gone down it is bitterly cold. and you mentioned that wind, it is a cool wind. and it has as you mentioned tested the skills of some of ose pilots making the approach here to reagan national. like the roar of a passenger jet, tonight an arctic chill is surging across our area, made more intense by t on arrival to reagan national. jane was onboard a flight from
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wnapolis. weched several air crafts swaying from side to side. >> a couple ofeople on the plane were a little upset because it wasn' what they had expected or ever experienced before. >> reporter: he feels prpared fo tonight's cold blast given what he experienced in minneapolis. what was it like just stepping out of that a up there? >> it almost takes your breath away it's so cold. >> reporter: they had lansd that same cold blast albeit a little less intense had arrived right here in washington. waiting for metro, walking your dog, anything you do outdoors requiring extra layers. >> freezing temperatures even without any type of precipitation can be absolute deadly. t reporter: little reagan shivering after minutes outside even whi wearing her caninean sweater. al control warning, keep your pets indoors. it's not hard t spot those chasing the heat. are you thinking warm thoughts right now goi to florida?
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>> completely warm thoughts, excited. >> originally i'm from chicago, so i'm just glad i'm n there. f reporter: and those considering our deeze a break. >> i had a few corkers and they were like oh, it's balmy out here. >> reporter: at reagan national flights thatveral were supposed to be coming in from chicago had been canceled nationwide, jim, roughly 2,600 flights canceled today. more than 1,300 already canceled for tomorrow. and i'm struggling to comethp more adjectives for this weather. honestly, brutal, col bitter. it's just cold, it's really cold. >> and balmy does not do it from that guy from minneapolis. protesters clash with a chinese delegation in town for trade talks today. not once butwice.
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they rushed this delegation outside a hotel and then one jumped in front of a motorcade near the white house. news 4's cory smith has more on the drama that unfolded today. >> reporter: outside therd w intercontinental hotel this evening. heading to a meeting when he's rushed by a group of protesteet. se service quickly surrounds e diplomat even throwing one protester tohe ground. bloomberg senior reporter says the otts had nothing to do with trade talks. >> this is an authoritarian regime. there are plenty of chineseil out there who have their ow n somegr of that boil over today. >> reporter: hours later the same motorcade is involved in another incident.
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secreterervice says a prote jumped in front of the motorcade. that person was arrested. >> this is not about the details of the tradeia negons but clearly, you know, the relationship between the u.s. and china is important to aofot eople and a lot of chinese americans and chinese exiles wve here in the united states and who are watching that into the future. >> reporter: in the district, cory smith, news 4. 17 lawmakers have less than three weeks to present the next federal government shutdown. they hoped tout hammer a deal on border security. blayne alexander reports. >> reporter: on capitol hill lawmakers a down to business and on the clock. they have until february 15th to reach a border wallr deal risk a federal shutdown. >> it's also important to meet our responsibilities, to secur the border. >> reporter: it's all up to a bipartisan group of 17 lawmakers
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trying to find common groun on the very issue that led to the longest shutdown in history the group hoping to iron out a deal to satisfy both congressnt and presirump. some democrats sounding more open to the idea of a borde barrier. >> what i hope to do is talk about the things that will secure the border in a most cost-effective way. >> reporter: a president trump tweeting they are just wasting their time if the talks don't clude a barrier. >> it would be helpfulf the president were onboard helping to reach a successful conclusion today. >> weust do everything we can to prevent another ceunary and destructive government shutdown. >> reporte the president also considering executive action to fund the wall without congress. as for another shutdown, the white house insting the president does not want one but not ruling it out. leaving the fate of00,000 federal workers once again up in
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the air. and remember democrats do have a one p msonority. so if it comes down to it, they can pass something out of committee along party lines. new questions tonight about president trump's relationship with russian leade vladimir putin. "the washington post" reported recently that the president has gone to extraordinary lengths to consealetails of his nversations with putin. now the financial times reports that president trump putin met privately for about 15 minutes at the end of an event at the g-20 summit in argentina back in veer. the white house has acknowledged the twors leaet at that summit but characterized the encounter as informal. a russian official told the financial times the talk included issuesdi inc the conflict in syria0 ys later. president trump surprised the pentagon, congress and american allies when he ordered a rapid withdrawal of u.s. troops in
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syria. democrats of both houses in congress are introducing a bill to strengthen equal pay protection for women in the workplace. pay laws passed in 1963 and in 2009. >> men and women in the same job deserve the same>> pay. t is time that we pay people what they are worth. >> thech pk fairness act would require employers to base an employee's salary on their value inrhe marketplace rat than their salary history. a convicted child in montgomery county will never be free again. today a judge sentenced him to 420 years in federal priso for producing child pornography. his victims three a girls under the age of 5. a jury convicted kyle steven thompson of burtensville last september. prosecutors say he sexually
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assaulted the kids from 2015 to 2017 and that police discovered 18 videos of that abuse. a top city leader says urgent action is needed to deal with the numbers of homicide, in the district already 18 so far this ar. >> d.c. is now identifying people who could be involved in violent crime before they becomv atim or a suspect. >> we should be at a state of emergency when ites to the city.nce and crime in our >> reporter: this is what d.c. council member trayon white is taing about particular in neighborhoods east of the river. white expressed his frustration. >> i'm trying to sound an alarm to everyone in the room we're notaf feelinge in our communittes. >> repor white urged mayor bowser to put more resources to violent cris before it and that's exactly what these
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activists are doing. >> it's really a focus to make sure the people who are doing the work on the ground from black and a brown marginalized communities have a voice in policies and leadershipt developmnd other work that's happening around preventing gun violence in our m ities. >> reporter: joshua samuels is doing his part to stop the violence. >> i've been affected directly by the gun and i've been ia position as an oppressor. but what i'm tryg to do is show them they're not alone. >> reporter: now he spends his days reaching out to young people ithe community identified as high risk in being involved in crimes. >> the answer is ecating yourself, and we need to keep cething guys through different job opportunities and different resources. ter: marcus says his office recently identified 25 young men at risk of being involved in violent crimes. >> 22 of those were actually
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place in subsidid employment. some breaking news from the university of maryland. president wallace lo willa not stepping down at the end of this academic year. what's behind the change of heart. and teachers working withoue es. we have an update. and we're ein for some dangerous cold overnight again, folks. presence george's schools just announced they're also on a two-hour delay and doug is b ac
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governor larry hogan state of the state address inol ann today he proposed a half billion dollars in tack cuts. news 4 cis gordon with more on who could get the tax breaks and where hogan wants the money to go. >> reporter: maryland g ernor larry hogan is proposing a $5 million tax cut. in his state of the state speech he says it will help retirees and college students with crippling student loans. it gives incentives for paid parental leave and tax breaks formall businesses. >> let's come together to pass the more opportunities for marylands act. >> reporter: the republican governor's tax cut proposal faces tough scrutiny by the heavily democratic majority. but replican leaders say the half billion dollars in state tax relief is needed for marylanders to stay ben. >>ause of federal tax reform on the cap and deducting state and local taxes marylanders
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taxes are going to go this year. >> reporter: the mayor seds his budget provides record funding for schools and public transit and roads, all top priorities for montgomery and prince george's counties. >> because marylanders are sick and tired of spendingcountless hours of their lives sitting in bumper tpe b traffic. together we have the opportunity to finally solve that problem for them. >> he's absolutely right about infrastructure and its neglect we've seen over the lasteveral years. >> reporter: there's been recent media speculation governor hogan might challenge president trump for the gop nomination in 2020. hogan has said i haven't ruled it out, but i'm focused on maryland. reporting from annapolis, chris gordon, news 4. families east of the river now have a new option for early
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childhood mducation. thor cut the ribbon today on a new child hood development center. the newenter will provide services 3 f0 infants and tolers. mayor bowser told parents she's committed to opening more child care >> the better we help parents afford to stay in d.c. and the better we help our children be more prepared when theyk w through our doors at pre-k-3. >> the mayor also announced the district isetting a $10 million grant to improve early childhood programs. monthsfter aews 4 i-team investigation revealed a thousand d.c. public schoolteachers working without a license, there is some progress to report. scott mcfarland joins us now with an update. >> halfwa through the school year d.c. tells the i-team they're still wetking to more teachers licensed.
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this year we found oy 70% of d.c. teachers had licenses, but as ok this w the numbers are better. nearly 90% have a license or at least applied for a license. that leaves about 400 without certification as of tonight licenseture is required under d.c. law. and the office of the state superintendent of education they're working on a corrected action for teacher it isn't just an indication of training and certification, it's a safety issue. teachers who work without licenses are more difficult to track and mor difficult for future employers to weed out if they engage in misconduct with kids. neighboring school districts tell the i-team they do not employ any unlicensed educators as teachers. we're going to keep checking with d.c. officials with updates on this and we'll keep you posted. >> all right, scott, thank you.
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another school announcement just coming in as we bring in doug calvert. tonight's going to be the coldest night in five years, you said? >> yeah. the last time we saw wind chills 10 below 0 was 20 it was january 7th of 2014 just to let you know. that'sha we're dealing with again across our region. we've got schools delayedchhen andls delayed now. we're still dealing with a lot of ice. that snow fell yesterday was a nice, fluffy wett snow. last night it froze over big stillnd right now we' dealing with that coating out thereof ice. 19 degrees and our wind is actually higher with a number than the temperature is. that is never a good thing. that means we'veomot pretty significant wind chills.
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2 below 0 in leesburg and just 2 degrees in downtown right n. just amazing we're still seeing winds gusting 0 to 40 miles an hour. 31 in martinsburg, 33 in d.c. so those winds connue. even a 10 mile an hour wind will still blow right through you. here's the arctic front that came through. gave us aice little burst of snow for about 20 minutes or so. didn't up to much. behind that thatct where the air came in. and cold air, though, it is also coming on through here. look at these wind chills. 44 below illernational 35 below in chicago. at noon today chica was5 below 0. they're going to be close to 30 below for the actual temperature tonight. i peen, that i justincredible, the all-time low in illinois is actually 36 below 0.
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i think they're going to come very close to that record tonight. chicago going down to 24 below 0. so cold for them. wend chillis ay 9:00 tonight right on through 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. all afternoon sti going to be on the cold side but the wind chill advisory will lapse. down to 15 belof in parts the area. maybe as cold as 8 below in the city. that may be just a little too cold here. even 5 below in d.c. that's why we have those schoolh delays and eveose closures by around noon tomorrow, 1:00, we're still close to 0or the wind chill. those kids getting off the bus tomorrow afternoon, goie to quite cold for them. make sure they bundle up. temperature around 32, so still quite cold. 48 on saturday, 56 on sunday. super bowl sundaye if you got a party, some friends coming
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over, open up the door turn on the ac. it's going to be quite amaze,bu believe it or not we go even higher next week. >> all right, we're clinging to that littlef bit o good news there. thank you, doug. he's been the police chief in our regn forore than 20 years. the last 15 in montgomery county. tonight tom mang talks about his decision to retire and his best and worstoments on the job. and comments on abortion lead to threats against stronger is rebuilding a newborn's heart... and restoring after one surgery...'s sl not six.
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> thomas manger has been in law enforcement for more than 40 years serving as police chief in two local counties. >> but at age 64 he's decided to turn in his badge. getting his thoughts on some o the most controversial issues >> being a cop is you got a front row seat to the greatest show on earth. and i enjoyed being a police officer and i eoyed that kind of work. >> reporter: a candid conversation with jay thomas mangreretiring after 15 years as montgomery county's police chief. before tha he was the fairfax county police chief for six years.ma er on policing today. >> so often the narrative and ve national cations about police are being driven by those few cases around the country where police have not been on
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the right side of justice, where poave not done the right thing. and for a lot of cops i mean i think we're being painted by that broad brush. that wsaid, shouldn't sit back and just complain and be martyrs. e'l that means is got to double down and do our job the way it's supposed to be done. >> reporter: manger on pot laws. >> if we legalize you're going to get 10% of the population that just falls off the deep end. instead o justoing home, you know, a couple of days after work and getting high in their ouse, they're going be driving while their impaired. the world's going to revolve around when's the next time i can get high. >> rorter: manger on police bawd body cameras. >> all these cameras have shown just how tough this job is, how challenging circumstances these police officers respond to all theewime. and thencidents where we've gotten on video where the
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cops weren't doing right, well, shame on them. >> reporter: manger on the saddest days as cef. >> unfortunately, there were officers killed in the line of duty and i had a number of them here iny montgom county, and they all have stayed with me and will never lea me. >> reporter: in montgomery county, pat collins, news 4. >> quite a run he's had. >> yeah, chief in two local jerks. he's going to w workh the national police chiefs organization now. luck wish him next at 6:30, the abortion debate raging i virginia aft one lawmaker's comments about late term abortions. the governor coming to her defense. >> for legislators to get wrangling over this and confusing and scaring people is not doing anybody justice. >> tonight the growing response including threats on social media.>> also sparking conversation
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you have any plans to be in pittsburgh tonight, 20 below 0 the current wind chill. 25 above in richmond, and look at virginia beach, a balmy 34. we are at 2 right now. in effect advisory for the entire area. i mean everybody even towards th s easternre up towards philadelphia right on down
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towards richmond wind chill advisory in effect right on through the day tomorrow. let's talk more about wind chill and really winter asle a w amelia in the studio with more on what to expect. >> their coldest in decades in some lations over the last few days. check out this current wind chl on a larger scale. feeling about 44 degrees below 0 up in international falls. chago right now wind chill temperature coming in at 35 degrees. now, it's going to be extremely cold around here, dangerously cold. but thanktlly not t bad. at 35 degrees below 0 frostbite can set in to skin to a mere 5 to 1 mutes. in our area we're going to have wind chill temperatures tomrow morning anywhere from about 15 to 10 degrees below 0 in some locations especially north and weto of . that means frostbite can set in about 30 minutes. as we talk about warming
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temperatures as a whole this doesn't mean we're not going to continue to see arctic outbreak like the one we're dealing with right now. they're going to be shorter lived andotentially even a bit extreme. overall record setting temperatures continue to outpace record low temperatures. this is washington. this goes back to 1970. this is our lowest temperature eachowear, and overall that temperature has gone up by an impressive 6 degrees, almos6.5 degrees since 1970. >> thanks for the perspective, a fierce social media battle is being waged tonight ove a northern virginia's lawmaker's bill to loosen rules on thirdst ester abortion. >> a video of delegate kathie trans' testimony has gone viral.
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>> reporter: it was a minute long video but much longer testimony at fairfax county kathy tran explained her rules to loosen rulesen l abortion. >> i'm asking i your bill allows that? >> my bill would allow that, yes. >> reporter: bortion activists seized on the answer, putting up the video that went viral claiming tran wanted to legalize abortion to the point of birth. the house speaker weighing in condemning the measure that's similar to one recently passed in new york. >> this bill would allow a mother who's showing physical signs of labor to get an abortion. we are really one small step from new york. >> reporter: the democrat's leader firing back accusing republicans of deliberately mischaracterizing the bill, ofd ing a social media backlash that drew threats forcing
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tratran toow take her social media feeds. >> what was the result? ongoing harassment, intimidation against the patrons, seral members of this body, their families and their children. >> reporter: under virginia law third trimester artions are ready allowed but they require consultation with three doctors whoetermine the woman could die or that her health would be stanc substantially impaired. late-term abortions are only done in rare and difficult situations. >> this is why orlegisl most of whom are men by the way
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shouldn't be telling a woman what she should or shouldn't be doing with her body. >> all have been defeated by gop subcommittee a the governoo now taking heat on social media after some of his remarks were posted without their complete context. you can see his full remarks o on our app. breaking news out of the university of maryld tonight. president wallace lo is staying on for at least one moreear while the school searches for a new person. loh sending out this today and they agreed on a retirement date of june 2020. loh was set to retire this summer afterl the fal out over the heatstroke death of football er jordan mcnar. today the boa met in baltimore to discuss the next step in the
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search. >> type of searches at flagship campuses andar major re institutions often take up to a year or more. >> his dea last year causing a shakeup at the school including the firing of football coach deejay dirken. some of the biggest cities in the country are ghost towns tonight. chicago, milwaukee, minneapolis, detroi all with wind chills that could give you frostbite in minutes. we'll show you the conditions they're dealing with. and you may seen quick burst of snow this afternoon. there were actually snow squall warnings in effect parts of our region. >> those are newed warnings is now by the national weather service. as we go to break storm team 4's lauren ricketts explains what that means. >> the hot beds for them, it's
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just a short burst of snow, could create some accumulation and we are looking at reduced visibility as well as some gusty winds. generally associated with a strong cold
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all right, a liveook now of conditions in chicago. check out thatemrature. minus 15, but the wind chill minus 35. you know, it almost hurts to breathe in some parts of the midwest tonight. kristen far with how a usually bustlings downtown chicago mostly empty tonight. >> reporter: the sun may be shining here in the city of chicago, but we are truly in a deep freeze. you can see the steam rising from the buildings. it is virtually a ghost town in the downtown area, and the deep freeze has had an effect on public transportation, specifically on the regional
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lines. the metro electric you're looking at right now is shutdown today and tomorrow because of these cold temperatures. the regular bus and rail service, the cta, is running pretty well even though it is very, very cold. it had a few minor rail issues, but they have been able to get people around, and this deep free continues into tomorrow. in downtownhigo christian farr, nbc news. a common sinkhole near miami may have exposed an elaborate bank robbery plot. a driver reported the sinkhole in the road. and the first crew to check it out found an underground tunnel under there. it runs about 50 yards. now the fbis investigating. the working theory right now is soone planned a tunnel into the bank. theygh boroued under the road but their handiwork was discovered when recent rainsop ed up a sinkhole above their tunnel. the bank has not been robbed and it's not clear how long the tunnel has been down there.
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>> really sneaky. >> her husband and caretaker and his girlfriend living in their house. >> it's sparked quite a conversation about the spouses, about married people with alzheimer's disease. barbara harris interview the couple just a couple of years ago and she'll join us with some perspective next. it's 19 in d.c., the actual temperature in # in haguerstown, 4 below 0 in pittsburgh. we're still dealing with the winds. those winds gting around 30 miles an hour. it is a frigid, frigid night. i' y let know when 6
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here at the live desk with breaking news just coming into our newsroom. we are hearing about two people shot and killed in bladensburg. the call came around 5:00, just a short while ago on the 5000 block of 57th avenue. right now the information or details surrounding that shooting are very limited to us. we're not even -- we don't even ha any details at this hour on suspect information. but we can tell you two people were in fact shot and killed in that area. e bensonnews 4's jac headed to that scene. we're expecting to get detls from police momentarily. back over to you alln the studio. well, it seems like on social mediaeverybody's been talking about this nextrm story.
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model and restaurant owner b. smith is back in the news tonight and so is husband. >> you may remember she was diagnosed with early on set alzheimer's disease six years ago. it shows smith, her husband and his live-in girlfriend. has been posting openly on social media about his girlfriend and talking about the toll of being his wife's primary caregiver. it setoff a fire storm. the post says one youtu blogger on the subject racked up more than and v1,00 10 comments. >> she joins us now with some perspective on this, barbara? >> very interesting. it's been nearly threeears now since i sat down with b. smith end husband dan. at the t of our interview they had been married 23 years,
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ile the disease continues to progress at that time she still remembers i things her past like the first time that they met. >> this gentleman who was great looking and seemed to be very smart -- reporter: she still recalls many things about when she met en, a tim of many grand successes in her life as one of the first african-american cover girls, as author, television chef. >> she's amazing. i didn't know you were amazing. >> reporter: sitting here there was no question b. smith uldn't respond to. but sometimes it's a challenge trying to organize her thoughts. like when asked about long distance dating when she lived n new york and dan on the west coast. >> at that time my grandparents
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livedp the street here, and i felt during that time it was a great time for me because i could go a little further away and come back and still be -- >> and that's what sometimes happen is another idea will come it's like'll take it, it jumps. >> reporter: when i ask these questions, does it bother you? >> no, it doesn't bothe me bad n or, yo, it just seems to be a part of me. >> she cries. you know that old song, i fall down but i get up? she never stops trying to get. >> well, the husband went onto say at the time while the alzheimer's story is of course about thet' patients also about the caregiver, it's a tragic journey they both taked oth will suffer through.
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"w "the po writer says she saw them recently and dan introduced his girlfriend, she says, as his girlfriend to be who thinks she is her friend. now,th froarticle you see in her confusion he actually calls the girlfriend barbara, which is b's real name. s itething we're all thinking about and wondering how we actually feel about >> it's thought provoking and there's no doubt that being a caregiver of someone withzh mer's disease is difficult. >> so he has a partner and the daughter is also there and seems to accept t girlfriend as well. she just thinks her father should stop going on -- >> being public. >> she was such an iconic figure
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here in this town. >> a lovely, lovely person and ely rently her l personality still shows which is great. >> thank you, barbara. well, another school announcement to tell you about tonight. prince william count schools are closed tomorrow. add that to the list. >> they're adding up. the list is growing. >> and we expect it to continue to grow especially in some of those western counties because of the cold that's coming on in. that's where the biggest cold is. if your kids do have school at normal times tomorrow, evenou folks down in southern maryland and ine northern virginia ple make sure they're bundled up. noxposed skin. we want to make sure everyone stays safe. remember your pet bring the in. if you do take them out, take them out for a little bit shorter of a walk, bring them back in. make sure you watch their paws
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or ev wash their paws as well from all the salt out thereex 17 hour and dropping to about 15 degrees by 11:00, it's still windy outside. especially right outside o studio. i'm having doreen actually go outo my car and start it. 6 below 0 the current wind chl. 1 above and 1 below over towards dulles airport, and the temperatures dropped 10 degrees in about 15 minutes. i mean, that is one heck of a front. and tonight look at o wind chill. below 0. this is 7:00, about the same by around 11:00 tonight. some areas well to the west even thaer than and amelia, it does not get any warmer this time tdorrow. by the way, i've already
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started your car so you're fine. doreen's only got to do mine. >> that's okay. and guess jim is hunkering down bbecause he's got to out in the cold tomorrow. as we talk about being outside in the cold tomorrow morning, if you do have to be out there you really need to take this seriously. here's the feels like temperature during the morning, midday and afternoon hours. 6:00 a.m. l feelie 5 degrees below 0. and right after sun rise a bit of windiness out there. when temperatures are thisold it'll put our wind chill temperature by 9:00 a.m. around 10 degrees below 0. by lunchtime only feeing likeen degrees fait, and we continue to track wind chill temperatures in the single l digits a teens for the afternoon and evening hours. that's why we're going to be in storm team 4 weather alert mode tomorrow talking about those cwindsll temperatures. what exactly is wind chill?
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is what the air temperature feels like to the human skin. so your car not noticing a wind chill temperature. what happens with the wind chill is the wind is whipping away that layer of warm air that' around you body. and when that happens, your body temperatur drops faster. think aboutlowingn a hot bowl of soup to cool it down. so that's why i think the delays are a good way to go tomorrow with the schools. dangerously cold in spots. and even at dismissal tomorrow only feeling like the single digits and teens. >> warmup in a big wayle weather by tomorrow, but by friday already back up to freezing. snow showers, yeah, but not a whe lot. 48 on saturday, 56 on saturday. here comes that incredible warmup. up into the 60s. justmazing how much the flip is going to be occurring next week.66 n tuesday. chance of rain on wednesday. a high of 60 degrees and then the col air does move back in.
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it is going to get coldgain as we make our way into the middle part of february. but they beginning of febru looking more likeate march l.
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ar 19 ago to the day the rams winning their last super bowl. but in just four days they'll face the patriots playing for their sixth super bowl championkip. this wee intervicts, praes and walk throughs for the two teams. but another coaching announcement today. a familiar name and face to many, he is former defensive coordinator for several teams including t cowboys, saints and browns. rob is the twin brother of head coach rex ryan and the son of legendry eagles head coach buddy ryan.
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jt. finly has more. >> reporter: the juice is starting touild for this super bowl. there's fans everywhere. the nfl experience is packed. down on raid yerow rob ryan was his own experience. that guy has a lot of enthusiasm. the players are going to be fired up, but the question is going to be how does rob ryan fit into the room when he's non defensive coordinator, the position he's held for the last ten years? >> it's going to be great. i'm sure it'll be a race in to be hey,, guys what about this? we'll probably have five guys up othere fighting get their stuff in. it'll be fun. that's how it was whene was thern new england. it was fun. i think great coaches make others even better. i can't get ove the fact joining them. it's going to be awesome. >> reporter: after being out of the nfl for two years it's pretty obvious rob ryan is firep o be back on a coaching staff.
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part of the time he was away from the nfl he tells me he was in saly painting boats diego, which sounds pretty nice right now. it's cold here in atlanta. if you want to hear f thel rob ryan interview check out the redskins podcast. >> the rams are heading to the super bowl. nfl officials immediately admitting that was a missed call but it' ten ten days for roger goodell to respond, but that's not making it any easier for the saints head coa shawn payton. >> i would say honestly after the gwoe for to three days, much like normal people i sou, didn't com of my room, ate ice cream and watched netflix for three straight days. >> that's also how i mourn
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tonight the coldest blast in decades turns deadly. temperatures plummeting even further, feeling like 50 below zero. >> worst i've ever seen. >> records shattered, flights canceled, schools cled, mail delivery stopped. president trump blasts his l own inteence chiefs telling them to go back to school after they publicly broke with his threat assesents on everythingom orth korea to iran. it was a $10 billion promise touted by the president to bring back american manufacturing jobs. but tonight there's word it may be a major promise broken. i s devastating for the taxpayers of wisconsin. this is something that's been typed up and it appears it was all, you know -- all for sho the nfl commissioner breaking his public silence on super lown call and th bowl controversy.

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