right now, but it feels even colder than that. it feels like nothing degrees. that bad. noe. degrees outs >> i never heard anyone say that before. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. >> you're going to need that extra layer. put on everything you have in the closet. i think theids will even now put their coats on. >> finally, right? >> a lot ofre schools cancelling or delaying classes. alleganychools are closed. >> shenandoah, fauquier, manassas, clarke county and winchester city in west virginia, hampshire, berkeley, hardy, grant, mineral, jefferson are closed. >> montgomery, prince george's, frederick and washington county schools in maryland will open two hours inlate. virginia, fredericksburg city, arlington, fairfax,

stafford, king george and spotsylvania county schools are on a two-hour delay. as are rappahanock schools. >> we have that on the bot your screen and in the nbc 4 washington app. we will look at the weather and the commute. chuck bell is here. i'm not sure aho tw delay is enough. it will be low teens by noon, right? >> if it were me, a two-hour delays just abo right. get the sun up, a little less of a windchill to worry about out there. it doesn't matter what i think. i think a two-hour delay is just about right. 11 degrees at national airport. you get away from the mad raodeg influence o the bay. dulles has dropped to zero.

out in western maryland, oakland is 9 below zero, not including the wind. windchills are not so extreme because the winds are light. but still, you'll need to bundle up. wichill, minus 1 in montgomery county this morning. forecast for today, sunny and not too terribly windy. afternoon highs will only reach the low to mid-20s at most. and for tomorrow, we're tracking a chance of snow around here, could be a inch in some spots. timeout for you when the snow is going to begin and end, coming up in a few. let' go t first 4 traffic and lauren bacall. >> it's back ain. every time it gets a little too cold for my little throat, here we go. inner loop, outer loop, no major issues. nothing happening there. and today's commute, very likely going to be delayed like it does yesterday. 66, fairfax to the beltway, going toake you eight minutes.

no problem in or out of down. leesville,evergreen mills road knot of shreve. and 95 at fairfax county parkway, no problems. >> thank you. today, as you tak precautions to keep yourself safe and warm, don't forget about your pets. >> don't assume that your pet's fur coat can handle the temperatures we're experiencie ing this week. you need to shorten their walks to protect them from the weather and associated health risks. >> the temperatures, without precipitati precipitation, c>> be deadly. check your dog's paws for signs of injury. that includes cracked paws or bleeding. and cats and dogs should be kept inside when temperatures are this cold. re's your other top stories

this morning. empire actor jussie smollett were attacked. he said two men beat him and yelled racist and homophobic slurs. they alsohr t a substance and put a rope around his neck. seven people are in the hospital after a fire in maryland. three people were found in the basement have life-threate ng injuries. one of them is a child. it's not clear how that fire started. but the flames are now out. two a men found shot to death next to a running car in bladensburg. this happened last night. the car that was running was towed and is being examined for evidence. it's not clear if the men were inside the car when they were shot. > congress has less than three weeks to reach a deal over the border wall or we could see

another partial government shutdown. a bipartisan group of 17 lawmakers is trying ind common ground on the very issue that led to the longest shutdown in u.s history. president trump warned members they are just wasting their tim if thealks do not include a wall or physical barrier thalon southern border. we'll get the latest from tracie potts who has been following the story for us. wallace lowe is staying one at leastore year at the university of maryland, while the school searches for a new president. yesterday, loh tweeted this, saying the board of regents wanted a smooth transition of leadership. and they agreed on a retirement date of 2020. he was scheduled to retire of the heat stroke death of jordan mcnair. the board met in baltimore to discuss the next steps in that search. >> the type of searches at flagship campuses and major research institutions often take up to a ye l or more.

>>ast year, mcnair's death led to a major shakeup at the school, including t firing of head football coach d.j. >durki. a day before sentencing, we learned new details of the man convicted in the d.c. mansion murders. meagan, you covered ts trial from start-to-finish. tell us what you know. >> it's been a very long 3 1/2 years for the families of the victims. totomorrow, federal prose wi is ask a judge to send darren went away for four life sentences. they say wint's greed drive him to holding the family hostage 2 for more tha hours. then, he tortured them, beating andtabbing the victims to death, leaving behind what one family member described a a graveyard. court documents outline exames, dating back to 2005,

of wint being physically aggressive with his family members andfriends. stabbing them on multiple occasions. wint, though, thoughte was smarter than everyone in the courtroom and had beenci prac his story to prove he was innocent. that included versions where he pointed theinger at his own brothers. one of the most chilling we read in the courtis document ow he apparently bragged to other inmates about killing the family. wint's sentencing will be scheduled tomorrow. i will b in the courtroom tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. it will certainly be an emotional day aheador victims of the family. back to you. >> they have been through so much. meagan fitzgerald, thank you. friends are rallying together to support a man shot at random on new year's day. alex morris has been hospitalized after being struck in the head on kennedy street in asnorthwest. he walking to lunch when

someone pulled a gun ding an argument and started shooting. friends held a concert and silent auction. all of the money raised will support him and his family as they focus o his recovery. >> still have to pay rent. that's not going away. the bills are still there. we're doing everything we can. >> friends live streamed the event so alex could watch from his hospital bed. d.c. police made an arrest in his shooting. the maryland governor, larry hogan, is proposing $500 mlion in tax cuts. in his state of the state s, addrhe republican governor said his plan will help retirees as well as graduates student loans. it gives incentives for taxea for small businesses. some business leaders say the money is needed for marylanders even.ay his budget provides funding for

schools,ors well as spending transit and roads. it's 4:38. coming up, commenting on controversy. the nfl's leader speaking up about the call that could have changed this year's super bowl. first, a sinkhole or a secret tunnel? mystery is deepening after authorities found an unrground padeth

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you're watching news 4 today. a scammer moving fake designer purses and shoes in dulles airport is stopped in her tracks. she picked up an estimate of what was labeled shoes,bags, scarves. customs officers held on to the shipment. they verified they were knockoffs andeid the shipment. we're not sure if the woman is charged. she is lut of a of money. the shipment of 90 items had a retail price of$129,000.

wow. and now, to a bizarre mystery deeping in south florida. a seemingly routine call to a public works crew to fix a sinkhole, led to a discovery of a secret tunnel. >> it appears that someone was trying to get into a bank. it stretched for about 50 yards under a four-lane road. part of the holed. collap when crews got there to fill it in, they found a power cord. that led them to a generator and a wagon full of tools. no answers about who dug that le. >> i would like to say i saw something like this in movies, however, this hole is so small, yeah, it's unique. i don't know how they did it. i wouldto likut it into words for you. but it's so cramped in there, and that wagon, it's a puzzle. i can't imagine how they did it as well as claustrophobic. >> like "ocean's 11."

>> like a movie. the hole is two feet by three feet in eze. fbi will be back out there once the sun comes up today, digging for more clues. >> what a mystery, chuck. >> digging for more clues. u like that? >> i like that. dog walking forecast for today. army, an older dog. 12-year-old army here, a perfect companion for days like today. snuggle up on t couch. 5 degrees and limit the dog walks as best you can. temperatures in the low0s. temperatures in the low0s. temperatures in the low0s. now that k asleeping on an ikea mattress, joe's suddenly into making everyone's morning easier. i made you breakfast. i also made the kids lunch and i made myself a mixtape. and it's good. oh! be the morning person you're not. the butter. does removing makeup your skin deserves better. garnier micellar cleansing water with micelles that work like a magnet. it's a pure way to remove stubborn makeup without harsh rubbing.

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alert mode thiin mo keep the extra layers handy again. feeling air we've been the last few days is sticking around today. >> many schools areor cancellin delaying classes today to keep the kids out of the cold. you canonind that informa running at the bottom your clean. there's a listing in the nbc washington app. coming up, we'll w check inh chuck for more on the forecast, including relief. quite a bit of relief. >> we need a lot of relief. >> it's coming. we turn to capitol hill, where a group of bipartisan -- n bipartroup of lawmakers is trying to come up with a plan to avoid another government the group is also against the deadli deadline. they have 16 days to find a deal on security along the southern border and immigrationp tracts joins us live with the latest on the negotiations. >> reporter: good morning. here's what welearned. it was the first and maybe the only public meeting of this group, as they try against a deadline to avoid another

government shutdown. we learned that democrats say they're willing to bend. they will give more money to border security, but they want to give it to things like more agents and judges and to port repairs, repairs at the ports of entry, and also to new technology that they believe would do a better job wall at keeping immigrants and drugs out of the couerry. on the oand, republicans say we need this comprehensive approach but it needs to include a barrier. the psident tweeted if they didn't include a barrier, it would be a waste of time. they're against the deadline. the goal is to get a plan in place before next friday, giving wmakers a chance to approve it before the february 15th deadline. >> tracie potts, thank you. president trump is criticizing ralph northam over a proposal to loosen rules on late-term abortions. this started when virginia state

lawmakers discussed a bill that could have done just that. kathy tran answeredgaes when a de asked her if the bill would allow an abortion when a woman is dilated and about to give birth. the current l requires consu nsultation with three doctors that say a woman could die would be impaired. the proposed bill would require one doctoro sign off. northam is a doctor. he said late-term abortions are only in cases of severe or ea life-tning birth defects. >> this is why, julie, legislators, most o whom are men, by the way,e shouldn't telling a woman what she should and shouldn't do with her body. >> tha bill failed. marco rubio and the chair o the national committee, accused

northam of killing newborn babies. northam tweeted saying, i have devoted my life to children and any insinuation otherwise is shameful a disgusting. a former d.c. police officea pleaded guilty to two counts of sex trafficking of a minor. admitted to paying two teenagersn the annapolis area for sex for several months. he pet them on an app. he met them inside motels and his vehicle for months between 2016, into 2017. he is facing up to 2 years i prison and will be required to register as a sex offender. the officer had been with the department for 14 months. a news 4 i-team investigation reveals there's a fast number of people beingan busted for h trafficking. it's a crime that sells s with minors. one of the new cases happened just blocks from the white house. >> reporter: we anow

trafficking is happening. and we've seen some cases recently. arws 4 i-team analysis of internal justice dent records shows a spike in cases over a two-year span. a 20% increase in major investigations. more than 300 a year, cases soh large, required the fbi to intervene. including a series of cases in our region along interstate 95. one investigation accused of trafficking a 15-year-old girld having five other victims. they met her and groomed her in prince woman county and trafficked her in hotels, including one in the heart of c., just six blocks from the white house. where do the crimes occu t where are victims found? >> it runs the gamu that is what is scary about human trafficking. >> reporter: coming up at 5:00, o many ofeds think the cases are happening in our area. plus, we hear from a survivor,

wh describes why the trauma lingers long after the bad guys are in prison. scott mcfarlane, news 4 i-team. tom major will retire in april. he joined the force as an officer in 1977 and served in fairfax county for six years. he went on to become the chief iner montg county and has had that job for 15 years. he tells news 4, he has no regrets about his life in law enforcement. you can see the full interview o with him the nbc washington app. super bowl liii, four days awaynow. the excitement is dampened wn some people by that b call from the nfc championship game. hard to for get that. nfleferees admitted they missed the pass interference call in the saints/rams game.

some peopl the saints of a super bowl they deserve to be in. the commissioner addressed it in atlanta. >> i understand the stakes. i understand the importance of it for new orleans and to the franchise and t nfl. it's a pla that should be called. >> despite the controversy, the super bo will go on as planned. we have continuing coverage of thel super b inside the nbc washington app. i thought it w drew brees' year to win another super bowl. >> they have to see it. it happens. >> you know, they blew a 13-0 lead. and th,hey threw an interception in overtime. >> but at the end, they were coming back, chuck. they were coming back. they had a chance to win that game. >> there's an animation or something, we can make happen? >> i'm just saying. a lucky break for the nfl that the super bowl is in atlanta not new orleans this year. that could have been an ugly

one. it is a frigid start to your morning. so far, no h recordse fallen. the only record we have a chance at is athbwi-marshall. record is at 4, and the current temperature is at 6. dulles, atw. zero i don't think dulles can get to minus seven. that was set in 1965. and minus 2, the record in washington. i put it up there because we caea itn was in 1905 and the wright brothers weren't flying. it was 24th and "m" street was minus 2, in 1905. zero at dulles. 11 in fredericksburg. windchills are zer and minus 10 in several spots. sunny and highs in the low 20s. i lot oformation on our nbc washingtonapp, including the

delays and clures. an alberta clipper will be in and out in thenk b of an eye and could leave an inch of snow futuweather, hardly a cloud to be found. clouds move in after miight. and ahance of light snow by sun-up tomorrow. the best chances of snow will be around the pennsylvania borde for accumulating, that is. here's about how much snow we uldexpect, an inch or less. unless you'r in maryland, could get 1 to 2 inches. so, 26 today, with sun. 32 tomorrow, with snow. and over the week wd,mer air comes back. 40s on saturday. 53 on sunday. near 60 monday.e andan do back-to-back 60s tuesday and wednesday, next week. unfortunately, those days have a chance for rain. meli melissa? >> already. seems warm when you look at the temperatures out today. northwest, 17th street, we have the sinkhole they've been

working on since this weekend. this past weekend. that's under way as far as construction. northbound wisconsin avenue, before calvert. energy utility work. inner loop and outer loop, n problem. you're heading into faouth, the left lane is blocked by a crash. leesburg, north of shreve mill road. and the pennline, expect major delays. trerkwork happening >> thank you. one of the biggest soccer clubs inhe world is making a push for one of the d . unite star players. acosta flew to europe due to an offer from psg. the club has submitted an offer as high as $10 million. acosta was in the final year of is contract in d.c. after making about $650,000 last

season. the international transfer window closes this evening. i think he will make a lot more money at psg. >> yeah. >>dy if you love m&ms, get r for three, new flavors. >> what? >> the company announced it will be debuting flavors like thai coconut, english toffee and mexican jalapeno. >> why did they do this? >>it's not necessary. >> like with the oreos. the winning one will be a permanent item on store shelves. >> i wl have to say, i found dark chocolate peanut m&ms, my goodness. a little ler inhe newscast, we will be couponing in the compan >> hear fro an expert on how to make the coupons work for u. join molette green on a shopping spree that won't break the banks >>ll ahead, caring for your pet's health needs without breaking the nk.

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about downright cold outside. this is the thermometer in dupont circle. that's 8 degrees. 8 degrees, people. that'sot right. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. another word being used to describe the temperatures is dangerous. for that reason, the region and local school districts are taking steps to make se you stay safe. take a look now. inma land, allegheny are closed. in virginia, prince william, fauquier, manassas, clarke county and winchesterity schools. hampshire, hardy, grant, mineral jefferso and morgan county. >> to delays, montgomery, prince george's, frederick and washington county schools will open two hours