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 late.

in virginia, fredericksburg city,arlington, fairfax, stafford and king george. and rappahannock, and manassas, and alexandria, and falls church schools. we have all of the information on the bottom of your screen and in the nbc washington app. it is so cold, it is historic. the temperatures of the week are e coldest in a generatio the weather is blamed for at least seven deaths at this point. thousands of flights have been canceled, leaving passengers stranded. and 85% of the country is feeling this at some level, with 230 million people impacted. >> our melissa mollet is standing by with your commute. we start with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell.re

>> the c temperature at national airport is 10. the windc has made it minus 1 at national airport. and outside of the city, dulles has dropped below zero. 1 in leesburg. 4 in 9 at ft. meade, and 13 in st. mary's county. a it bit of a breeze, not too windy, but enough of one where we havedc winlls down to 11 below zero in gaithersburg. single-number southern maryland. limiting your outdoor activities n. best you shorten up the dog walks. dog paws are sensitive to cold sidelks. the sunill be out from start-to-finish. afternoon highs in the low to mi mid-20s. we're talking about snow. melissa, i'll let you know how much next. starting with the rails. marc just got word that we're going to have to expect delays on the penn line. major delays onmarc.

if you take the penn line, that's something you have is deal with orning. leesburg, evergreen mills road down. northbound 95 after centerport parkway. indian head highway after berry road. and 17th street, treen "c" and new york avenue,e have that sinkhole destructi people across the region are taking steps to make sure they're warm and safe from this keeld. d >>. has opened warming shelters for the homeless and everyone is bundled up right now. news 4 went to a home depot last night and the item flying off of the shelves was ice melt. bethesda had to get a new shipment because it ran out of stock. the temperatures are brutal and

one empl on the bright side here. >> i'm not in chicago. this is bad. but it's not 55 degrees below. this is what i do for a living. and i bundle myself up. i'm ready to go every night.si >> if you're an indoor space heater, keep it away from anything tt can burn. you want it directly in the wall.ur make it's on a level surface. we have other safety tips for you in the nbc washington app. now, let's get you on the fe-like temps. poor justin. >> justin finch, live for us at dupont circle this morning. make it fast. >> reporter: good morning, n, aa eun. i'm talking abo o a lot layers upstairs and downstairs. i mightook ridiculous, but given the temperature, i don't feel that bad. my eyes are starting to water here. looking at the temperaturern

g there, 8 degrees. 8 degrees. 8 times 4 is 32, which is freezing. it's not that at this time. when you wal out, hopefully all your sweaters and scaes and hats. beware of icy patches on the ground, it is below freeze right now, as you are driving, walking, make sure, you are staying safe. it can feel very cold if you're out here a very long time. at the bus stop waiting for metro, make sure you're layered up because you don't want to gek yourself back inside to you. > good advice out there, justin. back inside for you. >> right. it's not safe to be out for a long timeday. if you think it's cold here, think about the peoe in chicago. it is minus 15 degrees there. that's having an impact on everything, from schools, , business travel. our meagan fitzgerald is at the live desk. y meagan,ou know when schools are closing in chicago, it's

bad. >> i'm telling you, 's the unimaginable. poor justin looked like he was freezing. in is just the seconds-coldest day in history. and the frigid temperatures will continue today. if you're catching a flight to the midwest, check with your ni airline this m. this polar vortex is causing a lot of flight delays and cancellations across the u.s. there's more than 1,400 flig cancellations at chicago o'hare's airport alone. outside of the airport, residents there, are having to deal with unbelievably cold es temperat i have on leggings, pants, two jackets. >> it feelterrible.is my face burning. >> and just to put ts even more iperspective for you,

crews tried to use fire to keep some of the train tracks from clogging. on train tracks yesterday, it was quite the sight. these are the four things among the list of the complete shutdown today in chicago. all amtrack midwesiccorridor se to and from chicago. all united states postal service deliveries. chicago public schools and even disney on ice is closed. it's just too cold for families to venture into the cold to catch that indoor performance. back to you. y >> tha. if you have to be outside, be sure you have the nbc washington appyoo download to phone. you can find out up-to-date fo casts and information on delays and closures. breaking news now. seven people are in the hospital after a fire at a home in glen burnie, maryland. three have life-threatening injuries. one of them is a child. n it clear what started this fire. we'll have a live report in the next half hour now, to a developing story in charles county. we're learning more about this

horrific crash, involving five people, including two children. chopper 4 was over the scene. you can see the impact of the crash here, scattered debris tll ov road. investigators said the buick crossed the center line and collidethhead-on with nissan. everyone involved was flown to local trauma centers or treatment. no word on their condition this morning. a bizarre investigatwan is under y in prince george's county. >> two men were found shot to dead next to a running car in bladensburg.is happened near an apartment stcomplex on 57th avenue night. the car that was running was towed away and is being examined for evidence. bladensburg police says it is not clear if the men were inside the car when they were shot. >> we need any witnesses to come forward. anyo who saw something, hear something, could be important, as well.ol >>e say there was not appear to be any security cameras in that area whe the shooting took place. they want anyone who may have

seen anything unusual to contact them. wallace loh is staying on at least one more year at thema university oland, while the school searches for a new president. megan mcgrath has thatstory. >> reporter: that's right. he was supposed to retire this summer but there's a change of plan. university of marand president wallace loh will be sticking around while the university launches a search for his replacement. loh announced his retirement amid the fallout from the heath death stroke of football player jordan mcnair. following the investigation into mcnaih,s de the board of regents decided that d.j. derekderek durkin could keep his erjob. was wafallout from that decision. a daylater, loh fired coach durkin. he was supposed to retire this

year. but a tweet said, he and the board of regents discussed having a snsoth tion of leadership and they agreed on a retirement date of june back to you. >> megan mcgrath, live for us in college park. on capitol hill, a bipartisan group of lawmakein is woto prevent another shutdown. we learned that democrats say they're willing to bend. they will ve 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 than a wall at keeping immigrants and drugs out of the country. on the other hand, republicans say we need this comprehensive approach but it neednclude a barrier. government funding expires february5th. check your bank account today. furloued workers should have the backpay. the workers misse two paychecks during the 35-day shutdown. a father and son in

new hampshirereeing called heroes this morning. both jumped into action after seeing a jeep csh head-on into a semi. >> inside t jeep was an 18-year-old student heading to llege.ho we're about toyou that crash. this is some dramatic video here. the dash cam caught the jeep swerving into the opposite lane and slamming into the ck of a truck. his car exploded into flames. the father and son in the car with the dash cam, nearly crashed into the wreck themseeres. they recnd immediately helped pull sam out of the car. he suffered burns and a brain injury. but this morning, he is up and speaking and is expected to make a full recover the fact that he even survived this at all is a miracle. >> that's the only word you can e. two major recalls to warn you about. one impacting i medicin your cabinets and the other about food in your fridge. and keeping your pet safe

without breaking the bank. good morning, everybody. tracking a chance for snow. today, all day with sunshine. tomorrow, could get, maybe i spots, up to an ch. in

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more prepared when theyalk through our doors at pre-k. >> the district is getting a $1n millio grant to improve childhood programs. her nominee for the chancellor was at yesterday's ribbon cuttin aswell. if chicken nuggets are on your super bowl menu, you may want to checkeeour frzer. tyson is recalling 30,000 pous of their white meat panko nuggets. some people found rubber pieces inside the product. the recall is for nuggets with a best if used by date of november coth of this year. food inspectors end you throw out the recalled products or take them back to the store. so far, no reports of anyone getting sick. another recall could affect how you keep your children safe. the drugmaker says additional lon of ibuprofen could cont c

hicentrations of that drug. they are sold at cvs, walmart and family dollar stores. so far the company has not received reports of health problems. we have information in nbc washington app, search truprofen. most of the cois below freezing this morning. >> the arctic air mass is breang records across the midwest, the great lakes, and the east coast. orok at the time-lapse video of this week's snow this is t camera on top of rockefeller center. look how quickly conditions became treacherous. here's another angle o storm moving across the brooklyn bridge. >> yeah.

and this is from philadelphia, the city of brotherly love, where it's 6 degrees right now. it went from virtually clear to nearly zero visibility quickly. the city didn't get a lot of ngsnow but the wind made t worse for drivers. the wind makes everything worse. .i was out briefly, not f >> i would agree. ha haven't broken a record in our area yet. we've been this cold as recently as last year. both bwi and dulles, both dr dropped below zero last winter. national airport has not been below zero since january of 1994. it's been 25 years since national airport has been below zero. it's down to 10 now, with anu 1 windchill. dulles is down below zo at minus 1. bwi is holding on to 5 degrees.

the winds are not as strong, but these temperatures push windchill to 11below zero in gaithersburg. maybe a little jogging in place before you out to the driveway. this morning, witfternoon highs in the low to mid-20s. for tomorrow, a cloudy day coming. urries in the morning and a chance of light snow during the day tomorrow. don't work up snowmen names, everybody. allilf the de on our nbc washington app. i'm posting some of the cold weather o tidbi my social media pages. there is the little alberta clipper tha will be racing in our direction. it is starved for moisture. snowfall amounts will not be impressive. here's 8:00 tomorrow morning. a littlelurry or two around town. there's a chance for an inch or two of ousnow. town, it will be a real struggle to get an inch of snowd

want aferent answer? ask a different computer model. our local one hereives an inch and a half. but the european model, the amer'tan models d think so much. the european says only a tenth of an inch hereal and an inch in hagerstown. we're going to call for an inch or less, unless you're up near the pennsylvania border. up there,ou might have a chance at an inch or two. dangerouslyold today. be smart. just check on your pets and activitiesutdoor check on elderly ighbors. near 32 tomorrow. and what a warm-up. mid 40s on saturday. and near 60 on monday with a little rain chance. a news. problem on the ra delay on if blue and yellow line, outside k ofg street. and marc, penn line, expect major thdelays. are single tracking on the penn line this morning.

you might want to do something different. accokeek, northbound indian head highway after berry ro. in the southbound 95, after center port pa the blocked by an accident there. and leesburg, evergreen mills road, road is blocked with downdown ed wires. still ahead, health care is expensive. we're not talking about your health care. talking about for your pet. >> it adds up. how to cut costs without sacrificing care. later on "ellen" the cast of "the big bang theory" stops by. they play a game of trivia. "ellen" at 3:00. ws 4 at 4:00. we'll be right back.

5:25, your time. it's a little fast. you know what's important? that temperature, 8 degrees at dupont circle. that does not include the windchill. delay going out this morning. or bundle up wn youdo. we'll have a look at the forecast for you to tell you erat to expect for the whole day, coming up in a second, if i can get it out of my mouth. nearly $30 million, that's hoh money americans spent on veterinarian services for their pets last year alone.

>> there's no question, owning a pet can be very expensive. waws 4 consumer reporter, susan hogan, shows us th we can keep costs down without sacrificing care for our pets. >> reporter: more than a quarter of all pet owners worry they won't be able to afford their pet's medical treatment. >> we want our dogs to be healthy. costs more to keep them healthy than us sometimes. >> reporter: pet owners spend $9,000 to $13,000 for medical treatments over the course of af animal's letime. and costs can continue to rise if your pet needs a prescription. "consumer reports" says, before you buy the meds from the vet,

shop around. you can buy a lot of your pet's medications from a regular pharmacy. >> reporter: a number of the meds prescribed to pets are the ieme we use and some pharm will give you the same discounts on drugs they offer their human customers. online pharmacies is another way you can save, filling your pup's pres make sure you're buying them phom a safe site. >> there's the safmacy th progra screens online pharmacies for humans and for pets. it makes sure they're storing their medication correctly, dispensing it correctly and dispensing the right medication. ll>> reporter: and always the label's direction. if you have questions about your pet's medication, ask your veterinarian. a ther tip that may save you money in the long run, th aspca suggests that you spay or neuter your pets to prevent health problems. not just unwanted puppies, but a good move. >> a smart move. >> fee tng for animal. speaking of dog walking, army is available for rescue at the humane rescue alliance. 12-year-old dog would b a perfect companion on a cold day like today.

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news 4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. >> that weather alert in effect right now at 5:29, as we deal with another day of brutal cold. mperatures are still bel freezing, so far below freezing right now. the thermometer may read 10 degrees outside where we are right now, but it feels even colder than th. places.es in some >> that's a thing now. >> good morning, everybody. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. you're going to need that extra layers. a lot of classes are canceled or

delayed. in maryland, al gany county schools are closed. >> in virginia,rie william, frederick, loudon, page, warren and culpeper schools. in west virginia, hampshire, burke grant.y, hardy, and >> to the delays, frederick, montgome sntgomery, prince george's, and washington countools will be two hours late.no rappah county, manassas, park city, alexandria city and falls church schools. the federal government will open on time today. a reminder, we have all of the information at the bottom of your screen and in the nbc washington app. > we want to check on your forecast with chuck bell. >> good morning.

>> no doubt about it. you can call it cold. 10 degrees at washington's national airport. wins out of the north. not as windy today as yesterday. but a minus 1n windchill the city. 4 in gaithersburg, 9 in frederick, 8 in marlboro this morning. windchills down below zero in many locations today. you need your hat, your gloves, scarves, maybe a second pair of socks, just saying,.t will be co the sun will be shining all day. a chilly 26 degrees for a high temperature today. we'll be bacrup clo to 30 degrees tomorrow. a lot of clouds tomorrow and a likelihood of some light snow and snowshowers during the day tomorrow. chances of getting up to an inch of snow, about 40%. not loong for a big impact. it will be gone by the weekend. and we got a big warm-up coming, melissa. ten-day forecast coming up in

about 20nu s. >> thank you, check. looking forward to the formup. indian head highway, at kirby hill, a vehicle blocking the lane. accokeek, the left side is blocked by two crashes. you're only getting by on the he right side ofroad. inner loop, outer loop, no problems. 270 southbnd, from frederick to the spur,es 62 mer hour. that's going to take you 29 minutes this morning. if you're headed northbound, everything is looking good on 270, as well. the early morning roadwork, not in effect. 17th street between c street and new york avenue. this closure has been around since this weekend. there's been five days workingh on sink hole in the northwest. >> thank you. >> back to the team coverage of t

the frigid temperatures today. it's critical that you dress properly for this weather. >> that means a lot of layers. justin finch is live in dupont circle with more on the bitter cold temperatures. with the layers, you still look a little cold. that's understandable. >> just a little cold out here this point. i can tell you, up here, upstairs, i hav o about six layers, including my coat. downstairs, about four lairi la and three pairs of socks. i feel comfortable. am seeing people waking up and head over to the metro station. they are running to the metro. l and yk behind me, that clock a bit fast. but degrees is what we're seeing up here. my feels-like might b biased. i would say it feels like netive 10. i could be wrong, obviously. it's cold out here today. as you're coming out this morning, daring to come out.

i know you don't wan to but have to, put on a lot of layers. make sure you're warm. at the bus stop, for kids, mak sure you have layers on, too. if you're walking the dog,t the cold, too. check the paws and make sree there's noing or bleeding. they're very sensitive when the temperature gets this low. all of us here cannot wait to see that r mercurye and get warmer soon. we have to wait it out. live here at d>>upont. we encourage you to wait it out in the truck. justin, thank heu. we'll in with justin at 6:00 a.m. 5:34 on this thursday morning. the cold weather is the top story around the country. the deadly polar vtex has blasted the midwest and the northeast with frigid conditions. because it's just too dangerous for employees.

an estimated 230 million americans are experiencing subfreezing temperatures. at least seven people have died from the extreme cold weather. we're also staying on top of breaking news. seven people are in the hospitar afte a house fire in glen burnie, maryland. three people have life-thre life-threatening injuries. one of them was a child. chicago police have released new images of two possible persons of interest in the possible hate crime attk on actor jussie smollett. he said that people beatim and said racist slurs. they put a chemical substance on him and put a rope around his neck. congress has less than three weeks to reach a deal on the border wall or see another partial government shutdown. a bipartisan group of 17

lawmakers is trying to find common ground on the very issue that led to e longest shutdown in u.s. history. president trump warned members they are just wasting their time if t talks do not include a wall or physical barrier along the southern border. we'll get the latest from tracie pots. >> the day before sentencing, we've learned new details about the man convicted ithe d.c. mansion murders. meagan, you covered this trial from start-to-finish. tell us what you know. >> it's be years for the families of the victims. tomorrow, federal prosecutors will is ask a judge to send daron wint away for four life sentences without the possibility of parole. they say wint's greed drive him to kidnap, torture and kill the s family for more than 24 hours.

leaving behind what one family member described as a graveyard. court documents outline examples, dating bacinto 2005, ofbeing physically aggressive with his family members and friends. stabbing them on multiple occasions. i will te in courtroom tomorrow morning for what is expected to be an emotional day for the's vict family. back to you. >> meagan, thau. it's 5:37. friends are rallying together tt supp man shot at random on new year's day. alex morris has beenhospitaliz hospitalized since being struck in the head. he was walking to lunch when someone nearby puld out a gun and started shooting. last night at union stage, friends held a benefit concert and silent auction. all of the money raised will help support him and his family ashey focus on his recover >> 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. thmaryland governor, larry hogan, is proposing $500 million in tax cuts. in his state of the state address, the republican governor said his plan will help retirees as well as gduates with student loans. it gives incentives for tax breaks for small businesses. some business leaders say e money is needed for marylanders to stay even. his budget provides funding for schools, as well as spending for transit and road a secret or a secret tunn? >>uthorities find an underground path into a bank. we're working for you with easy tips fm expe couponers for your next grotest

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today. >> a scammer moving fake designer purses and shs in dulles airport is stopped in he. trac she picked up an estimate of what was leled shoes, bags, scarves. customs officers held on to the shipment. they verifd they were knockoffs and seized the shipment. is're not sure if the woma charged. she is out of a lot of money. adthe shipment of 90 items suggested retail value o $129,000. she was probably going to sell it for more thant. t >> you don't want to buy that. >> don't buy it, right. and now, to a bizarre mystery deepening in south florida. a seemingly routine call to a public works crew to f sinkhole, led to a discovery of

ssecret tunnel. >> it appears theone was trying to get into a bank. it stretched for about 50 yards under a four-lane road. part of the hole collapsed. 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 dt hole. >> i would like to s 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 would like to put 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. >> what a great interview. time to start thinking about the weekend. it's onlyay away. sounds like a song already. temperatures are going to nirecover ly. we're down near zero in many

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we're still in weather alert mode this8 morning. degrees in dupont circle. here's a live look right now. keep the extra layers handy. today is not the kind of day you want to forget your scarves and hats and that kind of thing. it is sticking around today, fo. su >> a lot of school districts are

cancelling or delaying classes to keep the kids out of the extreme cold. heu can find all of that information on bottom of your screen. it's also on the nbc washington app. we'll check in with chuck for the forecast, including the lief from the cold temperatures. we're keeping track of some news from a hse fire. >> megan pringle is at the scene. what's going on? >> reporter: firefighters left about an hour ago. we're in glen burnie, about 20 minutes south right now, it looks quiet. earlier this morning, a much different scene. smoke was coming from the basement andwh that'e the

fire had started. two adults and a 4-year-old child had to be rescued from the house. the 4-year-old is at johns hopkins. 'll keep your hosted on information we get. those three people are init critical con. as far as the other people in the house, three adults and one get outhey were able to on their own. we were told they were on the first floor. they were taken to the hospital for nonlife-threatening injuries. ngrefighters were out here for hours, put out the hot spots and gathering the information they could. theyutill be back trying to get to the cause of this re while they're investigating that. that's the one thing we haven't heard from on the latest update. we will stay on top of it. stories, and you just mentionedon eit t, bnf not our area, but across the nation, is the cold.s it bitter out here this morning. firefighters say that didn't get in the way of them putting out the flames.

there were no issues of ainthing frozen, it just made it more difficult to do their jobs. they're fine and we'll stay up on how the child is doing and the others inl criti condition. >> megan, thank yo now, to capitol hill, where a bipartisan group of lawmakers is trying to come up with a plan to avoid another gov.nment shutdo the group is also against the deadline. >> hey have 16 days to find deal on security along the southern border and immigration. tracie potts joins us live with the latest on the negotiations. >> reporter: good morning. the negotiations are getting to work in earnest, behind the scenes. democrats saying they're willing to put more money in border security, more agents, more judges, and more, what they cl technology, to try to keep drugs and illegal immigrants from coming across the border.

but not a wall or a physical barrier that the president says is necesry in order to make this deal. democrats say that will take money awa from other things that work better. democrats say we need a comprehensive approach, but i needs to include a wall. that's where they are as discussionsnd get way. they hope to have a plan in place by the end of next week, next frida to get it done before the february 15th deadline, to avoid anoth shutdown. >> tracie potts, thank you. university of maryland president wallace loh is staying on the job for at least one more year. megan mcgrath on loh's decision to delay his retirement. megan? >> reporter: that's right, guys. he was supposed to retire this

summer. wallace loh is going to stick around for another year, while the university searc for his replacement. loh ann amid the fallout from the heat stroke death of maryland footballplayer, jordan mcnair. he was supposed to retire in lune. that was the offic announcement. loh tweeted that he and the board of directors agreed to a smooth transition and a o retirement dat june 2020. president loh will be staying in position here for a bit longer while they begin that search and pick his emreplacent. back to you. >> megan,it thanks. >> 5:50. we want to turn back to chuck bell for a look at the dangerously cold conditions. chuck? >> very cold, indeed. ayhinkspring. that's the besto get through the cold weather like today. still have not made a record

yet. minus 2 predates the existence of the airport. it pre-exists the wright brothers. dulles, 1965, 7 below. it's only minus 1 to this point. and bwi-marshall is 4, in sn't. gotten 66below 619 yet. that's the only record that's in play. nati airport is still 10, with a windcll of minus 1. there' dulles now. 10 in quantity tcquantico, 12 i. windchills, it's not blowing hard, but windchill has 5 and 10 hborhoods.any ne for kids that have to go to school, that two-hour delay is not a bad call. if you're going out on time, the temperatures are in the single numbers. a cold day, but not as brutal without the wind. tomorrow, a high chance for snow around heretomorrow. not looking for a lot of it.

but there's a chance of getting some, s ething to lookat. the latest details on all that are available on our nbc washington app. i just retweeted a great video of someone in the upper midwest, throws a boiling hot cup of water in the air, po, turns to ice before the water can get to the ground. for us, that alberta clipper across parts of the midwest are ran our direction. it's going to go in and out of here in the blink of an eye is starved for moisture. it will not be a -ihiact eve event. a little burst of snow around here. a hig inch or more.maybe an it will all be done about 7:00 tomorrow and again, snowfall amounts, our computer modelre in welltively good agreement. and the americanodel says an inch or less. so, that's my forecast. an inch or less here's your extended outlook.

milder weather is on the way. be in the 40s on saturday. 50s on sunday. near 60 monday. and i think we can have back-to-back -- might beo able go three days in a row, 60 or higher, before we get that col late next week. mollet.'s go to melissa >> good morning, mr. bell. ft. washington at kirby hill road, have a vdisabledicle blocking a lane. and the two crashes in accokeek. inner loop and outer loop ofhe beltway, no major issue there's. want to remindou of couple of problems on the rails. penn line, major delayse they h trackwork that popped up this morning. it will be single tracking there on marc penn line. also, the blue and yellow line, because of a problem outside of king street. travel times for you, 270 looks good. inner loop and outer loop, rolling along nicely. when you look at 66 and 95, i like t travel times. remember to listen to wtopyohen

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news 4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. >> frigid, freezing, piercing, no matter what word you use to describe it, and we can think of afew, we're talking about the same thing. it is downright cold out there. 8 degrees in dupont circle. there's a live look right there. >> another word beingsc used to be the temperatures is dangerous. for that reason, then and local school districts are taking steps to make sure you stay safe. take a look now.

in maryland, allegany schools are closed. in virginia, prince william, uier, manassas, clarke county and winchester city schools. and in west virginia, hampshire, hardy, grant, minera jefferd morgan county. >> to delays, montgomery, prince george's, frederick d washington county schools will open two hours late. in virginia, fredericksburg ci, arlington, fairfax, stafford and king george and spotsylvania county schools are on a two-hour delay. and rappahannock, and manassas, and alexandria, and falls church schools. >> the federal government will open o time today. and a reminder, we have all of at information at the bottom of your screen and in the nbc washington app. i so cold, it is historic. the temperatur of the week are the coldest in a generation. the weather is blamed for at least seven deaths at this point. thousands of flights have been canceled, leavpa