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i'll show you when it moves in and what to expect. then the news 4 iteam looks into a horrifime happening in our communities. >> the spike in major human traffickingases, including one we found just six blocks from the white house. and concerning health news tonight impacting nearly half of americans. >> i was startled when iat saw number. does that mean all of those people, half of americans should be taking som sort of medication? news 4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. >> as the polar vortex pumps single digit temperatures into our area again tonight, we're getting ready for owre snow tomo good evening,'m doreen gentzler. >> and i'm jim -- >> today some fairfax county students bdled up in blankets when their buildings lost power and heat. >> firefighters struggling ain flames and these frigid

temperatures. at least two fires in the dmv spark by people trying to warmr thchael holmes. >> at least a doenz deaths are blamed on the winter blast blanketing much of the country. >> we begin with chief meteorologist doug kammerer with what's coming veer the next l hours. tat do you say, doug? >> well,s is the last night we're going to seehe real frigid temperatures. as a matter of fact, a real big warm-up coming for the weekend. win chills, 9 in hagerstown. notice something here, we don't have anything below zero. that you we're kind of breaking out of it but it also tells you something's happening here. we've got a storm system making its way through chicago, bringing in some snow. snow around the cincinnati area. this is moving rightowards our region. by tomorrow morning, we will be seeing snow in parts of our. ar that's why we have a winter weather advisory now in effect for fairfax county, prince geor's county, arlington, d.c.

and everybody to the north. it does not include parts of northern virginia lyric warrenton and fredericks burk. we wl see snow early tomorrow morning. timing is the real reason we have the winter weather advisory. we're going to talk much more about this when it moves in, when it moves o and when we can finally see some warmer air moving acrossre our on. >> doug, thank you. news 4's jackie bensenti ces our team coverage. she's live in german town with what you need to watch o for tomorrow morning. >> jackie, this bitter cold could affect the roads justs ch as the snow. >> reporter: well, that is true, and we want to take a ok, we want to show you something here. this i'm going to take a wild guess is some rock salt left over from thet lund of snow that we had. now, something different goes in this round ofweather, our temperatures are so low that some of thehecals that are

traditionally used to deice around here might not be as effective. how effective the deicing chemicals we see being sprayed on roads and sidewalks depends on the temperature. according to thean mar department of transportation's state highway administration, the principal material used to make snowy and icy roads safe is rock salt, but it starts to lose itsti effness at temperatures below 20 degrees. next comes a mix of salt and water, the resulting brine is an effective ice melter until the th thermometer hits 6 degrees below zero. magnesium chloride is the heavy hitter used in mostly the nortrn and westernarts of the state. >> when you have to bme ho, it's a chance to turn the tv ga right? >> reporter: parents have had to juggle an early dismissal, a cancellation and a two-hour delay and the week is not over

yet. >> i think it was actually the best decision that the county was able to i mean, safety's number one. >> it's a tough job for the county. you want t beafe. my kids, they walk to school, so it's a tough job. >> reporter: and i can tell you that this very lar shopping center where we are already has pickup trucks with both plows on the front and salt spreaders on the back on stand by here. live in gmantown, jackie bensen, news 4. >> jackie, thank y. wake up with "news 4 today" and remember you can get the forecast in your neighborhood any time in our nbc washington new at 11:00, an educator in the district under arrest. police say the elementary school teach choked a fourth grade student. news 4's shomari stone has details on what the police say happened. >> tonightol 50-yea jarvis bernard mastenberg is behind

bars charged with second-degree child cruelty. captured him choking a student earlier this month. he is a fourth grade english language arts teacher here. officers arrested him today. the news 4 i-team found he has been employed with d.c. public schools since 2004 and was a licensed teacher. in a letter to parents, bernard elementary's principal dr. grace would id mastenber remain on leave during the investigation adding, "i want to assure you that therafety of students is our number one priority, and we hold our educators to the highest standards. should it b deemed necessary, a long-term substitute will be identified." mastenberg is expected to have a first court appearance tomorrow. in northwest d.c., i'm shomari stone, news a prince george's county community tells news 4 tonight theyafeel u it's after a string ofeneveral violt crimes, all within close proximity to one another.

last night, news 4's bensen reported. today we chght up w one woman who was moving out of her partment because the shootingings have become too much. >> i've been here five years and it's been at least ten. at least ten. t >> ins immediate area? >> in this immediate area. >> police are lookingor a motive and possible suspects in the murders. they've made a arrest in a separate homicide yesterday inl hyatts new tonight, president trump slams speaker nancy pelosi ande su he's ready to move forward on his border wall plan without congress. in a wide-ranging interview with "the new york timeen the pres said bipartisan negotiations on border security are, quote, a waste of time. the president accused speakerpe si of hurting the country and indicated he could declare a wmtional emergency to build the wall. ers need to reach a deal on government funding by

february 15th to avoid another shutdown. in thatame a republican would challenge him in the 2020 presidential primary, and a close trump ally is warning maryland governor larry hogan against taking on wt tonight, former new jersey governor chris christie saidgan friend, could win. there is speculation hogan may consider a white house bid. christie also said interested int the moment. the feds are calling it the largest bust o nothing around te warrenton area. by the noon hour, it moves north of washington anisyou've got cenario playing out. still snowing back towards the mountains. nothing in no longer vginia. all in towards the i-70 coordinator up between baltimore and frederick and even 4:00, more of the same. this is not a big system. however, even a coatth with area roads being so cold could

produce some problems. that's why we have the winte weathe advisory in effect. it does not include those areas i showed you that aren't going to get much snow around warrento and fredericksburg. once again, something to watch for yous but it going to be a big deal. coach to an inch. that's the most. really more of a coating here. annapolis.er towards 1 to 2 towards frederick. hagerstown, closer to the 2. if y're a skier, 3 to 6 inches towards the s resorts, especially the higher elevations. nice little snowstorm. now, temperature wise, 48 on saturday. look at sundayda super bowl s 53. see what i'm talking about? and we're moving in the right direction. degrees on your monday. look at this, we've been on the co side a pattern flip-flop. watch this. warmer air making its way in for next week. i just had to show you the flip-flop, that is a weather term. tuesday.

very warm on tuesday. 46 with some shower activity on wednesky. it does like we're going to week.me rain into nex next week it turns cold again. now, it has been so cold across tryingion, people are some different things. how about this one. >> what? that. got to love she walks outh her hair completely vewet, went and put it up top. look at that. >> oh, no. >> that is i don't know how long it stayed like that. trust me, she did not go to school like this was in iowa, by the way, not in our. ed a haircut, i guess. >>in and of cold when it tarts to melt down the back of your neck >> that too. >> all right. thank you, doug. coming up, the nba confirms beal, he's the real deal. plus, the freshman soar to new heights. >> sports next. first here is jimmy fallon. guys.y, this is not a bed.

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>> it's amazing if you think the way this team started to where they have gotten now considering they haven't had everybody. wizards point guard bradley beae putting team on his shoulders with fellow guard john wall out for t season. his hard work being rewarded. beal named to the all-star game now in back-to-back seasons. beal definitely fired up and well-deservingf being named an all-star reserve.ad ley beal is leading the wizard with over 24 points per game this season. his 37 minutes per game tied for second in the entire. nba beal doing it all for the wizards. so it is good to see him in that hard work getting noticed.t wizards hos the bucks on saturday. the all-star game is on ru saturday, febary 17th in charlotte. down a l patrick using and georgetown hosting xavier. down eight, coming up with a big block. ball gets out to mack running the floor over to josh leblanc. he throws it down. mngcc with the no-look mass.

leblanc finishing it. he had 17 points. hoyas, they're getting in it. georgetown down by two. pulling up and hitting the three. the freshman gives georgetown lead. he wasn't done. just a few plays later, more from him knocking down another, game-high 23 points for him. georgetown beat xavier 80-73. on the women'sside, 11th ranked maryland takes care of business against wisconsin. they win it 75-57. you win some, you losee. s on't worry, the capitals are back. the team practicing today after their b all-starreak followed by the bye week. alex ovechki will be sitting out tomorrow's game because he chose not to play in the all-star game. but neither that or that seven-game losing streak dampening the mood at practice. this team knows they need to dturn things aro and they're happy to be back together. >> i just felt a little bit different energy around our room

today and guys happy to be back with each other. for as much as we look at it, you know, differenthings to improve on, i think that this was -- this break came at a great time for us. >> it allows you to put tha in the rear view a little t bit. ihink everyone in here is aware that the points are important, you know? it's a tight race and we goto e this home stand to get our game going. we got to get back in t win column. >> all righty. we a three days away from the super bowl, and, of course, the tried and true way to pick a wier obviously is a bear with a cake. this is ozzie who wasted no time heading t the patriots' cake. >> smart bear. >> ozzie is 680 pounds. a grizzly bear apparently pickin new england to wint all after licking up all the icing. ozzie ventually knocking ove that cake, then why not, heading over to the rams cake. >> of course. >> because, yes, he is a it is important, we must add that ozzy has correctly chosen

the super bowl winner 5 out of the last 6 times. >> wow. >> he's pretty good. that's how you pick the winner, right? choose ae. c whichever icing -- >> i tell you what, he's like i would be biting that thing. >> get in there. >> you got to have something to sn ak on. right. all kinds of crazy ways to predict the supebowl winner. predict the supebowl winner. r

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