relief may be in sight. if you squint your eyes and look really hard, you'll be able to see it. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. mo reasonable temperatures may be around the corner. at this poin 30 seems reasonable. but how dangerously thesere temperatures telling us. >> delays have been announced. inla ma, allegany schools will be two hrs late. warren, prince william, manassas city,er loudon, fauq and culpeper schools are two hours late. onhave the full information the nbc washington app. jim taylor is in for melissa is morning. but we begin with chuck bell and what to expec day. >> winter weather advisory for half of the news 4 nation here on a friday. tracking for chances of snow. host of the d.c. metro area will

be an i and a little more than that. loggest winners for snow today, will ber to the maryland/pennsylvania border. there's the alberta clip per zipping in here. this would be all-snow forus. we're way below freezing this morning. first flakes, potentially reaching northern maryland and the shenandoah valley here. if you see snow and get a s picture,end it to me on twitter, as the snowflakes move on in. there's snowshowers out in fredericks county, virginia this morning. it's the washington metro area and points north and to the west. southernd marylo frederick. not a big snow producer but a solid inch or soround the city. the real issue is the timing. snow on a commute, never a good news. w re great even on a friday. we'll see how things go. start things o as you ride in

potomac. river road, westf falls road, we have a structure fire. river road is closed nearl cha road. with the hoses across the roadway and as the fire department used thewater, the water iced over. we have to wait for sand and sult trucks to get through. evergreen mills road is clo in loudon county. it's been closed since yesterday, with a pole and wires down. and wecl have ouure in the district northwest. 17th will be closed between "c" street and new york avenue, due to roadway that was compromised las week. plan for this. >> thank you, jack. j jackt mentioned it. the breaking news i montgomery county, dozens of firefighters have been athis home for hours enow. the firas been contained at this point.

the fire department says this home is on chapel road, just offer river. and neighbors tell firefi ofcials they don't think anyone was in the home. there's no word on what would have sparked the fire. this seen many house fires winter. meagan fitzgerald will have more coming up at 5:00. we spent the majority of w thk below freezing. the cold weather isn't just dangerous to your health, but damaging our roads. >> hhways and back roads have been treated for ice all week long.ct the efi iviveness of treatments is determined by how cold it . according to the maryland department of transportation state highway association, rock salt is less effective below 20 degrees. the bri and wat is an ice melter until the thermometer hits 6 degrees belowro

magnesium chloride is used ormostly in theern and western part of the state. the condition of the roads is why parents have accepted the school districts cancelling or delaying classes this week. in one week, parents had to juggle early dismissals and delays that eventually turned into cancellations. they're grateful local leaders are putting safety first. >> i think it was the best decision that the county was able to me. safety is number one. >> it's a j toughob for the county. myk kids w to school. it's a tough job. >> schools haveed del classes to let heaters turnn and warm schools and buses, for that matter. all of the delay are running on the bottom of your screen. >> it's tough for parents to juggle if they don't have child care and expect their children to be in school. wihile the latest winter

blast has left us cold, we had it relatively good compared to other parts of the country. >> our 8 degrees was nothing compared to the minus 31 in parts of illinois. in chicago this week, they had to suspend mail delivery because it was so cold. the area will thaw out inew the next days. temperatures will climbs much as 80 degrees in some parts. that could create problems for bursting, pipumbling rivers. take a look at this video of the great falls of the passaic river.d this morning. it's 10 degrees there. they will remain frozen for a little longer. udson river to the in kingston, new york, it's ice as far as the eye can see. that's a u.s. coast guard ship cuing the ice. you can check out the nbc washington app.

there, you will find the updated forecasts. a d.c. tcher is out of the classroom this morning, after allegedly choking a student. jarvis mass tburgches language arts. he was charged with second-degree child cruelty. he is expected to makis first court appearance today. surveillance vhoeo the incident with the students. massenburg will remain on leave during the investigation. the news 4 eye team found that massenburg has been with the d.c. public schools since 2004. former trump adviser, roger stone. earlier this week, the r- 66-yead pled not guilty to seven counts of lying and tness tempering. stone is the sixth trump sociate to be charged in connection with robert mueller's investigation. prosecutors announced yesterday that they had seized hard accounts,pple icloud

e-mail accounts and financial f recorom stone's home. the evidence can bediscussed at today's status hearing. stone has insisted he has done nothing wrong. it's 4:07. it's two weekser until ano possible government shutdown. and president trump is slamming a group negotiating a deal on border security. democrats released their starting points yesterday. it includes more money than the white house requested for customs and border prection. it has less money than requested for i.c.e. and there's no mention of mey for a border wall. >> there's no wall, it doesn't work. if they don't have a wall, i don't want to waste my reading what they have. >> there's not going to be wall money in the legislation. >> the president he would wait to see if congress can come up with an agreement before the february 15th deadline, before he decides to declare a national emergency at the southern border. the psident is praising border patrol agents for making

the largest fentanyl bust in y. hist it was discovered inside a skrat compartment on a truck trying to come through a border checkpoint in arizonath oveweekend. fei fentanyl is a synthetic opioid. it was responsible for the u.s. in 2017. metro riders say they will findls somewhereto park after a rash of break-ins over the 7th avenue station. there was broken glass all over. a dozen cars were broken into on wednesday. metro has stepped up patrols at its parking lots. crime has dropp eped since 2017. but riders we spoke to say they have learned to be cautious. >> i don't leavein anythg valuable in my car. >> there's nothing in my car,

but cat stuff. they don't have much luc breaking into my truck. >> metro police say they do have a lead in this case but so far norests. look at your screen right now. d.c. police leased these images of a suspect wanted for questioning in connection with an intentionally set fire. this is tim second in three years that the pizza shop has been targeted by crime. police say this incident happened more than a week agon wednesday, january 23rd. employees have put the flames out befores firefight arrived. the fire caused minimal damage. if yan know who this is, call d.c. police. a t-d-run crash is to blame for an explosion. a deputy responding to the crash, was there when the explosion happened. the blast was so strong, it knocked him off of his feet and blew out his car windows. he was treated and released at a

nearby hospital. the family inside that house was able to get out unharmed. be a man and his bike had t pulled from a rain-swollen river in california. a rescue team foundhat man clutching his bike and clinging to the branches of a tree. the team was able toescue him without injuries. getting all of this rain in l.a. >> that's good. the maker of oxycontin may have went through extremes to protect profits. >> in an e-mail, the former president of purdue pharma, wrote, we have to hammer on the abusers. they are the culprit and t the company planned to fight back with the emotional message for teenagers that overdosed.

one started to abuse oxycontin in high school and then turned to heroin. >> that abu openedp a monster inside of him that we haven't been able to quiet. the visceral anger i feel towarc thpany overtakes me. >> purdue is facing a lawsuit filed by the state of massachusetts. it says the company deceptively sold oxycontin. we have going to a new killer of americans. >> half of american adults hav heart disease. most are diagnosed with high blood pressure. that's because the guidelines for high blood pressure have changed. any reading higher than 130 over 80 is considered high. 140 over 90 was the old threshold. a healthy blood pressure is anything lower than 130 over 80.

john torres talks about how certain lifestyle c chang reduce your blood pressure. >> exercise. 30 minutes of exercise can drop your blood pressure ten points. following the d.a.s. diet. for every two pounds you lose, you can lower up to one point. >> also, sleep is important for a healthy heart. dr. torres says we need seven hours a night in most cases. >> that's why will never be fully healthy. i can never sleep enough. why? let's talk about it. still ahead, something nearly every one of us can dona donate. but not enough of us do. we're dogging about blood. >> we have detail on the red cross' call for lp. and we're getting you ready for the super bowl, chuck bell. we're ready. hot sausage sandwiches at our house on ser bowl sunday. we're tracking a chance for snow. not a hug. amou but more than enough to make thn roads o the slippery .

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you're watching news 4 today. >> how abo this for throwback thursday on a friday. .rews hanging up a vietnam war era helicopt this is the uh-1b known as the huey. this particular oneve sur eight years of combat missions. next week, the will install the first chopper in the wo be ma mass produced. the army is u opening soon. a famous spot in the district is now a hysteristoric

landmark. "the exorcism" steps. the spot along "m" street is most famous for that death scene in the 1973 film "the exorcist." that's not why they are granted landmark status, though. the steps are nex to the capitol traction station, which was a transit hubor streetcars. >> and people use them as exercise. people run up and down the stairs. i never saw "the exorcist," and i don't want to go to those stairs. >> that was the original projectile vomit. it's super bowl weekend and thounds of people are send thing it in atlanta. >> while the skins are not member ofis year, one the coaching staff is heading down to submit a piece of t. as sherry burress reports, he ii pa for a purpose, to honor a washington legend. >> the fun part is ending. >> reporter: malcolm is mixing

his love of football. >> i wanted to play in the nfl, and i wasn't good enough. >> reporter: and his love for art. >> i remember sketching motorcycles at first and second grade at recess. just getting better and better. >> reporter: how do you find a connection between your art and football? >> i think art is made to be powerful. i used to be a strength and conditioning coach in this inleague. i ten to be powerful on the field. >> reporter: the washington redskins didn't make it to super nce liii, but their pre will still be felt. >> it's a tribute to the late great sean taylor. i hear people s greathings about him. and i thought it would be really spes special to do a piece. that's a real jersey that's been manipula manipulated. i wanted to stritch in it.

xture is a big thing for me. it comesug across mored, and more that this person lived. he lived on the edge. lived for his family. he lived to play this great sport that we all love and being a part of. no matter who is in the super bowl, his legacy, it covers the whole nfl. >> reporter: the stories unfold as he paints it. we've been married for 23 years. you think i would be used to it by now. amazing to watch him create. >> wow. very cool. >> good artist. >> he has created pieces of artwork for current players. >> the show is down there this week inatlanta. >> i wish i had some kind of talent. >> smocks and jocks. let's do the forecast, chuck bell. >> we can do that. another steam weather 4 alert da. >> i know this i the grand

plan. >> more facetime for yours truly here. february, welcome t a brand-new month, everybody. picking upt where january l off. don't mind our computer here. it thinks the n's out. it's a little stupid this morning. it'see0 de skies are mostly cloudy and chances for snow are increasing with ti that's good news. there may beome closures before we're all done. it's way below freezing this morning. we'll stay bew freezing all day. this isn't a question of whether it's rain or snow. everything will be snow. the ground is frozen solid and the roads are cold, o. everything that comes down will stick with great efficiency. the questionom b how much snow. hereof the d.c. metro area will be in the 1 to 2 inch range. more than enough to mhee t roads slippery, though. there's the clipper zooming through the ohio valley this

morning. niowshowers moving into northwestern vir and parts of northern maryland. you see the snow outside. you can get a picture of it. tweet it to me at chuck bell. winter advisory p ince for the northern half of the area. future weatherw carrying s chances in here. and then, off and on chances for snow, through the course of the day today. snowfall amounts, not all that impressive. generally speaking, around an inch for the metro area. coulnc get twos or more across parts of northern maryland. the rest of the weekend,ob no prlem at all. 40s and 50s on super bowl sunday. thatsuper, don't you think? it is. but i'm sorry we have to goth ugh this morning. we had a structure fire i potomac. this is blocking river road out near falls road and chapel road. until the sand trucks get out there, river road will be

closed. loudon county, closed, evergreen mill road. this is from the crash yesterday thatrought down a pole and wires. >> also, our closure in the district northwest, "c" street and 17th street. the work is continuing with it being this cold, you can pictu that work i little more limited. it is 21 minutes past 4:00 in it is 21 minutes past 4:00 in the mornin well, here's to first dates! you look amazing. and you look amazingly comfortable. when your v-neck looks more like a u-neck... that's when you know, it's half-washed. add downy to keep your collars from stretching. unlike detergent alone, downy conditions to smooth and strengthen fibers. so, next time don't half-wash it. downy and it's done.

yoatching news 4 today. >> welcomet back 4:24. we have a couple of school updates to tell you about. >> shenandoah county schoolsclre ed today. and arlington county schools will open two hours late. we hear a lot, that countries dealing with a blood shortage, please donate. that is true, as w national blood donor month. >> this morning, we're taking you behind the headlines. in 2018, the red cross was short 18,000donations. i just met a woman whose life would have been very different if someone didn't say please donate. being home for the weekend, doesn't mean that caitlin adams gets a day off from schoolwork. she has a social work degree to earn. orand doing any these days is a lot easier than it used to be. >> from one to ten, my pain

scale was seven everyor day. >> rr: caitlin was born with sickle cell anemia. >> it could be achy. or it could be like a hammer just hitting you constantly. or it can be sharp orin. >> rr: about a year ago, she turned to a therapy, where her body is trained and nine bags of sickle cell-free blood is infused. sh relies on the kindness of strangers, blood donors. but deman is outpacing donations. >> we would like to have a five-day supply of blood. we don't have that. >> reporter: we watched alow stream of people at a blood drive at indian head, maryland. there's usually a decline in donations in the winter. but the current downturn has been a problem since september. and the government shut dodown meant nearly donations didn't happen last

month. >> patients need assistance right now. parnlts can't wait until next week or next month. >> reporter: h mom remembers her daughter's lifetime of pain and the time she spent in icus. and she thanks god every day for her new life with donated blood. >> i'm grateful that so much better and kaitlyn is reery to be on own. >> the red cross is appealing to churches and civ groups and knocking on doors to get the word out for the need of blood. we're putting a link on the red cross list on the nbc washington app. search blood. coming up, a game day tradition, celebrating plars with paws. we'll introduce you to local dogs making this puppy bowl debut. sooute. i'm looking forward to putting the puppy bowl on. i can't wait for polka dot lou

to see the puppy bowl. winter weath advisory. if you live or travel north of route 50 or i-66 here, could have slippery roads to deal with this morning. the forecast, straight ahead. plus, firefighters on the scene of another overnight house fire. as they battle f tmes, we learn a cause behind one.

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that storm team 4 weather alert is in effect this morning as we brace for another day of bitter cold. the temperatures won't rise today.freezing but there's better news for the weekend. we're working tod fint if the breaking news we have been telling you about i t relatedo the weather. a house caught fire in thtomac. is the latest of a rash of fires in homes the last few days. we'll have this and the traffic trouble it is causing in a moment. several districts are still delayinglasses because of the cold and possibly icy