part of a black history month lesson. plus, new details about amazon's arrival in arlington. when where you can start expecting to feel the impact of this tech giant in our backyard. and stopping sexual assault one restaurant at a time. the simple phrase you can use to signal workers that you need help. >> announcer: news 4 today st>ts now. irst this morning, waking up to more cold weather it's 4:00 a.m. and just 25 degrees outside. your wednesday will not be gettin much warmer than it is right>now. temperatures yesterday were just the l ginning. itbe even colder today, and that y mea need even more layers in order to stay warm. good morning, everybody, it is 4:00 a.m. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. melissa may has the wednesday commute but first t's check our forecast with chuck bell. oh my goodness, chuck, what happenm? >> the botell out of the temperatures that's for sure.

northwest winds reallyea in just after the sun went down last night as the re-enforcing shot of cold air arrived. we were above 40 degrees yesterday, but if you blinked, you ssed. the high was 43 and sandwiched in a 55 or 60 minute window at0 .m. in the afternoon and temperatures have been falling ever since. into the teens and low and mid 20s but theind is sti blowing. wind chill is 8 in gaithersburg, 3 in martinsburg and 15 here in ington the wind chill. we might be above freezing for just a few hours this but the two operative words for today, melissa mollet is cold and windy. >> sounds lovely. all right. ank you, chuck. a seek heater day. beltsville problem there as pll. outer lf the beltway at 59 we have a crash there blocking the right side. rest othe beltw looks okay. east side, south side no major

problems or west side, south side i should say. brentwood southbound route 1. water main break.n no word when that will get cleared out of the way. if you're heading into the northeast, that might a situation for you. gahersburg northbound 0 after cloper. eun? >> thank you, melissa. w begin with yet another troubling school lesson during black history month. a white principal at a maryland using school admitted the n word during a black history month assembly. >> this comha less two weekts after students at a loudon count school were instructed to be slaves during an activity. the pdncipal the word three times while speaking to students at new hope she did not mean to use the word maliciously was trying to make a point explain the racism shead

essed growing up. >> using that type of word that hos such weight in an educational environment juston- in any envnt really is unacceptable. >> in a statement to news 4, she said inpa , quote, i've apologized. edlook at it and think i could have hanhat differently. my approach may not have been the best but i'm a passiate educator. maybe my words were ill chosen and i own that. >> incomprehensible. a montgomer elementary teacher has been arrested for child pornography. he taught physical education at ash burnchlementaryl in bethesda. the investigation does not appear to be involve any pictures of students. the news 4 i-team reports he has been on leave from the school since january. developing this morning in northeast washington, police are driver o track down a who hit a man and took off.

this all happened near the intersection of rho island avenue and franklin street northeast just after 9:00 p.m. last night. ngficers are looor a gray van. the roadway was shut down for burs overnight to investigate, but it ik open to traffic this morning. we expec to get an update on the victim's condition later today. aw> lkers in montgomery county are pushing to make some drastic changes to howd police-involhootings are investigated. it stems from this shooting last year. they shot and killed robert white outside a condo in silver spring. they thoughte was armed, he s not. the death investigate was turned over to howard county. now county council members are proposing law that require these investigations be handed over to another law enforcement agency and unaffected ec prosors. that move would increase impartiality, the planight be rd to put into practice. >> so i'm not opposed to an impartial outside investigation, what i can'tave ishe chief of police in this county is

response time that leaves a, vict body in the street for hours waiting for someone from another jurisdictn to get there. >> now n a few weeks the law enforcement trust andcy transparct or the robert ewhite law will be on th agenda for the county's public safety committee. happening today on capitol hill, another round. the esprident's former personal attorney michael cohen will testify before congress for the fourth time i a week. but you won't be able to see it. the meeting with the house intelligence committee will happen behind closed doors. cohen is set to start serving a three-year prison sentence? may, including for several charges to lying to congress. this time last week the nuclear summit with president trump an north kor leader kim jong-un was falling apart. now nbc newseports north korea is rebuilding a long-range rocket site. a washington think tank released these pictures following theirl full repor week. one of the autho of the report

says it appears the north is preparing to build a nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile. these were taken just two days after the summit talks broke wn. former new york city mayor michael bloomberg will not a hi name to the list of presidential candidates. he will launch a new climate change initiative called beyond carbon and he will put more into stopping gun violence. blooerg says democrats shod nominate the candidate to best defeat president trump in 2020 and, quote, bring our country back we're learning new details about the deadly tornadoes that cut through alabama. e victims were between the ages of 6 and 89 years old. this morning a handful of people are still unaccounted for. despite all of the destruction, the violent twists were unable to uproot many of the survors. it's been in the family for years.

and that's just something we're not willing to let go. we're very grateful to have this land and just because thiss happeans we're not going to leave it. >> president trump is scheduled to visit southeast alabama on friday. we're learning more about a suspected caseslf the m in maryland after additional testing health officials in int mary's countyound that the patient does not have the virus. the results came backnegative. because measles can be highly io contagus, the health department opened a hot line and it has since been deact visited. the scare comes as the measles n outbreaknues to rise across the country. there were more than 200 cases report 11 states. the debate over vaccines made washington. you can hear from the teen who was vaccinated against his mother's wishes in a few minutes. it's now 4:07. d.c. public schools officially has a new chancellor. it was approvedesterday by t d.c. council. he comes to the district from

indianapolis where he served as school superintendent. he also worked as chief of staff and holds a masters from george washington. he is the third chancellor under mayor muriel bowser. >>4:08. be extra careful on the parkway this mornplg. s to repair the many potholes were postponed. we told you the road could besh ting down for the repairs yesterday morning. e thequipment that was needed kroke. the national p service tells us they're not sure when those repairs will be rescheduled. we'll keep you updated,. thou >> that's no good if the equipment that's going to repair thehe potholes for broken roads is broken. >> you think somebody could let them borrow one. we're getting a better look at how retail giant amazon will develop. arlington county just released details of its agreement with amazon. >> it lays out a timeline for the next 15 years growth to get a slice of the hotel revenue, amazo needs to occupy

about 64,000 square feet to give you an ia that's the size of the white house. by july of 2021, amazon needs to grow more occupying about quarter of a million square feet the size of almost four white houses. and by 2034, the last year of incentive payments, amazo needs to take up more than 5.5 million square feet. s there ie criticism of the deal. there are no specific requirements for amazon when it comes to hiring contractors or how much they should be paid. the county board will vote on this deal on march 16th, some of the state incentives are tied to salaries. a new code word is floating around bars in arlington. three simple words, ask for angela. 's part of an effort to keep people safe and prevent sexuala ult. this is how it works if a partner or stranger is making you feel uncomfortable or threatened go to the bar and say, hey, is angela here tonight. the staff will put you aside and k you what you need.

>> discreet way of just letting the bartender know or the waitress know that something is not righ >> bar staff members all around arlington are training withic arlington p on how to respond to customers in need. for complete list of bars that participate in the a for angela program, head to the nbc washington app. it's almost spring, which means we are just weeks from the national cherry blossom festival. later this morning, organizers will announc when they think the cherry blossoms will reachs peak bloom t year 70% of the blossoms are open. this year's festival starts o march 20th, the first official day of spring. i mean, a this rate i'm afraid the cherry blossoms are never going to bloo today christians around the world will observe on ash wednesday which marks the beginning of lent. one alexandria church is making it easy for busy worshippers. it is offering ashes to go between 6 and 7 thisorning and noon and 1:00 p.m. you can drive by and receive your ashes.

ashes to go will be given in front of the church at the corner of duke and south alfred streets. mardi gras celebrations are officially over, but as you canv see from the pictures there are still a few stragglers hanging out inew orleans thi morning. stragglers is a nice word. it will take a few days to clean up after the parties there. ring last year's carnival season, 1,200 tons of litter were collected. that's a lot of trash to put that into perspective, that's about 480 full size pickup trucks. it's estimated that about 25 million pounds of beads will have to be tossed durg the week's celebration leading up to yesterday. >> it is so u brave of to sit on that live picture. >> you don't know what's going to happen. it's just such a waste. u throw the beads and then they're trash the next day. >> like most things, right? >> too bad. 4:12 just about now. coming up this morning, an eagle nest invader. what is that?

>> what is that? >> there's a new animal in the nest this morning. >> that's nokay. plus, birth control warning. why the pills millions of women rely ono prevent pregnancy may be faulty this month. chuck? >> thosecc ns, that's the reason mom has to stay around those eggs in the nest. wind chills this morning between 5 and 15 degrees. the promise of an early spring the promise of an early spring wellhere's to first dates you look amazing. and you look amazingly comfortable. when your v-neck looks more like a u-neck...wh that' you know, it's half-washed. try downy fabric conditioner.

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>> announcer: you're watching news 4 day. talk about a traffic nightmare. slippery roads may have caused more than 90 cars to pile up on a busy highway in ohio. take a look at this scene not

far from cleveland. police say one car spun out of control on the icy road chain ay and set off a reaction. dozens of cars were crushed. several people went to the all expected to be okay. avalanches are being triggered on purpose in colorado near someai mou roads. transportation crews used explosives to send snow flying f the slopes yesterday. a 15-mile stretch of mountain roads had to be shut down as they cleared out 15 feet of snow that fell. it's actually a method to prevent accidental avalanches which have impacted traffic in the last few days. >> we showed y theideo yesterday of one of the natural avalanches. nobody was hurt but left drivers stranded on sunday. another winter storm is making its way thrgh that areaight now. the teen who was vaccinated against his mother'siss took center stage here in washington. ethan defied his mom by getting vaccinated at the age of 18. he spoke before congress taking on the anti-vaxers and social media yesterday.

he told congress sites like facebook are to blame forsp ading misinformation about vaccine safety. >> for my mother, her love,nd affectionare as a parent was used to push an agenda to create aalse ress. and these sources which spread misinformation should be the primary concern of the american people. >> 17 states allow vcine exemptions because of parental personal beliefs. his younger sibles are still not vaccinated. >> there's a important recall for women who take birth control pills. administration say birth control pills may not be arranged correctly in the packages, meaning you might take a placebo pill instead of the hormone pill and w thatld put you at risk of getting pregnant. if you're unsure whichompany makes your birth control pills, it is worth calling your localm pharcy to find out. we posd more details in this recall in the nbc washington app search birth control. that's a serious irissue. ighters battle an early

morning fire at a church in on d view, west virginia sunday. what firefighters found inside that destroyed church is leaving a lot of p asking is this a miracle. take a look here. the cole city fire deptment posted these pictures on facebook. they say not a single bible was burn not a single cross was harmed by this fire. the department's post says at one point firefighters had to back out because it was so hot. no word on what caused the fire, but we knowhehat happened to bibles, don't we? jesus. 4:17. >> i'm glad you said it. >> a little boy in our area is showing he can do anything he sets his mind to. >> 5-year-old anglo is battling leukemia, but just like any other kid, he loves to run. now the university of maryland track team is giving him the shot with the help of a national nonprofit, he was drafted by the terps track team and given his own locker.

the 5-year-old warmed up with his teammates ins fe theld house in college park. the youngest member of the team considers all these college kids to be his new friends. what a cutie. his parents say they're gra oful for hispportunity and, look, he looks like he w knowshat he's doing. that start is reallyt. import anglo is now in his last stage of treatment which ends in august. oh, wishiim the best and a speedy recovery at that. awesomes such an experience for him. that's cool. >> own name, placard. he'll w it all. >> bundle up. >> i'm telling you, clothes p serve nodpose this morning. >> well, give up cold for >> if only we could do that. >> that's probably the best thing we could try. it wl be frigid around here for your ash wednesday. w t too very warm tomor either. in fact, it's probably going to be a little while before you notice anyilder weather to come back into the picture. right now over downtown washington, skies are clear, but you can't see in that picture is the wind.

out of the northwest averaging 10 but gusting well over 20 miles per hour in places. so, temperature now 25. 1 wind chi degrees. get away from the urban heat island and it gets evencolder. 19 now in wind chester in front royal, 18 in martinsburg. 10 in fairmont. with the wind blowg, wind chills are now between 5 and 15 degrees everywhere. bund up, kids on your way out to school this morning waiting for those bus stops. 2mperatures in the lows and again wind chills in the single numbers early this morning. temperatures later in thda above freezing but not for long. and the wind will be with us all day long as well. you'll need your puffy coat and hat with the tie downs on it. your scarf and sunglasses. don't need themblla until friday. it snowed down to myrtle beac yesterday. that is all now gone. morrow, another reasonably nice day.

late tomorrow, clouds thicken ck up and we're tracking a chance for what could be a little rn, mostly rain for the d.c. metro area and rain snow mix in thehendoah valley. the timing of it during the daylight hours i think it willt mostly je rain. i don't see much of accumulation threat. now over the weekend, s lurday stilks to be the drieralf of the weekend. sunday close to 60 but raining. good morning, melissa. good morning, chk. brand new problem here b.w. parkway southboundt 50 a new crash. silver spring outer loop after georgia avenue work zone is blocking the right side of the road. rest of the beltway looking good. earlier crash in beltway is gone. left lane gets by that water main break and those repairs and gaithersburg 270 after montgomery village avenue two right lanes getting by that work right lanes getting by that work zone.

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>> announcer: you're watchingda "news 4 " big sigh of relief this morning. i'm so thrilled about this. d.c.'s longestasting bald eagle couple liber and justice are officially back together. yeah. >> so acc ding toearth's conversation core, on saturday the two love birds were seen mating for the first time since justice left the nest unexpectedly fda 18 .

justice was gone, liberty sought out new suitors. liberty abandoned the two eggs she laid before justice disappeared, so liberty's window r new eggs has likely closed. they can do it for fun now. take a look. >> aaron aaron? >> there are families watching. >> let's show up what showed up on the eagle cam last night. made a raccoon that late night feast of the abandoned eggs. >> this is terrible. >> yeah. >> it' so disrespectful. >> it really is. i hope he fell out of the st. >> those raccoons. >> he's probably fine. this one probably catch your eye prey quickly. one row housen this entire street will be t whole story tallers than everybody else's house. >> news 4 cory smith talked to neighbors about this controversial popup and the surprising law that allows it.

>> reporter: in a world full of row homes, one developer has decided to build a popup. it's not going down well with neighbors. in the 1200 block of kennedy street,omeowners and passer byes are taking notice of the extreme contrast and size and yle between their homes and that five story behemoth. >> i prefer to be a regular one faly me. >> his neighbor deborah powell feels the same. >> it's really an injustice to the neighbors. it really is. vewho would app something like this? >> reporter: the city did. we actually captured someone from the department of consumer and regulatory fairs on site this morning. the designs have been approved and reapproved. >> this is a bad decision. >> reporter: the developer sees things differently. for powell, this is a signal that this is a sign of the times younchts think you'll see more of this. >> absolutely. that's just the beginning. >> reporter: we reached out the the department of consumer and regulatory affairs about

complaints but have yet to hear back. in northwest, cory smith, news 4. >> i seeing this happening in many neighborhoods including my own where we live i these old row houses and people come and buy them and completely renovate them and don't look like they belong in the neighborhood anymore. >> you understand there's not as much space to build out, people think let's build up. it just makes -- sticks out. it's an eyesore. >> you should hear the other side. well, it's my house, my money, part of development in washington, d.c. it is an on goi debate. it really is. still ahead on news 4 today, a long serving d.c. councilman issues an apology and e-mail that many of his colleagues said crossed the line. we will tell you what that's all about. chaotic moments on board a passenger cruiseship bound for florida. a massive wind gust rocked the boat to its side. we're takin on board for that wild moment. chuck? andevood morning, ybody. four things you need to know about the next four days. freezing cold today. staying very cold tomorrow. still watching for a some snow on friday.

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>> announcer: "news 4 tay" starts now. frigid, freezing, frosting all those f words, wha tver you wa call it. it is down right cold out there.

we're talking5 degrees on march 6th, everyone. >> if you're lucky, 25 degrees. >> that's right, good morning, everyo i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist 4:30 right now. whatever item of clothing you wear t keepwarmest, put it on this morning. melissa mollet has a check on the commute. but let's start with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. just how cold is it, chuck? >> it's so cold -- that's where we get into trouble. mperatures are in the teens and 20s on your wednesday morning. best thing about today, it's hump day as we get closer to the weekend. 19 n in front royal and gaithersburg. 22 in clinton, maryland. and the wind is blowing so windi chills this m are down in the single numbers in many places. 8 in gaithersburg. 2 inge town. 13 in quantico. that's a cold start to the day. so dog-walking forecast for today, cute little tango here, 1-year-oldixed breed with the