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

cute little pointed ifrs. ou have a short haired dog, don't forget the sweaters or keep the walks moving today. temperatures in the low 20s for morning walks with chills down near 10. all thr cgh therse of the day today staying very blustery and cold, melissa. >>is is the day you adopt the husky. nd start to snuggle up, right? that's the day you do that. hyattsville southbound bw parkway w have that accident and seeing some delays there. washington northund and southbound 295 each direction we do have some lanes blocked because of tha workzone. silver spring outer loop after georgia work zone blocks the right lanend mount renear southbound route 1 left lane gets by the water main break. it's 4:31 this rning. parents at a prince george's private school are upsetfter a white principal used the n word. >> she used the word three times uring a black history month assembly. one parent we spoke with said the speech was traumatic for

students. >> there's a lot of ways to get your point across withoutctsing thel word. i think that saying the n word would have sufficient withoutng sahe word. and she invited you know a lot of potential trauma for kids that are going home and having these difficult discussions with their parents. >> she is the principal at new hope academy in hyattsville. she did maliciously and was trying to explain racism she witnessed growing up. in a statement to news 4, she said in part, quote, i've. apologiz i look at it and think i could have handled that differently. we'll have more on the parent's response to that apology coming up at 5:00 a.m. a m bethesd could spend time in jail for allegedly hanging white supremacist fliers. 23-year-old christopher hodgeman a student at the university of rochester has been sited in connection to flyers and sticke posted in western new york last fall. hodgeman's lawyer ss the fliers were not hate speech or crime, just a violation of the

town's code. he faces up to 15 days in jail. this morning the man convicteof kidnapping and killing a 14-year-old girl in maryland is free. matthew walked out of prison early erday. dna evidence linked him to the murder of nsa o back in 1996. she had been sexually assaulted and strangled. matthew had been sentenced to 15 years but because of good behavior he was released before completing his sentence. the top prosecutor says she is disappointedut due to state law could not prevent the early release. an elementary has been arrested for possession of child pornography. he taught physical education in bethesda. police say the investigation does not appear to involve any pictures o students. the news 4 i-team reports he is a 28 year veter of the school district. he has been on leave from the school since january. on> well, you know the saying if

at first you succeed, try, try again. >> that's exactly what a group of would be thieves did as they drove through prince georges in ntgomerycounties. here they are backing a pickup truck on 711 a few weeks ago trying to steal the atm but couldn't seem to get it on to their dolly and into the uppi so they went a few miles away and tried again on new hampshire avenue buteems like they waited until they were inside the store to try to strategize. >> it appears they couldn't get their act together as far as what they wanted to do and how this anted to pull off theft. >> the would be thieves took so long to get it tether the driver of the pickup truck just left them. so once inside and surely after an argument they ran utaway not without their dolly. so we may see thosede ear again. pull them up. there you go. >> they must know there are surveillance videos in all thess st right? >> idiots. 4:34. a look at the other top stories we're following for you this

morning. president says on friday he will visit alabama to tour the areas hit by those deadly tornadoes. the national weather service says it was an ef-4 tornado that tore across the small town of salem. 23 peoplll were kied. the youngest victim was 6, the oldest 89. a handful of people main missing. plans to repair potholes had to be scrapped yesterday. the equipment needed to make the repairs s broken. this morning the national park service says it's n sure when they're be rescheduled. a person who was suspected of havingteeasles tesd negative for the virus. the health department has deac vated its hotline. the d.c. council approved the nomination of dr. ewis to be d.c.'s chancellor of schools. he comes to the district from indianapolis where he served as thesuperintendent. is the third chancellor of mayor murie ibowser. >> will soon be illegal to smoke on pat yoes of most restaurants and bars in montgomery county that goes for

vaping, too. smoking will be banned anywhere food is served. they can designate rooftops. it a carries 50 dollar fine. maryland is one step closer to becoming t fst state to ban styrofoam food containers. a bill that passed the senate yesterday now moves on to the house. styrofoam is bad for the environment because it's not bio degradable. styrofoam can be recycled. half of marylanders live in the area with styrofoam bans and many in the d.c. area. the bill makes it -- this bill makes it atatewide rule. so that's the difference. happening today, michael cohen makes his return to capitol hill. >> this will be his fourth day ofestimony before lawmakers, but it will be behind closed doors again. you'll rememr last week during a public testimony cohen told lawmakers that president trump das a racist, liar and a cheat. he even s the president broke

the law while he was in office. that testimony along with two other days of closed door testimony led lawmakers to request cohen come back today. he will speak to members of the house intelligence mmittee. cohen has been found guilty of lying to congress before, so many lawmakers thias he h a credibility problem. cohen says all of his lying was done on behalf of president dump. the presidenties all of the allegations cohen has made against him. today a coalition of muslim and jewish groups will release a letter of support for congress woman who is one of the first two muslim women elected to congress. e has drawn fire for conservatives who accused her of being anti-semitic. her most recent comments wer last week. she said people who were pro-israel had an allegiance to a foreign country. house speer nan pelosi is considering a resolution condemning omar's remarks. local house lawmakers introduced a bill for paid family leave for feder

ocrkers. some dts are pushing for reform. the bill would allow paid leave for up to 12eeks for illness, care giving or a new child. president trump wants only six weeks for family leave. some democtic lawmakers say they are already implementing what they're proposing. >> new parents need time to bond with their children. and establish the routines of parenthood. this is the policy in my office. this is not something new for us. it won't b affect usause we already do this. >> six states and d.c. have passed paid family leave laws. in d.c., there is -- there are eight weeks for parental leave, six weeks for family care and two weeks for a serious health condition. 4:38 now. still ahead, one of the world's leadinspiracy groups often ccused of pushing dangerous theories. >> now they have a best seller on amazon and a lot of people want it removed. plus, imagine finding out fellow air travel passenger

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mocrats. but what the president calls harassment, the democratic party is calling oversight. >> he says the investilltions arebout trying to hurt his re-election chances. news 4 tracie potts joins us live now. tracie, is it business as usual in thehi house? or have these investigations consumed the oval office? >> they certaly seem to consume the president. he's talking about it on camera. he's hammering docrats on twitter. as you saw, saying this is harassment. healls it a disgrace, initially saying he would cooperate but now really going after democrats, especially on that house judiciary committee questioning whether this is all about politics and tryinto get a leg up on the 2020 campaign. his son, er one of 81 individuals and entities sociated with the president that they're requesting documents from. heha says democrats are desperate, but they say that there's a need to build a record here that the mueller russia investigation which could report any day now is separate but they need to build a record of

documents and individual'ser testifying uoath. critics say democrats are worried that mueller may come up with nothing in this expanded ivestigation their insurance policy. >> tracie potts live this morning. tracie, thank you. the 2020 race for president may be shaping up, but it will be doing so without michael bloomberg. the former new yk city major announced he will not seek the white house and says he'll focus on helping a democrat win and moving america toward 100% clean energy economy. long-time d.c. councilman this vans is apologizing morning. his chief of staff used her government e-mail to sendut business proposals for non-government work for evans. it is legal to earn money outside of the job, some o the i co councilman's peers think this crossed the line. others on the council say should be stripped of his

chairmanship over the d.c. finance committee. >> he should no longer be in chge of that committee. >> in retrospect i would have done a lot of things different. certainly made some major mistakes. >> the d.c. council i set to vote on evans' reprimand in the next two weeks. evan is also the chairman ordthe metro bf directors. metro launched its own review of the matter to see whether evans violated its code of ethics. new numbers from the transit agency are showing the lowest ridership totals in decades. average weekdayidship from july to december last year was just about0059 trips that is down from a high of over 750,000 weekday trips just a few years ago. tro has been refocussing efforts on how toin riders back.

it's now 4:48. the memorial bridge can be picturesque. it's quite beautiful. but lately it's a hassle. >> it's in theiddle of a big makeover and because of that it's currently in news 4 transportation reporter adam tuss took a closer look at the work being done now to restore the bridge. >> reporter: no doubt about it, e memorialridge is pretty much going through surgery at this point. and that surgery has opened up the bridge. but, important pieces of the nite have like the g been removed from here along the banks of the po tomic and thoes th ce piecese here to a yard where they're getting refurbished andce piece by pie back ne of these will go right on the bridge. yes, in this nondescri unassuming sne yard, there's a lot of history right now. this is the memorial bridge, if you can believe it, well, pieces of it, carved up like a lego set, set asid to be cleaned and repaired and now a facelift to

restore all of it to its glory. >> they're here just for a short period of time and hopefully they'll be right back. >> reporter: right now the south half of the best of my knowledge getting replaced. it will be put back in the fall and then the north side gets its turn. new overnight traffic pattern takes effect next week as the work continues. in upper mar bro, adam tuss, news >4. he d.c. council honored the tuskegee t airmens week. they served our country during world war ii. several surviving airmen who call d.c. their home were on handor the honor.on of them is 98 years old. the other is celebrating his 94th birthday. >> to receive such an honor before this council members. and i just -- it was really exciting moment for me. >> it has been an honor and privilege t serve with some of the intellectually able people of the tuskegee experience.

>>ee you former congressional delegate walter in the group. he was reprenting his brother who was a member of the tuskegee airmen. it you ever get a chance to sit down and talk these men, there are several around the region who show up atifferent aviation events, the stories hey can tell, the memories they have. credible individuals. thank goodness they are sharing those stories. we need to keep thosetoes alive. from the air to the high seas now, this morning we're getting our first look a what passengers on board a norwegian cruiseship experienced when it was rocked by heavy wind. >> one passenger captured what it was like on board with their cell phone. take a look. glasses went flying. cups and plates shattered. a sudden, extreme gust of wind -- yikes -- clocking in at

a little over 100 miles per hour hit the ship and tossed it to the side. several people were hurt, but the ship itself was not damaged. i've never been on a cruise ship, but that would be enough to keep me off of one for the rest of my helife. >>y rock a little bit. it happens. 4:52 right now. chuck bell isg standby. w a look at our forecast. the weather is cold, tchuck. >> thip is rocking, no one is rocking on your door in that kind of sea. temperatures around here today are definitely going t be colder than average. soe of our coldest days of the cold s around here. so far the coldest day of the winter was january 31st. remember the polar vortex. that was our most below average day of the winter. today will probably be second plac even though it's meteorological spring already. 25 here in town. but the wind chill is down to 15 degrees. and that northwest wind will be with us all day today.te eratures in the upper teens to low and mid 20s, but everywhere has a wind chill

issue to deal with. feels like 3 in martinsburg now. 8 in leesburg. 14 in fredericksburg. 17 inna lis. wind chills 5 to 15 degrees this morning with sunshine the afternoon temperature up near about 30 to 35 degrees, but wind chills will stay in the teens to around 20 all afternoon. northwest u winaround 15 to 25 miles per hour. now tomorrow, also cold but nowhere near aswindy. so temperatures tomorrow morning low 20s around town, but think there will be a lot of spots in the shenandoah valley way colder than that tomorrow. clear skies and a lht wind is a recipe for a cold start tomorrow mornin then clouds come back in as high pressure eventually we're on the cold side of things now. that willor its way offshore and bring more moisture back in here so as a result we're still tracking a chance for rain, maybe some wet snow flakes mixed inly prima through the shenandoah valley friday noontime into the early afternoon. eventually everyone should get close to or above 4degrees.

saturday is the drier half of the weekend. move your clocks ahead before you go to bed. sunday, 80% chance of rain with temperatures back up near 60 degrees andemperatures hovering very close to 50 for most of next week. no more days in the deep freeze, i don't think, melissa. taking a look at the roads, hyattsville southbound bw parkway before 5 crash is now on the left shoulder. those delays are finallyut of the way. mountef rainer, lane getting by the water main break. you mayth encounter , not sure when that is going to clear out of the way if you're hded southbound. silver spring outer loop after still blockinon the right lane right now. live look at 66 if you're coming in fairfax county parkway 65 miles per hour going to take you 8 minutes, eun? forbes is out with its annual list ofillionaires and for the second year in a row,

the name at the top belongs to amazon founder jeff bezos. >> his family has a whopping $131 billion to their name. rounding out the top three, bill gates and warren buffett. >> usual suspects. >> speaking of wealthy women, we celebrity kylie jenner became the youngest self made billionaire ever. she's 21. forbes estimates her net worth an even $1 billion. >> a lot of chatter about whether or not she's self there's that debate. president trumpstimated fortune remained flat at $3.1 billion, coming in at 5th o the list of the world's biggest earners. billionaires likely had eir eyes on the auto world. the show in switzerland. french car makerve bugatti ed the world's most expensive car. >> how many do you think chuck has in his garage? >> this is $17 million. it's super car. >> just one.

just one then. t> they call it the black car. >> that's all needs. >> one of several super cars on display. other luxury brands exhibiting include porsche and bentley. >> porsche? >> what isit, chuck? >> porsche. >> billionaires because they have nothing else to do with their money, buy 17 million dollarcars? >> we'll never know. >> we will never know. 4:56 right now. we're just getting started here on news 4 today. next at 5:00 a.m., a reunion we've all been waiting for. >> warms my heart, d.c.'s mostf us flying couple back together again. there is a new intruder inside the eagle's nest this morning. >> it's a robber. plus a warning for of women who use birth control. why the pills you rely on to why the pills you rely on to prevent pregnan may becy for 50 years, cracker barrel

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amazon's etails about arrival in articlingtop. when and where you can expect to feel the impact o 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" starts now.s first torning waking up to more cold weather. it's 5:00 a.m. 23 degrees outside our studios here. your wednesd m will not beuch yrmer than it is right now, folks. ou can see the flag blowing in thee.reeze th yesterday's temperatures were just the beginning. it is going to be even colder today and thatil means you wl need extra layers to stay warm. here we go. >> good morning, everybody i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. melissa mollet has a look at tht co first we have to check thest fore with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. it is march? >> yep. >> you sure? >>'m