festival in central park. >> i am nice and warm. >> reporter: it isn't ice, but lake-effect snow affecting buffalo on top of bitterly plunging temps. abc 13's angel peterson is there. >> reporter: feels like one below but by tomorrow morning, feels like 30 belows. >> reporter: the warnings and complaints rolling in from the northeast to north carolina. >> a bit chilly. definitely an adjustment. >> reporter: in california the weather is sparking a much different kind of reaction. a heat wave there with temperatures in the 90s. it is not helpful to think about that at least the temperatures in the northeast are expected to get back to normal by early next week. marcy gonzalez, abc news, new york. >> mark: that cold sim pacting us too. >> danner: a look at smith mountain lake. temperatures in our area are getting down to the single digits.

want to be because it is dangerous cold here. >> mark: over to will stafford for the very latest. >> will: how is it going, mark. any time you get below 10 degrees it feels really cold any way you look at it. from our lynchburg tower camera. our current air temperature at 28. we got to thinking how long we have been below freezing. been below freezing for a minimum of 72 hours. it may be longer than that. keep a few flurries around until 8:00 things will eventually quiet down. decreasing clouds and low temperatures tonight eventually going down into the teens. watch it clear and very cold conditions overnight. single digits and negative wind chills. that cold will continue for tomorrow afternoon and we are also talking about the "s" word. the full forecast coming up in a little bit. >> mark: will, thanks. to katie brooke live in brookneal with the latest on fire that destroyed the old dan river plant. katie? >> reporter: mark, there is still a haze over the entire town.

reminding everyone of the law here tonight. the old dan river plant was built in the late 40s and has been closed for the last ten years. but many in the community hope that while it was still standing, a new police will come in to thrive. i spoke with pat morefield today. works at the plant for 32 years. it was like one big family and feeling devastated that the building that holds so many memorymemories go. >> all of us knew each other. that is just the way it was. we knew each other and spoke and you had your good days and bad days and you just went on with it. but it is. it is awfu tloshtion see it go. just awful. >> reporter: crews are still working to determine what started the blaze. they tell me that the scene here is contained right now. there is still some smoke. you can see a few flames ever so often in the piles of rubble but mostly smoke. fire fighters are still monitoring it and tonight at 6:00, hear more from what pat

live in brookneal, katie brookelive in brookneal, katie brooke, abc 13 news. >> danner: a lot of folks thinking of those people in brookneal. >> the. pleaded guilty to one count of felony robbery and faces other charges in another robbery. in this case, ramos and two others after three muddy foot prints led them behind a home where they found the three men. they face charges and in that incident last july. two 15-year-old girls were shot dead outside of glendale arizona. each had one gunshot wound and a weapon was found near the bodies. both are 10th graders and investigators are not searching for a shooter. they do not know what relationthey do not know what relationship if any those girls had. shootings can happen anywhere, where we work, where we go to church and school.

want to keep from you dying before they are able to get to the. priscilla kaiser joins us live from the newsroom with more on a new training session designed to help save your life. priscilla priscilla kaiser it can and has happened. you are working at your desk and an active here is the walks in and would you know what to do. most people give up, but they are hoping to change that. they are going around the community and training church and businesses on how this respond in a way that could save lives. they say you must respond in one of three ways to up your chances of survival and stick with it. >> you may be running and he will block you off and you have to hide. and that is. >> when it happens, it happens

and knowing some proceed tour take can very well save your life. >> reporter: let me tell you how run, hide, fight can work in the office scenario. it may take you a while so may want to hide under my desk. if that doesn't work and conceal me enough, i may need to fight, and captain miller says if do you that, you must make a decision, stick with it and see it through. this training has been so popular in the last two months, the bedford county sheriff's office has educated about ten churches and businesses. captain miller told me in one class alone, more than 100 people attended. live in the newsroom, priscilla kaiser, abc 13 news. we will want to go live to pulaski county where a judge has made a verdict in the ashley white case. we have just learned that a judge found white guilty on all three charges of felony child abuse and neglect. she was charged in connection with the death of her son

dead in a septic tank last march. we are awaiting that live shot and will bring you more as we get it. bruises and cuts. more with the latest on the recall of a high chair hurting kids. we are watching the thermometer and the full possibility of snow in the

the intelligence of theaward-winning coverage you can count on. >> mark: well, if we didn't have enough cold weather, get ready for some more. >> danner: some snow ahead. >> will: some cold, some snow. i am not the most popular person in the newsroom dan w dan we did not put away our boots yet. you will need a heavy coat for the weekend. hope you didn't put them away this weekend. >> danner: gotten all my winter gear out. >> will: always out. that's good. the sky tower cram where they did see flurries in pulaski county. go right around there and you can see them coming in and out throughout the day. a little bit of a dusting on the ground for pulaski county. danville, current temperature at 34. the dew point at 14. 44% visibility. virtually unlimited at 10 milesvirtually unlimited at 10 miles. pressure is holding steady. not much of a breeze but enough to make it feel cooler than actually is.

in lynchburg. 30 the current air temperature in roanoke. once you factor in the winds, what it feels like to the exposed skin, not too far off from the numbers just enough to make it feel a little bit worse than it actually is. feels like 9 to the exposedfeels like 9 to the exposeed skin in hot springs and 29 in lynchburg and 30 in danville. if you were going out tonight, not a bad idea to bundle up appropriately. a little bit of clouds and a little bit of flurries that are dotting the landscape. will continue for the next couple of hours. the low-pressure center that brought snow to the coast and mixing of precipitation now for coastal sections of north carolina is continuing to pull away. that is good news for those areas. we still have winter storm warnings for the coastal sections of north carolina. that will not bother us at all. the wind chill advisory along and west of lynchburg for dangerously low wind chills. in fact how low? tomorrow morning and by the time tomorrow morning gets up, 4 degrees is what it feels like to the exposed skin in lynchburg.

notice how it doesn't get any better throughout the day. it will, however, feel better for sunday but not by much. this area low pressure continues to slide up the coast. we saw some sunshine and some flurries today and we will see sunshine back on the way for tomorrow. and as we head through the day sunday, we will see a little bit more cloud cover start to come back into the area and this is ahead of our next weather maker which is the area low pressure down to the coast. now one thing that this will do is we will talk about very cold temperatures over the next couple of days. 27 our forecast high in lynchburg. only going up to 25 on sunday. similar story in the south side and the roanoke valley. note that the average is time of year is 48 degrees and 25 and 23 over the next couple of days and that is about 20 degrees and some change below where we should be this time of year. looking for a few fwlurs this evening and clearing skies of the overnight hours. a little more cloud cover coming on the way for saturday and not by much. we will call it mostly sunny skies.

starts to come back on the way for sunday out ahead of our next weather maker for monday which could include accumulating snowfall out there. we are talking totals in the ballpark of 2 to 5 inches to occasionally more than that to the north and west. 0 to 3 after areas east of town0 to 3 after areas east of town. our overall low temperatures tonight back in the teens. 20 in danville. 16 in lynchburg. the high temperatures nearing 30 degrees.

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succeed president obama. >> that is -- madam secretary, that is a low blow. >> mark: clinton and sanders are both trying to attract minority voters. the democratic vote was more than 90% white in iowa and new hampshire, but in south carolina, more than half of the democratic vote could come from african-americans. >> danner: on the republican side, donald trump is bursting with confidence ahead of the republican controversy in south carolina. the gop front runner is not in the palmetto state. he has been holding events in louisiana and florida instead -- all indication that is, that-- all indication that is, that, yes, he will do well. >> mark: he is ahead in many polls. the mock convention is happening in lexington -- in lexington at washington andly. bob goodlatt, ann culter and former vice president dick cheney are speaking there. they correctly planthey correctly plan to choose the nomination for the party that does not currently hold

there have been two incorrect picks since 1948 picks since 1948. abc 13 has the crew there. we will bring out latest on abc 13 tonight at 1 dan it will be interesting to see who they pick. the national guard is closing their arm flee chatham. the 40-soldier station will relocate to danville in march. the fiscal realities that led

volkswagen may be in hot . valentine's day is sunday and will be quite the chilly day for sunday. we will also start to see clouds starting to increase back into the area at around noon. by 4:00 mostly cloudy. and only around 25 degrees. wind chill will make it feel even cooler and watching monday and tuesday. tonight, there is a high chair recall you need to hear about. the nuna baby essential high chair has an issue with the arm bar. it can bend or detach during use, and your child can fall out. there have been 50 reports of that happening. it ended with the baby getting bruised or cut. if you have one, stop using and call the company to get a new arm bar. >> danner: scary stuff. at&t is ready to test 5 g service. the move comes after a similar announcement from verizon.

have speeds 10 to 100 times faster than average connections. field trials will take place in a 6th location. >> my phone is trying to connect to 4 g. volkswagen resisted golf efforts to recall more cars and trucks to fix the potentially deadly takada air bags saying that their recall is not necessary. but they agreed to the recall by documents posted by the national highway administration. bw is already in hot water with the epa for cheating on pollution tests. in the letter, they say most of the vehicles have air bag inflators made at takada's factory in surgery. they have not failed like the inflators made in the u.s. and mexico. >> before you build, know what you are buying. >> be very caucus of who you

>> mark: what you need to look choose choosing a contractor to

difficult, but knowing what steps to take can save you time, money and a lot of hassletime, money and a lot of hassle. the national association of remodeling industry say you need to negotiate a percentage up front, but the rest should be given when the job is done. also a legitimate company should pay for their own supplies. another red flag, the company not getting back to you. and the most important thing, read everything. >> do nothing without a contract and be very specific what your expectations are at the end and should match the written contract. >> danner: make sure the company you are hiring is licensed with good refer rels so you are not left with no answers. take you thrive pulaski county where in the last couple of hours the judge decided ashley white's fate. what she said when noah thomas disappeared. and how high school

help a local nonprofit wit anytime, anywhere, award-winning coverage you can count on, there is abc 13 news. >> mark: things are a lot calmer in brookneal 24 hours after that massive fire broke out at the old dan river plant. we will have more on where the firefighting efforts stand in a moment. >> first to chief meteorologist george flickinger because we have a rapidly changing forecast for the next few days. >> that's right. we are going to see a one reason two punch over the weather -- over the next few days. first we will have the cold weather for the weekend and then we will see winter precip meaning snow and sleet for early next week. right now we are looking live out over lynchburg. you may have seen some snow flurries out there today, but no accumulation and no travel problems this evening, but it is cold outside, and it is going to get colder overnight. 28 in lynchburg. roanoke at 30. danville at 33. martinsville at 30.

feels that much colder. wind chill is 20 in lynchburg and feels like 24 in blacksburgand feels like 24 in blacksburg. what it looks like for you this evening. a few snow flurries are possible, but no travel issues. mainly a bitter cold night. temps in the teens by tomorrow morning. coming up a little later, how much know we are expecting and when we expect the snow to begin. now we want to get to the aftermath of that massive fire at the old dan river plant in brookneal. abc 13 was the first to bring you live video from the scene yesterday. >> mark: katie brooke has been out there all day today. katie, 24 hours ago it was a massive fire. >> we have a problem with katie right now -- >> the distribution center because that's where the boxes were stored. >> reporter: pat started working here when she was only 19 years old. she stayed for 32 years. she said she never another job like it. >> we were like family. we knew everybody. all three shifts.