a case a hurricanes. now in a deep freeze. >> the extreme cold coming in as we go through tonight, tomorrow, and into saturday. snow tires will be -- snow tires, will they really help you steer?

and cyclists trying to stay safe. >> we begin outside with the most accurate forecast. the yellow weather alert in place for tomorrow but not for more snow. >> no, just more cold. do you feel it? you will need to cover up as much as you can because dangerous windchills are coming this way. looking at the winds gusting up to 30 miles per hour. we have a windchill advisory covering the entire metro area. 10 below 25 beloved -- 25 above. it feels like it's six below. let's talk about tomorrow morning, feeling like it's 12 degrees below.

by lunchtime, it is below zero degrees. we will come back and tell you if anyone remains below freezing in terms of windchills . we will talk about the yellow weather alert on saturday for more cold air. >> the cold weather on the way means delays and closings. you can see the full list at the bottom of your screen and at wusa9.com. schools are closed tomorrow in fairfax, and prince georges county. montgomery and maryland, you are on a two hour delay. we have not heard from dc positive -- public schools. protecting your home, leaving a little water running in order to prevent pipes from freezing.>>@warmer temperatures water flows through the pipes leading into your house but when things get cold, the water could freeze. filling up the empty space in the pipe and sometimes br

a trickle of water coming from of pipe exposed could prevent it from freezing. if you need to be outside tomorrow, dress in layers. remember to protect your space as well. with the kind of temperatures we will be seeing, frostbite could set it -- set in 30 minutes. download our wusa9 app right now. more than 4000 students at this school in fairfax county. a sexual harassment scandal cost the girls varsity basketball coaches job. they found no wrongdoing by school leadership. we are talking about this now because of a new federal investigation. here is peggy fox with the report we should warn you that includes mature language.>> reporter: for several weeks

our special assignment unit has been looking into the two-year- old scandal, uncovered emails that suggest the principle may have ignored allegations and field protect students like lizzie fitzpatrick. she loved basketball from a young age. she played all four years here wearing number 33. and 2015, her senior year, she made a complaint about her coach. she accused have -- she accused him of bullying players and making inappropriate comments to her and teammates.>> there was a hole in it, he said, is that why her boyfriend broke up with you because you can't blow? and like, my reaction thought -- my reaction, i thought it was weird. my first practice, he threw a ball at me

to catch it. it hit me in the chest and he was like, her aa's went to double these. >> reporter: her teammate heard similar sexually suggestive comments directed at other girls. >> he asked what are you looking for? condoms? everyone was like, they laughed. >> i just thought it was the -- i just thought it was like, boys will be boys. >> but this was your teacher, your coach? >> well, yeah. >> reporter: the coach was ultimately forced to resign. the official reason was improper conduct. we sat down with him recently to discuss these allegations. >> d remember doing any of that? >> not at all. absolutely not. i have a daughter myself. i have two sons who i want to be a role model for. i would never speak that way to a young lady

at any time. make this point -- >> reporter: at this point it's not about what he has to say but how the school system handled his allegations. she made her report to the activities director mike clark. she was scared. >> i told him what i could and his reaction was like, i've known john for 20 years. this does not sound right. just, belittling me. >> reporter: did you think mister clark took your concerns seriously? >> no, like, my immediate reaction was like, i'm going to get trouble. >> reporter: lizzie got in trouble and was kicked off the team in the middle of the game. it happened during an exchange with her coach. >> i lashed out and told him not to speak to me like that. he told me it was my last time

on the team. >> reporter: it's been two months since she made the formal complaint against her coach. >> it was a big jim. i was just sitting there crying . >> reporter: he kicked two off the team in the middle of the game. >> the whole team and assistant coach saw it. >> reporter: the coach confirmed this in an email the next day that said lizzie was being removed from the team for conduct reasons. >> it's your senior year and you are kicked off of the team. >> reporter: back to the timeline, it's march, the basketball season is over and it is not just lizzie complaining. parents have gotten wind of problems. we obtained multiple emails and surveys parents filled out detailing complaints against the coach. the school surveys were turned into lake braddock administrators. the coach was gone six days later on march 15 after pant

18, three months. federal guidelines state the school must take immediate reaction to limit these effects. kathy taylor believes the student allegations were ignored. >> they were brave enough to come forward with these allegations. they were dismissed. it's serious enough that there should have been the investigation. there was cover-up occurring. whose to say this will not happen again? >> reporter: the principal says he took action when he was made aware of these allegations in march when the parents filed complaints. at this email obtained by wusa9 special assignment unit suggests the principal was told about lizzie's allegations when she made them in december. it is written by mike clark

do -- the activity director. he wrote to the principal. >> during the afternoon of december 18, the same day the student and the aide came to see me i specifically told you that a player had told me, the coach was using inappropriate language during practice. we wanted to ask mike clark about the email. but like the coach, he was forced to resign. he would not speak to us because he signed a nondisclosure agreement with fairfax county public schools. there is another person we hadn't mentioned, a possible witness who claims the principal knew about these allegations all along. his name is jim. he was the winningest coach in school history. he twice observed the principal and the activities director talking about the basketball

coaches behavior. one of the conversations was in february. the fact that the football coach was a witness apparently did not sit well with the principal who wrote in this email, at least we know who the mole is. he was reassigned to another school and is not coaching. he filed a federal retaliation complaint against fairfax schools. he is not speaking either. to be clear, that makes three former lake braddock staff members no longer at this school. the basketball coach was forced to resign. the activities director was forced to resign and the football coach was reassigned to another school. the principal is on the job still. what now? it's been two years, lizzie and alisa are in college. they do not play basketball any longer but say there was no legitimate investigation.>> they said they investigated this matter.

of you? >> i was never spoken to about this.>> why would they let him resign in the middle of all this? he could coach at another school? i don't know how long he's been acting like this.>> nothing was done. for all i know he could come back and coach other schools again. >> reporter: parents believe the principal knew about lizzie's allegations against the coach the day she reported them and did nothing to protect their daughters. one family says they complained to the administrators about the coach nearly 4 years ago in 2014. neither the principal nor the fairfax county superintendent would speak to us about these allegations. wusa9. >> a spokesperson says there investigation into these allegations included interviews with nearly 20 people. in a statement they said,

investigation of these allegations of inappropriate behavior reported. the statement could be found in peggy's story on the wusa9 website. snow tires, will they help you in the area this winter or not? my verify team has the answer ahead. why the marijuana industry says the act of congress from decades ago will protect them from a new justice department policy. a full look at dc's most accurate forecast from the boardwalk to your

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the justice department is changing the way it's prosecutors address the drug in states where it's legal. this includes dc. what does this mean? we asked pete to break it down for us. >> reporter: marijuana activists say this order will not fly in the

this is a three paragraph memo by attorney general jeff sessions. he says the rule of law will be restored by ending the obama administration's stance on marijuana. they used to be held back from stopping state sales. just monday, california became the first day to start selling legal recreational marijuana. there pot law led to possess two ounces in your home. this is been on the books for years. they wrote the law and i spoke to him tonight. the home rule act gave congress the chance to shoot down the law but it did not. that means the trump administration does not have a legal leg to stand on. >> this is a big block meant to score political points with people who are not happy that marijuana it has been legalized in states. we are up to 30 states where you could buy marijuana in some form whether it's medical or legal.

they lost. >> reporter: this could be different in other states but even higher-ups in the justice department said they are not sure if this will change anything. wusa9. tonight, demands for safety, people who use a popular trail for walking or biking say they have been face- to-face with vehicles on their path. here is john henry. >> reporter: another cold day here in the district. quite likely you've seen cyclists going down the road many of whom are trying to get to work. for people walking this trail, one woman we spoke to said when her dog has to go, she has to go.>> i walker four times a day. >> reporter: she countered a lot more than she bargained for -- she encountered more than she had bargained for. >> the car went by and i began to yell and wave my hands. afraid it would keep going.

east-west. briefly passing underneath connecticut avenue. you will quickly notice there's nothing to block avehicle from driving straight through. >> the sign is not good enough. if you want to be safe, they need to have a barrier. >> reporter: she contacted an official of the national park service who told her that they would spoke -- that they would speak about possible solutions. we got late word they plan to put up signage at the entrance. on top of that another person complain that a gps system was sending people down that path. the city says they plan to look at that as well and want to work with companies like wave to correct the problem. snow, ice, freezing arctic like temperatures. questions popping up from the brain trust online. how about snow tires? is that a smart idea or good investment? we rol

from cars.com. they explained that snow tires are designed with big tread blocks for digging into snow. keep in mind, they are made to function in temperatures of 40 degrees or below. you could spot one by looking there. the snowflake pattern you see on the inside of the sidewalk, they were -- consumer reports delivered a first spike. they say that they replace -- that they wear out every four years. some of the latest all weather tires are actually designed to outperform specialized snow tires plus, you don't have to switch them out. dealing with the storage space, an extra set of tires could take them up. because of the weather and winter tires that can't be used in warm climate,

area need to make the investment. there are benefits to having snow tires doing brutally cold winters, here in dc in this area, we verify with the wheels spinning, it's false. you do not need snow tires to live here. i need your verified suggestions. i remember the old days, rearwheel drive. we had snow tires that we had to take off.>> you can't imagine doing that now.>> no you can't. are you ready for below zero wind chills? >> i didn't get my car washed today.>> they probably won't be open over the next few days. starting with our three degree guarantee. we went for a high of 30 ee

tomorrow. the computers are showing only 25-24. don't pay attention to that number. dress for like, zero degrees. it's 16 degrees below with dewpoints the low zero. humidity is at 43 %. wind gusting over 20 miles per hour. below zero in place like -- in places like flood derek -- frederick. tomorrow between 6:00-9:00 a.m., a lot of these areas have been delayed. windchills will be less than five degrees all day. probably below zero. frederick, north up toward hagerstown, actually below zero readings are possible tomorrow night. snow cover and we could actually sink down below zero degrees. we were one degree above for yesterday. still frigid on saturday with highs primarily in the teens.

leave cabinet doors open with exterior walls if you have a sink in there, leave water running, a drip will do. a dry air mass. give your space heaters at least three feet of clearance. never leave them unattended. tomorrow morning, it will feel like it's 12 degrees below. six degrees below downtown. 9:00, it feels like 11 degrees below. it doesn't get much better by the afternoon. we are three degrees below, three degrees above downtown at four degrees in the plato. don't forget to dress for five degrees below to about five degrees above. temperatures, low teens to start. 70 degrees by 11:00. 19 degrees by 1:00. bright but brutal outside. the yellow weather alert. 19 degrees for a high end wind, making it to 32.

breaking that streak on monday as we go back to the low 40s. early clouds on tuesday, 46 degrees. a january thaw. next thursday, maybe a shower.

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