either. >> right now it feels like 3 below in gathisberg. now check this out. by 10:00 tonight. most folks are going to be having wind chills below 0. 9 below in hagerstown, and it doesn't get much better. in fact by morning many of us are going to have a double digit below wind chills. even 5 below as far south as la plata and by noon. and 6 in fredricksberg. we will come back and talk about if we're going to make it above freezing over the weekend and if we're going to set new record lows tonight or tomorrow night. arctic cold snap is helping to expose what some are calling a big lie in maryland. it has to do with broken down schools and casino money that is

scheme. and a scandal over schools with no heat. but the money issue is statewide. >> let's start by asking this cold question. was it casino, gambling money supposed to prevent problems like this. >> you can see your breath. >> instead this week's scandal. baltimore schools are in such bad shape kids froze in unheated classrooms. screwed up construction financing was exposed. they want to fix schools too. but they came up $90 million short from last year's budget request. these are reasons why critics like state comptroller peter frafrjer called it a big lie. but it is not the casino's fault. the casinos have delivered at least $2 billion in additional education trust fund funding

in 2011. but instead of more money for schools, not much has changed. that's because maryland's legislature just switched the share they put in and spent it on other stuff they like. before casinos, the state spent 21% of its general fund on schools. now it's down to 18%. critics call it bait and switch. so it may all have been sold as slots for tots. but in the era of casino gambling schools are coming up short and freezing kids in classrooms are paying for it. scott broom wusa 9. a gofundme launched by a college student has raised more than $50,000 for space heaters and coats for students in school there. baltimore city officials were failing to address the heating

problems in their schools. and we heard from a lot of you that space heaters are hard to find these days so we did some work for you. we made two stops to fragers hardware. >> yeah there's going to be a lot of pipes busted and the radiator heaters that will keep your room warm enough. >> i went to home depot. they were out. i stopped by to get lucky and i did get lucky. >> call before you make that trip out to your local hardware stop and remember never leave your space heater next to anything combustible or plugged into a power strip. temperatures this low are just no joke. below 0 wind chills can cause frostbite and hypothermia within 30 minutes. stay indoors if you c

for an extended period of time here's things you should do. take frequent breaks and a warm place and then signs of hypothermia are on the screen. shivering hands. confusion, memory loss and slurred speech. finally if you see an animal outdoors that appears to be in trouble call your local animal services. it could feel like minus 25 degrees in some parts of the northeast. in boston more than 13" of snow yesterday and there is concern that what's left over could turn to ice. near boston harbor flooded streets are already frozen. combined with a supermoon caused a record high tide. the icy water flooded downtown streets and the aquarium subway station. >> i think what surprised all of us was the fact that it was all the way up the coast and in many cases it was the highest tide they ever had. >> my childhood memories are

>> record flooding spread up the massachusetts coast to maine. crews used rafts, high water trucks and front loaders to rescue people stranded in in their homes. and with this cold front sticking around for awhile we're all looking for ways to keep our homes a little toasty. before you toss on another log is that the best way to keep your home warm. this one is false. we checked with the department of energy who says a wood burning fireplace will only add heat to the immediate area and on top of that indiana michigan energy says as much as 80% of the heat of that fire has been sucked up into the chimney and that can kick your furnace into overdrive while it tries to compensate. so lack hills energy they put out a

burning fireplaces is an energy waster this winter. for more cold winter tips and getting some alerts on advice in the morning download our wusa 9 app. breaking news in charles county. authorities arrested carlos bell in june. we're told he had more than 40 victims under the age of 18. under a plea agreement bell admitted his guilt to more than two dozen of those charges. he could receive up to 190 years behind bars. >> there's no death penalty in maryland anymore. there's not a life without parole for these types of charges. so we had to add enough years where realistically the likelihood he will be in jail for the rest of his life. >> bell will be

march. coming up a little later in sports burgundy and gold quarterback kirt cousins tells fans he would love to stay here in washington. but up next the new book about the trump white house went to the top of amazon's best sellers.

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a new book critical of president trump has gone on sale despite of a lawsuit. and the book's author is defending his work despite white house attacks. >> the author of an explosive new book about the trump white house is standing by his work. >> i have recordings, i have notes, i am certainly and absolutely in every way comfortable with everything i've reported in this book. >> but president trump is attacking the book saying he did not authorize access to the white house and he never spoke to the book's author and that it is full of lies and misrepresentations. >> i absolutely spoke to the president whether he realized it was an interview or not i don't know but it certainly was not off the record. >> president trump tried to stop the release of the book and had his lawyers

desist letters threatening legal action. >> regardless of whether or not there is a lawsuit there should be concerned about peddling fake stories they should be concerned about putting out information that's not true. >> they published the book today. >> not only is he helping me sell books he's helping me prove the point of the book. this is extraordinary that a president of the united states would try to stop the publication of a book. >> his book is already at number 1 on amazon's best seller's list. >> the release of the book comes amide questions about president trump's efforts to control the investigation into russia meddling in the 2016 election and whether the president obstructed justice. a report in the new york times said the president had demanded that attorney jeff sessions remain in charge of the case. according to the times when the president found out he e

attorney general to protect him. fighting for control of the virginia house delegates is not over. a hearing is under way on whether to redo the election. bruce lashan is outside the courthouse with the latest. >> yeah, leslie, the hearing really just getting started at this point. there is a whole mess of lawyers up there. they all want a turn to speak. the judge has a reputation of being easily irritated and he was irritated almost right off the bat at the democrats. things do not seem to be going well for the democrats at this point. the judge said look, why did you come to me? the democrats said you're the only person at this point who can save this election who can cure the wrongs that were done in this election. >> he said why'd you come to me. you should have gone to the ge

general assemble to contest this race there. that's not going to be the key thing that helps me decide this, but that was an issue where they irritated the judge and republicans are arguing look these are just clerkical errors. bob thomas, the republican bob thomas won by 73 votes and after the election it turned out there were 147 people who cast ballots in the wrong place. some of them cast ballots in house district 28 that they were not 2017 cast there. house 28 did not get to vote there voted in some other precinct and the democrats said they brought a voter in who went to the election workers and they didn't allow

that's what the democrats say is so egregious. there has to be a new election. bob thomas shouldn't be seated. we'll see if the judge is going to go for that. live at federal court in alexandria. bruce lashan wusa 9 news. coming up a duck gets a new leg thanks to some students

tone of the most pristine and beautiful parts -- of the world. but barbara comstock just voted to put it up for sale. why? to pay for tax cuts for billionaires and big corporations. comstock supported donald trump's tax scheme for the wealthy, adding $1.5 trillion to the debt and leaving us with the bill. tell barbara comstock we won't stand for selling our wild lands to give billionaires a tax cut.

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wedding at the royal castle. calling on police to round up beggars and street people ahead of the marriage of prince harry and megan markle in may. and that is causing out cry. >> this is a situation that should of hit the headlines because there's people living in bus shelters. >> prime minister teresa may says she does not agree with the proposal. ahead of the royal wedding she says local leaders need to work with the team. a duck is now able to walk and run thanks to a class of 8th graders. since a turtle bit it off shortly after she was born. students at an arkansas middle school spent three months 3d printing a prosthetic leg for peg. >> we t

to be like a straight, like a shaft with a hole in it. >> not only is it heartwarming but it's exciting. and i'm just so grateful that there are people that truly care and they've got out of their way to do everything they can to make it as comfortable as they can for the duck. >> hashtag peg leg. the teacher said it took the tunts 30 times to get it light. and now she can get around just like a normal duck. from the ducks to the dog. that's the secret. the australian shepherd. that's what you do there. saying the dog probably went down that hill about 50 times yesterday. it's been viewed nearly 200,000 times. do you think giby would do that? >> giby's been pretty robust in the cold.

that looks great. >> i guess if you've got a good hill. >> yeah, that was pretty perfect. it's a little chilly. we've got the wind chills below 0 tonight and wind chills below tomorrow morning. live look outside, it's down to 17. dew point's still down to below 0. indoor humidity about 4%. wind's still breezy. we talked about this. i tweeted this out on wednesday. how we were colder than anchorage. 19 in anchorage. almost down to the gulf of mexico. we're 17. 7 in chicago, 1 in minneapolis, only 9 in boston . so wind chills below 0 tonight and also tomorrow. in fact between minus 10 and plus 10 tomorrow. so if you're in fredricksberg

still below freezing on sunday. that will mark 12 for dollars 32 or below. and a light wintery mix possible on monday. again, not a big storm. that's the good news, the bad news is it doesn't take much to cause problems especially since it's been so cold. we keep a close eye on that. if i had to pick a commute right now i would pick the evening commute would be the most likely to be affected. leave the water running. bring your pets inside and give them plenty of water. they're thirsty two and give the space heaters at least three feet of clearance. record lows to beat. some of these are in jeopardy. record low in dollus that's 4. and downtown 5 i think that's almost safe in baltimore. here are the lows we're forecasting 10 downtown. 5 in college park but t

leesburg -- sterling, and one in leesburg. 0 in haymarket and 0 in lateensville. day planner, low teens to start. 16 by 11:00. only 19 by 1:00. we'll be lucky to make 20 again tomorrow. light winds and full sun. that's going to feel nice. 41 on monday, a light mix possible. after that here comes the january thought. 50 on tuesday, 49 on wednesday. clouds on thursday. 55 may be a shower and rain and showers on friday but highs in the mid to upper 50s. kirt sure is saying all right things. >> he's a genius when it comes to making everybody happy. will he be here next year? he says yeah, but of course there's

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now wusa 9 sports with frank hammerhan brought to you by xfinity. >> let's face it kirt cousins with brought to you by an old school politician. berke staying on the grant and danny radio show. he would love to be here in d.c. playing for the red kins but kirk also wants to see what's out there. cousins added the idea of another franchise tag is not ideal and he wants

contract. >> i feel like winning and excellence is here they just don't have a lot of reason to look elsewhere, you know, and i'm a big part of that. the ball's in my hands. >> we shall see. the votes for the nba all star game is in your hands. lobby for their guys to get to the all star game and the wizards may have put out the best video yet trying to drum out votes.

for you. this guy shows us there are no excuses of getting around even in minus 1 degree temperatures. and that looks like a good shot. >> make sure it's tucked in too. >> club regulations. >> this is not real. this cannot be real. >> it was real. >> he's shivering. he's like this is great. >> you only saw 20 seconds. no way. >> what is real is the cold we've got here. >> it is. wind chill advisory we've got tomorrow. we're looking at a high of 20 tomorrow. 29 sunday. perhaps a light mix on monday evening. we'll stick close by with that. >> already. go ahead panda beal. >> yeah. >> that's it for us. the cbs evening news is next. adam is in for bruce at 7:00 on off scr

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>> glor: frozen in place. digging out of mountains of snow as wind chills across much of the country plummet. also tonight... >> what's the day been like for you guys today. >> cold! >> glor: baltimore school children shiver in classrooms with no heat. >> it's inhumane for these children. >> glor: from the cold to the flu-- the number of cases is up sharply. the f.b.i. is investigating the clinton foundation. the brain injuries are the same from the battlefield to the football field. and steve hartman with the best christmas gift ever. >> it's not a gift that can be wrapped in a present. it's like a miracle.