we're going to start with doug johnson from m.t.c. who has been our partner in facilitating this occasion and, doug, would you please come over and say you're welcoming remarks. >> sure. >> in the interesting of being heard, i hate to stand between you and someone named hans but i will do it nonetheless. delay may also give the supervisor a chance to catch up with us. my name is doug johnson. i'm a senior planner at the metropolitan transportation commission overseeing our programs in land use and social equity. i'm also very fortunate to be a member of the transatlantic cities network, which is a project of the german marshall fund you'll be hearing from ellen. it is a network of 25 cities, 12 in the u.s., 13 in europe, and oakland is one of those cities, but i, of course, wearing my regional hat, have looked to expand what i have been learning through the network and the opportunities that present themselves to the network and to expand that. and where better to bring a cycling delegation than to the city of san francisco, a city ver

veronica johnson is in for doug. what is going on? >> the front came in and came through the area, and our temperatures fell today and they are still falling out there, doreen. the mercury now at 21 degrees in frederick. a lot of locations at 21. and germantown, 21 degrees right now. as you might imagine, the mercury is going to continue to drop. there will be quite a few locations north of us that will start out in the teens by tomorrow morning. around eldersburg, and brunswick and damascus, and it's mid-january, and how about a little winter snow? details on that coming up in just a few. >>> a man was found dead in the woods behind an apartment complex in hyattsville tonight. somebody called 911 after seeing a body on the banks of a small canal here that runs behind the queens town apartment. the identity of the victim has not been released. >>> and then an attack, a teenager beaten so badly he had to go to the hospital. it happened just after 1:00 this afternoon behind glass manor elementary school. >>> and now investigators say ar

johnson has more on the good news. bring it, veronica. >> bring it on. that's right. here in the weather center storm 4 with doug kammerer, we have been working on the forecast saying hi. hey, did you like this morning the fact we didn't start out with temperatures as low as we did the day before yesterday and yesterday? we started some 15, ten to 15 degrees higher, just above the freezing mark. 25 to start in gaithersburg, maryland. started out at 25 degrees in culpeper, virginia. right now, we are at 49 degrees. the windchill, just 45. there's a little bit of wind out there. the current readings across the area, springfield, oakton, at 48 degrees. we have 49 down to the south, waldo waldorf, maryland. 52 degrees in fredericksburg, virginia. if you like today, you are going to love tomorrow. seasonable temperatures today. tomorrow, bigger warm up expected. we are going to hit the mid-50s tomorrow. as far as the overnight goes, cloud cover today. that is moving out and we are clearing out a bit overnight. we have gusts running at 18 miles per hour in gaithersburg. the wind settles down for the evening and overni