. >> this morning news4 megan fitzgerald is working for you to make sure your dripping faucets isn't the only way you are protecting your home. >> reporter: the problem in this home is right here underneath the kitchen sink. >> the customer hasn't been using the kitchen sink, and the cold air got in, it actually froze the pipe because it was standing water. >> reporter: christopher rose is a plumber with row toe rooter plumbing. he says he and his colleagues have been keeping busy. >> water bursting. pipes bursting all over the place. sometimes you have pipes. >> reporter: so to make sure this doesn't happen to you, he says keep the temperature in your home at 68 degrees or higher. keep cabinet doors open to allow the warm air to reach the pipes. and before you go to bed at night, rose says let all faucet ns your home run at a drizzle then turn them off when you wake up. if your washer or dryer are in the error exposed to the cold air, some work to do there too to make sure the water is drain frd the pipes so they don't fwre freeze. >> unscrew them, both of them, from the hose and ma

news 4's megan fitzgerald will be in court to follow that. >>> there were reports of chaos outside of george washington university hospital after a man was shot. this happened just after 8:30 last night. while that street was filled with people walking from the nearby metro station, bystanders helped the man get inside the hospital. we're told the dashboard camera on a passing metro bus may have captured images of that shoot g shooting. the suspect ran from that shooting. it was not random but happened after a dispute. >>> it is a video many of us will never forget. practicing for an annual baseball game took an ugly turn. a gunman shot congressman steve scalise last june during that practice in alexandria. police killed the gunman. scalise will undergo surgery for what he says is part of his continuing recovery. his return to work last september was met with thunderous applause. he plans to stay involved but not sure when he will return to capitol hill. >>> today lawmakers get back to work ina governor terry mccauliffe will give his state of the state address. >>> in maryland, the la

. >> megan fitzgerald is in the newsroom with a look at what is coming up at 5:00. >> happy new year.o you. >> 2018, fresh start, time to turn the page. one thing that is not likely to change much, the terrible traffic we all have to deal with on a daily basis. ahead at 5:00, transportation reporter adam tuss takes a look at three big projects coming up in the new year and how they'll change our commute. >>> plus, more than a dozen people forced into the col their apartment building. but wait until you see the good that's coming out of a tragic situation. and we're talking redskins, of course, the disappointing end to the burgundy and gold season. but what's next for the head coach, right? and even their quarterback. we will see you at 5:00 in just about, what, 6 minutes, 7 minutes. >> disappointing is not strong enough. oh, what they did yesterday. >> always next season. >> that's right. >> that stank. >> i'll be there in a few minutes. >> you will. >> meg ann, thank you. we no what president obama has been doing with extra time on his hands. he released his favorite book and songs o

i'm david culver. >> i'm megan fitzgerald.e >> good morning, everybody. it is freezing cold outside, and there is not much relief in place until we get to monday. that may come with a little chance of some icy weather. coming right up. >>> the extremely low temperatures mean an extremely high number of water main breaks. we'll tell you what you're dealing with on the roads coming up on news 4. >>> also coming up, a massive fire. look at that. gutting a local home. 20 people out in the cold this morning because that fire spread. we'll tell you what fire investigators believe happened inside moments before the trouble started. >>> plus, a mega millions player in florida wins big. talking about a historic jackpot victory. a local player sees their bank account drastically increase. we'll have the details on their payday. >>> all that and more headlines when we start "news 4 today." see you in a moment. they cahow many of 'em?e, sir! we don't know. dozens. all right! let's teach these freaks some manners! good luck out there, capt

news 4's megan fitzgerald will be in the courtroom. >>> there were reports of chaos outside george washington university hospital after a man was shot there. this happened just after 8:30 last night. while the streets were filled nearby metro station, bystanders helped people get into the hospital. we're told the dashboard camera on a passing metro bus may have captured images of the shooting. suspects ran away from the scene. the shooting was not random but happened after some sort of dispute. >>> it is a day many of us will never forget. a sunny day practicing for an annual baseball game took a terrible turn. today the congressman at the center of the shooting will take another step in his recovery. a gunman shot representative steve scalise. he will have surgery as part of his continued recovery. he returned to work last september to thunderous applause in the u.s. house. he says he plans to stay involved in work but has not said when he plans to return to work at capitol hill. >>> today lawmakers get back to work in mcauliffe will give his farewell address before governor northam takes ov

i'm megan fitzgerald. it is chilly out there. of course, we can complain about the weather, but there are people, as we were talking about a couple minutes ago, who are out there working in the cold weather. dangerously cold temperatures. >> you saw the images from the fires. firefighters doing just that. the storm team 4 weather center's chuck bell is here. >> happy saturday, everybody. i wish i had better news. if you've been around the washington areas the last couple days, there's really no surprise coming. we're going to stay way below freezing. we only made 21 degrees for a high temperature yesterday. so i looked it up. today, the one word, frigidity. air temperatures will be near zero tomorrow morning. moisture coming back on monday. there may be a little chance for some iciness on monday. we'll keep a close eye on that. we're in weather alert mode today because of the wind chills, which are as much as 10 to 15 below zero now. here's your current wind chills. minus 11 in gaithersburg. minus 9 in winchester afternoon highs

news4's meagan fitzgerald joins us with some local reaction tonight. megan? >> reporter: jim, a lot of these folks came here to this country back in 2001 when a series of devastating earthquakes struck parts of el salvador. so, imagine over the last decades, they set up their homes. they married, they've had kids, they've even purchased homes in this area. so, once that announcement was made this afternoon, a lot of folks came out here to the white house to make sure their voices were heard. >> congress, congress. >> fix it now. >> reporter: there wasn't a large crowd in front of the white house, but these men and women delivered a clear message to president trump and his administration. hours after their decision to end temporary protected status or t.p.s. which allowed more than 200,000 people from el salvador to live and work here legally. >> so, the decision that this president has made today, it's shameful. it's inhumane. >> reporter: back in 2001, a devastating earthquake struck el salvador, destroying infrastructure and leaving many without a home. so,