at the live desk i'm chris lawrence. >> chris, thank you, 6:31. here's a look at our other top stories this morning. a federal judge has ordered the trump administration to revive part of the federal immigration law known as daca. the justice department is objecting to the temporary ruling. a spokesperson says it does not change the fact that the program is illegal. >>> this morning the threat of a stsunami is over for people in puerto rico and other caribbean islands. a magnitude 7.6 earthquake hit the coast of hon >> oprah's home is one of the many damaged from the mudslide. chris lawrence will have more. >>> today the congressman at the center of the baseball shooting will take another step in his recovery. congressman steve scalise was shot last june during that practice in alexandria. police killed the gunman. scalise will undergo surgery for what he says is part of his continued recovery. he says he plans to stay involved in work but has not said when he will return to capitol hill. >>> 6:32 now. new video this morning showing a suspected se

aaron, back to you. >> chris lawrence at the live desk. thank you. >>> firefighters in our area have been responding to fires like the one you see here. but annandale is different. a 94-year-old world war ii veteran died in this one. his wife woke up coughing and couldn't find him. >> i could not save my husband. i don't know where he is. >> lenny used to care for lewis and his first wife hazel before she died. he was well-known for repairing fine glass and porcelain. >> they would go to fine department stores and pick up things. people would bring things to their home. they were very well-known in the annandale community. >>> lewis' wife and another woman living in the home got out safely. >>> smoke alarms save lives. montgomery county fire say a fire inside this potomac home burned for some time before anybody noticed. smoke alarm eventually went off and told the family t in the basement of that home on brushwood terrace. the red cross helping that family find someplace else to stay ziechlts we're learning new details about a plane crash

. >>> chris lawrence at the live desk. four people are dead after a shooting this morning on the jersey shore. it happened at a time of long branch. sources tell our nbc station in new york, the suspect is 16 years old and in custody. the victims include the suspect's mother and grandmother. the suspect used an assault a girl and a man. it's not clear if they're related or not. police are calling it an isolated domestic incident and say there's no threat to any other family. david, back to you. >> chris, thanks. let's continue the breaking news. firefighters have been battling flames at two separate fires in frigid weather. firstlet start out with this one on buena vista terrace. >> it ripped through two floors and sent one firefighter to the hospital. justin finch live on the scene with a look at how that firefighter is doing. what is the latest, justin? >> reporter: molette, david, good morning. that firefighter is recovering at this time. his injuries said to be nonlife-threatening after falling through a staircase in t

at the live desk, chris lawrence, news 4. >> thank you, chris. >>> it's now 5:32. here are some of the top stories we're following this morning. a federal judge has ordered the trump administration to revise part of the immigration program known as daca. that program protects children who were illegally brought to the u.s. coming up in a live report, nbc's tracie potts will tell us what this means for current d.r.e.a.m.ers. >>> this morning the threat of a tsunami is over for people in puerto rico and other caribbean islands. a magnitude 7.6 earthquake hit the coast of honduras and the cayman islands. no reports of any damage. >>> at least 13 people are dead and dozens are injured after massive mudslides in southern california. more than five inches of rain fell in the burn a so-called thomas fire that burned last month and the runoff sent mud and debris slamming into homes on tuesday. officials said among the hardest hit areas is monticeto. >>> someone out for a walk found daniel dehaven dead last night. he was found in a wooded area near bwi marshall airport. >>>

. >> chris lawrence at the live desk. >> boy oh, boy, the airport. this time it was a flooded terminal. take a look at this. the new york port authority is launching an investigation after a pipe broke sunday, flooded one of the terminals. they had to shut off the power. this mess adds to the weather-related chaos. they're still dealing with the delays when they had to close the airport. we just checked with flight aware. the airport seeing delays of 30 minutes. if you're flying in and out of jfk, check your airlines today. eun, back to you. >> looks like a big mess. chris, thank you. >>> howard university has postponed classes for more than a week because of problems created by this long stretch of cold weather. the cold caused steam pipes to burst, filling two classroom buildings and the annex with moisture. ceiling tiles had out in order to prevent mold. it also caused problems for the boiler system. though some buildings don't have consistent heat. >> the most comfortable setting that our students will have right now is in their homes. >> it give

. >>> chris lawrence has the latest on the deadly mudslides in california. what's going on now? aaron and eun, rescue crews are hoping for a miracle as they search for survivors of the deadly mudslides. frank frankly, that search is more desperate by the hour. at least 17 people, some as young as 3 years old, to as old as 89 have been killed. more than 40 others are still missing. one woman says she had to be carried out of her home by firefighters when the mud started to pour in. >> i had no idea what a flash flood was until i saw this torrid raging river coming down with cars and rocks. >> yes. it's not just liquid. you're talking about a massive amount of debris coming with that mud. it has destroyed at least 65 homes, damaged between four and 500 others. we should mention, authorities say some of those on the missing list, they may simply be out of town or not able to get in touch with their family and friends. we're certainly, certainly hoping for the very best. aaron, back to you. >> chris, thank you. it's 4:32 now. now to a developing story. for the second night in a row,

i'm chris lawrence at the live desk. aaron, back to you. >> chris, thank you. the video that a lot of people are sharing. a 17-year-old calmly describing how she torture and murdered a 15-year-old girl. >> in her own words, venus iraheta says she killed alexandra reyes rivas for revenge. hours after she detailed the brutal murder, our cameras captured her returning home. she told our reporters she had runaway out of fear of the ms-13 gang. we later learned she was the chief attacker in this gang killing. news 4's justin finch is live at the fairfax county courthouse with this chilling >> reporter: eun, good morning. iraheta told investigators that she was angry, angry because rivas and her boyfriend had some kind of relationship and also angry because she believes that rivas lured her boyfriend to his death. iraheta got a knife and got revenge. looking now at still some cell phone video shown in court on monday. she was staring down rivas, just 15 years old and would die a short time later. now, fairfax prosecutors say that iraheta was among some ten people wit

chris lawrence is at the live desk. >> d.c. firefighter fell through the floor while battling a fire at an apartment building. this fire is in a building along buena vista terrace. take a look at the pictures from the scene. we're told the fire started around 3:00 this morning. no word on how that happened. most of the fire is ouchlt there we go. it looks like everyone got out safely. the good news is the firefighter's injuries aren't that serious. we have a crew headed to the scene now bringing you updated information as it comes in. david, back to you. >> chris, thanks. >>> following another fire this morning out of northwest d.c. firefighters had to unfreeze an extension ladder at that fire because of bitter temperatures sheena was telling us about. flames breaking out the row home around 1:00 this morning. this is on 5th street northwest. most of the fire is out as you see there. someone in a wheelchair was taken from a neighboring home but wasn't hurt. no word on what started the flames. unprecedented. that's how fire offi

eun, aaron, back to you. >> chris lawrence live at union station this morning. chris, thank you. >>> when it gets this cold, groups helping the homeless start to work overtime. news 4 rode along with vincent blackmon. he drives a hypothermia van and transports the homeless to shelters. if a person doesn't want taken anywhere, he hands out blankets and hand warmers. the vans transported nearly 4,000 homeless residents to centers. >>> you may want to prevent your home's pipes from freezing. experts tell us there are some simple steps you can take. make sure the temperature of your home is 68 degrees or higher. keep cabinet doors open so warm air reaches the pipes. before you go to bet, let your faucets run at a drizzle and then turn them off when you get up. >> customer hasn't been using the kitchen sink and the cold air got in. it actually froze the pipes. >> if your washer and dryer are in the garage, exposed to the cold air, unscrew the pipe from the machine and from the hose bib. i don't know what that is. if you want to make sure the water does not run out the

> breaking news out of california where the victims of those wildfires are on alert again. >> chris lawrence has the latest from the live desk. chris? >> boy oh, boy, i've lived through more than a few of these in california. the same folks that had to flee from the wildfires now have to handle bring another type of danger, mudslides. more than an inch of rain in northern california. flash flood warnings were issued. some of the property owners in the northern wine country put up sandbags to stop the flow of water and mud. it's already fairly weak from the fire. it's more susceptible to the mudslides during a rainstorm. >>> they're looking for the worst of the rain overnight and into the morning. 20,000 people in santa barbara a and ventura counties have been ordered to evacuate. sfwliefrmt chri >>> chris, thank you. >>> orkin released the top bedbug cities. d.c. is number two on the list. you head up 95, you reach the number one bedbug city. baltimore. orkin bases it on where it does the most which sort of says then those are the least -- >> i like that logic. >> get rid of the bedbugs. >>>

i'm chris lawrence." the latest fallout after president trump's controversial comments about haiti. the country marks eight years since that devastating earthquake. >>> i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. it is a mild start to the day. almost humid out there this morning. have that umbrella ready to go and look for the winter coat. you'll need it and i mea >>> good morning everybody. i'm chris lawrence. as you head out the door today, be sure to stop and grab that umbrella, the rain coat. chuck and sheena yesterday, they said don't come in without that umbrella. you are going to get wet. >> are you listening to her or me. >> she smiled when she said it. >> of course, she did. she was absolutely right. you need to be rainfall ready today. little bit of light rain this morning and then a humongous turn in the weather arrives here about 24 hours from right now. as of this morning, though, we're just dealing with periods of rainy weather along the i-95 corridor. steadier rain back out to our west and

let's get to chris lawrence at the live desk. chris, what's happening? >> nine more people died during the violent protests in iran bringing the death toll to 20 people. we're seeing new evidence out of iran showing some of the buildings going up in flames. news outlets are reporting that they've arrested four to five people in the last few days alone. it reports high unploim, the rising price of gas. a lot of the protests have been peaceful but some have attacked military bases and tried to take over the police station. >>> five minutes after 6:00 now. today president trump gets back to work. he has a full plate to tackle this year. first family arriving at joint base andrews there. dough mess cli, he'll be focused on welfare, passing the agenda may be difficult as they swear in two democratic senators tomorrow. >>> second and two. brian pressured. it is a turnover. big boy payne with the ball. >> that play was the beginning of the end for clemson in last night's sugar bowl. big plays led to alabama winning big and earning a spot in next week's national

chris lawrence has been keeping tabs on this from the live desk. chris?four people are dead after a shooting on the jersey shore. it happened in the town of long branch. our sources are telling our nbc station in new york the suspect is 16 years old and in custody. it includes the mother and grandmother. the suspect used an assault rifle. a girl and a man. it's not clear if they're related or not. police are calling this an isolate, domestic incident and say there's no threat to any other family. >>> david? >> chris, thanks. tragic news this morning out of colorado where over the weekend, one deputy fewer wounded. a mass shooting near denver. deputies say the shooting was -- deputies were responding to a domestic incident call. the shooting started shortly after they got on scene. shortly after zachary parish died. >> one deputy down inside the apartment. all of us hit at least once. >> just right after. boom, boom, boom. >> we are deeply saddened by the loss of zachary. >> the sheriff there choking up. >> s.w.a.t. had to be called in and they shot reale.

chris lawrence at the live desk with the latest. >> at least 17 people are now dead. hundreds of search crews are digging through the mud and wreckage searching for another 17 missing people. the video you're about to see shows you just how frightening this situation is. >> oh, my god. mom. close the door. >> you talk about a literal river of mud and debris. that is what we mean. it's a surreal scene. many of the people missing are older retirees and young children who simply didn't have the strength to stand up to all that mud. one man is still searching for his mother. >> how far she could have swam. i don't know where she is. >> remember this 14-year-old girl whose rescue made headlines around the world. well, among the missing are her brother and her father. officials say 1500 homes are still threatened by that rain-soaked hill. i'm chris lawrence at the live desk. eun, back to you. >> a terrible situation. chris, thank you. >>> it's 4:31. we're hearing this morning a 17-year-old girl calmly describe how she tortured and murdered another teenage girl. >> one inves

. >>> i'm chris lawrence back at the live desk with some breaking news. the president of the mormon church has died from natural causes. in a statement from the church of jesus kleist of latter day saints, he died late last night at his home in salt lake city. more than 60 million people around the world are members of the church. monson had ser of the of president since >>> with temperatures in the freezing temperatures, a man's search for his father is even more serious. he was seen at the beltsville costco on baltimore avenue yesterday. the son said he has dementia and will not be able to communicate. he does not have an i.d. on him either. if you see him, call 911. >>> two huge lottery jack pots are still up for grabs. tonight's powerball drawing is worth $440 million right now. we haven't seen a powerball drawing that big since august when someone in massachusetts won more than $758 million. the mega millions jackpot is worth $400 million. the numbers here, 1, 42, 47, 64, 70 with a megaball of 22. none of those are my numbers. >> i would never play i

simply smarter shopping. >>> i'm chris lawrence at the live desk. breaking news out of southern california. this 70-year-old sheriff's deputy has died after a violent attack in san bernardino on new year's eve. his body was carried out of the hospital where he spent the past few days on life support. he was off duty when he and another driver collided and that man got out of his car and attacked the deputy. the suspect has been arrested. the deputy has been on the force for well over 30 years. eun? >> chris lawrence, chris, thank you. >>> three firefighters were hurt after a fire ripped through several apartment buildings in new york last night. take a look at the scene here. it's not clear what caused the fire. we're told the fire jumped quickly from one building to two other buildings. residents forced to wait in 20 degree weather >>> take a look at this video from chopper 4. >> firefighters are battling a fire here at a town house in bowie on spanish oak lane. firefighters tell us the fire started in the basement and spread to the upper floors. t

oprah winfrey's speech aft achievement award. >> chris lawrence joining us from the newsroom now. chris, what was it about the speech that seemed to get everybody talking. >> aaron, i think it was a rallying cry. not only for actors in america, but really women, anyone affected by the me too movement. a lot of piem began to wonder if oprah should run for president. take a listen. >> all right. wie don't have that clip. she's be commended for not only addressing the sexual harassment in the television and film industry but all aspects of society. at one point she referenced this isn't just about entertainment but about women who work in restaurants, factories, the engineers, nurses and soldiers who have been impacted by this as well. she made mention of women like her mother who worked hard and pushed through adversity. aaron, eun, back to you. >> all right, chris. thank you. >>> are you hoping this is the year you stick to your resolutions. we're working with you with ideas on how to stay fit. >> molette green will take us inside fitness facilities to show us the ropes. she's kicki

i'm chris lawrence. next on "news4 today," the search for hope.ngs under way. >>> i'm meteorologist chuck bell. it's going to be a mostly cloudy day but the cold air is not coming back until we get to your weekend. complete check of the forecast which incdes higher rlua >>> good morning everybody. i'm chris lawrence. thank you for waking up bright and early with us this more than. as you head out the door, boy oh, boy, going to feel than it was yesterday and get this. we may still be ready to go up a bit. chuck? >> absolutely right. temperatures 10 degrees milder than at the same time yesterday. yesterday, a lot of spots were below freezing. there's really mild airstreaming into the region which we'll get to enjoy here ever so briefly today and on into tomorrow. so that's not bad. 30s to near 40 to get your day started. we're tracking rain chances, though. most of the daylight hours will be dry. there will be rain chances going up, up, up. past sunset this evening tomorrow. each with a 100% chance for rain. temperatures should be in the 60s tomorr

. >> news 4's chris lawrence is live at union station with a look at conditions there. chris, good morning. what are you seeing? >> reporter: i'm seeing a bit of a change from even 20, 30 minutes ago. it's all based on what chuck was talking about. the wind. let me step out of here. you can see a little bit behind me. you can see the wind whipping up the snow on the ground starting to blow it around. when we were driving down dupont circle, logan circle. that snow is traveling. it's getting whipped up and blown across the cars. you can take a look now. not a lot of traffic out. i think the fact that the federal government is on the two-hour delay is going to help folks get a later start this morning. we're not talking about a t snow. as we've seen the plows get out and get the salt down a little bit more and move the snow out, i think the roads will improve quickly over the next few hours. we're going to be headed into union station to get an idea of the delays going on up and down the east coast with folks getting into or out of d.c. we'll be bringing you that a little

i'm chris lawrence. on "news 4 today," tragic ending to the search for a missing man in prince gorges county with dementia. what we're learning about the death of daniel dehaven. >>> off to a typically cold start, in the 20s and 30s out there. clouds coming our way, finally, some ch >>> "news 4 today" starts now. good morning, everybody. i'm chris lawrence. thank you for waking up bright and early with us. for the first time in a while we're not in weather alert mode, but that doesn't m not still dealing with some of the effects of that weather. in alexandria, george washington middle school is closed. last night a pipe burst in the electrical room and the fire marshall said it's just not safe for kids to be in the school until they get that resolved. all activities in the school and on school grounds are closed. >>> loudoun county courthouse had a pipe burst yesterday. chuck, i've got to tell you, as i read through all of this, i'm glad i'm not in there, in the storm center today, i'm liking my digs jus

. >>> i'm chris lawrence at the live desk with breaking news. two boats caught fire in southwest d.c. right now, firefighters are at james creek marina trying to get that fire out. we're told there's only one here to get to that fire. they may be having difficulty getting to the boats. this is south of nashville. right there at the tip at the anacostia river. d.c. fire on the -- two boats on fire. we've got adam tuss on the way to that sc >> chris, thank you. six minutes after 6:00. a disturbing find inside a car in silver spring. police got a call at 5:30 last night after a body was spotted in the vehicle. car was found on thayer avenue off dale drive. the man's name has not been released but police do not spengt foul play. >>> new details in the search for a missing man with dementia. prince george's county police say 65-year-old daniel dehaven may have been picked up last tuesday by a driver as he walked along route 1. officers believe that driver dropped dehaven off at annapolis road in gambrell. the family is asking search parties to meet a

chris lawrence at the live desk. >>> oprah winfrey's home was hit by the mudslides as well. she took to instagram on wednesday to show the damage here. >> so, there used to be a fence right here. my neighbor's house. devastated. >> her 65-acre estate has minimal damage compared to her neighbors. she went on her post to thank everyone for their prayers and concerns. >>> ellen degeneres also lives in montecito. she's talking about the community along with oprah. you can watch ellen right here on nbc4 today around for news 4 at 4:00. >>> five minutes after the hour. new video of a jewelry store robbery we told but earlier this week. police in d.c. released this video of that incident on sunday. it's the second time the high-end store has been robbed in a matter of weeks. someone hurled a rock through the windows at benson's jewelers. the burglars smashed three display cases, grabbed jewelry and took off. the owner says it could be the same burglar that hit the store before christmas. this is surveillance video of that break-in. so far, no one has been arrested in either robbery

eun, aaron, back to you. >> all right, chris lawrence live for us at union station. chris, thank you. >>> 6:17 your time right now. for a closer look at what some of the crews are doing on area roads right now, we want to turn to chris shorter. >> he's with the d.c. department much public works. good morning. tell us about the emergency response to the storm so far this morning. >> caller: sure. good morning. thanks for having me on. our crews, as you know started pre-treating roads last night at 8:00 p.m. with a liquid brine mix. our crews -- no deployment teams are deployed this morning at -- they have been working on d.c. roads since 1:00 a.m. so we're in residential areas, as well as our primary corridors that commuters would use coming into and leaving the district this morning. >> so chris, i know i drove through betting heights and navy yards around 3:00 this morning. not much had been done there. i did a little sliding each at a low speed. what's the plan of attack here? what should people plan to see happening as the hours go by. >> because we are still seein

breaking news out of north korea. >> chris lawrence is at the live desk with the latest. chris, what's happening? >> south korea says north korea will send a delegation to the winter games next month. this development comes after the first formal talks between these two countries in about two years. the main signal of that relationship -- they met in a border village. the talks only centered around the olympic games, not kim jong un's nuclear program. president trump called it a good first step. he even suggested he may be willing to sit down with kim jong un, but only if they abandon their missile progr it's 5:06. a man accused of killing two teens the night before their graduation will go on trial. jose canales-yanez's case will only be heard by a judge. he waived his right to a jury trial. he's one of the people accused in the deaths of the two teens. they were found shot to death in a car back in june hours before their graduation from northwest high school. police believe they were killed in revenge of a robbery of canales-yanez's girlfriend >>> the search continues

breaking news out of iran now with chris lawrence at the live desk. >> nine more people died during the violent protests bringing the death toll to at least 20 people. take a look at this. buildings are going up in flames in news outlets are reporting 400 to 500 people have been arrested in the last three days alone in tehran. this started thursday over economic issues like high unemployment, the rising price of gas. we've seen a lot of the peaceful protests going on. but also rioters trying to attack police stations and military bases as well. >>> it's 5:33. happening today, the northern virginia man accused of wanting to join isis and searching for ways to carry out an attack will appear in court. he ran before he was arrested last friday. documents show investigators found numerous internet searches on his cell phone including body armor and isis attacks. he's charged with attempting to obstruct terror investigation for trying to destroy a computer memory chip and thumb drive. >> this morning, the boyfriend of a woman stabbed to death is behind bars charged with her killing. mendez w

chris lawrence was there in the weeks after reporting on that earthquake. he's going to share his perspective with us coming up. >>> we'll check in with tracie potts on capitol hill. we're going to check in with darcy spencer outside of the haitian embassy this morning with reaction. darcy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the haitian ambassador calling the president's comments regrettable and based on cliches and stereotypes. the comments are being condemned on both sides of the aisle, republicans and democrats. virginia senator tim kaine said all he said -- he said that the president said -- who ran against trump in the primary. he also took to twitter and said america was built on the backs of immigrants from around the globe. we must honor that history, not reject it. it starts with respectful rhetoric and signing bipartisan daca legislation. we have more reaction from lawmakers in the next hour. >> darcy spencer outside the haitian embassy. thank you. >>> the president's comments are getting a lot of coverage on many news networks. >> including

>>> i'm chris lawrence at the live desk following breaking news in new jersey. want to get you to new video showing a massive fire going on right now. this one is all predicated by the weather. it started in a vacant building. but then the winds started whipping it up. pushed the fire on to two buildings across the street. also several cars parked on that street are burning as well. you can see the firefighters responding. we've also learned one of the firefighters slipped on the ice and took minor injuries. again, b the weather. heavy winds in that area. boy, it's been a tough couple weeks for new jersey. earlier this morning, we learned a 13th person died from that massive fire at an apartment complex there. aaron, back to you. >> chris, thank you. 6:27 now. justin finch is live managing the airport delays after the storm. >> what are you seeing at reagan national, justin? >> reporter: hey there, aaron, eun. for travelers and airlines, after snow forced wave after wave of flight cancellations, coming up when you must know if you're flying today and what it was

let's go to chris lawrence at the live desk. >> this could be a major diplomatic break through. north korean diplomats are talking to their counterparts in south korea using a hotline that hasn't been used in 20 years. ' the opening ceremony and news 4's tracie potts will have more on these concerning tensions with north korea. that's coming up at 5:45. aaron, back to you. >>> 5:08 now. the holidays are over. that means lawmakers will return to washington today. doug jones will start 2018 as an official member of the u.s. senate. he'll be sworn in today. the democrats beat roy moore to fill the seat of u.s. attorney general jeff sessions. >>> the mega millions jackpot is now worth $418 million after no one matched all six numbers last night. check your tickets anyway though. you may have won a smaller prize. here are the numbers, 1, 42, 47, 64, 70 and megaball is 22. the next drawing is on friday night. couple days to buy those tickets. >> two huge lottery jack pots still up for grabs tonight. tonight's powerball drawing worth $440 drawing that big since august when someone in m

at the live desk, chris lawrence, news 4. to you, aaron. >> chris, thank you. >>> clothing giant h and m is apologizing for controversial image on it website. it showed a black child with coolest monkey in the jungle. social media exploded over the photo. they removed the image with the child. although it did keep similar images with wihite children modeling the same shirt. the company sincerely apologizes. >> i imagine a number of people looked at this before it went into print. always surprising when that happens. >> the level of explanation, historical -- or lack of understanding to make a mistake like that. >> we're working for you helping you find ways to get fit. all week, we're taking inside fitness centers to show you ways to work out in the area. >> this morning, it's all about the music. good play list gets you going. molette green is there to explain why this workout could motivate you. molette, look at you going there. >> this is a great workout. high energy. i'm motivated to stay fit for 2018. actually, i got to

chris lawrence at the live desk with that. chris? >> aaron, i was just looking at this.rescue crews in california are hoping right now for miracles as they search for survivors of the deadly mudslides. the search is becoming more desperate by the second. at least 17 people have been killed. some as young as 3 years old and some as old as 89. more than 40 others are still missing. in all, about 65 homes have been destroyed. between 400 and 500 damaged by this incredible trail of destruction. >>> chris, thank you. >>> now to a developing story out of prince george's county. someone was killed on a stretch of branav row. an suv struck a pedestrian near iverson street around 6:00 last night. police say the driver of the suv remained on the scene. >>> we now know the name of the man killed on wednesday night on branch avenue just a couple of blocks away. shawn sims died at the hospital after his car collided with another vehicle near st. barnabas road. the woman behind the wheel of thet-x second car was also critically injured. >>> the deadly smoke incident at l'enfant plaza

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this morning, more than a dozen families are left with the chris lawrence at the live desk with the latest. >> at least 17 people are now dead. hundreds of search crews are digging through the mud and wreckage searching for another 17 missing people. the video you're about to see shows you just how frightening this situation is. >> oh, my god. mom. close the door. >> you talk about a literal river of mud and debris. that is what we mean. it's a surreal scene. many of the people missing are older retirees and young children who simply didn't have the strength to stand up to all that mud. one man is still searching for his mother. >> how far she could have swam. i don't know where she is.

i'm chris lawrence. sounds dire when you say it like that.'re going to get to all your school closings and all that stuff, but we got to start with chuck. boy oh, boy, it's down-right >> this is not the records, but we're within a couple degrees of record low temperatures. the real issue is the persistence of the wind and cold. a lot of times we get a break when the sun goes down and the wind eases up. not so on this pattern. the cold door is open to the north pole and persisting northwest wind will continue to drive the windchills down below zero pretty much all through the morning. actual air temperatures are hovering around 10 to 12 degrees or so. but the winds are still gusting well over 20 mi

i'm chris lawrence. if you're planning to be outside it will be absolutely brutal. we're talking feel-like temperatures as low as 10 degrees in the coming hours. we got a start with the dangerously cold weather heading into the area. for folks that will be off tomorrow boy, is it going to be cold. >> remember, all it takes is 30 minutes and your skin exposed in temperatures like this to get to frostbite. it's imperative to make sure you're layered up. temperature in the district, 17 degrees. what does it feel like? it feels like 7 out there. we are partly cloudy, mostly clear throughout the night. winds out of the north at 8 miles an hour. as those winds pick up we will feel much until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. we're talking temperatures feeling like minus 10 in some areas. as we head through the night your countdown forecast, take a look at it. 15 degrees through midnight. i'll have a look how long this cold is going to stick around. back to you. >> thank you. >>> while some brave the frigid temperatures outside, others decide to go indoors. how's it looking out there no

i'm chris lawrence. we'll get to the school closings and delays in a second. but it's the stuff you can't see that's the big danger this morning, right, sheena. >> of course. if it looks wept, it probably is ice. here's a look at the temperature map. we have areas below freezing in parts of northern virginia, northern maryland. clinton at 32. 25 frederick. 29 dulles. in the district, a couple degrees above freezing. even though we're dry, it's all the precip that moved through giving us areas of patchy ice this morning. approach with caution. visibility is low too. gaithersburg, manassas, visibility less than a half mile. dense patchy fog this morning. especially in those areas that may still be seeing some snow-covered ground out there. warrenton is down to 0. we have ice this morning and fog. temperatures. i think you're rile going to like it. nice break from the cold, chris. >> i'll take it, sheen a thank you. a lot of school districts are giving students extra time to get to class this morning all because of the weather. in maryland, montgomery county scho

. >> chris lawrence is at the live desk. what's happening? >> we talk about accidents on the road. a blizzard in new jersey may have caused a carbon monoxide leak in an apartment building killing one person, making several others very sick. a 13-year-old girl died from the fumes in the building night. three of her family members are still in critical condition this morning. officials say 41 people have been treated at the hospital. 27 of them police officers who responded to the scene. officials are going to see if carbon monoxide detectors in that building work. very important to make sure those are up and running. eun, back to you. >> silent killer. chris, thank you. the desperate search continues for this missing man from prince george's county. take a look a he's 65 years old. he has dementia and nonverbal. he disappeared from a costco store in beltsville on tuesday. police are worried about him missing in these frigid temperatures. if you see him or know where he might be, you're asked to call police immediately. >>> this morning, a federal judge will begin reviewing the elect

i'm chris lawrence. sounds dire when you say it like that. we're going to get to all your school closings and all that stuff, but we got to start with chuck. boy oh, boy, it's down-right >> this is not the records, but we're within a couple degrees of record low temperatures. the real issue is the persistence of the wind and cold. a lot of times we get a break when the sun goes down and the wind eases up. not so on this pattern. the cold door is open to the north pole and persisting northwest wind will continue to drive the windchills down below zero pretty much all through the morning. actual air temperatures are hovering around 10 to 12 degrees or so. but the winds are still gusting well over 20 mi many spots. as a result, the windchills are averaging between minus 5 and minus 10 to get your day going. there's your planner then. windchills below zero, at least through the morning hours. recovering only slightly to zero zero for the afternoon. afternoon below 20 degrees. when does it warm up? i'll show you the forecast coming up. going to be

i'm chris lawrence. yes, red again behind me.arly every day this year so far mass been a weather ale to red. >> may as well. this one is different, though. no matter who it looks like as you head out the door this morning, it's probably going to look different by the time you come home. >> the issue is, arctic air is really hard to scour out of the area. cold air is dense and heavy, so it sticks down to the ground. now with a little moisture riding over the top of that, we could face a little bit of iciness around here. not for the morning commute. i'm not worried about the ride in. more of a concern for the ride home later. t winter weather advisory starts at 3:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. it's the evening commute we're concerned about. main kefconcern is a little per of freezing rain. we've been super cold for a super long period of time. as a result, anything that falls, even if it's falling as liquid raindrops, it's going to hit the ground and freeze solid. current temperatures are at

i'm chris lawrence. thanks for waking up bright and early for us. i'm here with sheena.he third day in a row now of the cold snap chills today, we're talking about actual temperatures being below ten degrees. >> before we get to that, got some school delays to tell you about. in northeast d.c. the cold is causing some plumbing issues at archbish archbishop. page county and frederick county on a two-hour delay. the same goes for berkeley and jefferson counties in west virginia. let's send it over to sheena to see, boy, what we're in for today. >> i mean, when you walk outside, it actually does feel in many areas colder than yesterday. take a look as we go through the morning though. for the suburbs we'll be staying, these are actual temperatures, below 10 degrees until 7:00 a.m. then rising into the 20s by lunchtime. look at what it's like outside right now. this is the actual temperature because the wind this morning is not really a factor. 16 degrees washington, 9 frederick, 1 degree in manassas. manassas could drop below zero.

now we're in weather alert mode because of the dangerous black ic i'm chris lawrence. school closings and delays in a second. but it's the stuff you can't see that's the big danger this morning, right, sheena. >> of course. if it looks wept, it probably is ice. here's a look at the temperature map. we have areas below freezing in parts of northern virginia, northern maryland. clinton at 32. 25 frederick. 29 dulles. in the district, a couple degrees above freezing. even though we're dry, it's all the precip that moved through giving us areas of patchy ice this morning. approach with caution. visibility is low too. gaithersburg, manassas, visibility less than a half mile. dense patchy fog this morning. especially in those areas that may still be seeing some snow-covered ground out there. warrenton is down to 0. we have ice this morning and fog.

i'm chris lawrence starting off with sheena in the storm team 4 weather center.u see all that red, you know it's another weather alert day. we have a school delay presumably because of the cold. schools in west virginia on a two-hour delay. half shir schools. >> wait until the end of the week. we're going to say this is the coldest air we've seen. you're latching. i'm laughing because i'm in denial. it's painful when you walk outside. look at in the district. 14 degrees. it feels like 2 degrees right now. as we go into the end of the week, i'll show you that coming up. i'm warning you, it's going to be even colder if you can believe it. we're talking about daytime highs being very cold. 0 degrees windchills, 3 degrees dulles and leesburg. martinsburg at 5 below. feels like 2 below in clinton. 0 manassas. 4 in quantico. layers will th

. >>> news4 midday starts >>> good morning and welcome to news4 midday i'm chris lawrence. >> and i'm erika gonzalez. national weather service says dulles airport hit a record low temperature of one degree early this morning. right now you are looking at the current temperatures. big improvement from the one degree. >> don't get too 457happy thoug. we have nor snow. let's get the latest from the meteorologist sheena parveen. >> hit a record low this morning about zero degrees. so, yes, it's very cold weather. locally very cold weather in florida wintry mix and snow moving into parts of georgia and carolina as well. this is our next weather system. heading out into the atlantic, and tonight part of the area start to see snow falling. i'll show you how much coming up in a minute. but temperature wise low to mid-20s. we'll be breaking 30 degrees this afternoon for some of the area. big improvement compared to what we have seen over the past few days. in the suburb there you see 31 degrees, then we'll see the snow moving in. for some of you who can expect it coming up. >> sheena, thank yo

. >> chris lawrence joins us from the live desk with the latest. chris, what's going on. >> sorry. i was looking down at this. paramedics took dozens of people to the hospital. we learned that a 13-year-old girl died from carbon monoxide poisoning. this morning, three of her family members are still in critical condition. all this happened in the middle of thursday's blizzard. there was some sort of leak at an apartment building in pert amboy. doctors treated people for carbon monoxide poisoning, including 27 police officers who responded to the call. i was looking at this. one of the women who lives in the apartment building. she says she wouldn't have even known anything if officers hadn't come to her door. she made a sound. >> live at the live desk, chris, thank you. >>> crews are trying to determine the exact cause of a fire in potomac. firefighters working what sounds like zero degree temperatures to put out the flames here. the fire started in the basement walls. no word on any injuries. >>> it is going to take a while for people in ocean city to dig out from the snowstorm th

. >> and i'm chris lawrence. we are staying ahead of that breaking news. >>> one remains in custody from cl capital heights. >> what's happening on campus right now. >> reporter: hey, there, and despite heavy police presence, saying the threat has been contained. campus is safe. and classes resuming. we do have parents shown up here waiting for updates on their children still concerned this morning. the late egst update from polics calling us this. called in 9:00 p.a.m. central hh school. what's being called a knife assault t a student has been apprehended and surrounded to school authorities. this has upstairs level of central high school. again, the weapon in this case recovered as well. described as a small blade. a small knife. we do know lock down was ordered here on campus and was lifted here a short triime ago. meantime, parents have shown up looking for what has been a trying morning at central high school. >> only thing going through my mind, oh, my god my son, where is he. and texting and not texting us

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>> that's what lawrence olivier would say, "louder and faster, my boy." it was boring dialogue. you're a speech writer, chris. you know this is just dull speech writing. >> i've never seen a speech like this where the first half of the speech is sugar coated, all the nice stuff about the flag. of course we love the flag and of course people like bonuses at work. of course all of that stuff. we worry about prescription drugs and things like that and then this ugly turn saying all immigrants are criminals, we have to keep them out of the country so let's talk about immigrants. he started with ms-13. he admitted there's 1.8 billion people in the country whose parents brought them here and they want to be americans and they feel like americans and yet he starts with ms-13. >> and he goes on to chain migration. this is about family unification. this is not about, you know, distant relatives coming in. and he knows that and we all know that. he's just lying right down the line. but, you know, you mentioned something earlier, which is you said he didn't mention the russia probe, you know. it was not brought up. the

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lawrence olivier would say, "louder and faster, my boy." the point is, it was boring dialogue. i mean, it was just bad. you're a speech writer, chris. you know this is just dull speech writing. >> i've never seen a speech like this where the first half of the speech is sugar coated, all the nice stuff about the flag. of course we love the flag and of course people like bonuses at work. of course all of that stuff. we worry about prescription drugs and things like that and then this ugly turn saying all immigrants are criminals, we have to keep them out of the country so let's talk about immigrants. he started with ms-13. he admitted there's 1.8 billion people in the country whose parents brought them here and they want to be americans and they feel like americans and yet he starts with ms-13. >> and he goes on to chain migration. this is about family unification. this is about mothers, brothers, fathers, this is not about, you know, distant relatives coming in. and he knows that and we all know that. he's just lying right down the line. but, you know, you mentioned something earlier, which is you said he didn't mention the russia pr

chris ruddy said in june. the president was at least considering firing mueller. it also squares with what "fire and fury" author michael wolff says he heard last summer, although wolfe add context for my colleague lawrence o'donnell. >> the firing of robert mueller was talked about by trump, especially in this june-july period before his legal team really got in and took over. this became an obsession with the president. he had to get rid of mueller. now an obsession with this president becomes instead of an order, it becomes kind of like wallpaper. it just goes on and on and on. he repeats and repeats and repeats. and is it serious? is it just him spouting off? ultimately, that's what the special prosecutor will have to decide. and it's a key thing, because the special prosecutor has to prove intent. if he is just a crazy person, which in part he is, it's going to be very hard to prove intent. >> president's lawyers are negotiating with the special counsel over the terms of the interview. but there is new reports of panic among trump confidantes, worry head can't help but perjure himself. that's next. clearblue digital pregnancy test... ...with smart countdown, gives unmistakably clear... ...results wr