petersburg virginia. there federal prisons for women scattered throughout the country for maureen. that said the prisons will not promise she will get a placement in a prison close to home even though the judge recommended that. the prison system said they have a lot of factors to take into account. crowding and health of the inimates and they tend to place inmates near family. they are sentenced to federal prison but they made it clear they will be put behind bars. news 4. >> at 6:08 dangerous weather conditions all over the country. a person answering a call for help ended up in this situation. >> a nanny scam. a local woman shares her story to help you avoid becoming the next target. >> time before the next snow flakes fall this our area. putting the final touches on our forecast. when we will see the worst of the storm and what you can expect when the snow mov is is. >>> here's another look at radar and a couple of hours of active snow ice, and rain will move through your neighborhood. what you will see first and when to expect a break from all this wintry mess. >> we are told

reagan national cooler in gaithersburg and baltimore, annapolis upper 30's. 55 degrees in petersburg, west virginia. we are heading to 60 degrees tomorrow. saturday evening, 43 degrees by 7:00 p.m. not too cold tonight. tomorrow morning, about 37 degrees. by tomorrow afternoon, nearing 60 degrees, the rain showers moving in overnight sunday and into monday. then another blast of cold air late next week. i will let you know how cold it will get in the full forecast coming up. >> an emotional show of support for a mclean boy critically injured in a flooding accident a week ago. more than 100 people took part in the rally in prayer service for the six-year-old. richard reeve has the story from the newsroom. so many neighbors are pulling for the family. >> it was an emotional gathering of family and friends, gathered in a show of support. the six-year-old will cup friday night after being put into a medically induced coma. shouts and smiles. we are hoping that he gets better soon >>. >> all for the six-year-old. >> he was hit by a car. >> january 28, he was sledding down a driveway in mclean when he sl

petersburg, west virginia, at 15 below.ound noon this takes us through 1:00, we're still between zero and minus 5. that's during the middle of the afternoon. we are not going to see temperatures warm. then on thursday night into friday we're going to set records i think. friday morning record low temperature is 8 at national set back in 1896. i don't think there's any chance of us not breaking that record. we've got a low of 4, dulles don't know if we'll get there, but it will be close at minus 2. pwi marshall at 4, could set a record there as well. record breaking cold, some of the coldest air we've seen in decades. >> with temperatures that low, that means the risk of frozen pipes. make sure you're prepared, of course before getting on the road. friday morning the worst of it as doug said with the windchills 10 to 20 below. hypothermia weather frostbite weather, we're counting down with 29 days to go until spring. let's look at the four-day forecast right now. high temperature 18 tomorrow, 19 friday. we start warming up s

judge james spencer will recommend the federal prison in petersburg virginia but the i-team has learned the bureau of prisons cannot guarantee this is where the mcdonnells will be placed. both the former first lady and the former governor are appealing their convictions. coming up david culvert details the emotional testimony from maureen mcdonnell this morning when she was in court. we have a big show coming up at 5:00. stick around. >>> with a spike in new water main breaks and folks left with no heat it could be a rough weekend for both residents and repair crews in prince george's county. our bureau chief, tracee wilkins, is keeping tabs on that. >> reporter: we have seen the major issues in prince george's county today. this is a water main break in bladensburg and it closed down riverdale road here. you can see where they have the traffic redirecting it through this gas station. an 8-inch water main break here. i'm told by workers this is their tenth break today in the county. and there were also issues in the schools. a school was so cold some parents came to pick their kids up a

look at the numbers. 42 in petersburg west virginia 34 manassas 35 in annapolis. we're on the mild side of this year and man we're going to be going down big time. storm team 4 is picking up a few flurries near the baltimore region. that's with one little front. that's a warm front that's moving on through. the rest of the this though look at where this air is coming from. straight out of canada follow this all the way down and this is the cold front that's going to move through tomorrow. so we have our first shot of brutal arctic air during the day tomorrow. it will come after around noon tomorrow. you're going to walk outside and everything is going to be fine early tomorrow morning. don't forget the coat. don't forget the gloves the hat, the scarves. by the time you leave work you're going to be needing those as you make your way home. trust me. that's shot number one. shot number two comes on saturday night into sunday. this cold air travels all the way down towards the keys believe it or not. look at the feels like temperature. this is 32 in d.c. 32 manassas

virginia. a beautiful snow pup here and an ice covered and snow covered potomac river, thanks for sending this in. in petersburg, west virginia, so pictures from all three states in our viewing area here, melissa mallow from the pan handle of west virginia. keep those pictures coming facebook and twitter. >> let's look ahead because behind this storm is even colder air. so snow will end early tuesday, again generally 4 to 8 inches. snow showers wednesday. tell you what. in could be dynamic, not unlike our saturday -- this could be dynamic, not up like our saturday storm. we could hear the rumble of thunder again wednesday night. it will affect the p.m. commute. colder air arriving on thursday. hard to believe that's true. below 0 we think thursday night in the burbs and certainly single digits downtown. on the futurecast by morning you can see most of the snow pulling away. by 6 appear it's not snowing? i longer -- 6 a.m. it's not snowing any longer in gaithersburg and leesburg, temps in the teens. by 9:00 breaks in the clouds. 1:00 temperatures are in the 20s, still below freezing. it might get above freezing

look at petersburg west virginia how about early friday morning? 3 below in d.c. 9 below in gaithersburg. we're talking about extremely frigid air making its way in here during the day on friday. i think it gets a lot colder on sunday. so we've got two real shots at that cold air. before that though we could see a few flurries on thursday. not much at all. then on friday rather windy and just cold. 28 with wind chills between 5 and 10 all day long. saturday a better chance of some light snow. could even see accumulating snow but we're not talking much at all. once again it's the cold behind it. high of 21 on sunday. the highest wind chill on sunday could stay below zero for some areas. the coldest day for sure this year coming in february. >> looks rough. >> thank you, doug. >> five-dog night. >>> we've got sports coming up. the maryland women's teams. my oh, my. they play so >>> this is the xfinity sports desk brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. >>> warriors have been having some problems lately but they got well tonight

this is a union mortar, one of many that were brought down by rail that were battering petersburg, virginia, at the time of the hampton roads conference. as you know, not far south of richmond. these are the ruins of petersburg, achieved, if you will, by the effect of those mortars and that shelling on men, women and children who live there. women -- after four horrific years of that sort of thing, the war had almost broken lincoln as well as the south. apart from saving lives and property, lincoln wanted to end it by agreement rather conquest. to spare the south humiliation of defeat and reconcile the people as quickly and effectively as possible. in december of 1864, he had little or no hope that the confederate government would negotiate its own demise and made an annual address to congress that basically reached out to the southern people. and implored them to end the war simply by refusing to keep fighting it. on only three conditions. first, that there would be no truth short of a final end to the war. second, that the union would be restored. and third, that there would be no backwar

cumberland at 23 petersburg west virginia at 24. that cold air moving in. look where we are tomorrow morning, 18 in d.c. 11 in manassas 13 in leesburg 12 in gaithersburg the record tonight at dulles is 10 degrees and we could come close to that maybe tying or breaking that record if we get just cold enough. another cold one, the outdoor impact forecast tomorrow 7:00 a.m. cold. wait until 9:00 or 10:00 for jogging. 24 by 11:00, 32 degrees by 3:00. we are talking a little bit of wind tomorrow too, so windchill may be a factor. nothing on the radar. we'll stay on the dry side. look where we're talking act back towards dallas. more snow. look more snow down around dallas today, more snow into oklahoma arkansas places that don't normally see it. memphis is going to see some of that snow. that system will move to the east and as it does it will pick up a little more moisture and i think sunday could be a little bit of a problem in some areas. future weather, 8:00 a.m. tomorrow just cold. all day tomorrow just cold. that's all we're going to see p with more cloud

but martinsburg at 14, petersburg, west virginia now at 6. that's the air that's coming in here.our windchill advisory in effect for tonight through the day tomorrow. for windchills between 5 and 15 below zero. that includes the entire area. let's show you the windchills through the night. by 11:00, near 1 in d.c., minus 3 towards martinsburg winchester. tomorrow morning, 6 below in d.c. 9 below in martinsburg, 11 below in cumberland, 5 below in fredericksburg. even around noon we're not warming at all, windchills between zero and 5 below still. it looks like those numbers get even colder as we move on through the area. 21 below in gaithersburg. 16 below in leesburg. what was that, adam? all right good deal. got adam tuss still on chain bridge. let's go to him right now and see what he's dealing with. adam, there he is. >> reporter: well, i figured i'd come out from the news van and defend myself. but the snow squall has come through here. it is definitely moving across the bridge. what we've been telling you all day is that it's going to blow through pretty fast. we have rush ho

reinforcing push of this arctic air that's dropped the temperature to 10 now in cumberland petersburg west virginiarsburg. we'll drop down air temperature wise as skies clear to 2 below to 8 above by morning. that will be cold enough to threaten local low temperature records for tomorrow morning. and as we continue to examine the reason for this cold air, it's shown on the futurecast. steady stream of air from the arctic. it moves across the area. we have sunshine and cold weather tomorrow. then the storm system to the west for the weekend may start as snow saturday afternoon. eventually mixing with freezing rain especially south and east of the city saturday evening and late at night, plain old fashioned rain and that plain rain will be with us on sunday as temperatures show a dramatic jump. winter storm watch up from roanoke to lexington south to st. louis. winter storm warnings for most of tennessee. our story will be the mixed precipitation after some snow on saturday. rain and much milder sunday. clearing and turning colder for early next week. that's the latest from the weather center. back t

bob is in petersburg, virginia. caller: good morning. look, i am very disappointed that republicans have invited benjamin netanyahu over here. i think all the taxpayers in this country are being cheated. we have to pay taxes, and it looks to me that the money we give israel, it will leave to more respect on the democratic side of our system. i think we are looking at the republicans, and netanyahu has folks just like the ku klux klan, i think. i think that is the kind of people we have. i hope the democrats will get people rallied up because we need to get the republicans out of their completely. i hope you all have a nice day. thank you. guest: thank you, bob. i want to separate a couple of things. the united states has a strong, long, and important alliance with the democracy in the middle east that is israel. but that is a separate question of whether the speaker of the house, john boehner, should have invited prime minister netanyahu to address a joint session of congress without consulting the white house, and without consulting our

william cameron the editor of the petersburg newspaper in writing about the future government -- governor virginia instantly summoned his journalistic skills when he called underwood and i'm quoting absurd blasphemous howard lee devilish goulish ignorant yankees euros. [laughter] the great man a virginians view john curtis underwood precisely that way. [laughter] >> john it sounds like some of the letters we get from litigants today. not every decision made by the u.s. district court in virginia were breaux perceived by the republic and in that vein let's move to the desegregation era. talk about the impact that had in some of the major decisions. >> well it all happened during my lifetime and the lifetimes of a number of you in the audience. it began in 19, while the began before that but the constitution of virginia provided in so many words and no white or black child will be educated at the same schools. that had been a way of life in virginia so let's keep in mind a couple of things when we are talking about the segregation cases. the desegregation cases change the face of america and virgini