i'm wendy rieger. back to you. >> more than 1 million americans lost their unemployment benefits when congress let the emergency extension expire at the end of the year. tonight, president obama is urging congress to extend the benefits n. a narrow vote, the senate voted to move ahead with the extension, but the republican republicans and the democrats are far apart on how to make it happen. and steve handelsman has the report. >> reporter: the procedural vote means that the extended unemployment benefits may pass the senate in a few days, but president obama said it better. >> we are not a people who say, you are on your own. we believe we are all in it together the, and we know there but by the grace of god go i. >> reporter: there was catherine hackett, mother of two servicemen, who keeps her thermostat on 58 degrees while she looks for work. >> the unemployment benefits have been essential for me to have basic necessities. >> the way you qualify for the program is that you work and then you are let

. >>> and good afternoon, i'm wendy rieger in for jim hanley. >> and i'm barbara harrison in for pat lawson muse. and we begin with a story causing outrage across the area. a man died after struggling steps from a d.c. fire station, and the victims' family and the citizens are crying foul. >> and we have confirmed that the fire lieutenant in that station at this time has been relieved of her command. and we are joined by chris gordon on north avenue in d.c. chris? >> we are told by a number of sources in the d.c. government that her name is lieutenant kay lean davis, and she has been assigned to desk duty in the office of the chief of the d.c. fire department, and that a rookie who was on duty on saturday when this incident happened has been reassigned to another firehouse, and this is as the investigation continues, and we want to share video of you now showing the investigation showing internal affairs looking into the incident in which 77-year-old medrick mills who spent years working for the parks and recreation department, came to the fire station begging for help. we are told t

i'm wendy rieger in for pat lawson muse. >> i'm jim handly. here it is, folks.is bitter cold out there. we are dealing with the stuff right now. we have single digit temperatures with windchills near zero. truly dangerous stuff. biting wind and blowing snow. >> but, things are starting to get back to normal at the airports. reagan, dulles and bwi are open. checking the rails, most trains are running full service. the brunswick line to the northeast is on a reduced schedule. on the roads, most primary roads are clear. crews are working on the secondary streets. watch out, we could have a big refreeze overnight. not too many of you are in the dark right now. power companies are reporting 1700 customers without electricity right now. >> we have winter storm team 4 coverage right now. we begin with veronica johnson on cue. this is just where we said it would be yesterday. >> that's right. folks, this really is hypothermia weather, frostbite type of weather. i felt for the folks i passed today who had to work outside for any prolonged period of time. there's the shot

let's go straight to wendy rieger. >> no surprise this storm is going to impact travel plans for thekend. amtrak announced trains are operating on a modified snow schedule tomorrow. the acela and regional trains. they are traveling between d.c. and boston. passengers can expect the frequencies of the trains to be lower than usual especially near new england. amtrak is offering refunds and vouchers for future trips for a passenger who decides they don't want to travel tomorrow. that's the latest from the live desk. back to you. >> this is going to be disruptive. stanford county public schools are going to have a two-hour delay. how much are we expecting to see and how much is falling. you can see it behind us. >> right now, one to forinches. a few neighborhoods may pick up more. an inch reported in per sellville, an inch in lovettsville. hagger'stown, two and a half inches. we are getting the fig flakes now. again, winchester and frederick starting to stick on area roads. we said what happened as soon as the sunset and temperatures dropped off. take a look, folks. here is where it's g

wendy rieger is at the live news desk gathering the details. >> well, we have learned that the 10-year-old girl stuck in a well is being rescued. this is in pasadena avenue up in anne aroundel county. this is her. they will put the blue plan ket on her and take her to the waiting ambulance. as you can imagine, that hypothermia was and issue, but they were able to get there quickly and using a confined space, rescue technique, they were able to drop someone down the well, and grab this little girl and bring her up. this well is in the back of somee's yard. that is all we have right now, but she is out. we don't know what condition she is in. she is on the way to the hospital, and we will get the latest for you later on. back to you. >> and thank you, wendy. >>> crews and passengers reacting to an early end to the vacation. they describe conditions on the royal caribbean ship in the virgin islands. >> and for weeks after the target credit card breach, we have heard tips of protecting the identities a . >>> there seems to be a baby boom happening at the national zoo. here are the newest addit

wendy rieger is live at the live desk. >> a state of emergency is still on in atlanta and many drivers spent a second day stuck in their cars. these are live pictures over the city's highways, where crews have been helping stranded drivers all day. the state patrol says it's been called to investigate nearly 1,000 car accidents which resulted in about 100 injuries. the national guard has also been deployed to help people but with thousands stuck, a lot of drivers say it is slow going. >> i've been on the road since 4:00 p.m. yesterday trying to get home. >> reporter: where are you coming from? >> coming from the airport. it's been pretty pretty rough. total nightmare outer here. >> reporter: as some people face another night stuck behind the wheel the city and state are facing criticism for the slow response to this crisis. some grocery stores and schools opened their doors so stranded drivers could at least spend the night in a warm place while they waited for help. at the live desk, wendy rieger, back to you. >> thanks. >>> the governor of georgia is blaming forecasters for the fiasc