The metro area. Im jan jeffcoat. Im derek mcginty. Loudoun, fairfax, Prince William county schools operating on a twohour delay tomorrow. Lets get right to first alert chief meteorologist topper shutt. Any flurries on forecast overnight, top . I think so, maybe even a snow shower. The good news, current temperatures, 26 downtown, thats as warm as its been all day. Temps have been steady or rising in the last few hours, up to 21 in gaithersburg, 23 in leesburg and manassas. On the futurecast by 6 00 temperatures in the 20s with clouds and then by 8 00 were still 27 downtown with low to mid20s in the burbs, not seeing any flecks of blues. There could be a couple flurries or a snow shower as the front goes through. 10 00 temperatures still in the 20s and by noon look at that. Were finally above freezing down town for the first four days. So wakeup weather looks like this, maybe a flurry at 5 00 and at 7 00. By 9 00 very cold but temperatures back into the 20s. Well come back, talk about how cold it will be behind this front and yes, there are some flakes on the sevenday next week. This is kind of weird, but tonight america is actually colder than the planet mars, yeah. According to Data Collected by the mars rover, the red planet is currently a bit warmer than parts of the northwestern u. S. , the not to mention upstate new york and parts of maine and minnesota. Mola lenghi is live in northwest tonight braving the elements once again. Reporter i think id take mars over this at this point its that cold. If youve been outside at any point today, you understand how cold it is and its causing all sorts of problems throughout the area, delays, School Delays today and tomorrow. We saw metro delays today. The extreme cold temperatures were cracking the metrorails and perhaps worst of all is these cold temperatures just hurt. Why would anyone be outside in this . Very cold. Reporter so much so foot traffic is noticeably lighter in place like d. C. s tenleytown. Still some brave souls dare face the cold. Why do you stand outside . Im just waiting for a friend. Reporter you have to be outside . Yeah. Reporter some are waiting on a bus, others waiting on metro on the outdoor platform or grabbing dinner or just a stroll in shorts and a trench coat. No, youre not seeing things. Each day seems colder than the day before. Today is the worst. Reporter whats the worse part about this . The wind in your face. That i cant feel my feet. Hands and ears. Reporter some deal with it better than others. I was actually just thinking its not that bad. Reporter is this a state of mind that youre in . I do a lot of yoga. Maybe thats it. Reporter youve got a thin layer. Its negative 29 in st. Paul right now. Im fine. Reporter this is a minnesota man where current temps are in the Single Digits and probably will be until july. He is fortunate enough to be unfazed by d. C. s tough weather. I want to say suck it up. Reporter boots and a jacket, hats and gloves, long john and wool socks, none of which seem to work. Is this working what youre doing . No. My hand is freezing cold. I have two jackets on. Reporter is it working . No. Reporter what do you do . Wait around till spring. Reporter since spring is nowhere near its probably time we get used to the fact winter is here to stay. Remember at least its not minnesota. Live in the district im mola lenghi for wusa9. Hope that hats working for you there. President obama says he wants to make Community College as universal as high school and hes proposed a rather ambitious plan. Tomorrow in tennessee hes expected to announce his proposal which is to provide two years of free Community Colleges for american workers. The big question, how much will it cost and who is paying for it . The white house said he will give more details at the state of the union, but the figures come to 70 billion a year and it would have to be approved by the republican controlled congress. The spokesman for House Speaker john boehner said with no details or information on cost this seems more like a talking point than plan. We posed this concept to our neighbor friends and boy, did a bunch of facebook friends and boy, did a bunch of you sound off. Wes taylor says just another redistribution of wealth schemes, free to freeloaders while the poor working folks pay for it. Katheryn said we pay for Corporate Tax breaks and loopholes. Why not invest in americas future . President obama posed for a picture with Gabrielle Giffords calling her a hero. Four years ago today a gunman opened fire outside a safeway in tucson. Six people were killed and 13 injured including giffords who was shot in the head. She is still undergoing rehab. On capitol hill the house could vote on the keystone pipe line project as soon as tomorrow. The senate plans to vote next week. Both chambers have made it the top priority in the new congress but the white house has threatened to veto any bill lawmakers approve. The pipeline would carry oil from canada to refineries around the gulf coast. From the nations roundtable to those in paris this has been a day of remembrance for those killed in todays shooting massacre. In the heart of paris tonight a monumental gesture of remembrance, the eiffel tower going dark in tribute to those lost and thousands gathered nearby to light the night in a vigil. France right now is on its highest terror alert possible. More than 80,000 Security Forces fanning out across the country and that massive search to find that massive gunmen. Police are going through towns and villages across the region. They or foot going door to door looking for any they are on foot going door to door looking for any potential hiding places. The two brothers were on a u. S. No fly list and witnesses claim one of the gunman yelled out tell the media were alqaeda from yemen. The attack has sparked controversy over whether muslims believe in freedom of expression. Jim osman says depends who you ask. Reporter well, the mourning continues at the French Embassy tonight as a firestorm erupts over the words of a muslim cleric. Outside the gates of d. C. s French Embassy flower and sign honored the dead from the paris terrorist attack which killed 12 including editors of a french satirical magazine which printed biting cartoons depicting radical muslims in the process. Muslims in the United States, france, europe and around the world have condemned this heinous crime that took place. Reporter but tonight a new controversy has emerged after a radical london cleric in a usa today opposing views article said, muslims do not believe in the concept of freedom of expression, their speech and actions are determined by divine revelation and not based on peoples desires. Free speech is a cornerstone of my faith. Reporter the National Executive director of the d. C. Muslim group care said the cleric is full of rubbish. He said what happened at the hands of muslim terrorists is the opposite of the tenets of the muslim religion and they had a right to express themselves. Theyre not offensive to me because i know how to deal with offensive stuff. I have thick skin and the prophet mohammed has the thickest skin. Reporter vigils are being the Prophet Muhammad has the thickest skin. Reporter vigils are being held internationally tonight. Inside the president signed the condo license book. Also inside the president met with the french ambassador and promised the aid and assistance of the United States in this incident. Jim osman, wusa9 news. New tonight new questions coming from an old inquiry. Was there a saudi connection to the attacks on september 11th . Congressman steven lynch of massachusetts and walter jones of North Carolina along with some family members of those killed in the 9 11 attacks are pushing for answers to that and asking the government to declassify 28 page attack analysis which also raised some questions about the relationship saudi arabia may have had with those september 11th hijackers. Both bush and obama administrations refused to declassify that report saying its all about national security. The Indonesian Navy released underwater footage showing the wreck age of air asia flight 8501 at the bottom of the java sea. Divers spent all day trying to find the black boxes believed to be in the tail section, but there are some strong currents out there and heavy silt and the divers came up empty. That jetliner went down last month with 162 passengers and crew on board. Theres new Video Evidence out tonight in the death of a 12yearold boy shot by a Cleveland Police officer back in november. At the time rice was seen carrying what looked like a handgun and talking on his cell phone. Police fired when he didnt put down what turned out to be a bb gun. The footage also shows tamirs 14yearold sister restrained by police after she ran over to seate wh happened. She was then put in the back of a Police Cruiser where she remained the rest of the 30 minute video. Cleveland police had no further comment on the video. The u. S. Olympic committee chose boston to bid for the u. S. 2024 games in an attempt to bring the summer olympics to america after a 28 year gap. Boston will now compete against rome, either hamburg or berlin, germany or possibly a city from france or hungary. The winning city will be selected in 2017. Americas last two attempts to land the games resulted in embarrassment, fourth place finishes for new york in 2012 and chicago for the 2016 games. Washingtons olympic vice chair said im proud of the effort weve put forth. I have no doubt the shared enthusiasm and passion for sports will continue to drive Economic Growth and opportunities for our community. Well, a judge facing a life or death decision. Ruling on whether a teenage cancer patient can be forced into chemotherapy that she does not want. Hear from her mom coming up. Why a group of united i was scared. I was frightened. I have never seen anything like this. 13 flight attendants have a lawsuit against United Airlines will get their jobs back. They were fired for refusing to fly after seeing an ominous note and hand drawn picture on their plane. In the wake of the numerous disappearing planes flight attendants and the crew said they perceived the message as a serious threat. United airlines refused to deplane flight 859 and the ground crew inspected only the axillary unit near the drawings and said it was just a joke. In a statement united told cbs, our Flight Operations and maintenance teams appropriately investigated and determined there was no credible security threat. Actress Felicia Rashad said she was misquoted on her remarks about bill cosby. She was quoted as saying forget these women. According to her, what she really said was this is not about the women. This is about the obliteration of a legacy. Today connecticuts High Court Ruled that the state can force a 17yearold to undergo chemo to save her life. We only know her as cassandra c. She has hodgkins lisp lymphoma. She and her mom have missed several appoint. S. Now shes in child custody appointments. Now shes in state custody. Her mom is calling chemo toxic. Theyre killing her organs. Theyre killing her insides and its not even a matter of dying. Shes not going to die. She doesnt want to die. In a Statement Released tonight the young lady says she does understand shell die if she stops the treatment, but she says it should be her decision. The court ruled cassandras lawyers have the opportunity to prove shes mature enough to make that call during a Juvenile Court hearing in december and that they failed to do it. Honda now facing the biggest government fine ever slapped on a car company, 70 million. The National TrafficSafety Administration said honda failed to report more than 1,700 death and injury claims and certain warranty claims. Honda admits it violated the reporting requirements of the law and the company says it is taking steps to correct the problems that were responsible for the violations. Sluggish sales reportedly prompted gm to cut the price of some cadillacs, the cts sedans with luxury performance or premium trim levels, most four cylinder models are two grand less and most v 6s or three grand less effective immediately. Cts sales were down 18 last month. Despite news of holiday gains j. C. Pens where i j. C. Penneys announced today its closing 34 stores. One of the stores set to close is in Northern Virginia at the manassas mall. After these newest rounds of closures the retailer will have about 1,000 stores remaining. Always watching always tracking wusa9 first alert weather. We crack the freezing mark tomorrow . I think so. Yea the a least d. C. South. Gaithersburg at least d. C. South. Gaithersburg and fredericksburg might not. It will be the first time in four days. You mean 34, 35 when you say crack . Then well have fresh arctic air saturday night. Its reloaded. Lets start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam. The temperature now is 26 and that was the high today, dew point still 2 above, dry air mass, but because of the clouds and these winds south, southwest at 22 temps were not allowed to fall. In fact, theyve been steady or rising over the past five hours. Heres radar over the past couple of hour. Now it appears that it is snowing inning atown, winchester along 81 hagerstown, winchester along 81. The atmosphere is too dry. I think tomorrow morning very early we could see a couple of snow flurries, the bulk of which will stay west of the divide and inning along the masondixon line. And along the masondixon line. Bus stop temperatures, 18 to 20 east, dress for the teens because of southwest winds. High temperatures above freezing for many of us on friday. Again you folks to the north not so much, d. C. South you will, but then fresh arctic air saturday, plenty of sunshine, gorgeous day, probably hold in the 20s on saturday. So futurecast 6 a. M. , 22 downtown. I think these temperatures are a little low actually. I think most of the burbs will be back in the 20s and by 9 00 were almost 30 downtown and mid to upper 20s elsewhere. Clouds will take a while to move through. In fact, well be pretty much clear by lunchtime with the exception of la plata and down toward st. Marys city into southern maryland, temperatures in the 30s, but clouds moving through. After that you will clear out. Here comes arctic air. By 6 00 were back in the 20s across the board. Well talk about wind chills tomorrow night. Temperatures willing in the teens about 23 hours from now. 10 00 19 in leesburg, manassas. In fact, wind will be about 5 above if youre going out tomorrow. If youre going out late tomorrow, were looking at maybe 19. [ audio difficulties ] be fine for the commuters, but watch that carefully. I think the mild air will win and it will go to all rain with temps around 40. Tuesday dry and cold, wednesday showers possible and possibly snow thursday with highs in the mid30s. Were still watching how much snow. One model has sunny. 1 model has rain and 42. One model has snow, so at this point its a little hard. So caps, wizards, whats up . Caps, theyre streaking in a good way. We got a lot coming up in this sportscast. Tonight were saluting one of d. C. s finest, alex ovechkin, of course, a lot of impressive stats, but this might be one of the better ones weve come across, the great 8 i call it percolates now wusa9 game on sports with dave owens brought to you by xfinity. All right. Who were these strange men donning the red sweaters with the caps letters stitched across the front much . I tell you i hardly recognize these dudes. Theyre closing out games, playing good defense. A month ago you couldnt get them to do it and now the fighting barry trotzs have caught fire winning seven of nine. Lets get to it tonight. Alex ovechkin, that guy needs a haircut. He can still go, though. It is time, derek, for the percolator. If you watched this live, when it hit the pole in the back, it went bing it hit it so hard, but the caps couldnt hold the lead. Braydon holtby gives this one up. Jason vortek says thank you very much. The patriots says oh over here, he comes, 19 points, 17 boards. He had it going up, but he had no help. Only one other patriot in double figures. I guess they got caught up in the spider web as in richmond. Spiders shot 68 in the 1st half. 7565 richmond winning it tonight. Its about understanding when obstacles hit, you turn your lemons into lemonade. I like Brenda Freese turning lemons into lemonade. How about lexie brown putting her thing down, flipping it and reversing it. Later on walkerkimbrough, three points, 8864, maryland women undefeated, 30 in big 10 play, good game for them tonight. Washington made it official today, scott mc Scott Mccloughlan will be the new gm. Ray rice did not know about the former video before it leaked. Robert mueller led the investigation, but did he say the league should have done more to find out facts before letting the initial two game suspension. We told you jayson werth would have right shoulder surgery tomorrow. Why this late . Well, he hoped rest and treatment would fix it. He said, i pretty much did everything legally possible to not have surgery, but in the end surgery was the best course of action. Hell be out two to three weeks. Real quick big ups to Catholic University steve howell, mens basketball coach won his 200th career game tonight, the second in School History to do. So the first Mike Lonergan who is currently at gw. So congratulations to coach we holl. Finally marcin gortat, one of the most colorful characters on the team, of course. The wizards are capitalizing on his popularity with this, polish hammer action figure the buffed up figurine complete with the cape. I call it the battle of the bulge. 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