Gaithersburg. 0 in leesburg. 2 in manassas and 5 is what the temperature youre feeling out here, ladies. Lows tonight 13 downtown, but 9 out toward rockville, gaithersburg 8 in fairfax and maybe 11 or 12 out toward woodbridge and old town. So, increasing clouds late. Its clear right no i and cold again 5 to 15. I may revisit temperatures later tonight because if the clouds dont come in, we have no winds. Thats a perfect night for super, super cold. Well keep you posted. Im not sure it will feel much different than it feels right now. We are slicing hairs between 0 and 5. We try to get it accurate. Its the closest we will get in a newscast to each other. No, im saying on the set. On the set. Yeah. We have to. Generating some warmth here. Absolutely. All right. Cuddle up, bruce. So, the snow, the ice, the falling temperatures, this all can certainly drive up the risk for a lot of problems, especially injuries. You have hyperthermia, heart attacks, frostbite, bruce, you have been talking about this all day. Trying to help people stay warm if they have to go outside. How are you guys feel something. You know what, actually, its my fingertips that i cant feel anymore. Youre not feeling dazed or confused or having trouble putting your words together. Having trouble turning the pages. Are you still shivering . Are you . When you stop shivering, that is really a dangerous sign. Thats a sign of hyperthermia and thats a risk in these kind of temperatures. Also, a big risk in this weather is car crashes. The toll nationwide, shocking, 1. 5 million wrecks a year in treacherous Winter Weather. More than 7,000 People Killed every year according to the aaa. With the snow on the ground and the freezing temperatures, we are looking at dangerous conditions on the roads all across the region. The dangerous out there, the one that is most dangerous is ice because you cant see it and once you gointo a skid, its almost difficult to negotiate your way out of it. If you dont have to go out, dont go out. Number two, go ahead and plan for the worst. If youre going to get in a car and drive, lets assume you are going to crash. So you better have warm gear on you. You better have blankets on you, water on you. Now the doctors say that victims of the cold usually come in to George WashingtonUniversity Hospital in waves. First, the over eager snow shovelers who are subject to heart attacks, so take it easy, take some breaks. And the people who slip and fall on the ice and all through the cold, people suffering from frostbite and hyperthermia. These temperatures are plenty cold enough to cause frostbite and hyperthermia. So, im going to go back inside and get warm and leave you guys out to enjoy it. All right, bruce, thank you. Great information, of course our extremely cold temperatures combined with yesterdays snow making side streets very slippery. This is video that we shot earlier today near Woodland Drive in silver spring. You can see the difference as you drive from the black pavement on the main roads to the still snow covered neighborhood streets. Tonight, many side streets are covered with a sheet of ice. We have live reports from behind the wheel in both maryland and virginia beginning first with scott broom in montgomery county. Hey scott. Good evening. Im driving here. These are back streets in montgomery county. This is a little lane called princess ann and im seeing quite a bit of black top. There is frozen slush and some packed snow on these streets, but throughout the day, they have had a couple passes of the plow and also had some salt on them. As you can see myself moving up hill here, thats pretty good news. I brought you to this neighborhood because it is very close. In the next few seconds, youll see to the elementary school. And everybody is very anxious as to whether or not icy streets will Impact School tomorrow. And as im driving up here to the stop sign at queen mary drive, well get a view of the school and i can give you an idea of the conditions here. Queen mary drive, a little bit of slush. Looks like a little bit of ice, but the School Parking lot here, as i pull into it, is looking pretty good. So, School Officials telling me it will be ice tomorrow. Not the cold temperatures. It will be the ice. They dont close because of the cold. Only if the roads are severely impacted and right now, these roads are passable. Reporting live, scott broom, wusa9 from my mobile newsroom. Cheers, by the way, from the ice desk with hot tea in tow. Thank you, fred, our news director, we appreciate this. Now were going to get to curt brooks who is navigating the roads in falls church, virginia. What is the view there, curt . Right now, im in the neighborhood of treemont gardens north of route 50. A mile inside the beltway. The roads are covered with snow still. Its been packed down. Its been plowed. Interestingly, it appears as though the effort has been made to use sand on the road instead of salt. Which is allowing tires to get a good grip, but its not causing it to melt and refreeze. So actually, the road is not in that bad of shape. Now ive been hanging out in the neighborhood, ive been listening to the Public Safety radio and i will tell you there have been a number of calls for accidents, for heart attack calls, injuries, falls and whatnot. Be careful out here. Theres a lot of emergency traffic and you need to be careful. It is very slippery. So, from west falls church, curt brooks, wusa9. Thanks so much. Snow outside is one thing, snow inside a moving train, another. Check out this. The cold and snow turned this amtrak train into the polar express. Somehow that nasty weather seeped inside the train as it traveled between baltimore and washington. So much so the passengers had to shield themselves from the snow while walking through the rail cars. That is a sight right there. Wow. And you probably noticed we are outside anchoring the news tonight from the wusa9 ice desk. If you want to join us, 4100. Are you insane . I responded back, yeah, we are. And by the way, we hired some ice sculptors to build this beautiful ice set that you see here. We really want you to take a look a the a time lapse of their artistry. [ music ] [ music ] it. Mandy. All right, so we here in the d. C. Area arent the only ones digging out of this winter storm in the bitter cold. That tops our look at stories making headlines in your world in 90 seconds. Snowplows fanned out across the northeast, communities from philadelphia to boston took the hardest hit. More than a foot of snow fell in some areas. Frigid air isnt going away any time soon. It could be a record cold game once super bowl xlviii kicks off. Jerry concerned about supplying his customers the propane they need to stay warm in this bitter cold snap. Im getting them gas, how are they going to afford to pay for this . President Vladimir Putin ordered troops to provide an iron ring to protect the games. Olympic committees have received letters in russian making terrorist threats. Syrias foreign minister hijacked the talks from the stars, the peace conference in switzerland opened. U. S. Leaders are urging unity, saying the International Community must bring an end to the suffering of the syrian people. Mayor rob ford is having problems staying away from alcohol. Were you drinking last night . Yes, i was. I said i was there. I had met some friends. If i speak that way, thats how i speak with some of my friends. Quicken loans and Birkshire Hathaway are giving money away for everyone who guesses correctly. Kneeling down next to a homeless man, offering him a pair of boots. Homeless people, they shock waves hit virginias General Assembly today. A day after the federal indictment Bob Mcdonnell and his wife as peggy fox reports tonight, a few Northern Virginia lawmakers are taking the legislature to task r not investigating mcdonnell themselves. I come before you this evening as someone who has been falsely and wrongfully accused. He is innocent until proven guilty, but the federal governments Corruption Case against former governor, Bob Mcdonnell and his wife, lays out a quid pro quo scheme that allows them to lead a lavish lifestyle. Except in all kinds of gifts and loans from wealthy businessman, johnny williams. In return, williams company, star scientific, received special treatment from the states highest elected official. The pattern of receiving gifts and sustaining a lifestyle, that bothered me. We all get into this business and we think of it as being a sacrifice that we sacrifice material goods. We sacrifice time and not make ourselves wealthy. The indictment details maureen asking for gifts and favors before her husband took office. In an email she said she was broke from thousands of dollars on her credit card bill and needed williams to buy her a gown for the inauguration. But one of her husbands senior Staff Members put a stop to the purchase, calling it inappropriate. With the indictment comes a new sense of urgency for ethics reform. 2 or 3 minutes. Today, lawmakers heard several proposals, but fairfax state senators and delegate, scott, who were the only lawmakers to ask for mcdonnells resignation say it never should have come to this. We should not have to rely on the federal government to do our ethics policing here in virginia. Thats our responsibility. And this entire process is highlighted a huge hole in our system where we dont really have an effective means of enforcing our ethics rules. Peggy fox, wusa9. Today, mcdonnell and his wife are asking for fridays arraignment to be postponed one week because the attorney is out of the country and not near an airport. That request was denied. So they are due in court in richmond friday morning at 10 00 in the morning. Lets go live to our chopper right now. This is wheaten, maryland, and we are told that a has crashed into a subway shop. The location, university boulevard. Not far from the wheaten plaza shopping center. University boulevard, georgia avenue. Car into a subway. Shots being brought to you by our live chopper above. Coming up next, well head back out to the ladies on the ice keep your wiper fluid from to freezing on your windshield. R it. Today is a yellow alert day due to the cold and the ice. All that snow and that sand and that salt on the ground. It can really make a mess on your car. Yeah, and erica groh shows us a simple step you can take to make sure your windshield does not freeze over when you try to clean it off. When the Winter Weather arrives, youll probably know, you need to get that deicer in your window washer fluid. What if you forget . If you try to use that fluid, its going to turn the windshield into a sheet of ice. Theres something that you ca do to prevent that from happening. Just take some rubbing alcohol that you might have at home, mix it 2 parts alcohol to one part water and put it in a spray bottle and then just spray it on the windshield itself and the alcohol actually lowers the Freezing Point of the water and that makes the ice melt. You can prevent the ice from forming on the windshield all together ahead of time by using vinegar. This time youre going to ye three parts vinegar to one part water. Again, you put it in a spray bottle. You spray it on the windshield before the event happens and then if you have snow and ice on the windshield, the vinegar actually prevents it from sticking so much. And then the windshield wipers can do an easier job of cleaning the snow and ice off of your windshield after the snow has already fallen. Oh please. All right, so were looking at our temperature gauge here and we just decided its just cold. We dont even need to give you a number. Its just cold. Top, where are you . Im on the weather terrace. Oh, how cold are you . Well, im cold, but im going to step back inside pretty quickly. Funny thing about that windshield wiper fluid and erica brings up a great point. Thats going to be your friend the next five days. And make sure its all wiper fluid, because we had a problem driving up to connecticut with my wife. Hers froze solid. We stopped at every rest stop on the new jersey turnpike. That was a great trip. Lets take a live look outside. It is just cold. The wind died down. Its a dry cold for you. 18 right now. Relative humidity only 38 . So, dew points below zero. Winds are west, northwest at 12. Not really a factor. Recorded highs today, 19 at national. 18 leesburg. 15 was the high both at dulles and up into baltimore for new record low highs on this date. Okay, satellite picture, radar combined, some clouds, a little bit of snow on the east side of lake michigan. Thats our next clipper. The center of the storm will track to our north. It will drag a cold front through us, but not much moisture. Maybe a flurry or snow shower tomorrow afternoon and thats it. 15 right now in college park. 15 in arlington. 15 in reston and fairfax. These are straight temperatures. Factor in the winds, its going to be 2 in frederic and feels like its 1. One lonely degree in leesburg. All right, bitterly cold again tonight. Time to check your pipes in your car batteries with this stretch of cold weather. Another clipper tomorrow and below freezing, at least through saturday morning, we might make it above freezing saturday afternoon. Temperatures to start downtown in the teens, 21 by 11 00, 22 by 1 00 p. M. 23 again on friday. Clouds come in friday night. Another clipper comes at us. Maybe a snow shower saturday. Teuresatnly in the low 30s. We might break the freezing mark on that date. And then we get into the next several days, we are still getting cold. 29 on sunday. 22 on monday. Another clipper comes through on monday. In the wake of that, we hold in the teens. Okay, topper, thanks a lot. Sports is next. [ male announcer ] when your Small Business s haverizon fios, youre downloading huge files ready. 3hour Conference Call ready. Youre Small Business ready. Switch to verizon fios with 100 fiber optic fast inentert and reliable phone with 99. 9 Network Reliability for just 99. 99 a month with a two year price guarantee. 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While other teams like the miami heat have a president ial flair and first lady photo bomb are reel relevant in the east again. Guys are taking a professional attack and approach to this game. Especially than where they were last year after 40 games and a chance to do something special. Special, a good way to describe john wahl. Thats the scary sight if youre a defender. Speed has never been questioned. He evolved by slowing down. Thats scary when you think about it. He is slowing down for his teammates. He proved that many times. I just look back at games from my rookie year and see how i played and feel more comfortable talking and doing certain things. There wont be any precipitation coming through on the court tonight. We remember that and hey, in a couple hours, we might just see the wizards above 500 for the First Time Since the ice age. We shall see. At the verison center, dave owens, 9 sports. All right, thanks so much. Still time to vote as well, just remind you four great basketball games to choose from. Text the code you want. Well highlight your game on friday night and have highlights of the wizards game tonight at 11 00. Lets go back out to the ice desk. Lesli and jan, ladies, doing a great job out there. Keep talking so your lips dont freeze up. We have some tea here, too, you know. You arent the only one that gets to drink something nice and warm on the inside. All right. Well, no windchills tonight, but 5 to 15 for lows and then were looking at temperatures over the next two days below freezing. Dont worry about accumulation. But this puppy right here, not going anywhere any time soon. All right, we thank you for joining us here at the wusa9 ice desk. Ill be back at 7 00 with Bruce John Pelley tonight, hard freeze. Millions of americans fight the bitter cold from minnesota to florida to the northeast. Michelle miller and tkaoepbl ann reynolds are covering the big chill. It could happen again. The former Deputy Director of the c. I. A. Tells us american secrets are still vulnerable to a thief like edward snowden. As peace talks begin, an american doctor fights for the lives of the suffering in syria. Holly williams reports. Ive used needle and thread that we use to sew clothes to sew people back together. Pelley and who can save the big hockey event from californias heat wave . Carter evans finds the puck stops here