Holidays. However, Fairfax County fire and rescue, they are asking that you prepare for the cold now. Fairfax county Fire Fighters showing you some of their cold weather gear. Their focus as temperatures drop, staying dry. Cold and wet is a bad combination. Reporter these crews are the ones that respond to local medical emergencies. They know how bad it can get. When situations worsen, if you get stranded somewhere and youre not prepared, you know if you dont have a bag with extra mittens, extra gloves, extra sweatshirts, blankets, things like that. Be ready for the elements. Reporter meantime inside, fire station 11 along route 1, Community Volunteers and Fire Fighters rushing to get these coats out the door. The need this year was much bigger than it was last year. Reporter in october they handed out about 2,500 coats to kids. But teachers recently noticing the growing need and local businesses and Fire Fighters delivered. We try to have a good supply but this operation here is key for us to have coats in stock and so were able to respond to needs throughout the year. Reporter tomorrows frigid air making this effort all the more urgent. Is it a reality some kids will come to school completely ill equipped for this . Absolutely. In fact, today earlier today, i called the mother who i knew didnt have coats and i told her, you need to come get the coats from me today. We cant wait until tomorrow. Your children need these today for tomorrow. Reporter in some places the need more visible. They are hoping youll refer those in need to shelter resources. They posted them online. People can share with neighbors, friends, folks in the Faith Community so they have the resources to give someone some information about how they can be helped. Reporter first responders, they want you ready. And you cant forget also about your pets. If common sense doesnt motivate you to bring them in during the frigid mp they have laws against tegterring for a certain period of time in Fairfax County. The cold temperatures is the best time to be aware of that. Meept i think i found, doreen and leon, this is my favorite spot out here in the garden center. Has nothing to do with the missile toe. Everybody has been avoiding me there. Its this heat lamp right here. Smart man. Good idea. Another thing, disconnect your hoses if you have outside hoses. Thats right. I brought mine indoors a couple times. Things can happen. Now is the time to download our nbc washington app, too, if you havent already. Thats right. You can get the forecast in the palm of your hand any time of day and get alerts about weather heading your way. Back to the breaking news weve been following all evening, a naked man caused a massive traffic back up on route 28 in Fairfax County. Chopper4 was up over the scene. Police say drivers tried to swerve to miss the guy as he walked down route 28 near frying pan road. Officers say drivers spotted the of a threecar crash. Police arrested him on Dulles Airport property. All the lanes of route 28 have since been reopened. That is a real head scratcher. Now we turn to a disturbing discovery in d. C. Fay womans body found stuffed in a trash can this morning. Still dont know who she is, but police say she was stabbed. Tonight new reaction coming in from a family that fears that victim may be their missing loved one. News4s pat collins is along 34th street in northeast on the story. Pat . Reporter leon, a vile lowlife act of violence. Someone stabs a woman multiple times, stuffs her body into a trash can like that, leaves her for dead behind an abandoned house. Now the search for the killer. Its a case of murder. A woman found dead in a trash can in the backyard of an abandoned home in River Terrace. Police sources say she was fully clothed and stabbed a number of times. Police looking into the possibility the victim may be joni sharet rockingham missing from her River Terrace home since november 22nd. At the scene today, mary jones, a friend of miss rockingham. What kind of person could do Something Like this . A monster. A despicable person, a person with no heart. Thats all i can say. No heart. Reporter at the scene today, trina rockingham, the sister of the missing woman. Its a tragedy for our family, but if its her, at least it gives our family closure because weve been looking and weve been looking and looking and looking, passing out fliers, and we was going to do another one this week. Its her. Reporter an eerie and unusual sight, police confiscating this trash can as evidence. They measured the can, they took swabs from the can and put the can into an evidence truck so they could take it away for a closer look. Its believed that whoever did this was familiar with the neighborhood and this abandoned house and knew they could put a body here and it wouldnt be found for sometime. Somebody knows something about this case. If you know something, police want to hear from you. There is a 25,000 reward posted here. Leon, back to you. All right, thank you, pat. Well, this little girl is back with her parents tonight. She wandered off this morning on chillum place in northeast. Her mother said she took off from the house. The girl is 2 or 3 years old, we understand. Officers finally found her parents late this afternoon, after looking for them for hours. No charges are expected to be filed. For the first time ever, we are using the term slut shame on this broadcast. Its a kboet frquote from a u. Sr responding to a tweet from the president. This is where we are on december 12, 2017. Mr. Trump took aim at senator Kirsten Gillibrand after she called on him to resign over Sexual Misconduct allegations against him. He called her a lightweight and wrote that she begged him for Campaign Contributions and would do anything for them. Well, critics believed the president was implying that the senator had traded sexual favors for campaign cash. Senator Elizabeth Warren fired back with this. Are you really trying to bully, intimidate and slut shame senator gillibrand . Blayne alexander is on happened today. Blayne . Reporter doreen, there is certainly a lot to unpack this evening. The genesis of this entire twitter fight is President Trump responding to senator gillibrands calls for him to resign over Sexual Misconduct allegations against him. Keep in mind, these are not new allegations, but whats different is the response and the climate that they are being heard in now. Members of congress, more and more are saying theyre ready to step in. The calls for an investigation growing louder. Mr. President , you do not live under a different set of rules. Reporter more than 100 democrats saying its time for congress to look into Sexual Misconduct allegations against President Trump who engaged in a bitter Twitter Exchange with senator Kirsten Gillibrand, one of at least six senators calling for his resignation. President trump saying gillibrand begged him for Campaign Contributions and, them. Words taken by many as sexually suggestive. It was a sexist smear, attempting to silence my voice. And i will not be silenced on this issue. Fellow democrats rushing to her defense. It is grotesque. It took my breath away and it represents the conduct of a person who is illequipped to be the president of the United States. Reporter the white house firing back. Hes not alleging anything. Hes talking about the way that our system functions as it is. That politicians repeatedly beg for money. Reporter the president today also labeling his past accusers women he doesnt know or never met. The former miss usa contestant is defending the president. Just a very kind individual, very sincere and there was absolutely nothing inappropriate at all. Reporter now a growing number on capitol hill calling for an investigation. Washington. Tomorrow morning we expect to learn al frankens replacement in the u. S. Senate. The governor of minnesota will appoint someone to fill frankens seat until a special election is held next year. There is no word yet on who the replacement will be or when franken plans to step down. He announced his intention to resign last week after several women accused him of unwanted kissing or groping. He says his accusers deserve to be heard, but he has not admitted that the accusations are true. The suspect in the manhattan subway attack is now facing federal terrorism charges. Akayed ullah set off a bomb near times square yesterday morning. He was the only person seriously injured in the incident. He came to the United States from bangladesh in 2011. President trump says the attack highlights a need for stricter and more selective immigration procedures. According to court documents, ullah left a message on facebook saying, trump, you failed to protect your nation. C Police Cruisers collided in Prince Georges County. Chopper4 was out there over the scene in mitchellville, lots ford road was shut down at one point. It is back open now. Three officers were checked out at the hospital and right now we have no word on their injuries. A heads up for your commute, metro is closing part of the red line to replace a communications cable. It starts tomorrow. It between Silver Spring and rhode island avenue stations. Metro says it will bring in three shuttle buses to alleviate the congestion, but expect delays. If everything goes well, work should be finished by monday. To doublecheck your commute, search metro in our nbc washington app. A High Stakes Senate Race gets national attention. Does it ever. We are live with the pulse of the people two hours before the polls close in alabama. And vets say they are paying a price for mistake on their benefit payments. What happens after the go demanding to be paid back in full. Plus paying it forward, how local police are suppliesing Good Samaritans on our streets. And we are working for you to make sure you are prepared for this bitter blast of cold air that is moving in. Doug and amel are back niaex now to the showdown in alabama. Voters are deciding whether republican roy moore orem doug jones will fill the seat left vacant by Jeff Sessions. Moore rode to the polls on horseback. Jones was greeted by supporters when he cast his ballot. Still, who wins tonight . Anybodys guess. Nbcs jay gray has a look at whats at stake. Reporter its an election day tradition for roy moore, but the Republican Senate hopeful rides to the ballot box today saddled with allegations of Sexual Misconduct decades ago with teenage girls. Moore has denied the allegations and today refused to discuss them. Were done with that. Get back to the issues in this case. Reporter its the issues that Democrat Doug Jones says define the choices in this race. Alabama is at that crossroads. We are going to put our best foot forward. Reporter turnout has been brisk across the state. This is a really important election for alabama and our country in general. Reporter and the nation has been watching. Politicians and celties weighing in during the race. President trump and campaign robocalls. But now the only voice that matters belongs to voters. Many who say they are sick of the allegations and attention. Just makes alabama look like, you know, like it always does, and its just not right. Im fed up with the whole political mess. Tired of it. Im sick of it. Ill be glad when today is over. Reporter the polls close in just a few hours here. Yeah, actually under two hours at this point. New exit poll data we want to share with you, the weather people believe the allegations about roy moore split between the people who voted in this poll. About 50 50. Did it make a difference in how they voted . 35 say it was not a factor, doreen. But nobody is willing to go with the polls on this particular race, are they . Reporter no. Not people are saying one thing and doing a different thing in the booth. Indeed. We will find out how it comes out tonight. Weve got much more coverage on air and online this evening. During the break you can head to our nbc washington app for the five things to watch in tonights Alabama Senate race, and keep it here for complete coverage and analysis on news4 at 11 00. Okay. Now lets turn to the bitter blast thats moving in. Weve been asking you folks out there, are you ready for this cold weather . Most of you say no. Some of you actually want summer to return. But folks, unfortunately, there is no turning back. Were never ready for this kind of cold. Doug and amelia are working for to you break it down in storm center 4. Bha whats the good word, you guys . Its cold. Im not ready just yet. Im changing some maps here. The one thing were watching, its not just the temperatures right now. In fact, some snow flurries and sprinkles i as this moves through. Fredericksburg, spotsylvania, for most of us it is going to be dry for everybody. Its about the cold. It is about the cold. Especially into tomorrow morning. Take a look first off. This is toward the rockville area, north bethesda, rockville area. Yeah, boy, bundling up for sure. You have the coats, the gloves, the scarves, you have the hoods on. If you had them there, yeah, you needed the hoods you as you were out Walking Around this afternoon. It is going to be brutal as you move on through the area tonight. Out there right now, like i said, some rain and snow mixture down toward the south. Sprinkles earlier changing to snow as the cold races in behind this. All snow back towards winchester, Harpers Ferry area, coming into loudoun county. Were not worried about the snow at all creating issues tonight. Road temperatures have been well above freezing. Will continue to be. You can see whats happening now. Look at all the lake effect snow coming off of each of the great lakes here. That just tells you the cold air is racing on in here and lets take a look at those we were close to 50. Now down to 40. Winds out of the northwest at 23 miles an hour. But the wind has been gusting upwards of 40. Right now windy or gusts up to 30 in d. C. And annapolis, 35 martinsburg, 37 in manassas. So, that just adds to the cold and creates those wind chills. Here are those wind chill numbers. Currently 30 d. C. , 22 in gaithersburg, 16 in martin burg, 31 in culpepper. It just continues to get colder each hour, we drop a few degrees as far as the wind chill ask concerned. That is the way it is going to be all night tonight and tomorrow morning. Amelia . The wind stays windy as well overnight tonight on into tomorrow morning. Take a look. Youre taking the dwaog out lat before you head to bed. Look how cold it is when you factor in the wind. 8 in frederick. Futures 10 00 a. M. At 7 00 tomorrow morning. Look at what theyre dealing wit leesburg, 9 in gaithersburg, 11 district as we head into the morning hours. Still a frigid feel to the air. Even lunch tomorrow feeling like temperatures are in the teens as we head into the afternoon and evening hours. Winds start to come down a little bit. Cold day overall. School day forecast at the bus stop, windy. Make sure the kids not only have the puffy coat, but the gloves, the hats, the scarves as well. Recess, 28 degrees. So maybe indoors. At pick un32 breezy degrees. At least plenty of sunshine in the forecast tomorrow, doug. Really as we look to the rest of the workweek, stays on the cold side. You say the puffy coat. My son this morning says daddy, can you can i put on three sweat shirts . Youre going to need the coats for sure the next couple days. It is dress in layers. Once you get to where you need to be, you need to be able to take that off. 32 degrees. Hovering around 40. Still breezy and cold. 36 friday. Much colder friday, again, another cold day and rather windy lat f another storm system moving through, but were not calling for any more snow on friday. Maybe some flurries, but no longer going to be a big deal. Next best chance of a significant storm would be on sunday and that one does not look like would have much, but it could start off with some snow, change over to some rain as temperatures warm and are well above the freezing mark on that day. Much more on that. Well continue to keep you posted. Im back in just about 20 minutes. You didnt say who won. Did your son leave with the three sweat shirts or did you make him wear the coat . I won this one, guys. I dont win many of them. But dad won that one. Okay, you got to put your foot down when its this kind of cold. All right, guys. So do all of us. Thank you, doug. A School Grading scandal rocks one local county. And now the governor of maryland meets with the community as parents and leaders demand changes at the top. When theres wrongdoing, its up to the police to step in. But in fredericksburg today its all about finding people doing good. Coming up, the jack and jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. All because of a burst water pipe in their house that ruined the Hardwood Floors in their kitchen. Luckily the Geico Insurance agency had helped them with Homeowners Insurance and the inside of their house was repaired and floors replaced. Jack and jill no longer have to fetch water. They now fetch sugarfree vanilla lattes with almond milk. Call geico and see how affordable Homeowners Insurance can be. When a Police Officer stops you its usually to give you some kind of a ticket, right . Thats right. In fredericksburg not so much. There the officers, all this week are focused on citizens being ghood. As our bureau chief julie carey reports, there is a payoff for everyone involved. Supporter with the police department. Reporter officer Joseph Porter has an unusual assignment. Hes patrolling for good behavior. Can i talk to you rile quick . Reporter at a time when some police face criticism, fredericksburg is deploying its officers to build positive relationships. Rewarding citizens with a 10 gift card. Could i talk to you ladies for a second . Reporter for crossing a street properly. You actually waited till the light turned green. Reporter for raising money for a good cause. Nothing more kind than taking timeout of your own day to raise money for the salvation army. Reporter for moving trash bags out of the way. We need more citizens like you to take care of downtown. Reporter and in this case, for simply working hard. I appreciate you working hard. I appreciate you doing it with a smile on your face. Its a gift card to go to all downtown, man. Reporter turns out reverend he also minutesteres to prisoners. It was always professional. This time it was a friendly greeting. And it was different. Reporter offer certificate porter a natural for this duty. He grew up here and after working in another Department Just joined his Hometown Police force. I grew up two blocks that way. So its all about giving back. And they put the smile on my face when i show it to them. Reporter as it turns out, this good will hunting seems to offer rewards both ways. With every gift card, there is a Little Something for officer porter in return. Have a great day and a merry christmas. Merry christmas to you, too. Thank you, sir. I appreciate what you do. Reporter in fredericksburg, im julie carey, news4. Nice to see the positive interactions. You know what it felt like to see the cop the first time. That rush of adrenaline weve all experienced. Happy endi, yes, indeed. Get ready for a shock to the system, though. Doug is back to let us know just how cold its going to feel as the wind picks up and the cold air settles in. Maryland governor larry hogan comes to the naacp offices here in Prince Georges County to hear from parents and Community Leaders who say they are fed up with the School System. Im Tracee Wilkins. Coming up on news4, next steps. Plus a mean ones on twitter. President trump lashes out at one of his most outspoken critics as senator gillibrand calls on him to resign amid allegations of Sexual Misconduct. Plus the battle for alabama, polls close at 8 00 p. M. , and that race for senate is still too close to call. A live report coming up in ten minutes. But first, a toddler is safe tonight after wandering away from home in the cold. She was found on chillum place northeast. Police tracked down her mother who said she was sleeping when the little girl got out. No charges will be filed. It is a good thing she is home and warm tonight because our big story tonight is the bitter cold that is coming in. Temperatures now dropping. Wind chills already in the teens in some places. And doug is tracking it all from our storm center. Doug . Yeah, guys, a little bit of difference here. A big difference from where we were a couple hours ago. It already feels 20 degrees colder in some locations, 30 degrees that cold air moving in. This is the scene a little earlier tonight. You see everybody out there, this is around the Union Station area. Thats what you need there, the hat, the hood, the scarves. Look at the winds blowing there. You need the puffy coat, the fur coat, whatever you have, faux fur out there right now. Take a look and show you the wind gusts, upwards of 30 Miles Per Hour in d. C. Martinsburg 35, 28 degrees in the fredericksburg area. 30 over towards annapolis and 25 patuxent river. Take a look at wind chills. Current wind chill, 24 in leesburg, 16 over towards the martinsburg area and 23 in manassas. So, it is cold. Its only going to get colder. Tomorrow morning is going to be the coldest weve seen in quite sometime. So, be ready for it. Yes, your wednesday, wednesday extremely cold, a little bit better towards the end of the week. Well talk about that. I mention the snow chances, too. See you back here in minutes. Doug, thank you. Updating breaking news right now at 6 30, a naked man mayhem. They had to swerve to miss him in Fairfax County not far from Dulles Airport. We obtained new video of that man. Scott macfarlane standing by in the newsroom with that. Scott . Leon, what a wild head turning scene this afternoon. Drivers reported a man walking naked right down the middle of the route 27. We have some new usable video into the newsroom that shows the man, also riding a flatbed truck. [ screaming ] oh, my god oh, my god thats the man. Nestled between the cab and the bed of the truck. Were going to slow down a blurred version of this so you can get a better look at the scene. The man not only caused a whole lot of rubber necking as you might imagine, but he caused several crashes along route 28 near frying pan road. He what eventually caught on Dulles Airport property after running into the woods there. Fairfax police took him to the hospital where doctors are now evaluating him. We have more video clips coming into the newsroom now. Our Jackie Benson is working is to get the back story on the man. Coverage here on news4 later tonight and on the nbc washington app. Back to you. Scott, i dont think weve ever seen anything like that. Keep us posted. Keep us posted. Well, when you send your kids to school, you expect them to learn when theyre there, dont you . Many parents say theyre not sure thats whats happening. They found widespread grade changing in the School System as bureau chief Tracee Wilkins reports, governor larry hogan now taking notice. The ceo must go. Reporter comments give some idea as to what happened in the closed door meeting between maryland governor, lieutenant governor, parents and the chapter of the naacp. You heard clapping and cheering saying the ceo must go. I wasnt doing that. Reporter governor larry hogan came to the listening session after receiving a letter asking his support. Naacp members fear the county cant be trusted to correct revealed widespread grade changes. More than 5,000 students graduated without proof they met graduation rekwiefrmts. Many of the folks here were calling for the resignation and or termination of both the chairman and the superintendent of schools. [ applause ] reporter sewing an said citizens he spoke with they lost faith with the leadership. They are challenging hogan for governor in 2018. Some of the parents are simply outraged. Theyve lost confidence in the leadership and the administration here in Prince Georges County. Reporter in the past the School System had said while there is room for improvement, most of the audit reflects sloppy bookkeeping. The county has until the end of the month to present its solutions to the state board of education. But for these folks, time is already up. At the end of the day, its all about our children. Reporter i contacted the Prince Georges CountySchool System for a statement. The spokesperson said it is a shame they werent invited to the meeting but they are already making changes based on that audit and will present in largo, im Tracee Wilkins, news4. New numbers in the federal governments crackdown on gang violence. Attorney general Jeff Sessions and the new secretary of Homeland Security blame the violence on what they call failed immigration policies. One tragic example is the resurgence of ms13. Only ten miles from our nations capital, gang members earlier this year, ambushed choked and stabbed a victim more than 1900 times. Cut off his head, tore out his heart, and then buried him. Kirsten nielsen appears to be referring to a victim in the spring found in Wheaton Regional Park in september. Immigration officers have arrested more than eight ms13 gang members and their associates. It is an 83 increase from last year and 10,000 additional immigration officers will be hired to enforce President Trumps policies. H owed tens of thousands of dollars. Why they say the government failed them when it came to receiving their disability checks. And its the senate race that is still too close to call. We are live in alabama with a nbc4 is working for you. Looking into a monumental problem impacting our veterans. The va sending thousands of overpayment to veterans and years later demanding the money be paid back in full. Tonight, consumer reporter susan hogan is getting answers and money back for some local vets. Well, at a recent congressional hearing, lawmakers demanded concrete action from the va. Now, the va admits it sent more than 260,000 benefit overpayment notices this year. Compare that to all of last year. It told congress it sent 238,000. Sounds like a costly mistake, but the va mostly blames events such as marriage or children that would affect their monthly checks. The veterans we spoke with, though, pushed back on that arguing the va has a communication problem and veterans are paying the price. Ivan daniel is a manavy veteran. He qualified for disability benefits and started receiving payments in 2006. 1100 every month. The disability check was in addition to his retirement check, which was 1200 a month. With a wife and five children all under the age of 19, isaac relied on both checks. Up to this point i had nothing but wonderful things to say about the va. But out of the blue this thing happened. Reporter that thing was this letter from the vas Debt Management center, sent to isaac in 2016. It states the va 18,000 more than what he was entitled to receive. Once i retired, i still had children and a wife and all of a sudden in 2006 they said, you didnt have them any more. According to their records. Reporter the va told isaac he never updated nor returned a dependent verification form sent to him. They said, i never received it, never. Reporter when isaac called the va to question the debt, he found out that the va had sent the dependent verification form to an address he lived at 35 years ago. Isaac thought he updated all his information when he applied for a va loan and moved to fort washington, maryland. So, everything was up to date. Everything was, except for the one place which was the disability area. Reporter and thats why the Debt Management center began to garnish his disability check, all 1100 of it to pay back what the va says it overpaid him dating back to 2006. The sudden stop in disability hard. Isaac is just one veteran we heard from. Navy invet avet and retired air said he owed 22,000. In his case he said he never received any disability benefits during the time frame the va said he did. They said that somebody was receiving it. But it wasnt you . Not me. Who was it . I have no idea. Robert sullivan, a navy vet retired in 2005, he says he received two separate direct deposits from the va totaling more than 13,000. But didnt know why. When he called the v alooking f va looking for an answer, he didnt get one. They were very vague about it. Reporter robert admits he spent part of that money when he got in a bind. The va sent him a letter asking him to pay it all back. I dont have it now. Do this day do you know why you got that money . To this day n have in common, they say the va had the wrong information when it came to depend ants on their disability benefits. They no longer believed i was married. In fact, they didnt believe that i had ever been married. And had questioned whether he had children. Since contacting news4, both robert and saulys cases have been settled. He also reached out to congressman connolly who stepped in to advocate on his behalf. There is a level of incompetence that is, you know, irksome, but to the individuals affected, it can be quite earth is that the erring. Today isaac says his disability benefits are back to what they should be. They then refunded all the money back to me and gave me my Monthly Payments back. But members of congress say the problem with Record Keeping and Communications Still exists. Its not only happening, but it actually threatens the familys budget. Or keep food on the table. Now, congressman connolly of course is just one advocate for these veterans. The va has yet to give congress any concrete plan to fix the problem. However, this past summer it did start offering a 12month payment plan for veterans who could not pay back the payment in full. The va secretary denied our numerous requests for an interview. Wo we are working for you and we will of course stay on top of the story. Back to you. Susan hogan. Very frustrating. So, its time to grab the puffy coat and the blankets. Going to be a hot toddy kind of night. Doug is back with a look at how cold it is going toeel ft back to the big showdown in alabama, voters are deciding whether republican roy moore or Democrat Doug Jones will become their next u. S. Senator. And the stakes are incredibly high for both parties. We want to bring in nbcs Gabe Gutierrez life. Take us through what this means for both parties depending on who wins. Reporter leon and doreen, yes. All eyes are on this race. The polls here set to close in just over an hour or so. And all indications are that at this point it is an extremely close race, which is quite remarkable for such a ruby red state. As you mention, republican roy moore has been battling allegations ever Sexual Misconduct with teens. Now for several weeks he has consistently denied them. Today he went in to vote on horseback as he has been known to do. He continued to deny the allegations. For him the key will be turning out evangelical voters, his conservative base. For Democrat Doug Jones, hes been spending the past few weeks targeting africanamerican voters and trying to mobilize them to come out to the polls, but i also need to peel off moderate republicans, suburban women especially who might be disgusted with the allegations against roy moore. This race has huge implications nationally for the future of the Senate Republican majority. Of course, President Trump endorsed roy moore several days ago. He recorded a robocall for moore and the past several days president obama and vicepresident biden recording robocalls for doug jones. Now, this race again as we said is extremely close. Early exit polls suggest that something up surprising in this ruby red state, that President Trump won by almost 20 points in 2016, supports among likely voters is now 4848 and half of the voters here do not believe the allegations against roy moore. So, evenly split down the middle. We are hoping obviously to get the indications from the actual votes tallied. Little over an hour, the results will be very closely watched throughout the night. Guys, back to you. Gabe, as you know, a lot of skepticism about the polls in this race. Talk to us a little bit about what do we know so far about turnout . Either candidate have any reason to feel hopeful because of the turnout right now . Reporter sure, both campaigns say both campaigns right now are saying they are encouraged by the turnout. Of course very different groups each candidate will noi need. The Roy Moore Campaign think they will have a good night. You talk to the Doug Jones Campaign they think theyll have a good turnout based on absentee ballot. There was interest leading up to the race. Certainly we will be watching very closely the next few hours to see which candidate comes out on top. Thank you. We should know more in a few hours. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez. Thank you, gabe. Thank you. Gabe will have much more on the Alabama Senate race tonight on nbc nightly news with lester holt. Thats right after this o turnout to turning up thermostats here. Turn up. Ill tell you, going outside tonight, even when we leave, we were outside around 1 00 this afternoon. It was on the cold side. Thats when the wind started to kick up. We havent been outside since. You guys are in for a shock. Everybody else is, too. It is really that cold and the cold air just continues to come on in. Cold enough across parts of the area, weve seen snow even in our location here. But how about up towards snow shoe, west virginia. Yeah, picking up a couple of inches of snow. Not only have they been making it, theyve gotten natural snow. Good early ski conditions not just for snow shoe, but all up and down the appalachians. Blue ridge. Winter green opening friday. We have Seven Springs open. We have liberty thats going to be open as well. Coming up on friday. Yes, some good conditions for them. Thats the kind of weather we love, but we dont love temperatures that are going to be falling like this. 40 degrees right now, dropping to about lever. The wind chill will be in the teens. It is already there in many areas. Down to 16 in martinsburg, 22 gaithersburg, 23 right now in manassas, and 28 in fredericksburg. So, what a difference. Weve already dropped by about 20 to 30 degrees in some locations as far as that feels like temperatures go. And it is going to continue to drop overnight tonight, too. I mentioned some snow. We have snow back here towards parts of warren county, toward parts of southern maryland, very light flakes here. It is coming down around waldorf, fredericksburg, leonard town area. Were not going to see anything, no problems on the roadways any time soon. Tomorrow morning it is the cold were worried about. 24 degrees in the city, many of you around that 20 degree mark but it doesnt matter. Wind chill between 5 and 10 tomorrow morning at the bus stop. Recess probably an indoor recess, by the time youre picking up the kids or coming home yourself it is still going to be on the code side for sure. Wednesday outlook looking like this. Bus stop dont long. Every parent is lined up in front of the school keeping the kids warm. You know what im talking about . You guys remember that. Pets, bring them inside. This time of year you always have to remember those pets, bring them inside for sure. Exercise better indoors. That is a good call if you want to get some of the exercise work in. Do it inside tomorrow. 42 degrees on your thursday. 36 on friday. So, this is the coldest period. Also chilly on saturday. Breezy 41, wind chills in the 30s all day on saturday. And then sunday watching the storm system, could bring us a little bit of mix. Change over to rain on sunday. Not a big system, but something well continue to watch. Next week a little bit better. At least we have a 50 or two out there. Okay. Theres something to look forward to. All right. The next three days are going to be rough. Thank you, doug. Most children love santa, but not all of them are keen on meeting the man in the big red suit in person. This photo is getting new life after the mother posted it to twitter. Karen language. So, when she put him on santas lap, he sent a little s. O. S. As they were snapping the picture. Spencer didnt notice at the time, but says thats him signing for help. Who is this guy and why am i sitting on his lap . The family still gets a kick out of the picture. Spencer teaches at Stephenson University in maryland now. Says that was samuels last interaction in person with santa. But at 13 he still enjoys the present. Even if his hands didnt say it, his eyes did. Look at his eyes. So many funny pictures of kids on santas lap. Send us yours if you have some good ones. Kids will sign the this is the xfinity sports desk. The big sports is the day. No more questions about jordan reeds status. We year. Reed put on injured reserve today. One of players on iir. Total guys of the season on the ending list, 18 different players have been put on irs this year. A disappointing end to a disappointing year on hamstring injuries for reed. He only played in six games, a career low. He missed Training Camp with a injury, sidelined with a severe hamstring strain. Reed was a pro bowler last year. He was drafted five years ago. Remember sua crave enz . He left the redskins in Early September after he said he wanted to retire, had family issues . Well, today we are learning a lot more. Hes been cleared to resume football activities after suffering from postconcussion syndrome. And wants to return in 2018. That according to a statement from his agent. Underwent targeted treatment and rehab at the university of pittsburgh medical centers Sports Medicine conss program. And is now asymptomatic. He said on twitter its a blessing. The last time we heard from sua, he texted peace out. What about him rejoining the burgundy and gold next season . He kind of said peace out to us in the statement. Hes focused on the arizona cardinals. Hes on the reserve watch for the season. A former redskin back in the news today. Robert griffin iii once viewed at the franchise saving quarterback, hes been out of football this season after being released by the browns last year. Griffin appeared on espn nfl live today. Hes been working out, getting his act together and patiently waiting for some team to call. I purposely have been out of the spotlight this year because i needed time to make sure everything in my life was settled and make sure that i had that drive and that desire to continue to play. When youre away from something for so long like ive been, it can bring into question your determination and i feel like the fact determined, continued to work out, continued to throw the ball has shown me i truly love the game. I miss the game. I love football and thats why im here. We have not heard the last marking 3. Hes on again tomorrow. Thats why we havent heard the last. Back to back games for the caps and wizards. Cap on the road last night. Tonight theyre home to face the wizards in brooklyn tonight. And, man, we cannot wait to welcome them back home tomorrow. John wall coming back. He posted this on his instagram account. The wolf is awoke. [ laughter ] i know you and i have been especially interested in wolf season and i guess its back on. John wall will not tell us exactly what it means except, you know he loves what he does that, hes expected to be back tomorrow. Nba. Com, David Aldridge has reported wall will miss tonight, his 9th straight game with that knee injury. So, yeah, theyre in brooklyn tonight to face the nets. 7 30 p. M. Is the tip on nbc washington. Hes a woke all right. Thank you. Thanks for joining us. Nightly news starts in 60 seconds. Breaking news tonight. A cliffhanger in alabama as one of the most controversial races in years comes to a dramatic conclusion. Can a democrat pull off the upset in deep red alabama, or will the embattled republican roy moore ride to victory . President trumps attack on a u. S. Senator that she says was a sexist smear. Is not going to silence me. Its intended to silence me. Its not going to silence the women who have stood up against him directly. 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