News 4 at 6 00, ill it will you about two key things police say might have prevented this teenager from becoming a victim. Live from arlington, julie carey, news4. Now to a story we first told you first on 4, we are talking act a systemwide slowdown on metro. The Transit Agency says the speed restrictions are in place now because of the potential for rails cracking from this cold. Our transportation reporter adam tuss first told you about this breaking this story this afternoon on twitter. Hes now live outside the station at Reagan National. Adam . Reporter metro says this is a proactive move slowing down trains so things like cracked rails dont happen. Lets take a look at the Reagan National station. Theres a speed restriction about a mile south of here between Reagan National and the braddock road station, and yet this could change how long your commute takes. Metro technicians ride the rails in a sophisticated machine called the track geometry vehicle. It studies the rails and sends alerts about problems. Theres enough concern with some sections of track and the freezing cold that metros now slowing trains down. Metro chief spokesperson dan stessel tells us you see us putting in speed restrictions as an additional safety step during a season where the potential for weatherrelated cracked rails exist. And there have been cracks and breaks in the rails recently. Hes fine with the move. With whats happened in the past recent history, especially the last couple weeks with the cracked rail and the third rail and someone died from that, i have no problem with them slowing it down for safety. Id rather wait a few minutes to get home and get home. Reporter others like peter gatis agree. Were always too much in a rush to go everywhere. Nothing wrong with slowing it down a little bit. Reporter now, metro says trains will be slowed down by about a third of their top speed. We have a list of the affected areas and well bring it to you next hour at 6 00. Live at the Reagan National station, adam tuss news4. Well we are also feeling the stress from this cold doug. What other impact might we expect from this cold pattern . The interesting thing is just how cold weve been. Actual daytime temperatures have not been that cold but the overnight low temperatures have been the cold numbers. First off you know its been cold including today where we saw windchills in the 20s and 30s. Look at the low temperatures the last five nights. This goes back towards last friday. The average low is 29. We were around 20 last friday 23 on saturday 27 both sunday and monday and this morning waking up to 25 degrees. So some very cold air. Thats in the city. Some of the other areas where melt row rides in through parts of Montgomery CountyPrince Georges County into the teens, a couple of those days. Thats where the cold air has been. Still cold at this hour. 26 in gaithersburg 39 towards fredericksburg and 36 in leesburg. Temperatures rebounding during the day tomorrow but then they come crashing right back down and we get even colder than weve been over the past couple days for thursday. Well talk about that in just a minute. Pat lawson muse on the live desk with a new 911 call for help after strong winds brought down trees all over our area. Pat . Jim, this happened in forest glen maryland where a man narrowly escaped injury. Strong winds xwusing brought down a tree into the mans second floor bedroom last night just as he was calling 911. Heres the newly released audio. Im just calling because a tree is it looks like its about to fall on my house and i didnt know if i was supposed to call this number or some other kind of i guess its about to its falling on my house right now. Ill get the fire department. Hold on one second. Yeah. It just fell on my house. What a picture there. His name is chris fisher. He said the tree his house and ripped down power lines around 7 00 last night. At the time he said the wind was gusting up to 50 miles per hour. At the live december im Pat Lawson Muse. Back to you. Female Real Estate Agents across virginia are being told to be on guard for a potentially aggressive man posing as a customer. The commonwealths Realtors Association says in the past week a number of agents have gotten calls from a man who demands to see the listings late at night. They say he refuses to meet during the day or at their office before hand. Were told the calls have been mostly in the southern part of the state but they stretch from Hampton Roads all the way to richmond. And Jesse Matthews attorney wants to delay his trial for that case in fair and accurate in 2005. Court documents show his lawyer will ask the judge friday to push back the trial in Fairfax County to push it to june. Hes facing abduction and rain charges in the attack of a 26yearold woman that occurred in 2005. Hes also charged with kidnap kidnapping uva student Hannah Graham this past september. A man tried twice for the murder of a k North Carolina teenager has been indicted again. Phylicia barnes was found dead four years ago in the susquehanna river. Still ahead in our next half hour well explain why this case may not make it to court anytime soon. The world is now roundly condemning another gruesome some say shocking execution at the hands of isis. This time the terror group releasing a video that purportedly shows the jordanian pilot being burned alive. Nbc White House CorrespondentChris Jansing joins us live with how the president is responding to this latest horrific video. Chris . Reporter yes, good afternoon. The president and the administration condemning this latest act in the strongest possible terms, wendy. Of course it comes on the heels of the murder of a japanese journalist. And there you see the still photo of that jordanian pilot. It also comes at time when king abdul la of jordan happened to be in the United States and had a lunch meeting today with Vice President biden. He is on his way back to the white house. Theres expected to be a meeting early this evening between the president and king abdullah. Of course they have been a key member of the coalition, participating in air strikes but also providing key intelligence on isis. The question is what this means for the strength of the coalition. Obviously this is something that has struck a chord everywhere throughout the many country, particularly in that part of the world, which includes qatar, egypt, other members of the coalition. The president feeling very strongly this will only embolden them to fight isis. What the exact implications will be y have yet to be seen, but he stated strongly today when he was in a meeting with some people who had written to him act obamacare and he was asked the question about this and he had just been briefed on it. He said this will only strengthen the resolve of the United States and of other Coalition Members to fight isis. Wendy . Thanks chris. Marylands medical examiner says six People Killed in that massive mansion fire in annapolis all died from smoke inhalation and burns. Don and sandra pyle and four of their grandchildren died when their home went up in flames last month. Investigators say that fire was an accident likely caused by an electric spark near a 15foot christmas tree. There were no sprinklers inside the home. A woman found dead in a stream Near National airport has been identified as 61yearold cruise krutz ofmaria cruz of alexandria. He was pulled from Four Mile Run stream late on saturday. A homicide unit is investigating sxwroop students will be back in class in vienna tomorrow now that that water main break at their school has been fixed. That main burst this morning at Marshall Road elementary. There was also a power outage so classes had to be canceled but it has been fixed and no other customers were affected. Major shakeup for thousands of students and parents of one of marylands Largest School systems. Chris gordon first broke this story on facebook but new tonight, parents are now weighing in on the search for a new superintendent now that joshua starr is ou reporter the school board emerged from a closeddoor meeting with dr. Joshua starr and then voted to accept a mutual agreement terminating his tenure as Montgomery CountySchool Superintendent. Its unanimous. Reporter dr. Starrs resignation is e if i can tifffective as of february 16th but hell be paid through the end of his contract which expires june 30th. Were going to be changing quarterbacks. You know weve had a great relationship. Reporter dr. Starr lost the support of the eightmember board of education with four members reportedly feeling he had not closed the achievement gap between white and minority students and were not going to offer him a contract renewal. Reporters asked starr why hes leaving in two weeks rather than at the end of the school semester. The message is not one of quitting all right, the message i hope would be one that dont get into a fight you know youre not going to win, right. And when the board made it clear that it wanted to go a different direction, im not going to fight that. Why would i, right . They have the right to do that. Reporter Tanya Hutchens has one child in Public School currently. Sad to see him go but im just hoping that, you know theyll have someone like him to fill his spot. Reporter this parent had publicly criticized dr. Starrs plan to demolish Blair Ewing School in rockville, maryland for a school bus depot. The Community Felt railroaded. This was a major decision and we had very little input. Reporter are you happy to see dr. Starr sflooef. Not happy, but as i said were looking for more openness and transparency. I hope we can build a more collaborative relationship with the board of education from here on out. Reporter an interim School Superintendent has been named, larry bowers who has 37 year ys with the Montgomery CountyPublic School system. 37 years and this afternoon he was given approval by the Maryland State Department of education. He will serve until a permanent replacement for dr. Starr is found. Thats the latest. Live at the Montgomery County school board, chris gordon news4. Marion Barry University could one day become a reality. Theres now a move to rename the university of the District Of Columbia after the late former mayor. Atlarge councilman Vincent Orange introduced a bill today. He teps the Associated Press barry was the universitys biggest champion. A man killed in front of his fiancee and children. New tonight news4 has obtained the 911 call made just moments after that hitandrun. So two people were struck . Yes, they both went. Lets stop whining, okay. Lets stop whining. Tonight pat collins asking firefighters about that call and why the dispatcher sounds so harsh. A growing debate over vaccinations here in Northern Virginia. Many of you parents weighing in right now on our nbc washington Facebook Page. Im david culvert in arlington. Well look at both sides of the debate. Also designer babies. A decision about dna across the pond is raising all sorts of questions. Technology has improved our lives, in small ways. In big ways. But what about this . Couldnt this be better too . At redfin we asked ourselves the same question. Which led us to create new ways to take you inside a home or instantly schedule a tour. But we paired that with our own agents who arent paid on commission but on your happiness. And thats what makes it all work the world has changed and now real estate has too. D. C. School officials are apologizing to students and parents after being told that a website exposed confidential information about students with disabilities. We just learned there are 10,000 students whose parents and guardians are being notified by the school system. It was unintentionally open to the public from 2010 until yesterday. The School District locked the site after being contacted by buzz feed. We reached out to d. C. Count till member david grasso twhos chairman of the education committee. He says his committee will monitor the schools review of what happened. Jim, wendy . Pat, thank you. The cdcs most recent numbers from 2013 say more than 96 of children in the district ages 19 to 35 months received mmr vaccine naps the second best in the nation right new hampshire. Maryland ranks eighth with more than 95 of kids vaccinated but virginia ranked 45th in all the vaccines that were taken. 88 of kids having received vaccine. We posted how our numbers stack up against other states on our nbc washington app. Now we have more from david culvert. He niece virginia. David . Reporter from local departments of health fuel local hospitals. Their warning is one of precaution stressing theres no specific threat when it comes to this Measles Outbreak at least not yet. The pictures can be hard to see. The measles virus showing itself all over this childs body. The site leaves many of the parents eager to protect your young, but the question is how . I had all mine vaccinated. I just think its safer for everybody. I think kids should be vaccinated. Reporter thats one perspective and the one supported by many doctors. The centers for Disease Control urging parents to have their children vaccinated from mee ls before the age of 2 doctors warning theyll need two or more doses for effectiveness. The outbreak is spreading to other states. Local Health Departments say theres no specific threat to our yair but doctors warn viruses can travel and quickly. After an infectious person leaves the location, that virus can live up to two hours on its own. The schools are clean. We just have to make sure our kids are yoeb not spreading disease to each other. Snu br the fear for some is what the vaccinations can do to your children. Many parents say they should have a choice. On our nbc washington Facebook Page youre weighing in tonight. We asked, what do you think about parent who is dont get their children vaccinated . 87 telling us those parents are irresponsible, but 13 say thats their right. And you can still weigh in right now on our nbc washington Facebook Page. Meantime among the places where viruses and illnesses spread quickest you know them well. Your kids schools. Ahead at 6 00 we look at where local School Districts stand on the issue of vaccinations and in particular when parents choose not to vaccinate their children. In arlington, im david culvert, news4. A bill thats aimed at reducing suicides among veterans is headed for president s desk and his signature. The Senate Unanimously passed that measure today. Named for clay hunt hes a 26yearold veteran who committed suicide in 2011. This new law will require the department of Veterans Affairs to have programs for Mental Health care and suicide prevention. It also establishes pilot programs for community outreach. On average, suicide clams the lives of 22 military veterans every day. The president says he will indeed sign this bill. Time is running out to weigh in on a plan to start charging the public to use one of the most popular parks in our area. The National Park service wants to charge access fees along the entire 185mile length of the c o canal, and it wants to raise the existing fees. Today maryland congressman john delaney asked the agency to drop it. Public comment is being taken until february 22nd. Nice icy, cold vista out there. It was. Weve got some cold weather again. Yeah. Last night was frigid especially when you woke up this morning, too, windchills between 5 and 15 degrees. Tomorrows going to be a little bit different. But we still have a pretty cold night aheld of us this evening. Take a look towards reston pap very nice picture of a reston live camera off towards Reston Town Center on the right, dulles toll road and reston parkway in the foreground. Another beautiful picture out towards you know what, i knew where that was but you moved the camera all right. Re were look bug you know what thats 395. My dad used to work in that building off to the right naps how i know that believe it or not. Thank you. Did you guys know my dad used to work there . Good job. We do now 37 degrees currently, winds out of the southwest at about 6 miles per hour. We are going to see those temperatures that are going to be dipping tonight but then right back up tomorrow currently 30 in gaithersburg 39 in fredericksburg 36 degrees coming in around the leesburg area. Now, what are we seeing as far as radar is concerned . Nothing. No rain no snow around our region. Not going to see any kind of a chance during the day tomorrow. As you widen out here, you see why. It is clear from d. C. Up 95 towards new york towards the raleigh area. Back to the west heres one system.