The school board and him have reached a settlement. Its been a tough couple months for him. Megan mcgrath is live from the School Headquarters went down. Reporter good morning, barbara. Sources with Montgomery CountySchool System who are familiar with the negotiations tell chris gordon that joshua starr and the board of education have reached an amicable agreement to part ways. Starr and the board chair will be holding a press conference at noon a expected to learn the details of that agreement. They are also expected to take questions from the press. Dr. Starr was hired in 2011 and a source says hes found it difficult to do his job since media reports surfaced about divided support for him on the cool board. Talks of an ongoing for the last several days. A source tells chris gordon that dr. Starr will not work through the end of his contract which is june 30th. The board did appear briefly in a Public Session this it morning. Thats the video that you see here. They then adjourned to talk in private. They are doing that now still calling this a personnel matter. Were told they are talking with Legal Counsel at this point. Talks could go on as long as an hour. You can watch that News Conference live on our app. Well be streaming it live and have more later on in the show. Barbara, back to you. Right now, temperatures remain below freezing in many places but the wind is begin. Ing to die down. Chuck bell joins us with his first forecast for midday today. Good mobarbar fortunately the wind is startiemperatures this low the windchills would be extreme if it werent for the fact that the wind is not quite as strong as it was earlier this morning and compared o to yesterday aftern storm team 4 radar also is all clear. We dont need to worry about anything falling out of the sky. Most locations still below freezing. Washington 31. Still mid20s in gathers berg. But just that little bit of a breeze has windchills into the teens and low 20s. Theres still a factor for sure. The remainder of the afternoon, temperatures mid30s. Less wind more sunshine as the day goes along. Its going to stay on the cold side with temperatures in the 30s. So an improving weather picture on the whole, but theres a small chance of snow comin t morning. More details comeing up. Cant wait to hear about that. E homeown is facing big cleanup. This video shows his severely damaged home. Chris fish herb was inside his house as he called 911 the tree came crashing into the second floor bedroom. Its not known how much the damages will cost to repair or how long they are going to take. Right now marshal Road Elementary School is closed because water main break and power outage at the school. Buss are picking up the students and will drop them off at oakton high school. You can see crews on the scene digging a hole trying to get to the water main. No word when water will be restored. And right now in Baltimore City prosecutors are holding a News Conference where they are expected to indict a man again for killing a teen phylicia barnes. He threw her body into the susquehanna river four years ago. Atd first he was convicted of murder but was set free after a mistrial last month. A judge then ruled there wasnt enough evidence r a new trial. Now prosecutors say that they will appeal that decision in the conference today. And new at midday we know how six family members died in a huge mansion fire in annapolis. The medical examiner says the parents and four grandchildren died of smoke inhalation and burns. They said the fire was an accident. We also learned that there were no sprinklers in the home at the time of the fire. W l in the uk taking up a controversial measure. Should doctors be allowed to make babies using dna from three people . And why many call it life saving. Plus a special Exhibit Opening at the library of congress. The rosa parks collection is including her thoughts at the age of 12. I bring the gift of the name your price tool to help you find a price that fits your budget. Uhoh. The name your price tool. Shes not to be trusted. Kill her. Flo it will save you money the name your price tool isnt witchcraft and i didnt turn your daughter into a rooster. She just looks like that. Burn the witch the name your price tool a dangerously progressive idea. Lawmakers voted to allow human babies to be created from three peoples dna. Britain is the first nation to allow modification to human embryos. Scientists will be able to alter an egg and implant it in the mother. The hope is it would prevent certain diseases. Critics say it sets a dangerous precedent. It will be the first time we would intentionally manipulate the human genome. Once you cross that line its very hard to stop going down the slippery slope to design babies. Advocates say it alters less than 1 of the genes. Only 1 are el available for this. Right now Chris Christie has wrapped up a lunch meeting with british chancellor in london. This morning christie joins conversation about drug addiction and treatment. Christie wraps up his threeday trip to london today. Yesterday he met with the Prime Minister david cameron. Happening in a few minutes, president obama will make a push for unensured people to enroll in the exchanges. The house is set to vote again to repeal the Affordable Care act. Invited a group of ten americans today including lannett jackson. They wrote to the president about how theyve benefitted from the health care law. Open Enrollment Period ends february 15th. Mr. Obama will veto any bill that overturns the law. The political debate over vaccines is heating up. Coming up, the politician who used grandmothersknowbest to get. Her point across. Plus coke is making milk now. What they say is different about their product. Im meteorologist chuck bell. After a ferociously windy day yesterday, our winter picture is improving for now. There are still chances for snow before the we have a live update from the desk. A News Conference where attorney general eric holder anuanced a big settlement. 1. 4 billion is the size of the settlement with the ratings Firm Standard and pore also known as s p. This follows a bunch of lawsuits over its ratings on Mortgage Securities securities. Td tod only makes it clear that this kind of conduct will never be tolerated by the justice department. It also underscores our ongoing. Commitment to pursue any company or any entity that violated the law and contributed to the financial crisis of 2008. That settlement will be divided among the 19 states as well as d. C. Which filed lawsuits. S p does not admit to any violations of the law. Back to you. Thanks angie. The department of defense is facing a lawsuit today several groups including the aclu are filing this suit. The d. O. D. Doesnt recruit enough women and wont release records about its practices, which it is required to make to the public. It focuses on recruiting at the Army Air Force and naval academies. We reached out to the department, but they declined to on this case. A virginia woman is now facing up to eight years in prison for lying to the fbi about her support for. Heather kaufman pleaded guilty. Yesterday. Police arrested kaufman last year. They watched her for months due to suspicious facebook posts about her possible connections to isis. She will be sentenced in may. For the first time in about a yeerks were getting atw pictures of former cuban leader fidel castro. You can see him meeting with the Students Federation there. These pictures were published last night but were taken more than a week ago. He was celebrating his 70th anniversary of starting his studies at the university. He stepped down in 2008. Were just about one hour away from a senate vote on a critical bill for veterans. The measure is aimed at reducing the suicide epidemic among military veterans. Its named for a veteran who killed himself in 2011. An estimated 22 military veterans commit suicide every day. More than 8,000 every year. The bill already cleared the house in a unanimous vote. Its expected to pass the senate as well. Today an elite group of soldiers from world war ii will receive the congressional medal of honor. The group is called the devils brigade. They were given the nickname due to the boot potishes on their faces. Its believed they laid the foundation for the modern day special forces. The unit was made up of american and canadian soldiers that captured enemy prisoners in 251 days of combat. The 50 surviving members of the unit will be honored today on capitol hill. Top officials are on capitol hill talking about vaccines. With the current outbreak of measles, they may also ask should vaccinations be mandatory. Tracie potts has been covering this recent outbreak. She reports now from capitol hill. Listen to some of americas top politicians and you may not know whether to vaccinate your child againsmeasles. Get your kids vaccinated. Parents need to have some measure of choice. Reporter Chris Christies office back. Ed off his comments clarifying theres no question kids should be vaccinated. What im saying is you have to have that balance. President obama in a today show interview says the science is clear. Theres every reason to get vaccinated. There arent reasons to not. Reporter Hillary Clinton put it this whyway tweeting the science is clear, the earth is round, the sky is blue and vaccines work. Lets protect all our kids. Grandmothersknowbest. Rand paul chimed this. Im think they are a good thing but i think the parent should have some input. The state doesnt own your children parents own the children. Reporter measles are fast becoming a political football and a Public Health problem. The cdc reports 102 cases in 14 states. All but five states allow for religious objections to vaccines and many states also allow parents to object based on their personal believes. Tracie potts, nbc news washington. For more on the vaccine debate waer joined by nbc senior political editor. You ever had the measles . No i was vaccinated. President obama and Hillary Clinton say you should get your children vaccinated. A lot of people are saying that. Chris christie and rand pauls message is not exactly clear. A mixed message. What are they saying . We are kind of seeing some democratic and republican fault lines here where president obama and Hillary Clinton on one side rand paul and Chris Christie both saying vaccines are good but there might be a need for a little choice and could be somvaccines. On the the other hand ben carson a republican who is a doctor who is also running on the republican side for president seems to be saying vaccines are good. Some mixed messages youre seeing but this is a bigger story that involves on the one hand seeing some of the plitization of science. When it comes to climate change, but also theres that skepticism in the american public. Sometimes through information over the internet over social media where people say i dont believe 98 of the scientists. And that seems to be one of the politil phenomenons. It raises a lot of other issues like public schools. That child may infect another child who is there. So this is going to bring up a lot. The context of this is measles are starting to have an outbreak out west. Its com country. We wouldnt be talking about this if there werent these new cases of measles. 72 hours of Chris Christie not so great in the last day and a half. Tell me why. If youre a potential president ial candidate or a president ial candidate youre going to have good days and bad days. This bad stretch comes at a bad time for Chris Christie as hes trying to woo a lot of republicans whod given money to mitt romney. Now that mitt romney is out of the sweepstakes, Everyone Wants to get i romneys big donors. Some of the bad news that Chris Christie has had one that he didnt fair in the poll in iowa. He ended up getting into this flap over the measles. He had to walk it back. Today comes to the New York Times stories about some of his luxurious travel overseas. I have to quickly mention that Hillary Clinton and a recent poll tied or beat all republican possible opponents. Thats right. Right now Hillary Clinton looks pretty good. I find it very interesting that jeb bush and Hillary Clinton are 1point difference. Very interesting to watch. Well be watching that. Thank you and well see you tomorrow. For more of the rest of the Political Team check out first read on nbcnews. Com. Fighting for life the signs Bobbi Kristina browns family are calling hopeful. Its a neverending battle for a good nights spleep the new research that may have you trying to change the time you head to bed. A popular Fast Food Restaurant is hoping to it make the start of your day brighter right now the daughter of the late Whitney Houston remains in a coma. A family friend says Bobbi Kristina moved her eyes last night. The family was hoping its a cos choe a not a random act. Her cousin says shes breathing with the help of a ventilator. Doctors put her in a medical coma so her brain would stop swelling. She was found face down in a bathtub at her home outside atlanta. For the first time tomorrow youll be able to see some important civil rights artifacts right here in e l of congrs is opening its rosa parks archive to the public. It includes letters, bible and even one of her hats. Parks died ten years ago and this is also the first time lots of researchers will be able to read and experience her things. Good news for your help. You and your kids may not be get ing the right amount of sleep. Sleep experts at the sleep foundation have come up with a new recommended list of sleep times. The results of the study depend on your age. To 3 months also should be getting between 14 and 17 hours of sleep. Everyone between 18 and 64 should get 7 to 9 hours of sleep. Nbcs medical contributor natalie azar says sleep is essential for growing children. The only category that they recommended more was for infants. The centers for Disease Control and prevention says sleep deprivation is a national epidemic. 50 to 70 Million People suffer from it. Theres noot place you can go for free coffee with your breakfast. Chickfila will offer free coffee all this month. Its the latest with that deal. Mcdonalds and Dunkin Donuts are doing similar promotions. Breakfast is the only meal growing in sales, which explains this change. Right now, a student is facing punishment for assault ing a teacher. An investigation into whether it there a chance you will not be able to get a bike from bike share later today. And a look webuyanycar. Com has helped thousands of people let go of all the hassle that comes with selling or trading in. We make selling your car truck or suv fast, safe and fair with three simple steps one get your free online valuation. Two drive to your local carbuying center. Three walk out with a check in as little as thirty minutes. Buying cars is all we do. All makes and models and no dealership pressure well even settle your loan or lease. So, dont wait. Get your free online valuation now at webuyanycar. Com. Right now people are digging out of the snow from the midwest to new england. This is a look from boston. The latest storm dumped 18 inches of new snow to the area. Up to 16 inches of snow fell in hartford connecticut. Many schools are closed in that area. The snowfall might be over but the frigid temperatures t so bad here. Not by comparison. Boston is finishing up their snowiesttretch on record. Some of the school kids have only missed one day. One day missed with that much snow in the last week. Outside we go on not a bad tuesday morning. As long as youre inside looking out at it its not a bad day. Temperatures are recovering a bit after a fairly cold start early this morning. But the temperatures have really plummeted since this time yesterday. Some 15 to 20 degrees colder than yesterday. So the temperatures really dropped pretty dramatically with that blast of northwesterly winds. We recovered bac w to 31 now at Reagan National airport. Winds out of of the west averaging only 10 Miles Per Hour now. So thats defini expect for the next 24 hours clearing skies for the remainder of the afternoon. A light breeze developing later on today. That will help make tomorrow milder for sure. But it wont last too long as a little chance of snow comes in on thursday. Temperatures still in the teens in maryland and also in oakland. But a lot closer to the upper 120 20s. 3 3z in fredericksburg. Temperatures continuing to climb. 36 is the high. 37 at 4 00 this afternoon. Then down the temperatures will go again back below freezing. Not long after the sun goes down. What little breeze is left has the windchill into the teens and 20s. To wear your heavy coat and hat. You can do with the gloves. Sunglasses because of the bright sunshine. Theres the next bringing a Winter Weather advisory to minneapolis and southern parts of wisconsin. As it comes in here Late Wednesday night into thursday morning, it has very limited amount of moisture and moving very quickly. Any accumulations of snow should be limited. Any time we mention snow, its a great to have our weather app ready to go for your hometown forecast. Heres the way it looks for the rest of today. The wind dying down a bit. Skies remaining clear and cold overnight tonight.