The dark. At least one death has been reported so far. A driver hit a pedestrian in new york. Boston is expecting up to three feet of snow, which would break its record previously set in 2003 when 27. 5 inches fell. Nbcs jay grey is in boston. He has the latest for us. Reporter a weather storm pounding the northeast since friday continued to strengthen overnight into a fierce and relentless blizzard. Making matters worse, Hurricane Force winds, gusts up to 75 miles an hour, creating blinding conditions. The projected snowfall foals are staggering. Before its over, up to three feet of snow is expected in parts of new england, including boston. The storm has literally stopped most of new england in its tracks. More than 1800 cancellations at new york area airports, 4700 Flights Canceled nationwide. The government of massachusetts ordered all cars off the roadways starting at 4 00, a move that made sense after this 19car pileup in maine scattered cars across the road and into ditches. Please, please, exercise caution and use common sense. Reporter this historic storm is the result of two converging systems colliding over the northeast. The conditions are horrible. Reporter horrible even for veteran snowplow operators. Last year we had a very mild winter. Very mild. I guess Mother Nature is making up for last year. Reporter Mother Nature delivering a powerful punch to a region still recovering from superstorm sandy, which struck just over three months ago. And that was jay grey reporting from boston. They are getting clobbered. Such a serious weather event. As you mentioned, the northeast, new england and new york getting hit hard. Are we feeling any of the impact here, chuck . Oh, have you been outside at all this morning . You go that we are definitely dealing with our own impacts, but compared to our friends and neighbors up to the north and east of us, were getting away relatively unscathed. That doesnt mean its a pleasant day to be outside. Its cold. Temperatures are in the upper 20s and low 30s around the area. As you can well imagine, thats only half the story. These are the current wind gusts. 43mileperhour wind gusts in the city of washington. 40mileanhour gusts out of manassas. That has windchills in the teens and low 20s. Not much coming down on radar, so we wont need to be worried about breaking out the snow shovels. Temperatures will stay in the teens through low 20s early this morning. A sunny and cold finish to your morning. Well talk about the rest of the day and your weekend coming up. Have something very heavy to put in your pockets. Thank you, chuck. Right now the first flights of the day are taking off from airports in our area. Things seem to look okay so far this hour. At least 150 flights were canceled at reagan yesterday. All of them coming in or heading out of the northeast. Meanwhile, in new york, stranded travelers at Laguardia Airport had no choice but to ride out the snow. Kraus set up cots and blankets to people could be comfortable. It is not any better on the rails. Acela has already cancel ed service completely between new york and boston. However, trains between d. C. And new york will schedule e operat scheduled. Amtrak is still operating. If you have a ticket but decide not to travel because of the weather, you can receive a refund or a voucher for future travel. And todays strong winds will make driving for some of you a little more challenging. But theres another Traffic Alert to pass along to you this morning. Right now part of the beltway is shut down in virginia as crews finish up road work. Heres a live look. All lanes of the interloop are closed through 7 00 this morning. At arlington boulevard, also known as exit 50, this as crews complete work an the express lanes. Youre going to have to take the collector distributor road and expect delays. New this morning, a woman is shot and killed after police say she came after police officers. The officers responded to an apartment complex on 53rd avenue. Police say a woman pulled out a knife and charged at them. At least one officer fired a gun, killing the woman. Police have not released her identity. A new campus alert at the university of maryland this morning after another robbery overnight. This one happened just off campus around 11 00 along lakeland road near rhode island avenue. Police say two armed men held up a Group Walking down the street. This marks the fourth robbery on or near the campus in just the past two weeks. Just this past thursday night police say someone held up a woman at gun point. Police warn students not to walk alone at night. So do you live in the district . Then today might be a good day to get all your taxes done. The annual d. C. Tax and Financial Services fair is going on this morning. D. C. Residents can have their taxes prepared by irs Certified Tax Preparers for free. The event is hosted by d. C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes norton. Its happening at the Washington Convention today today from 10 00 a. M. To noon. You have to be a district resident to attend. You done your taxes . I havent done them yet. Such a process. Six minutes after 6 00. This morning, the president s travel plans after he delivers tuesdays state of the union address. And we have some live pictures of that winter storm slamming the northeast. It is a whiteout this weekend in parts of the country. Keep it here. We have more coverage ahead. And you can also join us online on facebook and twitter. President obama is looking to give federal employees a raise. The Washington Post is reporting the president will ask for a 1 pay raise in the administrations 2014 budget propos proposal. At the same time, the house will soon vote to extend the freeze of federal pay rates through the end of the year if t. If the freeze expired, federal employees would get a. 5 raise. President obama is set to travel to asheville, north carolina, and atlanta midweek. Its normal for president s to travel on a postspeech tour to further explain proposals to the public. The white house has not said what the president will cover in his speeches. Were going to tell you how you can enjoy celebrations to usher in the year of the snake. Plus, the future of drones in our every day life. Now heres chuck. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to your weekend. It is very windy and cold outside right now. The question s how long will that last . How much longer will the big blizzard up to our north and east be impacting your weekend . Dont go away. Were sitting on a bunch of shale gas. Theres natural gas under my town. Its a game changer. It means cleaner, cheaper americanmade energy. But weve got to be careful how we get it. Design the wells to be safe. Thousands of jobs. Use the most advanced technology to protect our water. Billions in the economy. At chevron, if we cant do it right, we wont do it at all. Weve got to think long term. Weve got to think long term. This just in from connecticut governor. He has ordered all roads in the state closed until further notice due to heavy snow. That means no one on the roads. Youre seeing a few vehicles there, but these are live pictures of a highway on i93 in boston. Boston is expecting even more snow in the next few hours. Chuck will have a look at that area and our area in a few minutes. This morning, despite broadening search efforts, theres still no sign of a former l. A. Cop accused of killing three people, including a police officer. These are new pictures of Christopher Dorner taken last month by surveillance camera. Investigators searched his mothers home last night. They also continue to scour the mountains just outside l. A. Despite heavy snowfall. Police say dorner is acting out a manifesto he wrote. An alabama Prosecutor Says we may never know the motive bhoind that school bus shooting that led to a 5yearold boy being held hostage. A District Attorney says jimmy lee dykes wanted to go on Live Television to make a statement but never told negotiators what he wanted to say. Police say he shot and killed a School Bus Driver last week before taking a 5yearold boy hostage in an underground bunker. Dykes was killed in an fbi operation to rescue the boy. The past few weeks drones have been getting attention for all the wrong reasons, but those that are familiar with this Technology Say it is the wave of the future. A manassas company that makes drones is working to try and clear up what they say is a bad reputation. This flying object that weighs about two pounds and is controlled by a handheld device is at the center of controversy. Drones are here to stay. Aurora Flight Sciences in manassas builds and tests drones. It looks like a peace of styrofoam. Ceo John Langford puts the drone together in two minutes. He sees the unmanned aircrafts as the future of flying. Its really headed in the long run to being able to make airplanes as easy to fly as cars are today to drive. Drones can be used by Law Enforcement. An officer can get faa and the courts approval to deploy a drone. The craft goes where its otherwise unsafe to be. In Southern California where theyre hunting down a cop whos gone rogue and theyre out in the mountains trying to find him, thats a perfect application for these unmanned airplanes. But virginia lawmakers are considering a twoyear moratorium. It applies only to Law Enforcement, citing invasion of privacy. The aclu says its a good idea to wait. Drones are eventually going to be so small that perhaps Law Enforcement could use it to fly into your house like a fly on the wall. But langford says drones are not stealthy enough for sprying. Theyre really loud. Thats the irony. Today, most of them are very loud. Langford says the drones are here, but lawmakers are not ready to deal with the repu repercussions yet. The technology has moved faster than the policy and legislative part. The virginia governor, bob mcdonald, has yet to weigh in on the drone debate. His office says hes reviewing the bills that would eventually ban police from using drones. You cant help but feel so bad for our neighbors to the north. They are just getting pounded, getting slammed. Around here, that wind is roaring. Oh, my goodness. As the area of low pressure thats bringing the snow to new england deepens off the coastline, thats the reason our winds continue to increase around here. Be ready for a ferociously windy day. If you thought you might be traveling to boston for the weekend, think again. You now have a new plan to come up with because there will be no plane or Train Service really from about new york city north and eastbound up through hartford and boston. If you are going home to boston this weekend, you now get to spend a weekend in your Nations Capital going through the smithsonian. Nothing wrong with that at all. Good looking day outside today, but it is really, really windy out there. The wind is going nowhere any time too terribly soon. Expect it for most of your saturday morning and long into your saturday afternoon as well. Winds will really start to fade away late this afternoon and after the sun goes down this evening thatll really help. For now, its 32, freezing cold degrees, here in washington. The winds remain out of the north averaging 29 miles an hour. The winds are gusting between 35 and 45 miles an hour across most of the region. Current temperatures, 27 in gaithersburg and rockville. 35 in fredericksburg. When you factor in that really strong north wind, windchill temperatures back down into the upper teens and low 20s. A very cold start for you first thing this morning. Highs today, gradually with a decent amount of sunshine, we should be able to make it into the mid and upper 30s in most locations. A little further to the south and west of town, temperatures should inch into the 40s. Your hometown forecast in alexandria, virginia. 20s now. The freezing mark by 9 00. Mid30s but lunchtime. Flirting with 40 for a high today. Then back down below the freezing mark by early this evening. Storm team 4 radar shows no precipitation to worry about just yet. We had a few lingering snow flurries late last night. Those are now gone. If youre traveling northbound up i95, just some very light snow squalls near philadelphia and towards the jersey coastline. Thes monster of the storm is still well up here off the coast of new england. The center of pressure is headed up into the gulf of maine. Theres more upperlevel energy across the west that will reintensify that storm. Hold on to your hat and hairpieces for today. A very strong northwesterly wind through the course of the afternoon. Thatll lay down less wind but still very cold for the overnight hours tonight. Teens and 20s to get you started tomorrow morning. A decent amount of sunshine early on in the day. High clouds are spilling back in by tomorrow afternoon. Rain ready to return probably in time for your monday morning commute. Back to work and school. So for the rest of your saturday, heres what you should expect. Through this morning, temperatures upper 20s and low 30s with a very strong wind. 25 to 35 Miles Per Hour. Windchills this morning in the teens and 20s. For this afternoon, middle and upper 30s. Winds coming down just a touch, but itll stay on the chilly side. Heres your allimportant sevenday forecast. 39 with a windwhipped saturday afternoon coming. Clear and cold tonight. Not a bad day coming up tomorrow. Temperatures close to average with sunshine to start and clouds to finish. Rain likely on monday. Were keeping our eye out for valentines eve. Wednesday, wednesday night into thursday. Rain snow chance. Some of the computer models, some of them, like our chances for snow. Others prefer our chances for rain. Its going to be interesting and close. Time will tell. Time will tell. All right. Thanks, chuck. Speaking of time, its 6 20 right now. You heard the forecast for todays chilly temperatures. But that will not stop one group wearing next to nothing on the streets of d. C. Today. Gosh. Wow. Good luck to them. And heavy snow, Power Outages. The problems this major winter storm is causing in the northeast. What it means for us here. Youre watching news 4 today. Today, hundreds will strip down to their skcivvies for a good cause. It will happen here in the Nations Capital. The run helps raise money for the childrens tumor foundation. This year 17 different cities are hosting events today hoping to raise more than 1 million for the charity. Todays race starts on pennsylvania avenue southeast and heads west on to independence avenue. Then it goes up first street, past the u. S. Capitol and the supreme court. These roads will be closed for the run, which goes from 1 00 until 3 30 this afternoon. Very brave souls out there. Well, it is time to dance in the south American City of rio de janeiro. The celebration of carnival began yesterday after a day of street parties, samba schools from across the cities strutted their stuff with dance moves and floats that took months to build. The festivities run for three days until fat tuesday. In parts of asia, more than 1. 5 billion people are getting ready for the lunar knew year. Tomorrow marks the beginning of the year of the snake. Markets are busy with people buying up food and putting up decorations. Its observed by many as a threeday public holiday. People will celebrate the Lunar New Year here in our area too. Fair oaks mall holds its tenth annual celebration this afternoon from 1 00 to 6 00. Our lady of vietnam is holding a mass with Cardinal Donald wuerl tonight at 6 00. I went to the one last year at fair oaks mall. It is quite the spectator sport. They bring out so many different people in groups from the area. They actually do martial arts. Very great for the kids. Its 6 25 right now. The relationship students are developing with cops in classrooms in Charles County. Plus, how the northeast is dealing with blizzard conditions at this hour. And here you go. A live look at the strong winds were getting in our own area right now. Hope that flag can stay up this morning. When could we see things calm down . [ male announcer ] so theres lots of people out there who arent happy with their internet. [ spokesman ] hi, are you lindsay . Yes. Did you say, my internets so slow its like a car with no gas . Yes. [ male announcer ] well lindsay, youre about to get verizon fios quantum, americas fastest, most reliable internet. So thats what you used to have. Okay. And thats fios. Wow, this is crazy fast, almost unbelievable. [ male announcer ] that will put some gas in the old tank lindsay. Supercharge your internet speeds. Switch to fios and well triple your speed for free with an upgrade to fios quantum. Living life at quantum speed, call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities thats powerful. At 8009746006 tty v. Hi, everyone. Good morning. Welcome to news 4 today. Im richard jordan. And im angie goff. It is saturday, february 9th, 2013. Checking some of our top stories right now. Police shoot and kill a woman after they say she tried to attack them. It happened last night around 10 30 at an apartment on 53rd avenue in bladensburg. Officers shot the woman after they say she charged them with a knife. Her identify has not been released. Another Armed Robbery overnight near the university of maryland. Umd Police Say Two men held up a Group Walking down lakeland road last night just off campus. This marks the fourth robbery on or near the campus in just two weeks. And the snow is still coming down in the northeast. Connecticut has already gotten two feet while boston and new york are both in the double digits. Thousands of flights have been canceled and more delays and cancellations are expected today. Around here, our big story is just that gusty wind. Yeah, it is real