Morning. Looks like we are ending february on a cold note. It has been our coldest february since 1979. But it has been the coldest february on record in baltimore and baltimore climate records go back more than woj 40 years. March begins tomorrow and that may be the thing. Temperatures are cold cold cold again. 10 in gaithers berg and 12 in menassis. 20 degrees in southern maryland. Its a dry sky and picture to get the picture started. That wont last all weekend. Winter weather to the west and the south. Wouldnt surprise me to see a Winter Weather advisory for here sometime tomorrow. We are keeping a close eye on that. You will have to deal with the cold. Have your winter coat ready to go. High temperatures above freezing but just barely. 35 in washington which will be 15 degrees colder than average. More about that sunday rain sleet, snow chance coming up. We want to take a look at the capitol where hours ago funding was extended but only for a week. President obama signed the bill minutes before the deadline last night, agreeing on the funding was not the issue. It was the president s proposed immigration that caused a clash in the house. It prevents 200,000 government workers from working out a paycheck. In the day ahead, you can share your opinion about the 2016 budget in loudoun county. There is a 2. 2 billion budget at the Loudoun Public Schools Administration building. In Prince William county the board will meet with members to talk about the budget. It may have to cut millions from your students program. Northern Virginia Bureau reporter has a look at this brewing battle. Whats missing from here to here . Add minus 4. The math county problem is not getting solved. Factored into the equation class sizes. Its tough to find an empty seat in this algebra class, one of the courses required to guarduate high school. You get more one on one attention and with a large class, you dont get that communication. 3 x minus 4. She wants to ease congestion and trim class size. Some like the idea. I feel close with the students and the teacher. Its a better experience. The county wont pride enough funding for the needs. When it comes to spending per student, we are the lowest in our region. They pay about 10,000 per pupil. Nearly double that and the school board right here considering a list some cut from the budget. Nobody talks about it. Not using them as words, but the student admits impacts are discussed given he wrestles and plays football. He worries about one item in particular. Sports are on it too. Its a big concern. There is a threat to eliminate full day consistent kindergarten. Taxpayers will learn the new advertised tax rate. Virginias first lady filed paperwork to appeal h it has been seven days since she was sentenced to a year and a day. She was charged with corruption with her husband who was sentenced to two years. Both are free pending appeals. A d. C. Rabbi resigned his position after exceeding guilt tow recording women in a ridual bath. His resignation will take effect a month from raft. He was put on leave in october and since then the school has paid him more than 26 thousand thousand. Last week he pleaded guilty to 52 counts of voyeurism. Police are trying to find out who shot a teenager in southeast d. C. On nay lor road near the charter school. Class was just getting out. Its not clear if he went to school there. They said the boy could be as young as 14 years old. He was still breathing when officers had arrived. Heres a live look from moscow president obama condemning the forward of a man shot at least four times while walking on a bridge near the kremlin. He has been a vocal critic of Vladimir Putin and supposed to take part in an opposition rally near moscow. That has been canceled. You have one more chance. The final forum, part of fresh start february will be posted at 1 00 p. M. In southeast d. C. You are encouraged to be part of the discussion about priorities in the district. Uber said it was hacked. If writers should be concerned. Protect your cash. How a return was filed without when heartburn comes creeping up on you. Fight back with relief so smooth. Its fast. Tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue. And neutralizes stomach acid at the source. Tum, tum tum tum. Smoothies only from tums. Welcome back. We have a news 4 consumer alert. Uber suffered a data breech affecting 50,000 drivers. It happened last may and discovered in september. Now the company said no Customer Data user names or passwords were accessed. They are providing a year of Identity Theft to the affected drivers. No word on why they waited until now to release the information. The legislative session is in the books and they passed last minute bills on several key issues. They had to do with the rising heroin problem in the common wealth. They would allow prosecutors to charge drug dealers with homicide. In the wake of Bob Mcdonalds corruption trial. They put a cap on gifts for those wanting to do business with virginia. They passed tougher laws to protect students on campus. They okayed pay raises for teachers in virginia. Today you can learn how to safely grow marijuana in the district. The group called the comfy tree act is happening at the holiday inn on c street. Muriel bowser said she has done all she can on the districts new law. Lawmakers say the new pot law violates federal law and they could cut the amount of funds that flow into the district. Whats allowed and whats not on the nbc washington app. Im chuck bell off to another really cold start to finish out the month of february. Tomorrow begins a new month and new promises of at least warmer air for one day in the coming week. We are not done with winter president obama is mourning the loss of actor Leonard Nimoy who played mr. Spock in the series and movies. He said he loved spock. They met in 2007. He died at his home in los angeles at 83yearold. The original captain kirk wrote that he loved him like a brother. The tcl chinese theater in hollywood dimmed its lights in a tribute to nimoy. This is the ninth time it did so. The last time waslliams died. The theater opened in 1927. Have you filed taxes yet . Maybe you are planning to doing it this weekend. We have a warning about tax fraud. Here is the tax return. Adrian thompson is a middle School Teacher living in d. C. And has been awaiting his tax return. We have cruise set up for us as well as taking a class to my last prerequisite. He is looking forward to more than 1,000 on his refund. Was expecting until he got a phone call. Just a few days ago, you filed your taxes and everything went through. Normally until we receive the rejection can code. That showed us that his information was filed on a return this year. Andrea smith is a certified tax preparer but someone got to the irs before he did. Somebody not me. Somebody not him filed a fraudulent return in his name. Now what . He has to fight for his identity. He had to prove he was not married and didnt have children. You are Adrian Thompson know so. I am talking to the Adrian Thompson. What are you going to do to get your money back . I need to be in good communication with the irs. Can you say that again. You will have to mail this off. About nine months it will take to get his identity and taxes fixed. Eventually he can get his money . Eventually. It will be lengthy. For may be a long process, but i will do what i have to do. The irs prevented 24 billion from getting into the hands of criminals. One way to protect yourself is change your log in right now. The number of families growing is living in the inner suburbs. The Washington Post reports the School System has more low income students than the district. The number of students eligible for free or reduced lunch rose since 2009. Financial security is having a bigger impact on kids than you might think according to an analysis of census data conducted by council on contemporary families. 9 of children from the lowest income bracket received College Diplomas while 77 of children raised in the top 25 had graduated by age 24. They say the stress of making ends meet can have a toxic effect on any relationship and put off freem getting married in the first place. Kids listen up. You can enter your artwork for the easter egg roll design contest. Elementary and middle school can enter the designs. The theme is 5 me five in humanor the of the first ladys campaign. It ends march 6th which is this friday and is yet is to show Something Like you eat five vegetables a day or do five jumping jags. Its along the lines of give me five. Angie has been the grand marshall or something. I have been there as a reporter covering it and last time was the first time. Its fun. Might be one of the things you check off the list. There was flotus and angie goff. If you get that Lottery Ticket be prepared and show up early. You will be standing in line for a couple of hours. If you have a kid under 4, a couple of hours is an eternity. Otherwise known as an eternity. Another cold start, can you believe it . Happy to say goodbye to the month of february. Technically meteorological spring begins tomorrow. March is a spring month. I swear it is. February was clearly a winter month around here. Far and away not only the coldest february we have seen but about 6 degrees colder than january was. That is unusual. Early this morning, a lot of early in the sky. Sunrises are early now, but we go to daylight savings time a week from now. Next weekend we move to daylight savings time. That will take the color out of our skies. Nice and low and cold and sunny. Only 20 degrees at National Airport. Wind chills into the Single Digits and low teens. 9 in maryland and 7 in thurmont. 12 in warrenton. There is cold air out there for short. Teens to around 20 degrees and climbing up almost to 30 by about lunchtime. Most neighborhoods will have highs in the low or mid 30s. The hometown forecast in waldorf, todays sunshine giving way to low clouds back down to about 20. Its looking dicy. Cold sunshine and clouds come in on us after the sun goes down. By 4 00 a. M. Light snow to the north and west and moisture coming up and probably a snow or sleet mix. 2 00 tomorrow all of this pink is at least the possibility of a rain sleet, or snow mix or a combination. That will continue through much of the afternoon hours before we can get the cold air scoured out. As a result there could be a minor accumulation of sleet or snow becoming all rain as more and more tries to work into the system. Most of us will have a dry start and a chance of light snow west. The opportunity for rain sleet, or snow very light in the course of the day tomorrow. How much if you head added it up. Our local model is cranking up a couple of inches. Mostly snow. A chance for sleet around here. Heres the way its breaking down. A chance of to three inches of snow. Sleet and snow might add up to about an inch. The first check of the sevenday. 35 today and 38 tomorrow and back into the 40s on monday. Another chance of rain. 60 degrees on wednesday. With a chance for rain. Stop. Sorry. Thanks chuck. You can celebrate the lunal new year in rockville, maryland and explore asian culture. There will be dance performances and different foots to tease your palate. Thats its F Scott Fitzgerald theater from 10 this morning until 2 00 this afternoon. Celebrate the year of the stheep begins at 1 00 at the premium outlets at the food court area. It was rescheduled because of the weather. 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Take a look at the video shot near the colorado border. The treacherous Road Conditions and winter storm warnings in effect until sunday. More snow over the weekend and early into the next week. Just a little further east a few inches caused major problems in texas. White out conditions and icy roads caused hundreds of accidents. Nbcs jason rascon has more on the frozen temperatures and the frozen traffic. Sudden white ow conditions and icy roadways led to hundreds of accidents on north texas on highway 75 outside of dallas. A lot of brake lights. Traffic froze on nearly every major road. In ft. Worth interstates 30 and 35 completely shut down. Conditions are very bad here. What are usually 20minute trips took two to three hours. Im stuck on the road. Amber flew in from the east coast. This is not what i thought texas would be like. I never believe meteorologists but they were right. Schools shut down early, some for the fourth time this week. At dfw, hundreds of flights were canceled and others delayed for deicing. You have more snow than we have in North Carolina. It was enough to create one of the most treacherous travel nightmares in recent memory. Ahead at 6 30 neighbors did not know about recent attacks in their community. The evidence to track down suspect. A major health alert in california. What thousands of people may be infectioned with after visiting one restaurant. Heres a live look outside. Temperatures outside the studios are below freezing. Chuck bell is t our top stories, a live look at the capital. Funding for the department of Homeland Security was extended but only for a week. President obama signed the funding bill minutes before the deadline last night. The Prince William county board of super advisers and the school board are set to meet. They could receive millions in cuts. Today is the day to get things done outside. It will be cold but you should see a little bit of sun. Tomorrow we are in store with a mixed bag of weather. Lets get straight to chuck bell with whats happening outside. What are we looking at . Sure is cold again. Single digits in the teens and low 20s. If you are out the door early on saturday morning layer up for sure. A beautiful sunrise about ready to take place. There is the view from the tower. The national stride here in northeast washington. Beautiful looking sky and spent of sunshine for the front half of the week. Clouds filling back in later, but it is sure off to a cold start. Nothing on radar this morning, but Winter Weather advisories across North Carolina and ohio. We may end up with a Winter Weather advisory here for tomorrow. Nothing to worry about for today. Outside this morning, temperatures climbing up to the midand upper twints and highs up to the low or mid 30s for a brief time. For tomorrow we will have a chance of snow in the morning and a rain sleet, snow mix before its all rain later tomorrow. More on the timing of that coming up. We have the search for a man linked to three sexual assaults. It happened in maryland and Darcy Spencer talked with neighbors there. Prayers at the tower of praise Church International for three women sexually assaulted in the area over the last few months. We like the police to step up the security in this neighborhood. The pastor said the church has been targeted by criminals. He put up surveillance and when they didnt capture a clear image, he turned them off. We had a piano stolen. Sometimes our musical instruments. Police believe the same man sexually assaulted three women since september. The latest happened wednesday night behind the church next door. The victim is in her late teens. This sketch was developed after the first attack and the attacker was captured on surveillance video. Christians mom owns a hair salon across the street. Its a concern, happening across the street. I feel better that police have been in the area patrolling more. Prince georges county detectives went doortodoor handing out flyers. The assaults were less than a mile apart. We are concerned about this now. Now we have to watch. More than normally. Darcy spencer, news 4 today. Theyll gather to remember the young man killed by a driver in the district. A Memorial Service is today in phoenix, maryland. He died earlier this week when police say a man fleeing a crash screen flipped his car and crushed him. He was walking to a night class when this happened. The Prince Georges County school board wants more moan than first expected. They are taking home 2 billion, 7 more than what kevin maxwells original budget asked for. It included programs that were supposed to get cut and competitive pay for teachers. They are dealing with funding and furloughs. They head to the county executive for approval. The can happen in massachusetts. They ruled the trial can stay in bost origin. The defense attorney for them requested a change in venue. Three people died and 260 others were hurt when two bombs explode near the finish line of the marathon. The trial is set to begin on wednesday. A state of vandalism attacks at a d. C. Mosque. It was vandalized on tuesday night. On wednesday another ins kent. They ripped down wall hangings and broke chairs. They are looking into whether it could be hate crimes. Keeping Sacred Places crimefree. Its known as worship watch. It is designed to encourage them to report suspicious activity. Police say houses of worship are not immune to criminal activity. The more common crimes such as vandalism and arson are targeted at the