Good morning and welcome to news4 midday im chris lawrence. And im erika gonzalez. National Weather Service says Dulles Airport hit a record low temperature of one degree early this morning. Right now you are looking at the current temperatures. Big improvement from the one degree. Dont get too 457happy thoug. We have nor snow. Lets get the latest from the meteorologist sheena parveen. Hit a record low this morning about zero degrees. So, yes, its very cold weather. Locally very cold weather in florida wintry mix and snow moving into parts of georgia and carolina as well. This is our next weather system. Heading out into the atlantic, and tonight part of the area start to see snow falling. Ill show you how much coming up in a minute. But temperature wise low to mid20s. Well be breaking 30 degrees this afternoon for some of the area. Big improvement compared to what we have seen over the past few days. In the suburb there you see 31 degrees, then well see the snow moving in. For some of you who can expect it coming up. Sheena, thank you. Definitely not the kind of temperatures you want to wait in line for especially at the school bus. Yeah, second day in a row that is the reality for some kids in Fairfax County. Our transportation adam tuss has been tweeting updates broken down buses. Continues coverage from jackson in false church. Adam . Reporter thats right, erika, we should say todays ride was definitely better than yesterday mornings ride. When there were 100 School Bus Routes affected but today still another frigid day and some of these buses couldnt make it. Trying to get the bus just to start. Another frigid morning had maintenance crews on high al checking every nook and cranny of buses that sat in the cold overnight. Some needed the jump tear cables. And for for the most part this morning was better than tuesday. An hour was a long time to be outside. Reporter lori taking no chances dropping her kids off. I was driving them to school. Reporter but some students had to brave the elements until the bus showed up and still some considerable delays. Check out this list from Fairfax County some routes seeing slow downs over 30 minutes because of bus problems. Parents are definitely aware of the issues. I know they were having some trouble. Reporter keep in mind the buses that did break down this morning, were only a small percentage of the massive Fairfax County school bus fleet. There are over 1600 buses in the system, thats larger than the entire Greyhound Bus fleet. A lot of these buses getting the afternoon ride home. I want to remind you we have a link where you can track the bus delays for Fairfax County system. In our nbc washington app. You can find it there. Live for us in false church. Adam, thank you. And water main break still causing problems. Inside lane of wheeler road are still closed but most People Living in that area of prince georgia county does have water service. At one point they set up ha water station at saint barn a bus church. Barney elementary was also closed today because no water. No word when the road will be completely opened. Green line chain because of attract problem outside naylor road. Metro didnt say if the problem had anything to do with the weather, cold weather can cause rails to crack. Problem cleared about 9 30 this morning. I want to show you dama townhome in laurel. This happened on characterize sa lane, about 40 30 th 30 this mo. Prince georgia had helped from montgomery firefighters to get this blaze under control. A family of six now has to find somewhere else to stay. With temperatures in the teens, maryland man search for his missing father is becoming more urgent this morning. Prince georgia county police helping in the search for 65yearold daniel haven, last seen at costco yesterday. His son says he has dementia and doesnt have an id on him if you see him call 911. Your budget is getting ready to take the hit first one of 2018 pep more to improve a rate increase of more than 5 a month. Last month they asked for a rate high in d. C. That would add more than 7 a month to customers bills. Two huge lottery updates. We havent seen a powerball drawing since august. When someone in massachusetts won more than 750 million. And mega worth more than 400 million. A lot of numbers. You know, there are. I got to the convenience store. You may have won a smaller price. Here are the numbers for you, 1, 42, 47, 64, 70. Mega ball of 22. Next one tomorrow night. Two new senators swaerg this week. And very gross pest problem that grounded a flight at a california airport, the story is going this morning parents literally tossed their babies to firefighters while Apartment Building burned. This happened in decab county georgia, atla affiliate there, fire officials said they were catching babies like fbls. 12 people hurt 8 were children as young as eight months old. Everyone is okay though. Bus wrs used to keep the families warm. Wind chill of 19 degrees at the time. Well, congress is back at work after the holiday week with two new members. News 4 trace sie potts has m on the agenda for 2018. Swears in two new democrats, doug jones and continue yetina. The latest budget shut down deadline is january 19. President wants a two year budget deals that provides realistic caps and certainty for our national security. Reporter Congress Also needs Childrens Health insurance, disaster relief, and stabilizing obamacare. And says there will be no talk on what democrats want, daca, protecting young immigrants brought here illegally. These are things that you can find solutions to. But all people, all sides have to be ready to compromise here. Reporter compromise with one key republican on his way out the door. Every good fighter knows when to hang up the gloves, for me that time is soon approaching. Reporter utah orrin hatch Just Announced hes retiring this year. The white house says President Trump is watching that and north korea. He tweeted that Americas Nuclear button is bigger and more powerful and it works. Tracie potts, nbc news washington. You heard tracy mention senator hatch, he people reacting to the prophet thomas monson. He said monson was among the greatest man he ever known. Died last night insult lake city that was 90 years old. More than 16 Million People around the world belong to the church. Youtube sensation logan paul is facing serious backlash after posting a video on his channel that showed the body of an a parent suicide victim. Paul says that videos purpose was to raise awareness about suicide but Mental Health experts say a video like this is damaging. Here with the story. Im just here to apologize. Reporter in departure from typical videos designed to make viewers laugh, logan paul latest post offers a somber apology. Our actions, please dont, they did not deserve to be defended. Reporter hes facing a flood of criticism after shooting japanese forest that has become known for suicide. Its their and him and his friends found a body falling from a tree after a parent suicide. He posted a video online with the face blurred sfarking an instant backlash. Some say he should be banned from youtube. After he tweeted how dare you, you disgust me, i cant believe so many young people look up to you. I should have never posted the video. I should have put the cameras down. Reporter he took down the video after it was seen by millions. Initially said it was used to raise awareness about suicide. Relevantry way too scarily real. Reporter but Mental Health experts say images could be harmful. Experiencing st and if they are going through a difficult time, they should reach out for help. Reporter paul is more than 15 million youtube followers and forbes ranked him fourth on the list saying he made 12. 5 million in a year. But worry the competition for clicks in this social media marketplace can encourage bad behavior thats seen by millions of kids. So i think teens are definitely interested in the edginess of the comedy, but they dont realize when it crosses the line. Reporter youtube says pauls video did violate policies in a statement the company said youtube prohibits violent posted in a shock tg or disrespectful matter. But for now pauls Youtube Channel remains open for business. Im disappointed to myself and i promise to be better. Now, youtube says as well that it has partnership with organizations. And if any one were to search for this, various resource also appear on the results page. On a lighter night, Weight Watchers is getting another ambassador. Colin has the ambassador of the program. She has opera welcome to Weight Watchers free style. Cant wait for you to bless up this program. Stock jumped after announcement. Sounds good already. Yeah. We are a few days into 2018 hand maybe this is the year you want to bring your family closer together. Any of you raised teenagers know they grow up fast and sometimes grow a part. So we asked the psychiatrist how parents can recorrect with their teenage children. Key thing is not to judge and listen. And to maybe share your experiences in your life in terms of what they are talking about, but not them what to do. Once they feel that safety and security, they may then start to ask for your advice or your opinion. Dr. Lorenzo says dont force your teens to talk. Try to create a safe place. So how do you start ta dialogue . Doctor suggests building around a weekly dinner, no cell phones around, show interest in what your teenager is saying and draw from your own stories to make them feel comfortable. And dont worry about talking all that long. Like any relationship it takes time to build a good relationship. Good advice there. We also have information on improving your own Mental Health in the new year. Later in the broadcast well talk to a psychiatrist about the supplements that can help your mood. And take a good look at this. It is a live picture from niagra falls. New york in the deep freeze just like our area. After the break, a look around the count thery and Alaska Airlines plane is being inspected for damage after a rat was spotted in the cockpit. Take a look, heres the plane the rat got into in oakland at the Oakland International airport in california yesterday. It forced flight to cancel and then 110 passengers had to get off. The plane is now out of service until it is completely rodent free. Well, as we stay in the deep carolina and up to new england are dealing with snow and ice. Winter storm already turning deadly on the roads and causing cancelations at the airport. S nbc dylan is here telling us about the storm. Reporter after days of unrelenting cold the entire east coast is what is being called the first noreaster of 2018 a monster storm also called a bomb cyclone. Forecasters warning the effects could resemble a winter hurricane. Here at niagra falls a frozen spectacle, freezing water freezi freezing everything it touches. And in new york city an electrical malfunction causing an Apartment Building fire. Firefighters there forced to battle both freezing cold conditions. Water quickly turning to ice covering helmets, and nearby cars, more than 230 Million People are dealing with below freezing temperatures with no ends in sight. Unfortunately after that next storm moves off the east coast, temperatures will get even colder. So the coldest is still yet to come in this part of the country. Back to you. Well, this time of year firefighters conduct a lot of rescues when people fall through ice. In the last 24 hours impacted two local Fire Departments have had to rescue people from cars that ended up in the ice. We talked about Montgomery County firefighters what its like to save a life. We try to reach out to you. Throw things to you. Then last dish effort tether ropes tous and get you ourselves. Also see a lot of people water like these people on the cno canal yesterday. Firefighters recommend people stick to skating rinks since they are a lot safer. Wouldnt want to try skating on this. This is chopper 4 over the potomac river. This is video from the great falls yesterday. Cool site to see, but still please be safe and stick to the rinks. Somebodys drove out onto the platonic in a suv i think. Not a good idea. No, its not. Not only jeopardize your own life but those of the First Responders that have to go out there and get you. Of course. You have to be careful in this kind of weather especially when dealing with icy conditions. But not only that, also talking about snow for part of the area overnight tonight too. And believe it or not, even colder friday and saturday. Od well be breaking 30 degrees. I know that sounds a little crazy when we say thats an improvement. But it is an improvement for our daytime high temperatures. Now overnight tonight we have a storm system passing by. Some of the area snow showers. Ill show you who can expect it in a second. Then the cold moves in. Fairly quick in the morning. Out of here for most of the morning commute. 25 degrees right now. So the temperatures are rising mostly cloudy ahead of that storm system. Es where looking at temperatures in the mid to low 20s. So compared to what weve had recently, breaking 30 degrees, its going to be a little bit of a warmup for us. Heres a look at that storm system still giving a wintry mix, even snow, to parts of north florida, closer to jacksonville, parts of south georgia, South Carolina seeing that is correct and then move offshore and bring us snow. There you see it, leaving north florida wintry part of this storm system, butt cold. You can see how far south that cold air goes. Heres future weather. Now we are looking at tonight. Midnight 1 00 a. M. See snow approaching from the south. Storm stay ps offshore. But we are on the edge of it where the cold air and moisture come together. Then by 5 00 tomorrow morning we could see some of the snowfall through d. C. And Northern Virginia as well as maryland. Now this model has cree arently updated showing that trend a little better. Quickly clearing out for the morning. Now, if this track still has time to change before it actually gets here, if it shifts a little father to the east looking at lower snow chances farther to the west. Higher snow chance ns land. So far this is what we are seeing inch or less than d. C. , Northern Virginia and maryland maybe up to one to two closer to annapolis, and this looks like a coast storm. So anything falling will be sticking because temperatures below freezing. Look whats happening friday and saturday, highs only in the teens. Well look at the ten day forecast coming up. All right, sheena. Thank you. Coming up, a closer look at crime rates released this week in the district. You may have heard those numbers are way down. And well tell you about some of the high tech tools police are creating with some of the decline. And canadian man held hostage by the taliban along with wife and children, hes now facing some very serious charges. What we are learning about e allegatthio youre watching news4 midday. 11 28 your time right now. We begin this half hour with new information on a canadian man who was held hostage by the taliban along with his wife and children. Hes now been arrested. Joshua boil is facing 15 charges including Sexual Assault and unlawful consignment. After they returned home in october. Boil and his wife spent five years as prisoners, all three of their children were born in captivity. His wife released a statement saying the strain of being captured has contributed to her husbands actions. For the first time in nearly two years. Kelly kobe reports now from seoul. Reporter north korea and while President Trump is sending taunts on twitter. The north and south reestablished contact through a hotline earlier today. The two sides had a 20 minute conversation consisting, according to the south koreans of mostly please and twries, no substance yet on whether or not the North Koreans will agree to facetoface talks next tuesday or on the details of how the north korean athletes could potentially participate in the olympics hosted by south korea next month. However, the south korean president is hailing this development as, quote, very meaningful. South korea and north korea not responding to the latest tweet from President Trump talking about his nuclear button. The secretary of state Rex Tillerson did have a conversation with his south korean counterpart today discussing the latest developments surrounding north korea and news now throu korea could be preparing for yet another Ballistic Missile launch, one official telling nbc news it could happen in the coming days. Kelly could have va, nbc news, seoul. Today the maryland man accused of car jacking, Assaults Police officers and causing a serious crash will make his first court appearance. Police say bran ton vincent led them on a chase last week and ended when he crashed into a mini van with a mom carrying five kids. He a saultded as he tried to get away. One child still in Critical Condition but stable after being eject frd the min ivan. This is what vincent looked like when he was released from the hospital. Fairf Fairfax County police said he tried to wrestle out of the handcuffs. Brady prince shot five three of them died. According to our news partner, hes been indicted on three counts of first degree murder and two counts of attempted first degree murder. Caught in delaware after a ten hour manhunt. He could be no par role. In maryland facing life with the possibility of parole. Another story a lot of you are reading on