delayed two hours. frederick county, virginia, will be closed, too. >> we are running the other closures and delays at the bottom of your screen. let's get over now to the storm center. doug and amelia, when is this ending? >> well, guys, you mentioned the schools. a lot more are going to continue to close. i just got word of a couple others i'm sure we'll be putting screen. we're tracking the storm. the snow is gone and into the cold and that will be here a couple days. >> i think it is a good idea for the schools to close based on how cold it's going to feel. >> you look at this storm, how expansive it is, look at the snow shield. from virginia beach all the way into canada. for us the snow has now ended. it is moving out, but it is the cold that the now racing in behind it. you can see lake effect snow. lake effect streamers coming all the way down towards portions of our northwestern zones tonight. the wind advisory still in effect until 7:00. we are looking at the wind northern virginia, almost all the state of maryland. winds gusting 50 miles per hour potentially. we have seen gusts over 40, and that could bring down some trees and possibly create power outages. be ready for that tonight. the other big factor, the wind chill. that is the temperature and the wind combined. look at this, every under a wind chill advisory. the wind chill warnings for the blue ridge and places back towards the west like deep creek lake under a wind chill warning. for us, wind chills could be as low as 15 below 0. guys, i think at times it could be 20 below 0. under 20 below 0, amazing. >> we can't even hear it. doug, thank you. this is a reminder of the morning drive in prince george's county. not too bad. since then, salt trucks and plows have been hard at work this afternoon. our bureau chief tracee wilkins joins us live with a look at how the roads are this evening. hi, tracee. >> reporter: hey, prince george's county had 75% of their roads cleared, primary roads. now they're starting to move to road, it looks a lot like this one here where they have already done some of the clearing. there is a truck that's been coming up and down this road since we've been here. here in the neighborhood streets, you can see what we have compacted snow. they're not going to be able to get to a lot of these areas until early morning in some cases tomorrow. prince george's county schools already decided to it have a two hour delay. as we drive up and down we see a lot of slushy icy roads. it is going to stay that way as we prepare for tonight's deep freeze. >> it's too darn cold for me. >> reporter: and it's just going to get colder. >> it's very slushy, very slushy. very dirty. >> reporter: and that slush and ice are expected to hang around throughout the night and through tomorrow. >> this morning was kind of rough because the snow was accumulating so fast. >> reporter: chris carol's plowing roads for the state of maryland. he said main roads are looking good. have schools out today? >> oh, a great help, a great help. the government was delayed so that made it a lot easier on us. >> reporter: but neighborhood streets are covered. >> the light snow. in other words, it's not sticky. so it's easy to get off the cars. it's easy to get off the sidewalks. and most likely for the road crews to get off the roads. >> reporter: but that wind. ment news4 storm team says winds are up to 50 miles per hour in southern maryland. >> it's not a bad snow. just real cold and windy. >> reporter: let me show you the sign over here. you can see just how hard the wind is whipping. it's whipping the actual stop sign. when that snow hits your face and you feel that wind chill, oh, my goodness, it is freezing cold out and it's going to be a real issue for folks tomorrow morning as well. reporting live in brandywine, i'm tracee wilkins. jim, back to you in the studio. >> we're in for the long haul. >> even a small amount of snow is enough to make driving dangerous as you know. the little that fell in the district is enough to cause a spin out on alabama avenue. the car's airbags even deployed. conditions on the road deteriorated as you move south this morning. by the end of rush hour things did improve. and residents broke out the shovels in northern virginia early today. most school systems closed so the kids could do the work. icy roads made driving tricky, but fortunately there were no major accidents to report. >> shovel with the wind to your back, it took me an hour to figure that one outs. this storming is causing a lot of headaches for airline passengers, too. transportation reporter adam tuss is live at reagan national for us monitoring the travel impact all up and down the east coast. adam? >> reporter: that's right, jim. this one is reminding me of the good old polar vortex. remember that, how brutally cold it is. 3500 flights canceled to the united states today because of this storm. places like philly, new york and boston, but right here in our area, certainly plenty of pain to be felt. in this weather, even the pilots have to brave the elements. the entire crew of a flight waiting to catch a ride back to the terminal. and inside the terminal, a story of trying to rebook flights. >> no, you're canceled. >> reporter: tom smith trying to make it home to charleston, south carolina, but it won't be today. >> they'll book me supposedly tomorrow, sometime tomorrow. we'll see. >> reporter: anything to the northeast is also a tough trip as the storm pounds that area. dulles international has had to take in a number of flights, both domestic and international that couldn't go any farther to the northeast. moreno settling in here at reagan national. his flight to boston canceled, now he waits till tomorrow hoping tot boston. >> to new york tomorrow morning at 7:00. hope that i can go to new york. otherwise i will spend two nights in the airport. >> reporter: it is not a complete lost cause. check out this pooch named ms. coco. sure she's bundled up. but she'll be shedding layers when she gets to miami. her flight is on time. what is she wearing? >> her favorite pink velour. >> reporter: she is a lucky dog at the moment. ah, miami sounds nice. that is a live look at the potomac river right now, completely frozen over here it at reagan national airport. ever every day you see that. it is brutally cold here. hey, what is it like to fly in these condition s? coming up next hour at 6:00, jim, you're going to hear from a pilot. he's going to tell us skpaktly what it's like being out there on the runway. you don't want to miss what he has to say. >> take off and la adam. appreciate it. we'll see you at 6:00. this just in, one more school closure to tell you about and add to our list. stafford county schools are closed tomorrow. stay with news4 online and on air for continuing coverage of this winter weather. we'll have the latest updates on school dliz aelays and cancella starting 4:00 a.m. tomorrow. wendy? >> the winner of house district 94 is david yancy. >> and that's how it went. that random drawing tips the power of balance in the virginia house of delegates to the gop. republican david yancy's name pulled out of a bowl today so he did retain his district 94 seat. our bureau reporter david culver is in richmond reporting on what the drawing means for the upcoming session. >> reporter: when we think of elections we think of lines. you, the voters and ballots. this, well, this certainly does not come to mind. >> i want to assure everyone these are brand-new canisters. >> reporter: a couple of film and a bowl, handmade, ceramic. quite nice. mix it all up, what do you get? >> the winner of house district 94 is david yancy. >> reporter: the snow kept the republican incumbent from being here in person. his challenger democrat shelly simonds had a 50/50 chance and lost. >> and it does seem like a sad end to the story to end on a game of chance. >> reporter: you might ask what brought us to this. one ballot. this became the deciding factor in the race. two bubbles filled and a slash. officials say they couldn't say for sure who the vote was for. so, they turned to the bowl. which had the nation's attention. >> that room wasn't only filled with the media and those involved in politics. we also caught up with a student from fairfax county. his reason for being here in richmond today? curiosity. what did you think as it was happening? >> i mean, i was kind of thought this is a ridiculous process for deciding an election where there's 23,000 people's votes decided by a flip of a coin basically. >> reporter: simon is not yet conceding. she's taking a moment to reflect. >> for me, all options are still on the table. >> reporter: republicans, including the man who is likely to become house speaker, hoping this decision slid identifies their slim majority. >> the key point we want to make here, it is time to move forward. >> reporter: to think, democracy decided in a bowl. in richmond, david culver, news4. >> an attorney for president trump tried, tried to stop fire and fury from being released, but now the publisher of that controversial new book says they will launch it early. the publisher says due to unprecedented demand, the book will now hit shelves tomorrow. this comes after the president's lawyer sent cease and desist letters to the author, publisher and former senior advisor steve bannon. mr. someone who lost his mine struck a different tone today. >> did steve bannon betray you, mr. president? >> thank you very much. i don't know, he called me a great man last night so he obviously changed his tune pretty quick. >> nbc news has not been able to verify much of what appears in the book. and steve bannon has neither confirmed nor denied quotes attributed to him. many of which disparage the president. his family and those close to him. >> still ahead, a homeowner turns the table on thieves trying to break into his cars in his neighborhood. what happened after he started shooting at them. >> plus, a report from ocean city where that famous board walk is now covered under almost a foot of snow. >> the temperatures set to plummet to the single digits. frostbite can come faster than you think. what you need to know to your husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. you want to stay free from artificial preservatives. and your debit card wants to stay on a diet. giant's nature's promise brand. great prices on over 1,300 items. eat well for less. only at my giant. here in ocean city right now we're seeing conditions actually worsen throughout the morning. the wind now picking up. as you can see, we have near whiteout conditions out here. that is the beach over there, now sand covered. the water not hard to see. the sky as well. >> justin finch out at the beach covering the blizzard conditions out there today. >> he has seen them go from bad to worse and then even worse. we'll hear more from him in just a bit. here's what it looks like right now at the hotel monte carlo ocean front. we have n quite like that. >> let's head back to the storm center with doug and amelia with a look at what's coming up next. >> hey, guys, what is coming up next, we're tracking what's going on out there now. i just looked up some of the latest numbers. ocean city picking up 8.7 inches of snow. that was the most in our region. about 4 inches down in southern maryland and around the d.c. metro area an inch in some locations, to the west not much. everybody is getting wind. >> everybody is going to be dealing with the wind. we're going to be talking about dangerously cold air not just tomorrow but saturday and into sunday morning. >> this is going to last awhile. we have a good 48 hours of cold, cold, cold. and it gets about as cold as it gets in our region. potential records, too. look out there now, it looks cold. you can see snow covered sidewalks. covered grass, rooftops, all covered, 24 degrees. the winds now at 22 miles an hour. that's sustained wind at 22 miles an hour. so, some extreme cold it gets a lot colder than this. here's the current temperatures. 21 gaithersburg, 26 in frederick, and 18 in winchester. the storm gone as far as the snow is concerned. once again, we are on the backside of it. the front side of it brings up enough warm air, some of this is rain here. it's all snow on the inland areas of the u.s. around h around halifax getting some rain. this is why the wind has been so strong, we're seeing winds upwards of 40 miles per hour, 38 right now in d.c., 38 leesburg, 38 in frederick, too. we still have a wind advisory in effect until 7:00 tonight. you see the areas here highlighted but that's for winds at 50. we haven't seen those over the last hour or two. wouldn't be surprised if they dropped this a little bit early. but the big deal, not just how strong the winds are. it's how cold the winds are with the wind chill. you add in the temperature. it gets messy out there, messy for sure for amelia and everybody else out there. it's going to be frigid. >> it's hot coco or grill cheese tomato soup weather through the weekend. especially tomorrow and saturday. we're not talking about a little bit of cold. it's been cold here the past few weeks. we've gotten used to it. but this is air we have not felt yet this season. take a look, everybody under a wind chill advisory. this goes into effect tonight at 10:00 p.m. and is going to run until noon tomorrow. you can see the blue ridge and far western maryland, parts of west virginia under a more serious wind chill warning. but regardless, even with an advisory, 30 minutes out in weather this cold and you could be dealing with some frostbite. so, let's take a look at kurnlt wind chill temperatures right now. again, as doug said, the wind chills when you factor n the sustained wind and the air temperature, it's going to feel much colder to the skin. feeling like temperatures are in the single digits now, 9 in taking the dog out, dogs and humans don't want to go out when it's this cold. 2 below in the district, 8 below in gaithersburg. this is hope pli what we're waking up to tomorrow. the it's this cold you have problems. 10 below in frederick, 20 degrees below in winchester as we head throughout the day, doug, at best in the district it's going to feel 1 degree above 0. then it's kind of rinse and repeat as we look to saturday. >> that means many of us tomorrow may stay below 0 with the wind chill all day. that's incredible. take a look at the high temperatures. actual high, 19 in the d.c. area. now, the low temperature tonight in d.c. we're expectth 9. the record at dulles is 5. i see no reason for us not to set records in those locations. 19 on friday, 18 on saturday. dangerous cold, and yes, that's why we have weather alert conditions. sunday we'll call it a little bit better with less wind and sunshine. 24 will be better than friday and saturday. 40% chance of some rain or mix on monday. that's a storm system we'll watch. and another storm late next week, we'll have to watch as well. a lot happening in the storm center. i need to order some pizza, i think. us the places hardest hit by the storm. this is video from ocean city. for those who did try to get out wound up being stuck in the snow. news4's justin finch has been there all day. he has an update on the conditions from ocean city. >> reporter: if not for these strong gusting winds, this would almost be a postcard perfect photo, so much snow coming down. but then you put that wind along with it, and you have the kind of conditions that almost no one wants to step into. but once they do so, they do it at their own risk. overnight and into the morning, this whipping winter storm lashing the eastern shore and transforming the ocean city board walk into this arctic landscape. so, where are the people? the few dare to get behind the wheel but didn't get far. >> the roads are icy and a lot of these back roads are kind of plowed in. >> reporter: ryan marshall at del ma firsthand account of being stuck and rescued. he says a combination of factors made it easy for him and perhaps others like him to under estimate these conditions. >> a lot of the times, you can't -- especially with the low visibility and your wind chills freezing up, you can't see where the large heavy piles of snow are. if you drive in one and you kind of drive up it, you're stuck like i was. >> reporter: the ocean city fire department helped free ryan's car. they and other first responders readying for as much as 12 inches of snow fall in ocean city. public transportation here frozen until roads improve. so, a lot of people got a day off. but not gar let. he's ready for this storm to ship out. >> it's kind of what i expected. i figured it would snow all night, plow all day, hoping this afternoon the wind would die down so my wife could go shovel the snow off the sidewalk. >> reporter: he also said he just wants ocean city normal. come out to the 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in the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. it started in the 14,000 block of twig road. a 911 call for someone breaking into a car. while the police were searching the area for suspects, a neighbor flagged him down saying his car had also been broken into and he confronted the suspects with a gun and fired several shots at them. a second call came, this time for a man suffering from the gunshot wound in the 1300 block of elm circle. >> he fired rounds at suspects breaking into cars. you have to be accountable for all those rounds. one of those rounds could have gone into another house and hit an innocent party. >> reporter: police are investigating a similar shooting in chill shot someone he said was breaking into his car. that shot was fired from inside the home. in this case in montgomery county, the resident came out of the house and confronted the three suspects before he opened fire. police would not say if the suspects were armed or if they threatened the homeowner. now, the three suspects, the one adult who was shot and the two juveniles have all been arrested in regards to those car break-ins. as for the homeowner who opened fire that remains under investigation. in silver spring, mark segraves, news4. >> new action being taken to protect children after a report seen on news4. >> and the safety of students and crosswalks near schools. >> these bitterly cold temperatures bringing concerns of frostbite. we have tips on how to keep yourself safe. >> maryland's medical cannabis industry reacts to the u.s. attorney's memo freeing federal prosecutors to enforce marijuana laws. you're watching news4 at 5:00. cold, it is blustery, and they could see up to 10 inches of snow. but that's not stopping new yorkers from getting out and about. this is a live look at times square. the mayor there says the big concern is that this weekend it could feel like negative 20 out there. >> here in our re shore felt the brunt of this storm. with the blizzard hitting ocean city, the beach blanketed in snow and wind gusts of 40 miles an hour. >> snow has come and gone for us and now we're tracking the big drop in those temperatures. it's already having an i am palgt on schools. get this, fairfax, fairfax and charles county just announced they will be closed storm. a complete list is running at the bottom of your screen. let's get back to chief meteorologist doug kammerer. doug, you predicted the schools would start dropping tonight. >> yeah, guys. that is because of the dangerous cold. think about a first or second grader out at the bus stop 20 minutes inside minus 15 degree weather. not likely to happen. notice, not just the bus stop. many of these kids walk to school and that's a really big issue. that's why we're seeing so many cancellations behind this system. you see it still hammering places like boston up towards parts of maine finally moving from our area. but still snow flurries around ocean city area. look at the wind chills. washington and that colder air continues to move on in. wait until i show you the numbers. you're going to wake up to tomorrow morning, guys, they're going to be here for a while. much more on this in a minute. >> thank you, doug. >> and we have reached a point this this winter season where the conditions outside are dangerous. >> they sure are. even if you're just out there for a few minutes, you could start seeing the early stages of frostbite. but how can you tell when it's time to head back indoors? >> amee cho talked to the experts today. she's outside in northwest to tell you what they say. amee? >> reporter: hi, wendy and jim. we've also had tingling feeling in our fingers standing outside. it's when you stay outside and the tingling stops that you're in trouble. as freezing folks brave the streets of d.c., some bundle up, others not so much. just a few minutes of bare skin can be enough for frost knip, the early stages of frostbite. >> that little bit of exposure causes some >> reporter: the doctor says the fix for frost nip -- >> coming indoors fixes most of it because your circulation opens up and people do fine. >> reporter: he showed us what you could face if your case progresses to frostbite. we want to warn you, the image is graphic. >> you can see how dark the nail beds are. that is a lack of blood flow. >> reporter: if you have symptoms, you need to call a doctor right away. >> given locally in the hands and feet, that could reverse or safe some of the tissue that's been damaged. >> reporter: out on the streets we found most people are prepared. do you know if you had frostbite what you would do? >> go to the hospital. >> go to the hospital. >> reporter: but not everybody knew what to do. do you know much about frostbite pour what to do if you got frostbite? >> oh, no, i don't know. >> reporter: now, as you take steps to prevent frostbite doctors say there is such thing as being too careful. hand warmers can be a good boots where your feet are less sensitive than your hands, you could accidentally burn yourself. live in northwest, amee cho, news4. >> stay online and on air for continuing coverage on the winter weather. we'll have updates on school cancellations, they start at 4:00 tomorrowing. >> with the mercury falling there is concern for the prince george's county man who has been missing now for a couple of days. officers have been out searching, but so far no sign of daniel dehaven. his family tells us he suffers from dementia and is nonverbal. he was last seen on surveillance video tuesday morning near the costco in beltsville. >> we are working to help you stay safe as we all try to stay warm in the coming days. the last couple of weeks we've seen a number of fires started because people didn't properly dispose of fireplace ashes. experts say even after the wood has burned down, those ashes can stay hot for up to they say put them in a metal container, pour some water over them, take it outside away from your house. >> have a lid on the canned ashes so if the wind picks up it doesn't blow on you on your clothes or back into the house or structure. and we're going to take it away from the building. and we're not going to remove the lid, we're going to leave the lid on it. can your ashes. that's the message. >> the chief also tells us if you're using a space heater, make sure anything that could catch fire is at least two or 3 feet away from it. >> important advice. firefighters in the district braving the bitter cold to put out this fire at a vacant funeral home. when they first arrived, firefighters found flames shooting from the building on hunt place in northeast d.c. fire investigators are trying to figure out how it started. squatters may have been living inside the empty building. there are no reports of any injuries. >> a country. attorney general jeff sessions gave u.s. attorneys the green light to aggressively enforce the federal marijuana laws. this reverses an obama-era rule that shielded the states where marijuana is legal. sessions says it will help the federal government crackdown on crime. but in our area there are concerns from the medical marijuana industry and from its patients. news4's chris gordon spoke to some of those patients today who are worried that their treatments are now at risk. >> yeah, i was going to get some flour. >> robert king buys at the dispensary in jessup, maryland. he uses it to treat an opioid addiction. >> sure important to keep a spotlight on it. all the facts aren't proven yet. i wish the government would actually look into studies to see what the benefits are of the cannabis instead of just trying to crack town on it. >> the operators dispensary and grow house are disappointed that u.s. attorney general sessions has put a cloud over their future and the treatment of their patients. >> it really is upsetting to think those patients are now not only at risk of being prosecuted themselves, but their supplies will be cut off and, let's face t they'll be forced back into the shadows. >> reporter: approximately 6000 plants are growing here now. the plants you're looking at will be ready in three to four weeks. he's a grow tech but is a patient that suffers from severe stomach pain. >> cannabis is helped my condition. >> reporter: maryland's prosecutor says there is little he can do to stop the dea from enforcing federal law, even though marijuana is legal in maryland. >> well to the patients, i would say we're going to do everything we possibly can to ensure you get the medicine you need. >> reporter: the same uncertainty hangs over dispensaries in grow houses in washington, d.c. i asked federal prosecutors in our area how they will enforce marijuana laws. at this point they are not making details public. chris gordon, news4. >> a celebrity chef is parting ways with mgm, national harbor matthew samuelson's restaurant, it closed on tuesday. news4 reached out to the restaurant group today. they tell us the decision to go their separate 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ahead at 5:00, what you need to know to protect yourselves. >> and the bomb cyclone blizzard, we're going to have reports from the haer hit arrdea tone of the most pristine and beautiful parts -- of the world. but barbara comstock just voted to put it up for sale. why? to pay for tax cuts for billionaires and big corporations. comstock supported donald trump's tax scheme for the wealthy, adding $1.5 trillion to the debt and leaving us with the bill. tell barbara comstock we won't stand for selling our wild lands to give billionaires a tax cut. things could get dicey as folks head home tonight and head out in the in us many of you listened to their warnings about icy conditions on the roads. there were minor crashes but no fatalities related. >> reporter: the first snow fall on the ground. >> this isn't bad compared to the blizzard. if we get a blizzard, it might take us out again. >> reporter: we were hard-pressed to find a homeowner ready to step outside to shovel. >> it's cold. >> reporter: that's the story. it is bone-chilling cold. >> right, it is bone-chilling cold. >> reporter: not much accumulation, but enough to shut down most schools across virginia and make driving tricky for drivers on major roads like this stretch of i-95 south where a car went off the road. slushy and icy on side streets and in neighborhoods. now the big caution gusting at times and whipping in bone chilling misery. your hands are feeling good? >> yes. >> reporter: let me see your hands. we found construction crews on the job and confident about braving these elements. and it is trash day around dale city. >> early this morning. >> reporter: the work goes on. >> yes, everything's all right. we have to be safe. >> reporter: so, this team methodically pushed through snow and wind to get through their routes. prince william county and the dale city area, molette green, news4. >> well, maybe you have seen some of the pictures of the snow we got around here is nothing compared to what they're seeing in parts of new england. they're not only doling with snow, they're dealing with a coastal storm surge. that is what's causing serious flooding. a look at the storm's impact up and down the coast begins in boston with eli rosenberg. >> reporter: the water came quick. >> i think it's i've never, ever been through anything like this. and it came really, really fast, really fast. >> in my backyard, it's incredible. it's like a river. >> reporter: this area flooded just after high tide this afternoon. this part of the south shore hit hard. first by the wind and rain, then snow and flooding. streets filling up, then littered with debris. >> trying to find a way back to my house. >> reporter: as residents like kenny try and weather this latest winter weather. >> reporter: in norfolk, virginia, blizzard conditions winds gusting up to 35 miles an hour and 8 to 10 inches of snow on the ground. this unusual severe weather for the south causing it to come to a virtual stand still. tonight on nightly news, i'll have more details about this massive storm, where it's headed next and what to expect. >> boy, we were talking how do you even walk around in that flooding? it's like slush. >> it's not like a hurricane in warm weather. >> that is so -- going to be so hard for them to deal with. this is not happening just along the coast. this is happening in boston. some of the downtown streets are flooded. with a couple of feet of frozen water. it really is quite a scenario happening up there towards the boston area. for us it is just the wind now. the snow is out of here. we're not dealing with anything like they're dealing with for sure. take a look outside. we'll show you those winds. boy, are they gusting upwards of 30, 40, 50 miles per hour at times. once you get that wind gust, really feel it blow right through you. there is another one there. look what's going on the snow fall is gone. we're not expecting that overnight tonight, but the snow will allow for temperatures to get a little bit colder than they normally would without snow cover. we have that snow cover, especially into our southeastern zones. get this, guys. parts of saint mary's county has picked up 9 to parts of frederick county, maryland, up usually one of our snowier spots, not much at all. another one of the storms second in a row that hit our southern portions much harder moved right up the coast, that is what this one is doing it. behind it is the cold and wind. wind advisory continues until 7:00 tonight. wind gusting to possibly 50 miles per hour. with that we could see some big problems here. what i mean by that is any time you see winds this strong, you could see winds between 15 and 25, but gusts of 50. possible tree damage. we wouldn't be surprised to see power outages tonight in parts of the area. we're going to be out with pepco through the evening. we'll have a live report for you tonight coming up at 11:00 fra that. the feels like temperature currently 3 below 0 in winchester. 9 in d.c. again, this is with the sustained winds. with those wind gusts, it is below 0 everywhere. once those gusts hit you, you really feel it. that's why we have a wind chill advisory. everybody in blue here. there is nobody without the blue. everybody is in the wind chill advisoryro tomorrow. now again, this is arctic air coming right out of the arctic, right out of the pole. and amelia has a little more on that. >> yeah, doug, we're going to talk about the polar vortex tonight. i want to show you where it is. it's right around the north pole, low pressure around the pole. it does hang out up there typically. this storm system is so strong, it's been able to dislodge some of that polar vortex. and this can happen and it has happened before. but we're talking about it tonight because of how dangerously cold the air is that's moving in. so, we have arctic air moving down into our area. also through the great lakes and up through the northeast. so, yeah, boston just brutal up there with a one-two punch, that storm, and the arctic blast as well. back here at home talking about our feels like temperatures through early next week, this is during the afternoon. so, this is when it will be the warm est if you can even use warm est to describe this. feeling about 0 out there tomorrow afternoon on friday. feeling about 0 out there degrees outside. it's definitely a fire in the fireplace kind of night right on through sunday. and then monday and tuesday, doug, we're finally not talking about those feels like temperatures. but over the next few days best to hunker down indoors. >> you mentioned monday we could see another storm system coming up monday. that could give us a bit of a mix. that's something we're going to be watching very closely. if it heads to the north, more rain. if it heads to the south, snow. due to the dangerous cold out there, temperatures, low temperatures will be in the single digits. could even rival some record low temperatures. places like bwi and dulles. as we move on through the next ten days, we don't really see much of a warm up. the warmest day right now is friday and saturday. that's with another storm system, once again, if it it stays to the south, i'm hoping it stays to the north. let's get into the 50s next week even if it raines. let's warm things up a bit. >> we're with you. >> thanks, doug. >> up on wall street, the dow closed at a new historic high, wendy, topping 25,000. >> that's what i heard. it's a good day to check your 401(k)s if you're stuck at home. we're also working for you with a warning about a major security flaw that affects virtually every computer, smartphone and tablet on the market. enjoy this wall street video as i talk about this horrible stuff. the reason it is so dangerous is it involves the computer chips found in all those devices. there are two major hacks that chip makers are concerned about. the spectre, which can trick your apps into revealing your secret information. then there is the melt down hack. it also impacts servers and cloud services. tech companies are already working on patches and some have already been issued. but in the meantime, here are some things you can do to protect yourself. make sure you install all software updates on your devices and run your antivirus software if you have. don't click on any links in the e-mails. >> don't do it. news4 was first to bring you news of maryland's plan to examine the safety of students near schools. >> coming up next, scott macfarlane on what one local school uncovered during a recent safety review. >> but as we head to break, some sights and sounds from all over our region. >> we're sledding down and trying to tag them. if you tag the person, you get a point. it's us three against them three. >> i don't know, it finally feels like winter. last year was really warm. so doesn't look like it's much snow, but it works. >> out here, maximizing on the time. >> we're making ice so my brother and my dad can play hawk. >> how is this working out? >> good. >> reporter: good? little scary? >> you know, it's just being outdoors. there's something, you know, magical, the freedom of it. >> it's definitely a lot more fun and natural. kind of fun. you see videos of people playing out here on ice like this. n you get to do it youowrs ♪ ♪ there are two types of people in the world. those who fear the future... and those who embrace it. the future is for the unafraid. ♪ all because of you ♪ ♪ the call going from bad to worse, wicked winds ushering no mean temperatures. we are in weather alert. doug and company leading our team coverage in just 90 >> new action to protect children because of a report by news4's scott macfarlane. montgomery county officials have now released an internal study showing possible safety vulnerabilities along a state road near seneca valley high school. >> and this comes days after news4 reported maryland is considering maybe ordering a statewide review of every school crosswalk in the state. scott now joins us to explain. >> reporter: yeah, wendy, monday we reported once the state legislature reconvenes this month it will considering requiring the state highway administration undertake an engineering review of all maryland school crossings. in part because of the series of recent accidents in which ki were hit and injured trying to get to school. that includes a 2012 crash we reviewed monday in which a sophomore from seneca valley high in germantown was killed along germantown road. they showed us why they are releasing their own internal review of pedestrian safety near that same school, seneca valley, showing pedestrians crossing and potentially unsafe locations and unsafe times and review suggests possible upgrades, including restriping the crosswalks, adjusting the traffic signals for pedestrians, and pedestrian warning signs. the review was requested months ago by montgomery county councilmember craig rice who represents germantown. >> we've had students that have been hit and a lot of places and a lot of near misses so from that perspective whatever we can do to ensure that kids can get to school is really important for us. >> reporter: local police also conduct special enforcement patrols near schools to reduce risky driving and reduce jay walking. we expect some of those early this spring. in the newsroom, scott macfarlane. news4. >> now at 6:00, first the snow, this perhaps may be amongst the worst conditions we have seen so far. >> the roads are icy and a lot of these back roads are kind of plowed in. >> now the cold. >> it's really -- >> freezing -- >> out here. >> burr. >> if you thought this was cold, wait till tomorrow. >> tonight bracing from the deep freeze from the rush to clear the ways. >> ways you can save face if you have to be outside. >> bone-chilling, life-threatening cold impacting millions of people right now all up and down the east coast. >> temperatures plummeting into the single digit territory with wind chills in the negatives tonight. new england among the hardest hit areas. images from boston, flood forgive a seawall that broke through. >> tonight our team is work for you. it's not the storm. it's the cold moving in next. >> we'll have schools for you at the bottom in real time. >> let's begin our coverage with doug kammerer in the storm center. doug, we have not even seen the worst of this yet, have we? >> no, guys. i mean, this really is going to get a lot worse over the next 12 to 24 hours or so as we move on through the night tonight into tomorrow. waking up tomorrow morning, wait until you see how cold it's going to be. here's the storm now. the storm system itself, historic storm make its way up the coast. you can see where the center is just to the east of the boston area making its way up toward the coast there. boston getting hit extremely hard, new york, philadelphia right along the jersey shore. 17 inches reported towards cape may. around the d.c. metro area about an inch in some locations, down to the south saint mary's county picking up close to 4 inches of snow. this whole system moving out and behind it the cold is really starting toet

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