tracking dangerously cold temperatures across the area. >> we're talking below 0 once again. those numbers going to continue to go down as we move through the night tonight. winds gusting over 30 miles an hour. leesburg up to 37 miles an hour, 33 d.c., 29 in gaithersburg. and it is all about the wind. we have plenty of sun today. just walking outside into 18 degree temperatures wasn't horrible if you're all covered up. once the wind blows that's when things really kim down, and you feel temperatures like this, 5 below. the current wind chill in martinsburg 5 below, 4 below in d.c., 6 below in annapolis. we expect to be between 5 and 15 below 0, maybe as low as 20 below in some sportts. that's why we have the wind chill advisory between 6:00 and noon saturday. saturday another very frigid day. slight relief on sunday, and then we're tracking a storm system that could even bring so, i am saying there is some relief, but it's not coming very quickly. >> but you're saying there's a chance. all right. well, this is the kind of cold that just goes right to your bones. >> certainly does. and news4's kristin wright is in arlington. it goes through our bones and we're sitting in a warm studio. she's outside bundled up. >> poor thing. >> bless your heart. >> reporter: hey, i know, right? a truly tough assignment. but, you know what, i wore my favorite, my favorite soft leather gloves to work today. not cutting it. i'll tell you that. luckily my kind photographer let me borrow his nice, what he says are wind-proof gloves. much better. a little big but perfect because as you guys said, it is just bone-chilling. >> i'm really from up north, boston, and this was like -- this feels like boston, yeah. it's that cold. this is boston positive this is just too cold for arlington. >> because it's just to the bone. it cuts through your clothes like you got stockings on. >> it feels like i'm wearing stockings. >> reporter: wind chills near 0. up the street iris and jean are somehow smiling through it. >> from here down, that's where i'm cold. >> is that a good coat? >> yes, double scarfed. >> yeah, we both have double scarves on. >> insulated hat. but we're good. >> nothing a little pad thai won't fix. >> sweatshirt under this coat. i'm good. >> reporter: two coats on jamal queen lamenting seasons past. >> i'm going home. i'm ready for summer to come back. i miss you, summer. please come back. we miss you. >> reporter: we miss you, summer, too, and spring and fall. i talked with one of the shelters here in they told me they are close to capacity, but they never turn people away. wendy, back to you in that warm studio. >> but i'm thinking we need some pad thai now. that's a good remedy for this cold. >> i know. >> thank you for that. >> reporter: absolutely. >> put your gloves on inside of those gloves. then you're good to go. now, we're keeping a close eye on the storm's travel impact and what it's doing in massachusetts, a state that's been absolutely pounded. news4's erika gonzalez tracking those developments and she's joining us now from the live desk. erika? >> leon, this storm has certainly made its mark on the northeast. the most incredible images we've seen have been from coastal massachusetts. they haven't seen stuff like this since the blizzard of '78. in fact, they tied a record 15-foot high tide. you had near whiteout conditions in new york. the storm crippling many places in the northeast. airports, they're starting to pickup again. at last check there were than 2700 delays. dulles international airport tells us it handled 24 international flight diversions and seven domestic flight diversions also here. ohio was shut in, frozen to death on his front porch and two men in their 50s on long island died from apparent heart attacks while shoveling snow. those deaths are among the 20 or so people who have died during the storm. at the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. >> just sounds awful. thank you, erika. now, this weather is going to be brutal. that's why you need to have the nbc washington app on your phone. get the power of storm team4 any time anywhere. >> we are following some breaking news in maryland where a former school aide who was accused of abusing dozens of boys and trying to transmit hiv has now pled guilty. carlos bell faced dozens of charges related to alleged abuse of 42 under aged boys. bell had been county schools since 2014 working most recently at stoddard middle school in waldorf. he also coached track at la plata high. investigators say he was h.i.v. positive and tried to transmit the virus. they are not aware of his victims contracting it. >> dramatic video you saw on 4, we pushed it on the nbc washington app. it shows the end of a police chase that brought traffic to a halt last week. >> news4's david culver is the first to get a look at how close those bullets came to hitting the officers and other drivers. david is live in stafford to walk us through more of this video. david? >> reporter: it is absolutely remarkable video, wendy and leon. i just got my hands on it within the past hour as i met with the stafford county sheriff. and you're about to see it, i'm about to walk you through it.it. but all of this started, we should getting a call for a man who shot and killed his wife. that suspect was identified as gregory lee. it wasn't too far from here. but in this parking lot, the courthouse parking lot at the time that that call came out, was deputy cody mccormick. he was in a cruiser much like this one. he heard it come across the radio and he immediately took off towards 95. this is the view out of deputy cody mccormick's windshield. going down 95 toward the on ramp. as he turns on, his timing just about perfect. notice the suspect's black suv in the far lane of the highway. a virginia state trooper in pursuit. investigators say the man behind the wheel of that suv, 42-year-old gregory lee, they say he just shot and killed his wife in their herron drive apartment. after a few miles watch the suv swerve into the middle lane. trooper and deputy keeping close. suddenly the driver stops on the highway. watch as he into the left lane. deputy mccormick maneuvering his cruiser on the far-right shoulder. he saw what we couldn't see. i'll slow it down. that's a hand gun pointed out the window. it hit both the troopers and deputy mccormick's windshields. look at the aftermath. the bullet went into his head rest. notice the frayed fabric. incredibly it didn't touch him. he continued with the chase. deputies believe he put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger. incredibly that was the only serious injury after the chaos on the highway. it is one thing to see the aftermath, the images of that chaos on the highway. another thing to be along with deputy mccormick as he is driving through it and watching it all play out. it is incredible when you see in that moment that the driver puts that gun out the window. it was tough for me to even see that was a gun. ut noticed it, dodged to the left of his vehicle, and moved that cruiser to the side of the road. it was able to escape it quite narrowly. wendy and leon, just something that takes your breath away when you see it for the first time. >> right. and we remember what a crazy awful, complicated afternoon that was. so, it's interesting to see it from the police point of view. thank you, david. >> that's why we have to admire what they do. that's a day at work. amazing. >> you never know. >> they never know. could happen any time. >> never know. >> "fire and fury" is billed as the book president trump doesn't want you to read. the white house tell-all flying off the shelves here in wash as we hear directly from the book's author for the first time. blayne alexander standing by on capitol hill. blayne, we're going to be talking about this all weekend. >> reporter: leon, to give you a sense of how popular this book is, it was cold in washington. it got down to a chilly 13 degrees. that didn't stop plenty of people from coming out to buy the book at midnight. today the book's author is thanking president trump. early delivery, "fire and fury" released four days ahead of schedule and already a best seller. despite threats of legal action from president trump. >> not only is he helping me sell books, but he's helping me prove the point of the book. i mean, it is extraordinary that a president of the united states would try to stop the publication of a book. >> reporter: in a today show exclusive, author michael wolff defending the book that airs dirty white house laundry and calls into question the president's fitness for office. slammed by the white house as complete fantasy. >> should steve bannon be fired? >> reporter: president trump leaving for camp david ignoring shouted questions about his former advisor steve bannon who, in the book, attacks and belittles. president's children but on at which timer unveiling a new nickname, calling him sloppy steve. and on wolff, saying he never spoke to the author on the book. >> i absolutely whether he realized it was an interview or not, i don't know. it certainly was not off the record. >> reporter: another vexing read for the white house, new reporting from "the new york times" that the president sent his top white house lawyer to stop attorney general jeff sessions from recusing himself in the russia investigation which sessions ultimately did anyway. >> the president got very, very angry, saying to white house officials that he needed an attorney general who would protect him. >> reporter: later the president reportedly demanded sessions' resignation which he submitted but president trump did not accept. and it's a safe bet the conversation as round that tell-all book are just getting started. leon and wendy, the author is set to appear on "meet the press" and other shows in the coming days. >> we're going to see a lot of him. >> we're just starting to see. >> exactly. thank you, blayne. a story first seen on news4, a local high school for catholic girls fires a teacher after learning that he's involved in the alt-right movement. the questions about who knew this and what leaders. >> and the desperate search for a missing local man who has dementia, his family speaks out to news4 about why they're not giving up hope after all these days. >> plus, a frigid friday leading into a wicked weekend. doug and amelia back with how cold and why they're keeping a close eye o your daughter wants to stay organic. your husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. you want to stay free from artificial preservatives. fill your cart with small victories like giant's nature's promise brand. great prices on over 1,300 items. eat well for less. only at my giant. let's get back to this bitter blast of cold weather, frigid friday. wind chills near 0 tonight. the sun hasn't gone down and we're heading that way. storm team4 weather alert day. >> team coverage on this friday so you can plan your weekend. doug and amelia are back with us in just moments. >> in the meantime, a teacher leading a double life has lost his job. news4's mark segraves broke this story on twitter not too long ago. >> the academy of the holy cross has now fired greg conchi after learning he was a leader in the alt-right movement. conti also goes by the name greg ritter and he is a supporter and advisor to richard spencer. mark is live this afternoon in kensington. mark? >> reporter: yeah, good evening. they just had a meeting earlier this afternoon between the leadership of the school and all of the students to explain to them what happened, and of course you know a letter went home yesterday to parents also substitute teacher and track coach here at the academy of the holy cross. now, greg conti is very much an active member of the alt-right movement and was in charlottesville for those recent protests that turned deadly. now, we can tell you that a recent news article that exposed him cited that he was not only at the protest, but he was also an organizer of that and has been linked to richard spencer. in fact, the two of them share a podcast together regularly. now, conti on social media and in his alt-right work goes by the name of greg ritter. now, conti on social media today retweeted me, does not dispute that he has the two identities and that he was fired from holy cross. the teacher told me today that this was because of his belief systems, not because of politics. [ inaudible ]. >> we just lost mark's audio, but we will be coming back to this. but, again, greg conti of the holy cross academy in kensington fired now because of his connection to the alt-right group that was part of that charlottesville demonstration and richard spencer who was a leader of that group. he's his advisor. >> all right. let's get over to storm team4 now. dangerous cold settling in for the weekend. >> doug and amelia standing by in the storm center. we cry uncle. we're done. >> we're done. we've had enough. >> who do we have to call? >> the guy we saw moments ago. >> it's really amazing. like the guy kind of hitting you a little bit, then he hits you a little harder, then a little harder. mom! please, mom, get him off me! that's exactly what's happened here. so cold, we were that cold again last night. and tonight we're going to be equally as cold. maybe a little colder. >> another wind chill advisory effect, this one starting a few until noontime tomorrow. take a look at the headlines, dangerously cold out there again tonight. it's not till monday when temperatures are finally above freezing. so, sunday we are also below 32 degrees for a high. thankfully we lose the wind. and then warmer air moves in next week. doug is going to have more on that coming up in just a moment. but currently our temperatures right now in the teens to around 20 degrees. 20 in washington, gaithersburg actually one of the cooler spots coming in at 15. and 14 back in winchester. but it's all about when you factor in the wind. take a look at these gusts out there right now. anywhere from about 20 to almost 40 miles an hour in leesburg. a wind gust right now of 37. so, what that means is the feels like temperature as you're out walking around in the single digits for just about everybody. feeling about 4 right now in the district, 6 over in annapolis, and then we look up to hagerstown where it's feeling about 4 degrees below 0 already. and as the sun goes down, thankfully sunset is finally after 5:00 p.m. at 5:01 tonight, we're going to see t temperatures drop. everybody here in blue once again under a wind chill advisory. we have the more serious wind chill warning for the blue ridge. back in far western maryland, parts of west virginia. this runs through lunchtime saturday. getting out tomorrow to run errands, make sure you're bundled. we're tracking winds anywhere from about 25 to 35 miles an hour. wind chills during the advisory anywhere from about 15 below to around 0 overnight tonight. some relief on sunday, doug, throughout the day tomorrow as we tralk the wind chill temperatures, just uncomfortable out there. >> very similar to what we've seen out there across our region today. everybody is asking, is this going to be changing? it will, but not tomorrow. and really not for the weekend. take a look. wind chills that we're going to be dealing with as we move on through the day on your saturday, first off tonight's wind chill sitting into the negative numbers already. but notice by 11:00, we're down to 6 below, gaithersburg 2 below in leagues burg. tomorrow morning waking up to numbers around 10 below, 5 to 10 below in many locations and with the wind chill, with the wind 20 below. we did see some wind chills today into the 15 to 20 below region. i think we'll be back there again tomorrow morning and even tomorrow afternoon. here we are 1:00 wind chill close to 0. negative to the north. that's what we've seen across the region today. cold one for sure. cold again tomorrow night if you're going to head out on saturday night. just know you're going to be on the cold side. here we go, a pattern change coming. we have a deep tropical depression. we've had it here for weeks. the pattern has not changed, the cold air has been locked in. the cold air is going to be pulled back to the north and west, in towards the plains. we have a little warmer air starting to come into the southeast. that's going to set the stage for a possible storm next week. but it also does a few things for us, something i think we're going to like. much warmer next week. we're not talking much above average, but temperatures may get above average. the average high is 44. we may get to near 50 by the end of next week and tracking a late week storm, this one i think is really going to be one that we're going to have to watch. we have anoth not tomorrow or sunday we have to watch, but monday. staying on the cold side. and because we've been so cold, the ground is frozen in many areas. any rain that forms on monday, we could see it come down and freeze. we're talking about mostly rain, but may freeze on roadways. that could be a big issue for us on monday afternoon. that's something we'll watch. but here comes the warmer temperatures. near 50 on tuesday. pretty nice during the day on wednesday. now, thursday and friday another chance of rain. right now is what we're calling for, but i expect this to change. we'll continue to keep you posted on everything going on weather wise. amelia and i are here all night and all weekend and all next week and really we can't leave. >> glamorous job, isn't it? >> that's by law, you can't leave. well, that's okay, folks, you can stay right where you are at home and stick to your [ inaudible ]. you have something to distract you from the cold this weekend. the glitz and glamor, the golden globe awards. muf for the awards this year. >> and washing your romaine lettuce may not be enough. there is an important safety warning about salad and why you may even get sick, even if you've ready thrown the stuffal iand i like these award-winning cheddar puffs. first place. both events? booyah! we're an awards family. you'll like them both but love our price. award-winning organic cheddar puffs from aldi. simply smarter shopping. from the world's number one conditioner brand... full of rich pro-v nutrients... ...and infused with air. for 100% conditioning, with 0% weight. strong is beautiful. new 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has a back up plan. his adorable six-month old son ash, he's a proud dad posting photos all over social media. >> if they start throwing things at me, i'll take out my cell phone. >> one of the cute est babies. >> a good plan. most if not all stars will be wearing black to protest sexual hollywood except the president of the hollywood foreign press. >> i'm not wearing black. >> there you go. >> and i'll tell you why. my dress was made two months ago and this movement just happened. but it's also a cultural thing. i'm from india and for a festive occasion we don't wear black. it's the color of mourning. my mom would not stop shouting at me if i wore black. >> don't want that. live coverage of the golden globes begins at 7:00 on sunday here on nbc4. >> this afternoon a weather alert for you. >> near record cold just in time for your weekend and we are rk >> terrible cold has the local family worried sick about this missing man. and they're speaking only to news4. why they say they're not giving up hope of finding him. >> i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk. maryland congressman elijah cummings is in the hospital right now. we just talked to his office and they tell us he was admitted to johns hopkins hospital for a bacterial infection in his knee. doctors drained the infection and what the office said was a minor procedure today. the democrat is resting comfortably and expects a full recovery. today's announcement is having ratifications in the maryland's governor's race. cummings wife says she is suspending her campaign for the democratic nomination. she cited personal considerations. there are now seven candidates for the june 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. fill your cart with small victories like giant's nature's promise brand. great prices on over 1,300 items. eat well for less. only at my giant. now at 4:30, a wild and wintry end to your week. most of the east coast still buried by yesterday's massive winter storm. in virginia, hundreds are still without power. the roads that are clear are slick and the beaches that make us think of summer are now in the possession of winter. that snow isn't going anywhere and just like here at home it is bitter cold out there, and this weekend won't offer much relief. we're in weather alert mode, tracking it all for youh >> leon harris here in the storm center with my man doug here. you know i like comparing our situations to other places. how do we compare to alaska right now? >> we are sitting at 18, 19 degrees, anchorage, alaska sitting at 17 degrees. >> we're that close. >> so, some of our area of winchester right now is scolder than alaska. and that tends to happen when you have a system like this. this whole system is going to be changing next week. i just put that on my facebook page. we have 40s for next week. doesn't that make you happy? >> that's a whole different planet compared to what we have today. >> absolutely. it's going to feel so much better than where it does right now. the wind still a huge factor. wind at 30 miles an hour, 30 d.c., 29 gaithersburg. wind chill in atlantic, 11 below state college, 12 below pittsburgh. that's the warm est temperature, 12 degrees for the temperature in richmond. that's what we're expecting, so cold tonight if you're heading out on it's date night for many of us. through to tomorrow and into tomorrow night, if you're thinking, let's not go out tonight, honey, go out tomorrow night, still going to be just as cold tomorrow night, but much warmer next week. not only 40s, we have a couple days in the 50s, some computer models say 60s. that makes a lot of people happy. >> yes, it does. be like sweater weather. >> you're looking at two of them right now, as a matter of fact. >> spending any amount of time-out side can be dangerous to some. in prince george's county there is a desperate search for a man who has been missing three days. >> his family members are really concerned about him because he's suffering from dementia. they're hoping that he is just found someplace warm to stay for the time being while they're looking for him. our prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins has more. >> reporter: the dehaven family is searching for daniel dehaven. it is a desperate situation. that is the family there behind me. his son and also his the beltsville and laurel area. they came to the race track property searching in woods, looking around, hoping mr. dehaven found somewhere to rest where it's warm. he has been missing since tuesday morning last seen in the parking lot at costco in beltsville. prince george's county police have been searching for him and the family as well. he is living with dementia. the family is very concerned about his safety. >> we're just trying to stay focused on, you know, keeping hope going and focusing on the search. it's been a pretty huge effort that we've found the prince george's county police are out here in huge numbers. it's really encouraging to see that. and then we've had just an impressive outreach on social media, volunteers from far and wide ready and willing to help us. so, it's -- you gain encouragement from that and you keep going. >> reporter: the dehaven fa can have more volunteers than they've had all week searching for daniel dehaven. if you're interested in helping, go to nbc washington and use the search term search help. in laurel, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >> up and down the east coast they're assessing the damage after the bomb cyclone weather system dropped more than a foot of snow in some areas but create that had historic storm surge. as people try to clean up from this, they are also dealing with the bone-chilling cold. nbc's chris palone is reporting from boston. >> reporter: winter storm 2018, the day after, a blast of arctic air followed thursday's wind and snow monster. making clean-up difficult and dangerous. >> very cold, it goes right through you. >> it's horrible. my hands, i can't feel a thing through these gloves. feels like they're probably purple right now. >> reporter: more than 120 million americans under wind chill watches, warnings and as temperatures will struggle to climb above 0 in some places. >> the worst thing that you can have following a storm like this is extremely low temperatures. >> reporter: in massachusetts, the storm set a new high tide record. boston harbor turned state street into a river of slush. the rapid rise even caught the scituate harvard master by surprise. >> i lost my balance and i went in the water. >> reporter: he's calling a local restaurant owner a hero for saving his life. >> instant kicks in, you go tread out. >> reporter: travel is still stalled. bus passengers in chicago stranded when their buses got stuck on highways in the northeast. >> i've been here all night. i'm tired and ready to go. >> reporter: thousands of flight cancellations have airlines scrambling to catch up. >> they told us maybe we would fly back on monday or tuesday. >> reporter: just five days into the new year and many people are sick of the snow and cold. but not everyone. >> no, we need more. i want more snow. come true early next week. chris palone, nbc news, boston. >> and, of course, this weather is not just tough on us humans. whether they're at the zoo or at your house, animals need special protection from this cold. we can't say this enough. handly is in the newsroom now with a look at what is' coming up at 5:00. >> my dog has been going on very short walks with a very short leash this week. >> i bet he has. >> wendy, the pandas love it, bison and tigers do, too. like your pets, there are plenty of animals that can't stand the cold and need help. coming up at 5:00, amee cho talks about what to do to keep them safe. who doesn't love a good bargain. what do you do when you can't wait for a sale or coupon to help you snag a discount? coming up 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the wind, flags right by the capital blowing in the wind, too. a i don't know how they stay warm in this. outside right now current temperature sitting at 20 degrees. temperatures at 18 degrees at 7:00, dropping to about 14 by 11:00. i think tonight is going to be a little bit colder than it was last night. we still have the sun up, sun goes down tonight at 5:00. 2 degrees leesburg, minus 1 camp springs and college park. that's with the regular wind, sustained wind. with higher gusts we're between 5 and 10 below with gusts of 30 to 40 miles per hour. that's why we have the wind chill advisory. wind chill advisory in effect 6:00 through noon tomorrow. so it is going to be a very cold saturday. again, just like today. so, make sure you bundle up for it. if you're bundled up, without the wind it's not all that bad. it's just the wind that makes it feel so much worse. winds 25 to 35 over the night to tomorrow. to about 0 through part of tomorrow. some relief on sunday. the reason we have some relief, we're not going to see as much wind. let's talk about t. danus we're out of weather alert mode on sunday. that's good news, with a high of 27 degrees, but with less wind it feels a little bit better. here's monday. we're going to 39 degrees, but even at 39 we could still have some problems. let's talk a little bit more about that monday forecast. amelia, this is not a big storm, but it may be just big enough to cause some problems. a >> yeah, it's one of those storms in our area where it's so light and the chance for it to be so disastrous is kind of tiny, but if it does pan out, it could wreak havoc on the evening commute. here's what we're thinking right now. remember, it's friday so you need to tune in over the weekend to update the forecast. schools likely okay on monday. i think the kids will get home no problem. the morning commute looking dry. it's the evening commute where we'll be tracking some light rain showers across the area and the chance for ice and here's why. take a look at your future temperatures. i'm starting you off monday right around lunch time. notice monday at lunch we're still below that freezing mark. so, surfaces, especially roads, sidewalks still frozen. it's not until we hitut in the afternoon where we finally see our temperatures go above freezing. at that point some rain starts to move into the area. so, as the evening commute gets underway 5:00, 6:00 p.m., it's only been a few hours that our temperatures have actually been above freezing and with that i think it's one of those events where we could see rain falling, but as it hits the surface, it freezes. that's the name, freezing rain. my biggest concern monday is the mason dick son line and areas back winchester, leesburg, hagerstown and martinsburg. something we'll continue to keep a close eye on. road conditions monday morning and around the midday hours dry. during the evening hours i think we could be dealing with some slick spots. but, again, any rain that falls will be very light. so, if we can get those surfaces above freezing this is going to be a very low impact event. after that it's going to feel like the caribbean around here. >> that's right. we're going for a high of 48 degrees on tuesday. it's amazing when you think about it, well above twice where and we stay that way right on through the middle of next week. 45 on your wednesday, 49 on thursday. chance of rain coming in late thursday night into friday. this is another storm. i'm going to be watching very closely. some of the computer models and and you guys will love these computer models. they have us in the 60s with some rain coming in. 60s would be great, but i wouldn't be surprised if this system kind of stalls out and keeps things a little bit colder, maybe even brings us some snow, ice and all that stuff. i'm going optimistic right now. just letting you know. >> downtown harsh our bods. come on, i have something to live for now, 60 degrees. >> thanks, doug. >> we have a consumer alert, romaine lettuce may be the source of a nationwide e. coli outbreak. >> u.s. health officials are not ready to say definitively that's what the source of this is. let's get right to our consumer reporter susan hogan working for you with important information you need to know. >> that's right. lets archigo let's get right to it. in canada and the united states, 58 people in toetdal have gotten sick. two people have died, one in the united states, that was in california, and now also in canada. this is according to the centers for disease control. according to the cdc, the infections occurred in 13 states, including virginia, pennsylvania and ohio. canadian health authorities identified romaine lettuce as the source of the e. coli outbreak in canada. u.s. health officials are investigating. they are interviewing people who are sick to determine what they ate in the week right before their illness. u.s. officials have not issued a recall nor are they warning you against eating romaine lettuce. however, other food safety experts at consumer reports are advise youing to stop eating the lettuce just out of precaution. the cdc did confirm, though, that the type of e. coli in the canadian cases is similar to what's making the round here and what's making people sick in the >> this is the kind of thing that can be washed off of the lettuce? >> this is a strain that cannot be washed off. i had romaine lettuce last night. i didn't even know about this when we were eating it so this is one of those things where it cannot be washed off. the other thing is, we were talking about it -- >> you had it last week. >> i had it. unlike neurovirus, e. coli, these symptoms won't appear for five to seven days. that's what the cdc is battling with as well. they have to wait for the symptoms. it's one of those things people think, if i eat it last night, am i going to get sick in 24 hours. that most likely is a neurovirus. >> we could have eaten it a week a go. >> right. healthy people, you know, you're not going to feel these symptoms. if you're unhealthy, your children would. you might get cramps or bloody diarrhea which are the common symptoms of e. coli, but you'll be fine. it's in thel those are the people you have to be mindful of as well. again, five to seven days is that window of when things would occur. >> it incubates. >> if something does happen and you have had it, you really should let your public health officials know. >> you can't wash it off. you think that's what makes you sick no matter what. >> it's yucky. thank you, susan. >> sure. >> the anticipation is building in the world of winter olympics. it's becoming clearer who is going to make it to the team usa. some say veteran ashley christiaan wagener who trained here in alexandria could be in trouble. she came in 5th in competition earlier this week. the competition hits the ice tonight at 8:00 and you can watch it on nbc4. >> keep your pants on if you're riding metro this weekend. at least until sunday. the tenth annual no pants metro ride kicks offer at hancock park, runs from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. media about the weather and the forecast now is putting it as warmer than today, but still below freezing. so, if you're going to go out there and do it without the pants, you might want to wear some thermal undies and watch out for the frostbite and where you might get it. >> yes. okay. we're going to leave it there for you. chances are good that you've been sick or you know someone who is sick. >> they're far from alone. emergency rooms across the country now overrun by cases of the flu. an update on this flu season and what you can do to protect yourself. >> we have frigid friday for you and we're not going to get a break this weekend. a storm team4 weather alert. doug is back in a moment with what to first place. both events? booyah! we're an awards family. you'll like them both but love our price. award-winning organic cheddar puffs from aldi. simply smarter shopping. it appears that gifts were the only things being exchanged over the holiday season. flu germs spread all over the country. and now doctors are scrambling to treat the they're seeing. erica edwards reports. >> reporter: 2018 is off to a pretty sick start. the cdc reports 46 states seen here in brown have widespread flu activity. compare that to this same week last year, rampant flu in just 12 states. >> it was over the weekend that we recognized that our volume was increasing. >> reporter: north of san diego, emergency room doctors set up a special tent outside the hospital to handle a surge in flu patients. the last time they needed an extended treatment area was during the 2009 flu pandemic. >> i'm concerned that this one may hit us hard. >> reporter: so far, 41,000 cases nationwide this season. >> our transport numbers have never been higher. >> reporter: the flu can be deadly, especially for those with underlying health conditions. >> baby came in with respiratory problems. >> reporter: those patients truly need emergency c recover without any complications. >> these patients could truly stay home and seek medical attention with their primary care physician instead of rushing to the emergency department. >> reporter: the flu vaccine is not as effective this year, but experts say some protection is better than none. >> even if you get sick, having had the vaccine, your illness tends to be milder, not quite as severe. >> reporter: the vaccine also lessens the chance of getting complications from the flu, like pneumonia. erica edwards, nbc news. >> now at 5:00, storm team4 preparing you for our coldest weather yet. >> and i'm doug kammerer. wind chills way below 0 again tonight. we'll show you when we have a warm up in store. >> plus the new video showing the chaos that unfolded when a murder suspect led police on a high-speed chase down i-95. >> and controversial connections, a local teacher fired after students uncover his ties to the alt-right movem >> and welcome to friday. we begin the forecast tonight with the forecast and the dangerously low temperatures we're going to be facing over the next few hours and few days. >> yeah, those winds are still picking up, folks. just a few minutes ago i just saw some chunks of snow blowing off the roof of our building here. meteorologist doug kammerer is in the storm center. you probably noticed them, too, doug. >> i thought you were supposed to get up there and take it all off the roof. that wasn't your responsibility this time? guys, that's exactly what we're seeing across our region. it's the winds, the wind chill, the frigid temperatures. wind chill is already below 0, and we're going to go way down from here. take a look at the current wind gusts across our region. still seeing winds gusting over 20 to 30 miles an hour, 30 mile and on hour wind gusts in leesburg. 20 in d.c. it's when the wind really gusts you feel so cold out there. even if you are all bundled up, goes right through you. so, the feels like temperature, the wind chill 6 below 0 and just 4 degrees below patuxent river. cold night for dinner and movies. it's a cold one for sure. we're going to stay that way right on through the day tomorrow. that's why we have the wind chill advisory. goes in effect 6:00 through noon tomorrow, wind chills 5 below to 15. we'll talk about all of it. i'll see you back here in just about 15 minutes. >> all right. see you then, doug. thank you. the frigid weather not only dangerous, but it can be picturesque. you may have seen the coating of ice over parts of potomac. >> look at that. >> chopper4. that's pretty spectacular. this scene at great falls today. snow still coating the rocks near the flowing waterfalls. >> and it's pretty, but just looking at it can make you feel pretty cold. the bitter blast has many of us adding a lot of extra layers. news4's kristin wright is in alexandria talking with people about how they're coping and she's even stealing her camera 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