Stressful profession . No. On the line every day. The new fox drama 911 dee abuse tonight. This morning, were meeting the real life men and women answering the phones in an emergency and helping safe lives. And later, feeling lucky . Theres 850 million up for grabs in the next Mega Millions and powerball drawings. Your odds are winning, just one in 88 quad drill i dont know this morning were talking about the Little Things you can do to increase those odds. Good day at 9a starts now. So you say weve got a chance . No. Right . Yup. You got to have hope. Everybody believes right now and we sure are glad that youre with us. Good day d. C. On this wednesday january 3rd. Well, if youre looking to warm up from this bitter cold weather in the Nations Capital you can always go tola and get warm. Weve been dealing with several days straight of subfreezing temperatures the mercury in anchorage hit 45 degrees yesterday. Thats a record high for this time of the year. So people in alaska enjoying warm weather out there and were freezing to death over here on the east coast. I love the banner baked alaska. Whats going on. Tshirts. Thats 45 degrees much thats balmy. Summer. Ill tell was monday after we deal with this weekend we want to throw t shirts on. And just like clock work yesterday on the way to school in the afternoon kids walking a round shorts. Shorts. T shirts. You know it. Crazy. That i dont know. They dont feel it. Begging for a sick day. There you go. He could see the first snowflakes of 2018 this time tomorrow big winter storm will be across the east coast. Churning its way up the coast and the worst of it will be away from us more to the east and to the north but with the extreme freeze weve all week anything that falls likely will stick. Tuck is back with a first check of the forecast for us this morning. Now, did you do your homew my question earlier. Hang on, steve. Let me just double check see if i can get that for you. Yeah i do have an answer. You ready . Yup. Yeah, we dont have an an answer. I asked him what the coldest we know the coldest temperatures. Record low at dulles of 1 degree. I asked him what the coldest wind chill we ever felt in the dc area was. I want you to know my crack staff of mike thomas did look no this and we do not keep wind chill records. Thats the reason we dont have the answer. Interesting. Okay. So its not we didnt look for you. All right. Did you have an answer. It just wasnt theres no answer. Theres no answer. I think lowest i can remember is minus 15 a couple years ago back in 201314. Lets go to it. 20 now in washington. Were up to 20. Our overnight low was 14 we did said he set a record temperature record was set at Dulles Airport of the 1 degree and the cold spot this morning manassas was minus one. So very very cold temperatures. Once again to start were cautiously optimistic. We might hit 33 degrees today and at least one or two spots will get above the freezing mark for the first time in 2018. Storm system taking shape. I looking at video just a couple minutes ago of it snowing right now in tallahassee, florida. Thats extraordinary. This storm system winter storm all the way down into florida and georgia. Along the coastal communities of south carolina, North Carolina their winter storm warnings. Weve got Winter Weather advisories and winter storm warnings locally as well to our south and east. Southern maryland now under Winter Weather advisory and a winter storm warning were loolooking at the heavier snow s going to be late tonight and early tomorrow morning well get light snows across the area it will stick. So again with these very cold temperatures weve had so far this year, what falls will st stick. I would expect there will be some travel challenges tomorrow morning leave it at that and we might have to tweak the Snowfall Forecast a little bit either direction. There you go thats our early call. 24ou around here tomorrow morning. Again it will be light amounts but it will stick. 33 today. Plenty more details on the expected snow and the expected wind chills around here by friday and saturday coming up guys. Back to you. Thank you tucker. Deep freeze is causing issues as you know across the region especially for schools. So far weve told you about burst pipes, no heat, bus issues. Fox5s annie yu in fairfax this morning continuing our team coverage. Good morning to you. Hope youre trying to stay warm. Reporter im fine, mo. Its called layers. Im just worried about the students that had to be out here for a long time. You know, teenagers they dont dress as warmly as us old folks do. But needless to say, i mean it is very very cold out here. Were talking temps in the teens this early morning. The it feels a little better now with the sun out. But imagine there are still kids standing at bus stops waiting for their buses to get to them. You mentioned the heat not working. That was over in Montgomery County yesterday. Some heating issues at some schools including Richard Montgomery high were told that this morning there are no issues that they are doing just fine. Now here in Fairfax County the big issue was the buses and so buses like behind me here we sort of saw it all play out early this morning. These are the buses that have been sitting out much more across the bus lots in the county they were basically sitting out over the last two weeks during the winter break and so clearly with the frigid temperatures they didnt get any jump starts or any engines werent, you know, turned on over the last two weeks. So they just decided not to start some of them and some buses even broke down along the route. So that is the big issue here in Fairfax County it left hundreds of students waiting outside in the cold yesterday for up to an hour. This morning we can tell that you we already saw problems just after 5 00 oclock i want to show you the snapshot of delays in the county right now at 9 00 oclock. There are buses headed to the schools that either broke down or theyre experiencing pro problems. Most are delayed by either 15 to 20 minutes. You can see some are delayed by more than 30 minutes. Youve got belvedere elementary and franconia those three were just added to the list of these delays. This list is far fewer than yesterday, though, out of 808700 bus routes in the country work hundred were impacted yesterday. So this a much shorter list, but still youre talking about, you know, kids waiting for their buses outside in this cold temperature. We have a call into the School System to see what theyre doing to make sure they dont experience similar problem in the week, you know, tomorrow were talk something snow. And keep in mind, they do have just over 1600 buses in that are fleet. The second largest in the country. So perhaps they were able to swap some buses out but we did see mechanic out here this morning fixing problems as they arise. He was replacing batteries, and were told that maintenance crews are at different bus lots across the country as well to help out. Thats the very latest from falls church, annie yu, fox5 local news. Annie thank you very much. I know this doesnt make annie or anybody else feel better were not in it alone the rest of the cup tree also dealing with bitter cold parts of the northeast saw arctic blasts and snow and snow and sleet yesterday as many people were back on the roads after the new year holiday. Outside buffalo, which is snow central these days, heavy snow and whiteot conditions caused a massive pile up on i90. Dozens of cars and tractor trailers involved even more vehicles pushed off the road into the snow. Icy roads almost put a Dallas Area Police officer in the hospital. Look at this. Scary moment here just trying to get out of the way and going too slip right there. Oh. Wow. And somehow that car was able to just, just miss that officer. Officer responding to another accident at the time. Subzero temperatures in chicago push that city towards the longer snap in decades. Chunks of ice flowing down the partially frozen chicago river. Whose button is bigger. President trump fired off tweet to north korean dictate kim jongun with some of the highest stakes possible a nuclear he can change. The president s latest volley on twitter set off new concerns about a this comes as the communist regime and south korea took steps overnight to restart official communications. Fox5s Melanie Alnwick is live outside the white house this morning with the latest. Mel . Reporter good morning. Now look this is not the first time that President Trump has provoked north korea on twitter, but now these new back and forth references to a Nuclear Button shows just how serious the situation has become. President trumps button launch Nuclear Strike is really a large briefcase. The socall football that is always nearby and carried by military aid. But in a war words of so far and speaking figur figuratively pret shot back at north Korean Leader kim jongun who bragged about a Nuclear Button on his desk the president writing op twitter north korea leader kim jongun stated Nuclear Button is on his tech at all times. Will spun from his deleted and food starved regime please new jersey him that i, too, Nuclear Button but it is a much bigger and more powerful one than his and my button work. A tongue and cheek comment about a pretty serious, serious issue. Reporter retired general jack keen calls this harsh reality the possibility of actual conflict as the norths volatile regime develops nuclear and missile technologies. Were getting closer to that to be frank about it. Reporter us hard line stance on north korea is now at odds with south korea which is hoping to open new lines of communications with its nei neighbor. North korea can talk with anyone they want, but the us is not going to recognize it or acknowledge it until they agree to ban the Nuclear Weapons that they have. Reporter but north korea and south korea are reestablishing those lines of communication. North korea would like to send delegation to next months within games in south korea and south korean officials confirmed that theyve begun preliminary contacts, however, skeptics believe its really just a tactic by north korea to try to buy between the United States and its allies in south korea. Live outside the white house, Melanie Alnwick, fox5 local news. All right, mel, thank you. Appreciate it. Congress meanwhile gets back to work today and there will be some new faces in the crowd. Admit it in tina smith resigned as Lieutenant Governor of minnesota. Smith was app pointed by minnesota governor to fill the seat vacated by now former senator al franken. Smith will be sworn in along with alabama senator election doug jones who defeat he had roy moore last year. He says hes ready to get to work. After more than 40 years in the senate you at a or ren hatch announced hell be retiring at the end of his term. Despite calls from the president for hatch to keep fighting. Now all eyes are on 22012 president ial nominee mitt romney who has expressed interest in the Utah Senate Seat and if its any indication he updated his location on twitter from massachusetts where he was governor to utah. Gotten the message loud and clear. He released a new apology after posting that video showing app apparent suicide we talk about yesterday. 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The first kind is the one we all have every day. 911, whats your emergency . 9 15 is the time. Clip from the new show coming to fox tonight called 91 werent and behave on the real life heroes who help people every day in their communities. This morning, we are hearing from the every day local heroes who work at 911 centers and answer the phone when you have an emergency. Fox5s Marina Marraco has their story. Reporter its a story we first brought you when it happened last november. Fox5 was on the scene. We spoke with neighbor whos watched helplessly as the fire intensified while two people inside desperately pleaded for help. And tonight for the first time youll hear from the real life heroes. Its on fire. I see fire now, maam. I see fire. Stay on the phone with meme how many people are trapped inside the house . Its a lady. She can get out. Reporter at 5,000 calls day, Prince Georges County 911 call center is the third busiest in the country. I have calls still are with me. That call stuck with me for couple weeks. Thats all i can think about. I cant tell you about the rest of my day. Reporter on any given day someone live on the other end of the phone is on the line. Its very her not knowing exactly whats going on because you can see going based on what someone is telling you and theyre crying and screaming in panic that doesnt help you. She said dont go in. She said dont go in. There is no room for error at all. None. Two people trapped inside the home. Female and in wheelchair theyre trying to find a locate. And a male who the second person inside the home. Myesha fair take the 911 c call. Prince georges county 911. Is your emergency. Can somebody please come to this address. Whats the address . House on fire. Her partner vinnie is reading her notes as they come in life on computer screen and relaying it to First Responders. Someone trying to break the window out close to the driveway to get out of the home. Copy. I have to make sure i give them every single detail. At this moment, its life or death. The only thing they have to go by is what you tell them. They dont have a computer sitting in front of them. Getting that explicit information like we were getting that particular day, obviously testament to the call taker and the dispatchers. We got a onestory brick home. Richard riley was the first firefighter to arrive on lorraine drive in temple hills while neighbors watched helplessly as a son rushed back into the burning home to save his wheelchair bound mother. Inside the house. He tried to back door, i tried i kick the side door open just wish i can have got in there sooner. Feel so bad. Because i got grandparents. Adrenaline and the determination so safe lives is instinctive for first responder. They go in and then they bring her out and shes in the front yard. That was a big relief. And then ivory mined them there was a second victim. Copy two people trapped, correct . They went back in. They found him. They brought him out. I knew i did my job. But for these two women who took this tragic call last november, theres a part of the job thats always a question mark. What happens after the call e ends . I wouldnt were if they make made it. I knew they made it out of the house. I wouldnt if they made it at the hospital. I cant tell you how many i cried all the way home. The person calling 911 it could be the worse day of their life and we understand that and treat th the bad thing is we never ever get closure and thats a very very hard thing. These 911 call takers and dispatchers say these calls never get easier unlike the First Responders on the ground, they rarely know how the call ends and oftentimes they leave work wondering if the victims they helped made it to see another day. Unfortunately, in this fire the First Responders did everything they can but ultimately both the son and his mother died at the hospital. And just reminder you can catch 911 tonight at 9 00 right here on fox5. Little insight into how it works in real life. It takes special person, you know. Not always hollywood ending. It takes a special person to remain that calm and not get amped up. The ones that stay with you. I know i dont want to compare us to them but i know you covered some stories it stays with you. I can om imagine for them on daily basis t do. Interest wagon marina said, too they dont know how it ends. They have to move on to the next story, the next person that needs help. Incredible. The show, the fictional show starts tonight here on fox. 9 20. Still to come new addition for the stars of fixer upper that has nothing to do with a house but l likely to renovation. Live to tmz for all the details. Caitlin, what are you working on. First up, moral lease in iran this morning the latest on the situation overseas. Plus back here at home, a star football mayors dreams shattered after a shooting at a new years eve party. And later, how two letters cost a jeopardy contestant more than three grand on last nights show. Well have a check on what else is making headlines when good day dc comes back. 9 23 is the time right now. Caitlin roth is back with us with a check of the other stories making headlines on this went. Hey, caitlin. More on that song in just a minute. But first, we take to you i ran where state media is airing footage of pro government rallies in cities throughout the country. The demonstrations come after a week of protests unrest over the countrys poor economy. English language broadcaster press tv air the rallies live on wednesday. Saying they were to pro testify the violence that has taken place over the last few nights in the city. Closer to Home College Football pl