there s three other storms in the ten day forecast. in the meantime the frigid teeratures and howli winds have made it almost unbearable for people who can t get out of the cold. a lot of peopl cannot. mark segraves continues our team coverage. he s live at dupont circle. you ve been there all day, how ? is it feeling reporter: it s chilly to say the least. the temperature, as doug has pointed out, is now dropping. checking it outck on the c 18 degrees. it was 20 degrees just about an houro. and, of course, that doesn t take into consideration the wind chill factor out here. ts is cold. this is really cold. reporter: it is a holiday t today and federal government is still shutdown, there are still lots of people w have to go outside. the frigid temperatures caused this road inbowie to freeze over, causing traffic problems along church road. but some of the hardest hit are our homeless neighbors. many livingn tents. it was so cold last night where we were. report
you. but we begin with chuck bell and his forecast. what can we expect,chuck? you need to hold on to the railings tight if you g down outdoor staircases there. the steps looked like a frozen waterfall. hold on to the railings. temperatures have fallen way below freezing across most of suburban maryland and northern virginia this morning. manassas down to 4. waenton, 11. gaithersburg, 14. springfield, 15 degrees this mornints many other sn the 20s. 20 in prince george s unty. even st. mary s county, tall way down to 19 degrees thisg. morn your planner for today, sunshine. atures will gradually climb up in the upper 30s to arnold 50 degrees. the s your bustop weather there. 21 at the bus stop. and a lot of ice on the sidewalks thismorning. highs today near 40 degrees. what to wear today. yo heaviest coat, you hat and scarves and gloves. don t bring an umblla for today. don t need it tomorrow. you will need it before the week s through. thank you, chuck.ng loot the roads.
police say with some kind of hostage situation. our leon harris is monitoring this story now from the live desk. what are you learning? police say the gunman is 21-year-old this afternoon h called 911 and said he d opened fire inside a suntrust bank. the tragedy unfolding in sebring. florida. after the shoong the suspect barricaded himself inside. the s.w.a.t. team stormed in with negotiate eggs with him failed and that s when he surrendered. today s been a tragic day in our community. we ve suffered significant loss at the hands of a senseless criminal during a ses crime. police have not identified any potential motives and we re waitingo learn the identities of the five victims and whether or not they were employees or just customers who happened to be in the bank at the ti. leon, thank you. now to that weather alert out there, folks. we knew the rain was coming, the wind gusts are ramping up, too, and could keep you up tonight. the storm system moving in toni
i m frances rivera. i m phillip mena. president trump facing tough questions this morning over his relationship with russia, following a pair of bombshell reports. the new york times detailed an fbi investigation into whether the president himself was working for russia. while a washington post report claims the president concealed details about his face-to-face meetings with russian president vladimir putin, the president took to twitter in wake of these stories tweeting over two dozen times throughout the weekend. it started saturday morning with a volley of six tweets about the russia investigation specifically targeting the fbi and its former director james comey and the tweets ended with the president talking about everything from border security and the wall to his push to withdraw troops from syria. he also poked fun at one of his 2020 competitor, senator elizabeth warren and took jabs at jeff bezos who he dubbed jeff bozo. susan mcginnis joining us now from wa
governmenttdo end in sight. hundreds of thousands of federal employees are on furlough this morning as president trump digs in on his demands for border wall funding. he doubled down on twitter, writing late last night, everyone knows you without a wa good-old-fashioned wall that works. nbc s geoff bennett has latest. reporter: the government shutdown drags on, no truce on the horizon in the funding of mr. trump s border wall. acting chief of staff mick mulvaney offering his prediction on how long it will last. i think that is it s very possible that the shutdown will go beyond the 28th and into the new congress. reporter: and who s on the hook to pay? none of that is mexico paying for the wall. let s just be clear. technically, you and i both know it cannot work exactly lik it for border security money, hoping democrats move up from their o. democrats say they re willing to negotiate on the price tag but want a guarantee on what the money buys. democrats want