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WRC News4 At 4 February 19, 2015

Well post those on our nbc facebook site as well as storm team 4. 17 now. The windchill 1 below. Yes, we have sunshine across the area but throughout those windchills already below zero Gaithersburg Leesburg up through Loudoun County especially north and west. So this is hypothermiatype weather coming up for tomorrow morning. Frostbite within just 30 minutes. The re why were likely to be seeing more delays start times for tomorrow morning. Well talk about how long it will last and snow and ice for the weekend. What a rude awaken today. The bitter cold delayed school buses around Fairfax County today prompting students to get that hashtag going, going, clothesacps. Standing out in the cold hasnt been any easier for adults waiting on a bus or train that may not be coming. Transportation reporter adam is live now at the king street metro station. How are riders coping this afternoon . Reporter its not fun out here and its going to get colder. Some lucky people up on the train, up on the platform. Theyre headed out. But that train leaves you can see some people up there on the platform all bundled up. Metro had some issues today a broken rail on the green line some train malfunctions all across the system. And thats what metro will be worried about as we go into this tonight and tomorrow. Yeah we talked to some riders out here who are certainly layering up. Always put on your long johns, your woolen socks, your jacket your hat, your gloves and youll be fine. You can withstand the cold with the proper equipment. Next hour at 5 00 some metro riders say they saw fire on the tracks today. Met meth row says they have an explanation. Heads up for drivers in part of north arlington. A water main break is being repaired at north evergreen street just a few blocks from the virginia hospital center. Repair crews will still be working through rush hour. Officials are suggesting drives take a different route around washington boulevard. Amtrak will run a reduced schedule again tomorrow because of the cold. Thatll make friday the fourth straight day Winter Weather has disrupted service. Amtrak normally runs about 2,200 passenger trains between washington and boston every day. Right now only about half the trains are running. Amtrak Officials Say they dont know when full service will be restroered. Details fresh out of court on a guilty plea from a highprofile rabbi in washington. Prosecutors say his tactics to spy on women while they undressed went further than initially reported. News4s chris gordon live at d. C. Superior court with the latest developments. Chris . Reporter prosecutors added new charges today. Originally, the rabbi faced six counts of voyeurism. Today the total was 52 and as you said he pleaded guilty. The courtroom filled with women who were his victims, some old, some young, some converts some members of his congregation. At afterwards his attorney Jeffrey Harris spoke to reporters. Today the rabbi pled guilty to 52 counts of voyeurism, the misdemeanor version, the judge accepted the plea sentencing set for may 15th. Both the government and myself as his attorney can submit memorandum to the court by may 1st as to what they think the judge ought to do on sentencing. Reporter the rabbi left court after the judge informed him 52 counts theoretically the maximum sentence could be 52 years. Prosecutors also said an additional 100 women appear on videos that the rabbi took since 2009. Prosecutors said if the case went to trial they would have proven the rabbi installed and operated recording devices at the ritual cleansing bath for the purpose of recording women fully or partially undressed without their knowledge or consent. The judge asked if the rabbi agreed with the prosecutors statements of facts and he replied, yes your honor. He understands what he did is terribly wrong and he wants to get his life in order and move on and decided the best way to do that was to take responsibility plead guilty, face whatever sentence will be imposed. Reporter at sentencing some of the victims will appear and give impact statements before he is sentenced. On news 4 at 5 00 well hear from the husband of one of the victims reacting to todays plea of the rabbi. Thats the latest live at d. C. Superior court. Chris gordon news4. Small fires continue to keep vogts from getting too close to the scene of mondays Freight Train derailment in mt. Carbon West Virginia. The train carrying 3 million gallons of crude oil from north dakota. The federal railroad is now investigating this accident. Investigators have determined the train was traveling at 33 miles an hour when it derailed well under the 50mileanhour speed limit in that area. A massive fire fueled by high winds destroyed a townhome in Howard County today and forced neighbors to evacuate. It hammed along dove lane in columbia. A threestory condo caught fire at 10 00 a. M. This morning. An suv was also fwuted. The six people who lived in the house and their dogs are fine. Things got challenging for firefighters when flames spread to the house next day and set a discarded Christmas Tree on fire. Now to a big break in the case of a deadly hitandrun on the bw parkway. U. S. Park police tell news4 they have found the person believed to be driving a car that hit a d. C. Couple on super bowl sunday. Rick warrick and his fiancee julia pierce were fixing a flat tire when they were hit north of route 197 in laurel. Warrick was killed. Park police have not revealed the name of the driver and so far no charges have been filed. Jail time or probation and Community Service . Tomorrow virginias former first lady maureen mcdonald, will be sentenced by the same judge who sentenced her husband, former governor bob mcdonald, last month. Her lawyers argue the public humiliation and mental stress shes already suffered should keep her out of jail. Prosecutors say she should get 18 months for her role in the corruption. The mcdonalds were found guilty youll recall of trading access to the Governors Office in exchange for loans and gifts from a virginia businessman. Bob mcdonnell is free on bail now while he appeals his conviction and twoyear prison sentence. Right now a lot of local familyies are scrambling after learning their Childrens School is shutting down. The reason that will force more than a thousand students to study somewhere else. Its a story thats trending this afternoon here in washington. How the man once known as americas mayor is sparring a war of words this afternoon. Now to the maryland General Assembly where the senate voted today to raise the speed limit on state highways from 65 to 70 miles an hour. A similar bill is pending in the house now. The increase would not be mandatory statewide. A opponents say the increase will encourage reckless driving. One of d. C. s oldest and largest Charter Schools is shut do you think at the end of the school year. The Public Charter School board voted unanimously to revoke the charter of the Dorothy Height charter school. 1,600 students on four campuses will be affected. The school is being closed because its founder is charged with diverting millions of there ares for his own use. Board members sent a letter to parents today outlining the alternate plans theyve already made for students at each. To read that letter open our nbc washington app and search charter closing. Comedians backing comedians. Were now getting an idea of why you didnt see a whole lot of eddie murphy during sunday nights snl event, and it has to do with someone youve heard a lot about lately in the news. This ark tishg blast isnt through with us ye dangerous cold just hours from moving in. Get ready, get ready. We are in for a night that could be one for the record books. Arctic blast means cold that could shatter records that have been in place for more than a century. Veronica has an update in a few minutes. Weve all seen this iconic footage of marines raising the u. S. Flag during the battle of iwo jima. Today marks the 70th anniversary of the start of that battle. Marines from across the country gathered in arlington today to remember those lost. A wreath was laid at the u. S. Marine corps war memorial. Marines captured iwo jima back in 1945 a pivotal victory. Siberian hear v air on the way. Thats right. It gets even colder with lower windchill readings by tomorrow morning. First thing out the door tomorrow morning, hypothermiatype weather with a risk of frostbite in a 30minute time period. With as cold as it will be dangerously cold air will be over the area. So thats the windchill impact for the area. Were at minus 1 right now. Feels like inside d. C. In the beltway, minus 4 Montgomery County 4 degrees it feels like in leesburg. Minus 4, Hagerstown Winchester area. For more on the windchill readings and what those values mean and how it makes us feel that much colder, go to our nbc washington Facebook Page or our storm team 4 Facebook Page. This evening, temperatures they will start dropping off. Our wind will be more on the breezy side than windy side but still, it brings down that temperature reading, makes it feel that much colder from 11 degrees, the temperature at 9 00 p. M. , 8 by 11 00 p. M. Under a mostly clear sky. So its 5 to 10 degrees below eve bin 11 00 p. M. This evening. Tomorrow morning the actual air temp with that clearer sky will be starting out in the Single Digits most locations, again, record cold from 4 around la plata, Arnold Waldorf to 2 degrees up north around sandy spring germantown mt. Airy going for zero degrees, zero in leesburg and winchester and 2 degrees in culpeper virginia. The feelslike the temperatures for tomorrow morning, this is at 6 00 a. M. I showed you those values a second ago, 10 to 20 e below severe row. We see it this way across the entire area how everyone is going to be impacted. It draws the cold and what well be dealing with. 15 below in manassas 14 below culpeper 20 below in gaithersburg and by 1 00 tomorrow as the wind starts to diminish and ease up more and more singledigit values yes, talking about sunshine so it will start to feel a bit better throughout the area. Sunshine, 16 to 21 degrees is how well top out tomorrow one of the coldest days not just this season but one of the coldest days we have had in a very long time. I think we only had one day last year where we saw school delayed because of the intense cold across the area. So while weve got that cold air tonight and tomorrow morning and while the wind will start to settle down friday we have another system on our back door for the early part of the weekend, looking at some snow accumulating snow even the potential for accumulating amounts of ice into the area late saturday before we switch over to rain. Heres a look at your storm team 4day forecast. 19 degrees with sunshine on friday cold conditions for sure. The weekend right now, 32 degrees for a High Temperature on saturday 48 on sunday. So we switch over to rain. Then 33 degrees for a High Temperature on monday. Right now monday at least is dry. But for more on the cold air, where its all originating from, why is it so intense, ive got that explanation coming up later in the newscast. Veronica thank you. Another war of words. President obama refuses to use terms like islamic extremism. He says its a way to undercut the appeal of isis to young muslims worldwide. His refusal has his republican critics in an uproar. News4s Steve Handelsman live on capitol hill with more on these developments. Steve . Reporter jim, thanks. Senior republicans on the hill are demanding that president obama say our enemies are islamic terrorists but hes refusing saying to use that term would help isis in its recruiting. Under fire, president obama doubled down. The notion that the west is at war with islamists is not all of us have the responsibility to refute the notion that groups like isil somehow represent islam, because that is a falsehood that embraces the terrorist narrative. Reporter ameris rushed to praise the president. We will defeat the ideology of brutes like isis together and railly wanted to commend him for making this big step and for calling us his partners. Reporter but after isis beheaded christians in libya and isil sympathizers murdered jews in france and in denmark, critics charge not calling that islamic terror means president obama is weak and has his head in the sand. Former new york mayor ruld rudedy giulia said i do not believe that the president loves america. Secretary of state kerry defended the obama plan to fight isis in syria and iraq he said and to fight the isis recruiting message. You have to take the people off the battlefield who are there today but youre kind of stupid if all you do is do that and dont prevent more people from going to the battlefield. Reporter and that may be easier in america, where muslims are more welcome at schools and jobs than in europe. President obama says Islamic Community organizations now and not the u. S. Government have to take the lead in fighting isis recruitment. Im Steve Handelsman news4. It was a wedding like no other. Reporter a Big Development in the fight to legalize samesex marriage but this may not be as big a victory as it appears. Plus your health your welfare could depend on where you live. Well show you the new findings that rank our area. And with more cold weather on the way, we want to know should schools close because its extremely cold . Thats our nbc washington flash survey of th call our text your vote to the number on your screen. Bill cosby is now responding to a show of support by fellow comedian eddie murphy. Murphy was asked to impersonate cosby for the saturday night live 40th anniversary special. According to cast member norm mcdonald, murphy refused. He said he will not, kick a man when hes done. Cosby released a statement to nbc news saying im appreciative of eddie and applaud his actions. Cosby is accused of Sexual Assault by 20 women. He says the accusations are not true. Hes not been charged. A warning right now for people with peanut allergies. The food and Drug Administration says traces of peanuts have been found in several shipments of the spice cumin. Hundreds of products are being pulled from store shelves. If you or someone you know has peanut allergy, read labels and avoid any food that contains cumin for now. Far list of products being pulled visit the nbc Washington Home page and search cumin. New rankings out today show a connection between where you live and your overall wellbeing. News4s Aaron Gilchrist breaks down the numbers for us state by state. Gallup interviewed more than 175,000 people in all 50 states not d. C. Though. They asked questions based on five categories your sense of purpose, your social life your finances community, and physical wellbeing. So here is how we scored. Virginia had the best overall numbers in our area and really is for lovers apparently. Commonwealth ranked highly for social relationshipbased health. It was 14th overall. Maryland didnt do quite as well 29th on that list. A drop of more than ten spots from last year. It also had high numbers for social life and it beat virginia in finances and in physical health as well. As for West Virginia well it came in last in the country for the sixth Straight Year and had the lowest social and physical Health Rankings on that list. We can also tell you that alaska came in first place. You can see it among the top and the bottom ten year on this map. Weve ranked them for you. I put this full report with the full list of states on my Facebook Page. Back to you. The arctic blast blowing in this afternoon. Were not the only ones struggling to stay warm. Its affecting parts of the country that usually dont deal with dangerous cold. If the record cold doesnt get you, the windchills might. Right now at 4 30 a chilly commute. These are live pictures just outside of the Dunn Loring Metro station as people make their way home. If youre thinking tonight will be a time to bundle up, wait till tomorrow. Two schools have already delayed classes for tomorrow anticipating what could be recordbreaking cold. Those schools are fredericksburg city and Prince Georges County public schools. Well keep you updated as that list comes in and is sure to grow. If those low temperatures dont shock you, heres something that will. Windchills that tomorrow morning could bottom out well below zero. Team coverage continu right now as this arctic blast grips much of the country. An update from Veronica Johnson in the Weather Center. Were talking act making a little weather history perhaps. Thats for sure. Were really going to be giving some of the records throughout the area, the record low temperatures a run for their money. Why were saying to layer up make sure weve got every bit of exposed skin covered up late tonight, early tomorrow morning. Our windchills this morning started out between 5 and 10 degrees this morning, but i think well be there by 11 00 p. M. 18 degrees leesburg manassas warrenton, 15 around college park and camp springs. Your evening planner forecast again, i think those windchill very well valencias will be at 5 to 10 below by 11 00 p. M. Then even lower by tomorrow morning. Your wakeup weather, yes, dry conditions but minus 20. Thats the number to focus on for tomorrow morning and just a reason why we have a highimpact forecast for tomorrow because of the dangers cold. Well talk more about what we can expect this weekend with the snow and ice set to move in. Thanks veronica. We arent the only ones dealing with this bitter cold. Freezing temper

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