Textwise, our high temperatures in the rearview mirror. It happened just after midnight last night. The temperatures have been doing a steady downhill slide ever since. Thats going to continue here through the remainder of the afternoon and into the evening. Chills down near 10 by 5 00 and chills at or below temperatures dropping into the mid teens by later on this evening. An update on the snow chances in a few more minutes with a very cold forecast between now and the weekend. We cant say it enough, it is dangerously cold out there today. With that in mind, some people are making the effort to help those who need it the most. News4s justin finch joins us live where theyre collecting coats in northwest d. C. Good morning, were watching kids from thompson elementary get their free coats courtesy of the Childrens Foundation coats for kids drive. These are kindergartners and first graders, getting their free coats here courtesy of this effort. Now theyre all presized so theyre all walking out with perfect fits. I want to take to you the entire experience, we have georgetowns John Thompson to read stories to the kids and volunteers from walmart to help them find their i kids get to choose their coats they like most and walk out with them. We did meet a first grader named logan who found one she likes. Its in pink, her favorite color. How does it feel to get your new jacket today . Good. Are you excited . Yes. What do you want to say to the people who helped you get your new jacket today . Thank you. And as you heard there, logan, very excited with her pink coat to match her pink hat. The founder says by the end of the day they will hand out some 3500 coats. Some 2,000 will go to kids in need in d. C. Area shelters and over the past five years theyve handed out some 13,000 coats and have raised some 10 million. A great cause, back in to you. Sweet little girl, thanks for that, justin. Right now as the bitter cold weather sets in People Living in the warwick participants in lv conventional heat theext been without it for a week. The Property Management has passed out space heaters to the 400 units and thats causing concern. There are lots of children in this building, toddlers and babies. And im concerned. Im concerned about hundreds of space heaters being used all over this building with no instructions or precautionary measures taken as far as i know. People can be draping clothing over it. All right so with that, keep space heaters three feet away from anything thats flammable like the clothing in your room. Curtains, bedding, keep it away. Management tells news4 they are working on this issue. If you open the nbc washington app youll find six ways to stay warm in a cold apartment. Just search heat. Developing, two overnight Police Investigations in temple hills, an officer found a man murdered. Prince georges county police are looking for the killer now. Youre looking at the Big Police Response on temple hills. Police say it looks like a man had been shot to death. In aspen hill, two people are recovering, they were shot inside a car early today. Montgomery county police say someone in his late teens or early 20s shot those people on palmyra lane and then ran away. One victim is a 22yearold man, the other, is a 36yearold woman. Today well hear more from d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser about the districts Body Camera Program for police, shell be joined bit interim police chief. The district is in the process of outfitting all patrol officers with the cameras to make sure cameras are activated properly and being used, city dispatchers are reminding officers to turn them on when officers are dispatched. Breaking news, from the live desk, metro fires six employees for falsifying track inspection records. Now were just learning about this new disciplinary action following a july thats when investigators found tracks in severe disrepair. And point to problems right in the inspection department. We first heard about this from our transportation reporter adam tuss. And he says more terminations are expected. Dozens facing some sort of disciplinary action here. Look for updates inside our app and of course later today on news4. And speaking of metro today, the metro board is set to vote on plans to cut back Service Hours every day of the week. The proposed cuts would end service at 11 30 on week nights, 1 00 a. M. Fridays and saturdays and 11 00 p. M. Sundays. And the system would also open an hour later on sundays with trains starting after 8 00 a. M. The changes would start in the summer. Be sure to follow adam tuss on twitter, hell be tweeting out the results of the vote. Something well be keeping our eyes on. Aaa releasedit they say we could be in for a recordbreaker. Aaa predicts 43 of the more than six million People Living in the d. C. Area will be traveling. Thats about four out of every ten residents. The majority of them will be driving to their destinations. Overall, travel is expected to increase by 2. 2 this year. Now one week after they opened their doors, its another first for mgm national harbor. It will open or i should say it will welcome the first musical guests, boys ii men. The sold out show is happening tonight at the resort and casinos 3,000seat theater. The tickets are sold out through the mgm website. Other big acts will follow this month, including bruno mars. President elect donald trump again questioning hacking allegations made against russia. He was back on twitter this morning, why he thinks the charges of hacking are just coming forward. And closing arguments this morning in the trial of Church Shooter dylann roof. Its been an emotional trial and coulcome to a quick end tod da stronger is blasting without risking her bones. Stronger is less pain, new hope, more fight. Its doing everything in your power, and everything in ours. Because we dont just want kids to grow up. We want them to grow up stronger. They will. Make a gift today at childrensnational. Org givenow were getting new details in last months School Bus Crash in chattanooga, tennessee, that killed six children. Police estimate the driver, 24yearold jonthany walker going about 25 Miles Per Hour over the speed limit. Police reviewed the information in Walkers Court hearing that happened this morning. They say he was using his cell phone, but didnt specify at what point. Walker has been charged with five counts of vehicular homicide. A sixth charge is expected to be added. A verdict could come today for the man accused of killing nine people inside a church last year. But his time in court isnt close to over yet. Nbcs Sarah Rosario is following dylann roofs trial in charleston, south carolina. Were expecting a verdict at some point this afternoon after closing arguments the jury will begin deliberations sometime around noon, which is where theyll have to decide if dylann roof deserves the death penalty. The 22yearold has admitted to the shootings, he is charged in the killings of nine people who welcomed him into their Prayer Service at mother emanuel a. M. E. Last june. His confession is part of the reason why were expecting things to happen fairly quickly are 33 counts to go through, which is why this could take some time. It has been an emotional trial so far to say the least. Especially tough for victims families. Yesterday, prosecutors released chilling 911 calls from the survivor, dylann roof spared, 72yearold polly shep prd. She said he told her im going to let you live so you can tell the story. Roof roo is seen laughing in confession videos. But in court hes been quiet and emotionless. Investigators say he planned the attack and staked out the church before the shootings. Regardless of what happens today with the jury and if they decide on the death penalty, dylann roof will have to go through this whole process all over again with the state trial that is set to begin early next month. Reporting in charleston, Sarah Rosario, nbc news. And new today, russian president Vladimir Putin is in japan. Hes meeting with Prime Minister it marks his First Official visit to a g7 country. Sis russia innovated crimea. U. S. President ial election. Trump tweeting quote, if russia or some other entity was hacking, why did the white house wait so long to act . Why did they only complain after hillary lost . News4s tracie potts has the latest on that. Intelligence sources tell nbc theres evidence, including from spies of u. S. Allies,hat russian president Vladimir Putin was personally involved in directing the use of hacked material. He has had a vendetta against hillary clinton, that has been known for a long time. He wants to discredit american democracy and make us weaker. U. S. Authorities disagree whether russian hacking was aimed at getting donald trump elected. Leaders in both parties of ces especially now, with exxonmobil Ceo Rex Tillerson nominated as secretary of state. Tillerson has had a close business relationship with putin for nearly 15 years. Its very hard to see the ceo of a big oil conglomerate as secretary of state. But well see. He may surprise us all. Separately, theyre also now questions about president elect trumps conflicts of interest. Once he takes office, as president , government rules prevent him from owning the hotel he just opened blocks from the white house. In a building leased from the federal government. Every one of those dollars that hits the hotel come january 20th will be in violation of the United States constitution. Mr. Trump postponed a News Conference until january explaining how he plans to separate himself from his busine. The Government Agency that leased that location to the Trump Organization says theyre not taking a position now, because until p until hes explained how hell separate himself from his business, theres really no violation of regulations at this point. At this time. Today the president elect is in pennsylvania on his thank you tour. Tracie potts, nbc news, washington. Meanwhile, a group of millennials are calling for a delay on mondays vote by the electoral college. Thats when electors will actually choose the president. Last night the protesters marched to the u. S. Capitol. They want a full investigation of russias involvement in the president ial election. Virginia congressman don booir is calling for a delay in mondays vote. A couple of speed cameras to watch out when youre driving around town. News4s Kristen Wright shows us where you could get a ticket in the southeast. Consider yourself warned starting today if youre caught speeding past this new speed camera in southeast d. C. , youll probably get a fat ticket. D. C. Police have been giving out warnings for the past 30 here on alabama avenue. And at another new speed camera on hillcrest drive in southeast. Well that warning period is over today. Of course you wont get pulled over, it is automated speed enforcement. Youll just get the ticket in the mail. Now police do tell us that speeding and Pedestrian Safety are problems at these two new camera locations. These are 25mileperhour zones. Fines start at 50. In southeast d. C. , Kristen Wright, news4. Thanks, kristen. Working for you today is your last chance to sign up for the Affordable Care act and get coverage january 1st. So far, four Million People have signed up on federal exchange for health care. Uncertainty surrounds the Affordable Care act since republicans vow to repeal it soon after Congress Returns in january. The countrys annual Health Rankings are out this morning and more people are insured than ever before. For the First Time Ever uninsured rate fell 35 . Now the study also ranks the Healthiest States in the country. And our area did pretty well. Maryland came in as the 18th Healthiest State. Virginia was right after that at number 19. Not such good news for west virginia, it came in 43. Hawaii was the Healthiest State in the country for the fifth straight year, d. C. Was not ranked as a state. Now testing the claims of mattress makers. A look at the features that can really make a difference in how well you sleep. And more on todays weather alert. Just take a look at the flag outside union station, flapping in the wind. Chuck is back after the break with how cold that wind is really going to make it feel the next 24, 36 hou rs look out. Look out a portland, Oregon School bus lost control on a snowcovered hill yesterday. The woman who recorded that video says she saw another school bus also lose control. But it was able to avoid cars. This one clearly was not able to do that. They werent so lucky. She said there were no chains or snow tires on the buses. Thankfully, no injuries have been reported. Well this is a timelapse video now, lets look at this, of a winter storm that rolled into buffalo, new york yesterday afternoon. You then whiteout conditions quickly enveloped the city. And to make matters wse, temperatures are not supposed to climb out of the teens today in buffalo. Its hard to believe that we arent even officially in winter yet. The official winter starts this wednesday, though. Right, chuck . But were in the middle of meteorological winter. I stand by my claim that december is a winter month. I think we all think it ought to be. The winter solstice, the shortest day of the year is coming up next week. Thats when people assume the beginning of winter. Thats how astronomers measure it, meteorologist, four seasons, 12 months, three months to a season, december, i swear, you dont think december is a winter month, go outside. Dont forget to put your bathing suit on. Its not winter yet, youll be fine. Out there, dangerously cold weather for us for the remainder of the afternoon. Temperatures have fallenck into the 20s. Winds gusting well over 40 Miles Per Hour. At times, have wind chills close down to close to 10. The most dangerous time actually lifethreatening levels of cold will come this evening into the overnight hours tonight. Best to stay indoors as wind chills will be driven well below zero for most of the area. From about sundown tonight until sunrise tomorrow. Tomorrow, during the day, the wind most important of all will lay down, and as a result without the driving cold wind out there will be a bundleup factor. Temperatures will stay below freezing. Without a 40mileperhour wind it wont be as bad. Theres a blast of cold air in buffalo, look at the streamers of snowshowers coming off the lakes. For us, were just under a mostly clear sky. A couple of fairweather clouds racing by parts of northern maryland. The wind advisory for winds could exceed 40 to 50 Miles Per Hour. That goes into 6 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning and the light blue shading out here is chill advisory for temperatures, wind chills that could be 10 to 20 below zero. It wont be that cold around the city, but it sure will be dangerously cold. These are the winds gusting to near 40 Miles Per Hour across the area. Future weather starting early tomorrow. To be clear, it will be not much of a wind. By 7 00 tomorrow night. Skies will be mostly cloudy, the wind will have come back around to the south. Then we watch for a chance for snow. 11 00 tomorrow night. It doesnt look like a big presentation here on our forecast model. But any time you have moisture running over the top of the cold air, that could lead to a little sleet snow freezing rain combination. Most dangerous time to watch for Winter Weather will be around sunrise on saturday morning. Could see a period of sleet, snow or freezing rain. Im losing confidence that well be able to get a full inch at national airport. But wintry weather and slipperiness is certainly the way the weekend will start. It will end with rain. More about next weeks cold coming up. The Holiday Season can get stressful and we all just want a especially on this, this show and early all early risers. Weve all been there, the person that youre sleeping next to is just moving around and twisting and turning and keeping you awake. What about the Mattress Companies that claim you wont feel your partner move . Nbcs jeff rossen puts them and other bedroom products to the test. Just in time for the holidays, temperpaidic making bold new promises, undisturbed lifechanging sleep. 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Lindsay, in the commercial they have a second person jumping on and this is my producer, lindsay. Go for it, lindsay, jump. Its not moving. This is nuts, it works. And the perfect night of sleep wont come cheap. Mattresses cost thousands of dollars. So you want to protect it. This mattress