The budget still needs to be approved by the county. If you have a student at the university of maryland a 5 hike in tuition may become a reality next year. Hoe gap says the hikes are needed to make ends meet. A hiring freeze will continue there and it seems layoffs may be likely. Key initiatives could also be scaled back. Its 20 degrees right now out side and thats not even the coldest spot in our region. Its bitterly cold out there. And then the windchill kicks in 00. Lets get a look at your weather headlines. The good news is that the wind has died down. Just a gentle breeze at most. Martinsburg is only 10 degrees. Winchester at 14 front royal at 12. Closer to washington dulles down to 11. Much of Montgomery County just in the upper teens and low to mid teens in southern part of the county as well as the Prince Georges County and right eastern fairfax, alexandria but northern montgomery down to just near 10 as is much of loudoun, fauquier down to warrington and culpepper. Its only around 10 degrees and its not much warmer right by the bay. Upper teens right now. Clear sky over the metro area now. We will stay frigid through the morning. Should be in the upper 30s and then hitting the low forward by midafternoon. On so so a nice warming. A look at your bus stop forecast is coming up at 4 41. Whats going on, melissa . Looking quite good. 270 at shady grove road no issues. 95 in maryland in and out of town were looking quite good. Bw parkway in and out of town no major problems. Did have an earlier crash outer loop approaching kenilworth but thats cleared out of the way. So no longer an issue. Prince georges county branch avenue pennsylvania avenue indian head highway, everything here moving along nicely. No construction to speak of there. And again, a live look at 95 at cherry hill road flowing just fine. One problem in our area here 395 northbound that offramp to glebe road is blocked because of an earlier crash. You may want to avoid part of the connecticut avenue just north of the zoo. Ddot is conducting bridge and tunnel inspections. One lane on each side of the road will be shut down. A woman hit by a car on the bw parkway this past weekend is talking from her hospital bed about a 911 call that has a lot of people union set. Jewel pierce and her fiance rick warrick were changing a flat tire when they were hit by a car. Warrick was killed. His teenage daughter was in the back seat and called the 11 for help. The dispatcher told the teen to so that whining so he could get her location. Pearce said the dispatchers comments matt the situation worse and she was upset that no good samaritaned to help. I just know that cars just kept going and nobody stopped and they were waving trying to get people to stop and nobody pearce is still in a lot of pain. She said she isnt have insurance, but a gifford page has been established for her benefit. We checked and so far its raised more than 3,000. Police are still looking for the hit and run driver. Today marks one year since Ruthanne Lodato was killed in her home. The suspect knocked on the door and shot her and another woman when she of they answered. Charles severance has been charged with the murders. Severance is currently receiving a mental evaluation to see whether hes competent to stand trial. Jayson werth will spend his final weekend in jail on a reckless driving charge. He will report to the Fairfax County jail today to serve his final three days of a five day sentence. Last july he was stopped going 105 on the beltway. Werth is being allowed to serve jail time on the weekends so he can continue rehabilitation in shoulder surgery. Today an army veteran wakes up in jail accused of threatening to kill a u. S. Senate staff member. Court documents show he sent his wife several violent Text Messages saying he would bring guns to the u. S. Capitol where she works and he would kill her and minute who got this the way. He was arrested at his home in Prince Georges County. They also seiz ammunition. Today president obama is taking his proposal to make two years of college free for everyone. The president will speak at sifivy Tech Community college. He will touch on his ideas for free tuition, appressure pressureprenticeship programs and funding early child education. He will also explain his middle class economic plan that he laid out in the state of the union spee. Today would have been the 103rd birthday of former president ronald reagan. A wreath will be laid at his statue at the airport at 10 00 a. M. The video serving as a safety reminder to keep your eye on your Remote Control vehicle starters. Millions of virginians being warned to protect your identity. Why you may have china hacker torss to blame. And you dont want to go outside w turn around every now and then i get a little bit hungry and theres nothing really good around turn around every now and then i get a little bit tired of living off the taste of the air turn around, barry finally, i have a manly chocolatey snack and fiber so my wife wont give me any more flack i finally found the right snack today were waiting to learn about the latest job numbers for january. Its a key indicator on the state of our economy. Financial experts say the cold weather and plunging oil prices are not helping the nations financial recovery. 9 Unemployment Rate is expected to hold steady at just over 5 . Pope francis will make an unpresscedented address to congress. Hes scheduled to be in d. C. This accepts. John boehner confirmed the pope formally accepted an invitation the speaker extended last year. Tell be the first spoken difference to address congress. Hes also expected to visit president obama at the white house before making stops in new york and philadelphia. Is this a good reminder to keep an eye on your car if you have a remote starter. A man in texas started his truck to warm it up but ten minutes later, the truck caught fire and spread right to the house. The truck and house were both destroyed. I would have no idea that those Remote Control things could even have the poelt of causing that much damage. I think any sort of combustion going on, something is happening with your car, there could be something near like under the car. Just got to be careful. Good reminder. Coming up on 4 41. Here is a live look outside for you this morning. Cloudy skies . Hard to tell. Weather and traffic on the 1s with tom kierein. One thing for sure its cold. Your eyes are probably all cloudy because theyre watering up because its so cold. Actually its a clear sky. Wear something red today, this is heart health day. But definitely layer up have your sunglasses 00. Well have the bright sun through the morning and into the afternoon hours. Increasing clouds. At the bus stop, frigid in the teens. Warming quickly climbing into the 20s with bright sunshine. A look at a warmer weekend on the way. Thats next weather and traffic on the 1s at 4 51. Brand new crash 15 southbound at sudley road. A crash that is blocking a lane. Well tweet that out. 395 northbound, the offramp to glebe road that is still blocked from an earlier crash. Police on the scene. 66 and 95, no problems there. And then 270 at old hundred road everything flowing quite nicely. Live picture of 66 coming up. New information on the hacking that targeted anthem insurance patient information. How the feds may have traced it back to china. Plus how the breach could impact how you file your taxes. President obama made it his mission to two wars and now under pressure from congress, that could welcome back. New this morning, president obama is taking his fight against isis to congress. Next week the president is expected to ask for authorization to fight the terrorist group in iraq and syria. This could be a big hit to the president who made it his mission to end two wars. Tracie potts is live on capitol hill now with more on the mounts pressure for the president to do something. Reporter no question about that especially from jordan. The latest action there, 21 u. S. Planes accompanied jordanian fighter jets into syria, they were bombing weapons locations for isis after the brutal killing of that jordanian pilot. But they want more from the united states. Now, there is an effort here on capitol hill to speed up military equipment getting to jordan but that authorization for use of military force, so president obama can expand the Campaign People here on capitol hill say those who are working for lawmaker ares here say theyre expect to go get that from the white house next week. Now, as john bay per put it it could be a heavy lift trying to get that done. Because democrats want specifics. How long is is this going to last what type of conflict is it going to be, what areas are they going to target. Right now there is no request for boots on the ground although some republicans here say that is enevidentable and the president needs to prepare the country for that. Hes also being pushed about to a military conflict with ukraine. Secretary of state john kerry says that ukraine has asked for weapon and the president is considering it. Tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. Tracie thank you. Japan says it will not provide military troops or equipment to fight isis. Theyre pledging nonmilitary support. Yesterday at the united nations, japan said the beheading of two japanese hostage was outrageous and inhumane. The fbi is trying to figure out whether four american men were trying to get to syria to join isis. One of those men has been charged with lying to the fbi. The men traveled from minneapolis to j. P. Kfk. Court documents say one of the men had lengthy conversations on social media with another man who did travel to syria. Right now investigators say chinese hackers may be responsible for the data breach of anthem insurance. More than 3 million virginians are being told now to take major steps to protect their identities. Social s numbers, addresses and Employment Information were stolen. More than 80 million nationwide may be impacted. Sxernlt for more next steps, search anthem on our nbcwashington. Com website. A hearing on the lawsuit filed on Adrian Peterson said to start later this morning. This is after an appeals judge upheld petersons suspension. Back in november, peterson pleaded no contest to assault for hurgt his 4yearold son with a switch. The family of a man shot by police in Fairfax County heads back to court. The family wants police to hand over all the internal affairs records connected to that officer. John gear was standing inside his front door unarmed and with his hands in sight when an officer filed one shot that killed him. Last year the Justice Department had to go to court to obtain documents from Fairfax County police this gearsin gears death. The chief says handing over the documents would corrupt a federal investigation. You asked me should you be concerned in going down in the tunnel and using a radio. Im going to tell you this. Youll do better using your cell phone. That is kenneth lyons, the head of the union that represents d. C. Fire and ems workers. He said at a Council Hearing yesterday that emergency time hearing their radios in metro tunnels. The hearing was focused on the radio issues connected to last months smoke underneath Lenfant Plaza which left one woman dead and 80 others hurt. Police say a woman is on life support today after ignoring their requests of Fairfax County deputy. The this happened at the Fairfax County adult detention center. The 37yearold woman was scheduled to be transferred to alexandria where she was facing Assault Charges against Law Enforcement in alexandria city. But she resisted the deputys instructions. They used a taser to control her. She was taken to the hospital after suffering a significant medical emergency. Shes now in pretty cal condition. 11 before the hour. And were learning more about a fight at a high school in frederick county. Chopper 4 flew over Tuscarawas High School yesterday afternoon. Police say a 16yearold student attacked a teacher in a classroom. No word yesterday on what led to the incident. The teacher had minor injuries. The student is now in detention. The Alexandria School board has adopted a budget of more than 305 million, among the priorities tackling enrollment growth. And do that the School System wants to either make upgrades to Patrick Henry elementary or demolish the school and build a new one. The school sent a tweet saying the out of date buildings were creating a strain on their budget needs. City council will have the final say on what happens to that old building. This morning were learning more about the resignation agreement for superintendent joshua starr. Starr will receive about 100,000 in unpaid salary through june hes also being allowed to tip driving a county issued car through next month and can stay on the Schools Health plan through the end of the year. Starr will stop working on february 16 his resignation was announced on tuesday after several reports that he was not seeing eye to eye with the school board. Today you will see some new treasures if youre visiting the National Gallery of art in the district. It is acquiring a treasure trove of art from the now defunct corcoran gallery. Corcoran closed last year fp. It has an estimate 2 billion worth of art. So worth going to see some of the new pieces. National gallery is just gorgeous. Its an experience. Well, we want to get to know you and have you get to know us. Getting for know you going to sing . Ill join in. Every week every day next week 10 00 a. M. You can chat on facebook with a member of the news 4 today team. It all starts with angie goff on monday. Tom on tuesday aaron wednesday, im doing the chat on thursday and melissa will round us out on friday. So each day next week, 10 00, cha with chat with us, well be there hanging out. Dont worry, well remind you about this next week, too p. And well talk about whatever you want to talk about. Wide open. Your singing capabilities. My old theater days is up for no its not. Now we have to focus on the weather. It is so cold out there. Youre right, its bringing tears to my eyes. It makes my eyes water, too. And my furnace was on the fritz last might. I night. I woke up my house 56 degrees. You should talk to the land lord. I was layering up in bed. Definitely immediate to respect the cold as you head out the door. At least the wind has diminished. But its only 10 degrees now in Gaithersburg Leesburg down to just 10. Much of Northern Virginia thousand just in the low teens right now. Metro area nearby suburbs, low to mid teens. Upper teens around the chesapeake bay. All good to driving today. Morning midday and afternoon, well have dry pavement and a lighter wind and some sunshine. Well have temperatures just in the teens. Youll need those heated seats if you have them. And wear your gloves, as well p. Even while driving. The searing wheel is really cold. As we get into the afternoon hour, well get above freezing. We should be in the low 40s by mid afternoon for the afternoon commute. Just a few clouds coming through. Then hour by hour tonight, it will not be as cold well stay above freezing all the way until midnight then maybe get done to the mid to upper 20s starting off early on saturday morning. Now, feast your eyes on the weekend when youre out and about, you can check it out. Storm team 4 weather app download it on google play and the itunes store. Look at this gorgeous sky from yesterday morning. This sunrise posted by darlene. Post your pics on twitter and facebook. I share on instragram. Feast your eyes on saturday, up near 50 degrees tomorrow afternoon with lots of sunshine. And even milder on sunday now. Looks like no chance of rain sunday. Sunday now looking like a beautiful springlike day with temperatures in the mid maybe upper 50s on sunday afternoon. And it looks like it will stay mild into monday as well, and a smaller chance of any rain now looks like on monday with highs again low to mid50s. Looks like no snow either. As we get into tuesday, wednesday, thursday a bit cooler with highs in the 40s but remaining dry and partly cloudy. It is cold out there, melissa. It is brutal when you have to run like 50 feet in to the station and do the channel 4 shuffle. Weve all done it. You know it is chilly out there. Beltway at river road no problems there. Taking a look at 66 into town and out of up to were completely fine as well. 95 in virginia at lorton road, that also is looking quite good. Beltway at good luck, no issues there either. Inner loop and outer loop everything moving quite nicely. Do have 395 north bound, the offramp here to glebe road, that is still blocked because of that crash. Glebe of course heres a question for you. Have you ever passed a road and kind of wondered what is that name all about . What is the significance of that name . Who was that person or thing it was named for . What do they mean to the Washington Area . Worry and wonder no more, were starting a new series called meet your street. My first story airs tonight at 6 00. So id love to come meet your street. Weve talked about some of these roads in the newsroom. People go what in the heck. You know, lastly youve been talking about old hundred road a lot, so we have to get behind that. Im on it. Looking forward to it. I learn some interesting stuff about a lot of roads. Someone told me once that any road around here that ends with mill actually had a mill somewhere on that road at some point in time. Probably. Well talk about that next week actually. 4 55. Its being called the sexiest Apartment Building in the world and now hotel guests are bringing the fictional 50 shades series to life. A little girl scout is shot trying to sell cooki strangers are stepping up to help a girl scout reach her cookie sales goal. The 9yearold from then was shot in the leg this week while walking to her girl scout meeting. Shes expected to be okay but she cant go door to door and sell cookies, but and online cookie drive was launched. The money raised will send her and her troop on a trip once shes better. The Washington County board of commissioners wants to change the penalty for stores and cashiers that sell tobacco to underage kids to a civil fine rather than a criminal charge. Fines would be steep, however. 300 for a first offense and 1,000 for every offense after that. The goal would be to punish the store, not the cashier. Its been labeled an epidemic in maryland. Now the white house is proposing a big increase in funding to battle heroin and opium addiction. It includes helps to buy a drug to help people breathe during an overdose. Last week Anne Arundel County announced one person a week is dieing from heroin in that county. Were working for you in Fairfax County. A newuew wegmans will open on june 14th at 7 00. The store is looking to fill 300 parttime positions. It will be the companys 7th store in virginia. Stay with us. News 4 today continues right now at 5 0 right now on news 4 today, new concern for the condition of a teen shot outside frederick high school. Plus it is the coldest morning in a month. Take a look at your screen. Temperatures just in the teens in most places. 20 degrees outside of our studios. But for the weekend, tom is talking about a return to springlike temperatures. 5 00 a. M. Good morning, im aaron gilchrist. And im eun yang. Welcome to news 4 today for this friday, february 6, 2015. Lets talk about tom because we need to hear what he has to say about the crazy cold weather. It is the morning since early january. Were down to just near 10 degrees. Reagan National Done down to 19. Ft. Belvoir down to 11. Dulles leesburg all down to just 10. Gaithersburg as well only at 10. Rockvi
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