With us and chuck bell. We are in full weather alert mode for thursday, friday and on into the weekend as well. Dangerously low windchills down near zero for most of the day tomorrow. And before the cold air gets out saturday afternoon, we could have sleet, snow or ice early saturday morning. Just know the weekend will start off on a slippery note. Right now temperatures are mostly in the mid to upper 30s around the area. 40 at national airport. As youre planning out the day hour by hour, nothing to complain about today. Seasonably chilly with temperatures in the low to mid40s. Well have the flurries tonight as the arctic air rushes in. Well talk about that and help you plan out the weekend coming up. Sounds like a plan to me. Taking a look at 66 east of 28 here melissa, well get back to you in a minute. We want to check in more on the cold weather because its going to be really cold out there as chuck mentioned. And there are some ways you can get ready for this weather. Kristin wright is live in Dupont Circle with some tips for this cold weather blast headed ou what you got, kristin . Reporter hey, good morning. When i found out i was going to be standing out here in the cold, i proceeded straight to my dresser, i got my knee socks on and found this hat. I dug it out, its now my favorite hat. But im going to need this stuff and you will too. Even more tomorrow when chuck is talking a singledigit windchill and possibly snow. We thought today would be a really good time to share with you some good tips on how to deal with all this cold weather in case you forgot. Wear layers. The red cross says to wear layers of light clothing. I suppose you can put on more as im doing. Also, the threefeet rule, it is such an important safety tip with space heaters. So if youll be using a space heater, keep it 3 feet away from anything. Also, dont forget to turn it off before you fall never use your stove or oven to heat your home. Sometimes when waiting for the heat to kick in, dont do it. Also, take measures to protect your pipes from freezing. Because we know that can be a big mess if that happens. So temperatures here in dedew Dupont Circle, we are at 37. Expect that to dip tomorrow in the warm studio. Poor kristin. Wow, the roads are the other part of the story. Today its a different story because it is not as wet. We are not dealing with the rain. What do you think, melissa . Now it is my turn. I jumped the gun, i was so excited about the traffic. I66 east of route 28, we are just fine. If we get moisture on the roads, it gets really cold. Totally different story. Enjoy it while it lasts. 95 northbound and southbound there in virginia, no problems. Again, 95 north in maryland, as you have been telling us, after the fatal accident on 200, things have reopened this morning. And the beltway inner loop and outer loop, no major problems. Well see you back in ten minutes. Thank you, melissa. We are following breaking news with chopper 4 first to bring you images of the deadly crash on 95. A teenager was killed and several others hurt. This happened around 9 00 last night in laurel near the icc. News4s justin finch is live near the crash site in laurel with more on how this happened. Justin, good morning. Reporter good morning. Thats right, that 13yearold has died from his injuries. And police are telling us the woman who was driving the van that he was in is also facing lifethreatening injuries. Well take you to the chopper 4 video from last night. This is the scene here on i95 northbound near route 200. They have seen it clearing just about an hour ago. This was shut down as Maryland State Police are looking into this fourvehicle crash. Black honda suv was disabled on the roadway as a dark blue Dodge Caravan was approaching. The dodge appears to have been struck from behind by a tractortrailer. The honda driver and passenger were taken to the hospital and should recover. A volkswagen was also hit, too. The driver was not hurt, but the driver, a woman from baltimore, was rushed to the hospital with injuries. The 13yearold riding with her was airlifted to Childrens Hospital where he died. Back out live, we do know that the roadway is reopened. This crash remains under investigation as well. And we also know that at this point it does not appear any impairment is at the root of the cause of this crash. Angie and eun, back to you. Justin, thank you. And this morning a woman is in custody after stealing a d. D. C. Housing authority cruiser and leading police on a chase. And she did this all while still handcuffed. This started just after 5 00 p. M. In the cruiser after police say she was trespassing at a housing complex on 11th street northwest. She climbed through a small partition win dodow and took ofn the ford explorer. She sideswiped ten cars during the ninemile pursuit. Police were able to stop the cruiser on the 395 ramp to king street. Actor and talk show host alan thicke has died at the age of 69 from a heart attack. He had recently appeared as himself on the First Episode of nbcs this is us. And he was also making cameos in the series fuller house. Jason seaver, he was the tv dad for the 1980s show growing pains. He had three songs including singer robin thicke. Well have reaction from celebrities and people who worked with him coming up later in the show. A lot of people are stunned, only 69. So healthy and vibrant. Still active. Talented songwriter. People are definitely going to miss him. And chopper 4 flew over the scene of another crash that happened last night around 9 00. You can see crews working to get a truck right side up in the northbound lanes of 270 at the spur. No one was seriously hurt here, but it did cause a big traffic headache. And 5 06. Montgomery county police are asking for the publics help to find this missing woman from wheaton. They say isaura ovalle was last seen leaving her home last friday night. She was not reported missing until yesterday. She does need medicine and she does not have it with her. If you see her, please call police. And we know that a man is in Critical Condition now after he was shot in Prince Georges County. Police say they found a man with gunshot wounds to his upper body along suitland road at 8 45 last night. No word yet on a suspect. And right now workers at Reagan National airport are going to walk off the job at 6 00. Workers are demanding a minimum wage of 15 an hour. At 8 00 a. M. , they will hold a rally with several elected officials. At 9 00 they will take their case to the metro authoritys board meeting. They do not expect the airport to be affected. And a summit comes after trumps latest stop on his thank you tour in wisconsin where he defended his pick for secretary of state. You know, rex is friendly with many of the leaders in the world that we dont get along with, and some people dont like that. They dont want him to be friendly. Thats why im doing the deal with rex. Because i like what this is all about. Trump also praised wisconsin native and House Speaker paul ryan at the rally boos from the crowd. Well tell you who donald trump will tell you about water and energy resources. Arlington county is approving a measure to prevent your car from getting towed. The board voted 50 to change the towing ordinance. Trucks are stationed after parking in a business lot and they wait to tow people. The new law will force tow drivers to get authorization from the businesses that actually own the parking lots. And starting on monday, it will be easier to get into the Smithsonian Museum of africanamerican history and culture. Right now the passes have only been available through online reservations made weeks or months in advance. The admission is free, but you need a pass to get in. The Museum Opened back in september. And tickets have been sold out for months. By the way, if you stop by the willett tickets and it is beautiful. And coming up, how cars will soon be able to communicate with each other. And how that could prevent crashes. I want to hear this. And seeing clearly, a new surgery could eliminate the need for reading glasses. And now its available in the district. And bundle up before the arctic blast. What you need to know about the cold front that is coming our way. Your time subena 5 10. Po welcome back. We need to get really serious about this cold weather. Is that the serious face . Thats a serious face. Youre all business this morning. Absolutely right. Temperatures arent so bad this morning. Typically chilly. We are mostly in the 30s to around 40 degrees. Its not going to be today thats the problem, but the problem arrives tonight. With maybe a little burst of snow flurries around 8 00, 9 00, 10 00 tonight. Today, nothing to worry about. A fair amount of sunshine. Temperatures in the low to mid40s. The outdoor planner,ypically cold for the morning run or evening walk. No problem as long as youre done walking by 9 00 or 10 00. Tomorrow, dangerously low windchills and we may start out with a period of freezing rain. Theres your first peek at the outlook. The wintry mix from midnight to 9 00 or 10 00 before everything changes over to plain old rain. It will be near 60 degrees with rain on your sunday. The whole fiveday forecast is we are looking at the beltway right now, looking just fine this morning. No big complaint and no road work to talk about. 270 south from 70 to the spur, if youre going 68 miles per hour, it will take you 26 minutes. No major problem there is. Northbound on 270 after the split, we have a little bit of a delay. I. C. C. At 95, no problems. We had the i. C. C. Shut down overnight, that accident cleared out of the way about an hour ago. The bottom of the beltway in and out of town is rolling along just fine. See you back here in a few. Metro is facing a 50 million lawsuit from an injured d. C. Attorney. According to our News Partners at wtop, kevin laveccio was at the bottom of the escalator when a beam fell down and hit him in the head. He hasnt been able to go back to work since it happened. And he blames the accident on metros negligence. The lawsuit will recover expenses and make up for lost income. Metro will not comment on ongoing litigation. 5 14 and Prince Georges County will be searching for a new chair for its liquor control board. Yesterday Charles Caldwell announced hell resign from the post. Last week caldwell was arrested for drunk driving after getting into an accident after leaving the mgm national harbor. Our news reports say the vice chairman will serve in the interim. And 5 15 now and developing this morning, police in california are trying to figure out the circumstances around the death of Corepower Yoga founder trevor tice. His body was found in a multimilliondollar mansion on saturday. His death is suspicious. He had several yoga places in d. C. , virginia and maryland. Flags are at halfstaff in connecticut right now. And today people in the town of newtown fouryear anniversary of those lives lost at sandy hook. In total 26 people were killed inside Sandy Hook Elementary School back in 2012. And 20 of the victims were young children. And it is now 5 15. Your top story now, a 13yearold has died after a crash on 95. The Maryland State Police say a tractortrailer rearended the car as he was riding near the i. C. C. In laurel last night. The driver and two people in another car were also hurt. Northbound lanes of 95 have now reopened. And also this morning, actor alan thicke has died. Reports say he died after having a heart attack while playing hockey with his teenager son. Thicke was 69 years old. Erika gonzalez is here in studio now with reaction about his death. Good morning. After that sudden loss of everybodys tv dad, dr. Seaver, sharing their thoughts on social media. I want to show you a couple of the ones so heartfelt. He has two sons, and this is from carter, his son, and well look at another one in a second. But ive never known a more kind, loving, caring, generous person in my life. Im forever grateful for the life that is this man. Let me show you this other one from robin thicke, you may be more familiar with this pop star, my father passed away today. I love you, alan thicke. Thank you for your love. Love your grateful son. And mario lopez pulling up one of his old tweets, pleasure to have known you, sir. Rest in peace, alan thicke. Alan thicke was 69 years old and survived by his wife and two children. Back to you. Thank you, erika. Presbyopia is a medical term for over 40 eyes. If you readily need reading glasses, you may understand what one of the first to correct the vision problem. The woman says she couldnt wear contacts because of dry eyes, so this was a solution for her. I was very dry eyes. I use restasis every day. So for me contact lenses are not an option. We have the story on our nbc washington app where you can hear from ophthalmologists who performed her surgery. I can see close, i have more trouble seeing far away. Im not ready for lasik, though. And looking at the screens i know. That and tech neck, all kinds of problems. Whats the worst gift you have ever gotten . Will you tell . The Consumer Report is out with a list of what you should not give this holiday season. Ive been asking you on facebook some of them are pretty funny. One woman said she received a personalized bottle of wine, but get this, from someone elses wedding. Awkward. That is awkward. Someone mentioned fruitcake. If it is not chocolate, yeah. Another person received four hair dryers because the family forgot to talk to each other. So they had backups. Were going to unveil the Consumer Report list on what not to get. Thats a yoga mat. Fitness equipment is a nono. But i like my yoga mat. Yeah, if you use it. You have to make sure they do yoga. By the way, we have a twitter poll going on. I posted one, we would like for you to take part. Absolutely. Somebody gave me a carebear onesie once. Oh, angie. Off the list. Technically, it was not at christmas time, so it wasnt the worst gift ever. I got a turtleneck from my mom. And i always joke, mom, d get me the holly turtleneck again. It was sweet holly all over. Yeah. For the holidays, festive christmas sweater. Where am i going to wear it . To work. Well, no matter how much you didnt like it, if it will keep you warm, dig it back out and put it back on. Because cold weather is going to be zipping back into our area and into our lives the next couple of days. Right now it is so cold out there, 30 in dulles airport. 30 in falls church right now. Hourly temperatures should climb into the low to mid40s for some. And plenty of sunshine here through the remainder of the Morning Hours. Clouds will thicken up later on this afternoon. Heres future weather to help you plan out the day. Sunny and nice here through lunchtime. Then early afternoon, clouds will start to increase a bit. Heres future weather at 4 00 this afternoon, skies going from partly to mostly cloudy. Obviously, the sun goes down before 5 00. Heres a little interesting feature you want to watch out for this just to get your Christmas Spirit up a little bit, it could be a little bit of snow flurries as the arctic air arrives here 11 00 midnight tonight. We wont have anything but sunshine and wind and cold to be dealing with for tomorrow. So the future feels like this, by 10 00 tonight, down below freezing. But by this time tomorrow morning, windchills in the single numbers above and the single numbers below zero. Real cold tomorrow morning, tomorrow afternoon. Chills staying down close to zero for most of the day. Subfreezing high temperatures for thursday and friday. And what is looking more and more likely, i think its about a 70 chance we get our first inch of snow here in washington on saturday morning. It will all just change over to just a nasty old rain for saturday afternoon and sunday will be rainy as well. But it will be rainy and mild with highs near 58 degrees. Back to you. Thank you, chuck. Cars talking to cars, this sounds like something out of the jetsons but soon it could be reality. How our vehicles could communicate with each other is just ahead. Plus, we can all use this. An app that can save you hundreds of dollars on groceries. At 5 30, hear from the virginia dad who created this. Here are live looks at the roads in virginia. The department of transportation proposed a new rule to allow passenger cars and trucks talk to each other. Its called vehicle to vehicle technology. And it allows cars to transmit locations, speeds and direction every ten seconds to vehicles around them. Once a final rule issish sh iss. The d. O. T. Is call f that technology within two years. Very cool. If you can prevent accidents, im all for it. If you were waiting to watch the finale of the voice, step away a minute. Sorry this is what we have for you. Who won . Sundance head you can see there, america voted, and team blake, sundance head. He was crowned the voice during last nights live finale. It came down to him and billy gilman. He comes from a musical family. His father was in a band. He says hes looking forward to starting his own career. I had the opportunity to make music and possibly be able to touch peoples lives for the better, for the greater good through song. Its been important to me the whole time. Well, heads original song darling dont go is topping the the next season of the voice starts in february. I cant wait to see who the judges are. And cutting coupons on your next trip to the Grocery Store. But first, open the door or window. Take a live look outside where we are off to a dry start, but that could change by the time the weekend rolls around. Chuck is back with a closer look your time is 5 30. Here are 4 things to know before you head out the door this morning, a teenager is dead after this chainreaction crash on 95 in laurel. A van crashed into a disabled car on the road. A tractortrailer then crashed into the van. 95 is back open this morning. And in about a half hour, contract workers at both Reagan National and Dulles International airports are preparing to walk off the job. Workers are demanding a minimum wage of 15 an hour. And actor and talk show host alan thicke died yesterday from a heart attack. He was best known for playing the dad on the hit show growing pains. He was 69 years old. And sources tell nbc news president elect donald trump is expected to choose montana congressman ryan zinke as interior secretary. If you think its cold now, kiss the 30s and 40s