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WRC News4 Today January 6, 2018

There. Some places feels like negative degrees. Unbelievable. That girl said it best, right, chuck bell . Cant have enough layers on. Keep on layering. Thats the only advise for today. The wind will not be as much of an issue tomorrow, but the northwest wind, which has been driving the ever colder air into the region, that is still with us here this morning. It will be with us for the remainder of the Daylight Hours this afternoon. Current temperatures, these are the air temperatures, not the wind chills, were all generally above zero, with the lone exception being warrington, virginia. Minus one. Hats off to you, below zero this morning. Most of the suburbs at 10 degrees downtown. Not much of a warmup today. Single numbers between now and 8 00 in the morning. Then a slow rise to the upper teens to maybe as much as 20 degrees. Were in weather alert mode because of the wind chill advisory. Wind chills will be running below zero for most of the morning and only recovering a little later on. The feels likeac more about tomorrow and a little chance for iciness on monday is coming up. Chuck bell on a saturday. Well check in with you then. Were following this developing story out of maryland. Take a look at this. Images from chopper 4 capturing a fire thats raging at a home. You can see the intensity of the flames. Incredible there. Montgomery county fire investigators say someone used a flammable liquid to restart a fire in their fireplace. Well, it quickly spread to the back deck and then the deck of the neighboring homes. Were told in all, five townhouses affected here. Look at this. It was so cold outside that all the equipment froze. Montgomery county fire said it was 9 degrees with a wind chill of negative 5. This caused all together, this fire, 1 million in damage. Left 20 people without a place to call home this morning. Now a story we broke here on news 4. Fired after his school learned that he was a leader in the altright movement. Greg conte was an organizer of the violent rally in charlottesville this summer. Mark segraves spoke with conte about being terminated. Reporter he told me he wasnt surprised the leadership here at holy cross fired him, but he said he was disappointed because he enjoyed his years here as a teacher and a coach. Greg conte had been a substitute teacher here at the academy of the holy cross since august of 2014. He spoke to news 4 by phone. I think they fired me because they were afraid of negative backlash in the media. Reporter according to school officials, there was never any problems with his work or complaints from parents or students. But in october, the school got an anonymous tip, alerting them to a news article identifying the teacher and track coach as a leader in the altright movement, and one of the organizers of the recent protests in charlottesville that turned conte can be seen in this Youtube Video from the charlottesville protest next to richard spencer. Conte is in the blue blazer and sunglasses. Greg conte used an alias for his work in the altright movement and on his social media accounts. Yeah, i want to, you know, do it anonymously because there are huge social costs to being publicly in favor of the altright positions. Reporter in a letter to parents, the head of holy cross wrote, a substitute teacher, greg conte, is a member of the altright movement and has been fired. Theres going to come a time where institutions, whether its schools or employers, just have to say, you know, i dont care. Reporter conte tells me at this point he doesnt plan to contest his firing with legal action. He wants to focus on his work with the altright movement. In kensington, mark segraves, news 4. This next story is one that parents around our area. A former school aide accused of being hiv positive and sexually abusing students, bell pleaded guilty friday to more than 27 counts related to molesting children. Prosecutors also say the former Charles County school aide tried to transmit the virus to some of the victims. Police do not believe any of the boys contracted it. Bell worked at a middle school in waldorf and coached track. Hell face up to 190 years in prison when sentenced in march. Does that include under the prison . Former redskin quarterback mcnabb has been fired from his job at espn after a month long Sexual Harassment investigation. Mcnabb was named in a lawsuit by a makeup artist. It was brought against him and the nfl network and several other players. The woman said mcnabb sent her inappropriate text mcnabb spent one year playing in washington after 11 seasons in philadelphia. I dont know if you saw this, but this is incredible video. Its dashcam video that was released first to news 4. Youre looking at the aftermath right there in those images. Thats the dashcam video. Shows what led up to a man shooting at a deputy and Virginia State trooper as they were chasing him up 95. This happened last week. A Stafford County sheriffs deputy gets on 95. He and a state trooper are chasing the black suv. Investigators believe the driver, gregory lee, shot and killed his wife. A few minutes into the chase, you see the suv stop and the driver angles himself into the left lane and opens fire on the deputy. The deputy is okay but bullets cracked his windshield. The fabric on his headrest, it goes right through. He keeps on going. A few miles up was the suv flipping over. Were showing it to you again. Look at that, right off to the right, hits the guardrail and spins in t m investigators believe the driver had shot himself and thats what led up to him losing control. He later died at the hospital. New this morning, one Lucky Lottery ticketholder in port richie, florida, is off to a great start in 2018. Thats because he matched all six mega million numbers drawn last night. 28, 30, 39, 59, 70 with a gold mega ball number of 10. The jackpot winner is getting 450 million. This is the largest jackpot in Mega Millions history. But there is still a chance for you to win. The jackpot for tonights powerball drawing is worth 570 million. Make sure to grab a ticket if you havent already. I think i have family in port richie, florida. Do you really . I do now. Hey, cousin. Im your long lost cousin. Lets talk about another jackpot. Olympic gold and dreaming of it for a athletes. International glory is coming closer to a reality. Well look at who is heading off to south korea. Were continuing to track low temperatures. Another freezing day ah there she is. Defending tennis champion Serena Williams wont be at the years Australian Open. She gave birth to her first child in september. So child. She was actually pregnant when she won last years Australian Open, if you can believe that. Beast mode, right . The tennis star intended to defend her crown this year but says her fitness isnt at the level she hoped after competing in an exhibition in abu dhabi recently. The Australian Open begins january 15th in melbourne. I absolutely left one jump did at this competition, as solid as i skated, and to get those scores, i am seriously. I think deservedly so. You can hear it from her right there. Ashley wagner not happy. Furious, in her words, with how the judges scored her final skating at the womens championships. She failed to place in the top three, which would have autom automatically secured her a ticket to the Winter Olympics in pyeongchang, south korea, next month. She can still make the team. Brady and champion secured their stop on the team last night. One speeder glided her way to the olympic team and into the history books. 25yearold erin jackson became the first africanamerican woman ever to make a u. S. Olympic long track speed skating team. Look at her go. Wow. She surprised the field by finishing third in the womens 00 trials in milwaukee. The Winter Olympics in pyeongchang, south korea, begins next month. I cant believe its in a month from now. We should point out, what stands out there is long track speed skating. We introduced you to maame biney, the first africanamerican woman to make the u. S. Speed skating team. I watched herd eed her a wee ago in utah. Continuing on. As they were going, somebody, you know, tripped. Thats the thing about speed skating. I give it up to the olympics. Its incredible, what they do. A lot to look forward to. Its a storm team 4 weather alert day. Feeling like it. It is. Were tracking all the cold temperatures so you and all of us can plan our saturdays. While washington, d. C. Freezes over, the feud people President Trump and steve bannon, thats heating up. We have the details on all the name calling and what the tweets administration, also, moving forward. Well be righback. T tone of the most pristine and beautiful parts of the world. But Barbara Comstock just voted to put it up for sale. Why . To pay for tax cuts for billionaires and big corporations. Comstock supported Donald Trumps tax scheme for the wealthy, adding 1. 5 trillion to the debt and leaving us with the bill. Tell Barbara Comstock we wont stand for selling our wild lands good morning. Im storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. Weather alert mode. Check out these winds, still gusting over 20 miles per hour. And with temperatures in the single numbers, wind chills are near 10 below zero here this morning. Ill see you in a second. Ill let you kno much milder well be tomorrow than today. Just know that your saturday is going to be a frigid one. Im melissa with a look at your first 4 traffic. On the red line, trains will be running 8 to 15 minutes because of single tracking between Medical Center and grosvenor. It lasts another month or so. Looking at the orange line, single tracking this weekend between West Falls Church and vienna. Trains every 30 minutes there. On the green line, running every 16. Single tracking between u street and Georgia Avenue pet worth there. Looking at the yellow line, also every 15 minutes, huntington and Mount Vernon Square only this weekend. Blue line trains every 15, as well. Thats to coordinate with Service Changes on the orange line. Have a great weekend. See you monday morning for news 4 today. Now to an nbc news exclus e exclusive. Michael wolff, the author at the center of the storm and in the president s cross hairs. He wrote a book about life its a book that left jaws dropping. The white house called the book fiction, but wolff is standing by his work. Nbcs Kristen Welker has the story. Reporter President Trump pelted with questions about the explosive book fire and fury. What do you say to Michael Wolff . Showing restraint but earlier, taking to twitter to release fury of his own, calling the book full of lies, misrepresentations and sources that dont exist. Mr. Trumps legal team tried to block the books release. In such high demand, it hit shelves four days early. Where do i send the box of chocolates . Reporter in an interview on today, wolff said the president s threats will boost sales and insisted the account is accurate, despite some of the president s former top aides saying they were misquoted. I am certainly and absolutely in every way comfortable with everything ive reported. Reporter wolff noting he recorded some ive spent about three hours with the president over the course of the campaign and in the white house. Reporter when pressed by savannah on his assertion that those around the president questioned his fitness for office. Let me put a marker in the sand here. 100 of the people around him. Reporter even claiming the president s aides all describe him the same way. They all say he is like a child. What they mean by that is he has a need for immediate gratification. Its all about him. Reporter the president s supporters fire ed back. Its outrageous to make these types of accusations, and its simply untrue. Reporter and disputed several facts, including that nowfirstlady Melania Trump cried about moving to the white house. Melania, like the rest of us, was ecstatic that her husband had been elected the 45th president of the united states. Flatter your way ever necessary to get the story. Wow. You can catch Michael Wolff on meet the press this sunday with chuck todd. You certainly do not want to miss this one. Starts at 10 30 here on news 4. Things heating up there. Outside, no fire and fury. No. Its cold. Wed all like a little fire outside. Itd be nice. I could do without the fury, but a little fire wouldnt be bad. Yeah. Really dangerous cold again. My heart goes out to there is a water main break. The crew. The crews that have to fix water main breaks. Firefighters out there. Absolutely. No kidding. If you have anything to deal with water outside at this time of the year, in these temperatures, its an ice skating rink out there. I feel for you, everybody. If you have to go outside today, stay in and look out. Itll be a beautiful looking day, not a day youll want to spend a lot of time outside. Unless youre from minnesota. In that case, hats off to you. 11 is the temperature at National Airport. The issue for us locals is the wind chills. Northwest wind averaging 15 miles per hour. The wind chill at National Airport now, minus 5. Thats very typical for around the region. Temperatures here, 11 in washington. 10 in springfield, virginia. 1 above in fredericksburg. 9 above in warrington. 6 in montgomery village. Not much of a rise in temperatures at all. Up to 18, maybe 19 degrees for a high today. Again, the blustery northwest wind. Wind chills, minus 5 to minus 12 as you step out the door this morning. What to wear . Just put your nose outside. Thats all you need. If you own it and itll keep you warm, put it on today. By the time we get to tomorrow morning, the wind will not be as much of an issue tomorrow morning. However, comr clear skies and a light wind will make temperatures lower tomorrow morning. 1, the forecast for wakeup temperature in gaithersburg tomorrow. A lot of Central Virginia near zero tomorrow morning. Some of the shenandoah valley, the rural sheltered valleys, could be as much as 5 below zero. The northwest flow will eventually start to relax as we get closer to monday. The trick with mondays forecast is we have a little moisture coming our way. Before we get all the bitter cold scoured out, we might get a little period of light rain. The ground is frozen solid. We may have to worry a little bit about freezing rain on your monday. Well keep a close eye on that. Milder weather returns on tuesday. Near 50 degrees. How warm will that feel . News 4 before we start, i just want to say if anyone still doesnt have fios, please stay out of the way so your lag doesnt get us all killed, ben. Whats so good about fios anyway . Uh. Whats so great about a 100 fiberoptic network that makes your gaming system actually work awesomely . Hey. Did you take out the trash . Haha, garbage boy dad, i already took out ben. Its not funny. Gaming is best on a 100 fiberoptic network. So get fios. Now, just 79. 99 per month with a 2year price guarantee with a 2year agreement. The great emperor trekking a hundred miles inland to their breeding grounds. Except for these two fellows. This time next year, were gonna be sitting on an egg. I think were getting close make a uturn. Uturn . Recalculating. Man, we are never gonna breed. Just give it a second. You will arrive in 92 days. Nah, nuhuh. Nope, nope, nope. You know who im gonna follow . My instincts. As long as gps can still get you lost, you can count on geico saving folks money. Im breeding, man. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. Are you ready for it . Hollywood gearing up for one of its biggest nights of the year. Catch the Golden Globes on the channel youre watching right now, nbc 4. Tomorrow night. Looking forward to it. This years host, seth meyers, is already in l. A. Getting ready. Weve got a lot to talk about. Reporter even more fun awaits sunday night when he hosts the award show. Definitely an away game versus what you do every night in your own studio. Ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. Reporter meyers goes from late night in new york to being the emcee o whos who in hollywood. Things like that, they have a high level of difficulty. It makes them exciting to do. Sweat might one day be used to unlock smartphones. Get ready to all be hacked by steve bannon. Reporter meyers humor follows in the pasts hosts. Also mindful about predatory behavior. You want to address it but also remind people, despite the awful stuff that happens, this was a great year for film and television. I told you about her. What would i say . Reporter the fantasy drama the shape of water has the most nominations. The post and lady bird have a shot at multiple wins. Meyers knows his performance may be reviewed as much as any film. If i feel like it went well, ill try to verify. If i feel like it didnt, ill try to check out. Reporter either way, the Golden Globes will be a much talked about nbc news. Looking forward to it. Were taking a live look outside. You cant see the cold, of course, but youll be able to feel it. Dont go out there. Weather alert day. Were tracking just how low temperatures will go so you can plan your day. From the bitter cold to fire and fury, the new book written about the trump administration. It is flying off the shelves at local bookstores. President trump calls the author a liar and a fraud. Wow. Take a look at that. Images from chopper 4 capturing a fire raging at a home. Montgomery county fire investigators say someone used some sort of flammable liquid to restart a fire in their fireplace. Obviously, it didnt stay there. It quickly spread to the back deck and then to the decks of the neighboring homes. In all, five townhouses affected here. The fire caused about 1 million in damage and left 20 people without a place to call home this morning. First on news 4, a Montgomery County teacher was fired after his school learned he was a leader in the altright movement. Greg conte was an organizer of that rally in charlottesville over the summer. Conte is not contesting his

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