To 55 miles an hour as you see here. Calvert cliffs, that was a bowie recording a gust of 56 down there just off annapolis. So, now the wind is combining with the very cold temperatures and ill show you temperatures in a moment to bring us this. This is the next advisory you need to be aware of it kicks in at 10 oclock tonight and it will continue until noon on friday. It will likely be extended its a wind chill advisory because overnight its going to feel like 5 degrees to 10 degrees below zero and in the mountains where you see that purple, thats a wind chill warning even colder, 5 degrees to 25 degrees below zero. Last stop here, current temperature is 24 degrees but its already down 18 degrees as we look out toward the winchester area and wind chill temperatures already below zero in few spots. Feels like 9 degrees here in d. C. It is going to be a long pull with this cold weather. Well talk about what you should get ready for friday and the weekend coming up a little bit later sarah jim. All right, our Team Coverage of this winter storm continues. We have sent our crews out to brave the snow and the winds. Fox5s tisha lewis is monitoring the conditions in Southern Maryland in Saint Marys County. Kristyn leon is along the coach in Rehoboth Beach delaware. We start with tisha lewis in Saint Marys County. Hey, tisha. Reporter hi there, jim, hi, sarah, you know what its beautiful out here but potentially dangerous and you know what, snow fall that weve been focused on all day, you can see behind me the roads are clear and theyve been working here in Saint Marys County specifically leonardtown to get some other areas clear but the concern for tonight is not just the snow fall but also as you all have mentioned the wind and you can see just how windy it is. If you take a look to my right, here in this Shopping Plaza you can see if you take a close look at the flags, you can see just how windy it is. Again, the focus is shifting from snow fall to wind and were told could be range from five above zero a all the way to 10 below zero so just imagine how that feels. Its its well below freezing. What i can tell you is that on the way here tonight, we did drive through la plata on the way here to leonardtown tonight, and this was a familiar scene, flags whipping in the wind and in fact you can see this video was taken at a farm in la plata. It shows gusty winds and also snow swirling across this open field. Now, once we arrived here to leonardtown, the most snow that weve seen so far, which means that plenty of plow trucks were busy working to clear the roadways but it wasnt all work and no play. We spoke with Kimberly Smith and her little ones who ventured out to pick up some items. We got two shreds for my kids. Were going to the hills so they can slide down the slide for today. You know, school is out so they [laughter] as well as moms birthday. Yay reporter happy birthday. Thank you, thank you so much. Reporter is this what you expected, better or worse. For this . Uh, you know what, its weird, its really low in some parts and then with the wind its creating snow banks so its higher in others. Its kind of a mixed. I think theyre more prepared this year. Roads are a lot better than what i would have thought. Reporter and some top sellers that we learned from christian telling us some top sellers at Hardware Stores in the area salt, s sleds and of course snowblowers, no surprise there. As for that wind chill advisory, were told it will remain in effect through tomorrow at noon. Residents are being urged to stay off the roadways and avoid travel, avoid unnecessary travel. My colleague, kristyn leon continues our coverage in Rehoboth Beach kristyn. Reporter tisha, stay warm out there on your end. We just pulled up onto surf avenue in Rehoboth Beach. Its incredible out here you guys. I really want to show you what the ocean looks like at this very moment. Take a look on your screen now. You could see this is a peripheral vision so a side view from where were at in our car. Its incredible. All those waves, i want to catch a big wave before we start moving. I dont know if were going to be able to do that. Anyway, what weve seen here on our end with the waves, see, there you go right there, just huge a huge Ripple Effect with the winds, the wind gusts, the cold. Obviously blankets of snow covering this white sand so just an incredible view and now i want to show you were actual in motion, we are driving on surf avenue not too far away from the main street that strip there and you could see here this is a side street in a remote neighborhood off the coast and i mean, this area has not obviously. Very, very slick roads at this time. So, if you happen to be out and about driving theres our seat belt. You know, our photographer dan is putting on his seat belt right now. Make sure you have your seat belt on as youre drying. Stay safe on those roads. Right now its about 23 degrees outside you guys and we have not braved these elements yet. Im actually very nervous to do so but were going to be monitoring the situation here all evening long throughout the rest of the newscast. But meanwhile i do want to show you before we go outside and tell you what its like there, i want to show you what the crews sauer earlier today. They were about 20 miles south of Rehoboth Beach in ocean city maryland and my goodes in it doesnt even look like a beach out there. Just incredible. I mentioned the blankets of snow, those incredible wind gusts and it was just such a sight to see. Having, i mean growing up in california ive never been on the beach and seen just, you this is definitely incredible. Does not feel like a beach town to say the least. So, just please if youre going to be out here stay warm, stay safe and if youre driving buckle up for safety. For now well send it back to you in studio. Keep dan in line out there. A lot of you wondering do my kids have School Tomorrow. Kids are tweeting us do i have School Tomorrow. If youre in Fauquier County or Prince William county you do not have School Tomorrow. Twohour delay in place across maryland and montgomery county. Prince georges county and Anne Arrundel county but keep it locked here fox5dc. Com. Well keep you updated on those. Moved up the coast from florida bringing snow to southern regions for the first time in years. In North Carolina at least three deaths are blamed on the storm and there may be a fourth. Overnight police found a man dead inside a car submerged in a canal in North Carolina. It was found in surf city about an hour northeast of wilmington. Two other people were killed in a snow related car crash in moore county and another in buford county. And our sea residents who are used to powerful storms and noreasters arent really used to the blizzard conditions that have been found out there. Thats rare for our state. These troopers have responded to over a thousand calls a since the snowstorm started and over 700 of those have been related to automobile collisions. Some parts of North Carolina got as much as 6inches of snow. A Winter Weather advisory is in effect until saturday morning for several counties in that state. Heading back north powerful waves crashed into a seawall causing major flooding in scituate massachusetts. Evacuation orders had to be put into place. They called in the national guard. The snow continues to fall and a lot of state remains under a blizzard warning. And in Savannah Georgia police will to help out drivers who arent used to this sort of thing. A lot of people spinning out getting stuck in the snow and so again be careful. [laughter] the deep freeze catching a lot of people in florida off guard. Family in pensacola woke up to their backyard pool frozen. Look at them pounding on what should be water. At a has see received snow for the first time in three decades. You can track the cold and the snow on fox5dc. Com and up to the Minute School closings and delays plus weather updates on the fox5 mobile app. The war of words between President Trump and steve bannon heating up following news of a bombshell book. Tom fitzgerald on this one tonight. People still talking about talkt this one, fitz. Reporter it is a clash of titans. The president coming out with a strong statement. Today he had some more words for steve bannon. Well tell you what they were. Ronica. Well, its a tumultuous Virginia House race that lasted months after the polls closed was finally settled today in seconds. Well break down the unexpected and shocking process that entire future of virginia politics in an instant coming up. And the Trump Administration is taking a step that could threaten Marijuana Legalization movement. But as we head to break, live picture, this is earth cam in new yorks times square. All the confetti is gone from new years and now we have snow out there as people are milling about zero yes the crossroads of the world, new york city. Were back after this. The Arctic National wildlife refuge one 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. 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 to give billionaires a tax cut. There are two types of people in the world. Those who fear the future. And those who embrace it. The future is for the unafraid. All because of you tonight President Trump is ramping up his attacks on the man who used to be his chief strategist steve bannon. Threatening letters from the president s attorneys and dismissive comment from the president show the feud is not going away. The white house issued an order to staffers today, no more personal cell phones in the white house. Lets go live on the hill tonight. Fox5s Tom Fitzgerald with more on this. Hey, tom. Reporter sarah, good evening. This is a wild one. The clash of titans, trump versus bannon. In some ways this could not have come at a worst time for the white house. Wall street is riding high, the president just came off a big victory on the tax cut deal but nobody is talking about that tonight. They are talking about this explosive book, fire and fury in which steve bannon takes shot at not only the president but his relatives and senior staff. Asked about this at the white house today, the president accepted bannons compliment but then turned tail and once again dismissed his former adviser. Thank you. Thank you very much. I dont know he called me a great man last night so, you think, he you know, he obviously changed his tune pretty quick. Thank you all very much. I dont talk to him, i dont talk to him. Thats just a misnomer. Thank you. Reporter three times he says he doesnt talk to steve bannon but this all surrounds this book. Its by author Michael Wolff in which ban nor reportedly tells wolf in a june 2016 meeting by donald trump with russians was in bannons words trees us in. He says further unkind things about trump relatives and Jared Kushner and ivanka trump. The president described by his own press secretary is furious about this. Now, late last president s own personal attorneys delivered a cease and desist letter to steve bannon asking him to no longer say any more defamatory things about the president. We reached out to noted attorney and well known former maryland states attorney glen ivy tonight. He says in his viewpoint, this letter from the president s personal attorney and not the white House Counsel in ivys words is highly unusual. The reason its a little unusual is normally the private attorney would only be doing work on behalf of the president in a private capacity. So, this i guess would be theyd have to be saying theres some sort of private agreement between the president and bannon where they could enforce the cease and desist but its its pretty unusual to have that. Reporter and if all of this didnt make for enough of a wild day, white house staffers were greeted at work this morning by news from White House Press secretary longer be able to use their personal cell phones in the west wing starting next week. Now, this was described as a measure to clamp down on security within the white house. However as you well know the president has railed against white house leakers which he accused bannon of being one last night. Live on the hill tonight, Tom Fitzgerald fox5 local news. Its been two months since voters cast their ballots in virginias 94th district house race but we didnt have a winner until today. Fox5 political reporter ronica cleary was in richmond for the announcement. Joining us live on the unusual selection process. Reporter it was an incredible moment in history. I was very glad to be there but it happened like that. Far beyond the scope of virginias 94th district, the balance of power in the entire Virginia House of delegates rested on the results of this race. And a tumultuous race it was with a recnt challenges which ultimately awarded each candidate with the exact same number of votes, 11,607. So, whats the solution when there is an exact tie . Well, if you can believe it, a random drawing. For the drawings we printer slips of paper with each candidates name on them. We will then insert them into film canisters and seal the canisters. These are brand new canisters from amazon. Well then place them into a bowl stir them around and pull ou the winner. Reporter the bowl for the historic occasion hand crafted by a virginia artist and on loan from the Virginia Museum of fine art and with the canisters placed inside and mixed within seconds democracy fell into the hands of random chance. The winner of House District 94 is david yancy. Reporter democrat Shelley Simonds sat motionless holding the hands of her husband and daughter as the names were drawn and her opponent declared the victor. James alcorn, chairman of the Virginia State board of elections appeared calm in spite of the significance of todays drawing. I dont feel calm on the inside. Ill tell you that. But i do trust the system so i trust that the General Assembly had these conversations about how to handle ties when there wasnt a case facing them. Reporter and while yancy did not attend, citing inclement weather, simonds would not immediately address whether she plans to take legal action in light of todays results. Yesterday i offered my opponent a deal that would have made this final. He did not take the deal and, therefore, for me all options are still on the table. Do i think its fair . You know, it was a long hard election season and it does seem like a sad end to the story to have to end on a game of chance. Reporter drawing names like this hasnt happened since 1971. Even then it did same significance because house power didnt hang in the balance. Back to you jim and sarah. Thank you ronica. Fox5 learning more about the intersection where a 16yearold was struck and killed earlier this week and the inspection for safety concerns. 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