happened here. also, two memorials have been set up. one by the mall entrance near the starbucks. the other inside the mall at center court. the press is going to be given a tour at 10:00 this morning. we'll get our first look, and then the mall openso the public at 1:00. reporting live from columbia mall, megan mcgrath, news4. back to you. >> thank you. this morning, we know more about the two victims shot and killed at that mall. 21-year-old briana ben lolo worked at the zoomy's and has a 2-year-old son. she came from a military family who moved from colorado to maryland. we discovered she lived in college park, blocks from the suspected gunman. she worked with 25-year-old tyler johnson who was also gunned down. his aunt, sidney petty, says he was a caring young man who helped others deal with their drug problems. >> he had his struggles in life. and he struggled very hard to overcome his problems, and then he reached out to others.

>> johnson graduated from centennial high school in ellicott city. he was taking classes at montgomery college. coming up at 4:45, we take a look at the suspected gunman, 19-year-old darion marcus aguilar. he graduated from blake high school in rockville last year. new this morning, the school released a statement. also we'll hear from his mother in an emotional phone call with reporters. now 4:31. time for weather & traffic on the 1s. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein here now with more on the cold blast we're expecting. tom, good morning. good morning. big contrast going to be moving in as the day progresses. here are your weather headlines. a milder morning. in fact, right now, our temperatures around the region are hovering in the upper 20s north and west of washington to near 40 degrees right at washington, southern and eastern suburbs, near 40. southern maryland through central virginia, in the mid 40s. mid 40s central shenandoah valley. even into the 50s parts of west virginia now. but then during the afternoon, cold winds begin to move in. and we will have windchills plunging.

look, by 4:00 this afternoon, windchills will be down into the teens. winds gusting around 30 miles per hour. then a frigid nationwide coming up. by 8:00 p.m., windchills down to just near ten degrees. and look at our windchills by this time tomorrow morning. they will be sub-zero starting off tuesday morning. so a very frigid tuesday is on tap for us tomorrow. we'll have morning lows just near eight degrees. afternoon highs on tuesday, only in the upper teens with a blustery wind. in a few minutes we'll look at the rest of the week and a warmup on the way. danella? >> good morning. not seeing any reports of accidents in our area. we'll head up to i-270. clear here. the trip from frederick, maryland, heading down to rockville, in both directions, light volume. this is at 109. again, southbound, northbound, no accidents, no delays. continuing this time as you make your way past democracy boulevard and connecting to the spur and heading to the beltway, lanes are open. and if you're traveling on route

29 as well, not seeing any accidents to report. >> all right. thank you. 4:32 now. today in fairfax county, a trial with possible free speech implications. d.c. contractor christopher deetz accuses jane perez of lying in a yelp review and cost him customers. she said, "do not put yourself through this nightmare of a contractor." dietz wants $70,000. small business owners are watching closely. watch out if you haven't paid your taxes. maryland plans to shine a spotlight on the 50 top tax cheats. the comptroller will unveil the 25 individual and 25 businesses that made the list at noon. 17 are from the d.c. metropolitan area, including the top cheats on both lists. the names will then be posted on the comptroller's website. this year's group owes nearly $15 million in back taxes to the state.

one of mayor vincent gray's initiative is seeing pushback against the proposal of a new soccer stadium for the d.c. united. costs aren't finalized. leaders plan to sell an office building for at least $150 million, using the proceeds to pay for the land development. the team would then match that money and possibly invest more. the total cost as it stands now is less than 1/4 of what nat' park cost. if you're looking for a new job in the city, at 10:00 the department of employment services near the minnesota avenue metro station will host a job fair to staff up the newly developed street car program. it's hiring people with good technical skills to be maintenance techs and friendly attendants and street car operators. if you can't attend, you can still apply for a job through the midtown employment group. 4:34. today montgomery county will try to work out a new snag in a design plan for the purple line station in bethesda. the county has been working for months to convince the owners of the apex building on wisconsin

avenue to demolish the building so a station can be built beneath it. the plan would allow for a bigger purple line station. but it would make transferring between the purple and red lines difficult. passengers would have to take two elevators in order to change trains. the county council will discuss alternatives at a discussion today. the recount begins today in a special election that will decide who controls the virginia senate. as of now, democrat lynnwood lewis leads republican wayne coleman by nine votes in the race for ralph northam's senate seat. if lewis wins, the senate will be split 20/20. northam would cast the vote on ties. he is a democrat. d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton will respond to what she calls republicans' war on women. she will try remove a provision from a bill that bans the district from using local tax dollars on abortions for low-income women. that bill goes to the house floor tomorrow or wednesday. also bans federal subsidies for health insurance plans that

cover abortion. president obama will keep a low profile today. he'll put the finishing touches on his state of the union address. that speech is tomorrow night. nbc news national affairs writer tom curry says you can expect a more combative tone from the president. and n his words, his message will be "i'll go it alone." that means bypassing congress if that's what it takes to get things done. new information in the maryland mall shooting. the message the gunman's high school is getting out as we learn more about him. ahead, new problems for thousands in the wake of this dramatic pipeline explosion. why they're being told to bundle up. good morning, a few clouds rolling through now. temperatures are mild, above freezing much of the region. a polar plunge on the way.

u.s. health officials are investigating what caused nearly 300 people aboard a cruise ship to become severely ill. according to the cdc, 281 passengers and two crew members became sick from a norovirus aboard the "explorer at sea." it left cape liberty, new jersey, last tuesday bound for the caribbean. the fast-moving stomach bug left many passengers quarantined to their rooms. the ship is heading back to the states two days early. in the middle of another wintry blast, people in minnesota are being asked to conserve their heat by turning down their thermostats for the day. the request is connected to this massive explosion. youistry that.

on saturday a natural -- you see it there. on saturday a natural gas pipeline burst into flames. burned for several hours as crews tried to put it out. the specific pipe supplies gas to much of minnesota. officials believe it should be fixed sometime today. until then, minnesotans are bundling up for the cool indoor temperatures. the outside high for today, negative two. little farther east, chicago kids will be staying home today. the windy city canceled classes because of the bitterly cold temperatures. windchills put the city's temperature around negative 25 for much of the day. similar cold weather temperatures are slated for tomorrow which could lead to more cancelations. the deep freeze also grounded hundreds of flights in and out of chicago. you know when they're canceling school in chicago, it's really bad. people in chicago are used to it. we're not used to it. >> not at all. and yet, here it comes again. let's check the forecast. tom, at least we can get through today okay, right? >> enjoy the balmy temperatures while you can. good morning. there's a live view of washington's skyline from our storm team 4 city camera. here is another view from upper

northwest washington. you can still see the snow pack on the ground here. time for your weather & traffic on the 1s. a live view from our storm team 4 skywatcher camera. still snow. the streets are all dry. 39 balmy droigs at reagan national now. i think much of the region going to be into the 40s by 8:00 this morning. then by noontime, dropping back into the 30s. winds gusting around 20 to 25 miles per hour by noontime. then the much colder air begins to move in during the afternoon. i think by 3:00, 4:00, it's going to be back below freezing. then by sunset, should be down into the 20s. winds gusting to 30 miles per hour. windchills in the teens tonight. even colder windchills tomorrow morning. show you that coming up and a look at a warmup by the end of the week in about ten minutes. danella, good morning. any traffic trouble? >> not now, tom. quiet in the ar. we'll head down to charles county. waking up in charles county, good morning you to. local roads look great. you see nice and green. if you're traveling on 301, even 210, no accidents to report. no delays. here's a live look at 301 for

folks traveling near 5. connecting to 5 heading to the beltway, no accidents. the beltway in prince george's county heading to the wilson bridge, again, nice and clear. back in ten minutes. >> thank you. see you then. we're keeping a close eye on the olympic torch this hour as it makes its way toward sochi. why security teams are on high alert during today's journey. plus, we are at the scene of a deadly maryland mall shooting as the shopping center prepares to reopen for the first time since the tragedy. what we're learning about the gunman and the message his mother is trying to get out. la-

[ technical difficulty ] >> police say he had a gun, but his lawyers deny that. 19-year-old ochauncey maddox says officers racially profiled him. he says a cop broke his hand when he was detained for truancy. he was never arrested or charged with a crime. finally, richardson bell says

police randomly stopped, searched, and assaulted him for no marine. we want to -- no reason. we want to show part of creigh deeds' interview, describing the moment before his son, gus, stabbed him and then took his own life. >> i got ready for work and went out to the barn to feed the horses. gus was coming across the yard, i said, "hey, bud, how did you sleep?" he said, "fine." i turned my back and -- i turned my back, had this feed thing in my hands. and he was just on me. >> deeds is pushing a bill in the virginia legislature that would extend how long emergency custody orders can last. gus was only home the day enthusiast attack because an emergency order against him had expired. 4:48 the time now. and we are ten days from the beginning of the 2014 winter

olympics. molette green following more from the live desk. good morning. right now the olympic torch is in one of the most dangerous regions in russia. take a look at this video of the relay from yesterday. we're work to get you video of this morning's scene in dagestan. seeing lots of tweets about heavy security for the arrival of the torch in that region today. that's the site of recent deadly attacks. home base for terror suspects. we've also learned this morning that for safety reasons, the number of torch barers was cut short from 270 down to 67. security cleared the crowd gathered there this morning at a football stadium to see the torch. still, this olympic relay is the largest in history, traveling more than 40,000 miles. that is the latest from the live desk. i'm molette green. back to you. >> all right. thank you. 4:49 now. and the songs that had a lot of folks singing and dancing all year long are on top of the music industry this morning. the biggest winners are -- two french robots.

>> the grammy goes to -- random access memories! >> electric music duo daft punk took home the top honors of album and record of the year. it was also a fwhieth for rap duo mclemore and ryan lewis. they tied for four awards including best new artist. and new zealand's counter culture time took home two grammys including song of the year for "royals." one of the stiringers has a message -- >> by the power vested in me by the state of california, i now pronounce you a married couple! >> mclemore and ryan lewis performed their lit "same love" as 33 couple include something same-sex couples got married during the performance. madonna joined that performance, and queen latifah presided over the event.

other memorable moments included reunions with former beatle paul mccartney and ringo starr and stevie wonder joining the winners, daft punk, to perform their hit, "get lucky." >> when beyonce and jay-z came out to sing, that stole the show off the bat. that's for me. i watched -- >> a lot of people probably agree. a lot of people said madonna being there was huge, too. >> yeah. you can get -- say they got married in front of madonna and had queen latifah officially. >> there you go. 5:51. tom kierein's back. and i was going to sort of give you some jabs for not being here last week. it was much colder where you were. >> yeah, i was in minnesota for a weather conference. thursday was 17 below zero. >> 17 below, you didn't go outside, did you? >> the windchill was 40 below. i took a five-minute walk to sample it. and it felt painful. >> i bet. >> so cold it felt hot. it was -- >> burning cold. >> right. >> it was painful. this morning, it's mild here by

comparison. what a tremendous warmup we've had just in the last couple of hours. southwesterly breezes bringing in above freezing temperatures. feels balmy. almost 40 degrees in washington. near 40 in prince george's county, much of fairfax county. also in the upper 30s, near 40. north and west of washington, still in the 20s. in fact, look at martinsburg, only 18 degrees. south of there, it's 34 in winchester. luray at 45. soy a tremendous warmup -- so a tremendous warmup. in the mountains, high spots into the 50s. that mild air ahead of much colder air that's going to begin to move in this afternoon. we've got a few clouds, rain and snow in western pennsylvania. for students at the bus stop, you'll need your warm coat. take it with you. you probably won't need to wear it, though, because it's so mild. we'll be in the low to mid 40s between now and through mid morning. but then you'll need that warm coat during the afternoon. as you head back home from

school, in fact, we'll have our temperatures dropping back down below freezing. by noontime, into the 30s. that wind shifting into the northwest and getting gusty around 2 to 30 miles per hour. gusts during the afternoon. temperatures back down below freezing by 3:00. it will be back into the 20s by sunset. and then by dawn on tuesday, down to just near eight degrees. on tuesday, incredibly cold at dawn. the single digits. afternoon highs only the upper teens on tuesday with a gusty wind. and that wind will diminish then on tuesday late afternoon. then cold, subfreezing temperatures on wednesday. but getting a little above freezing on thursday. then the warmup commences. ought to be into the 40s friday, saturday, and sunday. now let's check on our monday traffic with danella. good morning. good morning, tom. well, in kensington, maryland, i'm tracking emergency roadwork. luck three's off to the -- luckily it's off to the shoulder lane. westbound at valley view avenue, just west as you make your

commute this morning. so heads up, keep that in mind, west of veirs mill road. again in the right shoulder lane. travel lanes are open. to gw parkway in both directions, north and southbound, not seeing any accidents or delays. out to i-66 we go. from haymarket to the beltway, again, nice and clear. i'm back in ten minutes, back to you both. >> all right. thank you. dealing with the flu is probably the last thing any of us would want to do. but what if you were paid for it? the offer that could make the suffering worth it. first, how the recovery of this stolen dog may have helped crack a string of local burglaries. and the cherry blossom parade still several weeks away. we'll show you how you can catch a preview tonight.

i guess you can thank last week's winter weather for some lower gas prices. aaa says the snow and extreme cold caused demand in gas to drop. that means less pain at the pump. it might not last long, though, with february around the corner. prices could rise as manufacturer get ready to start making summer blend gas. right now aaa says that in the district the cost of regular unleaded will cost you $3.55 a gallon. the average in maryland is $3.36 a gallon. across virginia, the average is $3.17 a gallon. and in west virginia, it is $3.36 for a gallon of gas. this morning, montgomery county police are looking for the stolen white porsche. it was taken from the silver spring exxon while the driver was filling up.

officials say a robber jumped into the driver's seat and took off while the driver wasn't looking. nobody was hurt in the incident. a dog's owner's plea here on news4 has now led to a happy reunion flag. margo the dock -- reunion. margo the cockapoo is back with her owner. his home was burglarized, but margo was missed the most. police tips led him to the dog. a man was arrested and is tied to eight other residential burglaries including burglaries on christmas eve and new year's. today the national law enforcement officers' memorial will honor three officers killed in the district. martha martinez and michael miller and d.c. officer hank daly were killed in november of 1994 when a gunman walked into the cold case office at d.c. police headquarters and opened fire. tonight family, friends, and colleagues of the fallen officers will receive recorded memorial tributes at a ceremony

in washington. the short films honor their lives and careers. it may soon be more tempting to run for a seat on the montgomery county council. they want to create a public financing system. it would match small contributions. andrews says it would keep special interest groups from influencing elections. he says it would also encourage people who can't raise large amount of money to run. later today, you will have a chance to catch a free preview of one of d.c.'s top parades. >> 18 local virngs auditioning for -- singers are auditions for a chance to perform in the national cherry blossom parade. vocalists will be selected to perform. the live audition at the hard rock cafe at e street is free and open to the public. you can catch the winners in the national cherry blossom festival parade on april 12th. i keep telling aaron to go out for one of these things. he keeps his talents hidden. >> to audition?

trust me, it's better that way. >> stay with us. "news4 today" continues now at 5:00 a.m. tyler, we have lost a kind, positive son who reached out it help others in need, and he made a difference. >> families of the maryland mall shooting victims sharing memories of their loved ones as investigators search for a motive behind the deadly attack. good morning, everyone, it's 5:00 a.m. i'm aaron gilchrest. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this monday, january 27th, 2014. temperatures in the upper 30s and lower 40s as you see here may not seem warm, but that is warm as it's going to be because we're preparing for another deep freeze. >> one school delay. frederick county schools in virginia opening two hours late. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here with what we need to get started. get ready for weather whiplash. we're going to have a big change in our temperatures as you just