breaking news. report of a small fire at a metro station. plus born on the beltway. how mom and baby are doing now. and first came the water, then came the massiverhjs headache out there. a wateri>÷ main break in alexandria this morning that not only disrupted traffic, also damage add nearby business. good morning, everyone. you're watching "news4 midday" i'm barbara harrison. we begin with breaking news. following a situn at a metro station in arlington. lepts go to him now at the live desk. >> at the boston metro station. crew there's now after the

report of light smoke at that station. this is a live picture near the scene. you can see firefighters are there in posi. theyay they believe this was an issue with the arcing insulator. the insulator keeping the power on the third rail from coming into contact with another substance when t is an issue with the insuteorinsulator, is not uncommon see#cf smoke or spark. that appears b situation r t o track. now single tracking between boston clarendon declays 20 to 30 minutes on both lines as firefighters lo at the situation. maintenance crues looking to make sure it's not a lingering proble with further effects. initially we saw a lot more firefighters. nowust one fire truck but we are in contact with the fire department and will keep you posted as we get more information touthe hour. >> thanks, richard. traffic is getting back to normal, but crews are still cleaning up afterñp a water main

break wraeked havoc during rush hour. megan mcgrath joins us live from the scene to tell us how repairs are going. good morning. >> reporter: mn barbara. just within the last 15 minutes or so they actually started to dig down there, trying to get down to the pipe to see what kind of a break they have. this is center park drive. you can see the gaping hole. we'll told it's going to take anywhere from six to eight hours to fix this broken water main, and while the water is off now when it broke this morning, there was a real flood a gush of water that actually got into some of the area businesses, and caused a real problem out there on the roads. work crews scrape up the mud and gravel blown up on to the sidewalk. inside the fitness club and the lobby of park center, there is water thorysnd into the building any way it could get in. >> reporter: howh water? >> at least three, four feet came in. we jumped on top of it.

>> reporter: the troue began early this morning when a water main broke on park center drive in alexandria. cell phone pictures and video taken by people in the area show what looked like a geyser shooting up into the air q] water went into the nearby building, and pouring down on to busy king street. with freezing temperatures, king became a sheet of ice, and had to be closed during the middle of rush hour. it all made for an unpleasant commute. and with king street closed that caused problems for schools in the area. there were four schools that had their bus lines impacted this morning. they coul the buss to the neighborhoods to pick up the kids. those kids had to actually find their own way to school this k. morning. i talked to the school system a little while ago. they say everything is back to normal. the kids will go home on their usual buses home late other than this afternoon.dápk÷ reporting live i alexandria, megan mcgrath news 4. sunny skies and warmer

temperatures,ut will the warm-up stick a for the weekend? i melia segal joins us with the first forecast f this friday. >> good morning. happy friday. looking at cooler temperatures for tomorrow, and right now i'm tracking a wi r of temperatures across the area. from 34 degrees in cumberland to about 46 degrees here in washington. 41 is the current temperature in leesburg and a little more cloudiness. back to the north and west areas, like martinsburg and cumberland. martinsburg, hig of 43. washington a high today near 50. 48 degrees for a high and for the most part looking at mostly sunny skies as we head on into the afternoon hours. a lot of us looking forward to a three-day weekend. for tomorrow, good for skiing with colder temperatures in the forecast. some vainrain is possible sunday. martin luther king jr. day is looking terrific. as far as rain sunday, updating the timing, when you can see rain moving in and leaving your neighborhood. that's comin up at 11:30

barbara. >> amelia thank you. we're going to check in with news 4 richard jordan at the live desk again now th dai o that baby born on the beltway. richard? >> hey, brash. 495 and braddock road, where it hatched early this [ájj fairfax paramedics got a call just before 3:00 a.m. pap#,ñ woman in her own vak t e s going in labor. paramedics responded got the woman into the ambulance before they could make to the hospital right there in the ambulance on the side of the road where paramedics delivered that little baby girl. both mom and daughter are said to be doing just fine. they were taken to fairfax hospital. so a happy ending here but certainly quite welcomingn into the world there right onrh( the side of t highway tf othere, barbara? >> a day they will never forget. thank you so much, richard. and today we are expecting to learn more information about monday's deadly smoke incident on the metro. the first lawsuit from the incident will b filed in court today. you first heard from malbert

rich right here on "news4 midday" yesterday from fredericksed fsb saying they were negligent in opeti and inñ;un responding to th deadly smoke incident. d.c. maierio boughs lettererre row how they responded to the situation. the fami of the woman killed when tha train filled with smoke is now planning her funeral. a memorial service for cai glover is set for monday morning at capitol hill baptist church northeast at 10:00 in the morning. official cau o death released. the medical examiner says glover died of acute respiratory failure caused by smoke exposure. friends and strangers have stepped in to help the glover family during this difficult time to see how much money has been donated and how you can help, just open your nbc washington app. and this just in. the rabbi accused of spying on a woman, or on4x women, in the synagogue bath has left court

today after a procedural hearing. rabbi barry fren dell arrested back in october. prosecutors sa he use add camera hidden in a clock to secretly record women in georgetown. repordly discovered when a woman caught hi plugging in the device. prosecutors are still trying to determine how ma women may have been recorded. he has plead nlt a new push to ease marijuana laws in virginia. the advocacy group virginia normal is gathering at the stays howe in richmond to call for support of senate bill 686. the bill would end criminal penalties for possession of small amounts o pot. instead, if you're caught with marijuana in virginia, you'd face a $100 civil penalty. senator adam abin, a democrat who represented alexandria sponsored that bill. right now readpresidenob is meeting with british prime minister davideron.

and a college student falls out of a window hitting a person on a sidewalk. stayitus.

a developing story overseas now. arrested in belgium, france and jemny and sever raids overnight. 13 people delained in belgium.

14 arrested in france and at least 2 arrested in germ fli. the anti-terrorist sweep coming after the firefight in belgium where two suspected terrorists were killed. the terror takedown in super prompting extra security here in the states. more on the terror investigation and the impacte u. >> reporter: barbara no doubt what's raids overnight are having an impact in washington. washington is oeoa another terror plot against the u.s. capitol has been foiled. that suspect due from federal court node cincinnati christopher cornell boehner says the reason they foiled this before it halled because of the government surveillancprogram defending it saying it actually is working. meantime today, president obama and great britain's prime

minister, david cameron, are metering at the white house. they're expected to talk about the cyber wars that the two countries are going to be working on together. staged cyber attacks on the financial industete later this year to gauge how the u.s. and uk might react.hank you. the man accused of planning an attack on the capitol building in court today. christopher co planned to set off pipe bombs and shoot workers as they tried to escape. cornell began posting under an alias comments in august supporting isis. the fbi had him under surveillance for months before he was taken into ku69custodyft buying ammunition in ohio. training fighters on the ground in syria, that coming up. plus how businesses in the u.s. are already working to cash in on the new trade agreement with cuba. and we're following breaking

news. smoke in the boston metro station. a crew at the station checking out conditions inside. we'll keep you up to date throughout theewt. and whip the temperature right nowsj9e 46 degrees and breezy conditions, it feels more like it's 40 outside here on the storm team 4 weather deck. overall tomorrow noticeably cooler. i'll let you now how chill are

we begin breaking news. live at the metro station with more. what's happening? >> reporter: th sce started at about 10:00 way report of smoke here in the boston station. when we got h ene. we are told that the situation has been cleared. however ther symbol tracking outbound trains through the stations while they checked on the problem. we saw several firefighters leaving the scene. when we went down to the station, there was no visible smoke. you did smell something unusual. not completely unusual. if you ride metro every now and then you smell what seems to be some sort of metallic smell. no smoke in the station at this oq]ctáj p r(t&háhp &hc%rtnlnoept injury but an abundance of;$=cz caution after this week's incident on metro. and we have talked to a

representative et who retune. there is an abundance of caution and among ride angst as well. you'll experien delays, single tracking outboun checking on the problem tt caused some smoke earlier today. we are live in northern virginia. news 4, back to you. >> thank you. u.s. airlines are hoping to cash in on the new relationship between the u.s. and cuba. even though general tourist travel is still banned. american airlines, delta, jetblue, south west and spirit airlines have all said they're looking into adding the route in the near future. nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitcll has mo on the new trade and travel rules tht to effect thimo [ speaking in fo language. poera ge opening for u.s. and cuban travel and trade. [ speaking in folg ] in havana nelson fernandez says these measures help the nation's economy.

orlando, a restaurt says, we think more americans will come. there is still an embargo on general tourists but a lot more americans can go more easily. educational groups, cultural groups, journalists, medical and religious organizations. family visit >> geto two daughters in cuba. i have to go. >> reporter: at the miami airport, alex receivess has a new baby who has never seen his grandmother. >> ke months. ss doesn't know grandma. >> repoeran cve on alq< regularly chartered flight. use the internet when he gets there and internet company jumps in. you'd a credit card, not just cash. credittégp opens the door for ten28 times the current grain sales from iowa farmers like this man. >> when we travel to cuba, the cuban governmencis re almost begging u open up trade with them. >> reporter: wew there is a huge appetite for building

equipment. >> things like paint. things to repairr me because smaths the> are in disrepair. >> reporter: a cigars. so prized, johnnfq;w kennedy got a stash of more than 1,000 for himself, before imposing the embargo. americans wi still be able to bring back $100 worth. that is about three co-hiebens. cuba's best. >> that was andrea mitchell reporting. critics question whether cuba is really ready for the american invasion, especially internet access for all cubans. more than 400 american troops head to syria to train rebels fighting isis. the pentagon is also sending hundreds of u.s. support personnel to th region as well. it's not clear which branch of the military the forces will come from, but the training mission begins to the spring outside syria, turkey, qatar and saudi arabia whoa offered to host that training. controveral comments from a man considered a run for president. dr. ben carson a retired neurosurgeon, popular among

conservatives. he appeared to compare the terror group isis to american patriots. speaking at the republican national committee's winter meeting on thursday, carson said that isis has "the wrong philosophy, butre willing to die for what they believe." afterwards carson said it's ridiculous to say he's comparing the u.s. to isis. carson has never held elected office but has made gains in recent 2016 preiapos. today we will get a better indication of whether mitt romney will run for president again. the former presidential candidate is speaking at the republican natiol committee winter meeting. that same meeting we just talked about in california. romney said last week that she considering anotr run for president. he is repeating, at least, saying he is not interested in a third bid, though, in the past, but that could change. romney also ran for the nomination, you may remember back in 2008. and for more on that speech that romney will make, we're joined by a political writer for

nbc news. good morning. >> good rn >>o ts is called brief remarks. how impta is this speech for romney? >> this meeti romney will be addressing is the republican national commi wter meeting. it's a bunch of party insiders people who are very plugged in, talking about the 2016 race. he is going to make brief remarks here on the east coast, speaking about 7:00 west coast time. 10:00 here. this is maybe his last best chance to make his case for why he might want to run again. the news and gossip coming out of the meetingá cñ has not been great for romney. officials are saying behind closed doors even in public, we're not shoe mitt romney will be the best f of the party. we think the nation is ready for somebody new and differ and mitt romney may not be the that person. he'll make case he is. >> some thinking he could be a spoiler in an'-:)ñ election for republicans? >> especially because there are so many strong candidates in the view of establishme republicçes an in the view of the larger view of conservatives. a lot of people looking at this. it grur an ideaser in the

republican party looking a jeb bush, chris christie governor scott walker in wisconsin. lots of options. >> talk about president obama's meeting today with british prime minister. at 12:20, a joint, going to -- conference. >> what's the relationship like now? >> they have reportedly a very, very improving relationship. david cameron says the president calls him bro on the phone. very close. the top of the agenda item one two, and three, the issue of terrorism. something nio are concerned about especially in the wake of the terrorist attacks. raids in belgium we've been hearing about. both leaders are very interested in making sure we're coordinating to m the travel of would-be terrorists and communicating a intelligence t prevent more attacks. >> that speech, together, joint news conference coming up as we said at 12:20 this afternoon. >> right. >> thanks so much for being here. have a great weekend. >> you too. for more from the rest of the nbc news polical team check out "first read" on

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a special screening of the movie "selma" at the white house. the movie just earned two8risç oscar nods for best picture and best song. the cast and crew from that movie are expected to attend today's event. those that have gone before us say, no more -- >> all: no more! >> no more. >> and oscar snub is fueling social media debate on racial fairness. fans are outraged saying director ava duvernay should have earned a nod because she could have become the first african-american to compete for best director. some say this year's crop of nominees is the least diverse in nearly 20 years. the rñe=ñ ez al sharpton went over further calling the lack of diversity appalling and called an emergency meeting with studio l:+qq)s next wehoyw in a few hours, fifth gradeers from a local elementary school will recite dr. martin luther king jr.'s iconic "i have a dream speech."

an annual tradition. they will sing a few songs and it all begins at 1:00 p.m. right now investigators trying to figure out what caused a college student to fall out of a window and hit a person walking on a sidewalk. plus duke university's change in policy that is causing controversy. it has to do with where muslim students pnpv and our first look, seven-day forec coming up. a string of mild part of the forecast, i think, but you'll find out for sure if you

when you woke up temperatures webabl in the 20s in your neighborhood. take a look right now. we're gettingse to the 40 degree mark in a lot of places. storm team 4 metlost amelia segal joins us with a look at today, tomorrow and the rest of the whole weekend i hope. >> a brief e from the cold we've had for today, although it is breezy, even windy outside in spots. winds now about 10 to 20 miles an hour. it doesn't feel much better outside. windchill tempetu right now around 40 degrees at reagan. the cold air returns tonight. and we lose the wind, but down right chilly tonight and chilly tomorrow. highs tomorrow don't make it out of the 30s. for sunday, there is a chance of rain in the forecast. as we look to next week, talking about a january thaw. that's what we're using to describe today's weather. if want to tweet about today's weather, postt on

facebook, find me in both of those spots. use/íyd thises in your hash tag so question definitely connect. notice the wind 14 miles an hour out of the west. that westerly wind is helping warm temperatures but making it feel colder outside. like i said, feeling about 40 degrees right now. we actually hit our high temperatures over the next few hours, about 1:00, 2:00 p.m. after that notice our temperatures fall by 4:00 p.m. in the low 40s. 30s. so if yuz going out tonight for your friday night before 10:00 p.m. plan for temperatures to in the 30s after 10:00 p.m. we will fall into the 20s. that warmer jacket as you head out, cold but conditions do remain dry across the area. however, therco isolated areas of black ice forming overnight tonight. tomorrow morning, starting off your saturday, it's a cold start. a temperature around 24 degrees. by 11:00 a.m. temperatures still in the 20s. at least it won't be breezy tomorrow. and we'll ha plenty of sunshine. especially throu the midday hours. mostly sunny. 3:00 p.m. when we hit the high

temperature. only 37 degrees for a high tomorrow. that's about s degrees below average. tomorr evening, still dry.the -- in the 30s. clouds sunday and rain is possible. notice fut weather bringing rain in by 7:00 a.m. and potentially her rain, parts of southern maryland and the northern neck. notice how rain favors areas along i-95 and off to the east. areas to the west, only about a 40 to 50% chance you're dealing with showers tomorrow. the best chance of rain will be along i-95, and off to the east on sunday. so again, today a high temperature of 48. tomorrow a high of 37. that's our cold day. at least it's dry. sunday a high temperature of 48. that's going to mark the beginning of the milder air moving into the area and actually sticking around for most of next week. again our warm streak. but rain is most likely again the exact timing future weather is bringing it in during the

morning, it's still a little uncertainly. veronica will he the latest at 4:00. monday, barbara, martin luther king jr. day luking fabulous. high of 46 degrees. >> sounds beautiful. thank you amelia. new this morning, pope francis is urging filipino corruption th h plagued the nation for decades. he's urging them to instead work to end poverty and social injustices. nearly a quarter of the 100 million people who live in the philippines live in poverty. this weekend the pontiff meets with survivors of 2013 deadly typhoon haiyan and return to vat tin monday. and cancels islamic call to prayer from the duke bell tower. a way to bring students together, but the plan sparked a fierce backlash with evangelist franklin graham urging duke alumni to withhold donations.

instead they'll gather a call to flare a grassy area near the bell tower. a tragic accident leaves a philadelphia coltunt dead and a woman seriously hurt. the temple university student was taking pictures near the window when she fell last night. 18-year-old rebecca kim fell eight stories downç9n a woman walking by. kim was instantly killed. the 44-year-old woman she landed on was rushed to the hospital. students at the school are calling this a fccen >> this is -- surreal to me. i can't even believe it. >> but the windows are weird. when you open them they automatically e back. we're not permitted to have windows, like open.9l$ they usually bolt them shut. >> police are investigating how the student was able to fallóg out of that window. tomorrow you are invited to attend a march to show support for your pole officers. the demonstrations starts at 12:00 at the national law enforcement officers memorial. if you want to go you're

encouraged to we blue. that's tomorrow at noon. we know people love their cell phones and now a new surveys shows just how much they love them. consumers would rather give up vacation or meals out for a whole year before they'd give up their cell phone and it's not just for social reasons. on average people said they think their cell phones add around $6,000 in value to their lives every year. it's no surprise cell phone salesmn/yç generated a staggering $3.3 trillion revenues globally in 2014. well, theyyc their style free range parenting, and now a maryland couple is being investigatef neglect. how a simple walk home landed them in big trouble. plus, d.c. leaders and thevice pretf the unitas are going underground today. a look how the tour could help clean

vice preside joe biden and the mayor tour the tunnel project today. agriculture secretary tom vilsack will also be there. the project involves building underground storm water and sewage tunnels in an effort to end polluted discharges from the waterways. after t tour officials will discuss the importance of investing in our nation's infrastructur a big and healthy change for parents and kid at a fast food chain, wendy's, the kids menu no

longer feature soda. not be tempted by extra pictures of soda in front of them when looking at the menu board. parents take note. if you choose to you can still order soda for your children. a maryland couple is beingtigated f neglect aft allowing their t children to walk home this weekend from a silver spring area. it's one mile walk that they took. the children 10 and 6 years old. the"thshgt p first reported the story and interviews the r. this is what ait e decision. >>é nothing very radical. giving our children the childhood we had. the idea kids can go down the block, to play at the park, to walk home from school. so we let them -- within carefully defined boundaries walk around outside, play outside. interact with people. basically encounter the world on their own.

>> a follow-up to the story called "why are we criminalizing joins us from "the washington post" to talk abo this. good morning. >> go mnin barbara. >> so where does the neglect investigation s rht now? >> right now theil meeting th child protective officers next week. when their childwe pe up on december 20th, someone saw them walking in a pretty busy intersection yú& downtown silver spring and called police to pick them up. police broughte kids home. that visit was followed immediately b person from the child protective services officer with a safety plan. the parents had to sign an agreement th would not leave their children unsupervised. the parents are frustrated and will meet with child ouut(ur+e officers next week. >> so do you have any idea how the children fabis? >> the children are pretty upset. they believthy e -- they have theigo walk independently. they arve -- very mature for

their age. i will tell you i have children the sage age, and i think theirs were a little more centered than mine. i got a little bit of flak this summer when i wrote about letting my kids walk to the corner store, which wasn't a mile but a big leap in independence. i belven at i d kn i could do a mile the way that family did but it is infringing on one of the important thingout growing um and that's learns independenc letting tha l go. slowing down that helicopter parenting. >> i certainly walked makes in my small town in texas growing up but my children said they thought the worst thing to be born into, a family where the mother is a news journalist and knows all the bad things that can happen to kids when they go out on their own. they didn't th they were independent enough. these parents said they shined the spotlight on two types of parenting? is that light >> absolutely. it talks about the two types of parenting. if we have to give everything a name and category helicoptering

parenting, hover observe er over your kid and free range parents, letting your kids go. that was the norm in the '70s, and '80s, yarns around our necks with a key, to let ourselves in after school and go about. it's a different world today, that's the response you get that is the response. sad to say, but i guess that the reason and good to have somebody keeping an eye out. somebody calmed because they saw that's a good thing. >> it is, but4 specifically, things aren't as dangersous as decades ago. crime rates are dropping. >> thanks for joi us. look forward to having you again with us sometime. >> thank you so mu for having me. >> from "the washington post." close your eyes. it could help your memory. our understanding. plus, taking inspiration from celebrities. the wedding ideas star, using and the big wedding show taking place this weekend. >> are you ready to see meredith and maury sweat together in bed? >> yeah, sure.

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his family on saturday. you're engaged and now need to plan the wedding of your dreams. when it comes to planning your special day, grabbing inspiration from your favorite star isn't that farfetched. joining us with explanation to that. good mornin od to see you again. >> good morni niceo e you again eetoo. >> you always bring wonderful ideas to us. you tell us all of these ideas for weddings these days and you'll show a lot of these as the big wedding show that happens this sunday. >> yes. >> we'll talk abouth in a minute. where are t inspirations coming from? >> celebrities are great have access to a lot of interesting and unique things. so the first one really that i, comes to mind for 2014 was jessica simpson's wedding. she did an amazing job. you saw all the garden greens. really just transformed the space and created an experience for her guests and this year we've seen brid that, and grooms, looking for the draping greenery. the arrangements, floral, soft,

romantic garden feel. >> and how about kim kardashian? that was a big wedding, too. >> a big wedding. kim kardashian that kiss in front of the floral wall went viral. this dress fantastic. this was a bridal gown. >> were those real flowers standing in front of? >> it was. real flowers. >> are people trying to do that as well? >> they the floral wall has been the most sought-after floral element. >> tell us a the dress you brought with you. what is this inspired by? >> sure. this dress was actually inspired by kim kardashians gown. >> the one she was wearing. >> the one she was wearing. from a bridal shop in georgetown. gorgeous style. lace has been very popular. george clooney's bride amal more lace and lace for the kardashian wedding, lace is everywhere in 2015. >> and the golden globes from

the deck cliche to the waist. >> some like it all covered and some all shown. >> george clooney. a big wedding most recently and a lot of peopano copy all of the things that happened at that wedding? >> yeah. incredible. of course, amal looked absolutely stately in that oscar de la renta gow off the shoulders, looked incredible and george in the tux, we've seen a couple times now. she timeless. absolutely timeless. >> the big thing these days to have really form weddings? >> definitely on the rise, formal weddings. of course, we've soon celebrities do i and everyday brides want to create that grandeur and elegance, even with, you know, the elements that they give to14+s÷ their guests. like great marigold and gray gift items from the baskets, presenting those to their guests to give them a littl welcome and that comfort that used to be kind of swag thing

celebrities did. >> you have a beautiful formal looking tae setting there. is that kind of what's w÷win? the colors of gold? >> yeah. it's great. a nice mix of formal and casual together. the casl setup with silver a little lace. and the floral pattern plate, which again i drew inspiration from this on jessica symbols ens withe garden feel. >> and lots of candles? >> lots of candles. candles every from gold, mercury, metallics. it dresses up the wedding beautifully. >> the flowers are gorgeous you brought. this is something you'll show this weekend. tell us where the wedding show is this weekend? >> absolutely. at the patrioce >> what te? noon? >> yes, noon. thank you. >> anydyho wants to know. >> sorry. >> hearing is 11:00 to 5:00. so busy setting up for us, got to get ready for this weekend. >> yes. it will be beautiful. lots of professionals there. lots of flowers cakes to taste.

it's incredible experience for the brides to be there. >> "the washington wedding experience." >> at thedruq tris center, 11:00 to 5:00 sunday. >> yes. >> so nice to see you. >> thank you very much. >> great to have you with us. this is absolutely beautiful. >> thank you. time now 11:50. coming up, the tax deductions you don't want to forget about plus the weekend forecast and the big difference between

breaking news now into the live desk. a nasty car accident in rockville on frederick road and college parkway. take a look at the video here. five vehicles involved. at least six people were hurt. three of them taken to the hospital, but i looks like everyone involved in this wreck will be okay. there were ro closures here at one point. only the far right lane was getting by but things are going to be improving now that the vehicles are bei towed away from the scene and officials finishing up cleanup. again, you might face delays now on frederick parkway in rockville as a walt of that accident. >> thanks. andbãfollowing several developing stos throut the day. first, the mayor releases a report about underground emergency on monday. when smoke filled a train killing one woman. detailing how loto firefighrs to arrive at the scene. we'll send a push alert to your

phone soon as we hear. and president obama met with british prime mierav r rin camon wait on nbc special report that's coming up right here on nbc 4 online, or on your phon

>> it's a g thing. yes. these provision doss save taxpayers money. >> reporterum two and quite possib the biggest change is for those of you who have signed up for health care through the affordable care act. >> it is going to be complicated. >> rorr: mcmahon warns those tax credits you've got pay for out of pocket premiums need to be counted. two new forms and two additional lines for the millions of people who need to claios credits and for those eligible for credit and did not take it the credits will be refunded once the tax return is filed. >> we did not see this last year. and it's important to understand that some people who don't even need to file tarn[ww?ñ for tax purposes ma+ fe one just because of the premium tax credit. >> reporter: numr three. tax brackets have been adjusted for inflation. 2014 income levels in each tax bracket increased 1.7% since last year. finally, number fo --

do your research before you hire help. >> it's always complicated to me. always. i can never figure out to fill out the forms or anything like that. >> reporterf you do hire someone, make sure a tax primer has an irs tax identification number, a certified public accountant or attorney. always ask about service fees up front and never use a tax preparer that asks you to sign a blank or incomplete return. >> it is really rtt g a tax preparer that knows what they're doing ano licensedndan stand up for you if there ale >> that was erika gonzalez recording. if you'd like help preparing taxes we have links on our website. search tax help on our site. time for a final check on the forecast with amelia. >> barbara plenty of sunshine today but breezy and because of that it's feeling cooler than it actually i our high of 48 degrees will feel

more like temperatures are around 40 as we head into the afternoon. it's cold tonight and cold tomorrow. high of only 37. but we'll have plenty of sunshine. we tradeoff the sun for a chance of rain on sunday. especially arouhitonnd areas off to the east. otherwise, it warmer. a high of 48m3iúa degrees sunday. so it's not bad at all and look at temperatures on the rest of the seven day. midto upper 40s for highs, martin luther king jr. day looking beautiful. a chance of mainly rain wednesday and right now only a 30% chance of the likelihood we'd see snow and especially a snowstorm, that looking extremely unlikely for wednesday. of course, veronica and doug will be in at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00 tonight with the late effort on the forecast. especially sun >> thankouo much. have a great wee >> you, too. that is news for midday for today and for this week. we invite you to tune in for news at 4:00 5:00 6:00 and tonight at 11:00 we have news throughout the weekd and back

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