still a lot of work to be done. this is a massive effort and will take days to complete. >> yesterday was the first day investigators were able to enter the house. it had to be shored upafter three stories collapsed into the basement. today we will find out whether a man accused in three high profile murders will be hospitalized to evaluate his mental competence encities. this morning prosecutors will ask a judge to hospitalize charles severance to see whether he is competent to stand trial. last month severance displayed a rude gesture when a judge ordered a mental competency exam for him. the findings of that report will be revealed this morning. a there says he is difficult to evaluate because he refuses to cooperate. prosecutors say that is no reason to find him mentally incompetent tent to stand trial. severance is accused of killing nancy dunning, ron kirby and ruth an ladato during a ten year period. today the man accused of plotting to bomb the u.s. capitol will be arraigned.

chris toretopher cornell was in-dits order several charges. police arrested him at an ohio gun shop after he bought two rifles and 600 rounds of am you munition. cornell's father says his son was coerced by the fbi and would never have gone through with the plot. it is 4:31. time for another look at our forecast. i hope that flurries give way to much warmer weather. >> wouldn't that be nice. >> yes a melting is in our future here by later this afternoon. right now we're getting some scattered flurries, maybe a little bit of rain mixing in this pink zone to our west. in loudoun county panhandle of west virginia shenandoah valley northern fauquier that will continue to track off to the east coming into fairfax and montgomery counties briefly right into the district and into prince george's county and perhaps prince william over the next hour or so. in addition we have patchy dense fog around so slow down use your low beams this morning. we'll have the fog around until about 10:00 this morning. temperatures are generally right at or maybe a little above freezing which is great news

with all the cloud cover we have had. temperatures sort of stay up a bit overnight. a few isolated spots near freezing so watch out any untreated surface could be a little bit icy, a little bit of patchy ice around early this morning. your morning headlines, we'll have this morning fog with us until about 10:00. and then a chilly afternoon, but above freezing. so we'll have some melting then. all eyes on friday night and saturday. looks like a more potent snow and rain storm coming our way. i'll have the latest on that coming up at 4:51. at 4:41, we'll take a look at our up and down temperatures here over the next 24 hours. now a look at our roads early on this thursday morning. and we have all the latest construction here this morning. a lot of road work around up to perhaps some that they held off on yesterday evening because of the yucky rain and snoefw falling. inner loop between toll road construction in the left lane.

270 at clarksburg a little bit of fog here in this germantown area. so be careful of that. 66 and 95 in virginia no problems this morning. prince george's county also looking quite good. nice and green, lots of movement. i'm back at 4:41. it's 4:33 now. what started as a vigil for a teen killed in a recent shooting in southeast d.c. turned to panic. the crowd gathered to remember a friend. five or more shots were heard as the vigil ended about 7:45 causing people to run away and police to start to search for a shooter. the vigil was being held for philip jones who was shot two weeks ago on martin luther king skrr oig avenue jr. a s friends are in disbelief. >> that's redick clus. shoot at a vigil? that's gone too far. >> d.c. police are asking anyone

with information are on that shooting to contact them. today the archdiocese of washington will host a march for life rally and mass. more than 28,000 people are expected to attend the annual event. they will take place at the verizon center and d.c. armory beginning at 7:30 this morning. you could be affected by the rolling road closures throughout the day. here is the march route so you can see the area to avoid. it is now 4:34. republicans will not be debating a bill banning all late term abortions. objections there gop women and other lawmakers have left republicans short on votes. republican leader pass planned to push the legislation through the house today. this is timed to coincide with the annual march for life rally we just mentioned. instead the house will debate legislation banning taxpayer funding for abortions. i'm richard jordan at the live desk. new this moing, a top u.s. navy official in guantanamo bay has now been reassigned. captain john nelgtsson was

reassigned to jacksonville. he was a commanding officer, but his supervisors say they lost confidence in his ability to command. not much more is being released citing an ncis investigation. but nettlesonnin gitmo for 2 1/2 years. governor mccall h. call slif working from his hospital bed. his staff tweeted this photo of him with a therapy dog yesterday. the governor checked in on monday. he has fluid in his chest after breaking his ribs on vacation in africa. mcauliffe is still holding staff and cabinet meeting hospital. no word yet on when he'll be released. today larry hogan is waking up as maryland's governor. he will kick off his tenure when he present his budget to lawmakers take. >> i lawrence j. hogan jr. do swear that i was assume the constitution of the united states.theconstitution of the united

states. >> hogan was sworn in amid the snow yesterday. it was a pretty scene. he did not mention the budget in his inaugural address but we're expecting significant budget cuts with maryland facing a $750 million deficit this year. transportation and education could be affected by the budget this year. news 4 iteam reporter scott mcfarland reached out to public school leaders. they say they're prepare to go eliminate as much as 500 teaching jobs if they're hit by significant budget cuts. the change would mean your child's classes would have two extra students on average. also in montgomery county, your children's school start time may be changing. today you can give your thoughts on the proposed changes at two public hearings. montgomery county school looking at adjusting bell times. this comes after national research shows that teen brains don't function as well early in the morning. the meetings will be held today at the auditorium at the carver educational services center in

rockville. there will be one from 3:30 to 5:30 and another meeting from 6:30 to 9:30. nba star kevin durant is opening up amid a big push to get him to sign this washington. it would be a dream. he will be a tree agent next year. durant scored 34 point it is to lead the thunder to a win last night. he says he always enjoys coming home. >> it's been a blessing playing in the nba, but to play at home in front of my family and friends is something that i really can't describe. i try not to take it for granted. but i appreciate everybody in this area. they showed me so much love. >> #kd to dc has received a bigger following in recent months. he's such a great ambassador to the sport. always comes back to maryland to give back. involved in the boys and girls club. just a great guy. >> his mom was here in studio a couple days ago.

they are supposed to be a healthier alternative to cigarettes but what researchers found in the vapor shows they may not be absolutely safe. new 4/was there when firefighters rescued a northern virginia family from their burning home. the fire tool crews say saved them and that every household should have that is not a smoke alarm. a live look outside. fog may slow down your drive or walk to work this morning. exercise caution out there. tom is timing out hour by hour when conditions will clear up and what to expect when they do.

new reresearch shows evident e gets may not be healthy. the exposure to formaldehyde could be 5 to 15 times hire than smoking cigarettes. there are more than 8,000 chemicals in tobacco smoke. they say hard to pinpoint whether formaldehyde is the main culprit in cigarette related cancers, though. according to the american cancer society, exposure to formaldehyde has been linked to some cancer in people. 4:41. a little fog this morning. maybe a couple snowflakes out there, too. a live picture here for you over the district. >> let's check in with tom kierein to find out what the day will look like. weather and traffic on the 1s at 4:41. >> don't have any dense fog in the metro area. that's farther to our west. we are getting light freezing rain maybe a few snowflakes mixing in here passing from west to east.

and coming in to the metro area over the next hour or so. result we may get just a little bit of that accumulating on a few surfaces. the dense fog advisory is smaller now. visibilities are under about a quarter of a mile. also winter weather advisory all these counties in lavinenderlavender nearby suburbs in maryland. freezing fog and light snow between now and 8:00 this morning. and up and down temperatures over the next 24 hours, right now we're near freezing. then by noontime, we'll be up intoes upper 30s near 40. low to mid-40s midafternoon. a little sunshine breaking out. and this time tomorrow morning, back down to the upper 20s. look at our snow/rain chance for saturday and monday that's coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s. melissa has some construction. have some road work in the way here. a lot of it should be out of the way around 5:00. so nothing to worry about much past that. 66 west at fashirfax county

parkway, road work happening there. same thing braddock and 95. beltway at branch avenue that looks quite good for us here this morning. taking a look at 95 and bw parkway in maryland, no problems. and which is wednesday avenue southbound at east-west highway, it hooks like it's off to the right. a live picture of 95 in maryland coming up. hundreds of people burned out of their luxury apartments in new jersey. what we're learning about this massive fire. this could be seen from new york. it's prompting a state of emergency. k-2 and spice. what virginia officials are warning about these drugs your kids have easy acc.

right now hundreds of people are out of their homes after a fire destroyed a luxury

apartment complex in edgewater, new jersey. the smoke could be seen across the hudson river. that a look at those massive flames that erupted last night. an parts of the building collapsing, crumbling to the ground. there were 175 units in the building about 300 residents. fortunately everyone was able to get out. there are no injuries to report. but to youu you do have several people that have to find another place to stay including the announcer for the new york yankees. he found a hotel room he could spend the night in. this morning there are schools closed many roads have been restricted. still no cause behind this fire here, but pretty iconic that 15 years ago at that same site there was a construction project under way and there was also a fire there. we'll be watching for developments here throughout the morning. 4:46 now. working smoke alarms helped save an arlington family from a house

fire. you first saw this video as breaking news yesterday morning here on "news 4 today". two people had to climb on to the roof of their house after flames quickly engulfed their home. rescuers used ladders to get the people down. they were rushed to the hospital and treated for smoke inhalation. we're told they will be okay. the north arlington home had extensive damage. yet on the cause. right now there is a group of diplomats in cuba to negotiate the country's ties with the u.s.. it is the biggest u.s. delegation there in decades. they're expected on discuss new embassy this isies in both countries including right here in n. district. they will also talk about immigration which the u.s. coast guard is already working to enforce today. super bowl xlix less than two week away and one of the teams will hold a press conference today. patriots coach bill belichick will probably face questions about the afc championship and nfl source tells nbc sports that

footballs used during the game were under inflated. they're easier to know and catch in cold rainy weather. the nfl has yet to rule on this matter. if the patriots are found guilty, they could be fined and lose draft picks. news 4 is your super bowl station. we will kick off super bowl week jim hanley heading to arizona for full coverage leading up to the big game on february 1. 12 minutes before the top of the hour. and this morning families with children suffering from epilepsy head to the virginia statehouse to plead for lawmakers to legalize cannabis oil. 15-year-old jennifer collins and her mother will be there. jennifer has more than 300 seizures a day. her family spent five years trying to find a treatment that worked. last year they tried cannabis oil, a form of medical marijuana without the so-called high. jennifer and her mother moved to colorado because the oil is still illegal in virginia. >> being separated was -- excuse

me. very difficult. >> three bills that would allow the use of can that business oil are up for consideration. opponents say more trials are still needed to determine the effectiveness and safety of medical marijuana. leesburg police are issuing a new warning about synthetic marijuana. they're seeing a spike in the number of people who need medical attention after ib hailing what is labeled k-2 or spice. but synthetic marijuana is actually a type of in-cense it is illegal to use or sell it in virginia. last year leesburg police investigated 40 incidents related to k-2 and so far this year they have already had 14. if you love your work -- want to tell you about a conference about the keystone xl pipeline today. two senators a democrat and republican and ambassador from can in a today will talk about a bill here.

republicans struck down multiple democratic amendments to the bill although they did pass a measure saying quote, climate change is real and not a hoax. the president has said he will veto the bill if it passes. this just into our newsroom. prince william county schools are opening two hours late this morning. again, prince william county schools two hours late. today you can have your say on the recent violence in ward 8. residents are invited to meet with various community organizations to discuss the recent shootings and homicides causing residents to live in fear. the meeting will be at old congress high school on martin luther king jr. avenue. it ends at 8:30. residents say they will not allow dr. king's dream to die away. well, it's already got its open twitter handle. the georgetown cannon ball. >> this is the funniest story. someone found it a couple of weeks ago in the chimney. a chimney sweep found this decades old cannon ball inside

the chimney of the came bridge place home. yesterday the owner decided to call police and they determined that it was in fact full of gunpowder. yikes. so they called the fire department which then called a military bomb team. we spoke to a neighbor who has seen the actual cannon ball. >> it's about this big in diameter and it has solid metal exterior. and i thought it was just solid shot. >> the cannon ball was packed into a metal tube and taken to virginia for further analysis. thank goodness they took out that cannon ball when they did. let's turn to tom. some places still cautious about ice. >> and some fog away. and we have a few flurries coming through, as well. maybe a little bit of freezing

drizzle on top of what happened yesterday. so yes, some caution is recommended this morning. and leave a little bit early. you have that opportunity. right now storm team 4 radar showing a few of these areas in the green and pink. that is where we're getting a little bit of drizzle, maybe a little bit of freezing rain a little bit of snow flurry activity. very light coming out of the shenandoah valley now into fauquier county and loudoun county. thousand just moving into fairfax and montgomery county continuing to track through the metro area and into our eastern suburbs over the next hour. the other problem this morning is fog. densest fog here these counties in gray washington panhandle of west virginia and the northern shenandoah valley where visibilities are under a q those locations. so watch out. use your low beams and slow down. in addition we have a winter weather advisory as maybe there will be icy next here these counties in the lavender color. freezing drizzle, freezing fog

around. maybe just a few flurries coming through from time to time between now and around 8:00 this morning. and temperatures are near or a little above freezing. so most of the roads are vusjust dump. but the damp. but roads could get slippery this morning. at the bus stop clouds around a little bit of fog. hovering near freezing. between 8:00 and should be less fog and getting above freezing. keep you will with up a that with the storm team 4 weather app from the app store. this afternoon, breaks in the clouds. highs reaching the mid-40s. love this photo from yesterday taken in germantown. snow was like glue and stuck to all the trees. share your photos on facebook, twitter api'llnd i'll share on instragram. tomorrow increasing clouds low 40s. rain and snow moving in late on friday. saturday some sn moving in. we could get morning rain and snow changing to afternoon wet snow.

possible totals how look to be around 2 to 4 inches on saturday. sun back sunday. maybe the another couple of inches on monday. and then tuesday, wednesday, very cold not even getting above freezing. pa list melissa now with the roads. i had an issue with my front step this morning. not the best place to step this morning. i didn't bite it. are you hoping that i fell? >> no just wanted to make sure you were okay. >> yeah, right. >> i caught myself on the railing. thank you for your concern, though. beltway at river road no problems there. taking a look at 270, also looking quite good. 95 in maryland comparery hill road into and out of up to looking fine. beltway at kenilworth also looking good. hopefully aaron doesn't bite it somehow later. >> did she just threaten me? just looking out for you. >> never. 4:55 right now. a restaurant that won't allow their staff to take tips. what they are getting instead

that is making them happier. that's at 5:00. customer feedback is torsing amazon to pull their diapers. how they hope to lure customers back when the product goes back on the market.

welcome back. customer spoke and amazon answered by pulling its new diapers off the website. the online retailer introduced its own brand of environmentally

friendly diapers just six weeks ago. with you earl but early feedback is pushing some design changes. applications for new mort fwamgs are s ganlgs are on the rise. they are up 63% from this time last year. low interest rates are one of the ropes more people are looking to own a home. a year ago, a 30 year mortgage loan averaged 4.5%. today it's down to 3.81%. an even lower for a 15 year mortgage. right now 25 people are recovering from a bus crash in maryland. an mta bus hit a bus for riders disabilities. you you can see the front of that mta bus was smashed and bent up. nobody was on the second bus. the people on the mta bus have nonlife threatening injuries. matt scherzer will be there when spring training kicks off less than one month from now. can you believe that? spring training one month. go nats.

take a look. this is video of him putting on a nats uniform for the first time when he was introduced yesterday. news 4 sports reporter dianna russini talked to sher zircherzer one-on-one. >> it makes it easier when and you have chance to win. at the end of the day, that's what it's all about. this gives me a great opportunity to win for the next several years. >> yeah it does. >> let's hope so. scherzer will wear number 31. his contract is worth more than $200 million. >> which he says was a nice thing to sort of realize that he'll make that kind of money but he feels the prospects for a world series are so good here that that's why he wanted to come to washington. >> better than $200 million? but hey, if he wants to give us a world series more power to him. welcome, welcome. stay with us. news 4 today continues now at 5:00 a.m.. right now on "news 4 today," flurries are moving in to start

your morning and maybe a few icy spots, too. tom is tracking major changes including a warm-up and then shall some snow. and metro preparing to thouns big changes to keep you avenue. the immediate changes could youyou could see. p. >> welcome to "news 4 today" for this thursday january 22. we're taking a live look outside right now. 36 degrees outside of our studios. pretty cloudy too. >> let's check in with tom kierein for your weather >> storm team 4 radar is showing a few areas, we're getting a few flurry maybe a little freezing drizzle, this area in color moving from the west to the east. coming right into the metro area. montgomery and fair tags counties and then tracking in to our eastern suburbs. that will be over the next hour or two. winter weather advisory in effect through the counties in color as we may get