12 in gaithersburg, 19 at annapol annapolis. balm my 21 in downtown washington. the arctic cold is relaxing. 18 this morning. 35 at 7:00 tonight. but tomorrow morning, temperatures will be ten degrees or more milder than this morning. so even though it will be cold, it won't feel quite so tough. but the bundle up factor is high for today. it will be another winter beauty coming up. next chance for rain arrives on friday. that's the next change in the weather. we're going to have to watch this one very, very carefully. there may be a little risk of light, freezing rain particularly west and north of the city late friday morning up to about noontime before everything changes over to rain. eun, back to you.

thank you, chuck. breaking news. cold temperatures chuck just talked about could be responsible for this water main break montgomery county. this is the olney mill road near islanders street. no word whether it will affect students at nearby bellevue school. take a look at this, 95 northbound at prince william parkway. 2 mile backup. it is building very, very quickly because of this crash. we have chopper 4 on the way to this problem in falls church. northbound gallows road near arlington. southbound is open, northbound closed. there could be a pretty good alternate if you're trying to get up there to 50. blue line delays popped up here to largo town center. red line delays still hanging around because of the signal problem there at silver spring. remember, vre fredericksburg 300 and 302, 20 minutes behind. travel times in ten minutes.

eun. >> thank you, melissa. developing story in calvert county that we've been following all morning. take a look at this mass of destruction left by a fire on southern maryland boulevard overnight. we've learned three firefighters are hurt. one had to go to the hospital. 95 firefighters responded to the scene in dunkirk around 12:15 this morning. the fire started when a vehicle crashed into a flower shop. today pretrial hearings begin for the second baltimore police officer facing charges in the death of freddie gray. cease san goodson was driving the van where investigators say gray received a deadly spinal injury. he faces second degree murder charge. jury trial is set for monday. prosecutors had planned to use the testimony of william porter against goodson. monday porter filed a motion saying he plans to invoke his fifth amendment rights and he will refuse to testify. porter was the first officer to

be tried in this case. that trial ended with a hung jury last month. his new trial is set for june. news 4's chris gordon will be in baltimore covering developments for you today. you can follow him on twitter and keep your nbc 4 washington app close to learn what's happening in the courtroom. we have an unfolding situation in the far east after north korea says it has tested a hydrogen bomb. now japan, take a look at this video we got, sending these planes in to check for radiation levels in the region. the u.n. security council putting together an emergency meeting to address the matter also just hearing from the eu foreign policy chief who says if this is indeed true this is a grave violation. south korean officials say it may not have been a hydrogen bomb but they're still boosting the military presence in their country. they're condemning the announcement. aaron, we'll bring you more as we get it. thank you. 6:03. today a friend of the san bernardino shooters is set to be

formally charged. police say enrique marquez bought the two assault rifles used in the attack that killed 14 people. if convicted he could face up to 50 years in prison. 22 people also injured in that attack back in december. today d.c. mayor muriel bowser will work to curb crime in the disstrjt. she along with police chief kathy lanier will announce a new task force. the goal is to stop serial robberies. the task force will include members of mpd, metro transit police and the office of the attorney general. the announcement is at eastern market metro station. a new robbery investigation in the district after a scuffle on metro. agency spokesperson tells us someone stabbed a passenger while attempting to rob him. it happened on a yellow line train around 8:00 last night headed from georgia avenue to u street. metro did not have a description of the suspect. a d.c. man died on sunday after firefighters went to the wrong location. according to the washington post, the crew went to an address in northeast instead of

northwest. albert jackson's wife says treatment was delayed about 20 minutes. sunday's mishandled call is now under internal investigation. this is an ongoing problem we've been reporting on this for more than two years now. last june a 90-year-old woman waited more than 30 minutes for an ambulance that never arrived. an elderly woman from rockville is the victim of a deadly crash. the 67-year-old woman died in the hospital last night hours after a county ride-on bus hit her in the crosswalk on georgia avenue at battery lane in bethesda. none of the four passengers on that bus was hurt. virginia governor terry mccull love struck several key deals during the cuba trip. the governor is making his way home. he inked a new deal. it supports water born trade and investment and increases the number of vessel services between the commonwealth and cuba. mcauliffe said this makes them a leader in the trade relations

with cuba. a father outraged after his 8-year-old daughter is subjected to a pat down at the airport. why the tsa says the screening was done by the books. >> also ahead, a big recall announcement overnight that will have you checking your refrigerator. two problems in virginia breaking news on the roads. 95 at prince william parkway, jammed because

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today." 6:09. some important news from volkswagen this morning. the company's ceo says environmental regulators should soon approve fixes for diesel engines caught cheating on emissions test. regulators in europe already approved fixes for 8 million cars. the u.s. process is taking longer because regulators found cars were emitting 40 times more toxic fumes than allowed. right now the west coast is getting slammed by that so-called godzilla el nino.

whoa. heavy rain continues to hit parts of california, and there's more on the way. cars and roads are underwater in the bay area and rock slides are halting traffic near los angeles. powerful el nino is impacting the foothills to the flood plains. the next storm may bring heavy snow in the mountains. temperatures are lower. you're bundling up here in the district as the coldest air of the year affects our area for the first time this winter. the district has activated a cold weather emergency plan. it was activated last night. the hypothermia hotline received more than 400 calls and those needing help. more than 500 people picked up taken to shelters. also warming centers set up across the district. and now your storm team 4 forecast. good morning, everybody. for your commute this morning you may want to go out in the driveway and warm the car up a little bit before you have to get in there and get the seat

heaters going. mid 40s on your way home today. current temperature 15 in rockville, 11 at dulles airport, 14 in restin town center and joint base andrews. dry today, dry tomorrow, next chance for rain doesn't arrive until we get into the day on friday. only real delays from the weather department will be sunshine delays. that's not the only delays you'll be facing. melissa mollet with breaking news in first 4 traffic. >> breaking news in falls church. take a look, chopper 4 just over the scene. an ambulance into a poll. this is a crash we've been telling you about for 40 minutes. gallows road at arlington boulevard, looks like when vehicles come this way they are getting around this here. that would be northbound gallows as far as we know. anything changes, we will let you know. take a look at that. 95 northbound prince william parkway, two mile backup because of that accident. taking a look right now at travel times. 66 in bound looks good right now. look at this, 95 north quantico to the beltway taking you three times as long as you should.

over an hour quantico to the beltway. crash 270 from germantown to the beltway, on time. outer loop, 95 to 270 on time. more on both of those crashes coming nup ten minutes. thanks, melissa. for a matter of moments it was legal to smoke marijuana at businesses in the district. we'll show you what happened and why the decision was quickly overturned. plus, we all struggle to get enough sleep every night, but we're going to show you who has

i'm angie goff at the live desk with breaking news out of falls church, virginia. we want to take a live shot from chopper 4 which is above innova fairfax hospital in falls church. what you're looking at here is a crash scene involving an ambulance into a poll. just learned that another car was involved as well. we want to take you over to a picture to give you a closer look. another vantage point. you can see the front end of that ambulance completely

crushed. hearing from the -- one person in that ambulance taken back to the hospital. also an individual that was in the car that was involved in this crash also at that hospital. we're working on getting their conditions right now. fairfax police saying that the road in the area northbound gallows road in the area right there in front of innova fairfax hospital will be closed for a brief amount of time, but we just heard from melissa mollet. people in the area seem to be able to maneuver and get around it. we're staying on top of this and we'll keep you posted. she kept patting me down, like pat down, pat down. it was like over and over. >> there's anger over a patdown of a 10-year-old girl at the raleigh durham international airport. the girl's father says the tsa went too far. you can see a pat down here reported on cell phone. it took about two minutes. the girl had a juice box in her carry on that weighed more than the three ounce limit. her father says that wasn't enough of a reason. >> maybe they were under trained. maybe they need retraining.

maybe they did everything by the book. i don't really know, but it was, you know, an uncomfortable situation. >> the tsa responded saying the patdowns, quote, followed approved procedures and that the procedures allowed agents to pat down a child in some circumstances. today the house will open its legislative year by trying to repeal the affordable care act. there has been dozens of votes on this issue, but this is the first time a full repeal will make its way to the president's desk. the legislation also cuts funding for planned parenthood. president obama will veto the measure. republican presidential front-runner donald trump is questioning the eligibility of one presidential candidate. trump reminded voters that ted cruz was born in canada. he says republicans may be in a, quote, very precarious situation by selecting the canadian born conservative as the parties's nominee. he was born in calgary to an american mother. cruz would qualify as a natural

born citizen and could serve as commander in chief. as for the rest of the presidential hopeful, marco rubio, ted cruz and carson are hitting the road hard today. ted cruz continues on the sixth day, 28 stop bus tour of the state. chris christie and jeb bush are in another early voting state today, new hampshire. it is now 6:18. a state senator stabbed by his own son is suing the state of virginia and the mental health facility that treated the young man. he claims his son gus did not get the appropriate treatment the day before the november 2013 attack. gus stabbed his father 13 times before shooting himself. the commonwealth health facility and the mental health worker who evaluated his son are named in the lawsuit. all five casinos in marry land had a really good christmas. maryland gaming facilities says december's revenue was 11% higher than 2014. the casinos generated more than

$95 million for the state. maryland lives revenue was up 8%. up 19% at horse show casino in baltimore. recall from wegmans. they're recalling more than 1,000 pounds of chicken because it wasn't inspected properly. the store produced these four different chicken products outside approved hours of operation. we know there was a lot of information here so we put it all on the nbc washington app. the usda says there is, quote, a reasonable probability that eating the chicken will result in serious adverse health consequences or even death. stores in maryland and virginia received the products and are offering full refunds now. 6:19. in news for your health this morning, do you need more sleep? >> yes. >> well, it seems that single parents are getting a bad deal. 46% of single parents say they don't get 7 hours of sleep a

night. avoid using electronic gadgets to get a better night's sleep. they say adults need 7, 8 hours of sleep at night. we have the place for you to follow up with your resolution to get healthier. the nbc 4 health and fitness expo is this weekend. we'll have a lot of medical personnel from different organizations like satara health care, care first blue cross/blue shield. the washington convention center this weekend starting at 9:00 a.m. saturday and sunday, all free. download the nbc 4 washington app. speakers and exhibits. eun and i will be there saturday. chuck will be there too. the whole gang's there. >> yes. join us, please. we're all getting ready this week as the redskins prepare for the playoffs. we learned what you can expect if you're going to sunday's game at fed ex field. game time 4:40. parking lot for permit holders will open at noon.

if you have a red zone lot permit you can get in at 11:00. the stadium gates open at 2:00. if you're in your seat at 4:15 you can see a flyover from the u.s. air force as part of the pre-game ceremonies. you know that will be very cool. with the game just days away, fans told pat collins they're getting pumped and confident. >> i'm 65 years old. we're going to beat green bay. >> everybody didn't think we was going to get there but thank god we did. >> they're going to beat those packers? >> i'm hoping and i'm praying that we do. i gave it to god so it going to work. >> that's what you have to do. have you to give it to god, right? >> that's right. they talked to fans at who are ras and dickeys in northeast washington. this is why i love redskins fans. no matter what happened -- >> give me a hand, pat collins. >> i want to pray for me. >> with the 'skins back in the playoffs, we wanted to know would you rather they win the super bowl or you win the powerball tonight?

well, you can text and call with your answers. >> yeah. >> also reply via social media. we'll have this up all day and give you the results tonight. >> somebody put the music in there to encourage people to vote for the redskins on that one. knock yourself out. we know where i'm going. 6:22 your time now. >> we have some news in your traffic. let's check in with melissa mollet. breaking news on the roads again. take a live look here. chopper 4 over the scene of falls church here northbound gallows road partially closed over fairfax hospital because of this accident. look at that, an ambulance into a poll. another car also involved. tow truck just arrived. should be getting out of the way in the next 40 minutes. two mile backup has now grown to a three mile backup because of an earlier crash. circle that backup. 95 north the ramp to the outer loop, partially blocked as well. cars turned sideways there

because of a crash. kind of a weird, nasty morning here. northbound rock creek parkway at virginia avenue, have the right lane blocked there in northwest. also remember this in olney, olney mill road at islander street, water main break near belmont elementary school. red line delays, signal problem there. 15 minutes behind there. blue line delays to largo town center. chuck? thanks, melissa. clear skies and light wind have led to a very cold start again this morning. as cold as yesterday but without the wind. the wind chills are not as much of an issue. clear skies over national harbor. now unlike will the last couple of mornings where we had the waves on the potomac because of the stiff breeze, the river has gone calm. it is a cold start. in the teens across most of the area this morning. all sunshine. not much wind for later on this afternoon. took the great pictures yesterday afternoon. great blue sky, this is what it's going to look like again today. taking out the afternoon to spend time in the great

outdoors, it will be a nice day to do it. this morning you will need to layer the kiddos up again. nine in the blue ridge and shenandoah valley. 13 in charlottesville. 12 in frederick county maryland. 10 in manassas and culpepper. heavy coats, earmuffs, hat, gloves, everything for the kids. the only thing they won't need is the umbrella for today. dry for today and tomorrow. rain chances do come back for friday and linger on into the weekend. unfortunately the best chance for rain out of the next five days comes on sunday. should be mainly in the morning. hopefully we can get the rain out in time for the game sunday afternoon. planner for today, 11 now. in the teens through 7:00 this morning. mid 20s by 9:00. above freezing before lunchtime. most of the afternoon today temperatures in the upper 30s to near 40. it will be a cold and dry evening. temperatures though won't be in free fall tonight like they were in last night. return of a little bit of the southerly breeze will allow for a little bit more cloud cover coming up tomorrow and a little

bit more milder start for the day as well. weekend, all ieyes on the weekend. rain looks likely for sunday but, again, i think most of that will be in the front part of the day on sunday. tom kierein is back at 6:31 talking about how you can help your car deal with the cold. see you in ten minutes. chuck, thanks. 6:25 now. turn to the developing story in oregon where the occupation of a wildlife refuge enters the fifth day. tonight the county sheriff will hold a community meeting to answer questions for concerned residents. the protest leader says they will leave if the community wants them to. they believe they're standing up against bad laws. the armed group wants the federal government to give up control of the wildlife refuge plan. united wildlife flight slid off the runway because of snow. the plane went off the runway and into a snowbank while it was taxiing yesterday. the accident closed the airport for about two hours while crews towed the plane. no one on the plane was hurt. want to show you some pictures out of prince gorges

county. firefighters rescuing one of their own. firefighter fell through the roof of a burning house in upper marlboro. on tuesday. ended up in a hot, smoke filled part of the house. quick action by fellow firefighters and captain donnie fletcher helped them get out unharmed. >> should missing more than 20% of a school day count as a tardy instead of an absent? they approved a temporary extension of d.c. council member's proposal. it reverses the 80/20 rule which says high school students are considered absent if they miss more than 20% of the day. he tells the washington post he would reduce the number of students categorized as truant, meaning fewer of them will be referred to court. work starting on the national mall today. they'll drain the reflecting pool near the lincoln memori so it can be cleaned. start on friday. the park service does it every year as part of the routine maintenance. the cleaning could take up to 60

days. news could impact your travel plans for the coming year. the airlines which are hiking fares and how much more you can expect to spend. no wind this morning, but that's not going to make things feel any better as you step outside. the temperatures in the teens. look at that. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell has your four things to know including how your weekend is shaping up at 6:31. plugs, the first look at the gadgets we may all be clamoring for. live look in los angeles at the consumer elect

breaking news right now in falls church. take a look at this. look up from your cereal this morning. chopper 4 over the scene, northbound gallows road. we have an ambulance into a poll, another car also involved. two people were transported here. right now the road is partially blocked northbound gallows near innova fairfax. 95 north ramp to the outer loop, still have a 2 1/2 mile backup there. 95 northbound through dale city. on 66 police are directing

traffic because of a new crash there. b.w. parkway southbound at 97 crash on the left side. you can see the delays which have gotten a bit better in the past couple of minutes here. taking a look at the beltway, no problems. again in northwest, northbound rock creek parkway in virginia we have the right lane blocked. i am out of breath. check. >> that's a lot of information to squeeze in, melissa, no doubt. outside this morning, another bone chilling start to the day. temperatures are in the teens. the four things you need to know about the weather. it's another bundler out there this morning. layer the kiddos up on the way out the door. another day with 100% sunshine. next chance for rain doesn't roll into the picture until we get into the day on friday. there may be a rain chance for the redskins game on sunday afternoon. we have to get through the cold. 15 in rockville and chevy chase. 14 in springfield, virginia. 14 at restin town center. cold weather gives your car trouble. make sure the wipers and fluids

are in good shape. check the tire pressures and keep your battery in shape as well. today's highs back up into the 40s. see you in ten minutes. chuck, thank you. 6:32 now. today the man accused of a home invasion and brutal attack on capitol hill will be in court in dc. according to court documents, antwon pit broke into a woman's home, raped her and beat her. he was arrested on unrelated charges 2 charges in prince gorges county. the d.c. council voted yesterday to dissolve a ban on marijuana use in private businesses. minutes later members changed their mind. why? one reason is that d.c. mayor muriel bowser says police are not yet able to enforce marijuana use in private clubs. >> she makes a valid point. you know, this could be the wild west if it doesn't get taken care of. >> several members realized that that actually was more than a problem than they had realized on the initial vote.

>> this morning smoking marijuana in public or in cars, restaurants, bars and coffee shops in the district remain illegal. prince gorges county fire investigators hope someone will recognize these two people. take a look. they're suspected of starting a fire inside a metro train on monday night. the train was bound for the district leaving the addison road station near capitol heights around 8:00. closer look. passengers were evacuated and no one was hurt. today you have a chance to weigh in on the 2017 budget for frederick county public schools in maryland. superintendant terry albin will unveil her recommendations at a community forum tonight at 7:00. if you'd like to be a part of that conversation, it's happening at the west frederick middle school cafeteria on west patrick street. 6:33. developing today, nationals first baseman ryan zimmerman is suing al-jazeera for defamation. they linked him and ryan howard to human growth hormone.

both filed defamation lawsuits in d.c. federal district court yesterday. zimmerman's attorney says he's never taken performance enhancing drugs and that the allegations damaged his reputation. they had no comment on the lawsuit. online sales are forcing a children's boutique to close shop after more than half a century in old town alexandrea. people were rushing in yesterday to make last-minute purchases. the store says it cannot compete with online companies that sell children's items for much lower prices. now owner kate shawbaugh first started working at why not as a high school senior. she said the decision to close was not an easy one. 6:34. it is high tech heaven. the consumer electronics show begins today in las vegas. nbc's jay gray is live with some of the cool gadgets on display there over the next couple of days. having some fun there, jay, right? >> good morning, aaron. there is a lot of neat stuff here. more than 2 million square feet

of items that we'll be able to see over the next week. let's show you some of the hottest ones. let's start with the wearable technology. solos, you wear them if you're working out on a bike. it will show you the terrain, exactly your heart rate and different items about the workout. it will show you how you perform when you're going uphill, downhill. it will tell you the elevation. when you get back home, you can replay the entire ride here. it'll tell you what you did, how you performed, how you can get better. pretty unbelievable there. james bond type stuff. let's talk about this phone case. it's 1,000 bucks. there's the camera. there's the phone. you slap it inside. and it really prevents anyone from hacking into any of the data, anything you have inside your phones here. if you slide it into this case it becomes totally indetectible. it's from bavaro. they also make one for your computer, laptop. home computer or laptop. this sits over the camera and also prevents any hacking of

your data inside there. there's so much here, but so little time. we'll leave it there for now. back to you, aaron. >> great stuff. jay gray live for us in las vegas. thank you. breaking news continues on the roads this morning. two problems in virginia. first of all, here in falls church, one problem in front of innova fairfax. an ambulance into a poll right in front of a hospital. another problem 95 northbound here. details on both coming up. also ahead, dreaming of striking it rich? the projected jackpot for tonight's huge powerball drawing and how it stacks up against record lotteries in the past. also ahead, new criticism for d.c. fire and ems this morning.

unrest in charleston, south carolina, after officer michael slager is released on bond.

he was caught on cell phone video shooting walter scott several times as he ran away. since officer slager's release, they're calling for protests and the resignation of charles ton police chief eddie drigers. his family calls for calm. looks like the airlines are boosting ticket prices. according to jpmorgan chase, several airlines started charging an extra $6 per trip this week. analysts say the increase started with delta and southwest on monday. then american, united, jetblue and virgin america followed suit. they say the price hike covers corporate, leisure, and deeply discounted fares. breaking news on the roads. several problems, actually, northern virginia. first of all, take a look at this. chopper 4 over this issue at innova fairfax hospital. we have an ambulance here that crashed into a poll. tow truck on the scene trying to get that out of the way and everything reopened there this morning. right now also 95 northbound

ramp to the outer loop, zoomed in shot of that ramp. car turned sideways. we are getting very, very slow. you can only get by on the shoulder there to access the outer loop. 66 into town is fine. 95 north quantico to the beltway has cleared up very nicely. looking at an hour a while ago. now it's 30 minutes. 270 south is looking good. top of the beltway 95 to 270 going to take you 18 minutes. chuck? thank you, melissa. outside this morning, another cold start to get you going. temperatures are in the teens in most of the suburbs. balmy 21 at national airport, but a frigid 9 at martinsburg. bus stop temperatures will be in the teens this morning. have your heavy coat on. recess gets a b. filled with sunshine, awfully chilly. temperatures should get up close to 40 degrees. next chance for rain moves in on friday.

developing situation in calvert county right now after a car slams into a business overnight triggering a massive fire. what we're learning about the accident and the response it took to contain those flames. we have breaking news out of north korea right now where leaders are boasting that they have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. i'm angie goff at the live desk tracking the action taken across

breaking news right now on the roads. two big problems in northern virginia. northbound gallows near innova fairfax partially closed right there because of an ambulance that went into a poll here right in front of the hospital. remember 95 north the ramp to the outer loop partially blocked right now. just getting by on the two shoulders. chuck. layer up on your way out the door this morning or you'll have a full body shiver in effect in no time. it feels like winter for sure. temperatures between 12 and 22 degrees right now. talk about the warmup and the weekend rain chances coming up in five minutes. developing right now, the cleanup after a massive fire that hurt three firefighters in calvert county maryland overnight. you can see the smoke billowing from the building. news 4's molette green is live in dunkirk for us. molette, what's going on? >> reporter: good morning. just take a look at the scene here. there's an excavation truck here

digging out the charred remains of this flower shop that's been here in this community for 30 years. and i'm joined now by the owner of the flower shop, mr. art fuller who is very emotional watching your life just charred rubble. tell me what you know about how this started with the car crashing into it in the middle of the night. >> yeah. when we arrived the police told us there was a dui driver that lost control of his vehicle, came to the parking lot and crashed into our van. he flipped over the van and into the store and set everything on fire. it's just -- it's just unbelievable. he got out. he was fine. he ran. they caught him down the road here a little bit, and my understanding, he's under arrest now. at least he's okay. they had some problems with the fire. a couple firemen were injured inside. the roof collapsed. they're okay also thank goodness.

>>. >> reporter: mr. fuller is planning to rebuild and continue on with the family business in this community. as you mentioned, several firefighters injured and taken to the hospital. if you take a look. nothing left of this flower shop and the dry cleaner that is right next to it also looks to have sustained a lot of damage as well. the owner of that facility, of that business has not shown up here at the scene. that is the latest live here from calvert county. molette green, news 4. >> awful scene. 6:47 now. today pretrial hearings begin for the second baltimore police officer facing charges in the death of freddie gray. caesar goodson was driving the police van last april where investigators say gray received a deadly spinal injury. goodson faces a second degree murder charge. the most serious of all six officers charged here. jury selection for his trial is set for monday. now prosecutors had planned to use the testimony of fellow officer william porter against goodson on monday though porter filed a motion saying that he plans to invoke his fifth

amendment rights and he will refuse to testify. you might recall porter was the first officer to be tried in this case. that trial ended with a hung jury last month. his new trial is set for june. news 4's chris gordon will be in baltimore covering the developments for you today. you can follow him on twitter and keep your nbc washington app close to learn what's happening in court. now an update from japanese officials within the hour. no radiation levels detected. that is the word. that's what's being reported after they sent these planes to check the air where north korea said that it tested a hydrogen bomb overnight. still, the u.n. security council will meet over the matter in just a few hours. a western diplomat just saying that if this is, indeed, true, they will look at expanding sanctions against north korea. the north broadcasted video of people cheering the announcement of the test. we also saw graphics of a seismic event in the area. many countries condemning the

announcement including china, eun. let's check in with kristen we welker on this political showdown. >> reporter: secretary clinton not engaging with donald trump over his very personal attacks against her, against her husband of course in recent days he has lobbed a number of barbs at them essentially taking aim at former president bill clinton's history while he was in the white house. secretary clinton saying it's her new year's resolution. she's not going to get into a verbal tussle with him. political analysts say don't expect him to weigh in any time soon. the reason is usually when you engage with trump the issue only escalates. this is the last thing they want to be talking about. what secretary clinton is

attacking trump on is his rhetoric. clinton said trump's rhetoric is inflammatory and he's unfit to be president. meanwhile, secretary clinton got good news yesterday. she is leading her rival bernie sanders by 17 points according to our latest nbc survey monkey online poll and she nabbed a key endorsement from a pro choice pac that endorsed president barack obama in 2008. that was seen as a major sliep. you raised the issue of donald trump questioning ted cruz's eligibility to run for president because he was born in canada. ted cruz dismissing that saying this has been settled. that is a line of attack you'll be hearing from donald trump because of course ted cruz is leading him in iowa. un, back to you. >> kristen welker live in iowa. thank you, kristen. democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders will go

after the big banks. he said he would take the country's largest financial institutions within the first year of office. he wants to cap atm fees at $2 and cap interest rates on credit cards and consumer loans at 15%. there's more campaign trail coverage coming up on the "today" show right after "news 4 today." 6:51. today d.c. mayor muriel bowser will make the district safer. she along with the police chief will announce a new task force. the goal is to stop sterile robberiero -- serial robbers. it's set for the eastern market metro station. d.c. firefighters responded to the wrong scene leaving a sick patient untreated for 20 minutes. the man ended up dying from a heart attack. the crew went to an address in northeast instead of northwest. this is an ongoing problem we've been following for more than two years now. last june a 90-year-old woman

waited for more than 30 minutes for an ambulance that never arrived. breaking news right now in northern virginia. take a look at this. falls church northbound gallows road partially shut down right in front of innova fairfax hospital. this is because of this ambulance right here that slammed into a poll about an hour ago. so right now they are trying to get that out of the way. 95 northbound, the ramp to the outer loop. again, a big response here. here we have a car side wades on the ramp. you can only get by on the two shoulders. slow 95 northbound just as you're approaching the beltway. otherwise 95 looking pretty good. 66 looking good right now. 29 north at suddley. taking a look at olney mill road at islander street, water main break in front of belmont elementary school. nice light volume there. no major problems. southbound b.w. parkway at 197, crash along the left side causing slowdowns.

in bound suitland parkway near sterling parkway. red line delays again because of that signal problem at silver spring. also have a slowdown on the green line here this morning to branch avenue. chuck? thank you, melissa. outside, what to expect for the day today. oh, yeah, cold in abundance again this morning. temperatures are in the teens to get your day started. just like yesterday though, all sunshine coming our way later on. fortunately not much of a breeze to cool things down anymore than it already is. yesterday was 11 degrees colder than average. that was our coldest day since october the 18th. it's been a long, mild stretch. november and december was well above average. right now though, oh, it is cold. it's only 10 in prince william county. 16 in leesburg. 19 in annapolis. 12 montgomery county. temperatures stay in the 20s through 9:00 or 10:00.

above freezing by noontime and close to 40 degrees for high temperatures today. a little good news there. our next chance of rain arrives on friday. and that could be a little bit tricky. we're going to watch this very, very carefully. the next big change, the moisture coming in may arrive before all the cold is scoured out. so there may, may be a chance for a little light freezing rain, particularly in the shenandoah valley mid to late friday morning. friday's temperatures will be up into the mid 40s. it won't be an extended problem but we're keeping a close eye on that for you. the weekend filled with clouds. saturday the best day to come down for the health and fitness expo. sunday, playoff game, redskins and packers. temperatures will be in the 50s. there is a chance for rain on sunday. i think most of our rain chance sunday comes into the front part of the day. still be wet at least when the game kicks off. keep that in mind. another shot of cold air comes in early next week. right now you still have

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you never know unless you try, right? $450 million the jackpot drawing tonight. just before news 4 at 11:00. we'll see you in a few more minutes with more on the big jackpot. in bethesda, i'm erika gonzalez. looks like a lot of you have your eye on that jackpot. we asked you earlier in the show if you would rather win the powerball or have the redskins win the super bowl next month. h'm. >> pretty lopsided looking results here. going to have this up all day for you. 86% want the money. if you want to weigh in, go to facebook or the nbc washington twitter page. call or text 202-601-3444. we are following breaking news in fairfax county where an ambulance slammed into a poll in front of innova fairfax hospital. erika gonzalez moving locations. what are you seeing? >> reporter: hi, eun. we're right outside innova fairfax hospital. big scene. you can see the private

ambulance -- looks like it's on a tow truck trying to get out of here. chopper 4 is over the scene. melissa mollet showing you the live pictures a moment ago. huge backup here at gallows road and arlington boulevard. police tell us the ambulance was transporting somebody from the hospital when it collided with another vehicle. still don't know why that happened. we're going to get more information, bring it to you on news 4 midday. erika, thank you. >> we'll see you in 25 minutes. have a great day. >> make it a great wednesday, everybody.

breaking news. north korea claiming it successfully tested its first hydrogen bomb overnight. the tremor of the size of a moderate earthquake. the reaction in countries around the world, swift and intense, but was it really an h-bomb, and if so, what didn't u.s. intelligence know it was coming? cruz in the crosshairs. donald trump questions ted cruz's eligibility, much like he did president obama's of. is trump feeling the heat as his republican rival surges in iowa while other republicans question the sincerity of the president's emotional news conference. >> every time i think about those kids it gets me mad. too much, a father