police said that that person did not need medical attention. >> our sympathy goes out to the family. my belief is that they just made an honest mistake. >> reporter: that mistake firefighters made was assuming that the person police were helping was the same person the 911 call was for. it wasn't. just steps away, right across the street gloria jackson was waiting for help as her grandson performed cpr on her husband, 67-year-old albert jackson. >> they took forever. it was my grandson and i and i kept running out here to see where they were and they took forever. i don't really know -- i don't understand what happened. >> reporter: mrs. jackson called 911 a second time. when paramedics did arrive at the correct location about 20 minutes had passed since the first 911 call. jackson was taken to the hospital where he died. chief dean has ordered a change to fire department procedures. >> they followed the current

prot dolls which we've changed and now what will happen for all units responding is that they will be required when they say at location to then say the address of the location so that the dispatcher can confirm that they're at the location they dispatched. >> reporter: as for whether a faster response would have saved her husband. >> i don't know. i'm not sure. >> now albert jackson leaves behind not just his wife and his children, but several grandchildren and a great-grandchild. coming up at 6:00, you'll hear what this incident means for the firefighters who were involved. jim, back to you. >> reporter: mark segraves. thank you, mark. metro is apologizing for an incident on the green line today. two cars separated while approaching a station right during the morning rush drive. chris sparks joins us now from the live desk. >> it was an unsettling

experience. the six-car train that was pulling into the navy yard station a little after 8:00 this morning when two of the cars disengaged. there were plenty of passengers onboard. none of them were hurt, but all of them say metro needs to do better. >> they fixed one line and then the next week something with the next line and i do think they need to be a lot more cautious and a lot to take more precaution and their maintenance and communication. >> metro says the cars separated about 18 inches and crews are able to reconnect them and then they moved it into the station and took it out of service and metro is investigating what caused that uncoupling and we are learning that the results of the investigation will be released at the next board meeting. doreen? >> chris lawrence, thank you. >> right now, students from two charles county will skoos are headed home after they were forced to shelter in place after a nearby deadly shooting. two men got into an argument in

waldorf, one man shot the other and bone benjamin stoddert middle school and eva turner school were told to shelter in place. the shooter is not yet in custody. a day after a woman was hit and killed by a ride-on bus in bethesda. her co-workers are telling news 4 the accident just doesn't add up. they say the 67-year-old wife and mother was always very careful and had crossed old georgetown road at battery lane hundreds of times. our transportation reporter adam tuss spent the day at the crash scene and has our report. >> she was a human being and incredible human building and she did not deserve to die this way. >> silvia moreno, a coworker of devika gunasekere, miss devika was killed about a block away from work as she tried to cross

old georgetown road. >> always so careful. devika was a careful person. i mean, just, you know, in terms of all of us trying to grasp what happened, none of cuss us imagine that any of this was her fault at all. >> reporter: police continue to investigate, signal timing is something getting a lot of attention at this point and guns keir was in the intersection of the cross walk. the driver identified as 44-year-old kenneth, has been with the company since 2006. so far no charges. what do you tell kids that miss devika took care of at the child development center. >> they requested that we not tell the children right now like she died or passed away and we're just saying she's away on vacation. >> in addition to the kids at that certain, she leaves behind two children. >> her husband can't even talk. her husband is so overwhelmed with grief that he can't -- he can't really talk without

crying. >> reporter: montgomery county police are still trying to put all of the pieces together of exactly what happened right here. you see, the orange markings in the middle of old georgetown road. if you have any information about what may or may not have happened, you're asked to call montgomery county police. in bethesda, adam tuss, news 4. take a look at this video from northwest washington. a worker fell 50 feet into a construction site this afternoon. this happened around 1:00 here on euclid street. firefighters put the worker on a stretcher and hoisted him out of the site with a crane. the man does have some injuries from the fall. he's being treated at the hospital now. right now two people are recovering after an ambulance crashed into a pole near innova fairfax hospital and another car was involved in the crash at gallows road at arlington blood and both people were hurt and taken to the hospital. the busy area was shut down to traffic for part of the morning. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. first on 4:00, a project to

make a d.c. road safer is nearing completion. the city will install a signal on southern avenue near the united medical center in southeast. last year there was no safe way for people to cross the street between the hospital and a bus stop on the other side. two women were killed after being hit by drivers in this area. news 4's pat collins started asking the mayor about safety concerns back in may and a cross walk was put in here. the new signal will stop traffic when pedestrians push a button. it should be completed in the coming months. traffic lights are now back to normal in montgomery county and the lights went dark for two hours today during the morning rush hour and the power was knocked out to about 3,000 homes and there was a brief outage at the wheaton metro station. pepco tells us it was related to a problem at a power substation. and we're dealing with a lot of cold. that's really been the story and now today it was sunny and not much wind and temperatures got

to 40 so it warrantsn't that bat starting off this morning look at these numbers and these are not the windchill and 11 in morton and 20 in d.c. and the coldest numbers we've seen so far as far as overnight lows go. so tomorrow not quite as cold and this evening we're going to cool, but we're not going to cool nearly as much and down to 35 degrees at 8:00 and by 10 close to the freezing mark in and around the city and some areas around the 20s and we'll see some cloud cover develop and that will move overnight tonight and that will help the temperatures stay in the 20s and a cold night tonight and not quite as cold and a much milder weekend and we're talking temperatures back into the 50s and behind that system we get a lot colder and we've got rain on the way and a lot to talk about in the weather and kind of a roller coaster pattern here and i've got it all for you at 5:25. al jazeera america says it will not comment on the defamation lawsuit filed by two major league baseball players. nationals first baseman ryan

zimmerman is one of those players and his suit accuses al jazeera of publishing their story to stir scandal and ratings. zimmerman's attorneys say he's never taken performance-enhancing drugs and that the allegations have damaged his reputation. > . >> the last couple of years they were dying to cheer with us and we take great pride in our ability on sunday afternoon to give them something to cheer about it and we'll be disappointed if they don't. >> so will we. kirk cousins and the redskins have made fans happy this season with the return to the playoffs. >> cousins has been a big part of all this and so has the coach. carol maloney is live from ashburn. carol, what is jay gruden saying today? >> reporter: he's got a big smile on his face. everyone's happy, the coach, the quarterback and the fan base and

the challenge to make it last. they were back to work today and jay gruden said the key for him and a happy jay gruden joined us for a few minutes after practice. >> a big deal for us as a staff and players and organization and we're very excited about us and not many people gave us much of a chance and i continue to work and get better and better and now we have to go out and perform. >> how are you getting to sleep? your blood pressure especially as the minutes tick by and we get closer to kickoff? >> it's all about putting the plan together and i'm pretty calm, come friday, saturday, sunday morning and that's when my blood pressure skyrockets and it's an exciting time and we want to get the guys mentally prepared and let them go out and do their thing. >> do you allow yourself to have pressure and since you've exceeded so many expectations. >> my brother has a great line. you don't feel pressure, you

apply it and we'll try apply as much pressure as we can to the green bay packers and get after them. >> how much, then, do you allow yourself to enjoy the moment or just the week or being in january football here at redskins park? >> well, we're enjoying another week of coaching, that's for sure, but there's nothing really enjoyable about going out on sunday and not playing at your best and we do our best to get our players to compete and be at their best on sunday and otherwise, i feel pretty good about where we're at preparation wise and it's a matter of going out and finishing the deal. we'll see the family go out next month? >> and i can't sleep. there are bugs and rats in there, i think. >> he's a funny man even this week with all of the pressure, the biggest week of his head coaching career. coming up at 6:00, we'll tell you what you have to do to get one of these and doreen, i'm holding on to this one in case

the bugs and the rats come out here because i've never seen them in all of the years i've come out, but if he says they're here, i have to be -- >> are you sure he's talking about vermin or the media? >> i didn't follow. >> thanks, carol. just how excited are you about the hometown team and the playoffs? would you take a super bowl win over winning the powerball? that's what we've been asking you in our flash survey. to weigh in, text or call the number on the screen. 202-6 202-601-3444. news 4's erika gonzalez asked some of you what you would do if you won that big jackpot? >> i think the caribbean. i love the caribbean. >> caribbean. are we buying the whole island or what? >> reporter: what would you do with $450 million. >> move to hawaii. >> people in jamaica are very poor and if i win this money i help a lot of kids to go back to college. >> reporter: what would you do with $450 million?

>> buy my mother a house. >> there you go. the jackpot jumped from $450 million to $500 million. i think we call that a half a billion. here's some tips for picking the numbers. hey, if you're buying tickets with a group choose different red powerball numbers to increase your odds and don't pick common lucky numbers like 7 or 13. more people pick those and don't stress over your numbers between 70 and 80% of winners had the machine do the picking and watch news 4 at 11:00 and doreen and i will watch and if we have them we're out of here. related to a criminal subpoena investigation into the e. coli problem. find out what the fast food chain plans to do now. a baltimore officer's own words could help send one of his fellow officers to jail and a new twist in the trial involving the death of freddie gray. we're live next. i'm tom sherwood. the district is still enjoying a

growing economic boom, but there's a growing concern about street crime and robbery. coming up, what the mayor says

now to a developing story out of baltimore tonight. the judge ruled the first officer charged if the death of

freddie gray must take the stand against another officer. >> officer william porter's own trial ended in a hung jury last month. news 4's chris culver wikulj;ñ makes the ruling so unusual. >> reporter: it is unusual because officer porter took the stand in his own defense a couple of weeks ago and prosecutors at the time called him a liar. charges are still pending against him and he faces a retrial in june, but now the same prosecutors want porter as their witness. police officer william porter whose trial in the death of freddie gray ended in a hung jury and mistrial last month is now being compelled to testify against a fellow police officer whose trial is about to begin on monday. cesar goodson is being charged with second-degree depraved heart murder and manslaughter. goodson is the driver of the police van in which freddie gray

suv aired broken neck and died in april. officer porter has been subpoenaed as a prosecution witness to testify that he told the van driver that freddie gray needed medical attention and couldn't breathe. at a hearing today porter was put on the witness stand. he refused to answer questions from prosecutors citing his fifth amendment right against self-incrimination. prosecutors then asked the judge to grant porter immunity and to compel him to testify at goodson's trial. this is the first time this has happened in maryland. >> almost sacrilegious to make a defendant testify by giving him or her immunity and that's why its never occurred. >> reporter: porter's lawyers say they will immediately appeal the order to force him to testify against another police officer. he might still refuse to testify. >> if he doesn't testify he'll be held in contempt of court, won't he?

absolutely, if he's given immunity, if any of us are given immunity we must testify or face contempt. ahead on news 4 at 6:00, why some baltimore residents tell us they don't believe that freddie gray's death was murder. that's the latest live in baltimore. chris gordon, news 4. and back here at the live desk, we're learning a low-level charge has been charged with trying to have sex with a minor. an undercover officer posed as a 17-year-old boy and made contact with dan yieiel read on a sociat work and the officer told him he was only 15 and he continued to send messages to have sex with him and set up a meetup in baltimore. investigators believe read may have contacted other minors and they want to hear from anyone that knows him. >> thank you. d.c. has seen an alarming

spike in street crimes and robberies in recent months, as you know. just this past week, saturday surveillance cameras captured four guys who came into this store on brentwood place in northeast d.c., and a few flashed guns and they proceeded to rob the place. the crime spike is getting the attention of city leaders and police who tell us small groups are committing many of those crimes. as tom sherwood reports tonight, it has mayor bowser worried about the city's safety and image. >> at hill's kitchen on capitol hill, the popular store also has become a meeting place for neighbors worried about street crimes. owner leah daniels has hosted two recent meetings. >> i think that people just want to be safe in the community that they live in. there's just been concern that as you're walking down the street you never know who will walk up behind you and rob you. >> reporter: today mayor muriel bowser called police and prosecutors together to say a joint task force of officials is targeting officials engaged in

street crime. cathy lanier says it's gone beyond stealing cell phones. >> this is a different trend and we have to adjust and refocus or efforts before it becomes a bigger increase. >> reporter: the chief said there have been 45 robberies city wide since the 1st of the year and not all involving innocent victims. the mayor has done a series of anti-crime events this week. >> reporter: it's an organized effort on your part to show crime is number one on our agenda. >> crime has always been number one on our agenda, public safety in general. >> reporter: there are 300 pending robbery cases in court right now with more expected from the task force. >> but this is critical because it connects the public calling in information, the police arresting and using technology between our departments and the prosecutor's office. and the task force also is working on getting witnesses and victims to testify in more cases. many of them are afraid to do

that. with more digital evidence they think witnesses could be more comfortable. coming up at 6:00, we'll talk about 911. it's a crucial part of the crime fighting that's calling to report crimes and there's a problem with staffing and we'll have that story coming up on news 4 at 6:00. tom sherwood. thank you, tom. there is no criminal case and that's the word from the u.s. attorney in california investigating food borne illnesses at chipotle. earlier today the company revealed it's been served with the federal grand jury subpoena that requires them to turnover documents related to an outbreak at the california restaurant and more than 200 people were sickened in that outbreak last august and that was than the highly publicized e. coli outbreak that led to 52 illnesses and a separate norovirus outbreak at a chipotle restaurant in boston and it will cooperate fully with the investigation. if it does turn into a criminal

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we have a lot of weather going on out there this morning and waking up and the temperatures in the single digits and windchills below zero. tomorrow not too bad and then we start to get into some rain chances and warmer weather and the cold moves in and even a chance of snow in the seven-day forecast. that's right, i said it. the "s" word. it's not going to be a lot. don't worry about that. right now, what are we dealing with? 38 degrees under clear skies and the sun went down at 5:00. now that the sun is down and with light winds already down to 34 and 37 in martinsburg and 37 in martinsburg and culpeper at 33 degrees and that's the cool spot across the region and storm team 4 radar, nothing to show and no need for the umbrella today or tomorrow even on friday, but friday night, a little bit of a different story

and it's all because of a system that we're watching to the west and that's another reason why we're cool and there's one storm system making its way our way and take a look at what's going on out toward california and a big-time storm here and this is very typical in january of an el nino year and they've had flood watches and warnings all day long and some guy decided to take the paddleboard out in the middle of the street and the flooding causing very big problems and flooding left cars underwater and damaging the lobby of a marriott hotel there and that is just one of the many issues that they continue to have across that region. yes, they need the rain and they need it badly, but it is coming way too quickly and as i mentioned on facebook earlier and on my twitter account, this is going to continue and this is just the start of a very rainy season. flood warnings in effect back toward california and for us, it's the cold again and another

cold start and noter inially as cold, and 21 manassas and 19 back toward virginia and we will see clouds by early tomorrow morning and cloudy skies and 42 d.c. and 43 fredericksburg and that means temperatures could be warmer and here's the next four days. 42 tomorrow and 45 on friday and if you are heading out on friday, we are going to see some showers. it's not the big umbrella and we're not talking heavy rain and take the small umbrella with you and maybe heading out to the movies and you may need that and not a bad day and a little windy. look at sunday. of course, the redskins taking on the packers and 57 and that is deceiving and veronica has much more on that coming up in just a couple of minutes. it has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb and find out how

the white house is responding to those claims now. >> it took nearly 100 firefighters to put it out and now investigators say a driver is to blame. >> i'm julie carey at the fairfax county courthouse and we learned of a new development. a man accused of bursting into a couple's home and torturing them for hours is planning an unusual defense. i'll tell you what

details of the crime were shocking. a lawyer and his wife attacked in their mclean home and tortured before an alarm brought help. another husband and wife were arrested for that crime and now news 4 learned the man accused is planning a very unusual defense. bureau chief julie carey joins us live from the courthouse with details you will only hear on news 4. >> reporter: you might remember the name of the couples charged in the high-profile case, andrew and alicia both were attorneys themselves and she had been fired from the victim's law firm. andrew has put the court on notice that he was involuntarily intoxicated at the time of the crime. the november 2014 attack inside this home was brutal. the arlington attorney and his wife were attacked tased.

andrew schmool posed as a police officer to get inside the house. his wife alicia communicated with him from outside before the couple made their getaway. police arrested them after a chase and found andrew dressed only in a diaper. his attorney say they plan to use the, treatmently rare involuntary intoxication defense arguing that his mental state of the time of the offense resulted from the use of medication. it's pretty fact-specific and unusual. >> that's criminal defense attorney peter greenspun, he's not involved with the schmools and has handled rare cases. this defense is used when someone is unwittingly slipped a drug. andr andrew's lawyers must try to show his medical case played a rel. >> it will be a tough burden for the defense. where if he took the wrong medication or it was misprescribed or for some reason

he didn't know what it was taking then it's certainly a fair argument. >> reporter: if greenspun says if the defense is used at trials prosecutors will seize on the very detailed planning involved in the attack. >> the prosecutor will walk through every purposeful element and say how could you have been so intoxicated on drugs mistakenly that you didn't know what you were doing. >> the trial was set to begin on january 19th, but it's been postponed because more dna tests are being conducted. coming up on news 4 at 6:00, i'll show you -- give you a look at some of the unusual items being analyzed now at the state crime lab. back to you now in the studio. >> julie carey, thank you. >> the white house casting doubt on claims by north korea of a first successful hydrogen bomb test. chris lawrence is here with more on the reaction from last night's announcement. >> there's skepticism and at the same time outrage because a successful test would mark a significant step forward for north korea's nuclear program. today the white house press secretary said initial data from

morn toring stations in asia is not consistent with the successful test. whether it worked or not, the u.n. security council came out of a two-hour meeting and condemned the test and even china, one of north korea's biggest allies came out against it and the council is considering additional sanctions against the north. it's another name are for a thermo nuclear weapon and it's more difficult to make which is why so many analysts are skeptical north korea could pull it off. >> chris lawrence. thank you, chris. the owner of a family-owned business in calvert county is vowing to rebuild. a car crash sparked the flower that destroyed the flower sharp and this is all that's left in floral expressions. a suspected drunk driver drove a car into the building on southern maryland boulevard overnight and nearly 100 firefighters battled the flames and the flower shop has been in business for 30 years.

>> well, just a few more days until the beginning of the second season for our redskins and the preparation for the packers is in full swing now. the team on the field today working hard and so was our pat collins. he got an up close and personal look at just what it is they'll be playing for. pat, what's the story. >> when your team gets into the playoffs it's natural to start thinking about the super bowl. it's not the money or the bragging rights. no, it's all about the ring and we haven't seen one like this in a long, long time. >> do you notice anything special about me? >> think you're wearing a really great mask and you have an excellent -- wow! look at that! >> oh! oh, my goodness! where did you get this from? this is awesome. >> that is gorgeous. >> how would you describe that?

breathtaking. it's an official redskins super bowl ring. it has the football made out of diamonds. two little trophies made out of more diamonds. it was on loan to me for the day. actually, i promised to have it back by 6:30. when you see a ring like this it's stirring, isn't it? >> i'm blind. i'm blind. that's too much of the future. it's blinding. >> i took it for a walk downtown because when you have something like this you don't want to keep it to yourself. >> redskin fan, are you? >> not at all. >> see ya! when a guy gets to wear a win like this? >> i am so jealous of you. doors open. >> things happen. >> big things happen! >> i'll see you on sunday. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> bye-bye mr. green bay fan! >> my dad has one of those. he played for the cowboys. >> your dad is lance allred? >> yes, he was. >> i'm a red skins fan. >> god bless this man.

it would be wrong. so, so wrong to even think of taking it to a you know who for a you know what? how much do you think this baby's worth? >> this is art work. what do you think? what do you think? what do you think? it's priceless. priceless. i don't want to give it back. tonight, the powerball, people are driving in here to get their tickets. powerball tonight, playoffs on sunday and so much to do. so many decisions to make. i'll get deep into that coming up at 6:00. jim, doreen. how do you like that? >> who on earth let you borrow their super bowl ring, pat. that's what we want to know. >> reporter: a very nice man. >> does it come with secureity? i hope you have protection. >> they have it super glued to

my finger. >> cut off the hand. >> i have a feeling it belongs to a very large person. >> you know. pat is not going to -- >> you know where i live. >> we'll see you at 6:00, buddy. >> a story you will see first on news 4. a popular sandwich shop is making a drastic change. it won't accept your crash anymore. we'll tell you why. the san bernardino shootout. the officers who survived that day explain what happened during the heat of battle. shot at me with a handgun. i ♪

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this week's wednesday's child is a wonderful young man who has been waiting for a long time for his family to love him. his name is eric and while his younger brother was adopted he still waits. he hasn't given up his dreams, though. one of them is to be an engineer one day and most of all he dreams of having a permanent, loving family. eric is a 15-year-old whose many interests includes sports technology. so he decided to visit a store that sells high-tech ways to engage in sports of all kinds. >> eric really wanted to come here because he is interested in both sports, particularly football. >> outstanding. >> and technology. >> one of the first things he showed off was a remote controlled program. >> depending on what your favorite teams are and favorite players you can essentially tag those and the sporting event it will automatically record it. >> what do you think you would like to be when you grow up? >> a technical engineer.

>> he says he would some day like to create new technology. >> i like science and math. >> are you doing well in those subjects? >> yes, ma'am. >> i know it's a dream of his to be in a home where he can play for a school. >> moving from home to home as a foster child has made that difficult. >> how many times have you moved since you've been in the foster care system? >> a lot. >> i am looking for an experienced family whether it be a single parent or two family. >> i would like a family to help me be successful in school. >> eric wants a family that will encourage him to succeed in all of his dreams. >> i have a lot of energy. >> fantastic. what would you like to do with that energy? >> something good. >> how are you doing? >> they had a gift for eric to help him get going with his interest in technology. >> we want you to have this computer to help you continue to learn and grow. >> thank you. >> barbara harrison, news 4 for wednesday's child. and if you have room in your

home and your heart for eric or another child who is waiting, call our special adoption hotline. it's 1-888-to-adopt-me or go to nbcwashington.com and search wednesday's child. >> thank you, barbara. if you're like most of us, you gained a few pounds over the holidays and maybe you don't want to step on the scale any time soon. >> did i it yesterday. sorry i did it, but if you're in the market for a new scale to jump-start that new year's diet, we have a new report out that could help save you some time and money while you weigh your options.

no more paying cash to get your favorite sandwich at jet e jetties here in the district. they don't want your cash. the owner of jettie's and surfside restaurants say crime is forcing him to change the payment policy. meagan fitzgerald has the story you will only see here on news 4. >> reporter: when it's lunchtime, many say there's nothing better than having a good place to have a quick bite. >> i come here pretty much every day. >> jettie's is one of those places and for many folks so is surfside in dupont. >> yes, it is the tacos and everything -- the only thing you can get. as of last month, all jettie's and surfside locations no longer accept cash. bill blair owns the restaurants and say the policies are in place because of crime in the area. >> we've been robbed a couple of times in the past year and we just decided it was time to take the cash out of all the stores and that solves our problems

with our employees getting robbed. >> i don't have the details yet. >> at a press conference today about robberies in the area, metropolitan police chief cathy lanier says blair's concern is troubling. >> that shouldn't happen. if we have to do a better job. if we have a business that feels that way, we have to do a better job so that doesn't happen. >> blair feels safer by making his business less of a target. >> we feel there is something we need, depending on we grow. >> some students north of baltimore had quite an eventful ride to school this morning. check this out. their school bus got stuck in a sinkhole. this happened in cockesville. the high school students got off the bus safely and were picked up by another bus and brought to school. milestone in affordable housing in arlington tonight,

building crews topped out the new springs apartments going up right near the boston metro. that's a construction tradition when officials signed the final board. the springs will have 104 units and includes community rooms, underground parking, a business center and playground, too. >> 26% of arlington county's housing stocks were affordable to low-income renters and today it's 9%. that's a dramatic change in affordability in a community that values its diversity and inclusivity. >> the apartments are expected to open this fall. demand is high with hundreds of people already applying. to find out what other projects are in the pipeline, search affordable housing on the nbc washington app. veronica is here with a look at our weather and still frosty, icicles on the windshields. that's going to get a little better. >> that is going to get better and there will still be frost

tomorrow morning and our temperatures will go way up again so the roller coaster temps continue and then a little rain and snow, maybe, will be in our forecast. that's right. i got your attention, didn't i? >> let's move on through. we'll talk about your evening, first and what you can expect and certainly will be chilly and we've seen the temperatures top out in the upper 30s to low 40s and we dropped down to the low 30s by 8:00, 9:00 this evening and we do have a clear sky and there will be high clouds moving in and i think after midnight and mostly cloudy and 22 to 27 degrees and not quite as low as those temperatures as they have been over the last couple of mornings and kids out the door, you will still need the coat, the hat, the sdafr, as well and all to stay warm and it will feel a lot like this afternoon and only it will be overcast. from the 20s across the area and upper 20s inside the beltway and rising to the low 40s. we'll have great weather for traveling, exercising and even getting out and about and a

chilly day tomorrow and i'm calling it mild by the time we get to the end of the workweek. 42 degrees in d.c. and 42 la platta, and high temperature for tomorrow and quite a few clouds including on friday and this is the look of an animation if your future weather for friday and showing you overcast and right now the rain chances will be low until after we get past sunset for friday. saturday mild and great weather for going out and the washington convention storm team center 4 will be on stage at 12:30 each day answering your questions and i know you've got quite a few questions about what we'll have come the rest of january and even february. now we're going to see a change in side are saturday. temperatures go way up over 50 degrees and the next change after that is around game time. sunday tailgating change and we're calling it right after about 1:00 and we dropped to 50 degrees by 4:00 and 40s by 7:00 and the wind will be picking up and you'll notice that by the time we get to the end of the

game and we could see windchills possibly in the upper 30s. cold start for monday and the high, 40 degrees and 30s for thursday, wednesday of next week and that is a chance for light rain and snow mix on wednesday. that cold pattern sticks around all week long and doug has more coming up on news 4 at 6:00. trying to lose weight in the new year or maybe i should ask do you know anyone who isn't trying? research shows that stepping on the scale every day can be an effective motivator and today's digital devices do more than just display pounds. news 4's angveragngie goss has . when it comes to your weight, more isn't always better and it turns out the same thing might be true for your scale. consumer reports tested skill scales, but not only measured weight, but body mass index and fat. >> electrical current passes differently through fat and

muscle and based on the amount of current they can determine your body composition. >> reporter: consumer reports tested accuracy by sending volunteers to a university lab where they measured body fat using a highly sophisticated device called a bod pod. they used this on each volunteer to assess the accuracy at body fat and none of them came close to the numbers from the bod pod for all of the volunteers. >> they were aren't very accurate at measuring body fat, but they were consistent. so if you want to track your body fat composition over time they are useful. >> that said this $80 provides the weight and consistence. this fitbit area smart scale can send results right to your smartphone via wye fine if you know how much body fat you have, and a better indication of your overall health is body fat in x index. >> which means all you really

need is a basic scale of 7506, just $25. another good reminders that sometimes less is more. an angie goss, news 4. your body mass index could be an indicator of obesity. consumer reports has a simple way to calculate your bmi and find it through our nbc washington app and search scale. the terror attack in san bernardino, california, is long over, but the officers that were in the shootout with the suspect, it's a day they'll never forget. they share those tense moments and what they were relieved to find when the gun battle was over. this is scott macfarlane at the capital, coming up on news 4 at 6:00, congress intervenes as are after a news 4

the man accused of providing the weapons used in last month's deadly attack in san bernardino, california, pleaded not guilty today. prosecutors say enrique marquez purchased the assault rifles used by syed farook and tashfeen malik. the couple shot and killed 14 people and wounded 22 others in that december 2nd shooting. and today we're learning more about the dramatic shootout between police and those two shooters. for the first time deputies who played a pivotal role in that gun battle are talking about the encounter. tony shin talked to the deputy who finally shot and killed syed

farook. >> shots fired! >> it was very, very frightening. i was very scared. >> deputy sean walland is remembering the moment he came face-to-face with syed farook and tashfeen malik, a husband and wife terrorist team who had just killed 14 innocent people at the inland regional center. >> i exited the vehicle and both suspects were firing at me. >> it happened here on san bernardino avenue. deputy walland and a redlands police officer had gotten into a gun battle with the two terrorists as malik fired from the back of the black suv at the redlands police officer, farook stood near the driver's side door unloading a high-powered rifle just feet away as deputy walland returned his own barrage of bullets while crouching behind his patrol car. >> that's what scared me. it didn't appear that he was even struck and later i found out he was struck several times. >> malik continued to fire at other arriving officers and deputies.

>> farook started walking down san bernardino avenue. deputy walland followed. shot at me with a handgun. i continued to shoot at him and he was hit several more times and then he died there. >> as we were driving up to deputy walland's vehicle, some of us exchanged fire with the female in the back of the suv. >> when deputy bruce southworth and chad johnson arrived at the scene they immediately focused on rescuing a wounded san bernardino police officer. detective jonathan had been in a fire fight like this years earlier with copkiller christopher dorner. during that shootout the detective lost his friend, deputy jeremiah mckay. both deputies did not want that to happen to any other brother with a badge. >> to look around and see the officers around you, it was an incredible feeling. >> reporter: after roughly four minutes, the gun battle was finally over with both suspects dead. deputy walland didn't realize

he'd been wounded by shrapnel until 12 hours later. >> i got home, i went to shower and realized i had a hole in my leg with blood on my pants. >> there's no doubt these three men are heroes for saving so many lives. >> we're all brothers. we all want to make sure everyone gets home safe and that was our main goal and that's our job and that's what we try to do. >> reporter: in san bernardino, tony shin, nbc 4 news. now at 6:00, two stories having an impact on the daily commute. it began with headaches for thousands of metro riders during the morning rush. >> now more problems on the road as the crash shut down part of the inner loop of the beltway creating some major delays. >> we start with chris lawrence and he's at our live desk. >> doreen, we're just getting new video of the violent crash that left one of those drivers in serious condition. take a look, montgomery fire department says a fire truck was blocking the lane for an initial

crash when another car rammed into that fire truck and bounced off several other cars and flipped over. >> the driver of the car that flip side in serious condition and three other people have been hurt. this is on the inner loop between connecticut and georgia and here we go. here is a live look at the traffic situation and all lanes were closed for a time and now they're back opal though firefighters just tweeted there is another crash further up the loop on rockville pike and because that crash blocked those lanes for so long the delays on the bellway still extend to the dulles toll road in virginia. jim? doreen? thanks, chris. two rail cars full of riders separated during the morning rush. it happened as a six-car train like this one was pulling into the navy yard station. it was just one of the problems on the rail side today, but as our transportation reporter adam tuss found out what happened here is really