read the entire letter. a all you have do is search "metro." a new hov lane linking i-95 to seminary is set to open this afternoon. people will be able to exit the highway during the morning commute and get on the highway during the afternoon. only cars with three or more people will be allowed to use the ramp. today d.c. mayor muriel bowser will release her accountability report. it's an update on how she's keeping her promises since taking office in 2014. you know, i thought it was going to be a 6-10 season. so playoffs was a bonus. >> you like that! you like that! you like that! >> it's luck or clean-out day. now that their playoff hopes are over. "news4's" carol maloney breaks down the difficult loss and the questionable future of

quarterback kirk cousins. >> reporter: the magical run is other, the redskins sent packing in the playoffs by the parkers. aaron rodgers and company too much in the second half as they win 35-18. now we wait and see. long off-season for the burgundy and gold. >> it's a terrible feeling, man, you know, that i don't have anything to look forward to for four or five months. it sucks. >> no moral victories. we don't walk off and smile and say, we won the division. all we wanted was to get a whip and home and we didn't get it. >> the question is will the redskins re-sign pending free agent kirk cousins. seems like a good idea but no cheap tricks. he just wants to see if they want him. >> i want to find out how much i'm wanted. i'm sure it's a business and the

team is going to operate with that mindset. this is my first time going through the process in the nfl. it's new to me. i don't know a whole lot about it. so we'll see how it goes. >> reporter: the red consensus cleaning out their lockers this morning. we'll have more on that this afternoon. carol maloney, "news4" sports. >> such a heartbreaker. >> you were not in a good mood. >> we were up 11-0 in it. it has so much to do with experience. but the fact we made it so far, so proud of our skin. >> they say cousins and jordan, they could be a dynamic couple in the future. >> let's hope so. talk about the weather, chuck bell, it looks like january is back. >> yeah. no more little hint of march like yesterday. what a fine day yesterday was right up until kickoff. that's when the wind turned around, the cold came back, the season ended and now we're in winter. know four things about win tell.

it will feel 20 to 30 degrees colder today courtesy of strong cold wins, a little alberta clipper racing our way tomorrow. could leave a little coating of snow tomorrow afternoon and evening. nothing to worry about today. talking about temperatures on your way out the door for your early morning jog, put your warm gear on. temperatures will be in the upper 30s and low 20s. windchills are back in the teens, so you'll need to layer up for sure. have your warm gear on on your way out the door this morning. we'll talk about kiddos and your school day impact. back to you. >> it's now 4:33. mexico's government is working to extradite drug lord joaquin "el chapo" guzman here in the u.s. he's escaped prison from mexico twice. they also want to interview sean

penn who secretly interviewed el chapo. it's not clear whether that helped efforts to recapture him. the extradition process could take months because of appeals. well, right now d.c. police are investigating their third homicide of the year. police found a man dead on park drive in southeast last night. we're still working to learn more about what led up to that death. three were killed in the district over the weekend. before the homicides d.c. had 2001 begin the new year. maryland police have found out who the woman was who they found dead in mar beau. they are not sure what killed her. they have found no signs of, quote, suspicious injury. today we expect a former turner elementary school to be charged for cruelty to a development m

developmently challenged child. >> he said he was frustrated with the child because he wouldn't stop talking or go to his next class. another case of suspected child abuse goes to court today, this one in prince william county. two former day carry workers face more than 100 charges after accusations they hit children and even stepped on the toddlers in their care. both sarah jordan and kara spriggs used to work at the day care. we're expecting a deswloings virginia dominion power will be able to divert water. want co-creek connects with potomac. dominion claims the water has been treated to remove pollute ants. environmentalists argue they

have received too much leniency from the state. virginia state water board will have the final say. virginia public schools could have a new superintendent as early as march, just a couple of months away. the school board is happy with the range of applicants. they did not comment on the possible candidates or talk contenders for the job. joshua stark stepped down as superintendent last february. the plan to expand the national harbor has gone before the bureau. the peterson company is meeting with them today. they're working to find out specifics on exactly what kind of charges are being proposed. it's now one of -- not one of but it is the biggest lottery jackpot in the history of the world. wednesday's powerball drawing is up to $1.3 billion. no one matched all six powerball numbers saturday night leading to the astronomical prize. that is all but certain to grow

before the next drawing. it's hard not to get caught up in the lottery frenzy. and for gamblers, it proposes big problems. >> we encourage sensitivity when you're asking about gambling or talk about it. there are 6 million americans or other loved ones who have been affected by this. for those playing you have reduced odds of winning. 1 in 292 million. you have a better shot of getting struck by lightning 20 times. >> or eaten by a whale. >> or a shark, something like that. >> the odds are crazy. >> although there have been a lot of shark attacks. >> there really have. if your kids left their hats and gloves at school last week, you're going the want to dig out another pair because we're off to a blustery start. it is a shocking crime and this morning police say the four men behind it are behind bars. what they're accused of doing to

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new york city police say they've caught four men gang raping a teenager at a playground. they caught them entering a store. an 18-year-old and her dad were walking through the playground

when they were attacked. the youngest suspect was 14 years old. police are still looking for a fifth suspect. crews found asbestos at a construction sight that was once home to kensington high school. construction officials say they'll begin to clear the asbestos today. the substance can cause cancer. 4:41 now. time for "weather & traffic on the 1s." let ee check in with "storm team 4" meteorologist chuck t. bell. we took off our jackets yesterday and now we need three layers. >> i know it. the weather not being all that kind to us. oh, monday, what a turnaround it has become outside. current temperatures after reaching 62 yesterday. we're 31 now. 25 out toward martinsburg, west virginia. windchills are back in the teens and low 20s. a huge change from yesterday. school day forecast. temperatures, 20s. layer up for sure.

blustery outdoor recess a possibility. it will be plenty of sunshine. blustery and cold and temperatures barely 40 degrees by later on this afternoon. a little alberta clipper. at least a chance of a conservational to even a sweepable snowflake tomorrow. more of that coming up in ten minutes. see you then. pushed out of the paris. what a german town man said cost him his job with a catholic church. and we're keeping close tabs on what's going on at abortion

she's married to an abuser, the woman claimed rape and all sorts of things, i mean horrible things. >> the jabs keep coming from trump one day before obama's

final state of the union. they're putting their campaigns into high gear before the caucuses on february 1st. edward lawrence joins us from capitol hill. edward, good morning. >> eun, it's really heating up. in iowa, a new poll shows candidates, both on the republican and democratic side are in a dead heat. the polls show that hillary clinton also -- hillary picked up an endorsement from gabrielle giffords saying clinton is the only candidate who can stand up to the gun lobbyists. iowa is closer than ever with three weeks to go. now, the margin of error, clunton slightly leads sanders, 48% to 45%. same with republicans. senator ted cruz has led over donald trump, 24% to 28%. marco rubio with 13%, then ben

carson, rand paul, and jeb bush. trump said cruz was born in canada. cruz believes that's settled. his mother was born as an america. that should settle it. back to you. >> thank you. the justices are deciding whether state government workers who choose not to join a union can still be required to pay dues to negotiate a contract. the ruling would affect the section's unions in 23 states. >> another big court decision, this one in maryland. the court of appeals is hearing arguments today on whether af r applicants should be released. they argue releasing the names might jeopardize their safety. two lower courts have ruled in the state's favor. 4:46. a germantown man said he was

fired by the catholic church for being a married gay man. jeffrey higgins lost his job after the mother seton parish found out he was in a same-sex parish. about a dozen protested yesterday. he never thought he'd be pushed out of the parish. >> i never thought it would happen to me here. i felt accepted here by the priest, by the parish. >> the archdiocese of washington released a statement in support of the pastor's decision. it says in part, quote, if someone chooses to live publicly in manner that is imcompatible with church teaching, their continuing work in the church becomes untenable. sheriff's deputies tell us they stopped maude johnson in

west virginia. a search revealed six vials of cocaine, four bags of heroin. deputies arrested johnson on drug possession charges. >> happening today the first of six double trials against general motors will begin in new york. this is for claims of faulty ignition switches. jury selection begins in a case involving an oklahoma crash that injured a driver. a section of that car will remain in the courtroom throughout the trial. developing news in michigan where lead in the drinking water is causing a major problem. the red cross is now providing clean water for people who live in flibt. they'll go door to door handing out bottled water and testing kits for those affected by this crisis. >> we're committed to providing water to all the residents of flint. >> last week governor rick

snyder declared a state of emergency. the state department is investigating whether state leaders knowingly ignored a health risk. snyder may have first learned of the issue in july. it could have stretched all the way back to april of 2014. well, it is time to get a check on our weather. not only is it monday, the redskins lost, and it's cold out there. >> three strikes. >> the cold is back. >> three strikes and you're out. do i need to go early? >> no. you're mvp. we need you to stay on. we need you for the team. >> whatever. team weather is needing another ugly reality check. out there this morning temperatures are some 20 to 30 degrees colder now than at the same time yesterday and that pattern is going to be carried through the remainder of your monday. so plan on a big change from yesterday. northwesterly winds are going to stay in that 20 to

30-mile-per-hour range for much of the day. tons of sunshine. but it is going to feel like winter again. not just for today but most of the coming week will be considerably colder than we thought was going to be yesterday. outside now, 25, martinsburg, 24 in hagerstown, 27 in mnz. those are the temperatures. you factor in the wind and windchills go into the teens and 20s. plan on a breezy, blustery, cold and sunny day. temperatures upper 30s to near 40s today. a big northwest flow is going have an alberta clipper come racing by. future weather carrying us with the sunshine. winds lay down a bit tonight. it will be cold. tomorrow, southerly winds pick up. here comes a clipper. could leave as much as a coating of snow. nothing in the metro but maybe a

ten together a quarter of an inch. places with more than an inch are probably going to be way west of the blue ridge and feels-like temperatures tomorrow, wow, look at that. back down below freezing tomorrow afternoon. so a very cold stretch coming. here's your seven-day forecast. 40 today, 45 tomorrow ahead of the clipper. snow showers move in tomorrow. coming up at 5:01. we'll time out more of the details on all that. sunny and cold wednesday and thursday. both days this weekend look like they'll be cloudy with a chance of rain, maybe cold enough for a snowflake or two. we'll keep an eye on that. melissa mollet with a look at traffic. >> talking about the outer loop at allentown road. we still have that left lane getting by because of a fuel spill cleanup and that spill causing a little bit of a slowdown right there. right now it's not enough to

show anything on the map this morning. looking okay right now. 66, 95, everything rolling along quite nicely. at seminary had the two left lanes getting by. that work should wrap up. no problems. live look at 270 coming up. >> thanks, melissa. this morning we're learning her family is asking the feds to look into her death. >> you see them on metro, but there's maybe even a fairfax connector, but your child school bus, what some are considering plastering on the side. and if you use uber, you're going to love this, why your next ride could be cheape

if you're just waking up we're releasing a break story from overnight. david bowie has died. he has been battling cancer for the last year and a half. take a look at the tells this morning. a lot of people are waking up in the 20s and 30s. chuck says to layer up. more in 25 minutes. barbara dawson died after she was discharged from the hospital last month. the family said the hospital was dumping her because she didn't have insurance. the cameras show an officer

escorting her from the hospital. >> you can walk out of the hospital or i can take you out of the hospital. >> the chief of police said the officer acted appropriately. the hospital said it's conducting an internal review but doesn't have the video of the incident because 13 security cameras all malfunction. dawson's family is now asking for a federal review of the case. the virginia fed ralg review of the assembly could consider bills to allow ads, advertisements on your school bus. the delegate from bristow, virginia, is pushing for the measure. this could provide more revenue for the school districts and that alcohol, gambling, and products would not be allowed. uber announced it's cutting prices in january because ridership goes down in the winter months. this is happening in more than a hundred cities in the u.s. and canada, however, uber did not

say exactly how much prices are going down. your household budget may need some serious revamping pretty soon. it set a lot of people scrambling for the calculator to see what that would do to monthly budgets. the good news is the rates won't go up right away. >> as interest rates go up you're going to see that very quickly reflected in your credit card and equity credit. typically you'll see that. >> car loans won't be affect thad much which may help to continue the car sales in 2016. apple's next big thing may be self-driving cars. now the company has trademarked and registered apple.car and others. they have iplay which sinks your

car's display. we're just getting confirmation in this morning from the leesburg area. this is something that happened around 9:00 last night on the 11 19000 wind meade dry. this left one woman injured, one man dead. this is a suicide skrine r scsc. we'll get the details to you when we get them. good morning, everybody. off to a blustery and cold start, coming up on the 5:00 hour. weather impact, between low and moderate. plenty of sunshine, but a blustery wind. we have those windchills back into the teens and 20s this morning. current chill is at 16, 24 in washington, 28 the windchill in fred ricks bill. 24-hour focused in. the cold pattern is back. temperatures, 28 this morning at 7:00 a.m. 35 at 7:00 tonight.

still a little breezy around. then for tomorrow, startup temperatures will be in the 20s. blustery cold pattern is back. a little chance for snow coming our way tomorrow. somewhere between conservational and sweepable. the timing on that, between noon and 5:00 tomorrow. that's when i think that round of snow showers will come in. i don't know if we can get snow above freezing. we juchblt can't get it to stick all that effectively. we're on. commuter impacts and a look at the weekend coming up in a few minutes. here's melissa mollet. >> good morning. no problems northbound, southbound, everything is rolling just fine. no major issues here. remember, we still have this problem in prince george's county. outer loop at all entown. we have that left lane getting by. right now it duh not seem to be slowing things. it's nice and green through that area. we'll let you know if that

changes. if it hangs around too long, it could. rolling along quite nicely. weather and traffic always on the 1s. we'll see you at 5:11. breaking news overnight, iconic singer david bowie age 69 has died. he died peacefully surrounded by family. he turned 69 last friday the same day he released a new album. already the twitter world responding to the loss. ricky gervais tweeting i just lost a hero. also from josh groban, he never seemed of this earth. now he left it. he bent rules, gender, now our minds. r.i.p., david bowie. we'll be sharing more tweets from celebrities over the loss of david bowie, gone at the age of 69.