say some bodies won the $1.6 billion prize. the are winners in california, florida, and tennessee. your winning powerball numbers were -- we sent you an alert about this last night. there were also multiple million dollar tickets sold locally including capitol heights and bladensbu bladensburg. the stores they were sold at are busting with excitement. back to you. 4:30 now. a suspect is heading to court for an alexandria killing that happened back on december 4th. a man was found stabbed to death in four mile run park. police believe it could be gang related. just yesterday the police closed a separate playground murder that happened back in september.

police believe that could be tied to the ms-13 gang. the "washington post" reports northern virginia chamber of commerce president jim corcoran may have the edge of d.c. council member jack evans. metro also has a new general manager. as you know paul wiedefeld was named in december. 4:31, your time right now. a check on "weather & traffic on the 1s" beginning with four things to know about the forecast. chuck? >> hey, good morning, aaron. good morning, everyone. thursday's hurst. friday can't be that much farther away and then the weekend. four things you need to know about the weather. wind, no, chill, yes, as opposed to windchills that were in the single numbers yesterday. a much milder day coming your way. a 10 to 15-degree improvement over yesterday. rain likely but may not interfere with too much of your weekend plans.

we'll talk about that a little owner and new to the forecast, a chance for snowflakes on your sunday. on your way out the door for that resolution run or walk this morning, plan on temperatures in the 20s for the next couple of hours. going to be a very nice day to be outside today. we'll get more to the timing of all those rain and snow chances coming up. here's kim mccormick. >> nice and quiet ride for you all over maryland. if you're coming from southern maryland to the springfield beltway there are no significant issues. a live look at university boulevard in route 29 right at four corners and silver spring, very nice trip, nothing going on. that's okay. if you're on 95 northbound coming up 95 from quantico, you're looking good. there are no reports of any problems. you're up to speed from woodbridge on to the springfield interchange and in thwart the

district and 14 street bridge, you are moving very nicely. aaron, eun? a federal judge is considering donald trump's challenge of virginia's so-called loyalty oath. the rules call for people to sign their party. trump say thats understand constitutional. recent polls show he's facing a serious challenge from senator ted cruz. seven candidates will be in the debate that starts at 7:00 in north carolina. fox business says it will focus on economic and international policy issues and and undercard debate at 6:00. the general assembly is back in session. governor terry mcauliffe says he expected a fight over tolls on

66 inside the beltway. in his state of the commerce address last night he talked about the difference it will make for drivers in our area. >> we've made a great progress unlocking lanes in virginia. it will allow 70,000 more people to move through that corridor each and every day. >> the governor also warned republicans. he said he won't think twice about vetoing any laws he thinks curb abortion rights or expand gun laws. there are not to veto on a party line vote. >> keep an eye on protests in chicago. a federal judge will make a final ruling on whether to release video of a deadly involved shooting of a teenager. police shot 17-year-old cedric chapman in 2013. he didn't have a weapon but was

running. 5 million will be used to hire psychologists and social workers. u.s. senator ben cardin will join administrators with the grant this afternoon. this afternoon the family leave bill would require businesses to give employees 16 weeks of paid family leave every year. workers can use that time to care for a personal illness, sick relative, or new child. they say expert witnesses, employees, new families will benefit from the passage. opponents say it would cost too much and strain many smaller businesses. d.c. mayor will put forth her priorities. police from the second district will also make a presentation at a meeting tonight. that takes place at the chevy chase pavilion. other topics on the agenda includes pedestrian safety and improvements around diehl middle

school. nine metro employees have been fired and arrested fromó stealing from the transit agency. metro officials say seven collected paper fare cards from riders and allowed them to exit for free. they would transfer the blass to plastic smart trip cards and sell the cards at a discounted card. >> in one case there was a $100 card and resold for $60. the scheme was uncovered by metro and officials say it should not happen again. right now former israeli president shimon peres is in the hospital. he had chest pains overnight and an balance was quickly sent to his house. it was 1993 when he and the prime minister and yasser arafat signed a peace accord. the leaders shared a nobel peace

rm award the following years. taking a look, someone from washington, d.c. is pe titition the white house. they want to rename the airport to david bowie airport. the white house has not responded. 12 people shah v signed. taking a look at the moment police officers were dragged behind a car. call it a cupcake conundrum, why a school in virginia is consider doing away with classroom celebration. a live look outside where it

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arrest him for a probation violation. one officer suffered a broken elbow, the other two were also hurt. an advisory board is asking arlington schools to cut back on high sugar celebrations including cupcakes. the stay tuned health advisory board asked the school board to change its health policies and faze out those kinds of parties. right now the decision is made on a school-by-school basis. 4:41. traffic and weather coming your way. 31 outside the studios. >> isn't it funny we're saying it's so much warmer. chuck, what's going on? >> how much less wind there is to deal with. once you take the biting breeze oust t out of the equation, it's not so terribly bad 256789 in reston, 25 in rockville, 28 in college park. a cold start this morning. the kids will need to layer up.

mid-20s on your way out the door and mid-40s on your way home. the kids will need the winter coat and gloves first thing this morning but shedable layers. it won't be all that cold later today. more cold coming back later this week. for right now, it's traffic time. here's kim. >> we have a problem in annandale. wood byrd. it's going to be west of the beltway. right now very residential. be prepared. you will find a detour as you leave the neighborhood. on the wilson bridge things are moving along quite well for you. no issues in the local or through lane and frederick through urbana down to rockville and the beltway, you're moving along quite nicely this morning. don't forget. tune in to wtop 103.5 f.m. for updates on your traffic.

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time now for your winning power ball number. >> finally a win over the powerball jackpot is back after someone won the record jackpot. by the time the number was drawn, it was at $1.6 billion. three people hit all the numbers including one in california. nbc's jennifer bjorklund is live at the store in anaheim where the ticket was sold. jennifer, we weren't even close. >> reporter: oh, i know. i'm so sad actually.

this is an interesting little tidbit. for a while we thought we had the only winning ticket because we didn't hear that there were two other tickets for an hour or two after the drawing was done but here in chino hills outside of los angeles, one ticket winner was purchased. we don't have a billion-dollar jackpot winner because it was split in three but three whose lives will be very different starting right now. here's the amazing thing. once the news was announced this was the store where the ticket was purchased, tons of people came out. over 100 people in the parking lot. the police came and there are actually still a few pa trtrol s here hanging out. it was like a party.

you know the 7-eleven, they never shut their doors. the store was excited. they get a million-dollar bonus. the clerk had been working a 12-hour shift. he was excited as well. we asked him if he wanted a piece of that million as a bonus. he said that would be a great but he's just happy to have a job. >> that's right. back to you. jennifer bjorklund, back live in anaheim. former day care workers found guilty of child abuse. sarah jordan was found guilty. they would encourage toddlers to fight and bite each other. witnesses say she tripped other children, sprayed some with hoses. parents are now relieved. >> she knows what she did. she know as what she did. i'm just happy. >> jordan actually admitted using a hose in her testimony

but denield hurtid any hurting. she'll be sentenced in may. this morning we know a man from silver spring died in this crash on the beltway. you may have been stuck in the traffic you see on chopper 4. police tell us the 64-year-old was driving the van that flipped over after colliding with an suv. no word on what caused the crash. 4:48. loudoun county is working too make body cameras required for all deputies. the push for use of the cameras comes after several high-profile police-involved killings last year. recent immigration and custom enforce management raids have some parents scared to send their children to school. this fear is growing predominantly in spanish areas of prince george's county. in maryland they're seeing people afraid to go anywhere. >> know, you know, whether or

not their kid is going to go to school at 7:00 or 8:00 in the morning and they won't be there to pick them up. >> the prince george's county school system has recent le seen a drop in attendance. they are asking federal officials to hold off on the raids for the sake of the children. authorities in virginia hope new facial models will help them solve several cold cases. they were able to find 8 people. the remains were found between 1990 and 1998. forensic anthropologists constructed these models. today there's talk about your tax money. last month leaders learned maryland may have given their revenue to other local places by mistake. today they could d e side to ask for money from those places.

neighbors want a treehouse in a historic capitol hill neighborhood to be taken down. the freehouse is in the front yard of a home on archibald walk. the capitol hill blog reported the dispute. they were given a temporary permit. neighbors argue that it detracts from the historic nature of the walkway. in just a few hours we'll learn who's up for an oscar. leonardo could get an oscar for hitz movie revenant. it's going to be on february 28. >> have you seen? >> no. i heard the reviews, he won the golden globe. definitely a nomination. will he win.

he's an incredible actor. >> he is. he's 40 something -- >> he's that old? >> that's what i thought. not that 40 is old. >> he's still younger than i am, lucky him. our average high temperature 4rks 3. beonly made 32 for a high yesterday. what a chilly day that was. we're going to be back in plus territory starting immediately this afternoon. back up into the mid and upper 40s for today and another mild day coming up. oh, my goodness. another push of arctic air is going to send the temperatures diving through the day on monday and sunday it will look downright frigid. what to expect today? no snow, nothing to worry about. the clouds around this morning are not going to bother us. about a 10 to 15-degree change from yesterday. right now it's seasonably cold.

28 downtown, 25 in gaithersburg, 21 out in luray. 20s out the door for you early this morning. above freezing by 9:00 or 10:00. into the 40s by lunchtime and up into the mid 40s be3:00, 4:00, 5:00 this afternoon. a couple oh snow showers in northeast maryland. those are now gone. if you're traveling you'll run back into the snow chases. for those of you planning out your thursday, a cold start. temperatures climbing well up into the 40s for today. if you're going out, not a bad night either. tomorrow, a chilly start. clouds increase during the day tomorrow. that will lead to a chance for rain coming in on friday night. when i see you at 5:01, aisle detail when you need to go to the movies. here's your first look at the sachlt 47 today, 50 tomorrow with rain showers coming in

during the evening. we should be drying out on saturday but temperatures start to tumble. that might come in with another chance for snow flurries and bitter koeld temperatures next week. see you in ten. let's go over to kim for traf snook we have reports of a disabled vehicle just after powder mill road. stay to the left till police can get them out. we have that closure in annandale near tobin road. vdot is saying it may possibly be closed until noochblt looking live at the beltway, all that traffic you see headed away from you is headed toward the wilson bridge past national harbor. looks really good and a live look at the 14th street headed in to the distract so far. everything is nice and quiet for you this morning. >> kim, thank you. it's something that could have prevented the deadly amtrak

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it's going feel a lot warmer this morning. chuck bell has a look at 5:01. we're also getting new information about an american woman found murdered in italy. erika gonzalez is gathering the details at the live desk and will join us in a minute. >> the agency put out a lit of the most wanted transportation safeties and improvements that are big on the list. they want safety initiatives in place like positive train control technology that could have prevented the derailment last year in philadelphia. >> that's what we're trying to do is improve federal oversight where it's relatively new. >> they're skls als asking for better technology in cars and less technology in the driver's seat, meaninging you using your cell phone less.

today what's being done to end sex assaults on college campuses. they will speak at the national press club today. following new requirements passed in 2013, campuses must provide data on any data violence, domestic violence, stalking, and rape statistics. new data released by the department of education shows 91% of college campuses reported zero incidence of rape in 2014. radsing concerns about the effectiveness of the whooping cough vaccine. it was prompted by an outbreak of the virus in 2013. despite the vconcern, the vaccie is still the best way to prevent yourself from the highly contagious disease. >> nearly half of all health

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he's now in police custody. they saw him and ashley olsen leave the disco together and go back to her apartment. olsen suffered two skull fractures before she was strangled this past weekend. back to you. good morning, everyone. i'm "storm team 4" meteorologist chuck t. bell. a milder afternoon with more sunshine coming our way. as i mentioned a couple of minutes ago, a chance for rain coming on your friday night. that's the next thing to work for. cloudy skies at 4:00 in the afternoon with temperatures near 50, but by 9:00, a likelihood of moderate rain. if you're going out to dinner and a movie, go out to the early show and try to get home as early as you can because that could be heavy rain. for now, though, nothing to worry about t