. . . we are following breaking news out of prince george's county, an accident involving seven vehicles new information on what caused the collapse of a silo in loudoun county that killed one person. the news 4 iteam has the new report and reaction from the victim's family. i'm tracking warmer temperatures today. cold air returns over the lorng weekend along with some rain. i have the big winners of the powerball jackpot.

breaking news on largo road. >> we are at the intersection of largo and la sar. take a look at this. this is one of the most devastating accidents i have seen in quite some time. it is hard to make out but there are seven vehicles involved in this accident. one person in the car was taken away nonresponsive. we have no more word about the person's condition except it was a female. this happened at about 9:00 a.m. or shortly after at the intersection of andover and largo in maryland. seven cars involved. the person in the red car had to be taken out. they had to cut the roof off of the car to get that person out. we hear from some witnesses where it all started with the

black pickup truck was eastbound on landover road. this he noticed it was driving erratically. some got out of the way but these cars were waiting at the light and they weren't able. let's hear from the witness and someone else that got word about this. >> once he got right here, he hit the curb and went airborne into the cars at the red line. >> the black truck did. >> what happened to that red pickup? >> that's the first car he hit. that's the first one he hit. that drug into all the rest of the cars. >> sitting at the light on her way to work, someone was speeding up behind her and hit another one and her car and a truck flew over the top of her car. she landed, i guess that's hr car right there in the median. so she is okay. >> reporter: as you can see, that red car shall the one on its side was heading this way. sort of as if it was heading in the direction toward your camera.

that car was hit been an eastbound car pushed over into the traffic waiting at the light. here, you see the devastation. there were few drivers and people in the cars. they were out here talking to police. receipt construction team is here now. it is going to be closed for some time. you will notice some traffic problems at route 202 that will probably be for quite some time. we are live in largo, derrick ward, news 4, back to you. downed wires are closing the road in fairfax county. toeben road will be closed for another couple of hours, because a car crashed and knocked over a poll and power lines at the intersection. take a look at the scene this morning. dominion and virginia are on the scene. crews reopened woodburn about an hour ago. >> i'm erika gonzales from the live desk with the story, the news 4 iteam first broke. we now know why a silo in

leesburg broke apart trapping and killing an 18-year-old worker. corroded parts and failure to conduct inspections led to that fatal incident according to a federal report. 500 tons of sand particles in the silo designed to hold less than half of that. the 18-year-old's father told the iteam he saw the report but wasn't ready to talk about his son's death. a citation has been issued to the operator of the quarry. back over to you, barbara. >> thanks, erika. right now, president obama is in baton rouge, louisiana, pushing the priorities he laid out in tuesday's state of the union. he expected to thank governor john bell ed warksds the democratic governor that recently started the process to expand the state's medicaid program reversing his republican predecessor. the white house unveiled a proposal asking congress to provide full funding for the

first three years after states expand their programs. we now know where the winners bought those tickets that won the historic jackpot. three people are splitting the big prize. here, you can see crowds at a 711 outside anaheim, california, where one of the winning tickets was sold. the other winners were in melbourne beach, florida and mumford, tennessee. none of the states let winners remain anonymous. 4, 8, 19, 27, 34 and the powerball was 10. if you match the first five numbers, you won $1 million. three did that. one was in upper marlboro and bradens burg and fredericks maryland a two people in virginia hit $1 million and two people in the district won $50,000 each. >> noticeably, warmer today than yesterday. most of us are up more than

yesterday. anywhere from 20-25 degrees for the remainder of the day. even this evening, still pretty nice, specially during the early evening hours. 5:00 p.m., temperature around 45 degrees. comfortable as the kids are getting home for school. you could play skrooutdoors for little bit. currently, 49 degrees. your planner for the school day tomorrow. will temperatures be the same or will we cool back down? >> the d.c. council is holding another hearing on the city's family leave bill. it would require city businesses to give employees 16 weeks of paid family leave. workers can use that time to care for a personal illness, a sick relative or a newborn child. experts say businesses, employees, communities and families will all benefit from

it. they believe it would cost too much. a ruling today could change the way you vote in virginia. a federal judge plans to make a ruling on donald trump's challenge of the state's so-called loyalty oath. it requires voters in the march primary to sips a statement affirming they are republicans. a lawsuit filed on trump's behalf says it is unconstitutional. you may notice those campaigning for martin o'malley, will travel with the former governor of maryland to south carolina. baker is the prince george's county executive. twot worked together for years. baker will be in the spin room talking to reporters after the democratic debate in charleston on sunday suicide bombers target a starbucks in indonesia's capital this morning. a look at who is claiming responsibility now. salvaging what is left after this huge fire in prince

hi, everybody. i'm erika gonzales. here are some stories lighting up your social media feed. back street boys, nick carter, waking up behind bars in florida. according to tmz, he was arrested in key west after getting into some kind of scuffle inside the hog's breath saloon. his occupation listed on the documents was, none. this next story we spotted on mtv, charlie carver best known for his role as ethan on teen wolf told his followers yesterday he is gay. almost 70,000 liked it. in his post, he says, quote, he has spent years growing up accustomed to his homosexuality. he has been adment about keeping his public and private life separate until now. if you like to snack on baby

carrots, i do. the small carrots are sculpted, rough, soiled mangled things that we used to call carrots that weren't good enough to put on the shelves. instead of throwing away the misshaped parts from the best c carrots, he decided to turn it into something else. today's baby or small carrots make up

developing right now, an investigation into a terror attack in then done eesh yan capital. isis is claiming responsibility for a suicide bombing and a gun fight at a starbucks that left two bystanders dead. five attackers were killed in that ex chapg. indonesian police say the attack

resembled the terror attacks in paris. more than 20 others including some police officers were hurt and are recovering right now. in the atlantic ocean meteorologists are wavpitching tropical storm off the coast of africa, tropical storm alex to the left of the center. this is only the second tropical storm to form in january in the last 150 years. amelia? >> right now, that has been upgraded to a hurricane. first time this has happened in the atlantic basin since 1938 thanks to lauren right here going over all the latest info on that. i am going to give recess an afrmt "a," not an a plus. 43. temperatures around 50 degrees by dismissal. we will be tracking cloudy skies for the majority of the day tomorrow in dining out for your friday night. temperatures in the low to mid

40s. have the umbrella handy. we will be tracking some rain. i am going to show you the timing of that rain with future weather coming up in ten minutes. >> thanks, amelia. we are following a developing story right now out of italy. >> after the break, the new information just released about the murder of an american there. neighborhood,i feel like it's got a lot of what we were kinda talking about. the kitchen is light and bright,new. we should definitely go see it.

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i'm megan mcgrath live in aadelphi where they are boarding up these condominiums. we have seen a steady stream of residents returning after last night's fire. they are still not allowed inside. >> we have to start a new leaf. it is really hard for us. >> reporter: she returns this morning in the hopes of salvaging some things. he and his family moved here two years ago from bangladesh. >> we want to be on the east side. >> reporter: their unit is on the top floor next to the one that caught on fire. >> reporter: you have nowhere to live? >> no, we don't have anywhere to live. >> reporter: what are you going to do? >> i cannot think of it at this moment. >> reporter: the damage on the top floor is bad. only the restoration workers are allowed inside at this point.

>> big, big damage. >> nobody is allowed in. >> wood posts reinforce a section of the roof. last night, flames could be shooting up into the sky. unable to get ut o on their own, some people had to be rescued from their balance can anies. >> it started in the kitchen and spread from there. they are behind and being kept at a distance. the management company is helping out. we have seen employees talk to the residents and then go back inside some of the units that are considered to be safe to retrieve things like medication, a baby stroller for some of the residents waiting here in the parking lot. also, there were a number of injuries. three firefighters and two residents that were injured in this fire. the latest update we got is that all of those people have been treated and released from the

hospital. in adelphi, megan mcgrath. news 4. an american woman, ashley olesen was found dead strangled in her apartment. investigators say they aest ared the prime suspect, a 25-year-old that dna led them to. she had two fractures in her skull. >> what started out as an attempted robbery had an unexpected ening. a store clerk is caught with the would-be robber and talked him into leaving the store empty handed. >> i have never seen anything like this. >> the unarmed clerk is being held at gunpoint there. watch closely as the clerk begins to reprimand the robber. he tries to get in himself. no luck. the argument lasted nearly six minutes before the would-be robber says he has had enough.

>> he is telling him to get out. he is lecturing him. he is pointing his finger like a parent would. >> that clerk was also able to convince the suspect to put away the weapon police say the clerk is lucky to be alive and warn other store owners against this kind of reaction. >> tomorrow morning, we'll start off with sop sunshine. clouds quickly increase by the mid-day hour tracking cloudy skies across the air gra. the afternoon hours stay dry. not until the evening, as early as 6:00 p.m., where showers start to move in. southern maryland, the northern neck of fauquier. we move into the evening and continue to track areas of rain. as quickly as it moves in, it is gone. sunshine returning to the area. we will be tracking a major temperature drop over the weekend. i'll have the late kest coming

>> the owner insists the house is not going anywhere. the treehouse is in the front yard of a home on archibald walk. they first reported the dispute and said, district officials gave the homeowner a temporary permit for the structure. the district's transportation department will have the final word. >> we have known for years that cpr can save lives. district leaders want more of you trained in the hands only method of cpr. this weekend at the nbc 4 health and fitness expo, that happened in big numbers too. assistant chief edward mills joins us to explain and with us today d.c. fire and ems medical director, dr. julius coffee. >> a lot of people wanted to learn how to do this at the expo, right? >> we had so many learning how

they could become part of a life saving team that starts with the community. >> i understand you have 5,000 trained in this before september this year. is that right? >> that's our goal, 5,000 people. hopefully, we're going to go way beyond those numbers. with the success that we had similar to this past weekend at the nbc 4 expo, we fully expect to exceed those numbers. >> what is the hands-on method? how is it different from what we have learned in the past? >> the studies have shown that the one thing that makes a difference is compression, compressions during cpr, so the old form of cpr involved mouth to mouth and there were some barriers to bystanders performing it. the scientists have shown that doing compressions alone at a certain rate and depth and acting quickly can improve the chances of survival two to threefold. >> how are you going to get folks involved in this? are there some other opportunities other than the expo we just had?

>> it is too ulactually a lot o. we trained all ages. it is really fun to much wa the younger kids understand how they can make a difference. we are looking at schools and partnering with businesses and organizations. so that we have a wide breath of the community that's involved and can act. >> chief, it doesn't matter how big the person is if they are going to do a compression on somebody who is? who needs it. >> we can get people started with compressions on someone. something is better than nothing when someone suffers a cardiac arrest event. the quicker we can start the compressions, the better the chance of survival is. >> you are going to be out there in the community getting people involved. is that right? >> we are reaching out in all different venues to try and spread the word. this will be a heart safe community. that's what the mayor is

shooting for. >> we have a list of the places that you are going to be going to teach people how to do this on our website, nbcwashington.com. we hope everything will check that out. you are going to teach all of us here how to do it? >> absolutely. >> thank you so much for coming in today. >> thank you. >> back to you. >> new this morning, the actors and actresses celebrating oscar nominations, and don't forget, you can catch news 4 midday from anywhere. all you need is your smartphone and

a man from movies as far range as diehard, harry potter has died. alan rickman passed away interest morning from cancer. rickman was 69 years old. he trained at the royal academy of dramatic art in england and had his breakout role just over

30 years ago. since then, he has played several villains and a few good guys too. today, one of the most anticipated days in hollywood. actors, directors are producers, writers, now, they are trying to figure out if they are going to win an academy award. mark berger was there at as the oscar n oscar nominations were there. >> the revenant's momentum continues this morning at the oscar nomination. 12 overall. the most of any film includes best picture, director and actor for ileonardo dicaprio. this includes matt damon and michael fastbender and eddie redmayne, nominated this year for "the danish girl."

the revenant's best picture competition includes the martian, bridge of spies, the big short, room and spotlight and matt max furry road. that film grabbed ten nominations. cate blanchett has a shot at number three, best actress for "carol." her rivals include jennifer lawrence for joy and veteran actress charlotte rambling for 45 years. also among this morning's nominees, sylvester stallone, up for best supporting actor for "creed." it is his third oscar nomination but would be his first win. box office titan "star wars:the force awakens" missed out on a picture bid but did pick up five overall nominations. the tag line is we all dream in gold and come february 28th, we

will find out which comes true. i'm mark barger in los angeles, california. >> "star wars" is the only movie i have seen. this might be leo dicaprio's year. he just won in the golden globes for "revenant." silverster stallone might be the favorite. >> we are going to go to the movies, barbara. >> after the break, new shopping optio

there is now a $1 million plan in the works to bring capital bike share to fairfax county. they approved 11 bike share stations in tysons and 15 in reston. the first of the stations are expected to open this fall. we don't know exactly where in those towns that they will be. amelia? >> most of us around 40 degrees. washington, coming in at 39. a high of 47 degrees with mostly sunny skies. clouds quickly increased

throughout the day tomorrow with the high of 50. a little bit warmer. it will feel similar because of the clouds. as we move into the evening end, overnight hours tracking some areas of rain. skies become partly sunny on saturday and breezy later in the day with the high of 49. cooler on sunday. a high of 38. flurries are possible later in the day on sunday. little or no accumulation. mar martin luther king jr. day, a high temperature of 29 degrees. if you are going skiing, i will have that forecast. tysons will soon be home to the region's largest whole foods store. they have approved a 4.2 million square foot development near the greensboro metro station. part of the development should open in 2018. the whole foods won't be ready until 2019. we have the four things to know about tonight's republic

largo road is closed after a seven-vehicle accident. four were injured, one in critical condition. no word when the road will reopen. it could be 1:00 this afternoon before tobin road at wooddale will reopen. a car crash knocked over power poles this morning. he is 18 years old and he is facing murder charges today.

edwin guardo faced a judge for the first time since being arrested for stabbing a man to death at an alexandria park. it happened last month at the 4 mile run park where police found the body of a 22-year-old. our edmond fitzgerald is following this story and tells me alexandria police are saying this stabbing was motivated by the violent game, ms-13. she is going to have more on this story first at 4. in decision 2016, what happens tonight could shape how you vote in the months ahead. fox business network is hosting the first gop debate of the year tonight at 9:00. the top candidates will take the stage. neither rand paul or carly fiorina will be on the stage. they are expecting much the same this time around. we may see donald trump strike back after criticism from the president and the south carolina

governor, nikki haley. fourth, one more debate before the iowa primary. >> he has been really nice other than the last couple of days getting a little testy. donald trump still on cruise control. the tycoon recently turning to the boss before rallies to taunt ted cruz born in canada. >> now, the attacks but they don't understand. i attack back. >> reporter: cruz holding on to a narrow lead in iowa insists trump is rattled. >> i think he may shift in his new rallies to playing new york, new york, because donald comes from new york and he embodies new york values. >> reporter: now, "the new york times" reports cruz failed to disclose a loan of up to

$500,000 where his wife works. he dismisses that as a matter of semantics. >> it is an inadvertent filing question. the fact of the underlying matter have been disclosed for many, many years. our finances are not complicated. >> heading into tonight, the divide between the establishment and outsiders is escalating with trump responding to the republican response to president obama. >> it can be tempting to follow the siren call of the angriest voices. >> south carolina governor, calling out trump as angry. >> i am. i am very angry. i hate what's happening to our country. i am angry. >> jeb bush now admits he misjudged the intensity of anger among republicans calling it dramatically different than in past elections. the debate stage now shrunk to seven. carly fiorina and rand paul cast out. talking about what it takes to

be president. >> when hillary was president, she did all that. >> that was peter alexander reporting, time now for the weather. >> amelia, are we warming up out there? >> noticeably warmer by a good 15 degrees. >> rain friday night could mean slushy conditions at the slope. saturday, breezy, during the afternoon. overall, pretty good ski conditions on sunday. some light snow is possible later in the day. if you are planning on heading to the slopes, heads up. windy and cold. might want to reconsider going on saturday or sunday versus monday. i am going to let you know how cold it will feel throughout the day on monday when you factor in the wind? that's coming up in ten minutes, barbara. >> thanks, amelia. now, to a story you saw first on news 4. nine metro employees have been fired and arrested accused of stealing from the transit agency. seven station managers and two other employees collected paper

fare cars from riders and allowed them to exit the system from free. they will transfer the balance to plastic smart trip cards and resell the smart trip cards at a discounted price. >> one case where there was $100 on the card where it was resold for 60 at a discount. they wouldn't put a dollar figure on how much it cost them. officials say this should not happen again. >> this video shows three prince george's police officers being dragged by a car. it is now headed to jail for a year. they nound him sleeping in his car at a gas station in capital heights in 2013. he sped off when they tried to arrest him for a probation violation. one officer suffered a broken elbow but the other two were also hurt. >> we are back in

some new numbers from the cdc say a lot of us are having babies later in life. the average age for a first-time mother was 24.9 back in 2000. as of two years ago, it rose to 26.3. the jump happened in every state and the district. d.c. and oregon had the biggest increases. >> you know those health warning labels on tobacco products. similar labels would be very effective in limiting how much sugar american children consume. researchers say that parents are much less likely to buy drinks that have a warning label. the label would alert parents to the dangers of obesity, diabetes and tooth

three questions for the us senate. congress just voted to label genetically engineered salmon; why not other foods? gmo crops are doused with heavy doses of an herbicide the world health organization says probably causes cancer. isn't that reason enough to label? 64 other countries label gmos. why don't american shoppers have the same information? tell your senator, high tech gimmicks like qr codes aren't the answer. we need clear on-package labeling.

the pope will meet at the vatican. he doesn't own a computer but said the internet is a gift from god because of its ability to offer immense possibilities for encounters and solidarity. i'm landon doughty. pretty comfortable outside today with the high temperature of 47. not the case, though, on monday. look at what it will feel like throughout the day when you factor in the windy conditions. around breakfast, windchills in the single digits to around 10 degrees by lunchtime. only feeling about 10-15 degrees outside and by dinner, doesn't get any better. it feels about zero to 10 degrees. they start to diminish monday into tuesday. it remains cold. coming up in ten minutes, another look at this afternoon nd aevening. definitely, no the as cold. what kind of temperatures you can expect as you head out and about. >> thank you, amelia. soon you may not have to think twice about eating at chipotle. executives say they are

confident. steps being taken to tighten food safety will prevent future food outbreaks. shares are down more than 30% since the first case was reported back in october. chipotle will start marketing efforts to try and woo that customer next month. >> lottery officials are on the way to the three towns where winning tickets for the world record powerball jackpot was

celebrations at three stores across the country this morning. here are the places that sold the winning powerball ticket. now, three people will be sharing that $1.5 billion prize. jennifer bjorklund is at a 7-eleven. you can hear them chanting in a sea that i can only describe as surreal after the announcement. you can see here on this newspaper that this is the jackpot. this is an amazing jackpot that was sold. one ticket sold here. it will be split between two other ticket holders, one in

florida, one in tennessee and the owner of this store showed up in the middle of the night so excited that his store had sold one of those winning jackpot tickets. unbeknownst to them, they were splitting it. at the moment of all those people showing up, they really thought they had the only winning ticket. split three ways, is still a huge amount. but a billionaire got people really excited. that person holding the ticket, we still don't know who that person or that group is. in any of the cases, we can tell you that lottery officials are on their way here and those two other stores that sold those tickets to present them with the banners and the owners of the store here that $1 million check they are commissioned for selling. a lot of excitement here as people stand around and wait and celebrate, eve thoen they lost. barbara?

>> all right, jennifer. thank you so much. a lot of excitement out there. just because you didn't win the jackpot doesn't mean that you didn't win. three people in maryland and two in virginia won $1 million for matching all of the numbers other than the powerball. two of those $1 million winners are in prince george's county. we put the stores where the winning tickets were sold on the app as well. >> flying out of david bowie national airport. that's what a group of people are trying to get reagan national renamed. it says, david bowie was a cultural ambassador of tolerance, reinvention, syntheses and glam. the petition right now only has 14 signatures. amelia, how about our weather outside? >> big improvements from yesterday. lighter wins, noticeably warmer. mostly sunny skies around. 39 at reagan national. by 2:00, we'll hit our high of 47 degrees.

a temperature of 45, walking the dog this evening. the earlier you go, the better. by 8:00, temperature still around 43. your weather outlook for tomorrow. by the afternoon, the temperature around 50. outdoor exercise, nice for january. friday night out. you will want to grab the umbrella with some showers in the forecast. i'll have another look at the next seven days, barbara, in ten minutes. >> thanks amelia. >> this week's wednesday's child was a little bit shy when we first met. it didn't take long for 11-year-old dion to loosen up. we spent some time at a place called art jams where he had a chance to explore his artistic side. art jams is an art studio tucked away it in a colorful basement near dupont circle in washington. manager, chelsea answa welcomed us in. >> hi, dion, i'm chelsea. >> dion told us he loves trying his hand at all kinds of

creative endeavors. we could see there had been a few aspiring artists down here before us. >> i am going to introduce you guys to sean. he is going to be your art teacher today. >> sean lindsey works with lots of group of adults and kids that come to art jams for lessons. you can learn to paint and have fun at the same time. he showed us all the quiequipme brushes and sponges and so much more and showed dion all the pictures of acrylic sponges and paint available. with the blank canvas ready, he asked dion, what do you want to paint? >> a man. >> the whole body? >> the man. >> he started on an ironman massing. his social worker says dion is a bright boy who tries very hard at whatever he does. she says, he really wants to do well in school. >> what's your favorite subject at school? >> science and math. >> he is doing really well in

school. he just moved skochools in octor and transitioned wonderfully. >> tell me a few of your favorite riddles. what do you call a bear with no teeth? it is one of his favorite riddles. >> a gummy bear. >> he has a great sense of humor with a better smile. he wants to study engineering in college and where would he like to go? >> a college that had engineers. those that know dion says he tries hard to be perfect in everything he does. >> he is a perfectionist to a tee. he wants a lot of praise and validation and giving you his begs the work. dion is hopeful an adopted family will come along for him? you want a mom, a dad, both? >> both. >> you would like to have both. >> would you like to be the only child? >> yes. >> that sounds good, huh? >> get all the attention. >> i am looking for a really good, either single parent or

two-parent home somewhere where he can be the only child and get all that love and attention on him. >> as for the iron mask, everybody agrees that dion did a great job. they had some gifts for him to take along, including a shirt that said, he is a work of art. >> if you have room in your home or heart for dion or another child who is waiting, please call our special adoption hotline, 1-88-to-adopt-me. we have all the foster kids featured on wednesday child on our nbcwashington app. >> he wants to be an engineer. >> good luck to him. adele could not be much hotter these days. >> after the break, a look

we are closely following the story you are clicking on this morning. hairspray will be the next nbc

live musical broadcast. nbc tweeted that the deal isn't necessarily close to being done but it is looking like december. hairspray follows the sound of music, peter pan and more recently, the wiz. back in baltimore in 1962 follows an avid dancer and fan of the courtney collins show on which she eventually makes an appearance. the original "hairspray" movie starred rickie lake and debbie harry. this shows the 2007 version of the movie starring john travolta. according to "us weekly," one direction is splitting up. what? five months after announcing they would begin an extended hiatus in march, it seems they may be going in more than one direction. you may remember that zane malac left the group last march. the boy band got their start on the u.k.'s "x" factor in 2010. >> how would you like to carpool karaoke with adele?

♪ >> he is really good. that's james cordon this week while driving around a very soggy city of london. the pair sang along to adele and another british pop sensation, the spice girls, and all this while drinking a cup of tea. back to you. >> if you have a minute sha, yo have to check out the whole thing. her lip-syncing to the spice girls is one of the most fun things. >> go on youtube.

your afternoon is booked. a preview of must-see tv. >> ellen degeneres will introduce you to her adorable new puppy. look at that puppy. this is going to happen this afternoon at 3:00. right here on news 4. she announced she and portia de

rossi named their new puppy kidd. be sure to stick around. super cute. >> what a cutey. so adorable. >> improvements in the weather today. a high temperature of 4747. lighter wind, plenty of sunshine. rain moves in tomorrow. mainly after 6:00 p.m. we will continue to track showers overnight. it is a mainly dry day, partly sunny, breezy during the afternoon and colder on sunday. a high of 39. maybe some light flurries around during the afternoon hours. little or no snow accumulation. it is windy and cold for martin luther king jr. day. a who i of 29. temperatures feeling like they are in the single digits and throughout the day. we have new information coming in about the rain friday night into saturday. the big cooldown. veronica and doug will have the latest on "news 4 at 4:00." >> that does it for news 4 midday. we are back on the air first at 4:00. >> of course, you can get your news and weather updates any time with the nbc washington

app. we hope you will have a great day. stay warm if you are heading

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