district that could track down criminals. good morning, everybody. friday finally here. i'm "storm team 4" chuck bell. temperatures in the upper 40s to low 30s. it's seasonably chilly but not as cold as it was earlier in the week. we'll take a look at the extended forecast coming up. here's the next 24 hours though. 7:00 this morning, cool and dry, 37. 7:00 tonight, going out for date night, rain in the forecast. have the umbrella ready to go for your friday night plans. the weekend will start dry tomorrow. it will start out mild tomorrow as well. but there's more cold air coming. this is sunday night into monday morning. flurries possible late in the day on sunday and by the time we get to monday morning, windchills back down near the low. that is a cold one. i know someone who doesn't like cold weather. melissa mollet. >> it is me. it is me.

give me those long sleeves. chopper 4, 66 westbound. we'll bring you the live pictures as soon as we get them. all lanes blocked westbound. eastbound, the lane is blocked. rolling road and own keen mill, we have that crash. 270 southbound as you're headed out of urbana. travel times in ten minutes. >> thank you. there's surveillance of two armed robberies police believe were committed wi the same man. the first was at a cvs on benning road tuesday morning. later that morning the same man ronned a store at 19th and l street. d.c. police want to hear from you if you recognize the suspect. >> police are hoping to cut down

on crime. "news4's" molette green is live to zain explain how this works. molette, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. we can see security cameras on top of the roof of this store here in northwest d.c. and there are some inside. the idea is to get more folks in the city on board. in just a few hours, d.c.'s mayor, muralial bowser takes another step in her crime-fighting plan providing incentives to property owners and even churches for buying the plans and registered them with police so if something happens police can better i.d. suspects. this is mayor bowser's come prehebsive plan to get on top of crime especially after the violent crime last year. she's been very critical lately of the city council for not moving fast enough on safety legislation. but later today, again, mayor bowser signing this into law.

that's the latest. i'm molette green, "news4." >> thank you, molette. in a few hours the 16-year-old who brought a loaded pistol to school will find out his punishment. he is charged with unregistered firearm and ammunition. it's not clear how he got past the school's metal detectors in northwest washington. no one was hurt in the incident. headlines, trump way up, cruz going down. >> he said, look, i'm from new york. that's what we believe in new york. >> that was a very insulting statement. >> you cannot give hillary clinton a third term. >> she might be going back and forth between the white house and the courthouse. >> our country is being run by incompetent people, and, yes, i am angry. >> downright nasty as the caucuses are less than two weeks

away now. seven took the stage. although senator cruz is pulling well in iowa, he had a tough night. chuck todd tweeted one thing we may be learning about cruz, he seems to struggle when coming under attack. >> you used to say you supported doubling the number of green cards. now you're against it. you used to support the increase of guest workers. now you're against it. that's not consistent conservative tichl, that's political calculation. >> democrats turned on donald trump as well. berry sanders tweeted this, quote, i have a message for donald trump. no, we're not going to hate latinos or muslims. we're going to stand together. listen to jeb bush's critique. >> this policy is a policy that makes it impossible to build a coalition necessary to take out isis. the kurds are our strongest allies. they're muslim. you're not going to even allow them to come to our country?

>> trump defended his policy saying he'll take no chances when it comes to national security. taking a look at the national poll, he leads with 33%. ted cruz in a distant second. senator marco rubio are close with 12 and 13% respect tiivere. one candidate is getting a lot of backlash for comments he made at last night's debate. coming up, the newspaper head looirn headline a"drop dead" and who i is referring to. >> a woman is dead and three others recovering after a crash on landover road in largo. 33-year-old juan sanchez was driving without a license. they had an arrest warrant out for him because he didn't show up for a hearing on december

14th. 6:05. a day care on ft. myer in arlington will reopen today. a suspicious odor forced the child development center to beevacuated. officials say it was a natural gas leak and nobody was hurt. the fast spreading virus that could soon trigger a travel warning. also ahead, no laughing matter. the joke that dashed won woman's dreams about the powerball jackpot. clear skies at the national harbor. you see the capital wheel. as you're going red for work, your drive home could be different.

an arizona man is in critical condition after a flash-type explosion in his shed. this happened in a mobile home in arizona late last night. we're just getting video. first responders saying there was no fire to exturn give and that prompted them to get hazmat crews out there. they're still trying to figure out what caused all this and weather the scene is actually safe of any possible hazards. 6:10, your time right now. new developments in indonesia following the deadly terror attack at a starbucks. police in jakarta have arrested three men believed to have been involved in that attack. there was an explosion and a gun fight. seven people died including five attackers. two of them had been formally convicted for terrorism. a new investigation you may hear about this n this weekend's dedication. a state prosecutor said he bought furniture from the governor's mansion at a discounted price.

the baltimore sun said o'malley paid less than $10,000 for furniture that cost maryland taxpayers $62,000. the democratic hopeful's campaign is calling it a bogus political attack. good morning, everybody. the weather will affect your plans today. no worries this morning. it's really not all that cold outside. afternoon clouds will be on the increase, no troubles there. but your friday evening plans, have your umbrella ready to go. according to our timing about 13 hours from now, that puts the steadier rain between 6:00 and 7:00 tonight. for your commute, cool and dry. 37 on the way in. showers arriving for the tay end of your commute home. the commute may be a little slow in spots. 66 in particular. here's melissa with the latest. >> good morning. 66 westbound just before the beltway, you can see the vehicle off the left side of the

roadway. right now we have that left lane blocked. we'll watch in case it hangs around. the east lane is also blocked because of a crash. as far as travel times elsewhere in virginia, you're looking good. 66 east looks good, 95 north, nice and on time. 270 southbound is okay and top of the beltway from 95 to the beltway noishes. remember to listen to your friends on wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. >> making it easier to keep track of the work your kids do in their class. why they want teachers to do a better job communicating. >> something just exploded. something just exploded. >> calls for help as a fire spread through the apartment billing. now hear from the brave

fire's coming out of the balcony door. something just explode. something just exploded.

>> frantic efforts from first responders as a prince george's apartment building goes up in flames. we're now hearing from several firefighters who made that dramatic rescue from the adelphi building. firefighters who saw one couple on a balcony immediately started a lad irrescue on the top floor. >> i ended up grabbing him, bringing him up on the ladder. i told him, if you feel comfortable, you start coming down the ladder and i'll finish up with your wife. >> more than 100 residents have been displaced by the fire. they're trying to pinpoint a cause. they have not found anything suspicious. a northern virginia man is in prison this morning charged with sexual battery on a child. david schwartz is accused of assaulting an 11-year-old girl. the child told her mother and she immediately contacted the authorities. swartz was schwartz was a family friend. a permit has been submitted to destroy the savopoulos

mansion in the northwest. the family and their housekeeper were brutally murdered laugh year and the house was set on fire. it went on the market in november. police have charged darren wint with the murders. right now we're still waiting for three lucky powerball winners to come forward. there were three winning tickets bought in tennessee, california, and florida. it shouldbling take too lom. california gives their winners up to a year to come forward before the money automatically goes to schools. winners in tennessee and florida must claim their win 180 days from the date of the drawing. a nurse was told she had won the lottery. it turned out to be a prank played by her son. so mean. workers at a health care center in pomona started celebrating a big win when they were told it was a big joke. the nurse's son went so far as to seb her a picture of what he said was the wing ticket. the owner of the center had

bought tickets for patients and nurses and the nursing home. >> the son is now living in a tent in the backyard. >> why would you do that to your mother. that's so rude. here's the thing, you could be a winner. check your ticket. in maryland interest there are still two $1 million tickets unclaimed. >> this couple bought a ticket at a wawa in frederick. the woman said she almost threw the ticket out after learning no one in maryland had won the jackpot. the store owner said she didn't say much while she was in the store. >> local customer. i believe she works right in the area. came in to verify the ticket. very excited young lady. didn't say a whole lot. kind of speechless as most would be if you just won a million. d.c. sold two tickets worth $50,000 each. >> even if you win $2, you're winning back your money, so

don't ever throw out your ticket. >> free money is free money. >> that's right. a teenager who was rescued from a freezing pond has died. all three were pulled from the pond last night. it's not at clear why they were in there in the first place. it took rescuers 35 minutes to pull the third student from the water. he died. the other two students are in the hospital right now. 6:19. a new case of ebola confirmed. health officials in sierra leone say a woman died earlier this month. they declared west africa ee bow ha-free, however, the world health organization did say there could be some flare-ups. the officials say the country is prepared for new cases and there is no cause for any concern. there is a warrening now against pregnant women traveling to brazil and it's all because of a mosquito-born virus. it's called zika.

it spreads via a mosquito bite and there is currently novak seen for that virus. in other news for your health this morning, many children with food allergies don't know how to handle a severe reachlkapid cit reaction. many don't know how to use an epi pen. doctors need to make sure parents can repeat back directions. this is a heartwarming story following a heartbreaking loss. you probably remember this. seconds left in the past weekend's game between the vikings and seahawks. they were on the surgery of winning and blair wallern missed that field goal. as you can imagine friends were not happy. but guess what? elementary students called it a teaching moment. they say it was okay.

he went to visit them. he said thank you to the fourth graders. signed autographs here. such a great moment. those first graders wrote him letters and said, you know what? it's going to be all right. and he found them and went to visit them. good for them. >> he'll be all right. he'll keep playing football. >> leave it to fichb grafirst graders to teach kindness. >> first graders either teach kindness or put bubble gum in your hair. >> do you need to talk, chuck? >> apparently not. you can enjoy a relatively mild start. don't get used to nield or sunshine. clouds will be moving in and raindrops will be racing in just in time to interfere with your evening plan.

48 in gaithersburg. 54 in manassas and fredericksburg. rain chances are coming in quickly. it should be all dry by 4:00 this afternoon. by 9:00 tonight, moderate rain in place. temperatures dropping into the 40s. clearing out saturday morning. everything will still be wet from the overnight rains but the rains will be over by the time you get to 7:00 or 8:00 tomorrow morning. here's the leading edge of the raindrops. that puts it in between 6:30 and 7:30 tonight. umbrella needed tonight? you bed you. it's not going to be mr. drizzle. it's going to be steady and moderate rain at times. future weather. mild with the sunshine. by 3:00 here come the clouds. by 8:00 tonight here come the raindrops and it's going to rain pretty hard between 7:00 and 11:00. by 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning the last of the rain drops are going through. by 9:00 a.m., gusterly north winds will be blowing out. good kite flying weather.

temperatures up near 50 degrees tomorrow. them the bottoms fall out as we go through the day on sunday. cloudy skies and plummeting temperatures all the way down so that by the time you get down toward monday and tuesday of next week, temperatures down below freezing and windchills near zero by monday morning. we'll detail that coming up in a few more minutes. for now, melissa mollet, more trouble in northern virginia. >> more trouble. this one, thank goodness, finally clearing out of the way. leesburg pike at 50, awe lanes are open eastbound and westbound. right now chopper 4 still over this problem, 66 westbound before the beltway, looks like only the shoulder right now is the only issue. that left lane has now reopened here this morning. rolling road and old keene hill still closed. quantico to the beltway going to take you 18 minutes. southbound nice and fine. don't have to worry about

anything in your way. a normal volume as you're headed out and prince george's county looking quite guantanamo. eun? >> thank you, melissa. you can have your voice heard on future plans for 66 and virginia. vdot is having three community forums in arlington, fairfax, and loudoun counties. community members are sure to talk about the recent plan to add tolls to 66 inside the beltway as well. the first meeting is monday, jan 25th. some stations will be closed during the track work that starts tonight on metro. on the orange line, you'll have to take a bus from any station. on the blue line buses replace trains. there will be delays o the red line as well. trains are single-tracking between van nuys. there won't be any track work on the martin luther king holiday on monday. a new bill in virginia would mean you would receive a let fehr your child is assigned a,

quote, sexually explicit book. according to "the free lance-star," the bill was introduced after a parent came forward. there's a new bill to alert you if your child is assigned a w ek with any sexual themes. today students will celebrate martin luther king's birthday with the 12th annual "i have a dream" speech. today 150 students will recite the speech at the lincoln memorial. the ceremony starts at 1:00 p.m. the debut we've been waiting for for months. plus, a number of new traffic signals going up. they may leave you confused. how they could make turning left easier for you. >> "storm team 4" meteorologist chuck t. bell shows you when it

could arrive in your neighborhood, plus its impact on your w

right now the national zoo's youngest panda is enjoying his last day of peace and quiet. that's because the public will be clam moring to catch a glimpse of bei bei tomorrow. what you need to know before you head to the zoo. >> hopefully the rain won't impact your going to the zoo or anything else this weekend. >> "storm team 4" chuck bell with four things you need to know. hey, chuck. >> hopefully it won't. don't go to zoo tonight. that's when it's most likely to be raining. overnight, i like your chances of getting to see bei bei and zhu zhu and all that stuff. i feel sorry for the other animals. bei bei gets all the love. dry today but it will be a rainy night tonight. a colder pattern is coming back and soon enough we could have flurries. rain for your friday night

plans. cool, dry, plenty of sunshine early today but 7:00, rain moving in. temperatures mid-40s. by 7:00 a.m., clearing skies. it will be a breezy day. they're andring the water out of the reflecting pool on the national mall. a lot going on. with the rain going on, maybe it will refill it. >> take a look at 28 and new compton, the chopper is headed there. we'll show you live pictures as soon as chopper 4 gets there. scaggsville, northbound and southbound moving along just fine. a tiny slow spot after ar ba na. otherwise looking good. travel times in ten minutes. eun? >> thanks, melissa. you'll soon be able to see the giant baby cub in person.

bei bei will make his public debut tomorrow. megan mcgrath has more. we know it's going to be busy tomorrow. >> reporter: it's going be very busy. this little guy is like a rock star. people can come to see him for the first time. here are some tips for you if you're going to be coming out on saturday. first of all, the began house opens at 9:00 in the morning and will stale open until 4:00 in the afternoon. you're going to want to use the asia entrance. that's near his house. they go out at 7:30 in the morning and hang out in their outdoor enclosure. after they debut, you can see him outside if he so chooses.

really it's up to the pandas to do what they want to do. they can go inning they can go out. there are also areas whether they can go and be outside of the view of the public. we'll have to see what they do. big crowds expected when sister bao bao made her debut. over 5,000 people showed up. this was bao bao's debut. you can see all the excitement as people turned out to see her. we're expecting a very similar situation. take metro, the woodley park metro station is the closest. also be aware of pedestrians. there will be a lot of foot zwroosk the region will be discussing violence. 16 weeks of paid family

leave. that's tell proposal in the district. officials say that will cost too much money. yesterday the chief financial officer said a proposed 1% payroll tax to pay for that program wouldn't bring in enough cash. if you live and work here in d.c., you would get 16 weeks of paid leave for the birth of a child, a medical condition, or if you're caring for a six relative. some business leaders and council members support the legislation. >> it looks like there is a new leader in the race for metro chairman. according to the "washington post." jim corcoran no longer wants to be considered. he suddenly bowed out for the position on thursday saying he doesn't have enough time for the job. now d.c. councilman jack evans is a top contender. the board's eight voting members will vote for a new chairman. the underground shops in crystal stomach will become more accessful. real estate develer came under

an investigation after complaint. among the improvements, handrails along the tunnels and the restrooms will be modified. the frederick county council is considering changing zoning laws to stop the church of scientology from opening a drug rehab facility. they triering to open it on trout run. the council voted to block that facility. the judge blocksed it. others say there are better uses for the land. >> boy scout retreat or girl scout retreat or nature center. >> the latest judge ruling may be meaningless. earlier this week the council introduced new legislation that would prohibit rehab facilities from them. >> we're seeing action today on a moonshot to cure cancer. president obama announced a national effort in his state of the union address earlier this week.

biden is leading the campaign. he's meeting with researchers at the school of pennsylvania. the marine corps marathon hopes a redesigned website will make registering easier. feedback from runners who want -- they got feedback from runners and wanted to make it easier. the 41st marine corps marathon will be held on october 30th. a new push to crack down on people who terrorize businesses and their customers. a new device that could help police track down criminals. big backups in centreville. details coming up. an out-of-this-world experience. the issue that has astronauts outside the space station venturing outside later this morning. stick around. two wrecks on the roadwayet.

we're getting new information. this is something melissa has been keeping her eye on. a car crashed into a tree on westmoreland exit. the second on fairfax to westbound 66 we now know three people have been taken to the hospital. melissa will have more on your traffic impacts after the break.

michigan's governor wants the president to help. they're pushing for an emergency declaration from president obama. too much lead terned the topwater system after flint switched its watcher supply to save money. water used to come from the lake huron river which was safe, sources moved it to the flint river, which was not tested. you could see a big difference when you make a left

tern in arlington. vdot is putting in new lights with flashing yellow signals. they're already on other roads. they understand the flashing yellows better than the circular green and yellow lights. good morning, everybody. coming up on 6:41 on your friday morning. it's now 28 in gaithersburg, 35 in reston, 27 in belfour. heading out to the bus stop, 30s. recess gets an "a." it will be dry. clouds increasing by the time kids come home. if you're going to do after school activities or you're not getting home from work until 5:00, hat, gloves, coats. more check on the weekend coming up. melissa mollet with a look at

traffic. >> we lost our chopper shot. take a look at that. we did have some volume. 28 northbound at compton not seeing the crash there this morning. 66, fairfax to beltway, you're on time. also looking good there. 270 on top of the beltway. we'll see you in a couple of minutes. a couple of one-liners as the candidates got down and nasty with each other. we'll show you the moment use'll be talking about today including one remark that has a newspaper firing back with an unforgettable front page.

. right now up to the minute the minute you're up. a new development to make it easier for police to track down criminals. >> we're breaking down the key moments. the moments that will have you talking today. first, though, "storm team 4" chuck bell with the forecast. chuck? >> temperatures are in the 30s this morning. it's cool and dry outside. it will stay dry here through the lunch hour, but if you're not going get home from work or school until after 4:00 today i'd take that umbrella with you. a complete check on your seven-day forecast coming up in

five minutes. overall we don't have too many problems. a new problem, 95 and maryland. details on those in just a couple of minutes. thank you. police are hoping vary lance video will help them arrest this guy. police believe two armed robberies were committed by the same man. the first happened at benning road northeast. that was tuesday morning. later in the evening, police say the same man robbed a store in the northwest. police want to hear from you. 15 before the hour right now. d.c. police are hoping more of that kind of surveillance will help them fight crime. mayor muriel bowser is signing a bill today. molette green with more on how that works. molette, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is the mayor's latest

crime-fighting strategy and later this morning she'll sign a bill providing incentives for property owners, business owners and even religious institutions. buy them and register them with dchl c. police so if crime can happen, police can better identify suspects. this is part of mayor bowere iss comprehensive plan especially in the wake of the spike in crime we saw. she's aware of what she considering slow effort to move forward on public safety legislation. all of this happens when the mayor signs this particular bill into law. she's going to do that in just a few hours in dchl c.'s ward eight. that's the latest. "news4," molette green, back to you. the 16-year-old who brought a loaded pistol to the school

last month finds out his punishment this morning. it's not clear how the gun made it past the school's metal detectors in northwest washington. no one was hurt in the incident. it's business as usual this morning at a day care center at ft. myer in arlington. a suspicious odor yesterday forced the cody child development center to be evacuated. officials sate was a natural gas leak and no one was hurt. there was a nine-car wreck. a woman was killed there and three others injured. police say 34-year-old want sanchez was driving with a suspended license. officers had a warrant out for his arrest because sanchez didn't show up for a hearing on a 2014 dui charge. a tennessee couple has come forward claiming they are who you wish you were. winners of the powerball jackpot. lots and lots of dollars here. this is, in fact, the store where that winning powerball

ticket was sold and tennessee is one of the states that reported the powerball winning ticket. the couple will be live on the "today" show after our broadcast. i don't know about you but i can't wait to see what this new millionaire looks like. back to you. please give a warm william to hillary clinton. a late-night appearance for democratic hopeful hillary clinton with jimmy fallon and a mock interview. it wasn't all jokes. she's focused on the debate this week in south carolina. she said all candidates have a tough road ahead of them. >> and it really depends upon, you know, who makes the best case that you can be the nominee to beat whoever the republicans put up and try to get your folks to support you to come out. i find it exciting. >> the next democratic debate is set for sunday night. clinton, senator bernie sanders, and former governor martin

o'malley all expected to be there. now to the republicans. an nbc/wall street journal poll out thursday had donald trump ahead with 33% of voters. senator ted cruz is in a distant second place with 20%. senator marco rubio and ben carson also close with 13% and 12% respectively. jeb bush and governor chris christie are tie at 5%. now to the three republican hopefuls you didn't see during the main event. carly fiorina, rick santorum, and mike huckabee. they focused on hillary clinton and president obama insisting guns, isis, and policy are sfwloong y wrong. >> you cannot give hillary clinton a third term. >> they're muslim.

you're not going to lallow them into the country. >> the country is in income pe techblt hands and yell, i am angry. >> they say it sounds more like a three-man race. nbc's tracie potts on capitol hill with the reactionnd what it means for voters. tracie, good morning. >> next is iowa and it's coming up in less than three weeks and this really set the stage for that. there is another debate before iowa. what it tells us is donald trump is looking closely at the numbers. yes, he's on top but ted cruz is running strong in iowa. the poll numbers increasing for ted cruz are the key reasons why he's bringing up the birther issue that cruz said is a nonissue. he was born in canada to an american mother. trump says the problem with that is now that he's rising in the numbers that he could open up

the party to lawsuits. >> tracie, let me ask you about the moderators in last night's debate. chuck todd tweeted that it felt more like an interview than a debate. what do you make of that analysis? >> what happened last night were two things. we saw the exchanges with trump and cruz and rubio and cruz and others, but also there were a lot of sub stan tirch questions asked. and in some areas, there was not a lot of back and forth, which may have led toed todd seeing s as sort of an interview. this was a fox business debate. some of the more conservative members say, look, we don't want to hear them arguing. we want to hear them talking about the issue. in fact, a lot of people, not just conservatives have said that. when you look forward to iowa, these are people who get involved in their caucuses. they want to know details about the candidates. not just whether they can talk about, but what they believe. >> probably one of the more controversial statements from last night, i want to play a

piece of sound the moment senator cruz insulted donald trump calling him a new yorker. >> he said, look, i'm from new york. that's what we believe. those are iowan values but i'm from new york. >> that was a very insulting statement. >> okay. so this is interesting, this new york thing, because it had been out there before the debate and ted cruz tried to explain saying, look, people outside of new york like here in south carolina, they understand what i mean when i say new york values. people in new york don't think like us. as he put it, you don't have a lot of conservatives coming out of new york. and donald trump who never backs down from a fight gave a long explanation of 9/11 and how people in new york pulled together, sort of pulling at the patriotic heartstrings there before saying, ted cruz, you're just simply wrong about that. >> tracie potts on capitol hill. >> chuck bell a little warmup.

>> a beautiful sunrise coming up this morning. a pretty glow to the sky. clouds will be coming in pretty quickly. plan on sunshine to get your day started. a relatively mild day as well. most neighborhoods will be back up. clouds will be increasing very, very quickly and raindrops will be racing in probably before you have time to go out to dinner tonight. temperatures right now, 36 in hagerstown. here's your live picture. winds will be a lot more noticeable coming up tomorrow. heading out, temperatures 250s and 30s early. look that nice climb in temperatures. the next big change arrives thereafter. cloudy. 54 degree. by 9:00 tonight, moderate rain with temperatures back in the 40s. by early tomorrow morning the rain will be over, but it will be clear and out and turning kind of breezy. here's where the rain is coming

from. a lot of rain heavy to moderate. it's 1 x 2 hours away. it puts it at about 7:00 tonight. here's future weather. clouds moving in by 2:00 or 3:00. first drops possible as early as 5:00 or 6:00. steady, moderate to brief heavy pockets of rain. the heaviest of the rain should be over by 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning. by 7:00 tomorrow morning the rain's gone but the clouds will be lingering at least through the front part of the day. clearing out. turning much colder as we get into sunday and monday. in fact, temperatures tumble with snow flurries likely late sunday afternoon and sunday night. not looking for accumulations, melissa mollet, but that's the leading edge to the week to come. >> my son's hoping for a snowman at some point this year. you can see chopper 4 over this. typical volume this morning. we have a couple of problems. 95 northbound, a crash there.

dorsey run, an accident and northbound annapolis. so three different problems there to the north end of things here this morning. right now prince george's county, no major problems. even indian head highway inbound, looking good. we're normally slow here. 66, just fine. 95 northbound doesn't have any major problems. you're taking a big look at the beltway, looking quite good. 66 west of the beltway, we still have that crash. guys? >> thank you. the national zoo making final preparations for bei bei's public debut. >> tips if you plan go see him this morning. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, guys. his name means precious treasure and he's definitely precious. bei bei, the national zoo's new little panda cub, he goes on public display saturday morning. take a look. we're expecting big crowds. panda house will open at 9:00 in the morning. folks will want to use the asia

trail entrance. that's the most convenient. also keep in mind the pandas are typically allowed access to the outside areas of the panda house starting at 7:30 in the morning. we're expecting a very, very large crowd. metro, probably a good idea. back to you all. >> thanks, megan. right now nasa astronauts are getting ready for a space wauchlkt wauchlkt tim peake and steve copal. four things you need to know. man is in custody. we learn thad the police chased the man to the westmoreland street exit and caught up with him at the station. a woman came in contact with 27 people before she died of the disease. fireworks as candidates

unleash new attacks in last night's republican debate. ted cruz took a beating from both donald trump and marco rubio. mayor bowser will be signing a bill today. rebates will be given to property owners and religious groups who install security cameras and register them with d.c. police. rain moving in tonight at 6:00. be ready. have the umbrella in your hand. >> thanks, chuck that. is the broadcast. thanks for waking up with us. >> "today" show is next. >> "today" show is next. we hope you have

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good morning. taking aim. the donald trump/ted cruz rivalry rises during a heated presidential debate. trump once again questioning cruz's eligibility to run. >> there's a big question mark on your head, and you can't do that to the party. >> but cruz is ready with a response. >> the constitution hasn't changed. [ laughter ] but the poll numbers have. >> and carly fiorina appears to take a very personal shot at hillary clinton in the earlier debate. health alert. a dangerous untreatable virus posing a big risk to women and babies. the cdc now considering a first of its kind travel warning to parts of the caribbean and south america. could it spread to the u.s.? nbc ns