chamber. prepare for a partisan showdown regarding donald trump's cabinet. it may not make much of a difference. a 2013 rule passed by the democrats states trump's non-supreme court nominees will need only a simple majority to be confirmed. >> the congress will vote on an epic amendment. last night, house republicans voted to restrict the office that investigates congressional misconon duct in the house. it the vote essentially gives oversight to the lawmakers themselves. the office will no longer release investigate information to the public, investigate anonymous complaints. >> today in one of his final official acts as vice president, joe biden will swear in the senator. republicans will have a 5 -48 advantage in the house. the house is expected to

once sworn in, ryan will administer the vote to the house members. the gop will hold a large 241 to 190 advantage in the house. >> jamie raskin and brown will be sworn in today. brown and raskin expect fights other corporate tax cuts, environmental regulations and the affordable care act. >> i think the president is going to help us get that message out there and we'll have to put very strong pressure on republican members of congress who represent tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people who depend upon these programs. . >> re-pete peel and replace is not the answer and that's obviously going to be on the table. >> and on the senate side, a milestone after 30 years now retired senator barbara mcculsky's seat will be filled by democrat chris van

>> mayor bowser will urge a change in the rules to allow norton to vote in the committee of the whole and that would allow norton to vote on amendments on the house floor. house rules have allowed congre congress. head to nbc washington's app for the latest development. following him on twitter at mcfarland's news. it is 4:32. developing this morning, police are swarming a neighborhood in istanbul. they're trying to find the suspect in that new year's nightclub shooting. 39 people killed there. the gunman escaped and he's still out there. we don't know much about him, but turkey's leaders say they are close to confwirming his identity. >> right now, parts of the so h south, people in alabama and florida, people died in a single home. tornado and flooding are blaming for the deaths in

nine hours. more rain is expected. 4:33. our time right thou. nothing that severe around here. four things to know about the forecast. >> it's part of that same system that is coming our way here. it is weakening. that's pushing into virginia coming in from the south and west. leading edge of that rain just past charlottesville. about to get near fredericksburg in about another 20 minutes or so, but not into the metro area until around 7:00 or 8:00 this morning. temperatures hovering in the lower 40s. we're in the mid 40s around the chesapeake bay and out in the mountains, as well. and your four things to know in your metro planner for this day, we'll have rain likely with passing showers. rain ending by later this afternoon. we'll stay in the 40s to near 50 this afternoon. a wet tuesday. colder

light snow is possible friday morning. looks like mainly on grassy areas. then to be followed bay cold plunge this weekend. details on that coming up in a few minutes. i'm getting the chills thinking about the weekend. inner loop exit ramps to braddock, those are blocked because of the crash response there. this has just cleared out of the way, so benning road in northeast has just reopened after that accident overnight. 66 and 95 both looking quite good here this morning. something else that is cleared, this. southbound 95 the ramp to eastbound 198. no more worries there. back in had ten minutes. see you then. >> thank you. it's 4:34. u.s. customs and border agency is back running. a four-hour long outage caused very long lines yesterday. in miami, more than 30 international flights were affected and at least two people passed out while they were waiting in line. the agency says people arriving from outside the u.s. were being

we spoke with travelers at dulles international airport who were simply frustrated. >> it seems like you have passports and you have passport control, they should be able to scan, identify you and move you through and it wasn't happening. somewhere, the process is broken. >> it's unclear what caused the outage, but customs does not believe the outage was malici s malicious. right now, it is not clear how a united airlines baggage handler ended up getting locked in the cargo hold. this had happened on an 82-had minute flight sunday. prior to an investigation by the tsa, there were concerns about whether he was truly a baggage handler. he had on a work uniform and we're told the man is okay. starting today, you can use your cell phone to pay for parking at reston town center.. there are several ways to do it. one is to use the free parkrtc app on your smartphone. shoppers can pay for parking with your app ande

the car. garages will accept payment kiosks. some stores and restaurants will offer parking validation. the debut was delayed because of the concerns about the impact it would have on businesses. >> i think a lot of us felt that this is one of the good values of reston town center. it has great shops and great activities to do and free parking. now it has the other stuff, but you've got to pay for parking. >> reston's parking app links users to live safe which is a service connecting shoppers to mall security. new this morning in maryland, the frederick county sheriff's office is on the lookout for two people who they say stole a visa debit card. it was taken from an atm at the woodsboro bank and used in multiple stores in that area. if you see these two suspects, contact the sheriff's office. d.c. police made a surprise find inside an do

truck in the southeast. they say several atms were discovered in the back of that truck. so far, police do not know where it came from. a security camera rebate program is the is the latest to get out of the neighborhood. >> advisory community member cathy hennerson went door to door and was telling people about the private security camera program. it will reimburse people up to $500 to put up the cameras. >> there are cameras everywhere in the city. do you think people's packages stop getting stolen? you put a mask on, what is a camera going to do. >> cameras helped investigate this robbery and shooting. two people shot and robbed a man on northeast 21st street. that man is okay. 4:38 just about now. we are offo

many of us head back to work today for the first time this year.. tom is tracking how showers might affect your morning commute. >> 2017. 17 days until donald trump takes the oath of office, the preparations and the changes. local businesses are starting to see before the inauguration. your time rit now isgh

4:40 right now. mae make sure you grab the good umbrellas today. >> the good one. >> the rain is just about to come into fredericksburg. it's going to get closer to the metro area by later in the morning community. for early drivers, you'll encounter wet pavement. temperatures are well above freezing. we're in the low 40s for the mountains all the way to the y bay. a few spots in the upper 30s. reagan national is at 43 degrees. hour by hour through the day ahead, we'll have temperatures hovering in the 40s most of the day. briefly near 50 midafternoon. rain likely later this morning, passing showers during the afternoon. most of the rain ending by 6:00 p.m. by 10:00, just damp and chilly, maybe lingering drizzle overnight tonight. look at big changes on the way over the next ten days. maybe a little snow.

still have a one problem as far as crashes go right now. inir loop to braddock road, with the crash response still on the scene there. that's been there for some time. we talked with police. somebody was injured, so perhaps could be taking longer because of that. 270 southbound, 70 to the spur, we're looking quite good here. you are on time. going to take you 26 minutes. listen to wtop 103.5 when you hop in your car. inbound, outbound at germantown road, roads slick this morning. hearing about a brand new crash on the beltway. we'll talk about it in just a minute. it is a new year and a new congress is getting to work. the obstacle donald trump's cabinet picks will face before getting confirmed. remarkable progress, the difficult recoveryand the po

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welcome back at 4:45. it is a big day on capitol hill today. the 115th congress will be sworn in and the govp controls both chambers. >> republicans plan to lay the foundation for dismantling president obama's policies before he even leaves office. news 4's tracey pots is here with the things they plan to tackle before donald trump's inauguration. >> they know they want to repeal it and they know they'll get some pushback from. part of the big question for ordinary americans is how long is this going to take. in general, they don't have to worry about losing their insurance anytime soon. one of the big questions is how long of a delay are we talking, a year or two or longer before they implement someg

>> and the other thing they have the confirming donald trump's cabinet picks. >> we know democrats plan to make this difficult. are there any picks concerned about not being confirmed? >> chuck schumer has informed his republican counterparts that there are eight specific trump cabinet picks that they plan to oppose, including secretary of state rex tillerson who there has been so much talk about his ties to the russian government and russian leader vladimir putin. he's on that list. ju justice, labor, education, treasury, a number of them the democrats plan to try to oppose during these hearings that start next week. >>. >> tracie, thank you. president-elect trump vowed north korea will not create a nuclear weapon. in his tweet, trump

north would not build a nuclear weapon capable of reaches parts of the u.s. he said china keeps taking money and wealth from the u.s. that will not help with the north korean nuclear issue. hotels are starting to fill up as we inch closer to the inauguration. it is estimated 1 million people will flood the district. many are coming to celebrate while others plan to protest. either way, those visitors equal big business for the district. elliott ferguson tracks tourism trend necessary d.c. and says hotel owners were worried when room sales had a sluggish start. >> usually the day after a candidate has been chosen, hotels normally see a large influx of reservations. that didn't happen this year because, quite frankly, i think everyone was taken bit surprise by the outcome. >> ferguson says trump's surprise victory may be part of the reason more unofficial events haven't been named yesterday. >>

one of those members of the d.c. council sworn in yesterday. he is return to go represent district 7. and just two years ago, muriel bousers defeated gray for his mayoral seat. the two appeared to take jabs at each other during the ceremony. >> many people in our city watched. >> we swear or affirm that we are not making decisions just for our own ward, just for our own interests. >> now, there could be a rematch between bowser and gray in 2018. the other new council members sworn in were at-large member robert white and ward 8 member treyon white. city police say they will release more information today in the death of a teenage girl. they say 15-year-old charlotte zaremba was shot by a 15-year-old boy who has not yet been identified. this happened a few hou

new year's day in her bedroom. police say the girl shboy shot girl's mother. the boy is in critical condition. the girl attended howard high school and the school sent a letter home to parents yesterday saying it is providing support for students. a queen ann county deputy is improving after a deadly shooting last week. investigators say deputy ward hogan was shot in charleston. he was in a shoot-out with a man wod been in a physical dispute with his girlfriend. that man was shot and killed. the department posted a photo of hogan to facebook. he is now able to stand up with help. he is scheduled for another surgery this week which should be his last surgery for simt six to eight months. the search is on this morning for six puppies. the owner of the d.c. pups store in manassas say someone broke into the store and took the dog. security cameras were ripped

video. each puppy has a sale of between $800 and $1100. just in time for the celebration, homeowners can now legally rent out a room or a house for companies sush as air b & b. homeowners can apply to get a license. that comes with restrictions. the owner has to live in the space for at least half a year and visitors can not stay for more than 30 days. right now, there is no cost for the license, but that could change later the had year. calling all riders. the city of alexandria wants to feature your work. it's hold ago poetry contest to coincide with national poetry month. you have until february 1st to submit your best poem. you have to be at least 16 years old to enter and there are extra points available if you hit on the motto keep alexandria moving. strange tradition of welcoming in the new year will continue this week. there's always something. >> if you want to join in, you ha

home. let's let that sit there for a second. >> i'm not recommending this for people who have to go into the office for work. >> for nearly ten years now wab group of people met up to ride the metro without wearing their pants. there you see it right there. this is from last year, i believe. this is a family friendly event, believe it or not. next sunday, the group will meet outside the metro station at 3:00. >> i know they say it's family friendly. i don't think i'm going to take my kids on metro that -- >> is there a reason for this? >> just because to say welcome to the new year, it's 2017. we're getting a fresh start. >> aaron, do you -- >> every day. >> okay. good. >> i wear them every day is what i'm saying. >> and we're happy about that. >> this is how rumors get start started. hey, today you're going to want your pants. it's not -- it's not knee friendly. it's not leg friendly. it's chillynd

we've got some drizzle out there as we do have some rain falling. it's coming our way, getting closer. you can see on storm 4 radar, moving rapidly into virginia, just about to come into charleston. it will be into stafford, prince william, louden b, fairfax and the district over the next several hours. here is the hour by hour. 9:00 within moderate rain showers coming through these pockets of yellow. it will continue that way through your lunch hour. during the arch, it will start to move off to the north and east by 3:00, 4:00. we'll sigh it moving away and then we'll see lingering drizzle overnight tonight. how much rain? maybe up to an inch of rain. much of the region may get up to an inch of rain. that's just about everywhere around the region. right now, we're hovering in the low 40s. storm team 4 ten-day outlook, tomorrow, sunshine back and into the mid 50s. we might get light

thursday and early on friday morning, a lot of clouds around and much colder for the weekend. by the way, that snow mostly on grassy areas melting on pavement. look at the weekend. highs only near freezing, morning lows in the 20s. and then it gets mild again next week with maybe a little bit of rain toward the end of the week. and that's the way it looks. let's check on traffic now. ma his is, what's happening? >> a couple of problems just popped up on the beltway. outer loop 270 is blocked by a crash and inner loop there after georgia avenue, crash on the right side, as well. not really seeing a slowdown because of this. we'll keep an eye on it because that could change quickly here. northbound 95, nice northbound and southbound. no big worries on 95. again, though, we have rain falling in certain areas. we have a little bit of fog here and there. that could cause a bit of a problem for folks. here is a good example on the georgess county beltway. back in a few minutes. >> melissa, we'll see you then. a

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tank failure. it says it could launch another rocket as early as next week. the explosion caused hundreds of millions of dollars in had damage. it destroyed a satellite and seriously damaged the launch b pad. tech giant apple is facing a new lawsuit after the death of a little girl two yearsing ago. parents in texas say a driver was using facetime when he hit their car and killed their 5-year-old daughter. police charged the daughter with man slaughter. this case is still pending, but now the family is urge iing app to disable the app while users are driving. >> it may be a good policy question whether companies can do more to prevent the misuse of their products. but judges generally don't want that kind of decision made in a courtroom. . >> apple will only say that it does not comment b on pending litigation. a 2-year-old boy came to the rescue of his twin brother who was trapped underneath a dresser and the entire incident was caught on a nanny

the video shows the two boys playing in the dresser when it falls over right on top of them. the one brother was able to push the dresser a few times. oh, look there, right there, allowing his brother to wiggle out from underneath. those boys are fine and the dresser is now securely fass.enned to the wall. and you can see how these accidents happen so quickly. they're so lucky to be alive. >> those fasteners are fairley inexpensive and obviously worth having. your cell phone could become your wallet this year. visa did a study that surveyed consumers on how they pay for things. 26% of people said they plan to try a mobile payment this year compared with 18% in 2016. now, consumers say they use their phones to pay for things like parking and food. so a lot of us take work home with us, but france is trying to put an end on that practice. a new law just took effect there. it gives employees the right to

in other words, they do not have to feel obligated to check e-mail before and after work. now, the french parliament passed this new law to limit workers and the stress they feel. but right now, there's no penalty if the employers don't enforce that. you know, it might work in france. is it going to work here in the u.s.? probably not. i'm just saying. >> it's an overreach. as an individual, you can make that choice about whether or not whether you want to disconnect and how long you want to disconnect for and all that. >> don't ever disconnect from me. i'm just saying. i will find that. orkin has compiled its top 50 bed bug cities. >> look at this had. >> we like to show the video. baltimore topped the list. it moved up nine spots from last year. following behind is washington, d.c., chicago, new york and columbus, ohio. orkin says its bed bug revenue

from 2015. >> so now you can resume eating your breakfast. >> we'll move along. stay with us. news 4 today continues right now at 5:00 a.m. right now, we are staying on top on of breaking news in the district. parked cars rammed and a suspect in custody. minutes away in a live report. how police are shining light on what happened. it is 5:00 a.m. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gill crest. >> and i'm an had yang. we are talking about a drooef dreary start to our tuesday. back to work, back to school, the roads will be messy. >> it was so nice without all the traffic around here. >> it was so nice when you weren't here. >> come on. miserable when you're not here. >> the sun is not shining when melissa is not here. >> it's not dreary, it's dismal. and it's drizzly. we have wet pavement, too, that is going to stay wet all morning