>> that was one of the most emotional moments of the night. president obama wiping away tears with a handkerchief. they spent nearly 20 minutes shaking hands and hugging supporters. there will be more action on capital hill today as they question donald trump's cabinet nominees. secretary of state nominee, tillerson. retired marine general, john kelly will face more questions today. it is also day two in the hearing for attorney general nominee, senator jeff sessions. senator cory booker and congressman john lewis are expected to testify against him. law makers in maryland and virginia get back to work. governor larry hogan is proposing a bill to cap tuition increases at state universities at 2%. ve

to repeal the state's voter id law. we will be in anaplinapolis and richmond. tracking more devastating rain out west. >> that's right, it is another day of dangerous weather striking. we know more evacuations are underway in the northern part of the state after many creeks reached flood levels. people using canoes to get around. for the last several days this area has been pummelled, destroying homes and triggering the dangerous mud slides. this storm known as the pineapple express has brought on conditions not seen in the last decade. crews are working to repair a main along massachusetts avenue. problems

evening. they say the work is not effecting traffic but may impact the water service near american university. baldwin school was closed yesterday after frozen pipes caused away water leak inside it the building. in addition there's a frozen heating coil. baldwin family night scheduled for tonight will be rescheduled. it is time now toturn our attention to the forecast. much nicer this morning, right? >> not so bad. >> you didn't have to have the heavy coat. you didn't really need the gloves. that is a big improvement from yesterday morning. so the warm up has begun and will continue this afternoon. be careful as you're driving. coming in at 41 degrees. rest of the area off to the west. we even have mid to low 40s. especially near the shenandoah valley. so keep

roads this morning. more rain tonight. 60 degree temperatures tomorrow and a wintery mix on saturday. so we have a little bit of everything as we go to through the next few days. the rain has cleared but more later on this afternoon. coming up i'll show you the timing on that. road work with melissa mulay. >> 278 no problems northbound or southbound this morning. no construction on 270 being reported either. so that is good. remember on the bay bridge we do have that wind warning in effect but no vehicle restrictions. so just a warning and no big slow down there. eastbound 7 at the toll road, construction has cleared out of the way. bottom of the beltway everything moving along quite nicely. >> thank you. it's 4:43 montgomery county police are hoping surveillance video will lead to the

at west wood wheaten mall. the stabbing happened outside the mall yesterday. chopper 4 was over the mall as they searched cars. police have not released the names or ages of the two people who died. they're offering a reward for information that leads to the suspect's arrest. green belt police will be working to figure out how two people died on spring hill drive. around 6:00 last night. they believe the two people knew each other but so far their deaths are only being called suspicious. today more people could be arrested in coneection with the public corruptions scandal. we learned former counsel member, compost pled guilty to accepting bribe money. they say he accepted

he apologized. he was eect alled to count acounsel in 2004 and maryland's general assembly in 2014. covering northern virginia. many of them showing support for dominion high school principal john brewer. he was placed on leave a month ago without an explanation to the community. students took to the podium to ask for their leader back. >> i was back in his office five more times to be suspended. he never gave up faith in me. dr. brewer continues to invest so much in me and my family and assured that not only did i stay in school but i turned my am entire life around. >> i don't know what it would be like to get my diploma and not see dr. brewer. >> it is in our school's best interest to give us back our mentor and pivotal leader. >> other

supported a former band teacher accused of usesing inappropriate and sexual language with students. special needs stud ptents h to be carried. an airbag recall expanded. we'll let you know if your car is now included. but first another look outside and at the roads as we

you're watching news 4 today. >> portions of i 70 in colorado back open after a avalanche swept through vale pass. it was covered with up to 15 feet of snow. no injuries reported. they were able to triggerer other avalanches to prevent slides. surprise slides like this one. colorado state patrol said the warm day time temperatures mixed with rain have led to a high avalanche risk. you think it only happens in movies but look at that. >> let's find out about our day. i can feel the difference this morning, sheena. see, i told you a warm up was coming. tomorrow we're going to be in the 60s. so here's what you need t

today. you will still need a jacket this morning but not the heavy coat like you had had yesterday morning. so this morning we already had the rain move through. the rain is gone. later on we'll see another round of rain moving in. you don't need the scarf today, you don't need the gloves. look at these morning temperatures. 43 potomac. fairfax city, 43 degrees. i'll show you how warm it will get and the timing. let's look at the roadways this morning. right now live look at 66. you can see looking good. no problems eastbound or westbound this morning at netly street. interloop and outer loop off the beltway no road work right now, so that is a good thing. and skies nice and clear. taking a look at 270. it's going to take you 26 minutes this morning. so you don't have any problems southbound. northbound is the same thing. no big

all of these routes in and out of town looking good as well. see you back here in 10 minutes. if you rely on the radio once you get in the car, an entire country is getting rid of fm radio starting today. norway will start phasing out transmissions starting at 1111:00 local time, that's in less than an hour. the change will make millions of radios obsolete by this time next year. a majority of those are in cars. there's no sign of it happening here in the u.s. anytime soon. >> wow, that is a big change. can you imagine? >> we do have digital radio stations here. >> a lot of people get it here. i still listen to my radio stations in the car on the way here. >> sign of the times. warming up the car before you get in. it's something many of us do

plus a growing car break in trend in northern virginia. it's what thieves are getting away with that makes it dangerous for everyone. >> but first here is a clip from president obama's fair well speech. >> for every two steps forward, it often feels we take one step back. but the long sweep of america has been defined by forward motion. a constant widening of our founding creed to embrace all

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today. >> this comes two days after u.s. officials say briefing materials prepared for trump makes damaging allegations about his dealings with russians. >> nobody has sources. they're all unnamed, unspoken sources in the name. and says it's based on a russian investigator and may have originated with a russian investigator. >> donald trump himself called the quotes fake news on twitter. >> tracie, how is trump likely to respond to questions about this? >> reporter: we know what he said on twitter, that not only was it fake news and this news conference was originally designed with how he's

devest in his empire and new reaction from the dmc saying that threatens democracy and they're calling on an independent commission to investigate the allegations and donald trump's political and possibly economic ties to russia. they're calling on him again to release his taxes and as you heard kellyanne conway saying there's no sourcing behind this and she thinks the focus needs to be not so much on the report but how it's been leaked out. >> this is day two of senator sessions hearing for attorney general. what came out of the hearings yesterday? >> reporter: the fact that he will recuse himself if there's any question about hillary clinton. he says he thinks it it would be most appropriate based on comments he's made as a senator. and we're going to hear from the civil rights icon, senator cory booker to test

nominee of secretary of state and an advance copy of his opening statements, he's going to talk about the war on terror. >> tracie potts live on capital hill for us. nearly a million people could be in town for next week's inaugural festivities and protests. verizon and at&t have spent millions to boost cell phone service on and around the national mall. the companies have also erected several towers. 35% of adults had smart phones by the last inauguration, now 72% do. and after eight years president obama is saying quote yes we did and yes, we can. his fairwell speech was a call to action as much as a goodbye. >> yeah, that yes, we can message was the big thing on twitter and facebook.

about the obama presidency, both positive and negative. here is a #that we saw a lot. we saw #thanks obama, as well as #obama fair well and author steven king who tweeted the president, hope you enjoyed obama's speech and he said thanks, president obama. moving right along, another thing peoplwere talking about, this is andrea mitchell sharing her thoughts, she's got the most applause asking about the obama fair well and talking about the first lady. but a lot of talk about why sasha obama wasn't at the speech. she couldn't travel to chicago because she had a test here in washington today that she couldn't miss. some people were wondering if she was a designated survivor. well, we told you the big moment of the night was when the president said that heart felt message to his wife, first lady, michelle obamand

saying she was so proud what we accomplished, an incredible journey and i love you, berock. >> tonight you'll have another chance to hear from the first lady. michelle obama is making her last late night appearance at 11:35. a murder of uva student shocked the entire area and now we're learning the wrongful death lawsuit against her killer will not go to trial until next year. a judge decided to push back the case against judge shubly. he was convicted in charlottes vill. they were students and lacrosse players at the time of her murder. love's mother filed a $29 million wrongful death lawsuit. d.c.'s mayor is sticking up for the city's firefighters and other first responders. she's responding to questions about a

incident. metro is pointing fingers for what it says was a failed response. >> it was my belief then and now that our firefighters ran into harm's way to make sure that they could serve and save people. >> mayor bouzer said she would respond to metro's legalal claims during the legal process and they responded by saying quote riders are safer today as a result of mayor bowzer's efforts since the incident and say radio testing have helped. unlocked cars have allowed thieves to steal nearly two dozen guns. those guns are likely being resold. surveillance footage shows the thieves in action. it takes less than a minute for the grab to happen. they say it's not just cars but criminals are targeting homes. a local gun dealer talks about how you can keep yo

out of the wrong hands. >> they would take this cable lock, lock it to the safe and run it around the seat in your car, close it and lock it. >> another secure option is a safe that reads your thumb prints to unlock. gun dealers say the best way to protect your firearm is to not keep it inside your car. neighbors in northwest d.c. are demappnding that the city f a sink hole after a school bus got stuck. a bus with special needs students on board drove right if into it. the passenger rear side tire was emerged about a foot deep. they were able to safely remove the children from that bus. they told the city about the sink hole several times but it is has still not been repaired. i posted it on my facebook page. the man in michigan is getting a lot of attention because he says

leaving his car unattended and running in his driveway. police said the main component of the case is whether the key is in the car. they say using a remote would have been okay because the key is not in the car and apparently you're allowed to warm up your car but you can't leave it unattended. he left the car in the driveway but went back in his house -- and that was the issue. the ticket is $128. people said come on, it's michigan, it's cold. >> but the law's the law. >> that's the other thing i'm getting too. according to the epa one out of every eight cars that was stolen in 2015 had the keys inside. just so you know if your car is found idling for more than three minutes in d.c., you face a fine

in maryland, the maximum amount of idle time is five minutes with a $70 fine beyond that. >> all the emissions is bad for you anyway. >> and a lot of car manufacturers today will tell you technically your car doesn't need to warm up that long. you want to feel comfortable inside but your car doesn't need it. >> my car's so sold. >> i got space heater. >> that's what i need. a space heater for the front and the back. >> don't do that at home. >> got outside this morning sdw wasn't that bad. >> a lot better. it wasn't bad this morning. temperatures are around 40 degrees right now. so that is the thing this morning. the rain has left beuttut the r are wet and as we go through bus

to want a jacket, but other than that, not a heavy coat like you saw yesterday. the rain does move in for the evening commute. so that will be a little bit of a high r impact there. temperatures currently 41 degrees in the district. it is quite a change from yesterday morning. the rain has already moved out. but again the roads are wet. that area of rain around tennessee will be here for part of the afternoon commute. we're dry around lunch time, rain moves in by about 5:00 p.m. lasting through the evening hours. tomorrow we're dry but look at that wind direction, southwest wind means unseasonably warm temperatures. today we're going to be above normal, 10 degrees above normal getting into the mid-50s. mostly cloudy rain this afternoon and evening. 64 for a high. that'o

normal. over the weekend we're in the 30s on saturday. we'll be watching a wintry mix move in. and temperatures start to rebound in the mid-40s. good morning so right now 66 and 95 looking nice and clear. so no big problems on 66 or 95. taking a look elsewhere, 301 at five. live picture. we don't have any big issues there. interloop and outer loop of the beltway, earlier roadwork is cleared. 95 in maryland down to the belt loop, about 66 miles an hour. it's going to take you about a minute. remember listen to wtop when you hop in your car today. new overnight an airbag recall expanded. takata is warning more cars co

you're watching news 4 today. new overnight. we're learning more about car recalls related to faulty takata airbags. honda is expanding to inhadclude 750,000 more cars. among them are the accura mdx, rl, honda civic, fit and insight. the cars were made between

and 12. more than a dozen people have died because of airbag explosions. if you are looking to save extra money this year, according to a study by insurance quotes, drivers could save by increasing their auto insurance deductible from 500 to $1,000. maryland drivers might save a little less than 9%. virginia drivers might save more. and d.c. at more than 10%. >> which is fine until you have an accident and need the insurance. >> and then you pay $1,000 before you get insurance money. an 80-year-old game is getting with the 21st century. we're talking about monopoly. >> brand new tokens, as long as they don't get rid of the race car. and it wants your help picking these new tokens.

hasboro put up symbols online, including ones it's used for decades. >> and new ones, bow tie, emoji tokens. you can vote on the tokens through the end of the month. >> this is really going to effect the families. we have a battle over who's going to get the race car. >> they're going to pick something else if they have 60 other options. >> news 4 continues at 5:00 a.m. right now on news 4 today, developing story, a deadly stabbing insad busy maryland mall. plus donald trump preparing for his premier address. what to expect. it has been the honor of my life to serve you. >> and final farewell, he says good bye to his post