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

country. we'll fill you in on the moments you may have miss said. it is 5:00 a.m. >> we want to get you ready for your commute to work. we turn first to storm team 4 with details oen a bit of a warm up we're already seeing. >> and temperatures this morning are right around 40 degrees. so comparing that to the past few mornings, it is significantly milder outside and later on this afternoon, expect the 50 degree temperatures to make a comeback even warmer tomorrow. this morning the temperature is looking to 42 degrees and that is way milder than it was yesterday at this time. by 6:00 this morning, damp. so the it rain has left this area. the roads are wet. don't expect the rain for your morning commute. 42 degrees by 8:00 a.m. cloudy skies but still dry. by noon were milder. 51 degrees by lunch time. that is ic

so we are dry. so look back to our west and southwest and that is rain around tennessee and that's later on today. let's get a check on the roadways this morning. taking a live look on 270, no problems northbound or southbound. everything is looking quite good. may have a little bit of wetness hanging around on those roadways. 66 and 95 no big problems. we are nice and green. same thing as we move to the east. bottom of the beltway. moving along nicely. chelsea bay bridge, we have one warning but no vehicle restriction. see you back here in 10 minutes. developing this morning. the hunt is on for the person who killed two people inside west field wheaten mall. >> the stabbing happened after a fight outside of the hollister clothing store inside the mall yesterday. news 4's justin finch is live in wheaten with how police hope to identify a suspect. st

good morning. detectives are still seeking witnesses who saw the moments leading up to this now deadly stabbing and the suspects who drew the knife. montgomery county police launching an all out search for this suspect. about 3:15 tuesday afternoon came 911 calls of men stabbed on the mall's lower level by the hollister store. fire and rescue reponding. both were taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries. al they both died. police believe this likely began as a dispute involving the suspects, victims and others. surveillance made help police fill in the gaps. >> we are reviewing footage from inside the mall and individuals that may or may not be

now, west field wheaten is cooperating with police in this investigation. we're told there is a $10,000 reward for tips leading to that suspect's arrest and we are live in wheaten. i'm justin finch, news 4. thank you. it is 5:04 a suspicious death investigation is underway in prince george's county. green belt police found a man and woman dead around 6:00 last night. they believe the two people knew each other. happening today, president elect donald trump will face the media. he's expected to hold his first news conference as president elect. trump had had previously scheduled it for last month but canceled it. it gets underway at 11:00. and you can expect one of his first questions to focus on russia. as two u.s. officials tell nbc news that briefing materials

damaging allegations about his dealings with the russians. that information initially circulated through trump's opponents. neither said the fbi was actively investigating the information which has not been verified by u.s. agencies. trump calling it quote fake news. russia is denying the allegations this morning. poll returned to say good bye to the nation. >> it was at times emotional, especially as the president thanked his family, the vice president and his supporters. and it was a speech calling for unity and a call to action for the nation's future. and ended with a familiar reframe. >> that creed reaffirmed by those who planted flags from foreign battle fields to the surface of the moon, for every american whose story

written, yes, we can. yes, we did. yes, we can. >> now, after the it speech, the obamas spent nearly 20 minutes shaking hands and hugging supporters sf supporters. >> there will be more action on capital hill as they question donald trump's cabinet nominees. hearings begin for transportation secretary and retired marine general john kelly will face more questions today. he's been picked to lead department of homeland security and it's day two for 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. in maryland, governor larry hogan is proposing a bill to make student loans tax deductib deductible. and governorca

to repeal the voter id law. we will be sending updates through the nbc washington app. today more people could be arrested at the prince george's county liquor board. we learned will compost pled guilty to accepting bride money. the fbi says he accented $40,000 to direct money to certain nonprofit organizations. he apologized. he was elected to maryland's general assembly in 2014. more than 200 people packed into the school board meeting in louden county last night. many showing support for dominion high school principal john brewer without an expl explanation to the community. >> i was in h

times to be suspended. he never gave up faith in me. he continues to invest so am much in myself and my family and assured that not only did i stay in school but i turned my entire life around. >> to receive my diploma would be like without dr. brewer. >> as a majority of our community is saying riltit's in school's best interest to give back our mentor and pivotal leader. >> other people say brewer supported a former band teacher accused of using inappropriate and sexual language. baldwin elementary school will be closed again today. it was closed yesterday after frozen pipes caused a water leak inside the building. in addition there's a broken heating coil. the district says baldwin's family night scheduled for tonight will be rescheduled. right now crews are working to repair broken eight-inch water main in northwes

avenue near award circle. problems started around 5:00 yesterday evening. they say it may impact the water service near american university. we want to get to angie goff with more on the weather out west. >> we just got new video of water rescues across california. emergency crews here trying to save this elderly man from the rising water. this after down pours flooded roadways, knocked out a whole lot of trees all over the place. mud slides also been a big danger. schools across the region closed this morning and in many parts of the state, a series of flood gates on the sacramento river, those who were actually open for the first time in more than a

throughout still. back to you. thank you. 5:10 and he's one of the most well known vaccine critics in the country and now he could be joining donald trump's team. still ahead the physician robert f kennedy jr. says he's being considered for. misplaced during a panic of the fort lauderdale airport shooting. and the warm up is

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it took them weeks to build and now they don't want it to melt. take a look at this 300 foot snow lush. >> this is in utah, not here of course. a family of 17 built it by shoveling snow loading it up in trash cans and bringing it to their backyard. mom says it's kind of amazing. >> i think it's insane. he made it taller and bigger and then the kids started helping and then it just became this massive thing. >> looks like fun. the family project is a tradition that has gone on for 15 years. according to the kids, dad always says this year is the final one. i bet you the kids convince them to make it one more year, right? >> you got 15 kids, you're probably not g

argument. good luck there. >> no hat on, no gloves. just hanging out. you know. and if you have 15 kids, they probably built the entire thing themselves. >> deligate all the work. >> i'm thinking we probably don't need the heavy gear going into today. >> no, you don't need the heavy jacket, not like it was yesterday morning. i would say a coat this morning but nothing very heavy. as we go through the morning hours. it's 42 degrees right now. 34 in fredrics vill. everybody else is mostly in the mid to low 40s. quite a difference today. the rain has left the area but before you leave this morning, the roads are wet because the rain did move through overnight. that's our rain for later on this afternoon. here's your commute forecast, damp roads this morning, dry by noon. more rain starts moving. coming up we'll take a look at the timing of that. no, it's melissa. >> hi

29 northbound we have a little bit of a slow down. because of some guardrail repairs they're doing. they're blocking the left lane this morning. right lane is getting by just fine. right now let's keep our fengers crossed things stay that way. old hunter road through hayats town, no problems northbound or sour southbound. no vehicle restrictions, just a warning. it is 5:15. today is the day loved ones of the nine members of the emmanuel church have been waiting for. dylann roof is expected to be formally sentenced to the death penalty. after the announcement, roof asked the judge for an attorney in order to file a motion for a new trial. the judge is not expected to grant that request but told roof he could argue his point in

offered for the arrest of lloyd, the fbi says he's responsible for the deaths of master sergeant deborah clayton of the orlando police department and of the orange county sheriff's office. clayton was shot and killed outside a walmart, deputy lewis was killed in a crash while searching for him. he was wanted in the november slaying of his pregnant ex-girlfriend. a sheriff's deputy has been suspended. we should warn you this video may be tough to watch. "tmz" got a copy a of the security footage. five people were killed and six others hurt. the broward county mayor says it is a crime to leak evidence part of a federal investigation. that deputy is suspended with pay while authorities investigate. a young girl who evacuated from the airport fom

beloved teddy bear. he was left inside the terminal but after the sheriff's office sent out a tweet about him, that bear was found. >> that bear was a gift from the girl's grandfather who passed away. >> and they're visiting from canada and thanked the sheriff's office for helping find the teddy bear. sentimental value. >> 20 plus thousand things were left behind after the shooting. so a lot of reconnections. robert kennedy jr. met with president elect donald trump. kennedy, who is an antivaccine activist says he may lead a new vaccination safety commission under trump. >> president elect trump has some doubts about the current vaccine policies and he has questions about it. he says his opinion doesn't matter but science does matter. >> while the president elect him

vaccine, he has tweeted what he believes is a link to autism. doctors debunked the claim years ago. the isis probably one of the less glamorous side of inaugieration preparations. they started installing port-a-potties. >> there will be thousands of toilets in anticipation for the thousands to visit the national mall. the toilets will remain locked until inaugural weekend. it will take a week to empty and remove them all after the festivities. who is messier? men or women? >> are men or women messier in the bathroom? >> men. if you go check on those and knock on the door, somebody might not be in there, so don't stand in line. >> that was a tip about voiding waiting in line from a crew chief setting up the

nearly a million people could be in d.c. for next week's inaugural protests. the economics and health impacts of remaining on day light saving time year round. the goal would be to the end the shift that has people resetting their clocks in march and in november. that would beinteresting. because we kind of look forward to that extra hour of day light. i hate when we have to move it back though. >> when the sun is setting at 9:00 p.m. we go to bed so early. >> i like this. >> i'll take the day light. it makes me happy and the seasonal depression sets in. >> sleep makes me happy. >> you know what though our sunset is slowly getting later. so by the end of the month it will be 5:30 in the evening. that will be nice. or we can get a happy lamp during the winter months. >> you mht

long. >> look that up. it's a happy lamp. feels like sunshine. anyway, this morning it's a lot milder than it was yesterday morning. temperature 41 by 7:00 a.m. by 8:00 low 40s and by 3:00 p.m., temperatures will be in the low 50s. we have rain in the forecast later on this afternoon. otherwise this morning most of the area about the mid to low 40s. so before you walk out, you'll need the jacket, just not the heavy coat like yesterday. we had had rain move through overnight. the roadways are wet. have more rain for this afternoon and later on today that will be moving in. 5:00 p.m. the rain starts to move in during the evening commute. so keep that in mind before you leave. tomorrow morning's commute will be dry. we have 60s coming tomorrow afternoon. 65 degrees. we stay dry for friday and look what happens as we go in

forecast. so we will be watching that very closely. 52, mostly cloudy, rain mostly after 4:00 p.m. let's get a check on the roadways with melissa. we're talking about 29 north there near vent hill road. they're repairing the guardrail. right now those repairs are blocking the left side of the roadway. you can see 66 looks quite good and you could see 95 in virginia no problems northbound or southbound. remember to listen to wtop when you hop in your car today. top of the beltway rolling along quite nicely. also looking good same thing when you look at the bottom of the beltway. see you back here at 5:30. reading, writing and firefighting? a look at the class that is teaching high school students how to save lives. we'll have missouri much more on his address ahead at

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students will take a test to become certified and many of them hope to becokcome professil firefighters and paramedics. well, pennsylvania police officer helped to save a life over the weekend. >> no one in the car was hurt but the driver had precious cargo inside. a liver prepped for transport was in that car and needed to get to philadelphia. >> he went light the sirens and that got us there probably twice as fast. that was quite a god send. >> you'll be happy to know the surgery was a success and the chief hopes to get a meeting between the sergeant and the organ recipient. many are waking up to temperatures in the 40s. quite a warm up but storm team 4 meteorologist says it's only going to get warmer. >> it's something in our area depend on to get

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but holding down the fort today. going to kick things off with sheena. feels a lot nicer this morning. >> you don't need the heavy coat this morning and through the afternoon, mild in the 50s but rain returns so you want to grab the umbrella before you go out. wet roads this morning. the roads are already wet but the rain is gone. more rain as we go through the afternoon and evening commute. tomorrow 60 degree temptures. come this weekend, we have a wintry mix in the forecast for saturday. temperatures currently in the 40s. some areas are coming in, in the 30s but otherwise pretty mild day. brand new problem in southwest. we're talking about south

there. again in southwest. so vehicle crash there. the area is shut down right now. so we just got off the phone with police. that's what we're being told. they're directing people around that. northbound 29, rail repairs still blocking the left lane here this morning. 270 at old -- sorry 270 there. looking good northbound and southbound. taking a look at 95 in virginia. no problems northbound or southbound. we'll have travel times in 10 minutes. it is 5:31 and here's a look at our top story this morning. montgomery county police are searching for the suspect in the deadly double stabbing inside the westfield wheaten mall yesterday. president elect donald trump will face questions from the news media today. he's expected to hold his first news conference in several months. president obama gives an emotional

about his accomplishmentess in his farewell address to the nation. you might remember the murder by uva student and now we're learning the wrongful death lawsuit will not go on trial until next year. hug lee, a bethesda native was convicted of killing his girlfriend. they were lacrosse players at the time. tomorrow will mark two years since the deadly smoke incident. that has sparked a war of words between metro and d.c.'s mayor. they took questions about a new metro court filing which points fingers. metro is blaming first responders for ignoring obligations and for what it call as failed response. the

prepared for any emergency. it is my belief then and now that our firefighters ran into warm's way to make sure that they could serve and save people. >> metro responded to bowzer's statements by saying quote riders are safer today as a result of mayor's effort since the incident and things like training and radio testing have help hadded. let's go to the live desk. >> we're just learning about brand new school delays. >> you can always get these on the nbc washington app. in maryland, fredric county and washington county schools are opening two hours late. west virginia, berkley county schools, a two-hour delay. also in west virginia, mineral, morgan and hampshier counties all opening two hours late.

northern virginia now. baldwin elementary school will again be closed. it was closed yesterday after frozen pipes caused a water leak. in addition there's a broken heating coil. the district says baldwin family night will be rescheduled. neighbors in northwest washington are demanding that city fix a sink hole after a school bus became stuck. look at the video here. this happened on allison street northwest yesterday. a bus with special needs students on board road right if to that sink hole. they were able to safely remove the children from the bus. they said they told the city about the sink hole several times but it has still not been repaired. if you use uber in d.c., your information is now going to be shared with local

our news departments announce that they will release its ridership data. the company told the wall street journal that information will help communities. and it looks like ride share services like uber are getting lot of information from travellers. more people are using this kind of transportation to get to the airport. 14% of people surveyed used it to get to regan international and 5% to get to vw marshal up by baltimore. last few days have been rough for people who walked to work. how long this warmer weather will stick around and your what to wear forecast when we check back in. lock your doors. why officials in northern virginia say they're seeing a lot more car break ins. and a scare when it comes to sweetners. why they're sounding the

about how much kids are consuming. another look at president obama's fare well address last night. >> show up, dive in. stay at it. sometimes you'll win. sometimes yowl a s you'll lose. presuming a reservoir of goodness in other people, that can be a risk. and there will be times when the

5:39 your time right now. we turn to meteorologist sheena. >> look at these 40s. we have warming conditions. it will keep warming as we go through the afternoon. fredric at 37 degrees. if you're in chevy chase your temperature is 43 degrees. fairfax at 42 degrees this morning and it will be warmer this afternoon. so here is what you need to wear. you'll need a jacket this morning and the umbrella after 4:00 p.m. today. we have more rain moving in. the scarf and gloves you can probably not use them today. we have damp roads this morning. have rain move through

to be moving in later on, possibly for the evening commute. we'll take a look at that timing. but we do have an update on that situation in the district. so we do. south capital street at i street in southwest, we have some lanes getting by. it was shut down just a short time ago. some lanes getting by. that is definitely good. fountain school road, a new crash in fredric county. rail repairs, 29 north at van hill road. travel times on 270 and the top of the beltway, no worries. and taking a look at 66 and 95 also rolling along. is remember to listen to wtp when you hop in your car. from port-a-potties to all the essentials inaugural weekend. and russian ties. the scathing allegations about

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the national mall is changing all temporary add ones. we'll show you what's been added to the national mall coming up. in and out of it in less than a minute. >> thieves are breaking into cars in northern virginia and they're not just looking for change. tuition tax deductions. the push by governor larry hogan to send your kids to college. some of them went to the level of a jackhammer or a rock concert. >> how head phones may be harming them. and startling news when it comes to kids and sweetners. the spike that may have you rethinking what

first at 15 before the hour, developments in the fight against isis. >> angie goff with new information. this is a story we're following out of iraq as we get a new video of the fighting to take back mosul. this, as we give word from a top iraqi commander. according to the ap that the operation to retake the city could be done, he says in three months or less. this is the first time that we're hearing of any sort of time table more than 30,000 iraqi forces launched this operation back in october and with the help of u.s.-led coalition, with the isis counter attack they have reported that many hundreds of iraqi troops have been killed or injured in this fight. aaron, back to you. >> thank you. unlocked cars have allowed thieves in lotten county to steal nr

the sheriff's office says it takes les than a minute for the grab to happen and the guns are likely being resold. a local gun dolor explains. >> we'll take this cable lock, lock it to the safe and before you relock it, you would run it around the seat inio urcar, close it and lock it. >> now another secure option is a safe that reads your thumb print and unlocks. they say the best way of protecting your fire arm is to not keep it inside your car. here's a story you might see on your social media feed today. a man in michigan is getting a lot of attention because he received a ticket for leaving his car unattended and running in his driveway. police said the main component is if the key is in the car. using a repomote is okay becaus the key is not in your car.

consider the amount of money it would take to replace your stolen car. >> according to the antibiotic, epa one out of eight cars stolen in 2015 had the keys inside. if your car is found idling for more than three minutes in d.c., you face a fine up to $5,000. in maryland, the maximum idle time is five minutes and virginia, a 10 minute limit. your kids are consuming more artificial sweetners than ever before. the journal of academy of nutrition found the numbers have doubled over the last 13 years. since 1999 consumption of localery sweetners has jumped 200%. this has gone up 54% among adults. they'rer often used to replace added sugars, such as high fruk

have you seen the head phones that claim to limit the volume in kids' ears. the consumer product website, the wire cutter did a study of 30 different kinds of children's head phones. half allowed them to play above the safe levels. >> some went to the level of a jackhammer or a rock concert. so when you consider that volume level is going to be up against your child's ears, that could do permanent damage. >> now experts say head phones and ear buds can be used safely. limit listening time to 90 minutes a day. maryland governor, larry hogan wants to make interest on student loans tax deductible. hogan says he plans to ask the general assembly eto consider it. he said quote earning a college

hand with accumulating crippling college debt. and said this is preventing many young marylanders from achieving financial security. today students and parents will confront racism at a meeting. someone circulated a petition that used derogatory urm terms to describe black people. the meeting is at 6:00 tonight in the school's auditorium. republican candidate for virginia governor, cory stewart lauts the contest to give away an ar 15 rifle as part of his campaign and the winner is a navy veteran and member of of the nra. well, the countdown is on for the presidential inauguration. there's a lot of work behind the scenes to get ready for the 10s of thousands of people who will

attend. live with a peek into what's already prepared. >> good morning. if you've driven by the national mall then you are starting to witness some of the changes that are getting in place ahead of the inauguration of president elect, donald trump. this is one of those changes because as my colleague, tom sure wood put it, when you got to go, you got to go. the other thing that's also on the national haul, you're going to see a couple of these. these huge cell phone towers because on the list of priorities for inauguration weekend is the ability to be able to post your inauguration selfie too, snapchat, call your mom and dad so you'll notice these -- that's what they are. cell phone towers. at&t and verizon have said e

nearly 1 million people for inauguration weekend. a lot of work being done by the lincoln memorial ahead of the welcome concert for that weekend as with el. so you'll see lots of tents, more venting and barricades. we'll try oo do that the next time i see you. it is 5:51. president elect donald trump will speak to reporters today. >> he's expected to hold his first news conference since july. tracie, i would imagine russia would be a big topic. >> reporter: and russia reacting to these allegations that they've been collecting an embarrassing personal dos yea on donald trump. and part of that briefing almost sure to come up at this news conference. new this morning, the kremlin calls it pulp fiction that no such information exists at all. this was the news

postponed from december where he was supposed to talk about devesting from his business interests. >> tracie potts on the hill for us. thank you for that. before we get to our weather, we want to let you know allegheny county schools in maryland are three hours late. >> fredric county doing a delay. it was a little colder. >> well, there are temptures in the 30s. we don't have any 32-degree temperatures. el for the rest of us, we are looking at very mild day. so take a look at the temperatures right now. we're mostly around 40 degrees. 42 in the district. there's the 32. so that just showed up on the map actually. so that is the most recently updated temperatures. 32 degrees in fredric. and most of the areas you see still looking at the low 40s. if you're up

degrees. now as far as your impact is concerned for today, the morning commute, wet roads, the bus stop you'll want the jacket, light rain starting for the evening commute but things may be getting a little bit heavier. we are dry but the roadways are wet. so again, like we mentioned, some areas north and west could see a little bit of ice. around tennessee, that's the rain for later on today. that will be mere for part of your evening commute. the rhine moves in. clears out for tomorrow morning's commute. we'll be dry tomorrow and tomorrow afternoon, 60s. into the weekend, we get colder. there you see a wintry mix moving in saturday. we will be watching that closely. 52 for your forecast high today. rain mainly after 4:00 p.m. 64 tomorrow after the rain tonight. friday we're right around 50 and over the weekend we're much colder. let's get a ck

on the roadways. so southbound 270 after montgomery village avenue a problem with two lanes blocked because of a crash. we're sending chopper 4 to look at things from above. in fredric county, new ones eroded, fountain school road have that crash hanging around this morning. here's a new situation with the right lane blocked. at anzworth avenue. right lane blocked. police activity not exactly sure but wanted to warn you. interloop and oter loop of the belt way. thank you. it is 5:54 and 1300 d.c. residents who paid outrageous interest rates on their loans will be getting some of their money back. >> they sued an online loan service and has announced a multimillion dollar seem

>> reporter: well, this is indeed a big win for the d.c.gen even bigger win for those who live there. many of whom pay interest rates up to -- it's accused of engaging in unfair, deceptive and abusive practices. news 4 spoke with northeast december who took out a loan with an interest rate of 139%. in the end she paid close to 14 thousand d thousand. >> i was desperate. i didn't know what i was going to do sfwlp d.c.'s attorney general says the company took advantage of those who could least aafford it and violated its law which capped

rates at 14%. and although we were confident, we concluded it was in the party's best interest to avoid protracted and expensive litigation. tonight at 5:00, we'll tell you what an initdian tribe has to do with this company and how much money some of these consumers are getting back. good morning. i'm landon dowdy. volkswagen has reached a tentative agreement with the justice department. vw would pleads gity to criminal misconduct. and face oversight by an independent monitor for the next three years. volkswagen has set aside more than $19 billion to pay for the scandal. i'm landon dowdy. it is 5:56 and less than two months the out door sporting

opening its third store in virginia. the 80,000 square foot store opened at the virginiaigateway center in gainesville. it will be done by a bow and arrow. the store has hired 175 full time, part time and seasonal workers. it is the one question everyone was asking during president obama's farewell address. where was sasha? the bribery case continues to grow. what could happen as early as today. and we continue to follow a developing story after two people were stabbed to death at an area mall. the reward being

a search is underway for the suspect who fatally stabbed two men at the westfield mall. a show of support. why hundreds of people shows up to this school meeting in northern virginia. president obama says goodbye. in his final speech while in office while the president elect gets ready to speak for the first time since the election. "news 4 today" starts right now. >> we want to get to school delays around the area. these are scrolling on the bottom of your

county schools opening two hours late and new, allegheny county schools are opening three hours late. >> berkley, morgan, mineral and hampshire countsy schools are all on a two hour delay. >> we have some good news. storm team 4 meteorologist have you covered this morning. let's start off with sheena and a gk look at the weather headlines. >> and the good news the warm up in the forecast. let me go back. i'll be right here for just a second and then i'll go to the wall and show you the graphic. so that's an improvement. it's nice. in the district. by 7:00 a.m. the roads are so wet. it has moved out so we won't have rain for the morning