an arrest made in a deadly mall stabbing. new information about the teen accused in that attack which let me tell two people dead. new overnight, senators take the first step to repeal obama care. what's next in the plan to overhaul our health care system. and there are eight days left until the inauguration, but now we're learning donald trump's swearing in may not be the biggest event in d.c. that weekend. >> it is 5:00 a.m. good morning, everyone. first, we need to talk about the big weather change we're seeing today. could you feel it? >> yeah, all right. >> we have not to check in with melissa mollet and sheena parveen. chuck bell out there week. sheena is doing double deal with these unusual temperatures. we like it, though. >> i think we love it. you'll enjoy the day today, no matter what you're doing. get outside if you can. you want to take full advantage of it. 52 degrees right now in the district. by 7:00 a.m., right around 50 degrees.

especially. 9:00 a.m., 50 degrees by lunchtime. 60 and dry. eat outside if you can. it's going to away beautiful day. here is a look at the radar right now. so most of the area is dry, but we do have a few sprinkles now developing around parts of montgomery county, near the district. gaithersburg, further south towards bethesda. it is something to keep in mind this morning. we will be warming up into the seconds. so a nice, warm start to the morning. not too bad on the roadways. here is another look at the radar, though, as you look off to the south and west. we're seeing a little bit of light rain around there. no ice on the road. that's good news. >> that is great news. 270 here at montrose road. seeing a little bit of that as she said through the montgomery county area right now. seeing something here, it looks like the local southbound lanes of 270 at montrose. not a report of anyt

tire or something like that. 66 and 95 are fine when you look at the beltway inner loop and outer loop rolling along just fine. remember, wind warnings on the chesapeake bay bridge. no vehicle restrictions, so that is good. still have this hanging around, though. inbound suitland parkway right side blocked by a disabled vehicle. we'll take a look at 66, coming up. 5:02 is your time now. new developments this morning to that breaking news we brought you on news 4 at 11:00. montgomery county police have arrested a 17-year-old for the deadly stabbing inside westfield wheaton mall. police say surveillance video shows angelo jackson stabbing two men inside the mall on tuesday. the 17-year-old is being charged with an adult with two counts of murder. one of the victims has been identified as 4-year-old angel gomez. the second victim has not yet been identified. it was a case that terrified our area. today, the man accused of killing three people

shooting spree will be back in court. eulalio tordil is accuse odd kwilg his wife outside a school. the next day, he shot and killed two people during two car jacking attempts. major news about the future of the affordable care act. >> erica gonzalez has the developments from the live desk. >> it could be a long process, but the sfeet just took the first step towards repealing the affordable care act. lawmakers passed a budget bill just before 2:00 this morning. it came after hours and hours of voting. the bill allows republicans to start work to go repeal the law. and that could happen by the end of the month. first, though, the house also has to vote on the bill. and that's going to happen tomorrow. it's also not clear how lawmakers plan to replace the affordable care act. back to you. it's coming up on four minutes after the hour. as we said, we're eight days ay

>> and the various events are expected to draw 1 million people on to the national mall. >> the biggest event is actually supposed to take place after the inauguration. >> justin finch is live in northwest washington with more information mow. justin, good morning. >> eun, aaron, good morning. we're talking about the women's march on washington, d.c. council member charles ellen says some 1800 bus parking permits have been requested for that event compared to just 200 for the inauguration. here somehow a look at the staging area here. independence avenue and third streets, that march will take place on january 21st, the morning of. now, organizers now expecting some 100,000 demonstrators or more to gather for that event. now, that's an added concern for several agencies already focused on security inauguration. though estimates ebb and flow, organizing and security officials are bracing for between 800,000 and a million people. the secret service telling news 4

dictated by the new president, donald trump. >> secret service provides 360 degrees of coverage, regardless of where the president is or what he decides to do. it's entirely the president's choice if he's going to walk some of the parade route or not. we're prepared to provide a security environment for him, for other protectees and for the general public regardless of if he decides to walk or not. and the d.c. council will hold a public safety hearing on the inauguration and the women's march later this morning. we'll bring you those details as we get them. back in to you. president-elect donald trump is tweeting for the first time since his news conference yesterday. overnight, trump tweeted, quote, we had a great news conference at trump tower today. a couple of fake news organizations were there, but the people truly get what's going on. some of his toughest talk was saved for the intelligence community after he speculated someone may have leaked word of an unsubstantiated report claimin

>> i think it was disgraceful that the intelligence agencies allowed any information that turned out to be so false and fake. >> now, director of intelligence james clapper says he spoke with trump last night and told him the intelligence community did not leak that information. clapper also says the intelligence community has not made a judgment that the information in the document is reliable. the senate is set to grill more of donald trump's cabinet nominees today. dr. ben carson will be in the hot seat. he is trump's pick for housing of urban development. and defense secretary fomny retired general james mattis will begin hearings today. there is a new face leading the prince georges county liquor board. the vice chair presided over last night's public hearing. it's the first hearing since the agency was rocked by a skabl. he spoke exclusively with news 4.

continue to be forthright for the citizens and the state of marylan maryland. s as it pertains to the commission here in prince georges county. >> empty chairs at the meeting as the board still deals with the arrest of the director and the liquorboard commissioner suud. sun is accused of transferring bribes to elected officials in order to pass a bill that allowed sunday liquor sales. there was an empty chair in the statehouse in annapolis. dell gant michael vaughn submitted his letter of resignation. he cited health issues. we've learned vaughn was the only prince georges delegate in the house committee to vote yes on a 2015 bill allowing sunday liquor sales in the county. vaughn has not been charged or named in the investigation. 5:07. now a $2 million federal grant will help virginia elementary nate its backlog of untested sexual assault kits.

2014 to test about 2,000 backlogged kits. the grant money will be used to to hire more staff and process the evidence. a new tracking system will be created to make sure all the kits are tested. new overnight, fan frustration, a professional stadium egged as we learn one team could be ditching their city. we'll fill you in. plus, she was supposed to catch the bouquet. instead, she ended up in handcuffs. how a maid of owner made a bride's big day one she will never forget. and feeling like spring in january, what these high temperatures won't last long. sheena is back with your storm team 4 forecast. plus, the first lady's last appearance on late night tv. we'll show you all the great moments yo u

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this morning, some guests at the ritz carlton in ghornlgtown are waking up after a stressful night. d.c. fire had to evacuate some of the rules due to unsafe levels of spray paint fuels. they have not said why it was being used. we know one person had to be evaluated. no word on that person's condition, though. most of the guests were allowed to go back into their rooms before 10:00. some severe weather to tell you about this morning. >> erica is following the

s what's happening? >> eun, so much snow, so heavy it caused a roof to just collapse. that's what fire officials say likely did the damage in breckenrid breckenridge, colorado. which happens to be the area that chief meteorologist doug cammer is there for a weather conference. the good news here is nobody was inside at the time, so nobody was hurt. just incredible to think of how much snow they've gotten over the past couple of weeks that it caused that roof to just come down. back over to you. >> erica, thank you. 5:12, our time right now. let's turn to our forecast this morning, which is much more pleasant, i think. >> sheena parveen here with these current temperatures. liking that. it is way more pleasant this morning. we're in the 50s right now, but as we go through the afternoon, we are going to be in the 60s. it's going to feel like spring, unseasonably warm. 20 degrees above normal and we're going to stay dry through the day, too. so that's the good news. riht

mid to low 50s. your commute forecast today, looking pretty good. this morning, the roads are warm, so that is a good thing. 50 degrees by o'clock a.m. a few sprinkles around right now, but nothing major. by noon, dry roads, 60 degrees. by 5:00 p.m., 64 degrees. here are the light showers i was telling you about. mostly montgomery county moving into parts of prince georges county. melissa mollet has more on the roads. >> had a disabled vehicle on suitland road, but it is not gone. that is good as the commute starts to pick up here this morning. taking a look here at 95 in virginia, no problems northbound, southbound here this morning. live picture of 66 west here of ox road. you can see inbound, outbound looking quite good. 270 from 70 do

we are on time here. it is going to take you 28 minutes. listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car today. sth video out of florida, you see the driver of this big rig on his cell phone just moments before he crashed. >> the florida highway patrol says this happened on january 4th. they say a car swerved into the truck's path on i-75 and cause him to lose control. the truck hurdled over a guardrail and crashed into the road below. you can see the damage there. investigators say it is a miracle that the truckdriver is still alive and that no other cars were hit. he's really lucky to be alive. he fell over a guardrail! >> truest sense. he did get a citation for using his cell phone while operating a commercial vehicle. there's your warning. a vigil last night held for master sergeant deborah

ago murder suspect outside a walmart. marchkeith lloyd shot her. another car turned in front of a motorcycle and that deputy was killed. this morning, lloyd is still on the run, but three of his associate res behind bars. jameis was arrested. she's his boyfriend and helped him collect money to stay on the road. lloyd's boss and niece were also arrested. lloyd is wanted for a murder in december. 5:15 right now. we're hearing from congressman rutherford's chief of staff this had morning. this comes after the florida representative was taken from the capital on a stretcher yesterday. in a statement, kelly simple so i know says congressman rutherford is conscious, alert and in good spirits. he did not suffer a heart

>> nfl news that has some fans upset, really upset. espn is reporting the san diego chargers are moving to l.a. espn reporting that that official word of the move could happen today. what are you seeing right now? fans getting wind of the story, so upset so much that one man actually went to the chargers head offices and started hurling eggs at the front door. he's not happy. police later showed up, but the mans was gone by then. it's not clear when the move would happen, but it could take place as early as this coming season. aaron, eun, back to you. >> that's one way to express your feelings. if you were looking for a good meal for a good buy, head to fredericksburg. 25 restaurants will offer discounted three-course meals for $20.17 or odds 30.17. some will offer two-co

that's a bargain. the offer runs through next sunday, january 22nd. d.c. metro restaurant week starts january 30th. on inauguration day, the smithsonian museums welcome visitors in normal hours. regularly scheduled tours and public programs will be canceled because of crowds. the smithsonian has participated in inauguration since the 1800s. a sea of pink hats will fill d.c. streets the day after inauguration, but these hats have kitten ears. this is part of the women's march on washington. the pink represents women's rights and they're also in reference to trump's comments on the leekdz access hollywood tape where he talked about grabbing women. knitters who cannot make it to the march are shipping hats to d.c. >> these are hats from all over

the world. we've had denmark, belgium, japan, australia, canada. >> d.c. council member charles allen says there have been more bus permits issued for the women's march than for president-elect trump's inaugurati inauguration. about 200 bus parking permits have been issued for the swearing in compared to about 1800 for the women's march. on the heels of president obama's farewell address, the first lady made her final late night appearance. >> michelle obama appeared on the fallon show and she put to rest all those where is sasha hashtags. >> she had a final. you know the obamas, girl. sorry. better take your test. you can say good-bye later. >> spoken like a true mom. >> he's like, you can go out on the balcony all you want next week and wave. >> final exam. poor sasha.

done so many sketches over the year. this time, they worked together to write some thank you notes. jimmy said she likes exercising so much, she should run a -- >> right. >> ha, ha. very sweet. 5:19 this morning. i think a lot of folks will get out and run outside today if they've been doing it inside. >> it's funny that you mention that because i have your exercise forecast. it's going to be nice. >> i should be outside watching other people exercise. >> that bench in the park looking good today. >> in shorts. you can do anything you want outside today, eun, anything your heart desires. it will be so beautiful. temperatures this afternoon in the 60s. right now we're in the 50s and we're going to stay in the 50s as we go through the morning commute, for the most part. temperatures may be dropping into the upper 40s, but that is still fairley mild for this time of the morning. so here is the fitness forecast we were just talking about. by 7:00 a.m., comfortable. 50 degrees.. we have a fewpr

now. by noon, 60 degrees mild. by 6:00 p.m., mild and 63 degrees. that's 20 degrees above normal for this time of year. here is a look at the radar. we had showers still popping up through part of the area. near advanceville, we're looking at very light rain. landon, looking at light rain, as well. parts of montgomery county, seeing some light showers. we go into the week and we have a weather alert for saturday. there's saturday midnight. we have a wintry mix moving in, some snow showers moving in by 7:00 a.m. then that mix continues up to the north. here is what we expect for saturday. maybe 1 to 3 inches through northern maryland. we'll be updating these numbers later on today, as well. an inch or less in the district and further south. for today, though, 65, warm and mice. we have a new crash out there. melissa mollet has a new look at ur

270 at buckee town pike. right now, we are hearing the crash is on the left side of the beltway but we have activity with the responsibility on the right side. we're going to keep our eye owes that one, for sure. northbound 210, the ramp to the beltway, if you're trying to get over to 95 there, we have a large box reported in the center of the ramp causing a little bit of a problem there. inner loop and outer loop, no problems right now on the actual beltway, so that is a very good thing. 95 here at 123 northbound/southbound, looking quite good.. we'll take another look at 270, coming up. a virginia family hit by hate at their own home. ahead at 5:30, the cool message that they say was left in their mail boblgs. but first, a wed withing weekend one new bride may want to forget. why her maid of honor ende

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seen this had on facebook or twitter? president obama the groomsman. he stood alongside long time aide marvin nicholson as he tied the knot in florida over the weekend. nicholson has been the white house trip director. his new wife works at the department of education. as if having the president stand next to you on your wedding day isn't enough, secretary of state john kerry actually officiated that sir money. >> wow. >> top that. >> you can't, really. a maid of owner is supposed to make your big day special, not a complete nightmare. >> well, we want to explain what happened to one bride in florida. jennifer butler says everything was perfect until the party and the drinking began. >> see, see b, that will do it. >> she says her maid of honor started to guzzle down hard liquor and at one point drank an entire bottle of fireball. and she's alive? >> it wasn'te

bottle of liquor, emergency room. jennifer says after that she tried to take other guests car keys. then she got ahold of the best man's keys and try ied to drive away in his car. thankfully, he stopped his car by hitting the e-brake. after that, her maid of honor went back inside to drink more alcohol. >> she went back inside and grabs up the big bottle of captain morgan and guzzles it like this. >> is there a familiar term, you know bride zilla, maid zilla. >> when the cops got there, the woman attempted to have a medical emergency and when she got to the emergency room, she exposed herd and tried to attack two emts. talk about ruining someone's wedding. >> yikes. >> this is why you don't have an open bar. cut people off. >> a live look outside this morning, a lot of you are waking

temperatures are going to rise. how long this nice, warm weather will stick around when we check back in with sheena parveen. somebody sent her a handwritten letter if i say filled with racist remarks. and do you remember this teen? he's been arrested several times for posing as a doctor. we've just learned he was arrested in our ar

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good morning to you and welcome back to news 4 today. >> we are getting you up to the minute the minute you're up. >> chuck bell is off this week, but storm team 4 meteorologist sheena parveen and melissa mollet are holing things down for us. >> let's start with sheena and the change in temperatures you'll notice this morning. >> a beautiful change in temperatures. we are warming up and today is going to be the warmest day this week. in about 20 degrees above normal for this time of the year. so this morning, we're in the 50s. it is a mild morning. here are four things you need to know. the afternoon, spring like. as we go into the weekend, a weather alert for saturday. a wintry mix moving in. we'll see snow through part of the area and the weekend is overall going to be colder. temperatures right now, 52 in the district. 52 frederick. leesburg, 54 degrees. so a very comfortable start. here is a look at the radar. we don't really have fog around,

something showers. around the district, we have some light rain aen through parts of montgomery candidate, as well. we're watching a crash on 270. melissa has a look at that. >> so this problem here, 270 southbound at 85, right now, we're get ago report that the crash is moved to the shoulder. you are still seeing delays caused by that. northbound 210, ramp to the bell beltway, still have a large box reported in the center of the ramp. hoping they get that out of the way soon. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, looking quite good. 66, no problems. 95 northbound, no problems. we're starting to see slowdowns, normal for 5:30 in the morning. i'll see you back here in ten minutes. let's go to erica at the live desk. >> she has new developments about the people suspected of robbing kim kardashian. >> four people were released, but french investigo

chauffe chauffeur, who was working for the reality star when she was in paris. that's when she was robbed at gunn point by masked men inside her pricey hotel room. the thieves made off with $10 million worth of jewelry. kardashian-west was shaken up, but she was unharmed.. authorities are working on the possibility ta methods this was an inside job. 5:32. here is a look at today's top stories. montana xwomry police arrested a 17-year-old for the deadly stabbing inside westfield wheaton mall. surveillance video shows angelo jackson stabbing two men in the mall on tuesday. jackson will be charged as an adult. today, the man accuseded of killing his wife and going on a shooting spree last summer will be back in court. tordil has been charged with killing three people. he has a pretrial hearing in rockville. congress taking action to repeal the affordable care act. overnight, tse

budget bill, which could happen by the end of the month. and we are covering northern virginia for you this morning. a loudoun county woman is shaken after get ago disturbing piece of mail. it was a handwritten letter raced with racist comments. karen has lived in loudoun county for 18 years and she says she has never had any issues. >> please stay in your city where all the blacks live because i don't want you people, "m" word, living in my white neighborhood. >> now, the loudoun county sheri sheriff's office is investigating this incident. washington posted that letter on facebook. she says she's been flooded with messages of support since then. three prince william county schoolboard members have sent a letter to the u.s. justice department. they claim a new funding deal fosters racial inequality. they say the county's 13th high

after schools in the eastern half of the county received more funding. that funding will be shared by several schools while the same amount of money will be spent in the new high school that board members say is being spent in a predominantly white neighborhood. an official says they're in the process of reviewing the letter. road construction could add some time to your commute in fairfax county. crews are going to clear trees on sunrise valley drive. they're building a new entrance to the garage there. that work is expecteded to last four about two years. this morning, alexandria police are looking for whoever smashed 21 car windows. this happened tuesday night inside a parking garage at a condo building. there wasn't much stolen from some of the cars, according to the owners, but there was a lot of glass to clean up. coming up, megan mcgrath will have more on the break-ins and ay

become ago victim. 5:34 now. a florida teen facing charges for pretend to go be a doctor has been indicted by a virginia dw grand jury. he tried to buy a $35,000 jaguar at a car dealership in november. he gave a fake earnings statement. he is now charged with making false statements to obtain credit, identity theft and forgery. he is due back in court next week. you know a lot of folks around here feel like washington is a great city to walk around. >> yeah. >> turns out a new survey ranks the district among the best metro areas for pedestrian safety. washington region ranks 35th among -- 35th best among the nation's 104 largest metro areas. the ranking comes from the danger index. the lower the number, the better it is for walkers. d.c. scored a 43.5, better than the average score of 53.8. but the data suggests

pedestrian death rate disproportionately is high for african-americans and older residents in the region. all right. this morning, we have a big congratulations to offer to caps star alex ovechkin and the home team. last fight, he had a major milestone. right there, ovi scored his 1,000th career goal. he couldn't have done it in a better setting here at the verizon center against a rival, the penguins. the caps won and topped the penguins in the standings. ovechkin scored two goals in the games. he clearly is one of the greatest. >> congratulations to ovi. boy. 5:36 our time right now. the second you step outside this had had morning, you will notice a big difference. we're in for a warm-up today, but sheena parveen says don't get used to it. more on that and your what to

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blocking the left lane, so we're going to keep an eye on this one. seems like we're starting to see some slowdowns because of this and that would not shock me at all. 270 southbound and 85, crash there on the right shoulder. but, again we have been that little bit of an extra slowdown because of that problem here as you're headed out of frederick southbound. in maryland, travel times are fine on 270. 66 inbound, 95 northbound, no big worries there. listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car today. who smashed 21 car windows in alexandria? that's what police want to know. a live report, coming up the. most times, you don't even know your kids are allergic to something until after they've had a reaction. but can testing ahead of time help? the four things to know with when it comes to allergies and myths. and hold off on spreading nutella on your morning toast. the new claims that may ha

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welcome back at 5:45, covering northern virginia for you, this would definitely put punt a dent in your mole budget. today, more than a dozen car owners in alexandria are trying to figure out how to fix their car windows. >> megan mcgrath is live with more on the crime that seems to be becoming more frequent 37. >> megan. >> what a mess we saw in this parking grajt yet. just imagine getting up, you're getting ready to go to work. you go down n in the underground garage of your apartment building. take a look at the video here. and it didn't just happen to you. it happened to your neighbors, as well. mow this all

xlekts located between king street and braddock road. an underground garage, 21 cars had their windows broken and expensive fix. people also are believe things have been rifled through by whoever brokes those windows. residents say it was just a real hassle and they hope it doesn't happen again. >> i don't have a choice. i have to park here and just hope that it doesn't happen again. what can you do? i don't know. >>. >> you would think in a community like this someone would have heard something, but no, nothing at all. >> and there have been other recent incidents that happened in the west end section of alexandria. over a dozen windows smashed there. also some windows smashed at the green belt metro station. the big question here is should you leave your doors unlocked to prevent someone who wants to break in some smashing the window? police say the safest way to protect your belongings is still to keep

thank you. new details into the live desk about people who have been kidnapped in affect. >> this all started last august. two profesters from the american university of afghanistan abducted at gun point. now the taliban has released a video of the professors. american officials say the men are being heldel by a network wing of the taliban, which is, in fact, the same group that held sergeant bowe berg dal prisoners. they said it will not rest until they are home safely. it is 5:47 this morning. fredericksburg police hope this video will help them find the man accused of sexually assaulting a convenience store clerk. here is surveillance video from the 7-eleven. the man followed her into the store's back office tuesday morning, threatened her

weapon and then assaulted her. the victim says the same man exposed himself to her in the same store last month. a $2 million federal grant will help virginia eliminate its backlog of sexual assault kits. the state has been working since 2014 to test about 2,000 backlog kits. the money will be used to help staff process the evidence. a new tracking system will be created to make sure all the kids are tested. t the. >> today we expect baltimore city officials to approve a reform bill with the justice department. the reports suggest the decree will change street enforcement response to sexual assault complaints and interaction with inner-city youth. the agreement follows a lengthy investigate by the just department partly in response to the death of freddie gray while in police custody and the unrt

1 million people are expected to be in the heart of d.c. the event will begin on thursday with a welcome ceremony. it was in 1921 that a president rode in a limo for the first time during the praise. president warren harding chose of the top down. >> those convertibles were pretty cool. but nostalgia aside, you know, secret service is going to use the latest and greatest emerging technologies. >> the biggest crowds are expected to be on saturday and that is the day of the women's march. al.b says there have been about 1800 tour bus requests for that day versus the 200 for inauguration day. developing this morning, senate republicans have taken the first major step to repeal the affordable care act. >> it does not repeal the law, but it does set

republicans to clear the first procedural hurdle. tracety pots is live on capitol hill now. what exactly does this step do? >> what happened last night is very proeshl and highly technical b, but the bottom line is, the senate passed a budget and the way they passed that budget, a real has been implemented or triggered that means they don't need as many votes to repeal the affordable care act. they can do it with 51 instead of 60. that is important in the senate because it means that republicans can repeal it, get rid of it on their own without having to convince democrats to go along. >> and traessy, in donald trump's news conference yesterday, he said he wanted to repeal the bill and replacement to occur essentially simultaneously. could that happen insist it doesn't look like there is a plan in place. >> yeah. the republican party has set a deadline for that repeal and replace vote. but there's not a lot of confidence that that's going to happen. i mean, keep in mind how long it

it's very complicated to figure out what -- and there's no agreement. a couple of weeks from that to figure out what typed of health plan will replace it. so while they may be ready to repeal, there is no indication there is an agreement among top republicans about what they want on replace it with. >> tracey, thank you. so right now, it's 52 gredz out of our studios in northwest washington. not a bad start and only getting better. >> i like it. love it, actually. you can go outside in shorts today, a t-shirt. show the toes. you're a florida girl, for sure. >> i wear flip-flops to work and it's freezing in some areas of the building, but i do it anyway. and this afternoon, you can do it, too. it will be fantastic. starting in the morning, temperatures are in the 50s across most of the area. take a look at these numbers. we're looking at 54 degrees in potomac. chevy chase,

centerville coming in at 54 degrees. if you're walking the dog today, temperatures will be very comfortable this morning, 50 degrees by o'clock a.m. by noon, mild and 60 degrees. that's 20 degrees above normal for this time of the year. very low impact weather day. i think most people will be enjoying it, but enjoy it because it's not going to last all weekend. right now, a few sprinkles on the radar, but most of the rain that we were watching about 30 minutes ago has really moved away. here is future weather. the day will stay dry, mid 60s. we go into tomorrow and late tomorrow night, we'll start to see an area of a wintry mix of snow approaching. saturday, that moves in and we can expect snow, sleet, possibly freezing rain .rain as we go through early saturday, kind of winding down later in the day but so far, this is what we're thinking. possibly 1 to 3 inches this parts of northern maryland. we'll be updating these numbers

maybe 1 inch or less around the d.c. area and farther south. today, though, you don't have to worry about it. 65 degrees. mix of sun and clouds. then we go into friday's mid 50s, mostly in the morning saturday. that is the weather alert day for the wintry mix. slightly warmer on sunday, but look at next week. so far, inauguration weekend in the 50s. we'll get a check on theed roadways with melissa. >> 95 southbound at 123, still has a report of the crash there. we're seeing a bit of a slowdown on our map eggs.. northbound looking typical here this morning. so we're going to take a look at that in one second. 270 southbound at 85, crash still on the shoulders. seeing a little bit of an extra sloan yao there southbound because of that. so 95 northbound, looking typical. southbound you can see the issue there this morning. innd

a tad slow. beltway looks good. >> thank you, melissa. a warning now for all of you who use nutella. the company uses palm oil the to create its texture and long shelf life. palm oil has been declared a potentially carsgenic contaminant. the food safety organization in europe wants a warning placed on the label. a tv campaign has been launched insisting they use it in a way that's not dangerous. parents b can protect children tr developing serious peanut allergies by eating peanut products .that really goes against a lot of what we've been told already. >> news 4's doreen checked out some ofs those allergy myth busters. here are four things to know. >> we went in search of the facts versus the fiction. at the allergy asthma center in rockville and we

facts about peanut allergies after some new recommendations came out last week. myth buster number one, you can prevent allergies by avoiding certain foods. introduction early on, around 4 to 6 months of age, especially those of high risk for peanut allergies. early introduction, keeping in the diet prevents peanut allergies specifically by 80 percent. >> smith buster number two, you think you have a penicillin allergy. >> and you can outgrow penicillin allergy. >> number three, food allergy testing always works. >> if you get tested and it's negative, it's unlikely you have a food allergy. but if it's positive, if your history doesn't sound like it, if you eat the food and you get hives within 15 to maybe two hours after eating, there's an unlikely chance that it's a true food

hives may mean you're having around allergy reaction. >> you eat the triggering food within two hoursing you get the hives, if you don't eat the food, it goes away. >> it's always important to consult with your primary care doctor and your allergy about any concerns you may. good morning. i'm landon dowdy at krbz headquarters. fedex is auflg pick up and drop off at nearly ,000 drugstores fed by the fall of 2018. it will allow customers to drop off prepackaged and prelabeled shipments and pick up packages from wall greens. >> landon, thank you. it turns out many americans aren't doing so well in the savings department. >> especially after the holidays.

have enough savings to pay for a $500 car repair or a $1,000 emergency room visit. bank rate.com reports 1% said they would finance the expense on a credit card. 20% would just cut back on other things. 11% would borrow the money. looking at you, aaron. millennials are the most equipped generation the to pay for an unexpected expense using their savings. >> you're a good saver, though. >> i do okay. i do all right. >> that is why i'm looking at you. >> expect to see a change the next time you stop at a taco bell for dinner. >> the new menu item that has some people drooling. and a delegate steps down. and new details overnight in that deadly strapping at a maryland mall. the arrest we just learned about in this case. time is 5:57.

now at 6:00, shocking turns into a shock. this morning, police have made an arrest. ahead of the inauguration, a surge in bus parking permit requests for a planned protest.

what the district is doing about it. thank you inauguration day, or as i like to call it, let's move. >> and michelle obama makes her final appearance on late night tv as the first lady. >> good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gill credit. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome. it is friday eve, if you want to put it that way and we are getting you ready for the day. >> chuck bell is still taking some time off this week. sheena parveen and melissa mollet are here. we'll start with sheena and a look at the forecast everybody is smiling about around here. >> you're going to love it. enjoy it because it's not going to last long.