we'll take you live to the georgetown waterfront. first we talk with lester holt about his one on one with president obama. news4 at 4:00 starts now. it's a busy afternoon here. we are learning new information about a shooting at a local high school. first, we're in weather alert mode. before you make plans this weekend, be sure to check our latest forecast. i tell you, even bigger than that, taking a look right now at the temperatures, because that's what's really key here. >> when you have these wintery mix type systems moving into the area, the temperatures are such a key role. that's what makes them so difficult at times. >> going from 32 to 33 degrees makes all the difference in the world on the

you notice just back to the west we are seeing some moisture starting to make its way in towards west virginia. here's the bulk of the moisture. you make a beeline come into the south of d.c., south and west of the area first. there is a winter weather advisory for just about the entire region. we're going to get a wintery mix here out of this. some snow, some sleet and even some freezing rain. look at the numbers here. the current temperature is 54 degrees. we're at 44 in hagerstown. even state college is at 36. that's all well above freezing. that's why we think this is going to be a light to moderate event. >> especially hearing how road crews are already out today pretreating the roads. thankfully the brine is out there. take a look at the roads tomorrow. so many people are asking what are travel conditions going to be like? we really

going to be fine. some slick spots on secondary roads. in the mountains, if you're going skiing, icy out that way. bridges and over passes are where you want to be the most cautious tomorrow. just a week before his inauguration, the president-elect went on another tweet storm this morning as nbc's edward lawrence reports. donald trump is sounding off on everything from russia to a new justice department review of the clinton e-mail case. >> fbi director james comey went to capitol hill for a classified talk about russian hacking. >> all i can tell you is the fbi director has no credibility. >> comey's focus, russian hacking to influence the election. but a new investigation will examine whether he tilted a close race by publicly commenting on hillary clinton's e-mails. demo

they wanted and have new questions about calls incoming national security advisor michael flynn made to russia's ambassador the same day sanctions were announced. >> we really need to have one president at a time. i certainly hope no one on the trump team was trying to under cut what president obama was doing. >> in a flurry of tweets, the president-elect says he will have his own people author a full report on hacking within 90 days. mr. trump also renewed his vow that obamacare will be repealed. the house today moved one step closer to gutting the affordable care act. >> we have to step in before things get worse. this is nothing short of a rescue mission. >> congress will now start hearings to write new healthcare laws so the president can sign

them in the first 100 days. the secretary of homeland security says special precautions will be taken so the swearing in ceremony won't be disrupted. this all comes as president obama gets ready to say farewell in just a week's time. >> lester holt spoke exclusively with the president in a interview for "dateline" tonight. barack obama started his campaign for the white house nine years ago on the basis of hope. as he comes to the end of his presidency, does he have any left? >> you know, he does. he says he has a lot of hope left. that was really the idea of this hour. we wanted an intimate conversation. i met him at andrews air force base on tuesday and flew to chicago with him and spoke to him ahead of his farewell speech. we kind of started the conversation about that moment in grant park in chicago, the

ago. he was talking about hope and the crowd was chanting back at him. the crowd was chanting, yes, we can. he says, yes, we did. and he will tick off a list of accomplishments and he says the country is in a better place today than when he took over. his amazingly optimistic. he admits he was shocked by the election of donald trump. he knows that some of his initiatives will be rolled back, but he feels that -- look, he says, i showed some things that were possible on the environment, on healthcare and some other things. to that extent, he feels good about what they accomplished. >> he mentioned that he hasn't done quite enough, didn't do enough to promote his own programs. did he talk about that? >> he did. he says, you know, i was busy with the office of the presidency. he says, i wish that maybe i could have spend more time kind of building up the grassroots that were a par

propelled donald trump to victory. i said, you know, were you personally wounded by the surprise results that donald trump was elected. he says, yes, he was. >> thank you so much. we can catch the entire dateline special the reality of hope tonight at 10:00. chopper 4 was on the scene in prince george's county this afternoon. a high school student is in the hospital right now after getting shot just steps from the school. this is video of the student arriving at that hospital after the shooting. doctors tell us he is expected to be okay. reportedly the shooting started after people got into a fight in an apartment near the school annex. one of those bullets reportedly hit the building. tracee wilkins is live in forestville talking to students. >> reporter: there are a lot of people here trying to figure out

this is the annex here right behind me. it's a building that is separate from the main building of the school, sits behind the school. this is the parking lot where the shooting happened. police tell us this is one of the areas where a bullet ricochetted off the back of this car. they collected at least five shell casings from this parking lot. one student shot. this all happened just after noon when there was a report of a student shot here. now, according to what we've been told by prince george's county police, a group of students left the school, came out into the parking lot, got into an argument. one student takes out a gun, shoots the other student. that student is then dragged back towards the school. also, in the midst of all of this there was one bullet that pierced a window of a music classroom at the annex. luckily no other students were injured.

ran away through the apartment complex. prince george's county police still looking for this student. we talked with students who were here at the school when it all unfolded. >> we were walking down the annex. we heard the shot and so we just ran up here. >> reporter: how many shots did you hear? >> i only heard one. i was scared. i was running. >> this is a serious occasion. i mean, someone brought a gun to school. lives could be lost. >> reporter: this is a performing arts school with high achieving students. they don't understand how something like this could happen here. coming up on news4 at 5:00, the chaos that parents felt when they found out about this shooting, not knowing which student was involved. reporting live, tracee wilkins. as we track winter weather moving in, what you can do right now to make sure your home stays warm and safe. money back and major punishments. the latest on that takata air bag safety investigation whenwe

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making that announcement this afternoon and holding nothing back. in an indictment just unsealed today against three takata executives, it says they schemed to defraud their customers by manipulating testing of its air bags. takata new its air bag inflaters were exploding during testing but wanted to put profit over safety. >> we want them to know if they sell products designed to help consumers, they have to put safety ahead of profits. those who cheat will be held accountab accountable. >> takata's $1 billion settlement will be for restitution. another car manufacturer announces a recall of more than 500,000 vehicles

bags. >> reporter: coming up here, this popular spot, a very popular trail, it turned crime scene twice in one week. i'm going to tell you what one of the suspects was carrying. we've got that winter weather alert across our area.

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a spot on the georgetown waterfront, once again, a crime scene for the second time in one week. park police are investigating two separate armed robbery cases. david culver joins us to explain what happened there. >> reporter: i want to set the scene for you while it's still light outside. this is the capital crescent trail. a very popular area. you've got runners and joggers already out there. up here you've got the old aq aquaduct bridge. what's most striking about these armed robberies is that one of the suspects was using a machine gun. it's that perfect spot for a bike ride, a jog or just a midday stroll. the paved trail runs along the potomac. >> it connects to the trail. it's a commuter route. there's a lot of fun stuff to do

doing that. >> reporter: that feeling not likely to return until detectives find who's behind two bold robberies. >> one of the weapons was described as a machine gun and the other one is a handgun. >> reporter: the second incident, this past wednesday, middle of the afternoon, still light outside. this time, two suspects. >> it's two men, both armed again with a machine gun and a handgun. >> reporter: we did notice detectives were back out here today. they were focused in on the potomac boat club. not clear if those cameras actually caught anything. the investigation, still ongoing. just before noon, chopper 4 was over the scene of an accident whein burke where an s crashed into a building. there were folks inside the

came through. we're told there were several injuries. the cause of that crash is still under investigation. the slick weather headed our way could make driving a little tricky out there. earlier this afternoon chopper 4 spotted four maryland road crews spreading a salt solution along i-270. these pictures are from bethesda. the maryland department of transportation says it's pretreating roads and bridges before the winter storm expected tomorrow morning. however, officials are also urging you to drive and make smart decisions about your travel. stay off the roads when conditions are particularly snowy or icy. >> a lot of that just comes down to timing, listening to the forecast and knowing when it's going to go out. >> what's the timeline? >> this moves in overnight tonight. most likely in about the next 6-12 hours. maybe even after 11:00 tonight we start to see some moisture moving in across our region. right now we still have the

temperatures into the low 50s. 54 degrees still the current temperature there. 46 by 7:00. dropping into the 30s by around 11:00. that's still 38. hard to get frozen precip at 38 degrees. we have that winter weather advisory for everybody across our area, the exception fredericksburg and down towards extreme southern maryland. your temperatures should stay above freezing. you may see sleet, but not too many effects on the roads. we may start off with light snow and then transform over, but this is mainly a sleet event. the difference between sleet and freezing rain, sleet will bounce off of your car, bounce off the road. you will be able to get traction on the roadways. freezing rain is just a sheet of ice. you won't be able to get traction on that. sleet better than freezing rain. you folks

to deal with it a little bit longer. back to the west, starting to see the moisture moving our way. you can see a lot of rain back towards kentucky. look at parts of the west virginia. sleet and snow developing here. but with temperatures this warm, it's going to be really hard to have any problems on the roadways, at least during the early part of the storm. the cold air is not racing on in here even as the storm system is trying to do that. the clouds are here. by 11:00 tonight, notice here's our computer model with snow on the northern side. maybe just some rain showers down to the south. by 5:00 a.m. this is interesting, this has almost all snow d.c. to fredericksburg. i'm not really buying this. again, i think this is mostly a sleet event, maybe snow at the onset. that's why we have the winder weather advisory because i

snow, maybe some freezing rain for you folks back to the mountains. you see the warmer temperatures coming up. that's why it's just plain rain by late tomorrow afternoon. sleet to an ice/rain mix during the afternoon. mainly rain down to the south and a little bit of ice. this is the area back to the west where we could have the bulk of the ice, sleet, possibly into freezing rain. i want to show you tomorrow morning's temperatures, dropping to the 30s. we are below freezing in many areas. but those road temperatures may stay above freezing. not a huge event but still a weather alert for sure. temperatures bounce back to 45 degrees on sunday. another chance of some rain, maybe some sleet mixed in on monday. then look how warm we are next week. inauguration day, 61 degrees. tracking the flu. could it be worse this year than last? om

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flu cases are climbing across the country. 21 states now have widespread flu activity. the cdc says most

states are in new england, the mid atlantic and the northwest. more than 15,000 cases of the flu have been diagnosed so far and three children have died. this year's vaccine appears to be a good match for the circulating virus. doctors say there's still time to get vaccinated. an 8-year-old girl is being hailed a hero after she saved two of her brothers from a raging house fire in baltimore. the 4 and 5-year-old boys along with their mother are still in the hospital still in critical condition. sadly, six other siblings died in the fire on springwood avenue early yesterday morning. neighbors are still in shock about what happened. but they're amazed at the poise and bravery of this little girl. >> she came here to do her job on earth and her job was to save a life. >> my heart right now, it crumbles every time i'm talking about it. it keep crumbling because i could try to do more. my daughter said, dad, you couldn't do no more because there was too much fire. >> the little girl's mother

maryland congressman elijah cummings. after talking to witnesses and sifting through the evidence, investigators in baltimore are getting close to pinning down the cause of the fire. >> they think a space heater may be to blame. >> reporter: charred remains now reduced to so much rubble. this house is beyond saving. fire officials say the first equipment got here within three minutes of the alarm going in. but that wasn't enough time to save the six children who died here. we talked to maryland's fire marshal. he says that just goes to illustrate how important time is in a case like this, how important it is to have a plan of escape. practice and plan. >> when that smoke alarm goes off, you have a very short window of time to get you and your family up and out of your house. i think that's the most extremely important thing. >> later on news4, more about what you can do to keep yourself safe as the investigation continues into just what c

this fire. it's only getting colder as the suns sets over washington. when's our next chance for temperatures in the 60s. amelia draper has the answer ahead. ♪ and an inside look at how the air force is getting ready for the inauguration next week. plus, the story that had everybody buzzing on social media today. the vice president-elect goes to the store, a local grocery store. >> yeah. when your wife says go

around 38 degrees at that point. this is the system we're tracking on storm team 4 radar, this moisture moving from west to east slowly into our area. again, we're not talking about a

lot of snow and sleet. if you're traveling, be careful out there, especially on bridges, overpasses and secondary roads. the main roads should be just fine. little to no snow, sleet's the main concern, especially here in the d.c. metro area. we slowly start to dry out saturday night. sunday looking mainly dry. more coming up in my full forecast. make sure you follow nbc washington on facebook for all of the latest weather updates. also download the nbc washington app to get up to date weather forecasts and breaking weather news. even the future vice president needs ice cream every once in a while. the "washington post" caught mike pence shopping last night at his local safeway in chevy chase. he was going for two tubs of turkey hill ice cream. not sure which flavor. he later tweeted, i can

when mrs. pence asks me to pick up ice cream, i pick up ice cream. >> even the vice president has a honey do list. >> i feel him. when the wife says go, you're out the door. the air force will play a big role in next week's inauguration ceremonies. today, we talked to airmen getting ready at joint base andrews. >> reporter: from the honor guard -- ♪ >> reporter: -- to the band. security. more than a thousand airmen will be involved in next week's inauguration. deirdre kimbro, this will be her first time

inaugural parade and she can't wait. >> it's about our democracy. it's how we do things. it's how we celebrate. i really am excited about that. i believe in that. i'm excited about it. >> reporter: master sergeant jay hel, the heltze is excited too. >> there's the new commander in chief, right there in person as you're walking by rendering honors for the first time as the new commander. to see them in person and to be part of this historic event, it's all really exciting. >> reporter: federal and local law enforcement will take the lead on security. but the us air force will be standing by with resources should the need arise. resources like helicopters, specially trained dogs, even a bomb disposal

>> we have a disrupter device that is able to disrupt the device and render it safe should we have the need to do so. >> reporter: some aspects of planning have been going on since the last inauguration ended four years ago. other details have been tweaked more recently, but the men and women of the us air force say they're ready. >> stick with news4 for live coverage of the inaugural parade. when the president's motorcade starts up pennsylvania avenue for the white house, our news team will be with you every step of the way. and we'll have special guests including charlie brotman. the cuban government is praising president obama for ending automatic legal residency for cubans who arrive here on soil. the repeal of the wet foot/dry ot

used to be that kcubans who mad it to u.s. soil could get legal residency for -- after a year. we're working for you to answer questions on when and how you can travel to the island nation. news4's david culver has made several trips to cuba bringing you everything from his family's personal story to the opening of the embassy in havana to the death of fidel castro last month. tomorrow he'll be at the travel & adventure show. fairfax county's annual push to feed the hungry kicks off this weekend. the stuff the bus campaign takes place at the shopper's food warehouse at mt. vernon plaza and at the giant in mc

it runs tomorrow from 9:30 in the morning until 4:30 in the afternoon. each week the bus will be parked different places in the county to select donations and food for local food pantries. it's become somewhat of a running joke. you become a parent, you buy a minivan. now there are new efforts to make that minivan cool again. and a rogue one star gearing up for a brand new saturday night live.

it's e-mail threat p prevention system discovers the issue. it starts with an e-mail to customers to update their netflix information. according to the security firm, the fake web page requests credit card and personal information. now netflix tells it will never ask customers for personal information over e-mail ever. to find out how to secure your netflix account, open up our nbc washington app and search netflix. from a galaxy far, far away, to n

actress fell licity jones is go to host snl. >> reporter: signing up to be part of the "star wars" universe was certainly a leap of faith for felicity jones. >> it feels like jumping off the edge of a cliff. >> reporter: turns outgoing from the frenetic action of a big budget sci fi adventure is good for the kinetic action on the snl set. >> you realize the only way to kind of get through it is to go into the chill zone. >> reporter: jones is one of hollywood's in demand actresses. but her heroic t

has taken it to a new level. >> live from new york, it's saturday night! >> it's one of those things you have to roll with it, enjoy it. and everything will be fine hopefully on the night. coming up, i'll have your full forecast, timing out your day tomorrow and what you can expect from martin luther king, jr. day on mondays. and new at 5:00, the author who made a certain set of georgetown stairs famous has passed away. how the exorcist author is being remembered. first, the husband and wife team getting set to play

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temperatures starting to cool down across the district. and we're gearing up for another round of winter weather. before you make plans for tomorrow or the entire holiday weekend, you'll want to see the

updated forecast. it's coming up in about three minutes. it started as a contest. it's now a tradition among d.c. police. they change badges every four years. the reason? to honor the change of power. the woman behind the badge in a story you'll only see here. >> reporter: john brennan has been a d.c. police officer for 44 years. he came home one day and told his wife she needed to enter a contest because they were looking for a new design for the kmem commemorative badge for th inauguration. she came up with this design right here on her kitchen counter. >> it's something that i caught about and it came to me and i did it. >> reporter: it was d.c. police officers and staff who voted on the final design and here it is. the badge kathy brennan, a wife and mother of d.c. police officers designed on her

counter. it will be on the chest of every d.c. police officer inauguration day. coming up, you'll hear from kathy and her husband about what this honor means to her and her family and to police officers across the country. no virginian should be singled out, harassed or mistreated because of who they are. that message stotoday from virginia's attorney general. >> to make sure the rights and civil liberties of every virginian are respected and to keep every virginian safe. you have a place in the commonwealth. >> mark herring also announced the launch of nohate.com, a website that provides information and resources for victims. the u.s. mint and treasury celebrating i

anniversary with this new lady liberty coin. for the first time in american history she's portrayed as an african-american woman. before now lady liberty had always been depicted as a white female. mint officials unveiled this new co coin yesterday in a tweet. it will be one in a series of new and more diverse commemorative coins that the mint plans to unveil in the coming years that will, according to mint officials, reflect the cultural and ethnic diversity of our country. a newly renovated state building in richmond has been renamed to honor a civil rights pioneer, barbara johns. johns organized student strikes and other efforts designed to improve education for black students in prince edward county. the building dedication is the latest in a line of tributes

the portrait of her is now on display in the executive mansion in richmond and a bronze likeness is featured in the civil rights memorial located in capital square. she died in 1991. dozens of caps fans got to hit the ice with the teams players and coaches. >> but it was just for the ladies. the capitals hosted their annual hockey in heels event last night. players and coaches guided members of the scarlet caps fan group through the ice drills. our very own amelia draper hosted a question and answer session with head coach barry trots. we hear you're a pretty good player. i know you ice skate. >> i do. this is my third year hosting. it's always such a wonderful event. to see the ladies in the d.c.

hockey is impressive. no skates for me last night. i kept the high heels on. as we look to the weekend, it's a long holiday weekend. and we want it to be beautiful from start to finish but there is going to be a wintery mix impacting the area tomorrow. now the good news, this is not a crippling storm by any means. it's just not ideal out there. most of the area under winter weather advise poadvisory. here's this winter weather advisory. it's for everybody in purple. notice culpepper down around stafford, king george counties and extreme southern maryland. here in purple the winter weather advisory begins at midnight and it's going to go to 6:00 saturday evening.

the blue, sleet changing to rain, maybe some spotty ice. back around the i-81 corridor, more of an ice concern out that way. currently we're well above freezing so we have a long way to fall. by tomorrow morning we will be right at that freezing mark. tracking sleet at that point. we're going to hover right around the freezing mark for this event. if you're traveling tomorrow, you still want to be cautious for slick spots. if you're skiing, unfortunately not a great ski or snowboard day. freezing rain in the forecast out there.

until sunday. it's looking nice. it's the side roads that get kind of cooler that you'll want to watch out for tomorrow. we're kind of in between that okay and bad level tomorrow, kind of a moderate impact on the area. maybe even low, especially as we head into the afternoon hours. it's only on and off showers during the afternoon. some dry time as well. sunday it's dry. the roads are going to be just fine. the roads for the most part should be just fine, but we'll see some wet roads out there on monday. maybe some isolated slick spots, especially up in areas like montgomery, loudoun county. sunday, 45. we have diminishing clouds throughout the day. it's actually looking like the best day out of the long holiday weekend.

by tuesday we're in the mid 50s. near 60 on wednesday and thursday. maybe some rain around on wednesday. there's really no snow in this forecast. as we look to the inauguration on friday, 61 degrees. so probably one of the warmest inaugurations out there. then the weekend after that, we're keeping it dry and highs in the mid 50s. in the automotive world they don't have a reputation for being very exciting, but that could be changing for the minivan. >> here's some of what's on display at the detroit auto show. the latest chrysler pacifica has a back seat navigation system. the kids can see for themselves if they're there yet.

hon honda's new ominivan lets you monitor in the dark. >> getting away from the whole minivan label, these vans are displayed under a new category at the auto show this year. they're in the utility vehicle section. an updates look at the virginia gubernatorial race. who's ahead so far. plus, it's a risk not worth taking. the shocking number of accidents happening for the same reason and what transportation officia

talking about a beverage with a kick, jack daniels now sells coffee infused, of course, with the flavor of its tennessee whiskey. its partnership with the world of coffee company. but while it may taste like whiskey, there's actually no alcohol in the coffee at all. panera bread says its food is 100% clean. in store mitems and grocery stoe products, it's finally free of all additives.

so this statistic is sobering. every day and a half someone dies at a railroad crossing trying to beat a train. tom costello has more on a warning out today from safety officials. >> reporter: monday night on long island, a female driver killed, her car sliced in half after she drove past the crossing gates and into the path of an oncoming train. december 30th in orlando, a driver pulled to safety minutes before his car is crushed. nationwide it happens every three hours, a car or pedestrian hit by a speeding train. 200 people killed each year. and with fewer daylight hours, more accidents occur this time of year. now the government is out with an urgent warning. >> if you think trains will stop if they see a car on the tracks,

>> reporter: sarah fineberg is the chief federal railroad regulator. >> anyone can make this mistake. >> reporter: among the worst cases, new york, 2015, six people died after an suv driver got stuck on the tracks of an oncoming train. >> this is our little memorial that i put together for lauren. >> reporter: outside of chicago, lany wilson's 14-year-old daughter died when the teenage driver she was with tried to beat the train. he's been on a mission to get gates installed at the crossing so drivers can't drive around the gate. but four-gate systems are the exception, not the norm. police in prince george's county searching for the gunman

school and shot through a window. >> a major development in the ongoing situation involving some 70 million air bags that are defective and under recall. justice department officials have announced a criminal penalty against takata and indictments against three executives. and it's weather alert day as we prepare for weather that could impact your weekend plans. storm team 4 tracking a wintery mix coming to parts of d.c. and maryland. but first, panic at a high school in prince george's county after a student is shot just steps from the building. >> that shooting happened in the parking lot near suitland high school this afternoon. tracee wilkins is live to describe the chaotic scene after those shots rang out. >> reporter: this is most unfortunate. if you look up that way you see suitland high school and then just steps from the school is this apartment parking lot where the shots rang out. there's even a little bit of what's left after a bullet grazed this car.

incredible incident that happened here in this parking lot. and they are still looking for the student who they believe is their suspect. >> the police can't tell you anything. the school can't call parents and let anybody know anything. >> reporter: parents stood outside in disbelief, fearful that their child may have been shot. >> i have two girls. >> reporter: your daughter's not involved. it was a young male who was shot. it wasn't a girl. >> i'm sorry for the parents. this is so disturbing. >> reporter: these two students say they were on their way to the annex behind the school's main building when they heard gunshots. >> we heard the shot and so we just ran up here. >> reporter: how many shots did you hear? >> i only heard one. i was scared. i was running. >> reporter: police say a group of students left the school's grounds and met steps away in an apartment complex parking lot. an argument ensued, followed by gunshots. >> we real