turning now to the inauguration of donald trump were we are just three days away from trump being sworn in as the 45th president of the united states. he remains in new york ahead of these event necessary washington. as trump's supporters prepare to celebrate his victory, we're learning kozs of lawmakers are planning to skip the inauguration. >> more than 30 planning not to attend the event and that number is increasing since john lewis said he didn't see trump as a legitimate president. >> in that list, the virginia and maryland mayors. we spoke to congressman brown yesterd yesterday. he cited trump's criticism of lewis as one of the reasons he is not going to attend. >> not only did the president-elect disrespect john lewis the man, the civil rights hero and icon, but he also

lewis and the office he holds. >> meanwhile, trump met with martin luther king iii yesterday. trump called the meeting constructive. dozens of protesters rallied against donald trump last night. the group started at 14th and key streets and marched to his hotel on pennsylvania avenue. meanwhile, authorities are busy preparing for more protests this week. they're putting up viewing stands, bare cad is and chain-link fences to ensure everyone has a safe inauguration day. we want to remind you to join news 4 when the police motorcade starts up the road to the white house, we will be with you every step of the way. we'll have some special guests. join us on air and online for your front row seat on inauguration day. it's now

your weather and traffic. >> a lot of folks are dealing with rain that could impact the weather this morning. first on storm team 4 meteorologist sheena parveen with four things to know. >> and the first thing you need to know is the roads are wet like we're just talking about. we have wet roads from rain overnight, light showers moving through this morning. take your time out there, but gre grab the umbrella before you leave because by lunchtime, we can have another round of scattered showers moving in. spotty showers, wet roads this morning. mild temperatures, though. so this morning we're starting out with temperatures around 40 degrees. milder for the rest of the week. 50s for inauguration weekend. but we are looking at showers for friday. so we're going to keep tracking that as we get closer, but so far it looks like rain in the forecast for friday for inauguration day. here is a look at the radar. light showers just to the north and east of the district. farther down to the south, near culpepper with,

that's where we have light rainfall. that's moving towards 95 pretty soon. speaking of the wet roads, how does it look this morning. overall, prince georges county, everything is nice and clear. have a couple of things there. 95 down to the beltway, that is moving just fine, as well. you are on time from 32 down to the beltway. going to take you about ten minutes here this morning. taking a live look at 270 at falls road, a little damp there on the roadways. southbound 1 on rappahannock bridge. no major issues. see you back here in ten minutes. >> it's 4:33 right thou. today, the wife of the man behind the deadliest mass shooting will appear in court. yesterday federal agents arrested omar ma teen's wife. she is charged with obstruction ju

abetting in the june attack in orlando. her attorney says she had no idea about what her husband was planning. also today, the suspect in the shooting rampage at the ft. lauderdale airport will appear in court. 26-year-old esteban sand santiago will his his detention hearing. the judge is expected to keep the suspect in jail. santiago is charged with killing six people and hurting otherwise inside the airport earlier this month. a man is charged with point ago laser beam at maryland state police helicopter, injuring the pilot. the two state troopers had to go to the hospital for eye injur s injuries. it's now 4:34. the this morning, new information about a roadt

>> new data this morning was just released by aaa mid atlantic. it says route 2 is one of the most dangerous roads in our region. you should looking at video of a previous cash there on this highway. mow the report says at least 14 people have died on indian highway and of those b, four were riding motorcycles. two pedestrians were killed on the road since 013. the area has seen a spike in growth. travelers say they would like to see more law enforcement there on the stretch of road. aaa says drivers need to be vigilant. back to you. crews will be back at work this morning once again shutting down a busy intersection in leesburg. you may have been delayed by thes gas line work earlier

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saurs down to our south and west. let's get a check on the radz this morning with melissa molek. >> we have some road work. big look at the belt away been inhe looking and outer look, no work to record there through those areas this morning and month slowdowns, either, which is very good, of course. 270 from 70 down to the spur, you can see you're on time here. it will take you 27 minutes in you're headed southbound. if you're headed nobody, it's a nice ride. i'll be back here in ten minutes. breaking news this morning in the search for missing malaysia airlines flight 370. what we're learning after three years of looking for that plane. the inauguration of donald trump is just three days away and we are getting you ready. what you need to know if you plan on going in order to avoid getting scammed.

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at 4:45, angie goff is at the live desk with new developments with about a missing mraep. after nearly three years, the search for missing ma layeran flight 370 is done. crews calling off the search without find ago trace of the plane, they say. officials say they are now compte. their timeline has been met. 39 people, you might recall, died when that plane disappeared back in 2013. there have been several theories as to why that happened, including that the pilot may

>> thank you. two of president-elect's cabinet picks will be headed to capitol hill today. >> they are likely to face tough questions as they get ready to be confirmed. tracie potts is live on capitol hill now. good morning to you. what can we expect in these hearings? >> so, eun, a lot of the questioning likely to center around her support of school choice. lots of people in the education community questioning whether or not she is going to be a strong champion for public schools. for ryan zinke, a current congressman from hospital, the question is going to be his level of support for public lands and the use of public lands. where do you draw the line with how some of these, our national parks and other public lands are used if he is secretary of the

democratic lawmakers decide to go skip this inauguration. is trump's criticism of john lewis the main reason for that? >> absolutely. we have more than 20 democrats so far saying they're siding with lewis not attending this inauguration. at the same time, trump's team is saying that's not the way they treated president obama when they worked with him. lewis appears to be digging his feet in saying he'll never give up, never become down. the trump team says they're willing to talk with him. the president-elect may be willing to make a phone call, but there has to be some give on both sides. it is 4:47 now. friday's inauguration is a wig day for vice president-elect mike pence. he will use ronald reagan's bible when he takes the oath of office. supreme court justice clarence thomas will administer the oath. every inauguration comes

look at which keepsakes tourists are snatching up three days before the inauguration. bobble head trump dolls are a popular purchase. they have a lot of t-shirts and hats. there is a unique trump pen with some of his famous lines. >> we've got a couple trump bobble heads, some mugs, four gifts for our friends at home. i hope we're going to be bringing jobs back to america. >> as many as a million people will be in the district for the swearing in of donald trump as the 45th president. and as the presidential inauguration nears, a warning about fake tickets and information. >> susan has what you need to know. >> it's certainly easy to get caught up in all of the excitement of the inauguration and it's certainly an historic d day. but the better business bureau has reminders so you don't get caught up in a scam and trust me, there are many out there. first of

needed for certain areas of the swearing in ceremony will given out by your house representative or senator and they're free. remember, there are nonticketed viewing areas available, as well. tickets for the parade are only required for certain places along the parade route and the presidential inaugural committee handles these tickets. most viewing areas along the parade route will not need a ticket and finally to attend an inaugural ball, contact the committee hosting the event directly and do not let a scammer convince you otherwise. always remember, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. especially someone that try toes sell you a ticket to a rare event or in many cases simply free. in the news desk, susan hogan. >> make sure you download the nbc washington app to join our inauguration cafe. we will be talking about all

day long from this cafe he on capitol hill. if you're out that way, you can join us, too. a controversy is brewing at a montgomery county golf club. it's led the mayor of somerset to resign from the club because he says the club might not let the president become a member. mayor jeffrey slavens says there is question of whether to welcome the new president because of his action on israel. woodmont is a historically jewish club. >> i just don't really want to be associated with a community that is so intolerant and so disrespectful of the president. and i hope that by resigning, that it will be a wake up call. >> slavens has been a long time member of the club and is also a democratic activist.

that even though president obama has played golf at the club before, it is not known whether he even wants the on join that club. today on capitol hill, a controversial paint sg being taken down for good. it's in the tunnel leading to the u.s. capital. the painting was made by an 18-year-old from missouri and it depicts officers as pigs arresting protesters. gop lawmakers removed it from the wall several times and missouri democrat lacy clay put it back up. the capital architect was asked to review whether that painting violated contest rules by being too sensationalistic and it is now being removed. a bill would have to make power companies to give refunds if it made excessive profits. it was called the refund restoration bill.. it would require virginia power companies to refund overcharged

one tweet sparked an online petition to get a frederick county employee her job back in maryland. indicateky nash told "the washington post" that she was fired with this twitter exchange for the student who asked whether school would be closed. nash corrected the student's spelling error. that student tells the post that he did not take the message personally and thought it was funny. nash says she is knot interested in going back to her old job. 4:52, our time right now. wet coming in this morning, but no rain here in the city. >> no, no rain right now, but i think a little lunchtime we'll have some scattered showers. but it's not incredibly cold out, so it makes the rain not not so bad. maybe southern parts of the

county, you're seeing spots of rain right mow. as we go through the middle of the day today, we're going to continue to see the showers kind of move through, especially around lunchtime today. so, again, we're watching the showers through most of the area south of the district currently. and as we zoom in there, you see the light rain around stafford county. right across 95 tr fredericks berg to quantico. this morning, keep that in mind if you are traveling. there is a bigger area of rain back off the to our west. i think some of that will be here closer to lunchtime. keep that in mind before you head out. grab the umbrella before you leave. morning commute with the impact to you, maybe moderate if you run into some of those spotty he showers. if you are exercising today, you'll want the raincoat, umbrella at the bus stop. but mostly this morning, we're looking at the wet roads and they'll be staying wet as we go through the evening commute. temperatures not too bad. 41 in the district. here is a look at future weather. by 10:00 a.m., we could have a few more showers

a lot of this will start to wind down. tomorrow morning, could see a stray shower, but not too bad. let's get a check on the roadways now with melissa. >> looking okay right now as we take a look at the beltway. through that area, completely fine right now. again, might have a little bit of wetness on the roadways this morning. might be foggy in spots. we just talked with chopper 4 who might be down b today because of the weather. 275 at father hurley boulevard. no worries there right now. looking good overall. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, had some earlier road work. 95 no problems. on route 1 southbound, we have that bridge work with the left lane getting by. live look at 66 coming up. cart the maic moments, a firefighter saving the victim of a house fire. but this one had fur. the heart warming video of the rescue. flu season is in high gear in our

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those of the attacker. angie goff is working to get more information at the live desk and will bring us an update in just a moment. the rain moves into our area, storm team 4 meteorologist sheena parveen will let us know just how long it's expected to stick around. but first, let's check in with angie goff with the latest. >> we are bracing for rain here, but other parts of the country getting hit pretty hard. developing out of the portland, oregon, area, an ice storm is rapidly moving into their region. take a look. you can see parts of oregon here and washington on the radar. and you can see that system moving through very swiftly. the national weather service saying the major storm is going to bring heavy rain and that dangerous freezing rain to the region. we know that school districts across that part of the state already closed this morning. 20 the public buses taken off the roadwayes and drivers right now being told to stay home to avoid the treacherous conditions. back to you. >> angie

it's 4:58. a northern virginia community is rallying together to help its family impacted by a deadly crash. taylor wolf was a father of two with another child on the way. chelsea was sell wrating her 1st birthday. both were killed in a crash last week on robert e. lee drive. the truck they were riding in ran off the road and caught fire. now friends of both victims set up a gofundme page to raise money for wolf's young children. >> i want them to know their daddy loves them more than anything and that their father would have done anything for them. a little bit of financial help can help a little bit. >> now, we are expecting more details about the crash from the spotslvania sheriff's office later today include whether charges will be filed. a d.c. family has firefighters to thank for saving one of its loved ones, their sheep

firefighters saved him from a burning home. when they rescued him, cesar's family wasn't home and he wasn't breathing. one of the firefighters performed cpr. they rushed him to an animal hospital. investigators don't know how the fire started. cea cesar is three years old. news 4 today starts now. it is 5:00 a.m. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. we are working to get you up to the minute information and oat the door on time. >> meteorologist sheena parveen and first 4 traffic's melissa mollet have come in this morning. we start off with your weather headlines. >> we are talking about spotty showers for the morning commute. the morning drive, wet roads already. not everyone is going to see the rain, but i think we'll keep the spotty showers in the forecast for the morning commute and by lunchtime, we could see a few more showers around. here is a look ahe