the street. 911 he calls it in and follows it. but that mercedes comes to a stop. a guy gets out and fires about a half dozen shots at the cop. and then that mercedes speeds away. a police helicopter tracks the mercedes to scene number two. the blooming dale enablneighbor. there they say the passenger gets out of the mercedes and in an alley, a d.c. officer fires his weapon. no one hit there. but a gun is recovered and a man is picked up. that helicopter then follows the mercedes to scene number three, ladroit park. here on fifth street, the mercedes tries to elude the cops and ends up crashing into a parked car. the air bag deployed. now, the driver didn't stay put in that crashed car. he continued to run away on foot. he went up around the

bad decision. coming up at 6:00, we'll talk to a man who witnessed the arrest. i'll see you then. wendy, back to you. >> pat collins. and police are hoping the release of new surveillance video will help them catch the person who shot and killed a grandmother in a wheelchair in d.c. 68-year-old vivian morrow was killed in what police are calling a senseless crime. if you look to the right of your screen, the surveillance video appears to show one man chasing another and as we zoom in, we can see what appears to be someone in a wheelchair. morrow was shot in the 2400 block of elvins road in southeast on monday morning. pat collins asked d.c.'s interim police chief whether there has been any break in this case. >> it could be the clothing. it could be the hand that he used when he was firing the weapon, which -- and i think in this case suggests he was left-handed. that type of information, that type of detail, sometimes brings closure to a case like this. >> sof

information on this deadly shooting, you are asked to call the police. well, with just two days before the official change of administration, president obama gave his final news conference this afternoon. he spoke on a range of issues, reflecting on what his legacy will mean and also addressing current news. >> chelsea manning has served a tough prison sentence. justice has been served and that a message has still been sent. this is in america's interests and the world's interest that we have a constructive relationship with russia. we're going to have a woman president, we're going to have a latino president and we'll have a jewish president, a hindu president. you know -- who knows who we're going to have. having you in this building has made this place work better. it keeps us honest. >> that last comment referring to discussions by the

administration to potentially move the press offices or where abbreviation are held out of the white house. and on a personal note, the president today says he believes neither of his daughters will pursue a future in politics. well, there is the clock you saw as we are less than 48 hours away from the inauguration. we're already seeing some tighter security, which will limit just how you can get around the city in the next few days. our transportation reporter, adam tuss, live on the mall tonight with a look at what's going to be open and closed, closing right now. >> reporter: yeah, wendy. it's pretty apparent. take a look at what's going on down here on the national mall tonight. security fences in place. take a look at the emergency, no parking signs that just went up today. we are now in the period where life and death changes. here come the crowds. >> we're here for the inauguration of donald trump! >> reporter: you're excited about it. >> yeah, we are. >> reporter: you can feel the amount of people picki

and just as the crowds arrive, the restrictions get tighter. cars being towed all around the mall today as new parking restrictions have just gone into effect. over at union station, the main entrance closed until friday morning because of inaugural events. meanwhile, amtrak itself open for business and expecting 15,000 people alone to come into town on friday. >> we are seeing i would say a significant incremental demand. all southbound trains coming into washington on friday and saturday are nearly all booked. >> reporter: now on metro, the main focus is friday as trains run from 4:00 until midnight. five stations shut down for security. pentagon, smithsonian, federal triangle, mt. vernon square and archives and 500 tour buses to mix with regular traffic. >> we anticipate with the additional traffic volumes there may be additional incidents or

quickly as possible. >> reporter: so for now, gearing up to handle these next few days. coming up, i'll tell you about a potential threat against metro the transit agency says it's aware of, and how they're responding, wendy. back to you. >> all right, adam tuss. thanks. you can find a list of the best metro stations to take if you want to get around inauguration day and on the day of the women's march on saturday. search inauguration metro in the nbc washington app. well, you can tell by adam's backdrop there, let's talk about those temps today, huh? we got up to of 60 in some neighborhoods. we're tracking something else. ha, doug? >> yeah with the suit coat on, a beautiful afternoon. temperatures around the 60-degree mark. by the time we get to the inauguration, yeah, things change big-time and the rain will be falling. current temperatures now, 56 in d.c. 59 in richmond.

and normally when i show you a map like that, the colder temperatures are moving our way. that's not the case. they're going to be stalled to the north and west. tomorrow, another nice one. rain for the inauguration. we will be seeing rain on friday. we'll talk about that a little bit and big storm for the weekend. but this is all rain. and it will be very heavy at times. we're talking a couple of inches of rain. remember how just a couple months ago we were talking about how much we need the rain? you're not going to think this weekend. i'll tell you when the rain moves in, how much you may get. i'll see you back here in 15 minutes. >> okay. now he, when you live in the city you hate to hear even just a subway was robbed. look at this in southeast d.c. police are hoping you can if i can out who this guy is. he jumped over the counter with a gun in his hand, and the cashier opens the register. the man stuffs the money in his pocket. no shots were fired. but the video is a pretty good show of a picture of the man. you might recognize him.

earlier this month. and you want to get this my go o guy off the streets if you can. an aggressive home invasion and torture session. today fairfax county prosecutors are urging a judge to seriously punish alecia schmuhl. >> she is the former lawyer. she admitted to conspiring with her husband to take her former boss and his wife hodge stage. david culver was in the courtroom and joins us live with what today's emotional testimony brought. >> reporter: hi there, be wendy. i just stepped out of the courtroom. the hearing is still going on right now. defense attorneys are pushing for leniency for their client, alicia schmuhl after she pleaded guilty to a brutal home invasion that targeted her former boss and his wife, both in the late 60s. today one of the victims took the stand and delivered what was powerful testimony. inside the fairfax county courtroom, no

capturing another painful recounting of the horror endured by leo fisher and his wife, sue duncan. i thought i was going to die, fisher told the judge on the stand today. november 9th, 2014. fisher opens the door of his mclean home, unknowingly inviting in a vicious attack, orchestrated, prosecutors say, but his former disgruntled employee, alicia schmuhl and her husband andrew, an ex military lawyer. fisher told the judge, i was trying very, very hard not to react to him, overreact to him, because i did not want worse things to happen. but they did. tasing fisher, cutting both their throats. he jumped on top of me, fisher testified today. stuck a knife in my throat and pulled it across the throat. i sort of came to, and i thought i only have a few more minutes to live. the former managing partner then watched andrew schmuhl shoot his wife. i thought she was dead,is

added, his voice choking up. throughout the ordeal, andrew schmuhl was on a cell phone coordinating with lisa outside. an alarm scared the pair off as the victims clung to life. this was the police video taken the night police captured alicia and andrew. she was stone-faced. in a bizarre twist, he had taken off all of his clothes, wearing only an adult diaper. fisher told the judge, he lives not only with physical scars as reminders, but also an uneasiness. i just sort of have this sense of underlying fear. sue couldn't testify today. the pain too much to relive. fisher told the judge that any time the doorbell rings, she, meaning his wife, starts screaming, "don't open the door! "she will not open the door unless they have told her they're coming over. incredibly disturbing testimony inside that courtroom. we should tell you, when it comes to andrew schmuhl, he was sentenced last summer to two life prison

years. the case against alicia schmuhl, that sentencing hearing expected to continue tomorrow morning. coming up at 6:00 tonight, you'll hear what fisher, the victim, had to say on the stand about alicia schmuhl that may surprise those who have been following this case. we'll share that with you in our next hour, jim. >> disturbing indeed, and riveting too. david, thank you so much. new at 5:00 tonight, a d.c. man who is an official at nasa pleaded guilty today to selling thousands of dollars worth of fake hugo boss merchandise. arthur chan appeared in court this afternoon accused of selling counterfeit apparel and accessories. it's an official at the nasa godard space polite flight center. chan imported the stuff from india, using a maryland u.p.s. store or his home

in prison. earlier this week, we told you about the family devastated when their home went up in flames killing six children. many of you obviously want to help. we'll tell you how you can. parents very nervous after someone fired a gunshot through their children's daycare center. what we learned, there is more than one bullet hole. coming up tonight on news4, a meeting that's happening right now. parents want some answers. also, we talked to a mom who says she just wants to keep her son safe. plus, how a local community is rallying behind one high school basketball player after her ms diagnosis. wendy and i are just getting

parents who have children at a virginia daycare are understandably very worried tonight. someone fired a bullet through a window last week, and now those parents are finding out about more bullet holes in that building, and they're demanding answers right now. kristin wright is following the developing story for us at that daycare center in falls church. kristin? >> reporter: hey, jim. this is so scary for parents. the thing is, we're talking

toddlers. i want to show exactly where that bullet went into the building. we're at the front of the daycare center, just above the door on the second floor is where one of the bullets went inside, into a classroom were children were sleeping. there is a meeting to talk about all of this. it is very upsetting for them. >> there was a shooter, mommy. someone shot at my school. >> reporter: those words were nikki's son. he's only 4. >> he was sleeping and heard it, and he said, mommy, it was like a cannon went off. >> reporter: the bullet came through the window of a pre-k classroom at bright horizons on leesburg pike in falls church. children were in the room taking naps. no one was hit, but that's not the end of it. >> there was another parent that said they had seen additional bullet holes on the other side of the building. >> reporter: parents are now finding out that theic

building was shot at more than once on thursday. police will only say multiple shots were fired. by whom? no one seems to know. it is beyond frightening for her. she pulled her son out of the center. >> how could i send my child back? >> reporter: bright horizons declined to talk to us on camera, but told us they aren't letting the kids out on the playground. they also say they increased security. this mom has cried over the thought of what could have happened to her child and others. >> and i'm so thankful that nothing happened, and what would the conversation be right now if something did? >> reporter: bright horizons told us this meeting is an opportunity for parents to talk to staff here at the daycare center, as well as police about what exactly is going on. so tonight on news4 at 6:00, we'll talk to some of the parents about the meeting and find out exactly what they learned. back to you. >> kristin wright, thanu.

kitchen facilities, including one that will impact workers in prince george's county. the company said monday the move is an effort to streamline its operations. they're going to start using suppliers to create those prepared foods you find in the store. according to the "washington business journal," this will impact 140 employees in the city in landover. a whole foods representative tells us they expect most workers to find new positions within the company or with their suppliers. well, whether its an nba or high school team, community support means everything and we're seeing it all across our area. news4's sherry burris is live at the phone booth and how fans are rallying behind two teams. >> reporter: the wizards are here looking to go for 13 straight at home and professional athletes are what kids look up to. one town in pasadena, maryland find inspiration from a high school senior.

sclerosis less than a month ago. she is gaining support in her courageous battle. >> play hard! >> the stands are pretty much packed already. there's a lot of people coming so i think it will be really exciting. >> reporter: fans of chesapeake high school turned in their blue for orange to support cara blanchard. the senior was diagnosed with ms just weeks before christmas. >> so we had some tears, but everyone rallied around cara. i said she would like to do this game and they all said what can we do to help? >> reporter: the help seen around the gym to shoelaces. this game dedicated to raising awareness of the disease and to celebrate cara. >> she is a light shining in everywhere she goes and does. she is so positive so she made this easy. look at the support of the community. everyone gathering around us. it's like, you know

make it easier to deal with. >> she has been an inspiration for the fact she has not let this slow her down and is going to keep pushing and working. it is so important to her to try to get back. >> i'm taking the positive approach to it. i mean, there's no point being negative. it's just going to be an obstacle so i am ready to fight. >> reporter: and the cherry on top of a successful ms awareness event, chesapeake would on to win the game. from the verizon center, sherry burris, news4 sports. >> nothing stops her. the nation's largest student loan center accused of cheating. and a thief already convicted of stealing major pieces of art comes to d.c., looking for a pardon from president obama, only to be charged with another felony.

it was a beautiful day across our region today. sunshine to the south, more clouds to the north and west. if you were north and west, not quite as nice, but still well above average. take a look at the sunset out there right now. the sun going down today at

our days continue to get longer. that's a nice sunset. temperatures currently at 56 degrees. temperatures well above average. today we hit 60. and next couple days we're going to stay above that average. now temperatures tonight, 53 around 7:00. 50 degrees around 9:00. down to 46 around 11:00 as we start to see the clearing skies and already starting to see those now. 47 martinsburg. 53 in warrenton. no cold air anywhere. it is colder toward garrett county and snow showers there. parts of the allegheny plateau. snowshoe reporting snow today. today east of the blue ridge, much, much warmer and no chance of any rain or snow tonight. or tomorrow. it's friday that we're watching right now. we're watching one storm system moving off the coast. here's friday. a lot of rain associated with this towards houston. a lot of flooding today.

something else, warmer temperatures today. 65 in rally. 70 toward the atlanta area. our air will come from the south and west tomorrow and into friday so that keeps us on the mild side. tomorrow another pretty nice day across our region. mixture of sun and clouds but pleasant. high temperature in the mid 50s. but then on friday, looking at a little different scenario. and again, this is inauguration day. talking about friday at 6:00 in the morning, not much going on here. a couple of showers, but watch what happens around 10:00, the shield of rain making its way our way. and, of course, the swearing in around 11:30, noon, and yeah, there's the rain. right around that time. it looks like we'll have a two-hour window here, how long this is. two-hour window, 2:00 in the afternoon, starting to pull off. by the time the parade starts around 3:00, we'll be on the dry side. roads will still be wet. a lot of the equipment still wet out e

the afternoon. so the inauguration forecast, 49 degrees, increasing clouds. light rain. it will be light, but tinge steady for a period between 11:30 and 2:30 what we're watching for. so heads up there, again, some rain likely. bring the ponchos. the ponchos necessary. now the weekend looking a little bit different. 56 on saturday. pretty good there. but then a big storm, and i do mean a very big storm on sunday into monday. but it's big in the form of rain. looks like we'll have a lot of rain sunday into monday. temperatures in the low 50s, rather breezy, especially on monday. we could get upwards of 2 inches of rain. some locations even more. and look at this. he we stay on the mild side. any chance of wintry precipitation next saturday. ten days out. we have a lot of time. right now all eyes focused on friday. hmmm, can we bring our umbrellas? >> good

kammerer. >> no, you cannot. better bring several ponchos. if you're going to the mall for any inauguratal festivities, umbrellas are not, not, not allowed. >> they are among a wide range of items that are banned on the capitol grounds, national mall and along the parade route. >> yep. >> among some of the other things you should not bring, bicycles, cooler, any glass or metal container. any bags have to be 18 inches by 13 inches by 7 inches. selfie sticks and large signs also banned. along the parade route, no pets except for service and guide animals. >> starting to show up by the bus load here in washington. coming up, why they're not spectators or demonstrators. we'll tell you why they're here. a man drives up from florida, wanting to receive a presidential pardon. but instead gets arrested rig

starbucks. arlington police say he was driving a stolen car. we'll have that story, coming up. >> that's another rut-roh. the national zoo has to say goodbye to our little baby! >> how you can take part when we come back on news4 at 5:00.

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eye on how former president h.b.h.bw. bush is doing, as well as his wife barbara. 41 and barbara, thinking about you both and sending wishes for a speedy recovery, love 42. president bush is 92 years old and right now doctors are treating him in the intensive care unit at this hospital in houston. he's been there since saturday when they took him in due to complications from a bout of pneumonia. doctors say he's stable and resting comfortably. barbara bush was hospitalized as a precaution after she experienced coughing and fatigue. today president offered prayer and well wishes for the former president and his entire family. at the live desk, i'm chris lawrence. >> thank you, chris. as the nation counts down to the final hours in office for president obama, a florida man hoping to get a last-minute pardon on a felony conviction finds himself in some new trouble now.

from miami. but when he got here, he was charged with another felony, as he entered arlington. news4's megan fitzgerald tells us what did he do now? >> reporter: so wendy, police tells us the guy drove up here, parks his car along 12th street here and walks into this starbucks, but the thing is, he stole the car. which is why when he walked out, he was taken into custody. marcus patman admitted in 2009 to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of artwork like these picasso etchings from a california gallery in florida and even this from georgetown back in 2007. >> he then did some interstate commerce and sold them fraudulently in california. >> reporter: he served his time in prison but on sunday, arlington police say he drove to crystal city, hoping to speak with former u.s. attorney general, eric holder. >> he chose to drive up here out of the urgency of

meet with the obama administration before the trump administration came into power. >> reporter: police say patman wanted to receive a presidential pardon but when he parked his stolen car, that plan was quickly foiled. >> they had their license plate reader enacted. they got a hit on a possible stolen vehicle. >> reporter: police determined it was patman's and as he walked out of starbucks, he found himself back in custody. so the man who was hoping to get his felony record expunged is now facing yet another felony charge. >> he's facing one count of stolen auto. >> reporter: police say patman was officially charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle. that, of course, is a felony. at 6:00, we'll tell you how police were able to track him down and what's next for him. back to you. >> bizarre story. all right, megan fitzgerald, thank you. we've been telling you about all of the police and law enforcement personnel who will be working security for the in

what you may not know is thousands of national guard members from all over the country will also be here to help out. they started rolling into d.c. today. news4's mark segraves is outside their first gathering spot, the d.c. armory in southeast d.c. hi, mark. >> reporter: hey. yeah, they've been showing up by the busloads from all over the country, in fact, 41 different states. this as you said, their first stop. it's the beginning of what's going to be a long three days for these national guard members. >> charlie delta, right? start putting our gear on the box truck here. >> reporter: michael and janine spent hours on a bus from michigan to get to d.c. for this weekend. they're just two of the more than 7,000 national guard members who will be providing security during the inauguration, and the parade. >> i'm very excited to be here in washington, d.c., beuse i love my country, and it's an important place to our country. a lot ofmp

and i am excited for this inauguration, because i support the peaceful transfer of power, and i'm honored to be a part of it. >> reporter: when they arrive, each guard unit is taken for a briefing. on issues like staying warm and hydrated during the parade, as well as what they are and aren't allowed to post on social media. the briefing also includes a discussion on the use of force, including deadly force. both left family and friends behind in michigan. we asked if they were worried about their safety, working this inauguration. >> not too much. i work with good people, all people. we have each other's backs, we view each other as a family. we come here knowing the people are here to help us, as we're there to help them. i don't feel any concerns at all at this moment. >> reporter: one thing many of them were concerned about, was the weather. >> i'm glad it's not going to be cold, but it's an honor. it's nice to come

represent the national guard. >> reporter: coming from michigan where they left snow behind, they're actually happy about the prospect of only rain on friday. >> i'm excited. yeah. okay, men, there's blue skies. you can't hope for anything better than that. so there is going to be rain, but hey, it's going to be 50 degrees. can't complain about that. >> reporter: so more than 7,000 guardsmen and women proud and happy to be here in the nation's capital. we were allowed to sit in on one of the abbreviation. they were hold how they are allowed to interact with the public and with the press, and they were told when they can use force. coming up at 6:00, you'll hear from one of their commanders about what the next 72 hours is going to be like for these men and women. reporting live outside the d.c. armo armory, mark segraves, news4. >> mark, thank you. we posted a video of president's inaugural parade vehicles through the years, going all the way back to horse-drawn carriages. you can find it in our nbc washington app, just search inra

changes are something we're used to here in washington. but some are more difficult to go through than others. and we're looking at a departure coming soon here in the nation's capital that will leave a lot of folks heartbroken. barbara harrison is here to tell us about that. >> that's right, wendy. good-byes can be difficult, especially when you have grown accustomed to a face. but four more years were not in the cards so it's almost farewell time at a house most of us have visited or watched on tv since the beginning. it's been almost four years ago that bow bao-bao was born. she'll be 4 years old, but living in china by then, part of the zoo's cooperative breeding agreement, with the china wildlife conservation association. but she's not leaving white quite yet and the national zoo announced today they will quick off a series of events honoring

16th and run through the 20th. as part of the celebration, you'll have a chance to watch her eat, play and sleep, all on the panda cam, 24/7. there will also be a facebook live broadcast, several of them, that panda fans can participate in, getting answers to their questions from panda scientists and animal care experts. bao-baos caretakers say they're sad she is leaving but excited about the contribution she'll continue to make in increasing the global giant panda population. and wendy and jim, it sounds like bao-bao might be getting married soon or at least that's how my mother would have explained it. >> aww! i remember when i was at the zoo doing an interview with one offer her trainers, the man who feeds her and i got to watch him go in to feed her and boy, she saw him, knew him and she was just little and she hung out with him. like a little dog. it was just the cutest thing. >> it makes me sad to think tha

her. >> imagine, you know it's going to be tough on them. >> yeah. that's got to be tough. i know they're scientists, but -- in the snow, just precious. >> a few more months. >> thanks, barb. coming up, in you live in virginia, something you want to stick around for. a new report says you're in debt when it compares to your neighbors in maryland. what's up with that? we'll reveal the results. and in prince george's county, residents tell news4, they're worried about plans for a federal halfway house to open near them.

the consumer financial protection bureau is suing the country's largest student loan company now. in a federal lawsuit, the cfpb accused and a half ant of using shortcuts and deception. the suit accuses of failing to act on complaints or correctly apply payments to accounts, and giving customers bad information. with a new incoming administration, they called the suit political. the cfbb says they manage and collect payments on more than 300 billion student loans. in dollars. if you live in virginia, there's a new report that says you've got more debt than your neighbors in maryland, and it's going to take you longer to pay it off. >> our consumer reporter,

room with some of the report's surprising finds. susan? >> that's right. credit cards.com weighed the debt loads of americans by comparing to the median earnings. in other words, the debt burden measures not just card balances, but also the money available to actually pay them off. so virginia and maryland are literally at opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to debt burdens. virginia has the eighth highest credit card debt burden, and maryland the seventh lowest. the typical virginia resident would get out of debt in about 17 months, the typical resident in maryland would take 14 months. residents of both states have a lot of credit card debt, though. the study shows virginia has the third-most, and maryland has the fifth. but it's easier to get out of debt in maryland, where the median annual income is the highest in the nation. d.c., by the way, was not included in

also alaska and new mexico had the heaviest credit debt burdens out of all of the states. places it live, north dakota and iowa have the lightest debt. >> thank you, susan. >> tracee wilkins. coming up on news4, a new federal prison halfway house is proposed for the town. while it's not close to a school, it is pretty close to this park. we'll have that story coming up next. we're going to try something new, different. we like to think it might even be historic on inauguration day. we are -- first we have to learn how to say inauguration. we are going to broadcast live all day long from a cafe on cait hill. a polc

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it's not a done deal yet. but some people in cheverly are gearing up to fight plans to open a federal halfway house there. but the company behind those plans tells news4's tracee wilkins, cheverly is the perfect location. she's live there with the latest on this battle. >> reporter: this is a nonprofit doing work to try and make sure folks who have done time in federal prison have a soft reentry process. they believe that this

perfect, but the people of cheverly are saying, a lot of them, anyway, we have plans for our neighborhood, and this was not one of them. >> do you want to do your restaurant? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: scribbconsistently one of the best neighborhood in the area, these families are proud to call cheverly home. >> cheverly is a small, nice community, a lot of young families. and, you know really was a place we were reacted to to. >> reporter: now some of the homeowners are worried about the possibility of a federal prison halfway house moving into their town. >> and the location, you know, as you know, through these woods. and this park, playground, this pool, it's where everyone spends their time. >> reporter: it's proposed for the town's warehouse district. the 50,000-square-foot 142-bed facility would be located in the potomac building now up for sale. >> several cheverly is a

increase in our population. >> our main goal with these folks to get out of federal prison is to find them jobs, and it's a great location for employers. >> reporter: while residents may not approve, volunteers of america chesapeake say reentry in an area like cheverly is ideal for the people they serve. >> they are coming back in the community, one way or another and we offer a program to help them be successful in the community and do well in the community. >> this is a worthy need for the community at large. but cheverly is not the place for it. >> reporter: this proposal is in its infancy, they still have to take this to the zoning council. we're hearing a lot of folks very concerned about this. coming up on news4 at 6:00, why this nonprofit is saying that a facility like this is specifically needed in prince george's county. in cheverly, tracee wilkins, back to you in the studio.

scott mcfaracfarlane live d. a d.c. police reserve officer has been hit and injured by mike pence's u.s. secret service motorcade. the officer hit at 1:45 this afternoon. the secret service tells news4, the officer was hospitalized, transported, it says here to washington med star. and has been released. what the secret service describes as minor injuries. the officer was working, quote, intersection control for mike pence's motorcade this afternoon, which was moving its way through northwest d.c. more information as it comes on-air and on your nbc washington app. for now at the live desk, i'm scott macfarlane. high temperatures tomorrow once again in the mid to upper 50s. in fact, today in washington, we hit 60 degrees. so if you liked today, you'll love tomorrow. because less wind out there and plenty of sunshine. 7:00

around 39 degrees. but by lunch time, in the low 50s. have your lunch outdoors or at least get a short walk in on your lunch break outside. by 3:00, we're at 57. and tomorrow evening, still not too bad, considering it's mid to late january, and we're at 50 degrees during the evening hours. our normal high now about 43. before i talk about what's on here as far as the weekend impacts, take a look at this spectacular sunset across the area right now. as we look to the weekend, though, and friday, of course, we have the inauguration kicking off weekend eventualities, you'll want the poncho there. women's march on saturday, dry, but you want a jacket. if you're hitting the slopes this weekend, don't go sunday. it will rain. instead plan on going saturday. the weekend will continue to be warm for january. so let's take a look at the numbers. the ten-day-forecast. for tomorrow, again, we're near 60. friday it is kind of chilly. highs only near 50 with a c

rain moving in between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. and ending near the afternoon hours. saturday, cloudy but we're in the mid 50s. rain likely on sunday, especially during the second half of the day. it's looking like a very soggy monday with a high around 5 2. and after that, mid to upper 50s. doug will have the evening planner coming up in the 6:00 hour, jim and wendy. >> thanks amelia. if you found yourself on capitol hill looking for a good coffee and norales cuisine, you've probably ended up at the bayou bakery. it may be worth the trip to see the historic building that houses the cafe. you might see the ghost of its previous occupants who helped save lives during the civil war, while dining on oats and hay. ♪ if new orleans had an embassy, this might be it. the bayou bakery at ninth and penn. owner and chef, david, has transplanted his louisiana roots

and become a part of civil war history. >> i've always been a huge whistle war buff. i love history. and for me, it was a win-win. i mean, with all of the uniqueness of the property, the wrought iron fence, i felt like i was at jackson square in new orleans. >> reporter: but he was on the ground of the naval hospital, created by president lincoln to treat the wounded in the civil war. his restaurant is in the old carriage house that held the medic horses that pulled the ambulances through the city. and boy, did it need some mending. >> the bones were here but it was raw. >> reporter: as he pays homage through his cooking, he wanted this building to tell its story, through its renovation. >> it's just really a special place. this is the original floor. we actually ripped off the old linoleum tile to restore the hounds tooth. and we had to pull this up to put plumbing so we actually went through the painstaking efforts to actually y

it, which was the herringbone. >> reporter: they also sandblasted the walls to remove hundreds of years of paint. used old beams to create the cafe's counters. and left the wooden hay chutes still hanging from the walls in the feed room. >> and we replaced the ceiling in the room. we found oats and barley and some dried grains. >> reporter: he is most impressed with the granite beam that creates a doorway and how it got there. >> so imagine someone putting that up, and what it took. you know, i'm sure it was a pulley system, i'm sure there was a horse involved. because that's not something that men can lift. >> reporter: they also stumbled on this 1905 cigarette sign stuffed behind a window to keep out the cold. bayou bakery will be open inauguration day and expecting a bipartisan crowd. they're hoping people will come down and enjoy the history on this day that will go down in history. >> and we will be there! we're going to be broadcasting from the

at 6:45 in the morning. you need to download the nbc washington app so you can enjoy us in the feed room. >> that's right, we're sitting underneath the hay chutes. join us for some very special guests. a couple dozen, a lot of movers and shakers talking all things d.c. and inauguration from the bayou bakery, the other end of pennsylvania avenue, specialty cocktails, too. >> and outside of the zones. just ahead, a devastated community coming together to help the mother who lost their six children. we'll tell you how you can help. >> reporter: the stage is being set right here along pennsylvania avenue. for the bikers for trump rally. we'll tell you what they hope to

we have an encouraging update to the devastating fire in baltimore that killed six children. two children hurt in that fire are now out of the hospital. >> and we've learned the mother of those children is now upgraded to good condition. lacey griffith has their story. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of dollars raised for the malone family in less than a week. >> the helpers have just been incredibly generous with their time, with their prayers, and it's kind of restoring my faith in humanity. >> reporter: stephanie horvath smith is a long time friend of

suffered an unimaginable loss after their home caught fire january 12th, killing six children and sending katie and other children to the hospital. her husband was at work at the time of the fire. stephanie and katie went to high school and college together, and stephanie is organizing the efforts to help katie's family. >> so a friend of mine, katrina, started the painfge as a centra hub to coalesce information. and people started asking what they could do to help, how the family was doing. so it sort of morphed into an update da update page. >> reporter: this is the painful, a place where updates are posted such as current needs and dates and times. so many people all over the world have reached out to see what they can do to help. >> the number one thing right now is cash through the go fund me and the gift cards. because people want to give stuff, but the family doesn't have a home. and they don't even

means or the energy to go through stuff right now. >> reporter: love the ma loans at gmail.com is a place you can send electronic gift cards. love the malones fund-raisers at gmail.com is where businesses can reach out if they want to hold a fund raising event. and love the malones contact at gmail.com is a fund for schools and churches. stephanie says the outpouring of support from even complete strangers has truly blown her away. >> we have all just been astounded but how great people have been with time, with compassion, with money. and really just with love. >> reporter: reporting in baltimore county, lacey griffith. news4 at 6:00 starts now. president obama and his family will leave the white house in just a few days. and just a few hours ago, the president addressed the media for the last time. >> he ended by saying he's laughing office feeling as optimistic as when he started.

i believe in the american people. at my core, i think we're going to be okay. >> the president also addressed recent controversies leading up to inauguration day. >> tonight we have team coverage three days before the transition of power. we begin with steve handelsman. he's got the president's parting message at this final news conference. >> reporter: president obama here at the white house today says he gets it, that donald trump and the republicans certainly have a right to roll back much of what president obama accomplished here at the white house over the past eight years. they won the election, said barack obama. but the president said when donald trump gets here to the white house, realizes what it's like to be president, trump might change his mind. he leaves office with twice the approval ratings of donald trump, 6 oh% to 30. and barack obama said the new