inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe. even the "new york times" -- >> spicer left the briefing room without taking any questions, but sunday on "meet the press" counselor to the president kellyanne conway was asked about his statement and she said spicer gave, quote, alternative facts when he discussed the crowds. >> don't be so overly cart mat ek about it, chuck. you're says it's a falsehood ask they're giving sean spicer, the press secretary, gave alternate facts to that. >> conway went on to echo spicer's claim that it was not possible to count the crowd. conway made news on abc's "this week." she said president trump will not release his tax returns. that reverses months of campaign promises to do so after an audit was mp

a white house.gov petition had more than 200,000 signatures calling on the president to release his tax returns. president trump thanked law enforcement figures and others for their support at the white house blue room for a reception yesterday. he called the inaugural ceremony, quote, a safety success. before the event, he began a swearing in of his white house staff and said together they will accomplish great things. with you and all of the people in this room, we are going to do some great things had over the next eight years. 30 senior staffers were sworn in at the white house. the president took to twitter to react to the women's march on washington. on sunday, he tweeted, quote, watched protest yesterday, but was under the impression that we just had an election. why didn't these people vote? then he took a softer tone writing, quote, peaceful protests are a hallmark of our democracy.

even if i don't always agree, i recognize the rights of people to express their views. angie goff is following deadly storms down south. >> and the death toll has claimed. 18 are dead. this after reported tornadoes and storms swept through the south. the biggest assaults came when an apparent tornado tore through a mobile home park. this is about an hour southeast of albany. we know that seven people died in that storm. now from georgia to parts of mississippi, houses were destroyed. downed trees, power lines, debris scattered pretty much everywhere. and already hearing from president trump who promises federal aide to those impacted by those storms. aaron. >> angie, thank you. it is now 4:32. let's get another check on weather and traffic. >> chuck bell and sheena parveen are standing by with more on the rain. >> not a pretty day to be outside today. . definitely will need the full on slickers. four things you need to know about the forecast then monday.

today will be about as ugly as monday can be. a rain-driven wind for today. the next time we get a chance at sunshine comes up during the day tomorrow. dry for the second part of the week. for winter weather haters, there's no birth cold air anywhere in sight. as far as rain, though, look at the heavy rain in the carolinas. what shows the intensity of the storm system that's bringing more and more in the way of rain chances our way later on in the day. so have that umbrella ready to go. let's talk temperatures with miss sheena. >> yes, chuck, this morning, not too bad. the rain makes it feel a little bit colder outside. 48 degrees in the district. by 7:00 a.m., the winds will continue to increase. showers will be around 48 degrees by then. so it's not going to change too much. by 9:00 a.m., gusty winds could be gusting near 30 to 40 miles per hour. temperatures around 47 degrees.. like chuck just mentioned, a wind-driven rain and that's going stay is in the forecast by noon today. 47 degrees. toro

little bit more sunshine. take a look the at the weekend. we have nice conditions with temperatures much colder, though. let's get a check on the roadway with a crash update with melissa mollet. >> this is a good update here. the outer loop that situation just before connecticut avenue has cleared out of the way. so we don't have to worry about that problem any longer. hanes road, fire activity with all lanes blocked in the clarksburg area. you can see see a live look looking quite good. 270 at 121 near the clarksburg outlets. 95 here from 32 down to the beltway. you're on time. you can see that virtual rain falling. pretty messy out there this morning. just allow some extra time. this had morning, we're get ago look at the impact the women's march and the inauguration had on our area. on saturday, more than 1 million people used metro for the march. that is the

in the transit agency's history. metro served more than 2 million passengers from friday to sun y sunday. paul congratulated employees on safe, reliable service. today as the city prepares to get back to normal, the national parks service is in in clean up mode. >> and this had includes a lot more than just picking up trash, too. crew ves to remove all the structures they built for the various inauguration events. last night, they started to take down the stage for the make america great concert. that will last until thursday. also today, crews will continue picking up the white decking that was placed on the mall to protect the grass that was recently installed there. >> if that hadn't been down and the rain and the feet, we would be looking at something considerably different. we're very excited that that seems to have done its job. >> it could be march before lafayette park near the white house reopens. the national parks svi

dismantling the grand stand is a big job since it has concrete footings and hard wired electricity. today we expect to find out more about how president trump plan toes approach key foreign relationships including in the had middle east. tracie potts will break down the controversial change that could up end decades of u.s. policy. san antonio's police chief is calling a shooting inside a mall senseless. one person is dead and several others were injured. police say two people tried to rob a kay jewelers store. a good samaritan tried to stop the robbery ands was shot and killed. another person who had a permit for a concealed weapon with shot one of the suspects. that suspect is in critical condition. the other suspect was arrested. united airlines is flying again this morning. domestic flights were grounded due to a computer outage last night. the faa says that had outage came down to on low bandwidth. united says international flights were not affected by the ground stop. it took close to

and around the country resumed around 9:00 last night. patriots and falcons fans are waking up happy this morning. >> look. >> we're going to see a lot of that. new england and atlanta just won their conference championships. they're facing off in super bowl li in two weeks. patriots quarterback tom brady and falcons quarterback matt ryan are two of the favorites to win the mvp award this year. luke brian, with who is performing the national anthem, apparently is a falcons fan. >> lady gaga will be headlining the halftime show. the falcons have never won a super bowl. the patriots have like 80. >> this is the ninth time they're going. >> illustrate will g

>> after a three-day weekend, it's back to work for people around here. you'll want some extra time getting there. meteorologist chuck bell is back with whether you need the little umbrella or the big one. search efforts continue in italy after an avalanche wipes out a hillside hotel. how crews hope to find two dozen

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six people are dead after last week's avalanche in italy. search crews recovered a body from the rubble of a hotel yesterday arch. search dogs are helping to find the 24 people still missing. nine people have been found alive giving rescuers hope other people may be surviving in had small air pockets. let's talk our weather this morning. we've got some wind and some rain. >> not a great way to start your monday. but chuck bell is back and is brightening all our days. >> not a pretty way to get your work and school week started at all. we're in weather alert mode today because it will be a rainey start and a windy finish to the day today. grab your umbrella, for sure. waiting at the bus stops, low 50s

and the daily grade today, melissa, the worst. it's about as bad as we can make a monday. >> not going to be outside for recess today. right now, wind warnings in effect on the bay bridge this morning. wind warnings, yes, but no actual vehicle restrictions. that is good. wanted to give you the heads up. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, no problems. hanes road north of lewis daily road, house fire.. laps are blocked through that area. 66 here, you are on time. back here in ten minutes. >> melissa, thank you. were standing by for what can be a big announcement on president trump's first weekday in office. what his administration is strongly considering moving. and we're keeping a close eye on the health of former president george

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welcome back. day three of the trump presidency could include mairnlg changes to u.s. foreign policy. president trump is expected to start discussions soon to move the u.s. embassy from israel to jerusalem. news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill to break down how this changes relationships in the middle east. >> it's a big one because presidents, democrats and republicans for decades now have avoided doing this, putting it off and putting it off. it's a very controversial move because jerusalem is considered a capital for bowl the israelis, for the palestinians and for other religions. our embassy is in tel aviv. president trump apparently is in early

white house, moving the embassy. there were some reports that a decision on that could be announced as early as today. but the latest word we have from the white house is they are in early discussions about whether to move that embassy. >> we just learned britain's prime minister will be visiting the president trump at the white house. >> teresa may is likely had to talk with him about nato. he's made some comments about nato and whether or not how the u.s. is going to support it. he initially said that nato was something we might consider pulling out of. then he changed that. that's likely to be a big part of the discussion, not to mention the war on terror and probably and possibly even brexit, which president trump was a big supporter of.. >> tracey, thank you.

protester from friday's inauguration day clashes. investigators say dane powell threw rocks at officers. he is from largo, florida, and escaped during all the chaos. officers were able to track him down and arrested him on saturday. a local attorney for 50 people arrested during that rioting claim some were wrongly arrested. mark gold stoep says d.c. took early observers into custody. gold stone calls the charges an overreach. 4:47 right now. former first lady barbara bush could be released from the hospital today. both she and her husband are at a hospital in houston right thou. doctors said barbara bush was ready to leave this weekend after being treated for

preside president bush is in better health right mow. a speech outlining the plans to take back virginia gets under way at 7:00 p.m. a fatal accident stuns a loudoun county community. sheriff's deputies tell us they clocked a bmw speeding at more than 90 miles per hour. a sdput lost sight of that car but he spotted it after it hit a tree and burst into mrams. he managed to pull the driver out, but the two passengers died at the scene. >> it was something you could hang on a key chain. it can be so churched up and wrapped around that tree. the driver, david brown, has been charged with reckless driving and more charges are expected. a man is now facing attempted murder charge after police say

assaulted a police officer in gaithersburg. the victim told police odum dragged her to the back of the store, choked her and said he was going to kill her. police say when another customer came into the store, odum stopped and ran out of the store. right now in the district, police are looking for this missing girl. this is sadie adams who is 13. she was last seen on wednesday. that is a few blocks away from sherman circle. she may be wearing a purple and blue coat and tan pants. anyone can information about her whereabouts should call police. metro is getting some of the extra money it needs in its next budget. the district, maryland and virginia will increase funding. each jurisdiction is increasing its subsidy by $40 million or more. the extra money will let metro finish its safetrack work and set up a safety commission. those cheaper tools you're paying on maryland roads

expected. in 2015, governor larry hogan slash slashed meets. extra traffic helped make up the difference. >> time now to pay attention because if you haven't been already, it is a storm team 4 weather alert day. >> it's kind of a two-hand umbrella day. >> i was walking in and almost slipped. you need one of those umbrellas that just goes -- >> they go around you. >> it's almost like a half bubble. >> you know what we're talking about? >> i've seen it, yes. it definitely protects the hair. you need that this morning. it's windy, it's rainey. winds could be gusting near 30 to 45 miles per hour. we have a wind advisory through the area. a wet commute this morning, a et

too. radar showing not too much right now, but over near faulkier county, areas in had warrington seeing some light rain right now. even farther off the to the west, light raining moving in. there's heavier rain down to the south and that's moving in closer to about lunchtime today. so the rain will be increasing and getting heavier. there is a wind advisory until 4:00 p.m. today. the this is for the district, areas surrounding that. looking at maryland for that wind advisory. winds could be gusting near 45 miles per hour today. take a look at the current wind gusts. currently, anywhere from 20 to 25 miles per hour. these winds will be increasing as we go through the morning. as we go through the next few hours, 8:00 this morning, we'll have a little more steady, lighter rainfall. but lunchtime, we start to get some of those heavier rain moving in. you don't want to be eating outside. 5:

rain left over. i think we'll be seeing rain for the evening commute. that will be something for the afternoon drive. we go through the next had several days, tomorrow, a few light showers. after that, lolths of sunshine. let's check the roadways this morning. >> a brand new problem on the bestway. this is outer loop near rockville pike. chesapeake bay bridge, wind warnings. hanes road north of lewis dale road, fire activity with all lanes blocked. no problems on 270 and 95 in virginia. quantityco the to the beltway, you are on time. listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car today. months after reports of explodi

it knows what to blame. the cause mind the fires. it is the season a lot of people don't look forward to and it starts today. what you need to know before you file your taxes. imagine stopping to get a manicure and your oil changed. how about that, aaron? the all-women's shot

if you're just joining us this morning, it's a storm team 4 weather alert day. the wind,

a tough commute for a lot of people today. we'll check back in with chuck bell and sheena parveen in just a minute. and we're keeping an eye on the white house where president donald trump st starting his first full workweek in office. samsung says it has figured out why it's galaxy note 7 smartphones caught fire. investigators say there was a promise with the design and manufacturing of the phone's batteries. they say the large batteries didn't fit into the phone he properly and there wasn't enough insulating materials. samsung stopped selling these phones two months ago after the incidents. it is tax time. theed, irs will start accepting electronic and paper returns. more than 153 million individual tax returns are expected to be filed this year. close to 80% of those will be fired electronically. the dead last this year will be tuesday, april 18th.

money at the pump again. gas prices are falling. they're down two to three cents around the country. the national average, $2.31 a gallon. that is a little low compared to our area. the cost of an average of unleaded, $2756. if you live in virginia, the average price is low, only $2.18 across the common welt. in west virginia, an average gallon of regular unleaded is $.2.36. the woman who accepted into an auto repair shop often see there are mott a lot of people who look like them. but there is a business called the girl's auto repair center. the women who work there call themselves chicanics. i like that. they hope to make women feel more comfortable when their car gets serviced. >> i ug

create something for women. >> i think it's fantastic. i want to see more of these kinds of clinics pop up. >> the ladies can get another kind of service at the shop, in-house salon. manicurist, pedicure and blow out. it's in another nice to have women doing something they're not necessarily known for doing, but a lot of times you have to wait at the repair shop. and all that time you're weight -- >> magazines. >> on your facebook. >> now you can schedule a blow out -- >> a mani and a pedi. a blow out. >> when they blow dry your hair. they wash and -- >> oh. >> you've never been to the dry bar? >> i don't know what that is, either. who wants to go to a dry bar? fix me a drink. stay with us, folks. it's 4:58 right now. news 4 today continues at 5:00 a.m. news 4 today starts now. and we begin

look at storm team 4 radar. all lit up this morning as the rains creep in closer to our area. it could be a messy monday morning commute. and because of that, we are in storm on a monday cloudy skies and all the weather problems we can cook up for you today. the winds could gust between 40 and 50 miles per hour at siems today. the strongest of the winds will be close to the

here is the one up side. it is not going to be code. we'll start in the 40s a ka day long today. where are the drops right now? let's go over to sheena parveen and find out. >> good morning. we have the rain drops mopping in and mostly west of the district. but the roadways are wet. misty conditions out there. be careful before you head out. take your time and we have more rain moving in as we go through the day today. grab the umbrella. here is a live look at the radar right now. we have not seen the heavy rain moving in just yet. but if you look off to the west, even light rain there. that is where we have some light to moderate rainfall. more down to our south, though. so this is what we're going to be watching as we go through the day today. there you see the heavy rain. that's going to start to move in around lurch time. we have a new crash to tell you about on the beltway. >> so, again, outer loop here. hi. sorry, just kidding.