details on that. ja taylor's in for melissa. but first chuck and sheena, this is one of those days where the kids leave clothes at school. a sweatshirt disappears. >> shedable layers. that's definitely in fashion. it's the failure to get cold this january that's quite outstanding. we have had nine days so far this january we have failed to drop below 40 degreed. that's the saektd highest number on prekdered. and a chilly start this morning. mild temperatures. cloudy skies, maybe a risk of a quick shower or two. but for now more on sood's tech nackialer weatherer. ance

so you don't need that heavy coat today. 45 degrees in the district. gators vill 39 currently. you do need that heavier jacket. as we go through the day we're talking about high temperatures nearing 60s. by lunch time 53 degrees and by 5:00 p.m. right around 60. unseasonably warm for this time of year. almost 15 degrees above normal. and a school down as we go into the weekend. let's check out those dry roads. love it. chopper 4 has been flying over the baltimore washington parkway. we had accident activity near 147. now you have the reecel and white. this a year-long prouject for those virginia

normallyroid between fairfax. road improvement project is in place for one year and we've got the residual delays. back to you. jack, thanks. some breaking news out of somalia. we understand a terrorist attack has happened there. at least eight people and multiple attackers were killed in the explosion. fighters attacked a hotel. they opened fire on people inside that building. police say gufrmntovernment off and law makers. we'll get an update from her in the next half hour. next to a story who has a community on high alert. this is a photo of a man police say they're looking for after she shot a woman

stop yesterday morning. >> news 4's willette green. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you. police in prince george's county want the help in being able to arrest this suspect. school kits and the pirnts get reidy to come back this bus stop area this morning. a man came out of bushes to try to grab a child. things escalated between him and a woman who was shot. they want to find 42-year-old roland eugene sims. >> it's trouble. it's traumas it two kids. kids are running everywhere. >> reporter: now the shooter ran

he is described as armd and dangerous. the woman who was shot is described as being in her 30s. she's being treated at a hospital. we're that internation here in oxen hill not far from indian head highway. it was a let that went home to parents about this. informing them that they would have psychoiologist and counselors available. that is the latest live. live in prince george's county for us. 6:04. we want to turn to president trump's first 100 days in office. today we expect him to follow through on a key campaign promise. in a tweet we had is calling tweet is a big day in national security. he's expecteded to sign an executive order to begin paying for a wall. he's expected to sign

at the department of homeland security. and an executive order to quack down on so-called sanctuary cities. those are dwlar areas where local officials don't cooperate with immigration officials. meanwhile, president trump is setting his sights on the violence in chicago. we'll tell you what he said in his latest tweet. president trump is also taking to twitter to warn the city of chicago. he said quote if chicago doesn't fix the orhorrible carnage, i will send in the feds. the reverend jesse jackson responded saying quote we need a plan, not threat. 2016 was one of the most violent years in smeelo with mo o --

of firing shots. could take a plea deal. they have not released details of this deal. he is accused of carrying a wife northwest. prosecutors say he waent to soefl strerl an oun stare that with da -- a jobs fair is rescheduled for january 31st. it was called off after a frightening situation yesterday. a man was shot in the face outside of a liquor store and ran towards a crowd of job seekers. at last check the man was in critical condition. no arrests have been made. so this was a story that shocked our area a few years guy and now a mother of a uva student who murdered his girlfriend is going to be on

>> you may remember when huguely -- his musher will talk about what she believes the justice sism and why it's failed her son. >> and the criminal justice system gets it right but it doesn't always get right. he had absolutely no intent to hurt yardly. she was his best friend. and you can watch the entire interview on the "today" show at 7:00 a.m. right after news 4 today. by 2020 prince george's county is expected to have a new state of the art medical center. maryland pchs governor larry hogan releases a budget that cuts from that medical center. they will talk about how those cuts will effect the future success of that hospital.

bush is working with physical therapists in the hospital today. the bush family spokesman says he's been sleeping well, doing a rital work and sleeping. he could be discharged it some time this week. overnight he shared new details about his health. plus storm team 4 with good news if you like litdal warm up. the full forecast coming up next. nd some delicious news to top off your morning. mcdonald's releasing its special sauce and

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today." a zoo is staged. this is sunny a 19 month old red panda that is now on the loose in norfolk. she was missing tuesday morning and they have been looking all over to find her. now police have stepped in and are looking around the city. if you spot sunny, send a photo to the zoo to a track her down. >> this might be the same pantdau. >> they found our panda though. >> the smithsonian had it at their facility -- >> no, it wasn't sunny. i'm going to keep investigating. >> be careful i really like pandas. >> that looks too much like raccoon. >> i may have that panda. we may have to report you. we'll find the panda. temperatures very comfortable. 45 degrees feels a le

winds switching for umthe south today and that will make it quite a bit warmer. take a look at your commute for today. nice dry roads. should not have any weather problems for the commute. by noon 53. closer to lunch time you may want to think about eating outside and by 5:00 p.m. skingt degrees. we'll talk more about the weekend temperatures coming up. let's take a look at jack taylor with the details on that southbound on the george washington parkway. three, four, five vehicles may have been involved. and it's causing an early delay heading in from the gate way. on the out skirts, tucker lane, 108 and inland near the park way. s

really nothing in your way to cause any kind of a slow down. metro rail still expect the delay on the orrnl line. back to you. 6:14 and right now you're looking a at a live picture of capitol hill. law makers in both parties are out of town for their suspected repoet. republicans are meeting in pll pll. >> we showed you this video. the governor of minnesota mark dayton collapsing during his state of the state address. >> the governor says he has prostate cancer. they discovered it during a routine exam but say it's not the reason why he fainted. they believe that was from

and no state received all a's on this. several failed every category. those are kentucky, mississippi, north carolina, texas and virgin virginia. maryland got b for sec ation fo business saurvss. nanaelds wide they go to the doctor 6 million more time as year and most the time doctors do prescribe medicine such as ridline. 6:15. the oscar buzz still going strong this morning. >> all had these movesies we have tosy. people are noticing changes. angie goff with the deers havety that

>> a huge contrast from when all the nominees were white. "moonlight" hissen figures. making hiserary. and she things mem fl ruk uginizing the importance and her work in it. and she tipped her hat to denzel washington. also nominated in the lead actorer category. as was irish ethiopian born actress for her moving role ouft the movie, london. and then there was this from and in one step he's cleeser to getting ay gaed. >> emmy, grammar, oscar tony. and looking at

looks like he's pretty happy. crying emojis and the wave. the president of the academy said many of the film this year had this theme of inclusion. so congratulations to everybody. a lot of good films. >> at this point lin manuel is dp going to win the peace prize. big mac lovers listen up. you are going to want to grill this into your memory. you will need to recite that tomorrow if you want a bottle of big mac sauce. mcdonald is giving away 10,000 bottles in celebration of the new mack junior and the grand mack sizes. it will be on a first come first sturv locations. lic for the

>> there's an app to find that mac. >> now are you going to make this at home? >> i would take it to restaurants and pour my own stuff on there. just pull it out of my pocket. >> there's a program for that. but the secret. no one knows what's in the special sausz. a pleasant enough morning and national airport not going to drop below 40 degrees. that is unusual. so far this month we've stayed above 40 degrees. for overnight lows main times. that's second place all time and the record went back to 1872. this will be the 10th day we didn't drop below frourd degrees. we've only dropped below freezing six ti

and not even a half an inch of snow. oh, but that was a good one. snowvilla last year. ice and the sform is off the koes t-t is also vaurl owe also have weather related delays there. rain drops about this time tomorrow morning. for today it's all sitting in sunshine. 30s and 40s on your way out the door. all sunshine all the time today. highs upper gifts to low 60s. as far as any rain chances, nothing to worry about today. clouds thicken up during the evening and theres rr your

quick rain shower or two. weicide be all dry after sath or 9:00 through friday, saturday, and sunday. you could drive a clean car for a couple days. mild, not windy at all. only about five to ten miles per hour. maybe a shower chance early on. blustery northwest to northwest winds could be up near 30 miles per hour again. that's the colder air that settles in for friday, saturday, and sunday. i know one who's going to be smiling. 60 in january. nice, nice. still mismiling, nice. inside the beltway towards turkey run, sounds like four or five vehicles were involved with in the crash and blocked the left lane. now don't forget

delays because of the train malfunction. our beltway map not too bad. nothing down towards the woodrow wilson bridge. we'll have more in the next 10. back to you. 621. a pall twee crack down on drivers. >> but that could mean changing some of your bad habits. >> sure, it looks funny and you see all the snap chat filters. while behind a wheel. one of the many deskrakzs whether it's face or twilder. they're down in richmond fighting to crack down on distracted driving. they're hoping to shift it to more

that gives them the chance to crack down. not only are we putting our lives at risk but everybody else also. >> reporter: but it's not always law enforcement, local parking instructors tells us he would like to see tougher laws. >> rirsh dangerous to be on the phone befoemd the well we'll know how law deskriep in the coming day. a surprise for a d.c. cab driver, in a good way. how he picked up his hero without even realizing it. and new this morning, a secret service under

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he's a big steelers fan. and his answerer was true. he said john elway and took a photo of course with the broncos logeened. >> elway was in town for the inaugurati inauguration. back jards underwater. new look at what might be a massive clean up effort. the four things to know about your forecast next. potential fair hikes, service cuts and job cuts as it works to balance its

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breaking news overnight. a car bomb caught on camera. the chaos at a hotel used by politicians. the threatening tweet to send the federal government. metro wants to make changes. today's your chance to weigh in.

now. >> it is 6:30 and if you are just waking up, you are going to love the change in the forecast for today. >> a team of meteorologists getting to take all the credit for this winter warm up, another one. a round of applause for you. >> erin and i are stuck in coats and ties and sheena and un shirtless. >> somebody clip that. we have to dress accordingly. >> sleeveless, sleeveless. >> i can't wait to see the twitter comments roll in, chuck. >> sleeveless. >> we're going to watch them roll in. >> all i'm going to say for the rest of the day is sleeveless. so arm would the weather, a winner of a wednesday coming your way up near 60 degrees.

cooling wind, gusty northwest winds might bring out a rain drop or two as well and then a cold weekend for january. but before today all sunshine, all the time. 30s and 40s up near 60 later this afternoon. that is definitely windows down on the ride home. southbound george washington parkway not nice, nice. and between turkey run blocking the left lane and causing big, early delays and the report of an accident. we heard had authorities rolling interloop, outer loop. we have a beautiful shot of the wilson bridge this morning. earlier train malfunction in vienna. now it's been terminated. mark train 872 will make all the stops. may have a new crash near main

so we went metro and it's something you'd never expect to happen on your ride. the doors happening too soon. >> take a look. this man was on the train and tweeted "on the yellow line to huntington, doors opened." and here with more on what they're doing to make sure 2 doesn't happen again. justin. metro has pulled that dwrelo line train out of service. trying to figure out what caused the doors to open in the first place. now the purpose is that metro is looking to balance its budget and considering several options including fair hires and potential job kauts. from the district, maryland and virginia and despite a busy few days last week with the

march, metro replains in a bind. they're reporting that ridership has taken a hit. and virginia's members of the trurt of twekters will be spoelding it -- 6:34 almost a week into president trump's first 100 days and the president's already taking a major step. sources tell nbc news that the president is expected to sign an executive order to start paying for that wall on the u.s./mexico border. that's expected to happen today. we're told it would shift money from other put ithole profwrms to the wall project. he's now threatening to send the federal government to chicago if the deadly shootings don't stop there. the president said

carnage, i will send in the peds. reverend jesse jackson responded saying "yeah. 2016 was one of the most violent years with more han shaev50 murders. d.c. leaders are calling out the white house for posting what they call "alternative facts" on their website. murders have rinz 50%. that was accurate in 2015 but the homicide rate foel in 20 sk a secret service is suggesting she wouldn't take a bulled for donald trump. they're taking case a

washington examiner article published yesterday. it's now 6:36. >> apgy goff tracking the laetd ts. eight people confirmed dead. this after a carr bomb. the aftermath is that explosion caught on camera. outside the gates where many people were changed, including government politicians. several went on a shooting ram page inside the hotel. we also have found out that all the acackers are also skeeled. angie, thank you. they want justice. police say raujau high spoozen an

family members. his 11-year-old niece was one of three children who saw it happen. she says her uncle's pick up truck slammed into a parked car and the driver never stopped. it was a man or a woman. whoever it was they're going to get caught and they're going to be in jail for life and they should stay in jail for life after what he did to my sunk uncle. >> they believe the truck speed away towards the prince william parkway. this is the traung they're looking for. a bhiet fort and is missing the pass chger sides view mirror. this is video you got to see. wreeler te er we'll tell you why the cross bar never came down to warn

his mother speaks out about his intentions for the first time. a bus stop shooting sends

♪ good morning everybody. 6:41 on a wednesday morning. 45 in arlington. 42 in fred rks berg. and the clear skies will allow those locations to warm up nicely today. your wait for the buses, temperatures 30s and 40s, up near 60 degrees. again just that light morning jacket. the daily grade. a-plus weather in january. sheena's going to team up with jack taylor. for now let's go to jack and check on traffic. >> sounds like a crash and on

side. the crash is alounge the left lide of your roadway. on the freeway going westbound just after main avenue, there is blocking the full line. just inside the parj was and cause dg lays off both loops to the beld. local veterans for rap. >> lt. and racing a martyrer kid. amazon is trying to get your attention. a manhunt continues in austin hill for the gunman who

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find out when we return bab back to reality. 14 before the hour. a story that parents may be thinking about. >> grief counselors will bhee available after they witnessed a shooting. they need find this man. they believe roland sims shot a woman yesterday morning. live to explain how this. ened. yeah. riley stairy tinge quiz and nots frur from indian highway. there is no kwish, the address on him around this same time after getting into some kind of

confrontation, this man and woman. this started apparently over a child. 42-year-old roland simms. that's why police really want to find him because they don't know exactly where he is because of a drug of of the fact we don't vafixed doctor's pch first degree murder and other charge said. witnesses say the man came out and tried to grab a child kpp and that's when the woman was shot. sglits rr a really niesh narbt. and kids are running everywhere. >> reporter: they describe him as armed and dangerous. as for the woman shot, she is in the hospital. we are at the intersection of chester and

and we're committing to racing awarance on thes neighborhood. just search safe at home. police didn't have to go far to arrest the man accused of firing at a fairfax county police officer. it turns out he was ail ready behind bars on an unrelated charge. police shot at a police cruiserer after officers tried to pull him over on georgetown pike. averages man is in critical condition this morning and police are looking for the car that hit him. he was hit near a neighborhood near the intersection of green dale lanes and they're calling this a hit and run of course. they have not put out a lookout are of the suspect. >> president trump promising a big day. he is

out executive orders on immigration. it is expected to be centered on plans to build a wall along the southern border. it could also target so-called sanctuary cities. those are area where local officials don't cooperate. and trump administration ordering a media black out and suspension of all media activities at the environmental protection agency. the white house sent emails to epa staff calling for a ban on press release said. an aid for trump's transition team expects it to be lefted by end the of the week. local veterans say they're getting harassed. >> they say it's been mang online and on the phone. these are some of the hundreds of nails and screws found in the parking lot. so the nails damaged the

on 10 employee cars. >> lookality how they're all distributed in our parking lot laterally like a spike trip. purposeful. >> they believe it's happening because they marched in the trump inaugural paradparade. it was a story that stunned our area. now the mother of a uva student who murdered his girlfriend will appear on the "today" show. this happened in 20 sten while both were attending uva. >> the crimin ninal justice sys gets it right but didn't always get right. he had no

yardlyy. >> 6:51. sometimes it's like california just can't catch a break. telling you about this, all the rain they're getting and now mutt slots and mud slides. rivers of mud cascading down into neighborhoods, over fenlce, filling up lawns and driveways. some say they have to dig out their cars with shovels because of all this rain. california is under a state of emergency for the flooding and -- look at the tractor trailer on the left. ripped apart by that train. you can see the cross arm didn't even come down when this happened initially. they believe the cross arms were covered in

two people hurt but only minor injuries. >> that's a new perspective. kpal exactly why you don't stay on the tracks. >> get out of the way. so for us we are having bonus material. sunshine. >>al i'm going to be out running you too. appropriate running attire. >> you sure you don't want to go topless? >> no. i'm middle aged and pale. outside it is a winter of a day. temperatures about sgoen degreed parmer than average. little bit of a chilled earlier this morning. there are pockets of colder weather. fred

again, it's going to be a winner of a day. traveling towards boston, may have plight delays there. this weather system sr dough tog misus a loll and and it could bring a atder ask if sheila. >> yes, chuck, demorning. and that's when we'll start to see some stoemed. shies will bow unseasonably warm this time of year. by lunch time we're seeing a very low impact day. so if you dining out, it's a perfect day to do so. like dinnerer tonight, more clouds rolling in mid-60s. nice and dry, southbound wind deveeps.

maybe a couple isolated showers, then leaving for most of the morning commit. we're around 60 degree but we start to drop into the weekend. chuck. there's the whole 10-day forecast. then the cold northwest winds came temperatures back to at or slowly below average. it's our little chance of rain/snow shower appeared to be saving away. we might be up to 10 days. that always makes it easier on the commute. well, for as good as it should be. we have a robpable andt eedown towards kansas and fem and stretch your

park. we have brutal delays to go south. turkey run has the left lane blocked. they blocked both travel lanes which is causing that bigging delay. you see the delays stretch back. also we've got bigger dedays. probably just didn't see that. alaungs the right side 6:55. s the rr a new subskrikz service that might help. here to explain how amazon plans to boost kids' brain power. >> reporter: amazon has launch said a new service aimed

parents. tame wan. and the areas of science, technology and. kate, thank you. it is 6:56. president trump will visit the department of homeland security. he's expected to sign an executive order. toobt you can am met t-- on metro center drive. >> they need help finding this man. but while kids waited to go to school, he is armed and dangerous. right now cham bridge road is closed between eaten place and it's going to stay closed about a year. they're

conconditionditions. doing good on the weather. going to be a good day. >> unseasonably warm. so around 60. normal high is 44. >> we'll take that. >> i'll take it. >> take them all. that is the broadcast this morning. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> "today" is next. until then enjoy your day. >> make it

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good morning. building the wall. president trump set to sign an executive order to fund his signature campaign promise today. >> we will build the wall. >> this amid reports he'll also temporarily ban immigration from several muslim countries. the white house forging ahead after doubling down on those false claims of widespread voter fraud. supreme contenders. president trump narrowing his choices for supreme court nominee. >> we have outstanding candidates. >> this morning, the names at the top of his short list with an announcement expected in the coming days. secret battle. sports caster erin andre