administration right now. back to you. it is 4:30. all of this comes as a senate committee will vote today on the president's perm feint pick for attorney general. he's known for his hard line stance on immigration. one of the reasons democrats oppose him, but he is still likely to clear the committee and be confirmed by the full senate. coming up, we will have the latest on the protests at president trump's immigration order and the nomination he's expected to make today for the supreme court. right now it is 4:30. let's get another check on your weather and traffic. >> man, it was snowing on and off all day. i'm wondering, is it all out of here? >> he said now at 4:30, we both run into place. >> i have no idea what just happened. >> as long as we're all here. >> it all came out in the wash. that's what's important. cloudy start outside early this morning, but we'll be seeing clearing trend later on today. that's certainly welcome news. four things you nee

about the forecast. there are some flurries to be found north of the city of washington up closer to the pennsylvania border. later this afternoon, west to southwesterly winds could be a little gusty at times but that will make it briefly milder for the next day or two. in fact today probably going to be the warmest day of the week. turning noticeably colder by the weekend and watching out for a rain snow combination on sunday. there's that little tiny chance of flurries along the maryland/pennsylvania border. that should be out of here later this afternoon. here's sheena now. >> it feels colder outside with the wind and the wind going toin crease today but that wind direction today is going to start to warm us up so it's going to be milder today than what we had yesterday across the area. expect temperatures closer to 50 degrees this morning. here's what it feels like, 17 is what it feels like in gaithersburg. frederick feels like 30. culpepper feels like 28 and leesburg

nono -- right now. by lunchtime mid-40s. by the afternoon, low 50s and we'll stay nice and dry. a closer look as we go through the rest of the week and the weekend coming up. let's check the roadways. >> 270 looking good northbound and southbound. no big worries. we had some earlier construction that is now out of the way. as we zoom in 295 northbound after benning we have that road work blocking the right lane here. braddock road, anything rolling along there and taking a look at 95 fr 95. and from coast to coast, thousands are taking to the streets in response to president trump's executive order on immigration. last night protesters made their voices heard from the supreme court to new york city and from nashville to

police in columbus used pepper spray to break up a crowd of antti trump demonstrators. they wouldn't move when officers asked them to get off the street. in our area a big group of protesters gratherrathered outs supreme court. >> they say muslims are being singled out and kept out because of their faith. >> i'm here because i have many friends that are affected by this that i work with and i'm friends with including their children that are in fear because they're muslim and at 8 years old they're saying mom, please don't tell people, i'm scared. >> democratic lawmakers last night's protests say they plan to fight the president's order which they organize is unconstitutional. >> many are expected to be back at the supreme court tonight. >> several groups plan to protest president trump's

choice tonight. in about ten minutes edward lawrence will break down who's on the president's short list for that job. in prince george's county police are searching for the man who walked into a gas station and shot and killed another man. >> you can just hear the cries and anguish from heart broken family members who showed up to that station. police don't know what led to the shooting but say it happened at a busy time, 4:45 in the afternoon. they're looking at surveillance cameras to see if they captured what happened. this is the second homicide at that gas station in more than a year. in canada they're honoring the victims of a mass shooting inside a mosque. more than 1,000 people have placed candles and signs there to remember the six people who died. we now know a

evening prayers. some were fathers, one was a businessman, another a university professor. a 27-year-old college student was charged in that attack. alexandre bissonnette appeared at a hearing yesterday and will be back in court in three weeks. his peers described him as a loner with antti immigrant views. a second person detained after the shooting is no longer a suspe suspect. you may notice extra police officers around several mosques in fairfax county. the tweet used the hash tags engagement and building trust. police are asking for tips if you notice anything suspicious. take a look at your screen. this is 15-year-old from germantown, the police department is worried about christina edwards emotional and physical welfare. she's 5'6" tall

and brown eyes. if you see her call police. there's been a case of whooping cough. an e-mail went out yesterday suggesting parents monitor their children for signs of the illness. the school system also wants to make sure all immunizations are up to date. it's a bacterial disease that begins with cold symptoms and can be treated with antibiotics. a wild bob cat is likely wandering around the woods. she escaped her enclosure at the national zoo yesterday. there was a hole in the mesh fencing around her exhibit. they're hoping she'll come back on her own for food and shelter. until then if you do see her, don't try to get close. >> the reason we're asking you not to try to approach her, the less that you're likely to be attacked by her.

spook her. >> keepers say to call the zoo if you do see her. she will probably be just fine if she doesn't make her way back. about a 25 pound cat. >> right. the zoo people did say the public is in no imminent danger. how long do you think she was gnawing at that fence? she was planning her escape. >> probably. they'll find her. >> let's give you a live look outside this morning. most of you waking up to temperatures in the 20s and 30s again today. chuck is going to let us know if the kids will need their snow boots at the bus stop this morning. the push for pot moves ahead in our area. where lawmakers are proposing two measures to make it legal. and startling research when it comes to kids and bullying. no matter how the markets change... and startling research when it comes to kids and bullying. at t. rowe price... our disciplined approach remains. global markets may be uncertain... but you can feel confident in our investment experience around the world. call us or your advisor... t. rowe price.

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flurry chance here early this morning. not from washington and points south but from montgomery county and to the pennsylvania border. windchills are back down in the teens and 20s so you'll need that winter coat here early this morning. may want to put your hat and scarf on as well though you can leave the umbrella at home for today. the daily grade satisfactory this morning but improving weather with time. afternoon highs today up near 53 degrees. again, looking colder for the weekend. that ten-day forecast coming up at 4:51. let's go over to melissa who says construction troubles continue. >> this one has actually wrapped up. we still have some other road work though. so the update is the inner loop at central avenue, this one has finished this morning. this one though chuck, still hanging around. i know you're worried about this work zone. >> not there. >> after benning road. work zone here still blocking the right lane.

and outer loop of the beltway looking good. don't have any other issues on the beltway. 66 inbound you're on time. 95 northbound, same situation, no big problems. a live look at 270 coming up next. all right. we'll see you in a little bit. it is a vacancy that's been open since the death of the justice but the president expected to announce his pick for the supreme court. a change in course for the boy scouts of america. why they say they will now allow transgender children to take part. >> and get ready to dig a little deeper into you r

welcome back. take a look at radar and you can tell there is some light snow coming down in northern

storm team 4 is back with a closer look at that as well as your ten-day in just a few minutes. >> it is how a lot of you get to work every morning. we're learning metro is considering raising prices or cutting service. when we can see changes if the agency approves them. by tonight we will know who president trump will nominate to fill the supreme court. it's been a key issue for lawmakers to find a replacement for the late justice scalia. >> we're live on capitol hill now to show us the two people on the president's short list. >> two names have risen to the top, that's gorsuch and hardiman. both are federal judges right now. both considered very conservative and both appointed to the bench by george bush. >> and what do we know about each of these justices? gorsuch and hardiman? >> gorsuch works in denver as a federal judge. he's very conservative there. he ruled on ate

he is against that. he's never ruled on an abortion case, but still people extrapolate from his assisted suicide rulings that he's possibly antii abortion. as far as hardiman goes he's from pittsburgh. he works with president trump's sister who is a judge there in philadelphia so they're in the same circuit court. this judge also is considered very conservative. >> all right. edward lawrence, live on capitol hill for us. students plan to join those protesti protesting president trump's travel ban. they plan to rally at the school's clock tower this afternoon. more than 400 d.c. elementary students including many who speak english as a second language will soon have access to a new school building. the d.c. by lingual charter school will take control of the school on northeast. undocumented immigrant families

police are forced to act as immigration agents. >> we have seen the amount of emotion and fear and anxiety in all of our children. >> now, a guide on immigration policies is expected to go out to all d.c. charter schools tomorrow. renting out your home on airbnb and other sites could come with new restrictions in the district. a bill will be introduced today to limit hosts to renting out one unit at a time. it also calls for that rental to be in the host's permanent home. the goal of the measure is to prevent owners for using properties for short term rentals and cutting into the the supply of affordable housing. some lawmakers are trying to pave the way to make maryland the tenth jurisdiction to legalize marijuana. one of the mesh showers would make it legal for adults over 21 and regulate its production and sales similar to alcohol. the other would put

nonmedical marijuana which could bring in hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue to the state. marijuana is already decriminalized in mad mad. eig -- maryland. eight states already have some recreational weed. a man murdered three of his bosses and is still in the hospital this morning. he shot himself twice trying to run away from police on sunday morning. they say earlier that day he killed his bosses at the blue sunday bar and grill. sources say that shooting was a result of a work place dispute over money. people who work for that restaurant are still this disbelief. >> i've been shaking all day. i couldn't sleep last night. i know a lot of other people couldn't sleep, so it's hard. >> police believe he was a bartender at that newly opened restaurant. he is expected to survive and be charged. police say the community is safe after they found a man dead in an arlington county apartment. someone called police to that

apartment yesterday afternoon. officers found a 57-year-old dead inside. they say his death is suspicious but they're not giving many more details. investigators interviewed two witnesses. those people are said to be cooperating. the boy scouts of america says it's adopting to changing communities. the group will now allow transgender children who identify as boys to enroll in boys only programs. the enrollment will be based on the gender that's put on the child's scout application. the organization previously relied on the child's birth certificate. three people will begin a contest to win a car at the car show. they'll have to keep their hands on the car until february 5th at noon. the winner will drive off in a hyundai tucson. the winner will be decided by a random key drawing if there's more than one

winning. >> they do get bathroom breaks though. >> i think they have mandated breaks. >> i think that's a copout. hold it. >> who wants that car that bad? >> exactly. >> you don't want to get a kidney stone because you want a car. not worth it. >> a good point. but today, not bad this afternoon. it's not going to be as cold as yesterday. it was cold yesterday. i thought it was too cold, but as we go through today we're going to look a lot better. temperatures in the low 50s this afternoon. very low impact weather day and morning commute, you will need a warm jacket as you step outside. by the afternoon, if you are exercising, breezy and it's going to be milder too. and then for your p.m. commute this evening it's going to be dry. feels like 23. we have a south wind that's going to turn west later today and that west wind is going t

help to warm us up. so not as cold as yesterday. feels like temperature 19 in gaithersburg. if you're in leesburg you feel like 21 degrees so everybody is feeling below freezing. annapolis feeling like 33. we're dry currently. we're watching a little bit of snow on the pennsylvania border with maryland and some of that could bring us a few snou snow flurries at best. not going to be a big deal though. we do have a wind advisory for part of the valley. so this goes from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. for the rest of the area closer to about 30 miles an hour. so a breezy day. take a look at the temperature trend though. normal high 44 degrees. today around 53. then we start dropping as we go into the weekend. by friday, only around 40. it's going to feel like winter going into the weekend so keep that in mind as you start to make your weekend plans. it's going to be cold out there. for today 53 degrees. morning clouds, afternoon clearing. winds will be increasing today but thosei

to help to warm us up. then we go into wednesday. mostly dry. chance of an afternoon shower wednesday, but nothing major. then we go into thursday, friday, saturday, staying dry but getting colder and watching a chance of showers on sunday. let's get a check on the roads for your tuesday morning. >> good morning. 270 at middle brook road you can see northbound and southbound, no problems there. beltway overall looking quite good. had that earlier situation there on the beltway near branch avenue but that has cleared out of the way. bottom of the beltway, everything is through this area in prince george's county looking good. branch avenue, pennsylvania avenue, no problems into town or out of town and looking right now at 66, fairfax county parkway to the beltway going to take you eight minutes. >> did you see that you, me and sheena are all weari

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welcome back. it's 4:55. you could end up paying more to ride metro or you may have to wait longer for a train. >> that's because metro needs money as it faces a 290 million budget shortfall. riders and some employees pushed back at last night's metro headquarters. here's what's being proposed. they could raise rail fares anywhere from 10 to 25 cents and bus fares up to 25 cents. rail and bus service could be cut meaning longer wait times. here's what one bus driver had to say. >> i work sometimes 80 hours in one week because i like the customer service and i like to see them get to where they want to go, because my family use the bus too. so we don't need to cut the service. >> metro's board has to approve these changes. if they are approved they would not take effect until july. if you wanted to know how metro fares compare to other transit systems around the country here's a look

fares are highlighted in yellow while the system's base fare is similar, metro has the highest max fare. san francisco's bart system is higher at more than $7. in news for your health now, feeling bullied at school can take a toll on a child's self-esteem and grades. a new study tracked hundreds of children from kindergarten through high school. researchers found kids who were bullied were more likely to feel less intelligent and dislike school. once the bullying started to subside children had fewer academic and behavioral problems. changing minds in fairfax county, now free mental health and drug abuse screening services are now being offered to you for the first time. starting tomorrow young people can walk into the community service board and receive the services without an appointment. the need became apparent over the past two months when the center starting accepting youth referrals andze

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>> you don't want stuff that's not going to be the quality that you would get, so -- >> i might have to try it just to see the convenience of it. >> stay with us. news 4 today continues now at 5:00 a.m. hello. >> hello. good morning. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. >> it's just about 5:00 a.m. and chances are you don't have a dusting of snow on your lawn this morning like you did yesterday, but you could still see some snow today. >> our team getting you ready for the day ahead. we'll look at the roads with melissa, give us a wave. >> make sure you're listening. >> she's ready. >> first let's turn to chuck and sheena. i can't complain too much. >> that is a first. >> i like that, aaron. >> don't let chuck corrupt you. >> aaron loves the cold. i was wrong. he loves the cold and the snow.

we are dealing with just a little light snow chance early this morning. really right along the pennsylvania/maryland border here up in the mountains of west virginia. not many of those are going to live east of the mountains and i don't think we'll have to worry about that at all in and around the city. a few flurries around, farther north you live or travel the more likely to see a few flakes this morning. everybody gets a nice south to southeast wind later on this afternoon. it will make it a milder wind today. not much of a rain chance, but rain chances tomorrow generally 30% or less later on in the day. now, sunday keeping a little more close eye on sunday. still not a lot of confidence in exactly what we're going to be facing but it could be a rain/snow combination, particularly late sunday night into early monday. we'll worry about that as we get closer. for now, the details of the day come from sheena. >> temperatures, are cold this morning, the wind making them feel colder. everyone is feeling at or