another blow to the so-called travel ban. new tonight, a virginia judge's harsh words for the trump administration. >> d.c. voters send a message to congress. hands off. could a voteag

the fight for statehood? >> and the news4 i-team working for you before you fly. getting answers about the safety of those mobile lounges at dulles airport. >> a judge rejects president trump's executive order on the immigration. this time in our own backyard. >> a v judge says the order violates the constitution. tonight, she put a temporary injunction in place. chris lawrence starts us off. >> i've been reading through the judge's ruling. the big takeaway is this. the trump administration cannot act against any green card holders in virginia or anyone here in the commonwealth on a student or spousal visa. quote, maximum power does not mean absolute power. every presidential action must still comply with the limits by congress' delegation of power and the

constitution. the judge sided with two young men from yemen who have u.s. green cards. the brothers have been traveling abroad when president trump's travel ban went into effect. when they arrived at dulles airport, the officials wouldn't let them enter the u.s. and sent them back to ethiopia. in tonight's ruling the judge sharply rebuked the president saying there's to evidence anyone thought this order through. within the last hour, virginia's attorney general gave his thoughts on what the white house may do next. >> i think we've seen from the last few weeks, it is really do it predict what the president might do. what i have in front of me as attorney general is an executive order that was unlawful, unconstitutional and unmerited. >> reporter: the ruling also noted the commonwealth would continue to lose students and medical residents if this travel ban were not led

>> you know nothing about how this bill was arrived at. you should stay out of it. >> if in fact residential section chooses to be part of the state, pick one. i support on you. in the interim, this is america's city. >> on this vote, there are 22 yays and 14 nans. it is ordered favorably record. >> with that vote a push to repeal d.c.'s death with dignity act moves forward in congress. it has energized an old debate in washington about congress letting the will of the people of the district stand. and as derek ward reports on, it has also energized some d.c. voters. >> how can we effectively channel messages back to our family and friends? >> on this teefg crowd at theate las performing arts center on h street didn't come to be entertained. >> we are facing unprecedented threat

laws, to the values that we share. >> they came to say hands off d.c. organize onners of the event say this is natural progression from protests and internet postings. >> my particular focus is taking d.c. dollars, which i don't know is necessarily been done before now, and putting them back out the congressional districts where we make these people feel pain because they've tried to thwart our locally democratically enacted laws. >> on wednesday, representatives of the aclu, planned parenthood, the metropolitan region, thor d.c. statehood advocates and education, other issues being dealt with. the whole building. some adjacent business dedicated to the strategy of pushing the agenda in congress. they say it is increasingly

>> reporter: what is new is the focus. a lot of people find it very encouraging. >> this stands for a whole lot off stuff that is in could not twras the sgleefs the flobelief. >> the had people want to be involved. we've reached tend of a w d windy day. crews almost will finished restoring power to everyone who lost it. the trees brought down the power lines on streets and homes across the region. there was always near miss for a postal worker who said he was walking 20 feet from a tree that fell in front of him. the winds have started to calm down tonight. >> what does that mean for us tomorrow morning? >> the temperatures will ten to cool. the winds try to deep temperatures up. but now without the wind wrgs clear skies, we're cooling fairly quickly. into the 30s and into the

the suburbs. d.c. coming into at 36 degrees. 27 in state college. so waking up tomorrow morning, a very cold start. it won't be too bad. we will be seeing some fairly light wind. we'll see mostly cloudy skies. a chilly start for the forecast. the temperatures around 30 degrees inside the beltway. a little cooler. i'll let you know where we stand the next couple days. the roller coaster, the ups and downs, they continue. >> we'll see you in a few minutes. the arrests of hundreds of immigrants marked the first large scale immigration raid under the trump administration. it has the maryland legislative latino caucus doubling down for the general assembly to fast trust act which would ensure no local law enforcement participates in those raids. the lawmakers made the push tonight in annapolis. >> tonight the department of homeland security says immigration raids in the past week flultd

the country. that's actually fewer than similar rates conducted under president obama. as jackie benson reports, there is a sense of fear for immigrant communities in our area. >> we try the live most quiet in the home. >> reporter: thank you translator, he came to the us from mexico 15 years ago, he says his family is now leaving their home as little as possible on. >> translator: actually can, on the weekends it is the same routine. no come out. just feel scared. >> reporter: the fear groms incidents like the one described at this annandale apartment last week. the twoerns the legal aid justice system said they came looking for a targeted legal had immigrant but left with several others instead. >> they didn't find him so they

arrested someone else. that's what's new. that's terrifying because of the random nature of that. >> reporter: now immigration says president trump's order means an you documented person can be regardless of whether they've committed a serious offense. at a news conference today, the president defended his policy saying it is being applauded. >> we're actually taking people that are criminals, very, very hardened criminals in some cases, which with a tremendous track record of abuse and problems, and we're getting them out. that's what i said i would do. >> reporter: the advocacy group casa of virginia has been going door to door, advising people what to do if they should encounter fragts immigration and customs enforcement. back at the live dweks some breaking news. nbc news has just confirmed the national security adviser has

national security adviser, michael flynn, resigned just about 15 minutes ago. tendered his resignation to president trump. he has been the center of controversy. we also confirmed that the, that he, the acting attorney general informed white house late last month that she believed michael flynn was subject to blackmail because he had misled vice president mike pence and other senior officials about the nature of the communication that we had russian officials back in december. this was before the inauguration. he was not supposed to be having official calls or talking about sanctions while there was already someone in that office. apparently michael flynn had led administration officials to believe that he never brought up the sanctions. that came into question.

from the last few days, president trump has not publicly talked about him or defended him. tonight again, in the last 15 minutes, we got word that michael flynn has resigned his post as national security adviser. back to you. much more on news4 today and on the "today" show tomorrow morning. back close to home, a bullet punctured car could hold the answers to themystery. police found body of a man inside the car this morning. it w it was parked on the road. there's a sticker for the lift. it is not clear whether he was working as a lyft driver. there are many security cameras in that neighborhood where police found victim. er. a toddler is recovering from a methadone overdose.

him is his grandmother. charges have been had laid. she is face go counts of child abuse, assault and neglect. she was watching the 15-month-old boy thursday when he ingested the drug. today her roommate defended her. >> i was sitting right there. she didn't give the baby no methadone. >> preliminary investigation leads to us believe the child ingested methadone while in her care. >> the boy's investigators complained his sippy cup smelled funny. it is now being tested in a baltimore lab. next at 11:00, they used to be state-of-the-art. but now? >> i think they're unsafe. >> reporter: a series of crashes involving mobile lounges at dulles airport. one of them deadly. >> should the mobile lounges be any safer? >> we are always looking to make things safer. >> the i-team getting answers. and one of news4's

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you've flown in or out of dulles international airport, you've likely seen or ridden on them. those mobile lounge schultz deployed more than 50 years ago when the airport first opened to get passengers to their planes. >> but the number of recent mishaps. some are questioning whether they need to be safer. >> reporter: as you hustle for

your will plane workers like jarod rush your bags there. >> i think about him every minute of every day. >> reporter: he was a baggage handler at dulles international for southwest. >> his mother loved his job. >> reporter: she had one complaint. >> it was told to me by a colleague that jarod told her he was afraid of the mobile loungers. >> reporter: in january 2012 he was pulling his luggage car just north of the b concourse. >> i think it is fair to say he never knew what hit him. >> reporter: according to the video, a mobile lounge shuttle struck. it pushed the car more than 100 feet and he was not wearing a restraint belt. he was ejected. he was rushed to the hospital where he later died. >> how could this happen? how could someone not see that? >> reporter: they found it was not his fault. two days after the accident police questioned the driver hoomd, sometimes the

in his written statement to police he said darkness contributed to the accident. an vehicles by will southwest airlines also cited the risk of operating them in the dark. it can be confusing because they can be driven from the front and the back. >> i think they're unsafe and antiquated. >> reporter: they sued for wrongful death. court records show the case settled for $2 million. the mobile lounges are decades old. many were built of when the airport opened in the 1960s. they're still used and needed to shuttle passengers to and from international flights. in some areas not served by the airport's aero train. chris brown said safety improvements were made after the death including exterior lighting. >> mobile lounge operators are frankly held to a higher standard than other

>> reporter: we found mishams occur about two a year, least 16 crashes or incidents total since 2007. lounges crashing into walls, vehicles and other loumpgs. including two mishaps in 2016. one sideswiped another. in october, a driver backed vehicle boo a construction site. >> i made it all the way home before i got injured. >> reporter: barbara was a passenger. >> i flew forward like this. and hit a pole that was in front mf and he bruised my forehead. >> reporter: she had just traveled on honduras. >> i would classify it as a loss on of situational awareness. >> reporter: they said drive knew of but lost track of the construction area before backing into it. >> should the mobile lounges be any safe? >> we are always looking to make thins safer. i think that they are extremely safe. they're among safest spreks

have operating are on the air f. >> one of the operators even let us see his perspective at night. inside the cab, the view is loimtd either side. an airport spokesperson said they use drooms see behind them. >> the blind spots are eliminated? >> i don't know that they've been eliminated. but we address them. >> reporter: and they confirmed something. the speedometer is not always well illuminated in the cab at night. it can be difficult to see. the airport says there's a 20-mile-per-hour speed sxlimt speeding for the lounges is not a problem. that the overall number of sections low. >> for how many more years will they remain? >> for the foreseeable future, they will serve their purpose. >> reporter: but for people like this, the shuttles are an ample reminder of what can be

>> why am i sitting on this? >> reporter: they said the mobile lounge operators undergo stringent training and the vehicles have been updated to increase safety and visibility. news4 i-team. >> if you have a story idea for the neufville i-team, call the tip line. you don't have to reveal your name. >> kind of a white knuckle day to fly today. >> the winds last night and this morning. but now they've really come and that has allowed the temperatures to fall. a beautiful moon. i don't know if you saw it but it was really, really gorgeous. you saw the moon to the east. it is not there now. it is straight up. >> okay. >> 36 right now, the current temperatures. winds out of north. 7 miles an hour. take a look at t

28 right now. 25 in gaithersburg. we've cooled quickly. it won't be all that cold early tomorrow. it will be cold but typical. as far as radar is concerned, no satellite radar. here's the storm way up here. look at this spin. this is a gorgeous storm. this brought up to a foot two feet of snow. here's the next one that we'll be watching. it will come toward us on wednesday. it may clip parts of our southern zone. the one thing it will do. give us some cloud cover early. 51 degrees, the high temperature. mostly cloudy, breezy and cool. it will be breezy late in the day. a little on the chilly side to start. of you staying in the 40s. 31 degrees at 7:00 a.m. 39 by noon. and you may be able to bump this up in the city to 41, 52. you get to 51

the afternoon. looking like pretty good day. the cloud cover early will make it cool. breezy on wednesday. 39 degrees thursday, that's the cold day. is that saturday and sunday looking beautiful. all of president's day, many of us have the day off. highs in the 60s. that's something we'll be watching very closely just to make sure we stay in the 60s as far as that forecast is concerned. right now, great for your weekend. >> a lot of sunshine. coming up, with all eyes on them. john ball a john wall and the wizards show off. >> hey, guys, magic johnson is my guest.

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nypd wizards are dominant. they just rolled all over the oklahoma city thunder. a team who beat them in november. they are a completely different team. three months ago washington was 6-11. now they went 19 of the last 20 home games. he got a nice round of applause. the first quarter, he comes away with the steal. kicking out

knocking down the three. he takes three thunder with him. beats morris for the slam. game high, 23 points. third quarter, running away with it. john wall goes through his legs. he throws down the slam. that was ridiculous. 14 assists for him. 18 points. the wizards cruise by the thunder 120-98. uconn with the 100th straight win. this one a lot closer. but crystal dangerfield beats gabby williams. 26 points for gabby. fourth quarter, williams comes away with the steal.

she gets the bucket. the huskies win their 100th straight game. 66-55. can you believe it? to the men. howard hosting morgan state. howard with the first half lead. isaiah graves finishes. morgan state leading by 2. he would rally, tie the game second half. seems to break it open. his shot no, good. solomon with the put-back in foul. howard gets their sixth win of the year. 70-67. that one just coming down to the wire. complete opposite game though from the wizards that just blew that one out. >> he was saying that was probably the pass of the year.

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