>> and i'm eun yang. welcome to your friday. tgif. >> now you just have to get through the rest of today. we'll try to help you do that. we'll start things off with a look at weather and traffic. chuck bell and sheena parveen up first. >> it's very chilly this morning. >> you'll need your winter gear on the way out the door, but it may be time to start thinking about unpacking the rest of the shorts in the summer wardrobe because it is going to be a crazy mild pattern coming our way starting tomorrow. your outdoor planner starting this morning, freezing cold. a lot of spots below freezing. not all that cold by february standards. really mild weather coming up on saturday and a quick shower on sunday, but on the whole, the daily grade for today, a plus. over achiever up near 52 degrees after what will be a cold start. >> is that chuck there? overachiever? >> now, with the a

this afternoon is going to be a lot nicer than yesterday afternoon. yesterday was really windy. today we're not going to see that. here are the temperatures this morning so before you head out you do need a warm jacket. 31 degrees in the district. dulles coming in at 21 degrees. gaithersburg and frederick coming in at 27. quantico 24 but as we go through the day today we will be in the low 50s for a high. so if you are dining out today, by lunchtime, 44 degrees. mostly sunny. happy hour 52, mostly sunny and dinner will be in about the upper 40s so really not too bad. this morning for your friday commute let's see how it looks. >> still have a bitlittle bit o road work at benning road. that's that long standing one that doesn't want to go away. inner loop and outer loop looking okay. a little bit of slowdown outer loop as you start across the woodrowil

95 northbound, quantico to the beltway, no problems. 17 minutes inbound and outbound no worries there. a live look in prince george's county coming up. let's get to erika gonzales at the live desk. >> senators are still awake on capitol hill. another big night. >> and things trending on twitter and of course things on facebook as well. we're talking about scott pruitt. dems in the senate still holding the floor at this hour. these are live pictures for you. this is still going on this morning senators saying pruitt wasn't effective when he served in oklahoma. >> so we want to make sure that we have an epa director who's going to do their job and in my opinion, mr. brpruitt has ignor big pollute torrs and discharge in drinking waters in oklahoma. >> even with all this pruitt is

today. democrats are a minority in the senate 48-52. at the live desk i'm erika gonzales. thank you. the man asked to fill the role of national security advisor has turned down the job. robert harward said no saying his decision was personal. michael flynn was forced to resign after admitting he misled the vice president after phone calls with a russian ambassador. retired general keith kellogg is the acting national security advisor. he commanded the western coalition during the second iraq war. after retiring he worked for two defense contractors. next a familiar name, david pe petraeus. he resigned in 2012 after admitting to giving classified information to his mistress. petraeus met with trump during the transition when he was being considered for secretary of state. and this

came after president held a heated news conference. >> chaos. zero chaos, we are running -- this is a fine tuned machine and half of his job is putting out lies -- >> and at 5:50, edward lawrence takes an indepth look at the controversy surrounding general flynn and the challenges facing the trump administration. >> new this morning we're working to learn how two people are doing after this bad crash on suitland parkway. you can see how that car was banged up and ended up on its side there. two people had to be flown to the hospital just after 3:00 in the morning. our news partner tells us one person was seriously hurt. u.s. park police have not said whether more than one car was involved in this cash. right now hyattsville police are urging people to be on high alert. eight armed

december. many of the robberies are happening in one specific area. we're talking about the part bordered by queens chapel road. the suspects are targeting latino men leaving for work at this time of morning. the robberies are happening between 4:00 and 6:00 a.m. on weekdays and more frequently on fridays. this is making life for those living in that area uneasy. >> from nowen i'll be watching who's behind me, who's in front of me, who's on the side because it's terrible. >> police believe there could be more victims but some may be reluctant to come forward. >> this morning we're learning how two recent murders and three disappearances are tied to one dangerous gang in northern virginia. 15-year-old's body was found in springfield. police zeroed in on the

while investigating a different murder in pcounty. a 21-year-old man was killed and left in the potomac river last month. everyone involved in both crimes has ties to the same gang. and officials say these crimes show how gangs are recruiting teenagers to carry out their violence. >> justin finch live at fairfax police head quarts on what they're trying to do to top this problem. >> reporter: they're teaming up to take down these gangs. officials say these gang influences are closer than you may think. now, this all comes through a new regional report on gangs that focuses on ms 13 finding that it is increasingly recruiting juveniles and young adults especially those that speak spanish and there has been an increase in violent activity. the mother of reyes

daughter was targeted by ms 13 before she was found dead in springfield last weekend. they haven't confirmed that direct tie but they find that gangs are recruiting in our high schools and middle schools promising protection and security. and if anyone sees something suspicious on campus, they are asked to speak up. >> the gang crime knows no boundaries. and this is difficult to combat, but we have great detectives, great advocates who support our work and we will be tireless in making arrests. >> reporter: and given the wide range of gangs in the reyes and other cases in the area police are asking for as many tips as possible. we are live at police headquarters. back in to you. >> if you're worry about your child falling into the wrong crowd, here's a few things to look out for. are they

talking to known gang members. have they made a drastic change in appearance? and if they insist on wearing certain color combinations. you can find a complete list of warning signs on our nbc washington app. and right now in loudoun county the sheriff's office is searching for this missing 16-year-old. her name is stefani lieu sucero. she left her home on february 9th. call the sheriff's office if you know where to find her. and the search is on for this man. he's 59 years old. his name is turner joseph stevenson and police say he has dementia. he was last seen on tuesday around 4:00 p.m. he was leaving his residence at apartments in silver spring. i just posted this picture on twitter and facebook. call police if you have any information. >> firefighters are watching hot spots after a massive multialarm fire. take a look at the flames here and the smoke. the flames erupted at

warehouse in baltimore late last night. the fire and thick black smoke forced crew to shut down streets and light rail in the area. the wind is taking the blame for a house fire in arlington. the homeowners told firefighters they had a fire pit going in the backyard last night and the winds kicked up sending flames toward the house and catching the siding on fire. no one was hurt in this incident. now, wind should not be a factor today, but the sun will. right? >> you betcha'. sun's up before 7:00 a.m. this morning between now and then it is awfully cold out there. temperatures in the teens, 20s to around 30 degrees now but yes, indeed, full sunshine coming our way this afternoon. today we go back above average and that weekend is looking warmer all the time. stay with us. >> zika virus test botched. first, a day without immigrants. now a

super cold right now, but things going to change in that direction. >> super warm later. >> it's going to be really nice this weekend. now today yes, we are starting off cold. look at these temperatures. 20 degrees. 31 in the district so everybody is below freezing and your morning commute on this friday, it's going to be cold but dry. by lunchtime 44 degrees and dry. low 50s coming up.

weekend outlook. for now let's get a check on the roadways with melissa. >> live look here in prince george's county. no problems on the inner loop or outer loop of the beltway. 66 and 95 both behaving themselves right now. a little bit of a slowdown after quantico and down to the spur also rolling along quite well. >> thank you. false negatives. that is what two pregnant women were given after they were tested for the zika virus. >> how officials say this happened and whether you need to be worried about this. megan? >>. >> reporter: well, good morning. these women, they thought they were okay. they thought they were in the clear, but they were not. two pregnant women who tested negative for the zika virus have now learned that they are in fact, positive. the mistake in testing was discovered during a recent audit of the d.c. lab. retesting is already underway.

examined again. now, so far two false negatives have been discovered. those two pregnant women, but health officials say there will likely be more. >> assuming there may be some in there and we are also hopeful that the ma jor oi of those will continue to be retesting as being negative. >> reporter: and those two women have had their babies. it's unknown whether or not there were any health problems with respect to those babies, those deliveries. now, the botched tests were done between july 14th of last year and december the 14th. testing, retesting understoway could take four week to get those results back. back to you. well, given the developmentes in the district we wanted to remind you of the signs and symptoms of zika. red eyes, fever, joint pain or rash, people can also e

symptoms are usually mild and many people don't get sick enough to go to the hospital. symptoms last a week. zika is commonly spread through mosquito bites from mother to child, through sex or through blood transfusion. zika poses a much greater risk for unborn babies. it can cause birth defects including microcephaly. women are discouraged from traveling to areas where zika is pref len prevalent. doctors say it's not too late to get vaccinated. the flu vaccine is nearly 50% effective this year. they say the vaccination has reduced the number of flu associated medical visits by roughly half. health care

encourage anybody over the age of six month to get a flu shot. congress members from california, colorado, oregon and arkansas now make up the congressional icahn bcon gressi congressional cannibus caucus. they're calling for a general strike on march 8th which is international women's day. they also want to draw attention to the issue of gender equality. the nationals will play their first spring training game in a week and a half and they're all down in florida. the nats are at a brand new ballpark for spring training this year. news 4 sports reporter will be at the ballpark of

beaches. you can follow her on twitter. >> poor carol having to go to florida and hanging out with the nats. >> she's missing out on our complete lack of cold air here. >> no complaints around here. >> if you're going to be in florida, you know, you want us buried in snow if you're going to florida this time of year, but that's not what's going to happen. it's been the winter without winter around here just about. all three months of winter have been comfortably above average. december was two degrees warmer than average with only a trace of snow. january was more than 6 degrees warmer with barely an inch and a half. and february almost 5 and a half degrees higher than average and only a trace amount of snow. what cold air? anyway, we'll see the warmup here coming our way for the weekend. there are some clouds and some snow showers to our south. snow alon

carolina border heading down the north side of raleigh. you know something's wrong when it's snowing in raleigh and it's not even cold here. we are off to a cold start. 27 in gaithersburg. martinsburg at 19. hourly temperatures though, once the sun comes out and there will be a fair amount of sunshine today, near 43 degrees by lunchtime. afternoon highs today, mid and upper 40s in upper maryland. for tomorrow, beginning of your long holiday weekend, a chilly start in the 30s. not teens and 20s. then tomorrow afternoon a big warmup. temperatures in the mid to upper 60s for tomorrow. there's your whole five-day forecast. 52 today. 68 tomorrow. clouds increase, there could be clouds increase, but that will not be enough to interfere with most of your weekend plans. >> i have some serious weekend plans so don't interfere.

loop and outer loop of the beltway, we don't have any big problems there. top of the beltway all those routes are rolling along nicely. 66 and 95, no big worries there. a little slowdown 95 southbound there near quantico and 270 northbound southbound rolling along well as well. i went to my son's school and donated money for the school's lunch account and this helps pay for kids who are behind. then another idea, donating to the library to help kids pay for lost books. you can sponsor a child's instrument for a month or maybe for the whole year. another idea we had, buy a kid a yearbook and they're only 20 bucks. so pay it forward and let me know what you do. we're going to post all these online. lots of things -- >> did you do all

>> do all what? i donated a certain amount of money and they can distribute it as they like. >> i did that with my trumpet and believe me, it was a good thing. hadn't played a right note in years. thanks, guys. well, it is not something people who struggle with it usually talk about. the thought of suicide, how one group hopes an unusual method saves lives. and how gang problems in central america are making their way to our area and into your kids' schools. >> and don't just take a whiff .f that milk to see if it's bad

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>> last year five students took their own lives and now a theater group is reaching out to those families hoping to save a life. >> reporter: between the singing, the movements and remembering their lines, it isn't much of a reach to say these cast members are stars. but the real star of this show isn't in the room at all. will robinson, 17 years old, a ge junior. >> he was the guy giving people hugs in the hall in the morning the cheer them up. he was the guy that so many people went to with their problems. >> reporter: nobody knew but beneath that smile was a form of depression and in january of last year he took his own life. >> we didn't realize what was going on with him

down -- he was way down the path. we're lose ago lot of young people and -- and we just got to have better solutions. >> reporter: this show, part of that solution. it's called a will to survive. many here knew will but all want to share the message that no one has to feel alone. >> if this show can save a life, if it can start a conversation, if it can let one kid know they're not alone, we have to do it over and over. and the theater group puts on several shows that are open to the public and they're hoping to expand to other counties in the future. >> we are committing to changing minds. you want to help get rid of the stigma of talking about depression and other mental health issues. there's a lot of information about warning signs for depression and links to hot lines on the nbc washington app. >> you really have to bundle up this morning.

forecast. >> oh, there's great news in the forecast. but this morning we just have to get through the cold first. many areas, almost everybody basically below freezing so the warm jacket when you walk outside. coming up we'll talk about another unseasonably warm weekend and chuck has the four things you need to know before you walk out the door. >> plus, google groceries? the search engine will have your food delivered rig

right now rush hour rampage. a busy road shut down when shots are fired into a car. the latest on the search for the shooter. >> get to work faster but you'll have to pay. where express lanes will be expanded. >> the warmup is here for the weekend. we have your storm team 4 forecast. good morning. it's 5:30. thanks for joining us early on this friday morning. >> you need to bundle up this morning. it will only be temporary. those spring like temperatures will be back here in just hours. >> can't wait. >> we have to get you through your friday first. traffic warnings, but first -- >> chuck and sheena have your forecast. and four things you need to know. >> you do have to bundle up. >> but the

been a regular occurrence. a cold start this morning. the four things you need to know about the weather are that it's going to be a mild weekend and that it may have a little rain on your saturday. how are temperatures holding up? >> that is true. temperature wise we are looking at everybody below freezing. 31 in the district. so as we go through the day today, we're going to see nicer conditions than what we saw yesterday. by lunchtime 44 degrees. 3:00 p.m. low 50s so it is going to shape up to be a very nice day. and this weekend unseasonably warm. a closer look at your weekend forecast. chuck will have a look at how warm it will be. let's get a look on your friday drive. >> so taking a look right now at roadwork still hanging around, we have this benning road situation with the work zone blocking that right lane. otherwise, we're looking light. some people taking off today making it a nice

and an easy commute for everybody feeling the pain of going to work. you can see moving along quite well here this morning nice and green. 66 here, inbound, outbound, no big worries there and montrose road, no problem northbound or southbound on 270. police in northern virginia are raising concerns about violent gangs that appear to be targeting students in schools. a regional law enforcement task force put together a new threat assessment and one of the gangs they're focusing on is ms 13. erika traveled to el salvador and she joins us more with what she learned. >> we were invited by the northern gang task force and we learned that the problems that police are seeing in central america are making their way to virginia.

ms 13 is a gang that start t in l.a. sergeant of the police department told me that over the past ten to 15 years the gang has started moving into schools recruiting members as young as 13 even. social media playing a huge role in how gang members in central america communicate with members in the states. some of the video you were just seeing there was when we were able to enter the detentions there in san salvador. we'll have more on how police are trying to combat this problem. back over to you guys. all right. thank you. it's 5:32 now. a prince george's county police officer will be sentenced today after taking inappropriate pictures of unsuspecting women. he pled guilty to the charges last month. police say they began their investigation of him after an offduty officer said sims tried to take a picture of

police found inappropriate photos on his cell phone. also today, two prince george's county police officers have been indicted for misconduct. 14 year veteran george merkell is accused of striking a woman during a call. prosecutors also said he had a relationship with a prostitute while on duty last year. both men have been suspended from the job. take a look at this car. it is riddled with 13 bullet holes after being shot at during rush shower on route 50. police are trying to figure out who shot at that car yesterday afternoon and why. police had to shut down eastbound 50 for nearly five hours yesterday. the three men inside that car being treated for gunshot wounds but they are expected to be okay. the 95 express lanes have been given the green light to extend north to the d.c. line and south beyond

here's what you need to know if you drive either of those areas. hov lanes will change to toll lanes. that means if you don't have three people in the car you will have to use the lanes at all times and pay for it. the conversion will be complete by 2019. the expansion could help a bottleneck area in the area. right now the express lanes end at garrisonville road and traffic backs up in both the toll lanes and the regular lanes of 95. the expansion is expected to open in 2018. voters are electing a new governor and democrats have the inside track for the job. it says if the general election were today, the democratic candidates for governor would beat all the republican candidates running. the democrats are pretty much deadlocked for the nomination right now. the poll says 61% of voters have not decided which one of

candidates they support. four republicans hope to win the nomination for governor. tomorrow they will argue why they deserve the position. there is a primary debate in charlottesville at 3:00. the primaries are in june this year. so there are all sorts of reasons to strach your head about this story. it's the most viewed story on our website. you've got to see it to believe it. these are pictures of seized horse meat. two women were found hiding 42 pounds of this stuff on their trip from mongolia to dulles international airport last month. this was hidden in juice boxes. officials also found three liters of yak milk. you can't bring horse meat into the u.s. you have to have official certification for that kind of thing. it

we showed you these pictures of the water shooting into the air and freezing everything it touched. it happened on park road near the masonic temple. it took them eight hours to repair that water main break. sell by, best by, used by, it can be confusing whether your food is safe to eat. the changing coming to those labels. >> and an all nighter on capitol hill. what you need to know about their overnight shift before you go to work. >> and your forecast. >> good morning, everybody. friday is finally here. four things you need to know. this may be our last cold morning of the entire winter as a big time warming trend is coming our way. still watching out for a little chance of showers but don't worry, if you like mild weather the ten-day forecast which sheena wi

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we haven't seen any reports that anyone was inside. there is going to be a big cleanup effort once the sun comes out today. the wind helped fuel this house fire in arlington. the homeowners told firefighters they had put a fire pit in the back last night when the winds started to kick up catching the siding on fire. no one was hurt in this incident either. if you see flames like this, most of us would probably get pretty worried but there's an elderly man who was trapped inside a six alarm fire and he stayed calm. that's the attitude fire officials hope others will have if you end up in a situation like this. the man casually recalled his escape after recovering his injuries with the firefighter that appeared like an angel he said and saved his life. >> i felt safe. >> it never crossed my mind that we weren't going to accomplish what we set out to do. >> there was only one way down here, a dangerous rope rescue that was c

video. you can see some of that right here and this started to burn at the top, so they had to move quickly to reach safety on the ground. >> how reassuring is it to hear your firefighter say we weren't going to not do the job that we set out to do. gang concerns growing in a place you may not expect. the rising threat to safety in suburban schools still ahead. >> and make sure you layer up today. >> temperatures are below freezing. it is a cold start to your friday but as we go through the afternoon, the first thing out of the four things you need to know, it's really the final cold morning for a while. unseasonably warm temperatures this weekend and speaking of that, chuck will be back with your weekend forecast. >> all right. on metro right now a brand new problem on the yellow line. also an issue on 66. we'll talk about all of it and have travel times coming up. also coming up, fears over zika virus after faulty tests in a

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growing concerns over gangs and where they're finding new members isn't where you'd expect. >> we are seeing a lot of increase in recruiting high schools and middle schools which is alarming to us. >> the new threats targeting safety in the suburbs. >> sometimes the label is wrong. they say use it by a certain time and the milk is still fine. >> how safe is the food in your refrigerator? changes are coming to those confusing food labels and they could save you some cash. and grocery shopping through google. the serge engine is taking over your chores and having your orders delivered right to your door. 15 before the hour and there is a growing concern about gangs, quietly operating right in our own neighborhoods and schools. policen

two recent murders and three disappearances are tied to one dangerous gang. >> justin finch is live at fairfax county police headquarters with more on what law enforcement is doing to stop the recruitment from happening inside schools. >> reporter: eun, fairfax county police and the northern virginia regional task force finds that our school campuses are ripe recruiting grounds for gangs and that they're going after the most vulnerable students. that is from a report on gangs. ms 13 gang is actively recruiting juveniles especially spanish speakers and also noting an increase in violent criminal activity committed by ms 13 affiliates. we know the fbi and homeland security are joining northern virginia area police to target and take down these gangs on campuses officials say these gangs are operating like predators seeking middle and high

intimidating them and often making offers that young people may find hard to refuse. >> these illegal gangs are recruiting juveniles more so on an increase. they obviously are preying on those who are vulnerable, looking for security or think they're looking for a better way of life which we know is not the case. >> and officials say taking down these gangs is going to be a group effort. they're asking parent to speak with their children about gangs on campuses and urging anyone who may see something suspicious on a school campus to come forward and give police a call. we are live from fairfax county. i'm justin finch, back in to you. if you're worried about your child falling in with the wrong crowd there are a few things to look out for are they showing interest in talking to or hanging out with known gang members? have they made drastic change in appearance including hair styles, clothing or c

you can find a complete list of warning signs on the nbc washington app. the loudoun county sheriff's office is serging for this missing 15-year-old girl. she was last seen at her home on february 9th. she left of her own free will. call the loudoun county sheriff's office if you know where she is. erika gonzales is following a developing story at a live desk right now. >> scary moments or passengers on two planes. >> w you can say that again. two planes clipped each other on the taxi way. look at this wing here. the good news is that there are no injuries being reported. this is the taxiway last night. a frontier flight getting ready to take off and a southwest flight coming in and that's when the wings clipped. passengers were put on another plane and there weren't any

>> thank you. it's 5:49. right now we are watching another of those efforts on the senate floor. democrats up all night in an effort to block one of president trump's nominees. this time it is the nominee for epa administrator, scott pruitt. erika will let us know the details coming up at 6:00 including what some senators are saying. >> much of the talk across the country is focused on donald trump's news conference. one of the most contentious moments came when he was asked about including the black caucus in discussions on urban policy. >> are you going to include the congressional black caucus -- >> i would. you want to set up the meeting? do you want to set up the meeting? are they friends of yours? >> i'm just the reporter. i know some of them. >> set up a meeting. i would love to meet with the black caucus. >> that was part of a heated back and forth with one of the members of the press there. >> edward, there

what are we seeing in terms of reaction especially from elijah comings whom trump specifically called out. >> reporter: he said he had a met meeting with elijah comings that was cancelled by the representative. however his office says he doesn't know what they're talking about. he says he would be happy to meet with president trump and talk about prescription drugs or anything else he'd want to talk about but that no phone calls. >> reporter: meetings had been set up. saying the president flatout lied saying he cancelled the meeting or that he was counselled to cancel the meeting from chuck schumer, so from the black caucus, they would like to meet with president trump. >> and president trump is speaking at a big unveiling for boeing later today. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: he's going to north charleston today to go to an unveiling of a new 787 dream liner. he wants to focus bacn

economy, maybe page from other things going on in the administration. this plant had a union vote on wednesday and they turned it down. so you remember president trump saying that air force one was too expensive, they may cancel the contract to this may be reaching out saying boeing isn't quite as bad a company as made to believe before he was sworn in. >> all right. thank you. 5:51 right now. believing in yourself, a beautiful life lesson to teach our young people. yesterday i visited an elementary school. i had a great conversation. i enjoyed it. they were such a great group of kids there. talked to students of the month there. i want to thank them for the invitation and i dropped off some warm treats for the main staff in the office there. we know how hard they work to help them stay afloat. we're still encouraging all of you to tell us abou

acts of kindness this week on twitter and instagram. any little thing you can do to brighten up somebody's day or let them know they're appreciated. >> pay it forward. they watch us every morning. >> they sent us chocolate because you talk a lot about chocolate. >> i already ate some. >> of course you did. >> i saw it and couldn't stop. >> you have to eat it in the morning. i don't blame you at all. >> and especially with this cold morning out there, you need the chocolate. how about some hot chocolate? >> now we're talking. >> it's a cold one when you step outside. warm jacket, gloves, starcarf, later we'll rebound to around 50 degrees. 20 dulles, fort meade at 19 degrees. gaithersburg, frederick at 27. but as we go through the afternoon ne

the weekend is looking fantastic. unseasonably warm, mostly dry, with a little tiny rain chance in there, but as we go into next week and next weekend we don't have a big cooldown in the forecast. looks like we are in the spring swing of things right now. forecast if you're exercising outside, cold this morning. by the afternoon, sunny, 52. if you're dining out today, lunchtime cool 44 degrees. happy hour 52 and by dinner time upper 40s. here's the temperature trend. i was mentioning the unseasonably warm temperatures. average high 48. today low 50s. look at what's going to happen across the weekend. mid-60s on sunday. for today though we're going to stay in the low 50s. sunny and mild and look at the next ten days. no big cooldown like i mentioned. let's check the roadways on this friday morning. >> so right now as we try and check the roadways they don't want to pop up for me. let me show you a picture of

66 is ramp to the inner loop of the beltway, take a look here, right side of the roadway is blocked. we have just the left side getting through so this is really causing some slowdowns there this morning. no big worries there. on metro, single tracking on the yellow line through reagan national airport, so a warning for you there. travel times, 270 south, no big issues. top of the beltway, 95 over to 270, you can go 60 miles an hour. 66 inbound again, starting to get very slow because of the problem we just showed you there. 66 as you're approach the beltway. so from fairfax county parkway to the beltway going to take you 23 minutes. 95 to the beltway is okay. 5:54 now. today is our final day of tax week here on news 4 today. >> we are working for you, keeping you informed about a major problem affecting millions of taxpayers.

bills tied to the affordable care act and there are a couple of different versions making the rounds right now. susan hogan explains what some people are getting in the mail. >> scammers are sending fraudulent versions of what's called the cp 2000 notices for tax year 2015. here are a few warning signs that a notice is a fake. if it is from an austin, texas address, if the notice says the issue is related to the aca and if it lists the letter number in the payment voucher as 105c and requests checks made out to the irs and be sent to the austin processing center. bottom line, whether you get a notice or a call from someone claiming to be from the irs, if you have any question about the legitimacy of it call the irs directly to verify that information. don't use the number listed on that letter or the caller

reports just search tax tips in the nbc washington app. next we get ready for a food fight from peanut allergies to kids from the sugar gluten in your diet, find out how what you're packing in your lunch is impacting you every day. join us beginning monday on news 4 today. >> so there's a new effort to save you money by streamlining how food is labeled. right now it's pretty confuse fg you're trying to figure out when something is going to go bad. some packages say sell by, others say best if used by, they never just say throw it away on. so the plan now is to break products into two groups. the first get a used by date. that's reserved for food that spoils quickly and should not be eaten after the date listed. the second is a best if used by. >

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right now another all nighter on capitol hill. why democrats say this debate is all to protect your family. >> plus, faulty zika tests sparking new fears. what a d.c. lab is saying after patients learn they are infected. and a string of friday morning muggings, where

happening and how to avoid becoming a target. 6:00 on the dot. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. we'll get you to all those stories in just a minute but you'll really need your winter coat today. the good news, you won't need it for long. >> chuck bell and sheena parveen here with the forecast before we check in with melissa mollet and the commute. >> i'm glad it's finally friday. yesterday we talked about it was prefriday, it was practice friday. >> friday eve. >> friday light. that was all yesterday. today it is actually friday which is a nice change of pace if you're sending the kids out to the bus stop it is a freezing cold start so you'll need the heavy coat here early this morning. temperatures should be above freezing and most areas by about 9:00 or 10:00 this morning an afternoon ride home back up to near 50 degrees. you'll need your heavy coat here early this morning. maybe a warm little hat as well and for the ride home you'll be needing your sun glasses to see