into wednesday night thursday morning. maybe some rain showers. >> thank you very much. we are back at 8:30 with more local news and headlines. good morning. wintry blast. 28 million under severe weather threat this morning from virginia to new england. the deadly winter storm that dumped more than a foot of snow across millions in the midwest. >> the semi and vehicle. the report of the vehicle under the systememi. >> now making its way east. travel trouble. president trump facing a setback over the controversial travel ban. this time from the agency ordered to enforce it and his battle with the media keeps building. >> we are fighting the fake news. it's fake. phony. fake. >> with the white house now under fire for asking the fbi to publicly discredit a damaging

barring some reporters from a press briefing. we have it covered live. and golden dreams. hollywood rolling out the red carpet with all eyes on the prize for tomorrow's big night in film. glitz, glamour and gold. we will tell you everything you need to know about the 89th academy awards. "today" saturday, february 25th, 2017. ♪ give it to me i'm worth it >> happy saturday, "today" show. >> i'm here for my daughter's sweet 16. >> i'm checking off the bucket list. >> the father/daughter trip to nyc. >> happy birthday. girlfriends take new york. >> hello buffalo! >> good saturday morning to you. welcome back

plaza. we will head outside and say hello to everyone except that kid who screamed his head off. he scares us. you could not ask for a nicer day. literally the calm before the storm. severe weather making its way east now. indra peterson is here with us for dylan dreyer who is still on maternity leave. >> this is causing nasty weather in the midwest. just last night it brought hail to detroit. parts of wisconsin buried under a foot of snow. that caused a small plane landing short of the runway. it was just as bad in iowa. n digging out from 10 inches of snow. 60 accidents as drivers fight through blizzard conditions. this is the same storm that passed through utah killing four there. it is heading

weather. easy to see when you look at the map. line of storms pushing off to the east today. we are still going to watch for severe weather as we go through the afternoon. we know this. it has been very warm. warm conditions combine with cold air behind it. major cities. philadelphia, washington and new york city with a slight threat. mostly looking for thunderstorms. this is strong winds and hail potenti potential. minimal threat for tornado. watch for flooding concerns. snow on the ground. rain in february on top of that. that will melt the snow. especially with ice jams possible with the runoff areas. we will watch this throughout the day. mostly to the afternoon and evening hours of the east coast. by sunday, this will be out of here. you notice the temperature drop through sunday where temperatures are a good 30 degrees cooler in some of the major cities. you will not see a lot of rain necessarily, but when it does hit, y

quickly. >> thank you. to our nation's capitol and brewing political storms. white house under fire after asking the fbi to discredit a new york times article. that as the president faces another hurdle in his attempt to enforce a controversial travel ban. nbc's kelly o'donnell is live at the white house. >> reporter: good morning, sheinelle. so many developments from the white house. the president's revised travel ban is expected to be released this week. it comes at a time when on friday, a report surfaced from inside the department of homeland security and they are responsible for working on immigration. it appears to under cut the reasons behind the president's report and what he says is a danger from the seven countries. one line from the report says that citizenship is likely an unreliable indicator of the terrorist threat to the united states. going right at the issue of the risk posed by seven mostly

the white house officials say the report is incomplete. it was based on open sources and not classified. a comprehensive report is coming to combine data and intelligence and not politics. friday at the conservative gathering as cpac. donald trump talked about his first month in office and trying to get things done. >> we're taking a firm, bold and decisive measure. we have to to turn things around. the era of empty talk is over. >> reporter: and the white house is dealing with questions about whether reince priebus, the chief of staff, crossed any lines when he asked the fbi to help publicly discredit a story that alleged connections between the trump campaign and russia after priebus was told by a top fbi official there were inaccuracies in the story. the fbi declined to do so, but

officials that the fbi does not believe that priebus crossed a line. although democrats are saying it appears he is trying to attempt to pressure the bureau or even going too far in this to politic politicize the bureau. so many different issues trying to advance policies and at the same time fight media reports. >> thank you, kelly. >> let's look at the other stories making headlines on saturday morning. including election day for democrats. the democratic national convention will pick a new chair to guide the party into the future. right now, seven candidates, but two frontrunners. labor secretary tom perez and minnesota congress member keith ellison. new details in the developing story with muhammad ali's son. muhammad ali jr. and his mother were

fort lauderdale airport this month. the son and his mother were returning from jamaica from a black history month event. the ali jr. was questioned for two hour was questions focusing on his religion. a judge ruled one accuser can testify to support charges that bill cosby drugged and molested a woman near his estate in philadelphia. prosecutors wanted to call 12 other women to support the claim of prior bad acts. a meetding here in new york with the city's mayor and federal prosecutors. mayor de blasio was questioned by prosecutors for four hours on friday. part of the investigation into whether the mayor and aides traded favors for campaign donations. mayor said fund raising followed the law. let's go to indra on the plaza wit love this g

i love new york city but go patriots. what's the mission today? >> to find tom brady's jersey! >> what's the plan? how are you going to do that? >> believe. >> works for me, right? all right. we're actually starting to feel a couple sprinkles out here. let's show you what's going on. the same system continuing to make its way across the country so that line of storms right now, we're seeing that in the ohio valley. feels nice in the eastern half of the country but that humidity also means we're adding the threat for severe weather. we're going to be watching that. philadelphia, new york city, even in virginia looking for a threat for some strong thunderstorms out there. even the possibility of a tornado is out there. it's not high. west coast, 53 degrees. actually warmer today in new york city than it is in the west coast. hard to believe. that's a look at the big picture. here's a look at your local weather. >> good morning. some sunshine now. temperatures are near 60. then low 70s early afternoon. then the sky will likely turn s

generally between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. is the time throughout our region that we will get strong storms. only a slight chance of a brief isolated tornado. greater chance, though, of some gusty winds that may cause damage as well as some hail. only a small chance of enough rain that will cause flooding. then breezy and cooler hoda, i have to show her a message. hello, hoda and haley joy. >> hi, hoda. >> back to you guys. >> haley joy will be a household name. thank you. the ballots are tallied and red carpet rolled out. the 89th annual academy awards are almost here. >> what do you need to know? we turn to joelle. >> no secret. the past two years clouded in controversy with the nominees. this year is different with or

and you have an award show shaping up to be must-see tv. ♪ you do tgot the invitation ♪ >> the most prestigious award in film will soon be handed out. to whom? we don't know. speculating is half the fun. all the stars come on "la la land" for the 89th awards, it is the love letter to los angeles. >> oscars shattered this with 14 nominations. will it make history? >> i think it will. if it gets more than 11 wins, it dances into history. many experts feel it could get 13. >> but best picture is not a sure win. >> what? come on. >> prognosticators say the coming of age "moonlight" to steal "la la land" spotlight.

the best supporting actress has been a lock from the second "fences" was released and all that drama on screen is playing out off screen in the best acting for the ladies. a three-woman race. >> article will bring you a great deal of attention. >> natalie portman for "jackie" and now it is emma stone with momentum on her side. >> it is emma tostone's to lose >> duking it out. "manchester by the sea" for casey affleck and denzel washington. >> this year, we have seven diverse actors in the majors. is oscars so whiover? >> i think lots of diversity. "hidden figures"

kw "fences." >> washington could be the winningest oscar winner in history. >> it is very, very exciting. >> all setting the stage for the show business suspense we love. let's have a little fun for a second and check out vegas odds. according to vegas, "la la land" for best picture. actress, they say emma stone. for the men, casey affleck. i don't agree with vegas. you know what? the guild award shows are a good indication. emma stones won. very insider baseball. isabelle huppert could give her a run for her money. >> i'll listen to you. >> she is saying them all. coming up, open oprah opensn why she decided not to have

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good saturday morning. i'm adam tuss. >> and i'm angie goff. straight ate head on news4 today -- >> reporter: an entire metro parking lot is a crime scene this morning after a shooting earlier. i'll tell you all about it coming up on news4. weather alert day. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. i've got new hour-by-hour timing. new push back against bullying. the new law that would require parents to be notified and the actions school principals have to follow. new car feel and a lasting lesson. to give students a valuable skill and put used cars back on the roadways. we'll have all that. join us behind the scenes when we fire up our phone here and y

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teenagers shot waiting for a bus. right now on news4 today, bullets tear through a metro bus bay and a 15-year-old fights for his life. >> that's just the start of a violent weekend. what d.c. police are now uncovering about a double shooting overnight in northeast. and good-bye sunshine. hello thunderstorms. strong winds, heavy rain, a major threat. it's going to make today a storm team 4 weather alert day. tom is tracking the timing so you can prepare. we've got a lot going on this saturday morning. i'm adam tuss in for david. >> and i'm angie goff. what a difference today makes when it comes to weather. people mention the timing of it. that's the main question today. a lot of people have plans. sts the weekend, tom. >> indeed. if you want to get out a

get in some exercise or you have errands you need to run, do them later this morning into early afternoon. because after that is when we'll likely get a line of strong thunderstorms coming on through. right now it's kind of balmy and breezy. temperatures now climbing into the 60s. there's the view overlooking washington. you can see the clouds racing on through. many are going to be translated to the surface here coming out of the south and west. maryland to virginia. reagan national now at 62 degrees. storm team 4 radar. we're all dry here with leading storms. this is not severe storms yet. but at the shenandoah valley and then track east, that's when they'll likely turn very strong coming into the metro area. the new hour-by-hour timing, that's coming up this half hour. >> thank you very much. we are following breaking news this morning at out prince georges county. two teens are in the hospital after they were shot waiting for a metro bus. >> and dic

they are doing. derrick, what is the latest? >> well, good morning. take a look. this is the naylor road metro parking lot. the entire lot is a crime scene. if you look where we are, we're in the parking lot of the old ledges. this is where buses are being allowed to go to pick people up and let them off. they're going to have to walk across. now, they are allowing folks to walk into the metro station and the station is open to rail traffic. but all of this is after this shooting earlier this morning. that was about 2:00 a.m. when two teens were at a bus bay at this metro stop when they were shot. a 15-year-old male and a 16-year-old female. we understand that the male is in critical condition. there is no suspect information and no lookout at this point from metro. but they are collecting evidence still at that bus bay. and that is why this entire parking lot is now a crime scene. both on the branch avenue side and on this

traffic. but you're just going to have to walk through that crime scene in the designated areas while they gather evidence. again, two teens shot and injured here. 15-year-old male and a 16-year-old female. male as we understand is in critical condition. no identity or suspect information at this time. you do take metro via bus, expect disruption while this crime scene is processed. derrick ward, news4. back to you. >> thank you, derrick. developing this morning, two men are in the hospital. this after a shooting in northeast d.c. police say that one man was shot in the stomach. the other man was shot in the leg on 51st street. both victims were conscious when officers arrived. d.c. police are still looking for whoever is responsible. and this morning a d.c. police officer back home after recovering from being shot thursday night. another officer is still in the hospital. jackie benson tells us more about the criminal history of the suspects who died during that shooting.

>> reporter: timothy lionel williams is the man seen on the ground here. we're not showing the portion of shots fired because of the graphic nature. court records show williams has a criminal history dating back to at least 1989. he was sentenced to eight years in prison after crashing a stolen car into a police cruiser ending a 20-mile chase clocked by radar at 143 miles an hour. in 1994 he pleaded guilty to armed robbery and weapon charges and was sentenced to ten years in prison. what he was doing in the 1200 block of holbrook street northeast and the exact circumstances that led to him being shot and killed remain unclear. >> i can't say from everything i've seen and everything i know exactly what happened. and i caution people, try not to jump to any conclusions until they've heard all of the evidence. >> reporter: the officers injured were called to the neighborhood after gunshots earlier in the day. this neighborhood has seen an 11% increase in violent crime

this man says he's a relative of timothy lionel williams. he asks not to be identified. >> i want to see justice. i mean, i want them to thoroughly investigate what happened, why he was shot. >> reporter: police tell us a gun was recovered and has been taken into evidence. jackie benson, news4. the democratic national committee is set to vote on its new national chair today. and there are seven candidates. now, one of the top candidates is former montgomery county council member and labor secretary tom perez. another c another top candidate is keith ellison. democrats hope their new chair will be able to lead the party into the 2018 midterms. one of the key issues has been the repeal and replacement of obamacare. now, the draft republican bill would eliminate the individual mandate meaning there would be no penalty if you didn't buy

opt out, it could drive up prices for the elderly and the sick. subsidies would be eliminated. tax credits would be based on age instead of income. medicaid expansion would be taken away. president trump also used his appearance at the conservative gathering to lash out at the common journalistic practice of protecting sources by not naming them. as nbc's hallie jackson explains, it follows reports that the white house asked the fbi to refute claims that trump aides, in contact with russia during the campaign. >> reporter: president trump on attack in front of fired up conservatives. almost back on the campaign trail. same music -- ♪ god bless the u.s. >> reporter: same message -- >> the movement the likes of which actually the world has never seen before. >> reporter: same media

fake news. >> a few days ago i called the fake news the enemy of the people. and they are. >> reporter: his administration particularly upset over two reports they call false about interactions between chief of staff reince priebus and the deputy director of the fbi. the white house acknowledging priebus asked the fbi to knock down a story that the campaign had been in touch with russian intelligence officials. but only after the white house says the deputy director first told priebus the story wasn't true. >> i talked to the top levels of the intelligence community and they've assured me that that "new york times" story was grossly overstated and inaccurate and totally wrong. >> reporter: priebus broke no laws by having that conversation with the fbi officials despite democratic concerns it may have amounted to political interference in an investigation into russia's meddling with the election. the white house has denied any connection between the president and russian

they're looking into whether associates had any contact with moscow during the campaign. >> as long as there isn't an indication the white house was trying to influence the administration, this may be a tempest in the teapot. >> reporter: now more potential fallout between the fbi and the white house. the president going after leaks he blames on the agency. and despite repeatedly himself citing unnamed sources to slam political opponents -- >> they shouldn't be allowed to use sources unless they use somebody's name. >> and that was nbc's hallie jackson reporting. tomorrow republican arkansas senator tom cotton will be on "meet the press" with chuck todd. he was met with a heated town hall earlier this week. you can watch the interview tomorrow on nbc 4 at 10:30. time now is 8:37. off the runway into the grass. the close call at a

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people in the upper midwest are waking up to sunshine and slow warming right now which is great considering this onslaught of snow they received. this week parts of iowa saw blizzard conditions. sioux city, iowa, getting nine inches of snow. other areas getting up to a foot of snow. close by dakota city, nebraska, also got hit hard. drifting snow and poor visibility kept many drivers off dangerous snow-covered roads. >> none of that looks appetizing to me. the faa trying to figure out why a small plane mied

runway in wisconsin last night. the cessna plane went short of the runway and went sliding. the female pilot was the only one on board and was not hurt. the faa and sheriff's office now investigating. we told you it's going to be a wild weather day today. get ready for a major weather change. tom is tracking strong thunderstorms quickly moving our way. and how you can plan for the rest of the weekend. >> yeah. you see the flag there whipping around in the wind. working up a sweat for a good cause. the creative way one group is raising money for cancer research. time now 8:41.

weather alert day for this saturday. strong storms likely will be sweeping through. right now don't have anything close to us. just some showers out in the mountains. as that line gets closer to us, it will likely intensify as it heads off to the east. coming through the metro area by mid-afternoon. we could get some damaging winds, some hail, and only a small chance of a brief isolated tornado. i do have new hour-by-hour timing on all of this coming up in just a few minutes. >> thank you, tom. well, now to this developing story out of china. take a look at this video here. this high-rise hotel went up in flames early this morning in nanchang. chinese state television reporting that two people did die in this fire. we know more than a dozen were hurt. and it's still not clear at this point how many guests were

caused it. now to the latest in that bizarre death of kim jong-nam. malaysian police say they raided a condominium this morning and tested for traces of the vx nerve agent. that chemical was used to kill the estranged half brother of north korea's half brother kim jong-un at the kuala lumpur airport. the indonesian suspect says she was paid $90 for what she thought was just a prank. meanwhile, malaysia is urging a north korean diplomat whom is wanted for questioning to cooperate with the police. right now iraqi ground troops are making major progress against forces in mosul. the u.s.-backed troops have already gained full control of the airport and military base on the southwestern edge of the city. now these territorial gains are the most significant so far. also iraq's air force has hit isis targets inside of syria for the first time in response to

a woodbridge taxi driver who tried to help terrorists is going to spend more than a decade behind bars. mahmoud elhassan was charged for helps isis. he was caught during an fbi sting after he convinced a friend to join isis. then drove him to the airport. his friend was previously sentenced to more than eight years in prison. you may not have known that if you live in arlington county, you can own a monkey or even an alligator. but that soon could change with a proposed exotic pet ban. current owners would still be able to keep their pets but would have to register them and also pay a fee. the county already bans pigs, fowl, and poisonous reptiles. the public gets to weigh in at a march meeting. >> alligator? >> yeah. >> you want an alligator? >> baby alligators are very cute. >> what happens when they get big? >> i don't know. but there was the call to save

we talked about that earlier. that was a few years back. all right. moving on. hundreds of people are working up a sweat this weekend for the annual cycle for survival event. >> this is really nice what they're doing. it kicked off last night in the district and continues through tomorrow. shomari stone explains how it raises money for cancer research. >> are you ready to have a good time? >> i'm happy and grateful. i am so excited to be here. >> this is how we do it! >> reporter: amy is a cancer survivor from bethesda, maryland. she's exercising in cycle for surviv survival, an indoor bike riding fund raisers. >> the reason i participate in cycle for survival is i don't want anybody else to go through what i've done before. cycle for survival gives patients with rare cancer hope. >> reporter: she's one of 1900 riders in the d.c. area raising money for cancer research and clinical trials this

there are nearly 200 teams. it's led by the memorial sloan cancer center. >> fantastic energy in the room. it's amazing. >> it's incredible. the energy is electric. it's just -- look at it! >> let's ride! >> reporter: about half of these people are fighting a rare cancer such as thyroid, ovarian, pancreatic, and brain cancer. it costs a lot of money for treatment. cycle for survival helps to make a difference. >> i'm so excited and, you know, it really feels good to be able to do something and, like, give back. >> reporter: now, these teams are going to continue to cycle for survival in bethesda on sunday. in d.c., i'm shomari stone, news4. >> love it. all right. time right now is 8:48. tom, we are tracking a changeable forecast -- not too bad out right now. >> you want to get some exercise, get in a run or bike ride, you have errands to run or

get that all done before about 1:00. that's when we'll likely see a big change in our weather. and it could be our first round of springlike storms. so we do have a weather alert day as a result of that. because some of those storms could be pretty strong. right now looking off to the west. that's the direction the storms will be coming from. we just have some clouds sort of racing through our sky right now. the winds are picking up from the south and west. and temperatures are up as well climbing into the 60s. culpepper up to 64 right now. up to 63. reagan national now 62 degrees. and kind of humid. you can just kind of tell this is sort of a setup for a springlike day for storms to come in. right now leading edge of rain is into the panhandle of west virginia. just to the western edge of the panhandle. over the next few hours. just as some rain showers. but then some thunder and lightning develops along the 81 corridor. then closer to watch as we get to the afternoon. here's the hour-by-hour timing

this is as of 10:00 right now. but then by around noontime, that's when we could see some thunderstorms start to roll across the shenandoah valley, across the blue ridge, and south mountain. areas in the yellow and red and orange, that's where we could get the heavier down pours and hail. this is as of 2:00 p.m. montgomery county, loudoun, western fairfax, prince william. that's where there could be the strong storms. then it's between 2:00 and 3:00 they come into washington. prince georges county. and into charles county and farther south along the 95 corridor toward fredricksburg. then they move off to the east. clearing the area. sky begins to clear up. the sky will likely turn dark and stormy. just a slight risk of an isolated brief tornado. the greater chance, though, is for some high winds that may cause some damage. and for hail. we could get that brief burst of

come on through as well as some hail. and not a lot of rain because it's moving so fast. it'll be moving through quickly. temperatures 60s through the morning. then maybe even low 70s around noontime. then by 2:00, they roll through. we'll be back into the 60s. then upper 50s as we clear out. it starts getting windy. windy tonight. maybe gusts around 40 miles an hour and getting cold. down to the 20s and 30s tomorrow morning. breezy and sunny on sunday with temperatures in the low 50s. upper 50s monday and partly sunny. maybe a sprinkle monday night. 60s on tuesday. maybe rain showers tuesday afternoon into, perhaps, thursday morning. cooler than

i'm melissa mollet with a look at your first 4 traffic. safetrack surge 12 still underway. blue line train wills not operate this weekend. looking elsewhere, yellow and green line trains on a regular weekend schedule. that's good news for those. on the red line, regular weekend service until 7:30 at night. then some single tracking in spots. expect some slowdown there is in the evenings this weekend. orange and silver line trains running every 18 minutes this weekend. so that's not terrible, but you may see some delays there as well. have a great weekend. i'll see you monday morning for news4 today. listen to this. even if you're really good and never touch your smartphone while driving, you could still

distracted drivers. >> absolutely. nbc's jo ling kent explains how the person next to you is making the cost of your car insurance soar. >> reporter: as american drivers take their eyes off the roads causing more accidents, that danger behind the wheel is now taking a toll on your wallet. >> i was totally in shock. >> reporter: babette knew that adding her 17-year-old daughter to the family's car insurance policy would cost more. >> so $4,709 a year? >> reporter: but not this much. >> double the price. unbelievable. >> reporter: three major insurers travelers, the hartford, and horace mann say distracted driving is a key factor. the average insurance premium has jumped 16% to $926 a year since 2011. >> we're talking about a generation that was texting first, driving second. when they get behind the wheel, it's going to be hard to break that habit and get them driving safely from the get go. >> reporter: it's not st

drivers. according to state farm, 36% of all drivers text and drive costing everyone. >> many people who are distracted driving certainly aren't going to admit to it. so what winds up happening is these costs are imposed on the system overall. everyone is a victim of distracted driving. >> reporter: to reduce premiums, take a defensive driving course, opt for a higher deductible, our shop around for a better rate. >> we have this whole plan figured out with more baby sitting. and now it's like -- >> now i'm probably going to have to find another way to earn more money. >> reporter: what's the one piece of advice you give her when she hits the road? >> don't text and drive. don't use your phone at all. >> reporter: driving safely still the ultimate bottom line. jo ling kent, nbc news, los angeles. you want to be careful on the roads later today. whipping winds and storming

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heading into the 9:00 hour right here on news4 today. here's what we're following for you. metro transit police are trying to figure out who shot two teens at a bus bay outside the naylor road metro station early this morning.

condition. a 16-year-old girl is being treated for non-life threatening injuries. and two people were shot in northeast d.c. overnight on 51st street. two men are in the hospital with injuries. no suspects identified. the democratic national committee will be choosing its new national chair today. there's seven candidates. former montgomery county council member tom perez is a top candidate. keith ellison is another top candidate. ellison is the first muslim ever elected to congress. >> we've got a busy weather day ahead of us. i'm adam tuss in for david. >> and i'm angie goff. we want to bring in meteorologist tom kierein. this is going to come down to timing, right tom? >> that's right. it's balmy and beautiful now. we have a little bit of sunshine. but a strong cold front is poised