we're tracking the developments in news 4 traffic. >> good morning. that's right. this breaking news in dumfries. chopper 4 on the way to 95. that's a major delay here. almost six miles at this point this point. 95 near 234. a broken down tractor-trailer now blocking two right lanes because it was involving a fuel spill. in northwest, georgia avenue shut down between jefferson illinois. shut down between jefferson. also 9th in northwest because of a police investigation. southbound bw parkway, a new crash. hi chuck. >> it's going to be a chilly start to the day. temperatures this morning in the 40s. a lot of clouds around. most of the rain is on the south side of our viewing area. down towards richmond and the north carolina border. that's the

snowing in milwaukee now. much of northern minnesota is below zero this morning. their first time below zero this season. there are a lot of clouds around. there could be a sprinkle or drizzle drop from time to time. rainfall amounts will be measured in the hundredth of an inch. not a lot of rain expected. swipe of the wipers can't be ruled out. mid-40s as you plan out your day today. temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s for a brief time. just a day very much like yesterday was. of course, next couple days, the bottom falls out. a very cold wind around here. i'll show you the five-day forecast coming up. as melissa mentioned, a deadly shooting investigation has forced roadblocks in northwest washington most of the morning. we've been on the scene this morning since 4:00 a.m. following the as they unfold. >> justin finch was live near keed

latest details on this. justin, what do you know? >> reporter: hey there, aaron. police have been on scene for hours. i'm told one of the victims did fall from his injuries. you can see going towards georgia and illinois, those streets remain closed this morning as this investigation continues. again, we have a double shooting that happened in this area of georgia avenue close to midnight. one person died. another one expected to survive. both we are told are -- the shooter in this case was able to escape. now, you might recall that just a few days ago back on tuesday, another double shooting happened not too far from this area on the 1300 block of rittenhouse street northwest. in that case, a 16-year-old boy was shot and killed. his friend with him, he is expected to survive. as you look at t

morning, traffic is beginning to build up. cars are moving about. you'll have to bear in mind, police are telling me the closures are expected to go into -- rather be lifted about 8:00 a.m. this morning. live here in northwest, justin finch, news 4. back to you. >> thank you, justin. 6:03 right now. police believe they know who murdered a prince george's county woman. >> the arrest leaves the parents of ashanti billie with more questions than answers. billie was reported missing on september 18th after she failed to show up for her shop on the naval base in norfolk. her body was found 11 days later outside of a church in charlotte. >> yesterday, a homeless navy veteran was charged in her kidnapping and killing. megan mcgrath is has more. >> reporter: good morning guys. ashanti billie graduated from the high school behind me here. her family and friends are relieved that an arrest has

made. the suspect had access to the secure naval base where she worked. erik brown was arrested he's been charged with kidnapping and murder. police say they have phone records and dna evidence that link him to the case. brown is currently homeless but he's a retired navy petty officer and his status gave him access to joint base little creek. they say that he visited the blimpie sandwich shop where billie worked almost daily. brown made crude sexual comments on at least one occasion. billie's father is devastated that he couldn't protect his daughter sniept as daughter. >> as a father, to know that i wasn't there for my daughter, to be against this guy, my daughter is 4'11", to look at the size of this

you preyed on my child. >> reporter: and police say that brown admitted to being on the base around the time that billie disappeared. but he says he blacked out and can't remember what he did for several days. back to youment. >> megan mcgrath. megan, thank you. 6:05 right now. we know it was a tractor-trailer that hit someone on the beltway this week and drove away. we learned the name of the man hurt in the crash as well. maryland state police say the man will survive. vasquez was standing on the shoulder of the beltway when his car broke down. the tractor-trailer hit the car, hit him and then drove away. vasquez has several cuts but nothing more serious than that. vice president mike pence said evil descended on the small town where a gunman opened fire inside a small children. nine children were among the 26 killed. the vice president visited

offered the country's condole e condolenc condolences. devin kelley walked into the church on sunday morning around started shooting. he had a dispute with his in-laws who attended the church. they attended the annual fall festival just five days before the shooting ram page. the fbi recovered kelley's iphone as they investigate the shooting but they can't access it right now. according to usa today, a forensics team is working to unlock the phone. the phone could provide critical clues about kelley's motivation and where he was in the days before the attack. the officers who risk their lives to save others during tubing at a congressional baseball practice in june will receive another honor. this time it will be from the u.s. capitol police. this video is of the officers receiving the medal of valor from president trump earlier this

several including steve scalise. scalise will attend the ceremony. it's 6:07. president trump is attending a state din per in beijing. chris lawrence following this from the live desk. >> let's get to the new video from beijing where president trump is attending the state dinner with the president there. it is taking place in the great hall and the people in the center of the capital. president trump hasn't been shy about pointing out the 30 billion d trade deficit with chie a. he accused the chinese of breaking it. he said he doesn't blame china for the one-sided trade relationship but previous presidents who negotiated those deals. president trump wraps up the visit to china by late tonight. by tonight he'll be in vietnam. 6:07. we turn to decision 2017 right now. dr. ralph northam

appearance on wednesday as virginia's governor-elect. during the governor-elect's first appearance, he will work with the white house and he pledged to fight for responsible gun control and affordable quality health care. his biggest challenge will be stopping the opioid health crisis. northam was one of many who swept the elections. they're trying figure out how to win back voters. >> it simply means we have to deliver. >> it's important to self-reflect starting from the top all the way down. >> you saw the speaker talk about delivering. how the gop delivers may factor into next year's elections. almost 30 house republicans will not run again. only seven democrats announced plans to retire. four delegate races in virginia still have to be called. they could go into recounts. if the gop keeps those seats, it

the chamber. we're going to keep an eye on those races and update the vote count in the nbc washington app. search election results. today, dozens of rallies are planned a krots country to pressure congress to pass a d.r.e.a.m. act. the legislation would allow undocumented immigrants to stay in the country. president trump has said he will let the obama era program expire in march unless there's congressional action. country singer brad paisley and carrie underwood hosted the country music awards for the tenth time last night. >> they didn't shy away from talking about national events and also the president. >> maybe next time. ♪ he'll think before he tweets ♪ >> you see what they did there. the singing duo reworked

underwood's hit before he cheats. the country music association apologizing for restricting reporters' ability to ask political questions. i guess the awardees and the hosts can say no comment or i don't want to comment. 6:10 right now. winter will be here before you know it, folks. it's almost time to hit the ice skating rink. >> there's one race that's different from the rest. molette green is live in rockville. tell us about art on the ice and this interesting transformation. molette, what's going on down there? >> reporter: i'm excited to have my young competitors out here to bring this art on ice to life. we're focused on what's underneath this layer of ice. this abstract piece of art that goes the span of this 120-foot rink. it's very colorful. we're going to talk to the nonprofit responsible for

they say it's a one of a kind. the only project like this in the country. that's coming up on "news4 today." back to you guys. molette, thanks so much. we'll check in with you soon. it's 6:11. hollywood scandal. the impact it's having on a new movie and how a mother says her son was lured in by actor kevin spacey. a deadly bar fight. how a local family is keeping the memory of a father alive. good morning. we're doing facebook live right now by the way. if you want to jump on and join us, you can. temperatures are going to be pretty chilly this morning as you start your day. the afternoon commute mainly dry. a few sprinkles around. temperatures only in about the low 50s. you will notice the clouds around. we have a weather alert for tomorrow evening into saturday morning.

breaking news right now in first 4 traffic. chopper 4 over this painful commute for a lot of people. northbound 95 in virginia before dumfries. we have the problem on the right side of the roadway with a tractor-trailer leaking fuel. as we pan back and look at the delays. another crash in triangle off the left side of the roadway. also a closure in northwest washington. we'll talk about that one. sheena, it's chilly. >> yes, melissa, it is chilly. warm jacket before you step outside. the good news, we're not looking at a wet commute. maybe the problems that melissa shoed you. only sprinkles around as we go throughout the day today. that's going to stay in the forecast. temperaturewise, in the mid to low 40s. here's a look at the radar. most of it will stay south of fredericksburg. we'll take a look at the cold air coming tomorrow and wait until you seeat

thank you, sheena. it's 6:15. a local community is coming together to honor a man killed in a fight. >> his name is harold garnet. chris lawrence is in the newsroom with why the honor meant so much. chris? >> he was only 27 years old. his mother says her heart is hurting right now. garnet died over the weekend after an altercation in the parking lot outside the velocity 5 in centreville, viginia. last night the texas roadhouse in chantilly held a dinner in his honor with 10% of the proceeds going to a memorial in his honor. after that, they held a candlelight vigil outside. >> basically, got a get together for harold at one of his favorite places. >> police have arrested a suspect in garnet's death. but up to 50 people may have witnessed the altercation. anyone with information is being asked to call police. that's the latest here in the

>> chris, thank you. 6:17 right now. as the temperatures fall, many will head to the ice skating rinks around town. there's one rink with a special anniversary coming up soon. it is dedicated to transforming the community through art. >> news 4's molette green is hanging out in rockville now to tell us about art on the ice. molette, good morning. when you see ice skaters doing their thing, it does look like art, right? >> reporter: oh, my goodness, they are poetry in motion. i would say these competitive skaters from wheaton all highlight, bring to life the art that's embedded in this ice rink at the rockville town square. it's a beautiful sight to see in person. want to talk about how this came to be with viz art. the nonprofit here in the town square responsible for this. alice knappy is the executive director. good morning to you. >> this is

we have here. >> it is. as far as we know, it's the only one of its kind in the country. >> reporter: i love how this looks and feels this morning with the christmas music. the holiday music behind us. i don't know if you can hear that on tv with the skaters going. alice, tell us why this is so important in the community. making this piece of art part of this rink and part of the community. >> it's our life. this was created with viz art. it's part of our anniversary. this is an original piece of artwork that's embedded on the ice. it's part of our effort to brand rockville town square as an arts destination. >> reporter: i know there was a complicated process to make it happen. give us an abbreviated verks of p version of putting the art under this. >> it was created by emily eisenberg. an artist. it was digitally printed on

vinyl is put down. there's a white plastic coating painted on top of that. then more ice built up. it's like a sandwich. >> reporter: it's beautiful. we're going to talk to the artist and coming up a little later on in the hour about how she feels about this. what she wants all of us to take away from this. viz art. executive director alice nappy. we have the competitive skaters out here. with a little rain coming down on us. back to you inside. >> it's all beautiful. molette, thank you very much. she told us about a little rain and cold out there. >> just a couple of sprinkles. we're well above freezing. most areas in the low to mid-40s. not rain or snow or ice. speaking of snow and ice, doug's winter outlook comes up today at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. set your dvrs if you're not home yet. he'll give you the updated

get. here's the early hint. it will be more than last year. last year we had 3.5 inches of snow. that was the first below average year in a while. average snow is around 15 inches. half of the last six winters have been well below and half have been above average snowfall. it will be more than 3.4 inches much that's the hint. here's the leading edge of the season change that's coming our way. the rain is part of the milder air that's trying to move up over it. there's cold air at the ground and warm air up over it. we had a lot of clouds this morning. there is a visible drop or light rain chance through the day today. it won't add up to too much. a few swiechs wiper blade. maybe .05 or .04 of an inch of rain. not expecting a lot of rain today. but not much sunshine eihe

afternoon highs, we'll get into the upper 40s to around 50 degrees. downtown temperature, about 53. 48 in gaithersburg. tomorrow, a blustery and chilly day. highs in the low 40s tomorrow. feels-like factors, how about this. tomorrow, mid afternoon, feels-like factors below freezing. if you're going to high school football games tomorrow night, better to stand and cheer than sit on the metal bleachers. cold on saturday morning. temperatures down within a couple of degrees of tying low prosecutors. no one wants to hear that, melissa. >> no, no, no. i have to bring out the puffy coat again. breaking news in first 4 traffic. a five-mile backup on 95 northbound before dumfries. chopper 4 showing us that problem panning to the right stretching all the way down there. from triangle up. the other problem is at triangle this morning with that crash on the left side of the roadway. earlier crash, gotten it out of

that area. you can see the red there on the screen in northwest. still have that closure georgia avenue, illinois avenue, 9th street there because of the police activity. that shooting from overnight. as we widen out, beltway looking okay. southbound, 295 after -- brand new crash in the center of the road. school protest. parents get noisy over changes they claim are long overdue. facing scandal. a mother in anguish speaks out on behalf of her son. >> kevin spacey put his hand inside his pants. alat he rely knew he was in

6:25 now. the latest on the growing scandal involving actor kevin spacey. he's been completely cut out of his latest film, all the money in the world. he'll be replaced by actor christopher plummer. the latest victim to accuse him of sexual assault is speaking to nbc news. >> he says to me, mom, kevin spacey tried to rape me. >> that is former tv news anchor heather unruh. her son was 18 when her son was assaulted. we know the actor is seeking treatment. all week long we've been talking to teenagers and taking a look at how they're dealing with anxiety and depression. our changing minds series continues this morning as doreen

every parent should be looking out for. >> if you are ever hearing from a teacher or hearing from a friend that your child is behaving a little bit differently or a little more withdrawn than usual or doesn't seem very happy, that is a very, very big warning sign that something else is going on. >> dr. ava dooms is a local adolescent and child cyclispsy e psychiatrist. if your child is suddenly spending time with a different group of friends or your child is not engaging as much with parents, siblings and friends. >> evaluate, perhaps talk to your pediatrician or talk to school counselor and see if you might need to take it a step forward and get help for your child. >> it's also important that children get regular downtime and that they learn coping

downtime without devices and electronics. >> we have the entire week-long series on teens, anxiety and depression in our nbc washington app. just search changing minds. 6:27 right now. a morning attack. and police have a warning for women on their way to work now. one man killed. another injured in a kubl shodo shooting overnight. i'm justin finch with the latest

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breaking news at 6:30. you're going to see police investigating a murder. if you try to drive on georgia avenue in the district, d.c. police blocked off several streets along georgia avenue near kennedy street northwest. two people were shot there overnight. >> one man died. the shooting happened around midnight. justin finch is there live. he'll join us in about 15 minutes with a live report. also breaking news in first 4

>> melissa mollet is tracking first 4 traffic. i-95 and virginia. chopper 4 over the problem. look at the backups. northbound lanes are the problem here. 95 before dumfries. really all of this starts around triangle. we have a tractor-trailer crash on the right side of the roadway. also a fuel spill. that's what's taking so long. you can see the delays. also showing you radar and where we are raining here on the roadways. southbound 295 after a crash there and the center lane. 123, crash blocking a middle lane in the roadway. this is the police activity you were talking about. georgia avenue near longfellow jefferson kennedy. right now, shut down. good morning sheena. >> good morning, melissa. as melissa showed you on the map, we are dealing with sprinkles, very light rainfall this morning. it is actually sprinkling now outside the studio. it wasn't sprinkling about an hour ago. now we're seeing more widespread areas of green on the map. i'll show that you in a second. keep that in mind

around with cloudy skies and chilly temperatures. right now in the mid to low 40s across the area. tomorrow, though, an even warmer jacket. tomorrow is going to be windy and cold. widespread freezing coming tomorrow night into saturday morning. cover your sensitive plants. bring your pets inside. don't leave them outside into saturday morning. it's going to be cold. here's a look at the radar. most of the rain south of fredericksburg. this is going to be the case through the day. a few sprinkles off and on. coming up in a bit, chuck and i are back to show you how cold it's about to get around here. sheena, thank you. it's 6:32. a look at the top stories. this homeless retired navy veteran, erik brown is charged with the kidnapping and murder of ashanti billie. the woman disappeared in september from a naval base in virginia. her body was found in charlotte, north carolina. coming up at 6:45, megan mcgrath will explain what evidence led

the woman caught on camera throwing urine on a metrobus driver will be sentenced. she pled guilty. she tested positive for pcp following her arrest in august. a new federal indictment links basketball coach rick pitino to a pay for play scheme. it claims that a coach who nbc news identified as pitino who pay for play, recruits families. he said he's innocent and had no knowledge about any payments. prince william county police are trying to track down a man who attacked a woman. they say he jumped out of a bush as she walked to work in a residential section of woodbridge yesterday. the victim told police the man ripped her shirt but she managed to get away. she was not physically hurt. parents and students in montgomery county say money is desperately needed to improve a crumbling school building. >> angry parents along with their children packed a board

but a newly released budget doesn't include additional spending for poolesville high school. the repairs are needed now. they will vote in late november on the budget. muriel bowser will attend a groundbreaking for the new world war i memorial. there will be a ceremony today at 11:00 a.m. at 14th street and pennsylvania avenue northwest. as veterans day approaches, a local medal of honor recipient is opening up about the day a suicide bomber killed four service members and nearly killed him in afghanistan. before joining the army, he grew up in montgomery county and graduated from the university of maryland. he just wrote a book called eight seconds of courage. he talks about every detail of the attack. i recently sat down with him and his fiance and he talked about how difficult it was for him. >> and the pain and the south doubt, the self-doubt and the survivors' guilt. it was really tough

obviously, i was on brink of figuring out ways to end it all. through the support of might have friends, my family, my comrades, i was able to get myself out. >> still pretty difficult for him to talk about that day. tonight at 6:00, he talks more about the attack, what it was like to stare death in the face and what life has been like for him after coming home. he's engaged to be married now. the book is incredibly well-written and an incredible story as well. he talks about what happened to him, what happened to his friends. all over the country now. it's a sort of therapy. >> i think it's so brave of him to share that story to help others. i'm very much looking forward to that interview. devastating loss. why a young houston astros fan was not celebrating after the world series win and what one star player did about it. if you ever doubted that every vote counts, think again. how the power

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can't make this stuff up. did you see that amazing play in the celtics/lakers game. look. a pass behind the back and then the ball gets passed in and into the basket. crazy. look at this. how does that happen? the celtics also are on a ten-game winning streak. won that game too. the lakers play the wizards here in washington tonight. there's some revenge to be had. the lakers -- do you remember two weeks ago what happened? >> the lakers beat the wizards in los angeles. you know john wall, bradley beal looking for revenge. make it happen. take it on the court >> trash talking, all that stuff. >> little brother. >> the houston astros may have won the world series, but that night ended in heartbreak

one diehard fan. >> she's not a dodgers fan. >> she's a big astros fan. >> listen to this. >> broke my heart. >> it's going to be okay. >> aww. >> she's all of us. >> that's scarlet sanchez. she's 4 years old and already a diehard carlos correia fan. scarlet was devastated to hear he proposed ho to his girlfriend. >> the ice is thawing between the rivals. admitted that rodriguez is cute. >> yes. >> all that. they're mending fences. >> how sweet of carlos to show up and surprise scarlet lake that. >> she gets to go to the wedding too. no, she'll make a scene. >> 6:40 right now.

>> molette, what's going on at the ice rink in rockville? >> reporter: we're on this rink with competitive skaters and artem bedded in the rink. what the artist who created this ab tract wants to you take away whether on or off the ice. that's coming up. breaking news right now in first 4 traffic. big problems here on the 95, also a closure in northwest. your travel times coming

how is that possible? where is the security? >> she was stopped at work and -- tracing the final days of a prince george's county woman and how her parents will not rest. >> unfortunately, it's a cruel world. texas massacre. a killer in church. the reason the fbi hit a roadblock in the investigation. >> vision 2017. election day is long over, but there are still some races that could be up for grabs. >> preparing you for the bitter blast. enjoy these temperatures while you can. the dramatic nosedive and how low we're going to go.

it's 6:45. we've been following an investigation. we've been on the scene at 4:00 a.m. following the developments as they unfold. >> justin finch is live with the latest details on this. justin? >> reporter: aaron, this is a critical part of this double shooting investigation. behind us an apartment building where you can see the light is on the lower level fl that is where a neighbor tells me he saw a man who appeared to be shot and put into an ambulance and carried off for treatment. you see georgia avenue there. this is an area of focus throughout the morning as police are now looking for at least one shooter as part of this investigation. now, this all began close to midnight in the area of georgia avenue. two people were shot. one man died from his injuries. another expected to recover. this, of course, happening not too far from another scene ju

of rittenhouse street. that's where earlier this week back on tuesday, a 16-year-old boy was shot and killed. his friend was also shot. he is expected to survive. another double shooting not too far from the scene of this shooting. two now in one week. you might imagine a lot of neighbors now concerned about this. also concerned that this could easily have been an incident where they were also hurt. they're asking for more police to be out here or patrol on watch in hopes of preventing another case like this one. live in northwest, justin finch, news 4. back to you. >> justin, thank you. 6:46 now. police believe they know who murdered a prince george's county woman. >> the arrest leaves the parents of ashanti billie with more questions than answers. billie was reported missing on september 18th after she failed to show up for her job at the blimpie's sandwich shop in norfolk. her body was fd

outside of a church in charlotte. >> yesterday a homeless navy veteran was charged in her kidnapping and killing. megan mcgrath is where her former school community is still in shock. megan? >> reporter: ashanti billie graduated from this high school behind me. friends and family are relieved that an arrest has been made but disturbed that the suspect had such access to the naval base where billie worked. 45-year-old erik brown has been charged with murder and kidnapping. police say that they have phone records and dna evidence linking him to the crime. now, brown is homeless and had been living in random facilities and buildings both on and off joint base little creek. now, brown's status as a retired navy petty officer allowed him access to the base and he went to the blimpie's where billie worked almost every day. witnesses say that brown flirted with billie and sometimes made

billie's mother, a veteran herself, is angry. >> i'm angry again. i've been angry one time before and now i'm angry again because this was a veteran that did this. she's the child of veterans. she's been around the military her whole life. >> reporter: now, brown told investigators that he was on the base around the time that billie disappeared but that he blacked out and he does not remember what he did for several days. back to you. >> megan mcgrath in upper marlboro. thank you, megan. vice president mike pence said evil descended on the small town where a gunman opened fire inside a church. nine children were among the 26 killed. the vice president visited sutherland springs yesterday and offered the country's condole e condolenc condolences. devin kelley walked into the church during sunday morning service and started shooting. they

attended the church. they attend the fall festival five days before the shooting rampage. the fbi recovered kelley's iphone as agents investigate the massacre. they can't access it right now. a forensics team is working to unlock the phone but don't know the pass code. the fbi says the phone could provide critical clues about kelley's motivations and where he was in the days before the attack. the officers who risked their lives to save others during a shooting at a congressional baseball practice in june will receive another honor. this time from the u.s. capitol police. this is the video of the officers receiving the medal of valor from president trump earlier this year. a gunman opened fire at that practice injuring several people including house majority whip steve scalise. scalise will attend that ceremony today. the loss may not be over for the gop in the

state of a virginia. three dell grat races still have to be called and they could go into recounts. if the gop keeps the seats, this will have a 51-49 majority over -- we're still tracking breaking news in first 4 traffic. >> here's melissa mollet with what's going on. >> 95 in virginia, a four-mile backup before dumfries. that was interesting. you can see there really still quite slow because of an earlier problem at triangle and now one up at quantico as well this morning. taking a look at 66, you can see inbound near fairfax getting slow as well. all of the green, the radar on our traffic map showing you where it might be. little nasty for the morning commute. northbound georgia avenue between jefferson and longfellow, lanes still closed there in the northbound side. but southbound lanes are open.

kennedy, still have the police activity there. that's a double shooting from overnight. as you widen out and look at the beltway, slow in the normal spots. 270 southbound. frederick to gaithersburg and loosens up a little bit. nice little treat for you. southbound from germantown, not bad. a little slow going 17 miles per hour. 66 inbound, 25 miles per hour. 95 northbound quantico to the beltway, going to take you 33 minutes. good morning, sheena. >> good morning, melissa. well, we have a live picture in rockville. we'll talk about the headlines in a second. here's one of the ice skaters with an umbrella. we are seeing the sprinkles out there. it can be done. you can ice skate with an umbrella. the ice is still fine. nothing very heavy, though, this morning. beautiful live look in rockville. she's doing a fantastic job too. it will be getting colder. if you want to head out there, cold weather is coming.

cloudy, sprinkles. a weather alert friday night into saturday morning. a widespread freeze is coming. remember that before we go into friday night. low 40s for leesburg. gaithersburg, 40s. walking the dog today, he's available for adoption. head to their website. for a dog walk, 50 degrees by noon. 52 in the afternoon. here they are. these are some very, very light rain showers or even just sprinkles for much of the area. most of the rain will stay south of fredericksburg. that's going to be in the forecast today. here's the next cold front. look at this cold air in canada. it's going to move through, bring us cold and windy conditions tomorrow. that's going to cause a widespread freeze into saturday morning. all the counties in blue -- starting today, 4:00 p.m., doug kammerer will have your winter weather outlook if you want to see how much snow we may be getting. feels-like temperatures, it

saturday morning. we could be feeling like the teens. actual morning lows will be in the 20s. again, that wind will make all the difference. tomorrow, very windy and cold. we'll tall it blustery. it's going to feel like the 30s. it's cold and look at those next ten days. not one temperature above 60 degrees, guys. >> stand with a blanket. >> don't go outside, eun. thank you, sheena. watching professional ice skaters it's like watching art in motion. there's one local rink that stands out when it comes to artwork. >> molette green is spending the morning in rockville revealing this not so hidden artwork. sort of hidden. tell us about it. >> reporter: now that the sun has come up sun, you can see the beautiful colors of the art that's embedded at this ice rink here at rockville town square. so beautiful. the person who did this, the artist who created this beautul

morning. emily eisinger. thank you for joining us. what do you want people to take away from this? >> it's about the experience. it's taking something like a big white ice rink that turns into a canvas for me and adding color brings something to the community as well as the experience of ice skating. >> bringing it alive for these competitive skaters behind me. >> yes, yes. changing the experience creating -- impacting the community. >> i love it. >> viz art is the nonprofit that's responsible for making all of this happen. alice nappy is the executive director. you have this line about art. i want you to say that for our viewer. >> we believe that art is transformational for individuals and communities and it improves the quality of life. so this is another way to we're doing that. >> i love it. this is going to be out here for

bring this artwork to life. i want the competitive skaters from wheaton to come up, all three of them. hey, guys, come up real quick. we have anya, sunya and ga tan owe. these two guys are twins. 10 years old. how old are you, anya? >> i'm 12. >> what do you think about this art on this ice rink? >> beautiful. >> it's beautiful she says. >> what do you think? >> it's really pretty. >> it's good. >> colorful? >> colorful. >> all right. you guys have done a great job bringing this art to life haven't they? >> we're live in the community in rockville. the rain is not dampening the beauty of all of this out here on the ice rink. come on out. >> eun, aaron, strap on your ice skates. >> i've been to that rink and on the ice there. it's a great spot. the kids are doing a great job out there. thanks, molette. it's

head out the door. a shooting early this morning on georgia avenue northwest and kennedy street has left one person dead and one injured. this comes after another man was shot. only one mile away on tuesday night. follow justin finch on twitter for updates on this story. >> retired navy veteran erik brown charged with the kidnapping and murder of ashanti billie. billie was 19 years old. follow news 4's megan mcgrath on twitter for more. president trump is about to wrap up a state dinner in beijing, china. mr. trump offered a toast to china's president. the "today" show will have a complete look at the president's visit, that's next. deciding when the i-66 tolls will be enforced. the average cost for a trip between $5 and $6. look for updates on the nbc washington app. the biggest problem on the roads, before dumfries,

four-mile backup here. allow extra time. may want to make it on the express lanes. >> keep the wipers at the ready as well. periods of light rain off and on through the day. temperatures near 50 today and blustery and way colder weather in time for your weekend. >> none of us has to work on saturday. it will be more manageable. >> i'm going to sleep in all the way to 4:00 a.m. the "today" show is next. enjoy your day. >> make it a great thursday everybody.

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