and started a mountain bike juice delivery service. call geico and see how affordable homeowners insurance can be. we'll miss him tremendously. the shock and the reality haven't abated yet. >> right now on "news4 today," heavy hearts for the people who work to protect us after losing two of their own. we're going to tell you what we're learning about the two men and how an act of kindness ended up taking both their lives. and the clock is winding down until one of the most contested senate races, and alabama voters may notice a familiar voice the next time they answer the phone.

lending to the moore campaign. and we are working for you after our first december snow in years. kind of pretty out there. >> yeah. >> we'll let you know what you need to know about freezing temperatures before you head out the door this morning. >> announcer: "news4 today" starts now. >> more of a salt kind of thing than a plow kind of thing, but definitely looks nice out there and it's feeling like winter. many of you waking up to snow-covered streets, sidewalks and cars. take a look here. this is the fresh powder in southern maryland in st. mary's county. of course, they saw a significant amount of snowfall the last couple of days. thank you so much for starting your day with us. i'm adam tuss. >> good morning to you. i'm meagan fitzgerald in for angie goff. and a cold start to our morning, but a pretty one. >> yeah. >> that was beautiful! >> it is beautiful. >> i enjoyed that. >> we have to worry about a little black ice. lauryn is here with that. what do you think? >> you know, we were seeing patches of it this morning, but

secondary roads, parking lots, if you're headed out shopping, those definitely could be icy, so watch your footing as you head out, but man, this system was huge, from texas all the way up through the east coast. bob ryan who used to be the chief meteorologist here, some of his family still lives in the houston area and he was talking about his grandsons already making a little snowman. so, i'm sure kids from houston all the way up to atlanta got their fair share of snow, and so did we around here. we picked up 2 inches last night at reagan national airport. it's a good looking morning. we've got these clouds stuck in place, 35 degrees, so conditions are improving on the roadways, but again, still be careful when you head outside. we do have some windy conditions today. we do have some more snow on the way. we'll talk about that and sort it all out, coming up. >> all right, lauryn, thank you very much. news4 traveled down to st. mary's county, where snow totals reached 3 1/2 inches. yep, and our cr

they stopped by the baymart convenience store and deli, and overall, people there said they were excited about the snow. >> we take it as it comes. we enjoy the weather. >> i haven't seen snow in 12 years. >> tell you, this time we took the brunt of it, from what i hear, down on this end. i don't know, i haven't been up the road yet to see what's up there. >> we drove up the road for him, and you can see the pavement was pretty clear. this storm was more of a decorative event than a dangerous event, at least in this case. >> that's certainly good news for a lot of people, but it wasn't the case for some drivers in parts of virginia. let's take a live look at i-95 northbound at springfield. you can still see some of the snow off to the side there. virginia state police say that they responded to more than 200 crashes yesterday, and many people are waking up without power. we talked with dominion energy overnight and continue to talk to them today. they tell us more than 3,500 customers are still without power in northern virginia, while more than 13,000 across the state still without electricity.

always working for you, so be sure to download our free nbc washington app. it has everything to know on a storm team 4 weather alert day. all you have to do is click download in your app store. >> time right now is 10:04 on this sunday morning. take a look at this, devastating house fire, just weeks before christmas. prince george's county fire officials tweeted out this photo just moments ago. you can see that the flames bursted out of the roof here at the ft. washington home. in moments, right before that, we learned what caused the fire. >> yeah, news4's justin finch is live there in ft. washington for us with the details. good morning, justin. >> reporter: meagan, good morning. the fire department here able to quickly identify the cause of this fire, saying it was a malfunctioning chimney. you can take a look here and see where it was. they traced it down to one missing brick, they say, allowed that fire to travel from the lower levels all the way up to the attic, and the homeowner, she was able to

fire gutted her home. take a look at this here. about 2:30 this morning, county fire crews were on the scene taking on this call here. they even had to call in the charles county fire department to help them assist. they had their ladders and their lines out here for some time trying to get this raging fire under control. we now know the damage done here is about $200,000, from the top of the home to the lower level. the home is gutted. the roof is gone in parts as well. again, the cause here identified as a malfunctioning chimney. and then, fire crews saying they have traced it to one missing brick that allowed that fire to travel the way it has. they also say as well a fire inspection of that chimney could have prevented this and of course stopped all of that there. live, justin finch, news4. back to you in the studio. >> thank you, justin. tough story there as that family tries to get the pieces back together. thanks, justin.

time right now is 10:05. we are talking about the ft. washington home that was obviously extremely damaged there. >> before christmas, very devastating. and you know, it's a perfect opportunity to remind folks, remember, candles, remember things like space heaters, be very cautious of that this time of year, because as we know, those are key things that can contribute to fires. >> absolutely. want to talk about some more tough moments here. we were talking about fallen heroes in our area. black ribbons, bunting draping the trucks that a fallen hero and his friend were a part of. this was a tough story about i-270 and two people who were killed on that road. a veteran agent with the fbi and a decorated member of maryland's fire marshal office both killed on i-270 friday. [ sirens ] those were the sirens there that you heard from the procession that traveled in

police and firefighters escorted the body of lieutenant sander cohen as people saluted along the road. cohen grew up in rockville. he had been volunteering as a firefighter since he was 16 years old. and on friday night, he stopped to help fbi agent carlos wolff, who had crashed on i-270. both men were hit by a car as they waited for help on the side of the road. cohen's colleagues, they're still trying to deal with this loss. >> i think it's really just his smile and his demeanor. everybody here liked him. he brought a sense of comradery. >> he was very dedicated. he worked a demanding job, long days, and he would still come here and volunteer in his community. >> yeah, and meanwhile, the fbi is also mourning the loss of one of its own. yesterday it sent out a tweet offering condolences to the friends, families, and colleagues of special agent wolff. they say that that veteran agent worked out of fbi headquarters in northwest d.c. three other people were hurt during those crashes

to be okay. maryland state police are still working to try to figure out the cause of all those accidents. and a five-acre brush fire broke out in the hills of monrovia, california, saturday night. folks in that state just can't seem to catch a break. all homes on three streets had to be evacuated. the fire was first reported at around 8:00 last night. thankfully, the fire has been contained. an evacuation shelter has opened up for the residents who were displaced. time right now is 10:08. voters in alabama may be getting a call from president trump. a white house official has confirmed to nbc news that the president recorded a last-minute robocall for gop senate candidate roy moore. now, that official says the call was recorded yesterday afternoon. this comes one day after president trump got on a stage and urged people to vote for moore. his support comes even as the candidate faces multiple accusations of sexual misconduct. he has largely denied all of those accusations. moore's going to face off against democrat doug jones on tuesday in that s

this with chuck todd coming up in just about five minutes here as we get ready for "meet the press" as well. meanwhile, let's take you outside, where our area is covered in a thin layer of snow this morning. >> pretty, though. >> yeah. >> as we mentioned, southern maryland saw the brunt of it. lauryn is back in just a few minutes with when we canee some m sel

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through winter, spring, summer, fall, but they also have to be able to roll down the hill like this. >> yeah. >> that's actually how she got into the zoo. >> yeah, she's loving it. all right, hopefully, you get a chance to get outside and enjoy the snow, like she was there, or just admire it from inside your house! >> lauryn is pinpointing the next ten days and will let us know if we're going to see an ymo

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winds will pick up a little bit as we continue through the middle portion of the day. we're talking about some wind gusts up to about maybe 25 miles an hour, so certainly blustery out there, because that air temperature mainly remaining in the 30s to right around 40 degrees. most of the day, windchills are the feels-like factor, in the 20s. winds will settle down later on this afternoon throughout the evening. otherwise, we are looking at some sunshine by this afternoon. we're also looking at snow on the ten-day forecast. we'll talk about when it's coming, again, coming up. >> you can keep the snow, how about that? >> there we go. >> lauryn, thanks. the honors are rolling in for virginia governor terry mcauliffe as he wraps up his team. >> yeah, "governing" magazine just named him public official of the year, and virginia was ranked as the fifth best state in which to do business. >> how about that? our northern virginia bureau chief julie carey sat down with governor mcauliffe to reflect on his time in office and his possible next big

hours touring governor terry mcauliffe's office. it's filled with memorabilia from the last four years. >> there's nothing i love more than shoveling some dirt. >> reporter: turning dirt, especially for new businesses and new roads, twin goals when he took office. >> we have built new virginia economy, over 200,000 new jobs, record economic investment. >> reporter: but transforming transportation, that's what mcauliffe hopes his legacy will be, adding dozens of miles of express lanes in northern virginia. >> it's not that i won't be known for the tolls, i want to be known that i've opened up and finally came up with a solution to move more people. >> reporter: his best day, signing the order that eventually restored voting rights to tens of thousands of felons who had served their time. his darkest day, in charlottesville, when violence in the wake of a white supremacist rally ended with three deaths, including those of two state troopers who perished in a chopper crash. >> that hour was one of the

experienced in my life. >> reporter: mcauliffe steps away on a high note politically as the democrats sweep the houses and flip seats. >> look where we are today. virginia is now the model on how democrats win elections. >> reporter: mcauliffe plans to take his political muscle on the road next year, campaigning across the country for democratic gubernatorial candidates. only after that will he weigh whether to become a candidate again, for president, not office. >> you would never see me run for congress. i don't say it disrespectfully to anybody. it's not my personality. >> reporter: when he leaves the governor's mansion next month, terry mcauliffe will once again be a resident of northern virginia. the first lady and his two youngest school kids already back there. they returned at the start of the school year. in richmond, virginia, julie carey, news4. all right, so, we are just days away from a controversial special election happening in the south. meanwhile, an attack is under way against special counsel robert mueller's russia probe. >> yeah, these are two of the big stories hen

got the guy to break it down, moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd. all right, you were in alabama this past week. interesting times down there with the roy moore candidacy going on. you know, the funny thing is i'm not sure if people are really paying attention to his competitor and what's going on there. >> what's fascinating is that, okay, everybody knows about the race, everybody -- nobody wants to talk about it. i understood it when the camera was on that nobody wants to talk about it, but i turn the cameras off, it's like everybody's whispering, like they're afraid of whatever they express, they're going to offend a friend. >> yeah. >> okay? whether they express voting for a democrat, that will offend a friend, or i'm voting for moore, that will offend a friend. i came away seeing that the undecided republican voters in this race who have never voted for a democrat before and aren't this time, what they're deciding between is whether to vote or not, whether to show up to the polls. >> that's interesting. >> and that is, they're disturbed by the charges and, you know,

of anything that makes them feel as if, well, maybe they won't be true, that might be enough for them to go to the polls, and that whole with the gloria allred client where she sort of had part of her story change, i talked to plenty of people down there, that might be enough to tip the scale. if roy moore wins by a point or two, gloria allred may be to blame, believe it or not. >> so obviously, democrats are banking on people not showing up. >> yeah, one of the unusual ways -- democrats usually want high turnout. normally, they think high turnout benefits them. this is a unique case. this is a deep red state, very conservative voters. they need a low turnout in order to pull this off. >> got you. you're also going to be talking about the russia investigation coming up on the show. quickly tell us who you have on the show today. >> we've got tim scott, republican from south carolina, bernie sanders, of course. i think people have heard of him. >> yeah. >> once or twice. >> not technically a democrat, but he kind of is. the most popular democrat who's not registered with the party. a

house intelligence committee involved in the grilling of donald trump jr. and the russia probe. we dive into that pretty deep. >> much more to come up in ten minutes right here. alert the affiliates. we'll go live. "meet the press" comes up sunday at 10:30 right after "news4 today." chuck, thanks so much for stopping by. >> thanks, chuck. >> always good to see you. from chuck to lauryn, you're a pretty important person today, too. >> oh, my gosh, thank you! >> you're always important. >> thank you, guys! >> no disrespect. >> right here. >> there we go. >> so, we're talking snow. we had snow yesterday. snow's coming in the forecast. what's next? but it's cold. >> it's cold. >> on a serious note, the weather could affect the roadways, obviously. >> yes, it's definitely going to impact the roadways a little bit. we're seeing that out there already. so, come back in. >> i'm back. >> you're not in my shot. yes, we have some icy spots on the roadways. conditions are improving, but again, be careful as you make your way out there. as you can see, a lot of these temperatures are above that freezing mark, but it is chilly. and we'reta

not only that, but we're going to have the winds. winds are gusting up to 25, 30 miles an hour. they will settle down around 5:00 tonight. but again, they're starting to increase right now. tonight and tomorrow, no problems with the wind. now, we don't have a lot of problems out there with any precipitation. no snow coming down, but we could see a few flurries. in fact, we're seeing a little bit in the eastern panhandle of west virginia, all lake-effect snow that is headed our way. we will not see any additional accumulation, just a few flurries flying around. otherwise, we'll have more sunshine later this afternoon as the temperature gets to about 40 degrees. tomorrow you start off with the light wind, temperatures in the low 40s once again tomorrow. drying tomorrow and an increase in cloud cover tomorrow afternoon through tomorrow night. low 40s tomorrow. now, we got a little system coming our way for tuesday morning. yaeferd, look at that, overnight monday into tuesday, we could have some snow, could have some sleet, could have some rain, but that will be out of here by the commute on tuesday. however, there could be some delays. temperatures mid-40s on tuesday, but again, look at this change. wednesday our n

windchills are going to be in the teens. then we'll have chances of snow on thursday

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welcome back. if you watch "saturday night live" enough, you know that any host who joins the five-timers club gets a special jacket. >> yeah, but last night, host james franco says you get absolutely nothing when you host four times. >> four times. >> he's not happy. >> the fourth time here, they

monologue. they just throw you out here and make you take questions from the audience. >> yeah, just out there. so, james franco took some questions from the audience only to discover that when you host enough times, some of your friends come out to heckle you. do you see seventh roggin peeking out there? >> yeah, too funny. >> seth rogen told franco that he won the ticket lottery and wanted to way the show. >> yeah, i put my name in the lottery for "snl" tickets and this is the week i got. it was totally random. luckily, i'm a huge sizza fan, so it worked out. >> that's really interesting because i asked you earlier in the week if you would come by and do a sketch with me and you told me, i have something. >> yes, i did have something. i had "snl" tickets. >> even jonah hill and steve martin made a guest appearance here. on next week's show, kevin hart will be hosting. so, there's a good one there. all right, let's get you caught up on the four things you need to know on this sunday

heard throughout rockville as the fire department honored one of its fallen last night. funeral preparations under way for a fire lieutenant and an fbi agent who were killed along 270 friday night. follow updates on the nbc washington app on this story. and a ft. washington home is extremely damaged after an early-morning fire. prince george's county fire and ems say they responded to the home along bremer circle around 2:30 this morning. we'll update you as we learn mow. and the district crews working to repair a water main break along south dakota avenue northeast. police say they have closed that road from randolph street to 18th street. >> and be sure to use extra caution as you head out on to the roads this morning. you can get the latest weather updates and stories on our free nbc washington app. >> let's get a final check of the weather. 235 degrees out there. that's the good news, right? >> yeah, but we're staying in the 30s today. winds will pick up and help dry out everything, but temperatures right around 40 degrees. it's going to be breezy through

next chance will come on wednesday with windchills in the teens all day long. >> wow. >> say that again. >> windchills in the teens. but we will have maybe -- we could have some delays possibly tuesday morning. we'll have to watch that little snow-rain mix. doesn't look like a lot, but we don't need a lot to mess up the commute around here. >> no. >> so, tuesday morning we could see some snow. >> especially during the rush hour period, that could be -- >> oh, i know. >> the key is timing on that one. >> that's what it's going to be, yeah. >> all righty, that's it for us. "meet the press" is next. >> and wake up with us tomorrow morning. start at 4:00we a what do you think? hey, think ben will like it?

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. this sunday, roy moore, the senate and what's at stake for alabama. president trump makes it clear, he's all in for moore. >> get out and vote for roy moore. "meet the press" headed down to alabama where accusations of sexual conduct of moore is the reason. >> it is something that nobody is comfortable with. >> democratic doug jones had a real chance but could a moore win damage the republican party in the long run. my guest this morning, tim scott of south carolina and bernie sanders of vermont. plus, sexual misconduct charges