montgomery county school bus off the road. and several water breaks. still some danense fog. we'll talk about about that. as well as freezing fog. i'll have the warm-up details along the way as well. and president trump back in washington after this appearance at college football biggest game of the season. the steps he plans to take on immigration reform. news4 midday starts

good morning everybody welcome to news4 midday i'm aaron gilchrist. this school bus crash happened in potomac. you can see it went off the road. one of many issues tracking today that made driving difficult. news4 justin finch is there live. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. bus towed away a little while ago. somehow trying to make a turn, lost control, slipped, and fell into this wooded area here resting against a tree. we are told at the time this road here, this private road was not fully salted. which goes to show how treacherous the roads can be. vicariously placed but protected montgomery county school bus

tree. all a board luckily unhurt. >> he slowed down and given the ice and level of the ground the bus started sliding and ended p in a ditch. montgomery county firefighters rescued them from the bus. response shut down this portion of tu llip lane. >> we had plan ab and c. walk the students off. >> reporter: slick roadways and patches of fog were over the parkway and other areas. and in and on dale another water main break. fair max water crews responded and diverting traffic. later it was

worked to repair the line. >> we had historic cold temperatures which means more water main breaks. so crews have been going nonstop. but hoping with the warmer weather things will calm down. >> reporter: and remarkably in these cold conditions, we have seen wihat a little bit of cold can do to commutes, that's why first responders say it's more of a reason to be careful as making your way on these changing conditions today. in potomac i'm justin finch news4 back into you. >> thank you, justin. this has been a crazy week of weather, extreme cold and freezing rain. overnight refreeze was to close schools today. take a look at these temperatures. many places above freezing. and milder weather ahead of us. let's get the

updates. >> that's going to help us a lot and burn off the fog. take a look now. mostly sunny conditions so start to see a lot of improvements right now current temperatures at 36 degrees. feel like temperature of about 30. but like i said the good news is we have a good amount of sunshine out there. we'll start to see things warming up. visibility map, looking a lot better than when i checked it about hour half ago. up to 7 miles visibility. down to quarter mile, that's when you are at critical point. still dense fog farther south. up towards dulles up to 9 miles. so visibility will improve over the next hour as well as temperatures. and then beyond this, i think we are out of the woods. warm-up on the way and i'll give you that in a minute. back to you. >> thank you. three families have to find somewhere else to live because of a crash. say a suv skidded off

and into the apartment building. you can see the damage. black ice may have been to blame. the driver was trapped in that suv and rescued by firefighters. she's in the hospital with serious injuries. right now a trial under way for a man a "u" couped of killing two teens the night before the graduation. case only held by a judge. waived right to jury. accused of shooting the teens shot to death in a car back in june hours before their graduation from northwest high school. police believe they were killed in revenge for the robbery of his girlfriend. search for missing prince georgia county man has expanded. today marks a week since he was seen in the costco in bellevue and searching parts of the

county. dozens was in the search. he is nonverbal but does respond to the name of danny if you come across him. battle over parking is brewing over metro station. they say not enough people are using the spaces dean wood stop and land could be better used for development. push back though. and add am tuss at the dean wood station how this is becoming a major issue for den wood. adam? >> reporter: that's right valuable land, that's an issue not just at dean wood, but other places as well. so the question is this, do you just leave things the way they are? or do you develop? >> beautiful morning. >> reporter: so few riders use metro dean wood station. >> good morning. >> reporter: that there is actually an increase sense of

community. express newspaper man giving hugs to those he knows and compliments. but metro would like a bit more activity. only 1,200 week riders, third lowest in the system. quiet sometimes lends to crime. this is one of the few metro stations that has officer assigned 24 hours a day. way to bring up the ridership while possibly lowering crime is to develop the nearly 200 space parking lot here draws only about 70 cars a day. prime real estate for new housing and retail buildings. but that idea not sitting well with everyone. >> it's hard to find parking around here. >> reporter: parks at dean wood every day. >> every time they see a vacant anywhere, they want to throw something there. >> reporter: karen moore also not sold. she says she would actually stop riding if the parking went away. >> i like the convenience.

and in d.c. i live in d.c. >> reporter: but metro says redevelopment plan could increase ridership and revenue. >> have a great day. >> reporter: all while enhancing the neighborhood. metro board expected to take up this issue this thursday. after that, it is likely to go to a public hearing. aaron, so stay tuned on this way. >> will do. adam tuss live for us. thank you. first high level talks between north korea and south korea in two years. latest on the agreement that will have

this morning both north and south korea have agreed to reduce military tensions, an important first step ahead of the winter olympics. north has also agreed to send adele gauges to the games. now to tell us about that. >> reporter: almost unthinkable almost a month ago when they began talking with historic handshake. the five delegates from north korea and the five delegates from south korea exchanging hand shakes across the table. and there is already a concrete result from the talks, which is that north korea says it wts

to send ade delegation, a team south korea next month. south korea is open to this although it will have to alter own sanctions to allow those delegates to come across and to be housed and transported and so on. also, the south korean leader said he would reunite families separated by the korean wore. that might happen as early as next month. but behind all this olympic talk, of course, is the nuclear tension that was barely a mention of that. the u.s. suspects many in washington, many here in seoul, that the north korean motives are not all together innocent that they want to drive a wedge between south korea and the u.s. and to break the alliance. no sign of that at the minute. these talks are at the very early stage. and already we have had one concrete result. bill kneelly nbc news, seoul, south korea. >> the supreme court hear

may have impact on some 115 million car rentals. recently a man was pulled over in pennsylvania. driving a car that his wife had rented. now because he was not the one who signed for the car, and therefore wasn't authorized driver, state troopers said they did not need his her missipermi search the car. found heroins and arrested. a second lawsuit a virginia man who says he was arrested after a police officer walked on his property and pulled back a tarp that was holding a stolen motorcycle. now a look at the white house, president back at home preparing for a full day of meetings. soon meet with a group of senators from both parties to talk about immigration. while things may appear to be business as usual behind the scenes, it is anything but that. news4 tracie potts explains why. >> reporter: the president says no collusion, nothing to hide. now his legal team is trying to figure out if hll

investigation. president trump promising to get rural america online. >> you are going to have great, great broadband. >> reporter: focusing on the economy. and football. while lawyers focus on whether he'll be questioned in the russian investigation. >> he's the president of the united states. if he doesn't testify, the inference is he's guilty. >> i think he's stuck between a rock and hard place. this goes poorly for him. if he avoids it that's also a disaster. >> reporter: the president's attorneys say in preliminary discussions with fbi if president trump will be interviewed, when and where, how long about what, and how, in writing or in person. with special counsel robert mueller. >> going to want to test the recollection of mr. trump. he's going to want to ask follow up questions. >> they want to be able to push some buttons. >> reporter: raising concerns about how the prese

respond. >> he will go off script, he is very hard to control. >> just so you understand, just so you understand, there has been no collusion. >> reporter: a grand jury subpoena could also be an option. meantime, the author of the new tell-all book about the white house insists he was there regularly. >> i saw him in the white house all the time. >> reporter: a white house plagued by questions about how has access to the president. if that russian siinterview happens, it will happen in the next few weeks. from washington, i'm tracie potts. >> reporter: last night championship game one that alabama fans will remember for years. down against georgia for most of the night but managed to come back and win it big all in overtime. >> fires to the end zone. touchdown. alabama wins. >> reporter: now if you went to bed before midnight, you probably know it looked like this game belonged to the bull

well, alabama didn't score a single point in first half but rallied enough in the second half to secure the university's 11th national championship. congratulations to them. take a look at this custom mall found nearly 400 pairs of fake air jordans sent to address before they were stopped. jordans retail for more than 100 bucks a pair. if these were real they would have been worth more than $55,000. new this midday leaving headquarters in silver springs. employees told about this in email. discovery will move headquarters to new york cities. the email says we have made the difficult decision to reduce our footprint in maryland over time with the ultimate closure and sale in silver spring expected

employees about 1300 people full time in maryland. if you are worried that your kids spend too much time glued to various screens, you are not alone. as nbc stephanie goes reports some have issued a new warning urging the company to take action and preventing kids from becoming addicted to the smart phones. >> reporter: snapchat, instagram, are these bad in kids? >> we are seeing increases in anxiety, depression, certainly sleep deprivation. >> reporter: now two large shareholders are calling on apple to step up, writing, in part, it is poor long-term business strategy to ask parents to fight this battle alone. theler asks apple to help develop better apps for parents that limit time and content on their children's phones.

addicted to their devices. and an according to one stewedy, 8th graders who spend lots of time on social media have a 27% higher risk of depression. a year ago, we had a group of teens track their daily phone time. >> four hours, 26 minutes. >> over nine hours. >> reporter: we asked those same kids to give up their phones for a week. >> i'm already really bored. >> kind of sucks. >> reporter: but then something interesting. >> i guess i should start not going online as much. >> did anyone else feel something similar? >> yes. >> yeah, almost everyone. >> went do dinner with my family. we didn't have my phone so wie takd the whole time. and that was nice. >> reporter: giving up phones entirely is of course not realistic. but being smarter about smart phones is something parents and now perhaps apple itself cannot ignore. >> stephanie goes reporting there. still ahead midday

a look at who the feds are targeting and how law make remembers working to pak a difference. and digging out of debt after the holidays, the steps you can take to pay

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bills, susan hogan is working for you so you can start digging out of debt. >> reporter: okay, first of all, don't panic, you have this. you have to be strategic when trying to pay off your debt. so first things first. from this point going forward, do not use your credit cards anymore. you really can do this. if you have good credit look for a credit card with 0% balance transfer, that way you can combine your debt and put it all on one card and have at least one year of no interest. super easy to have one bill to focus on. but if you can't do a balance transfer then start paying off with credit card with highest interest payment. i'm talking about doubling the payment due. pay your credit cards right after receiving your paycheck, taking care of your monthly obligations before letting yourself indulge in other expenses is really a helpful budgeting strategy that will help you dig out of debt. now credit card can consume you, but don't let it take over your

have right now and take control of your finances simply learn to say no. now, let's improve your credit score by 20 points. i'm going to show you four steps how to do that on tomorrow morning on news4 today. some breaking news right now out of california. i want to show you some live pictures coming in from the mon see toe area. mud slow. 3 homes have been destroyed. highway has been shut down. evacuations ordered in some parts of california because there was a threat of mud slides happening. and now we are seeing the results of at least one happening in the montecito area. the rain falling in some of the places recently charred by wildfires. >> clean up under way in historic landmark in montgomery county in glen echo. we are told no damage, but inch

that home was being renovated so most of the valuable items cleared ouchlt. served as headquarters for american red cost in late 1800s. well snow day announcement is big deal. in kentucky it turned epic for one school. take a listen to the principal as he called on maria carry. >> ♪ school is canceled for today. go back to bed and go out to play. testing are not a trace. parents don't punch me if the face ♪ >> that is the principal at union point academy. you recognize the song, that's maria carry hero. gone viral and facebook and priori twitter pages. >> that was heart warming and beautiful. i like

degrees around her. pretty decent day. >> >> it's been brutal. but now we have the that you under way and we'll be seeing a lot of mild air moving in towards the end of the week. don't put the coats away too fast. we do have cold on the other side of this but we shall relish in this. let's take a look at the four things i want you to know today. we still have a bit of dense fog lingering, like spots. right now i saw just over quarter mile in quantico starting to get better. we had freezing fog earlier. but as we continue to get this sunshine, mostly sunny conditions will help to burn this off. we have rain moving in by thursday. but we are in the low 60s by friday. 36 right now in washington d.c. 40 in gaithersburg. we have 43 in leesburg. so these temperatures are rising. headed to mid to upper 40s. running any errands

good. like i said, we still have a few spots of fog going to be burning off. that's going to be only issue you have. but as these temperatures continue to warm, that will help us with any ice that we had on the ground this morning. so of course later in the day the better. then we'll have increasing clouds on the back end of the day. but again temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. for this time of year we should be around 43 degrees. so that commute headed out for lunch temperatures in the upper 30s. by the time you are headed to bus stops to pick up the kids, around 45 degrees. and then we have a smooth ride home as far as weather. and the temperature trend not a bad one. storm team4 trend take a look upper 40s. headed to mid to upper 50s by thursday. by friday i think we'll make it to the low 60s. a lot of mild conditions on the way. but of course it comes with some rain. we will see the rain chances going up late on thursday. and then they'll start to probably peak on friday. going to be rather gray and damp

the low 60s. not bad. but then you see hiding next week, we have the cold weather returning. >> what do you want me to say? that he was irresponsible? that he made some terrible decisions? th >> that part. >> fresh off golden globes the rest of the pearson family back on television tonight. on the show dealing with aftermath of kefr ingetting d uru ey i. you can catch this. nice to see them back. the fight for net true tralt neutrality. and the

pulling a hoodie from the stores worldwide after an ad sparked outrage and questions of racism. one celebrity partner with others slamming h&m for being tone deaf. nbc gabe gutierrez has the

story. >> reporter: this morning h&m is in major damage control after sparking widespread anger over this online ad. depicts a black child with the hoodie with the words coolest monkey in the jungle. many call tg blatant racism. swoop dog with a crown on the head saying the way i see it. lebron james posted similar picture saying h and mchl&m you all wrong and we are not going for it. h&m says we understand and deeply sorry the picture was taken and also regretd the actual print. h&m says it removed the online image and sweat shirt is no longer being sold. but says the hoodie still being sold overnight on the company's spanish site. r&b superstar the weekend who has collaborated with h&m in the past now cutting ties saying he was shocked and embarrassed by

be working with h&m nir more. other retailers have stumbled with controversial ads. abercrombie was criticized for this, two wong, and zara came out with yellow star that said some looked like worn in the concentration camp. some ask how it made it through it for a global leader. they said they'll look into it to prevent from happening again. senate democrats just wrapped up news conference to discuss reinstating net neutrality. you might remember late last year from

websites over others and changing connection speeds. democrats want to put the rules back in place. senators chewing chuck schumer held ht news conference in front of assign we'll force a vote. some say they micro manage the internet. feds are saying they are trying a new approach to slowing our area opioid crisis. scott mcfarlane say it is numbers are sky rocketing from fentanyl. >> reporter: fentanyl overseas if it comes to the united states and causes death here. that announcement comes amid a surge of cases and seizures of drugs at dulles international airport. they suspect the chemist make the drugs overseas and ship it here. see some hidden inside food

the nation's deputy u.s. attorney says says they already brought two criminal cases against these. >> this is first time we chinese chemists in chinese that had fentanyl. >> reporter: we go behind the scenes with u.s. customs officers what happens when they see contraband. and we speak with families that says something has to be done in addition to prsosecution to hel stop opioid from getting on our streets. >> now we turn to capitol hill where lawmakers are fighting this opioid crisis. senate hearing asking how we got here and how we can move forward. they are hearing from a journalist who described the crisis as the deadliest drug scourge

making. >> first and modern america to be spread not by mafias, not by street dealers, but by doctors, over prescribing pain pills convinced they were doing right by their parr patients. urged on by the medical establishment and urged on by us, by american health consumers who too often wanted a quick and easy end to pain. >> man you heard is sam kwien enos, author of dream land. well, you heard about thieves going after items you leave in cars. a group of thieves in alexander are targeting what's outside of your car. last saturday morning took car doors inside the condo garage on south pitt street. the garage is secure, or at least that's what people thought. took the crux four house to dismantle car doors and even some airbags. >> this is very

bidding became a condo. and so it's very, very upsetting to me. >> reporter: now in one case we know the car had golf clubs in the trunk didn't take them though. these crooks did leave one clue behind an oakland as hat. >> the black lab you see there, hero credit for saving family's life from a fire in sloous. the family says that river started to bark around 2:00 in the morning on sunday. flames were already raging in the garage. you can see from some of the pictures everybody was able to get out including three children asleep at the time. >> river is a hero and saint like a guardian angel. she saved our lives. >> the family said they have smoke detectors but river warned them well before the alarms went off. olympicss just month away and today a look at seoul,

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this is something you don't see every day. we'll show it to you now though. this is snow in the desert. sahara desert as a matter of fact. hottest desert in the world. a rare bout of icy weather in northern algeria that rests on the edge of the region. folks walked around and took in the sites which many have never seen before. that's pretty amazing in sahara desert. >> interesting. >> okay. well, they can have t i'm done with the snow, i.c.ece, i don'td of that. >> tell me about that. we are moving into the next phase, brief break. >> i'll take it. >> temperatures will be near 60 by friday chblt real

about this. like i said all morning, i want you to keep the coats out because the chill is going to return. what's going on here? looks like the words are dissipating in the fog. so foggy. so the last of the fog is burning off right now. right now the rest of it is covering these graphics. temperatures move quickly into the 40s this afternoon. and wie do we do have some rain in by the end of the week. visibility down to quarter mile. also had freezing fog, super cool droplets in the atmosphere, and once they hit the surface they freeze on contact. so we had that reported 0 at reagan. now looking good quantico gaining visibility. so take a look now at the current temperatures feel like stepping outside. 36 degrees. mostly sunny. we are having the wind out of the south helping us.

does feel though like 30 degrees stepping outside. forecast today upper 40s improchg conditions throughout your day. and winds coming out of midwest five to ten-mile-per-hour. so tuesday commute, this morning what a no go. but this afternoon looking good. as we head through the afternoon out to lunch patchy fog is out. temperatures mid to upper 30s. by the time picking up the kids bright upper 40s. smool ride home. another look at that temperature trend. as you can see we are going to fare on the side above normal as we go through the next couple of days. 55 on thursday. 62 on friday. a system is rolling through. you'll notice that system coming in on wednesday when you start to see the clouds are filling in. temperatures will be in mid to upper 40s. then by thursday, that's when the rain a rifs. temperatures will be mid

nice southerly breeze on the back end of this and see temperatures in the low 60s on friday. then the cool down returns as we head into next week. aaron. >> you okay? >> yeah. >> okay. world's largest electronic show happening this week in las vegas. we'll look a thet

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technology gets started in las vegas. what we can expect at this year consumer electronic show. >> reporter: it is the lays where the future meets the present. electronics show in las vegas. beyond the robots, and better television, nearly 4,000 companies will showcase products, some may end up changing the world. >> is the door unlocked, alexis? >> reporter: this year smart homes are getting smarter. but the big is amazon versus goolg alexis activated versus the google home. companies are rushing to have voice control into the product with whatever service you use. >> as we started down the path of alexis, doesn't preclude you from using google home as well. so you do have the

to change. >> reporter: from craft brewers and apps to make sure your children brush their teeth to augmented reality glasses which can change the way we see the world. >> people with alzheimer's can look at glasses. >> reporter: things to entertain you and even improve your well-being. >> story of my life, above average. >> you have a great store. >> reporter: you can is find all of it and you soon might make it in your own home. chris pull lone, nbc news, las vegas. >> new the products chris just showed us small example of things at the show. tomorrow we check in with steve greenberg also in vegas and test some of his favorite products. >> toyota is developing an electric shuttle used specifically for commercial purposes. plans to test the shuttle in partnership with companies like amazon, uber and pizza hut.

technology in 2020. before we get to technolook though just one month away from the winter games in pyeongchang, south korea. and this morning we got first look at what we hope to see often during the games this year. this is team usa medal ceremony uniform. trying to keep the athletes warm since most of the ceremonies will be in open air arenas outdoor and because it's 2018 gloves compatible because i guess they want to take self fees when they get their medals. covering the olympics for us take us to soek alcohuth korea seoul. >> reporter: it is seoul like you've never seen, nearly 2,000 feet up in the tallest building in south korea and fifth tall else in the world, the views

the world tour is 123 tower skyscraper that vows locals and tourists alike. the top seven floors are open to the public giving visitors a look at the area and cars that look like toys. >> we are on ts 118 floo tft world tower. third highest observatory in the world. on a clear day you can see 25 miles outside of seoul. from this vantage point you can see the density of seoul. a sea of tightly packed apartment complexes and high-rises. nearly half the population of all of south korea live in seoul. that's 10 million people which is more than new yorkcy and about 15 times the population of washington d.c. the world tower is considered the crown

it cost 3.5 billion to complete. and eventually draw more than 50 million visitors a year. one of the observation desk is the unobstructed view of the hahn river. the north is the more traditional older part. and the south is the newer more modern part of seoul. as you might expect, the world tower sits on the south side. that's where you'll find the trendy neighborhoods where a lot of people spend their money at shops and cave as. you'll still have to head north to find the more traditional tourist destination. no matter which side you are on, seoul will look large, as south korea is ready to host the winter olympics. and for 17 thrilling days, be on top of the

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tonight before power fully restored in d.c. outage affecting more than 1,200 customers. power outage in the navy neighborhood and southwest front water neighborhood. here's some inspiration to get moving today. news for health new research it is proving never too late to make a difference. american heart association regular exercise can reverse. they looked at coach potatoes and found those started working out four days a week saw improvement in their heart health. it is that time of year when many of us are trying to make fitness a priority. it can be hard to work workouts into your buscy daily routine. all this week working for you helping you get fit for the new year. today molette green checked outgo out go go fitness

go fitness. danny tucker is the instructor and leader of this thing for years go go fitness is all over the area in prince georgia county and ts district. why are people so excited? what is it about go go fitness? >> it's music. and as you can see they bring your energy and feel like they can take it back but here go go fitness they can do it and happen to lose weight. >> for people that don't know go go party, go go dances went on for hours. >> went on for three to four hours. nothing to drink or eat. but we kept dancing. and even though we can't do that today, wa we try to do is squeeze that into one hour and fitness work out where you are not just dancing to go go music taking it back to the go go. >> reporter: i love t classes all over triem are just five bucks. so very much affordable and you get the high energy workout. we

in the class. we have 30-year-olds in the class. you can see they are keeping it moving and pumped up. so check out the website forego go fitness. what's the website? >> wwwgo-go fitness llp.com. >> i'm i'm molette green for news4. back to you guys. >> thanks to molette green and go go fitness. we are working for new the community happeneding out coats in partnership with salvation army share the warmth coat drive. take a look. this was the scene in alexander as volunteers handed out hundreds of coats to folks who leave them. gives family the chance to get out of the cold. nbc4 teamed up with salvation army, and medstar georgetown university hospital nurses to collect more than 7500 coats this year. a lot of need. the cleaning service laundered

she came in norah coat today and said all the generosity puts a smile on her face. >> sometimes a person like me can't afford coats for the winter. and this coat drive from the salvation army helped me hand my family keep me and my family stay warm. >> honored to do it tchltd it's definitely a lot of work and changes each year. but bottom line is it's the right thing to do and we feel good about doing our part to help. >> now today's distribution is open to the public. if you need a coat, this is ends at 4:00 p.m. at the salvation army center on mt. vernon avenue in alexander. and ta march you've been telling us us even though we see the weather moderate still coat weather. >> yeah, don't put it away. you can have the flip flots ready to you can step out on saty

week. right now 37. feels like 32. planning rest of the day. mid to upper 40s. slow progress but it is sure. that fog is continuing to burn off visibility really improving out there. plenty of sunshine by the afternoon. have to give it sometime for clouds to break. as i said earlier we are warning. a nice system is coming in bringing us some rain. but also some milder air. temperatures will be around 55 on thursday. we'll take it to 62 degrees by friday. but don't put away the coats. >> take a look at next week the chill does return. >> thank you. and that is it for news4 midday. you can come back. and get news and weather updates

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