yesterday, they said don't come in without that umbrella. you are going to get wet. >> are you listening to her or me. >> she smiled when she said it. >> of course, she did. she was absolutely right. you need to be rainfall ready today. little bit of light rain this morning and then a humongous turn in the weather arrives here about 24 hours from right now. as of this morning, though, we're just dealing with periods of rainy weather along the i-95 corridor. steadier rain back out to our west and there's the leading edge of what is truly arctic air yet again switching it from rain in cincinnati to snow and freezing rain across parts of southern indiana and down into, toward the st. louis area. a big change in the weather is coming here very, very auto soon. just light showers across the region now. temperaturewise, it's incredibly mild out there. we're near 60 degrees already. that's only 18 degrees warmer than avag

chris? >> all right, thank you very much, chuck. we begin with a developing story. reaction has been fast and furious for president trump's explosive and what sources say expletive-filled comments about immigrants. the white house is not directly disputing the language used in the oval office. democratic aide confirmed those original comments to nbc news while discussing immigrants from haiti and african countries. president trump said quote, why are we having all these people from expletive countries come here. he also said "why do we need more haitians? take them out." someone else responded by saying, because if you do it will be obvious why. what's not clear is who was in the room who said that. a reporter who spoke with haiti's ambassador to the u.s. was on msnbc. here's what she had to say.

>> the haitian government has actually formally summoned a u.s. official to come before the haitian government to explain what president trump meant by these comments. >> as you can imagine, reactions have been coming in from both sides of the aisle. a lot of the comments have been condemnations of what was said. in a white house statement, it says that president trump supports immigration policies and welcomed those who can contribute to our society. the president's comments are getting a lot of coverage on a lot of newsg cnn. don lemon and anderson cooper both had strong reaction when they opened the show, calling president trump a "racist." went on to say that the remarks made by the commander in chief were disgusting. anderson cooper echoed the similar comments and became choked up on the air as we defended haiti and its strong people. i should say down in haiti within hours

with anderson coop earnd i can say covering that story, you don't come out of that without an emotional and personal response when something is said about the people there. i'll have more about that in about 4:45. first, we want to get you to some breaking news. a former white house adviser, steve bannon is set to testify before the house intelligence committee next week. sources tell nbc news it will happenñkó next tuesday. bannon ran the trump campaign during its final months and then served as the president's top adviser until getting fired last august. last week the new book, "fire and fury" quotedél bannon, referring to a meeting between russians and donald trump jr. as treasonness. later, he left his job at breitbart news. tracie potts will be live on capitol hill to break it down for us. that's coming up later in the newscast. now to a developing story here out of prince george's couy.

someone was killed on brach avenue near temple hill. an suv hit a pedestrian around 6:00 last night. the woman died at the hospital. police say the driver of the suv that hit her did stay there on the scene. we now know the name of the man killed on branch avenue a couple blocks away. shawn sims died at the hospital after his vehicle collided with another near st. barnabas road. the woman behind the wheel of the second car was critically injured also. we're getting a first look at a suspect in a double stabbing at a high school. edwin martinez, he's 19 years old, charged with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of assault and a weapons charge. police tell us the stabbings stem from an argument between the suspect and victims over a female student. the victims are both in stable condition in a hospital with what

nonlife-threatening injuries. this morning, rescue crews in california are hoping for miracles as they search for survivors of the deadly mudslide. the search is becoming more desperate by the minute. at least 17 people, some as young as 3 years old and some as old as 89. one woman had to be carried out of her home by firefighters when the mud poured in. >> we had no idea what a flash flood was until i saw this tore rid raging river with cars and rocks. >> 65 homes have been destroyed. between 400 to 500 damaged the 101 freeway remains shut down until next monday. today, students can go back to george washington middle school in alexandria. it was shut down because of a water pipe that burst. the pipe soaked an electrical grid and cut off the power, water and

after crews got in there and did repairs shall the fire marshal has given them a thumbs up to bring the kids back into the building. just in time, chuck. they get that pipe fixed and then here we've got another blast of cold weather behind this rain. >> absolutely right. behind the rain is the wind and the bitter cold. another polar plunge across the area tomorrow. you'd never know it was coming today. maybe you would. if it's 60 degrees before the sun is up in january, something is out of whack. that pendulum will swing hard in the other direction starting tomorrow. the forecast coming up. we got to tell you about big changes coming to your facebook feed. the posts you can expect to

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it was stuck for about 15 hours. the train had electricity and heat. but a few people weren't feeling well and this to be taken off. the good thing is no one was seriously hurt. a former chef is going back to school at georgetown university and yes, she's living in the dorms on campus. her journey back to the classroom started last year after georgetown apologized for selling slaves t zaise money for the university back in the 1800s. news 4's jackie bensen has more. >> right down there in that cemetery are the graves of the men who thought it was a good idea to sell my family. >> from her dorm room -- >> this is a tiny condo. >> walk over here to my window. >> can look down on the graves of the jesuit priests who owned her family. a

students, georgetown university publicly apologized for its ugly history of slave ownership. a chef by profession, she's seen here in a photo by gus bennett, part of his people project, remembers reading something about it in the newspaper. but it was only last year, after getting a call from a genealogical researcher that she learned her great grandparents were among the slaves told to plantation owners by the jesuits university. >> to be ableñi to connect in america who owned your family, who sold your family and why. to be able to put that together. never associating it with my family. >> when she learned as part of slavery reparations, the school was offering her and other descendants special admission status, she hesitated. then she decided to see what it would be like to walk the same path as those who enslaved her

mayor yim. >> little girls dreamed about being princesses. my grandmother always told me i was a queen and she knew her grandmother, maryellen queen. >> she says she feels their spirit cheering her on. >> i couldn't do this or be here without feeling them. >> she has a little bit of time before she has to declare a major. but right now, she's leaning towards history. at georgetown university, jackie bensen, news 4. >> wow. what that must feel like and look out that window and look down at that. chuck, how inspiring is that,?;3 years old to go back to college? >> job well done. i think history is a fine major choice for her. unbelievable. for us, we're in store for a big snapback in temperatures here. you know something is out of whack in the atmosphere when it's early january, it's before

already near 60 degrees outside. our average high only 43. so today, likely to be the warmest day in weeks. we were 65 on the 23rd of december. if we can get above that, it will be the warmest day since november 29th, right after thanksgiving when we were 70. no matter how you slice it, a nice warm day. unfortunately or fortunately, depending how you look at it, we'll have rain. rainy for your date night plans on friday night. the polar plan arrives this time tomorrow. there will be a near 50-degree drop from what it feels like. going to feels-like factors in the teens and 20s before the sun goes down tomorrow. right now, here's the surge of warm air and moisture racing up the eastern seaboard. if you're traveling today, philadelphia, new york, boston, it will be mild and rainy in those cities. going back to the west, it's already cold in2íñ chicago and louis. that's the cold air that will be

right now, here's a look at future weather. kind of a rainy and showery commute between now and 8:00 a.m. we should get a little break in the action around late morning into the early parts of the afternoon. hit and miss showery, rainy spells, i think, is how the british like to call it. steadier rain moving in by the evening commute. and then overnight tonight, i think the heaviest of the rain will be coming down. between 5:00 p.m. today and 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. temperaturewise, check out those numbers. 61 degrees right now. you're planning out the day, temperatures in the mid-60s all afternoon. i know it's going to be raining outside. but go out and enjoy it for all that it's worth. because this is it. it's going to be feeling like a whole lot of winter around here soon. don't need the insulated coats, just a rain jacket and your umbrella for today. be sure to have your nbc washington app downloaded. your custom tailored storm

4 forecast, find that on the app. all th more coming up in a few minutes. over to you, chris. how to dig your way out of debt. coming up, how those who help you try to pay things down could be hurt you go you. >> we're staying on top of developing news after president trump's explosive commentsrln o the nation of haiti. the local reaction as the country mark

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we're vying for it and amazon may have dropped a clue about where it plans to build the second headquarters. the leap that has a lot of people talking. get ready for a wild ride. the weather roller coaster is about to do another loop for us. why things will feel a lot different this time tomorrow. >> got that first hill. >> it's warm out, though. you can at least enjoy it until we fall again. >> i wore a jacket in to work. not a coat. >> i wore a rain coat. take advantage. >> we like it. >> let's talk more about it. >> storm team 4 radar, there are rain dops to be contended with first thing this morning. we can take the rain as long as it doesn't ice over. by the time the temperatures get back below freezing, the rain will be over. i

favorable. b positive. we'll talk about the polar plunge coming up. chuck, brand new problems in gaithersburg. this has been the last couple of minutes. pepco is on the way. 28 at schiffly square, lanes are blocked. tryin:nl get more information. i know that's a busy route for a lot of folks for work and school. we'll keep you updated. you can see the green showing the rain across the area over the road maps. the beltway is also green. that is good inner loop and

outer loop. the bridge is foggy. taking a live look, beltway at good luck road. no problems inner or outer loops. guys? melissa, thank you. it's 4:28 right now. a developing story. reaction has been quick to president trump's explosive and expletive-filled comments about immigrants. >> the white house is not directly disputing the language used in the oval office yesterday. a democratic aide confirmed the original comments to nbc news. the comments came during immigration talks at the white house while discussing immigrants from haiti and african countries. president trump said "why are we having all of these people from expletive countries here?" we have learned that's not all. sources tell nbc that he also said "why do we need more haitians? take them f&out." >> someone else in the room said because if

obvious why. it's not clear who said that. >> news 4's darcy spencer is live outside the haitian embassy with more on that. darcy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, we're live outside the haitian embassy along embassy row in northwest washington. these comments are being condemned by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. we want to show you a couple of tweets representing those comments. first from elijah cummings, a democrat from baltimore. he says i condemn this unforgivable statement and its demeaning of the office of the presidency and i will fight for the vulnerable among us and against bigotry in all its forms. we also heard from republican mia love. a congresswoman from utah whose parents are from haiti. she released a statement on twitter that said in part, the president's remarks are unkind, divisive, elitist and fly in the face of our nation's values. the haitian ambassador said that the president's comments were regrettable and based

stereotypes and sççícliches. back to you. darcy spencer?,x live for u outside the embassy. >> there's a lot of coverage on many news networks. >> including cnn where don lemon and anderson cooper had very strong reactions. listen as anderson cooper got emotional on the air. >> let me be clear tonight. the people of haiti have been through more, they've been through more, they've withstood more rkt they fought back against more injustice than our president ever has. >> today marks eight years since a devastating earthquake hit haiti. you might other, anderson cooper spent a lot of time in haiti covering that earthquake. you'll see the video here. don lemon opened his show calling president trump t4jz "racist." he went on to say the comments made by the commander in chief were "disgusting." >> stay with us all morning, and