it is cold thisin mo a cold start. you factor in the winds. wind chillsre down closer to the freezing mark and very little recovery today. the daily grade below average. a chance of snow flakes bomorrow. more that coming up. >> all right. i'll get my microscope out i think. do have the westbound lanes shutdown right now, eastbound is getting by in just one lane. this is an accident and then a pole came down and they're trying to get this out of the

way. stillound 270, left side blocked by a crash there in frederick this morning. on the utbeltway, loop, two right lanes getting by the work zone. the rest of the beltway is fine. >> thank you. it's 4:31 now and this morning presidenrge h.w. bush lies in state at the u.s. capitol. >> he has fondness for the capitol building. it's wheree began his life as a member of congress in 1967. all night mourners piled through to pay their. respec his is a live look thi morning. the president's casket is just steps away from where he was inaugurated nearly 30 years ago. a touching moment yesterday when a boy scott stopped in front of the formerpresident's casket and saluted. president trump also saluted

en he and the first lady visited the capitol last night. >> now more on the memorial service for the former president. tracie potts wive as well. >> good morning. president trump is actually set to meet privately with the bush family today this is the opportunity for the public. they'll file through today, the last opportunity for them to pay their respects. they arrived here in shington. the 21 gun salute. inside there was a memorial service where president george w. bush's son was visibly having a difficult time keeping his composure as many talked about

the impact his father had. mitch mcconnell talking about his kindness andpatriotism. paul ryan saying this is the first president that ever had an opportunity and now he is in leadership serving in congress and began his political career. >> he t is just 32nd person that received the honor of lying in state athe u.s. capitol. >> first street and street are closed on the east side of the capitol so people can line-up to pay their respects. mourners have until tomorrow morningheo make way to the capitol. tomorrow morning he will be

moved to the national catisdral for funeral. former presidents, cabinet members and worldears will attend. his son, former president george w. bushill eulogize his father. president trump declare wednesdayational day of mourning. >> we'll have more on the honors all morning long. justin finch will be live at the capitol with reaction from mourners. now to a developing story that is putting the fate of the redskins season on the line. for the second time i just two weeks, the starting quarterback is out for the season. colt mccoy, you saw him sliding there, he brokeis leg when he collided with an eagle's it was enough to end his year. the first play wit the new quarterback and terson ripped off the longest run of his re caer, a 90 yard score.

the skins couldn't getth ag going against the defending champions a lost 28-14. the team has to figure out how to move it's a tough blow. losing alex is one thing. a great, lead a great quarterback, spent a lot of time his him and colt gets golden opportunity and he gets kicked in the leg and breaks so heart broken for both of thosys gu, really. >> markanchez is certainly a familiar nameor nfl fans. he was one of the top college prospects the jets drafted in 2009. he had some early success in new york but he wasll evey released. thekins signed sanchez the day after alex smith broke his leg. this is his fifth in the last four years. the next game is at home against the new york. gian >> also developing this morning,

a montgomery county ems worker is charged with sexual assault. authorities are wried there may be more victims. authorities say he touched a woman inappropately while providing her medical treatment in an ambulance. they say he tn gave the victim his phone number on the way to the hospital. he was arresd back in november on the 30th and was released after posting bond the sy.e >> it's 4:36. now to the other top stories is morning, police in prince george's county are hoping that you can help find this car. they say two men kidnapped aar woman monday morning as she was walking away from the metro stationen tem hills. a security camera caught a pict te of one of suspects. take a police say both men sexually assaulted the woman in the car beforeer forcing out in southeast d.c. >> development in the mueller investigation. special counsel robert mueller is eilected to a memo about the sentencing of michael flynn. it will also outline flynn's

cooperation with the probe. flynn pleaded guilty last year to lying to the fbi. it's possible the filing could theealed, which means public won't see it until later. >> there's a new leader at the helm for d.c. public schools. yesterday he was named as the new chancellor of d.c.'s public 2hool system. since3 he served as superintendent of indianapolis public schools. if confirmed, he will take over full time at the end of january. >> 4:37. coming up, school saved. just weeks away from shutting do down, a local school will now say open. details on theution saving the day. >> a missing woman mystery. an american vacationing in costa vanishes. up next, new details abo

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this morning, they're ouvestigating a deadly plane crash in florida. this shows the moment the plane crashed into a building on saturday in fort lauderdale. it burst into flames near a center for autism. you can see children and workers running away from the flames here. both people inside the plane dede. >> an update concerning ain missg woman from miami beach. >> a bod has been found in costa rica where she was vacationing. they say the body was found in the back of t airbnb property. she washere to celebrate her birthday. sshe wascheduled to return home last wednesday but her brother said that investigators in coste rica she was kidnapped

because she checked in for her flight but never boarded. >> good morning, everybody. it is going to be a breezy cold day around the nation's capitol for today. tracking a chance some snow flurries as we get into your wednesday. more abouthat along with your complete ten day forecast and an update on the sundayonday snow chances. stay with us. >> plus another live look at the capitol rotunda. former president george h.w. bush's body is lying in state there. >> we'll haveore cover on the tributes to him washington and what you should know. we're back right after this.

we're back now with more on our coverage of former president george h.w. bush. this morning the former president lies in state at the u.s. capitol. >> the building is opened all night and a stead stream of mourners filed past the casket silently payin their respects. last night we spoke with people, some from o of state that wanted to show their appreciation for the former

president. >> he was a d belorson. i'm from alabamand i'm really just here to see him. >> president bush will lie in tate for public visitation through tomorromorning. we'll have much more on the honors happening for the former president all ing. coming up, news 4's justin finch will have more on the road peosures downtown. >> hng today in the district, the d.c. council is set to vote on the new gun law that would make it easier to take weapons from people that have not broken any laws but could be a threat. they're commonly referredo as red flag laws. the version will allow family members, health professionals or police to ask judge for permission to have a person's sun seized if they're a threat to themsel or others. f it passes, d.c. will join 13 states that have red flag laws the books right now. three others have legislation

pending. the monffomery county she says since the law went into effect in maryland last year, more than 200 people had their guns >>taken. here's no doubt in my mind that from what we have seen so far, it is sing lives. >> the d.c. red flag law would also provide immunity to the person if they own the gun illeg illegally they'll also vote on a bump stock ban. >> new measures could go into effect early next year. >> it's now 4:45 -- 4:47. during his inauguration speech he reiterated his commitment to protecting the ronment. especially through public transportation projects. he also wan to expand childhood education. it's also a new era in prince george's county.

>> we lost track of who we are. how valuable we are. how capable we how strong we are. but i am so proud to declare today that w don't need to compare ourselves to anyone. we are a model for others toll . >> alsobrooks is the first woman to serve as prince george's county executive. >> this morning we're hearing from a maryland man whose wife was killed while trying t help a woman she thought was in need. jacqueline smith spotted a woman with a sign asking for help feeding her baby saturday morning in baltimore. when smith rolled down her car window to give the woman cash a man approached her and tried to steal her wallet. smith fought back and was stabbed in the torso. >> behe careful w they get in close proximity to your car. the last thing is thought that

they would want to take my wife's life, so now i have to live with that every day. >> this happened about two miles arfrom the hr and not far from bars and restaurants in the neighborhood. baltimore police are reminding people not to engage with panhandlers. they still have not tracked down the man and the woman involved. >> it's 4:49. the owner of aax fai county homeompany behind bars this morning. he's accused of millions in fraudulent claims. he is the president of mercy services.s investigator the attorney's general office raided the office la week. a search warrant affidavit shows they seized 10 computers and 33 boxes of documents.

alsomi $4.5 llion in false medicaid claims. the office manager says they're devastated by the b news, standing by the man they call dr. john. dr. john is being held without bond. >> a six figure budget deficit has been threatening the future ge prince ge's county schools until this announcement. >> two weeks ago i opened a t letter andre was a check from an anonymous donor for $200,000. >> that money is moreohan enough keep holy family catholic school open. it bught teachers, parents, and students to tears. >> t relief and the belief in someone seeing that we have a

spial mission to help continue catholic education for our students in thisommunity is unmatched and it's so overwhelming and i'm so grateful, so grateful. >> thanks in large part to what the school calls it's angel donor, they raised more than a quarter of a million dollarsn the last six weeks. >> there are angels that walk among us. people that d't ask f credit and just want to do good in the world. god bless them. >> absolutel right. >> chuck bell, this weather, man. >> yeah. >> yesterday, all of a sudde the bottom dropped out. >> i agree. it was a beautiful day yesterday. a little warmer than forecast, so i could have been upset about th but iwasn't. i was outside enjoying the 62 degree wermth. e still waiting to see if we can get all the way to the number one spotorettest year on record here in washington. we just finished our wettest november on record,ver 7.5 inches of rain last month. so 2018 nown is wit a whisper

of 2003 for taking over secondp e and we're barely a half an inch away from the all time acrecord set in 1998 it's all about the col and the dry. it will be locked in plac partly to mostly cloudy later on in the day today with a graal increase in cloudiness. here's future weather. 11:00 p.m.. mostly cloudy cacrosstral virginia. there will be a opportunity for light snow and snow flurries along the blue ridge and out into the mountains of west virginia. a snow flurry or two finding the d.c. metro area coming up

an occasional snow shower not out of the question. right now it's 43. northwest winds at 15 miles per hour almost. wind chills in the 30s right now. we'll sta in there a day. low to mid 40s today. only withnow flurries around. still keeping a close eye on the sund-monday time frame but our chances for a winter storm are lower today than they wer yesterday. sorry about that melissa. the odds are not good. >> two right lanes are getting by that wor zone thi morning. taking a look, westbound massachusetts avenue atvehite street. may have a little update there. westbound was shutdown. wee getti some through both directions at this point. that's good. we had a crash and then a pole came down with wires causing the closures there. frederick, southbound 270, left side still blocked by the crash

there and eastbound 50 at freeway airport, right side blocked byac that dent. >> melissa, thank you. it's 4:53. happening tonight in sin city, the capitols are hoping to find magic in las vegas after an epic collapse. sunday,ight at home, on they were the first team innea nearly 20 years to blow a four goal lead at home. i couldt believe what was watching. they're back to play for the first time since winning the ve stanley cup o the summer. the team will be more than ready when the puck drops tonight. they seem pretty happy to be back in vegas o. >> it's a pretty awesome feeling. so a special time for us as individuals, our team our organization. >> a lot of good memories. especially of the locker room. they regrouped fm that. >> for sure and since they are out west a late start for the game tonight. puck drops at 10:00 eastern.

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all morning long mourner have passed by has casket to pay thecr re. >> it's 5:00 a.m. and so far thousands of people passed through the capitol rotunda. so coming from out of state all to pay tribute to the 41st president. we have a look at the memorial service held for him last night. a checknt to begin with on your commute and forecast. >> melissa with a look at the roadsnd rails for us. >> big change in the weather since yesterday. degrees for high temperature. we won't be anywhere near that warm any time soon. as of 5:00 a.m., temperatures right now are 5 to as much as 15 degree colder than we were at the same time