nuz news 4 today starts now. >> it's 4:00 a.m. good tuesday morning. >> we have a few school closings and delays this morning. king george schools are closed today. page, stafford, fredericksburg and culpeper are opening two hours late. all of these closings and dela e in the nbc washington app. >> melissa is keeping an eye on th roads this morning. > but we begin with chuck bell tracking a very cold morning. i hope it warms up a little, chuck. >> it will warm up a little. o emphas a little. we do have a clear sky overhead temperatures t have fallen rather dramatically

overnight. 28 igt wash. a bit of a northwest breeze it is going to be a cold sta this morning. temperatures from the low and mid 20s from now until we can get the sun up sometime after 7:00 it will be bright and sunny start to finish today. it will look great but it just won't feel very warm. afternoon highs struggling to get into t low and perhaps the mid 40s around the city. but most of the outlying suburbs will barely get above 40 degrees. it's going tool stay the next couple of days and the weekend plans, they might be in ouble. that forecast is just ahead. >> thank you, chuck. taking a lk at tyson's corner, we have a crash blocking the left side rht now a couple of other things happening on the beltway as well. inner loop beforeiver road at

the left lane. two left lanes getting by the work zone there. clinton, inbound branchavenue, a crash blocking the right side and back up to gaiersburg northbound, south frederick avenue at deer park drive, brand new accident there. aaron. >> melissa, thank you. it's 4:02 and developing this morning, an investigation into a crash involving an amtrak train and semi in west virginia. that train left union station and was traveling toca c when it crashed near harper's ferry. this videos from the scene. 108 passengers and crew members on board the train. none of them was injured. but because of that, train 874 will leave from brunswick instead of mainsburg. >> a group of registered nurses plans to protest the shutdowntht

e hospital. they stopped taking er patients to that hospital and this friday any department that does n support the emergency care center will be closed. the emergency department and services that do support it will stay open through the end ofap l to help patients through the flu season. the hospital says it willo continue provide services at its carroll manor center. >> the number of sick students has jumped to 30. lade month a s that lived on campus died from complications from the virus. adenoviruss are common causes of colds, but some strains cause more serious illnesses. ey belief the mold issue in the dorms is connected to the rus. they'll undergo disinfectant leaning next month during the winter break. >> jurors will continue deliberating how much time james fi wdsill spend in prison.

the self-proclaimed neo na was convicted of driving his car into a crowdou ofer protestors last year. heather was killed and dozens of others was injured. her mother cried as she told the jury about the impact of her da hter's death and the physical and psychological impact of being hit by the car. a fire captain is l onve after causing a crash last month during damacus. he was off duty and driving an unmarked vehicle at the time. no one was seriously hurt. >> we have an update in southeast washington. police identified the victim as richard eydu the shooting happened in the middle of the afternoon on elvans road. more than a doz shots were

fired. some shattered car windows. is grandmother told us she fed one the violence happening right outside of her door. >> y heard the gunfire. >> of course. ose babies with me. that could have been a day i was coming outside. i don't like this situation. >> 154 people have been killed hi d.c. year, up 43% from last year. and minutes after the hou the man charged with killing a real estate agent will remain in jail until his trial. sterday audge ordered the 18-year-old to be held without bond. he's charged with shooting steven wilson last week inside a model home in hanover, maryla. it wasrevealed in court that he has mental health issues and is in apecial part of the jail. >> it's now 4:05. trag news from the u.s. marine corp. it releed a statement ngernight saying that the 5

marines misff the coast of japan for nearly a week have been declared dead. they were conducting regularly scheduled training when it crashed on wednesday.li ry officials are looking into what may have gone wrong as the families are notified just weeks before christmas. today president trump will hold a high stakes meeting with democratic leaders in the oval office. what happens in that meeting could effect thousands of federal workers in our area. the deadline for deals to stop l partia government shutdown is ten daysway now. the president wants $5 billion for a wall along the border.s democratay they will not agree to that. >> also today president tmp is expected to roll back major obama era environmental protections. the epa is revisinghe clean water rule.

coming up, tracipotts explains what this means and who benefits from the changes. >> two p from the same area in ohio are charged with plotti terror attacks. elizabeth was planning a mass murder at a bar. she corr addreesponded with dyl roof. they also visited david joseph. he was deciding between two targs for an attack. there appears to be no connection between the suspects. >> public outage over video showing a police officer trying to grab a 1-year-old baby the mother's arms. >> you can see the officers are wrestling with her asri they to arrest her at a social services offic in brooklyn. one of the officers forcefully took the baby from the confrontation began when she fused an in order to stand up.

she said she had been standing for hours. brooklyn's borough president said police should not have reacted in this way. >> that was notrg a ecy or violent crime. it was about let's find this woman a chor. talk her. she's a human being that has gone through trauma. >> she was in the office to find out why her child ce benefits ended. she was charged with child dangerment, resisting arrest and trespassing. the nypd called it troubling and sa the counter is under review. >> package thieves are a common nuisance this time of the year, but it's not often that you see someone put a child up to the task. this was video inmaryland. the harford county sheriff's office thinks theuthild is a 8 years old. he or she seemed to look back for b directionsore taking the package.

>> it's just atrocious violation of someone's trust this time of the year. it's always badut toave a child do it for you steps it up a whole oth notch. investigators hope this video will help them track down the responsible ult. >> two cases before the u.s. supreme court turned into big wins for planned parenthood. how the aroup wase to win the long fight over funding. >> there is a prickly fight over these little guys. they may look cute but hedhogs are illegal in ord.c. andern virginia. find out why some say the ban should be >> you can hedge your bets, but you can't hedge your hogs that's the best hedgehog pun i can come up with. temperatures in theee and 20s. a lot of black ice

>> the supreme court rejected appeals. in upholding the lower court's ruling this tak the issue off the supreme court's dockets. >> a -y16ear-old father to be said he killed his pregnant girlfriend because neither of them wante the baby. the body of the 17-year-old was found in a tra container behind a restaurant north of indianapolis on saturday. police say she was stabbed and strangled. he told detectives it was too late to terminate the pregnancy so he, quote, took action, and

took her life. >> this morning, there is still no word on what causedt t massive apartment fire in philadelphia nearly 200 firefighters spent hours ttling fire and i as dozens ere sent out into sub freezing temperatures. 50 people are now without homes. two firefighters were being treated for minor injuries and no other injuries have been reported. lawmakers are expected to ask about data collection and gleountability say i'm g searching ice melts and then an

ad pops up in instagram and facebook. >> it's allnn ted. >> new figures suggest that northern virginia is home to five of the wealthiest communities in the country. >> the city of fairfax was at number 10 with a median household income of $107,000. arlington county is in thehe fih slot. the city of falls church is 4th. fairfax county is t secon highest earners ithe country. and loudon county claims the top spot. >> i joke with my sister. i say youich pooempl there. she says oh, please. well, a issue developing over tiny little hedgehogs. they're illegal to have in d.c. and fairfax county but there's a

new push to change that. a coupleook their complaint to counsel member charles allen. they often don't know how to care for the exotic pets and many of them lik turtles end up in shelters. >> hedgehogs do pose a different scenario for people that choose them as pets because they are nournal and don'tant to be handled during the day. >> they carry salmonella. none of the major pet retailers in our area sell hedgehogs. >> two types of pets, you get a dog andou get panda. all the rest are out of commission. >> one is you f bestend and one will eat you in your sleep.

>> let's be clear, ifhe circumstances are right, your dog will eat you too. i' just saying. >> aaron, he would never, ever, ever. >> all i know about aaron ais oint is he hadti a traung childhood. >> it is a cold start. these are thera temres now. 19 in winchester, 17 in warrenton. 17 in gaithersburg. that will get you walking faster this morning. so mostly in the teens and 20s. winds not that much of an issue

in the morning. it will be real cold in thw next hours. if it looks wet, assume it's frozen up. it will be a mostl sunny but chilly day today. your hit the road forecasthere, seat heaters on high. no open window ride to either and the ice scrapers might even be needed for me. there' pockets of frost out there this morning. the skies are clear. the storm that dumped all the snow to the south and west, especially hardit was north carolina and that's all aizzling ou the colder and drier areas are winning out. so storm team 4 radar finding nothing to worry about precipitation wise today. right around 40 degrees. low to mid 40s around town. closer to 40 up across northern maryland. you'll wake up tomorrow morning once againith temperatures below freezing just about

everywhere except along side the chesapeake bay. a little warmer than today. low to mid 40s tomorrow. plenty of sunshine so not a whole lot to worry about as you get through your wednesday.s you can alwse our nbc washington app to stay ahead of the forecast. al any school delays or closings are pushed out through the app. here's your five day forecast. temperatures low to mid 4s. it's going train friday and saturday. >> this is actually entirely closed because of a crash

investigation. we'll have a bra a newident and 270 down to the spur, you can see we're looking good heres 65 mer hour. going to get you there in 27 minutes. more on this problem in clinton coming up. >> it's 4:20 right now. decking the halls is something that you only do once a year. so your body may n be ready for the uniquean dds of the holiday season.xt coming up, tips to make re that allsu

>> a moving tribute to the country's veteransakes it's way to arlington. the wreaths across america convey travelled through new

england yesterday. the convoy is eected to arrive on saturday. >> well, it's a big part of the holidayn but you can hurt yourself putting up those holiday decorationen >> so bet that, shoveling the snow, there are plenty of hazards to watchhi out for time of the year. >> the holidays can be if you're not careful. he says even the most mundane tasks can be dangerous. >> a close friend of ours was putting up lights at his home the last week and slipped and fell off the tool and had a bad fracture. >> i slipped and fell already out here. >> bad sprains are another. your body isn't used to hauling ristmas trees around.

>> some of the muscles that you use to carry that tree down may not have been usedor a couple of months. >> it won't be long before you'll need those. >> so let's not be a superer ho within a couple of hours after that first heavy snow fall. >> bend your knees, push the snow instead of trying to lift it and clear the area in small sections. >> take half a shovel. >> he says if you d hurt yourself, don't ,overcompensa hunching over, favoring one leg over the other. >> the way we're twitching and turning trying to get relief from that pain, that can trigger other issues in the back. >> you want to get diagnosed by a doctor before you make a simple injury woige. >> what have started off as a muscle problem can then evolve into maybe a disk relat

problem. and that could effect you well into the new year. >> in court and fighting back. >> how the president's former campaign chairman plans to respond to allegations that he broke his plea deal by lying.us speaking out, following the shooting death of wilson, her mother speak about life without her and the 7 people now facing charges in that shooting. >> and good morninod ever time for the dog walking forecast of the day. bernice would make a find addion to the family for the holiday season. forecast for today, whoa is it cold this morning. temperatures are in the teens and low 20s now. only barely above 40 for a couple of hours this afternoon. what about the weekend and those rains? chan that forecast coming up in the next half hour.

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4:29 now.a ot of news to get to including details about a meeting today between democratic leaders and president trump. at stake, whether we'll have a partial government shutdown. one major issue could stand in the w of anagreement. this morning we're looking into what that issue is and how it will impact thousands of government workers. >> we begin with a check on your forecast and commute but we begin with storm team 4eet rolgsz chuck bell. tell us about the cold weather. , chuck.the temperatur >> i know. they have gone way down this morning. how far?hi check one out. way down here, stanton airport right now, 1 degrees because of the snow and the s cleares last night. there's isolated single number temperatures out there across the region. most are in th teens and the

low 20s. temperatures are 5 or 10 degrees colder this morning. they're 20 degrees colder this mornin than yesterday. so your wake up weather, then, watch out for black ice this morning. if you wake up and go out t door and see snow anywhere in your yard or the neighborhood, be on the look out. that'r means y at most danger forpotting black ice here early this morning. good news is the sun will be up at m16 thisning and it will be a bright and sunny day today with high temperatures in the low 40s and not much of a wind to contend with either. now this cold air will eventually be replaced by milder air and moisture by the weekend. 10-day forecast cing up, melissa. >> thank you. still have this problem. this is inbound branch avenue. with a crash investigation blocking at least a lane. no real word on when it should be wrapping up but it could take some time. inner loop at the beltway, crash blocking the left side.