first, we want to begin with a look at your forecast and commute. we begin with lauren rietts. >> muc cooler than yesterday, that's for sure. >> oh, yes, eun. yesterday w t made it up 64 degrees. that was at 10:25 in the morning. today going to feel much more like january dayug alt those temperatures maybe a degree or two above normal. starting off with a beautiful morning. light wind. sun coming up in an hr and a lf, 7:30ish. the next hour or two before day break,hey'll start to move back into the 40s. plenty of clouds out there this morning. no rain out there. rain chances ase head through the day. we'll talk about the timing on

that. that's coming up in a minute. traffic report. >> poet's road,ingle road getting by a crash there. stafford northbound 95 before stafford, 630 have a new we accident as . 66 looking okay overall. eastbound before 15 in frederick still has a left side blocked by a crash theran you see a little bit of a delay as you're headed in bound towards 270. inner loop and outeric loop, and clear. earlier problems out of the way. chopper 4 checking on an issue on 270. full detls coming up. this morning,ic increased p protection at three schools. >> molette green is live atgh t school. what do you hear? >> reporter: it's important to

note, chris and eun, that police don't consider the threat credible, but as aca pion they are adding an extra layer of security at all of the schools mentioned. the teat was made via e-mail or social media and the three schools named in addition to bladensbg hig school and park high school and william wuy school. we have a map. we want to tell you that school leaders put out a tweet saying providing students with a safe and orderly environment is their top priority. all threats are taken seriously. a while agoit spoke a bladensburg police officer said they will keep a closer watch on all of their schools. this school in particular, the high school where we are this morning has its own security

force. stepped up security added here and at the other two schools as a precaution at this time. that is the latest live from th. high scho back in to you. >> molette, thank you. it's 6:03 now. today democrat and republican leaders will mt the white house to discuss the government shutdown now entering the 12th anyone planning to visit any of the smithsonian museums or then onal zoo will have to change course. those locations are officially closedntil theshutdown is over. news 4's aimee cho is live at the national zoo with details. aimee, good morning. >> reporter: hey, guys. good morning. a yeah, if yo trying to visit the national zoo or any of the smithsonians, you are about to be very disappointed. today is the day everything officially closes. up until the museums were usveg money left from previous years to stay open but that money has now run out. we went to the museum a few days

ago to check p them out. maple flew in just to see the museum. they would have been frustrated if they spe all of that money only to have things closed. the smithsonian employees, some of them will still report to work. the zoo keepers will show up to take care of the animals and feed them. they won't get paid until after theshutdown is done. live at thezo national o, aimee ews 4. if congressional leaders go to the meeting it may not be as smooth. it could get heated. esident trump has been blaming democrats for the shutdown and lately tweeted, quote, one thing has now been proven. the democrats do not care about the open borders and all of the gsime and drugs that the open border br the president said he would shut down tnt government uil he gets funding for that wall along

the southern border. new this morning, incoming republican senator mitt romney said the role of the president shapes the public character of the nation. romney says the on balance his conduct over the past y twors particularly his actions this month is evidence that the resident has not risen to the mantle of the office. romney will be sworn into officw tomo well, today the new acting rts his secretary s first day on the job. patrick shanahan is a former boeing executive. president trump tweeted it will be great. he'll take on the pentagon's top job in a time of uncertainty. former secretary james mattis resigned last month after president trumpou aed he was pulling troops out of syria.

we learned news about a shooting in southeast d. a man has died at the hospital after getting shot on barnaby road. this is near the maryland line.w d on the identity of the suspect or victim. this morning aanemains in critical condition after being shot in the head. he was the teuned victim in a new year's day shooting. he was walking to lunch just after noon yesterday on first and kennedy streets. two nearby groups of men began arguing and someone pulled out a gun. shots were fired and one of the llets hit the man. police are hing surveillance video will lead to an arrest. >> we have a couple of peopl'r talking to and we're searching video. >> the shooting hapned down the street from a d.c. crime camera. tetre are some newls in the death of the u.s. marine

inside the barracks. the gunshot that killed the marine was not self-inflicted. >> we're told the maas on duty and in uniform when he died yesterday with a single gunshot wound to the head. the marine corps is investigating whether the gunshot was accidental or what is officially called negligent discharge of a weapon. >> t right now command priorities are to take care of those involved, specifically the marine's family and friends. >> back in 2013 a marine from south dakota died from a lf se-inflicted gunshot wound to the head at the same barracks. so far the marine's name and age in yesterday's incident has not been released. we've got an update to this massive warehouse fire in upper marlboro. it's taken several days, but the fire is finally out. firefighters have been trying to extinguish it since saturday

afternoon. no word on how it started but we can tell you no one was hurt. 6:07. new year and plenty of new laws the books. one requires hospitals to post their prices and take o the mystery of the cost of your health care. patient out of pocket costs vary dependin on coverag and deductibles. government officials admit that this is just the first step towards more transparency in health care pricing. they have advice for people concerned about how much a procedure they nee will actualst. >> we recommend that people ask how much will it cost me on my insurance plan. can i have that in writing? will there be any other charges? and to keep asking those on ques >> the main thing is to insist on getting the approximated cost before you get what could be an enormous bill. this morning six people are in the hospital after getting sick o a flight from cleveland to tampa. >> six passengers have been

taken off and are being interviewed. going to be iormed as to what to do if you become sick over the next couple of hours. >> ang pas shot this video as some of the frontier airlines crew members were trying to explain what happened. the passengers were not traveling as a group. they were vomiting by the time the plane landed. >> they were just coming out of nowher just throwing up, sick, throwing up. they come in in every different aisle. >> really? it was that bad? nasty. s >> that's the word for it. they had to shut down several water fountains at the cleveland airport after it was reported the passengers got sick. health officials haven'ted repohat caused their illness. a young woman spent the first hours of the new year trapped in her car as it sank in the mud. 20-year-old amanda antonio was driving home from a new year's party in tampa when she was c off. she swerved flipping her car and ended up in a ditch. look at the scene here.

she wasn't able to get out but managed to call 911. mud and water were quickly rising in her car andnl she had 4% battery left on her nose. >> she was breathing through her nosend she heard someone say, are you there, are you there? can you hear me?rt she s screaming at the top of her lungs. >> she ud the maps app on her phone to guide people to her.nt they ranthe mud and pulled her to safety. she was running out of time there. 4% battery. >> thank god she had -- the phone was still working. >> she had the presence of mind to give them directions. >> use the app. one lucky new yorker is kicking o the new year $425 million richer. >> if only. >> the jackpot winning ticket umtched all fivers and the gold megaball in the drawing. it was sold in long island. the eighth largest jackpot in

mega millions history. cash option a little or a quarter of a billion dollars. some other big winnerstoo. seven other tickets matched five numbers. they won a million bucks each. heunfortunately, none of in our area. >> too bad. new year, many of you may have resolved to lose weight. >> yeah, but how do you get started? do you go low carb? low fat? coming up we're going to help you weigh some of yopl options. >>us, if you're hoping to get away for a trip this year, you're going toant to stick around. we'll tell you the best tim to buy the plane tickets. >> maybe you want to head out of town today. the temperaturere cooler. yesterday 64 degrees, today only in the 40s. we have plenty of clouds around. dry conditions through at least 3:00 p.m. then rain on the way until lat

you're watching "news 4 today." welcome back. it's 6:14. we're stillorking to learn the condition of the little girl who fell into a rhino exhibit. this happened yesterday at a zoo in melbourne, florida. this i about an hour from orlando. the 2-year-old girl apparently fell between the railings and made contact with at least one rhino's snout. police say the child's mother hurt h p arm whileling her out of the enclosure. from earth to the f reache of outer space, a nasa spacecraft has made contact wit4 scientisillion miles away. i don't even know how they do it. >> i had to do a double take. not 4 billion, 4 billion. it's all thanks toal a loc lab. the team at johns hopkins university applauded as theac spraft began sending

transmisons on new year's day. new horizons reached what's calledhe ultima thule. a tiny icy object beyond pluto.m takene than a dozen years to reach that celestial object. >> build a spacecraft on earth and we sent it out billions miles away from earth and it sent us back all of thi wonderful data that we get to look at and learn more about our world, our solar system. >> even though it reached the ultima ul scientists say it could take two years for the craft to beam back all of the observatio including some high res images. >> soco ol. giving up alcohol for a month may improve your sleep and weight. that's according to a new study from the united kingdom. not all that surprising to us. they studied 800,000 people who month. drinking for a they reported drinking a lot

le later on and they lost weight. it's the new year and a whole lot of you may be getting back to eating healthfully. it can be confusing picking a diet m there are sy options out there. low carb or low fat?ny re wondering what's the best option. here's what's good about being on a lowcarb diet. cutting carbs means your body burns fat. they burn morealories in a resting state than those on a high carb diet. option two, low fat. a gram of fat has twice as many calories as the same amount of cacus. ing that out can also help you control and lose weight. a studyound both diets and found they were affected. nuitionists say limitingcarbs could be a better option for keeping the weight off long term. beginning of the year. looks l well be saving some cash at the gas pump in 2019. for the fst time in three years gas prices are expected to go down from the year before.

gas buddy predicts the national average for a gallon of regular gas will be about 2$2.70. that is down three cents from last year. it's still significantly more than what we were paying back in 2016. experts say this month is when prices will be at their lowest. prices generally peek i around memorial day. people getting ready for summer road trips. it will be here -- >> before you know it. >> many of you are returni from vacation before the holidays. >> i've been at work all week. >> i'm watching you. me bright and early. >> wel back. >> you may be able to start planning for the next one. january's actually a great month to find a great deal for booking flights and according to the travel search engine sky scanner, february als of the better months to buy plane tickets. you can save cash by booking the early morning flights and if you fly domestically, book them at least two weeks ahead oftime.

if you have an international trip in mind the best dls will be found two months out from your trip. take a look at this video. you can see steam f risingm lake superior in duluth, minnesota. here's sinething intere lake steam is created when the air temperature gets below theu temper of the water. this morning the temperature in duluth, minus 5 degrees. they're used to it up there though. >> aiyeah. temperature is colder than the water temperature? >> you've seen that before a couple of times. several times. i shouldn't say a couple of times. >> wow. >> that's one where you can get that as well that -- i mean, negative five. >> hopefully we're n going to see that. >> any time soon. that's my thought. >> >>ridiculous. listen, it's not going to get that cold any time soon. yes, we are looking atery nice temperatures. yesterday in the low to mid 60s. crazy. crazy yesterday. well come to 2019. today back to seasonable conditions but it is a beautiful startut there. we will have some clouds as soon

as that sun comes up. sun com up at about 7:30 this morning. current temperatures outn here nowe 30s and low 40s. 40s in the district right now. as you wake up this morning, again, those temperaturesip a little bit before the sun comes up. we'll be back into the upper 30s. head right into the 40s. we stay in the 40s for daytime highs today. over the next 12 hours, cloudy and cool all through the day. you're not going to see much sunshine out there. you can leave the shades at home and temperatures, a little above cease nanl for this time of year. nothing happening on the radar. dry on this wednesday morning. however, we do have some rain on e way. frontal system stalled to the south of us. what's going to happe is thi is going to look like train tracks. this will bring in rain dow in texas, a low pressure, and that will ride along the train. th front may move little bit to the north and south. this area of low pressure will pass to the south of ouriewing

area. areas to the south and east closer to that lowhe will have best chance of seeing some rain .howers later on tonight north and we i think you'll be dry. let me show you what's going on out here. dry through much of the day. any time afterunset after about 5:00 p.m. will have that chance. most likely this rain is going come later on tonight. you have see the sharp cutoff. this is later on night. we may not even see it here in d.c. depends how f north that area of low pressure wants to go. you're going to be dry in frederick and hagerstown, frederick, shenandoah va areas south and east, better chance of seeing rain later on tonight. fredericksburg, northryn nd. they'll see rain and hold onto it. day.ff for the the commute south and east of d.c. could be a little bit wet.e thenead into friday. latest guidance coming out of this through this morning, i've be checking it for the last couple of hours, has this rain delayed a little bit on have to wait for the timing. we know a lot of this rain could

be heavy at times and last into saturday morning. at least the first part of saturday. it's going to be wet. temperatures in the low 50sn saturday. by sunday we dry t out andse temperatures are going to get us back into the mid 50s. looking good for next sunday. not that bad next week. we may have a chance of rain showers on next tuesday. jury is still out. i didn't put it in the forecast. right now looking dry through next week. we've got melissa mollet talking abtrt fic. melissa? >> good morning. brand-new problem. aspen hill. chopper 4 showing closure.s this is bonafet road. big crash here. another ambulance we hear chopper 4 called out to the scene. another person still trapped. this pointown at this morning. we have some other issues s well. we'll talk about all of that when we're back with more news,

you're watching "news 4 today." >> this morning new details on a plan to ease tffic jams a possibly expand the beltway and 270. >> boy oh, boy. the maryland department of transportation has received more than 2,000 comments. only on 4. scott mcfarland with whate some aying and the fight others are wagging against widening those highways. >> reporter: sal elowich's town

house sits in the shadows of the highway. >> i am really grateful that governor hogan is on record as saying that no homesy or prope will be demolished. i mean, we intend to hold him to that pledge. >> reporter: more than a yeaag the governor announced the state will consider ambitious plans to ease gridlock on 270 and the montgomery stretch of the beltway. so far 15 alternatives have been considered including reversible lanes and widening the highway. hundreds of people have sent comments to the state trying to sway decision. using the freedom of information act, we asked for those e-mails and received them. we found an overwhelming number of those notes for any lane expansion. one writing major traffic con kbesion won't be solved by any widening. another, i have many neighbors and favorite restaurants and l stores that w affected. other saying please don't ruin rockvie. supporters say it's okay if it

doesn't affect the property values. another says i support expaouion. presents are too crowded. at his home today with his son just a few hundred feet from the highway, eric lyons says he's tired of battling it. >> everywhere you work you have to get on the highway to get somewhere. people get up in the morning and their dayslt are b off of the commute. >> reporter: montgomery county council cha tom tucker said the state would be wise to listen to local drivers and homeowners. >> this has generated an awful lot of public concern, i think both because of the nature of it, expanding the beltway, and theprocess. >> reporter: state leaders tell news 4 they welcome more feedback and ared expec to narrow the possible list of changes to the highway by ring. scott mcfarland, news 4. it's 6:26. coming up, the new year and new traffictrouble. we take a closer look at the construction projects that could cause a bitf chaos before

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"news 4 today" starts now. it is just about 6:30 and we are taking a live look outside on the second day of 2019 as schools reopen, some of them in our area and many of you are heading back to work after this long holiday. tu may need bundle up again. 43 degrees ouide. that warm welcome short lived. no surprise there. > a little bit more like winter. >> you're not supposed to have the 60s in january. good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. >> i'm chris lawrence in for aaron. ricketts is in for chuck with the forecast. first, check in with melissa i first 4 traffic. >> this is a problem in aspen hill. chopper 4 over the accident. two vehicles involved re. one person at least is still trapped in the vehicle just a short time ago. they got that person out but right now bonafit is shut down east of whitehill. pretty big res tnse on scene

right now. taking a look elsewhere, southbound t270 montrose did have a crash in the main lanes blocking the right side. it looks like that one is gone and things have cleared up. lortn, southbound u.s. 1 gets by the crash. before 630, accident there as well. beltway is looking pretty good.e we'll taknother look at a brand-new issue in aspen hill coming up in a minute. lauren? not a lot of issues out melissa.h the weather, we are looking at dry conditions through the morning. could have a little bit more rain later on tonight. 43 degrees is our temperature right now. winds are light. we do have those clouds out there. sun coming up in just aboutmn hour f now. we're headed into the mid to upper 40s today. g we're notng to take those temperatures too much further from where they are right now. we do have some rain arriving later on today. not for everybody, but we will have rain especially south and east. the rain chances increase. after about 5:00 but more likely

evening.this that's when we'll have some rain south and east. and then we have rain chances morrow morning, friday night, ndturday but then we're warming up by . we'll talk about the rain ances and show you all of that on the ten day forecast coming up in a bit. >> thank you, lauren. it is 6:32.s developing t morning, students and parents will notice increased security today at three prince georges county schools. now news 4's molette green is live at the high school. what do we teed know here. >> reporter: good morning, guys. it's important to know this is the first day t back after winter break for the students, the teachers and the staff so ere is a lot of anxiety, especially so with the threat made. but it's important to note that at this timechool officials do not t wheres threat credible. as a precaution though, they will have extra security out at the three schools that were named in the threat that was made via e-mail and social

media. the schools in addition to bladensburg high school are parkland highl sch and william wurt middle school. school officials say they are committed to providingwi studen a safe and orderly environment. that's their top priority, and all of these threats, any kind of threat is taken seriously. we talked to a bladensburg high school police officer a little he tells me all seven schools in the community will have an extra eye on them. officers will be p rolling the schools. as for a school like this one, they have their own security and of cours the added layer of security will be here and the other schools mentioned in the threat tha this time is not considered credible. that is the latest live fromts e bladensburg high school. back to you now. >> molette green. thank you. it is day 12 of the partial government shutdown. today people planning to visit any smithsonian museums or the

national zoo will have to change course. those locations are now officially closedntil the shutdown is over. smithsonian officials say they had been using prior year funds to stay open to the public until w. coming up at 6:45 we'll have eeting the bipartisan taking place at the white housen later today hopes of resolving this ongoing matter. the community is in prayer after a devastating crash left three children dead in prince georges county. yesterday they spent their day at the hospital center to mourn the family. on sunday night 5-year-old twins and a 1-year-old were killed en someone plowed into their family car on indian head highway. parents alexis and juanita are still recovering. the driver may have been drunk that hit them. a g fun me page has raised $55,000. a teenager was the victim of a deadly crash in chelestown.

driver lost control on saint charles parkway in waldorfn new year's eve. the car slid down an embankment and smashed into a tree.ol 21-yea nadia more atage was driving and was rushed to the hospital in ctical condition. her 15-year-old sister who was in the back seat died at the scene. the sister's cousin, meg cleat was also in the car but was not seriouslyinjured. time is 6:35. these are the top stories we're following. just learned new information about a shooting inea southst d.c. a man has died at the hospital after getting shot on barnaby road last night. th is right n the maryland line. no word yet on the identities >> at least 14 people are dead ldincluding one chi in a gas caused an hat apartment building to collapse in russia. 27 peopl are still unaccounted for. emergency crews are racing against the clock to find more survivors in the bble.

a retired marine is being held in russia accused of being a u. spy. russian federal security agents say paul whelan was caught last weekuring an alleged espionage operion. whelen has a twin brother named. davi the "today" show has spoken with him. you can watch the interview coming up at 7:00. today muriel bowser will be sworn in for her second term as d.c. mayor. roadhe closures around washington convention center began at 6:00 a.m. l street isd clo between 7th and 9th streets until 6 to er9. will be parking restrictions in that area all day. it's now 6:36. as 2019 gets rolling major transportation project will be taking shape as well. >> here's a look at some of the biggest impacts you could be facing.

in virginia work is ongoing on the entire length of 66. e most disruption will be outside the beltway. two new toll lanes are being added in each direction. n the district abou100 intersections will get no right turn on red signs. they're desned to increase pedestrian and cyclist safety. fometro, there is construction on technician. stations south of ragan nationai ort will be shut down during the summer to rebuild platforms. 6:37. coming up, a near fight on the football field, but nore player involved in this one. the mascot match-up that's gone virag. this morn and still ahead, baby new year. a new year and n life. we'll introduce you to 2019's rst new resident of our area. and right now first 4 traf take a look at this. chopper 4 over a brand-new problem in aspen hill. pedestrian struck we are talking about a major

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you're watching "news 4 today." two of the best tennis stars in the world faced off for a match fans will never forget. for the first time roger federer played serena williams in a mid doubles match at the hoffman cup in australia. this time federer won bragging rights. sterday the swiss duo overcame williams and her partner 2 of 1. this match-up is tied to our area, too. >> william's partner is francis thof th of prince georges county. >> you don't get bette than serena and roger. ne of the most talked about moments from the allstate sugar bowl game didn't involve players. before that started you can see

the texas mascot charging at the bulldog. that steer weighs 16 hundred pounds. he clearly was not happy with ugga. >> bieba had to be restrained as you can see there. hole situation didn't get out of control. no spectators were hurt and ugga is okex. >> came at georgia about the same way, too. >> that's right.ff texas pulled that upset in the sugar bowl. the longhorns topped the georgia bulldogs 28-2 texas quarterback was the star ef the night. scrambled into th end zone for three touchdowns. now here is your cnbc morning business >>report. eporter: good morning, i'm frank holland at cnbc headquarters. if youthave recovered fro holiday shopping season, well, come into stores again to find some bigargains as w start out the new year. deep discounts can traditionally be found in january to help you get back into shape. treadmills and ellipticals go on sale and gyms offer deals on new

membership. winter gear and sports wear are on sale. it's a good time to score a new tv just ahead of the super bowl. cnbc morning business report, i'm frank holland. right now first 4 traffic alert, take look. chopper 4 over northbound georgia before connecticut avenue. pedestrian struck. still awaiting for crews to arrive to get the guy out of the roadway. another problem in aspen hill and several issues in virginia. full details coming aup. w talking about a nice day out there, but you may need the umbrella especially for tonight. hat, gloves and scarf because those temperatures in the 40s. 30s and 40s right now. we'll talk about what the rest of you day has in rst

it is 6:45. we are tracking a first 4fi tr alert in the aspen hill area of montgomery county. take a look at thi live picture along northbound georgia avenue before connecticut avenue. melissa mollet is keeping an eye on this and how it is impacting the commute. we'll check in with hern a few minutes. we are in the 12th day of the partial government shutdown. the smithsonian museum a national zoo are now closed because they ran oy. of mo >> it's impacted everybody. news 4 rae's aimee cho is live at the zoo. n, what can you tell us about the congressional leaders coming to the white house today? >> reporter: hey, good morning to you,

we know eight lawmakers from both sides of the aisle, basically the top members of congress from the house and senate have been invited not necessarily for a sitdown and chat meeting b f what is being described to us by multiple a officials as briefing on border security. this is going to be led, accordin to the press secretary, by senior officials at the department of homeland security as the ptosident tries eep the focus on the border wall, on border security, on his demand for more money for some kind of border barrier. that is something the democrats have been unwilling to give the president and that is partly why we are in the 12th day of the shutdown right now. as it relates to when the government might reopen, remember, tomorrow is the big day when democrats will take control of the house of representatives. when speak designate nancy pelosi is expected to becomer spea nancy pelosi. when that happens democrats will introde a plan, a move to try to reopen the government. basically putting the ball in

republican's court and daring them to keep the government closed in effect. this plan has no shot at getting past the senate much less getting to the senate's desk.ey alled the plan a non-starter. it's not going to re-open the government it does not give enough for border security. it's like broken record, i know. we remain at the standoff, stalemate, whatever you want to call it. we're in it back to you. >> meanwhile, thousands of federal workers wondering where they stand in terms of getting paid. thank you, hallie. our team coverage of the government shutdown continues. getting tourists and reay a lot of parents who have kids home from school this week in a way. >> news 4's aimee cho is live at the national zoo with the closure throughout the smithsonian museum and the national zoo. >> reporter: good morning.

the good news is all the animals t the zoo will still get to eat. the zoo keepers will still report to work and take care of the animals, but the i bad news you won't be able to visit the zoo or any other smi museum until the shutdown ends. today is the day everything officially closes. up untilow they're using money that was previously left over. the museum days ago had huge lines open. they were trying to squeeze in a visit before it's too late. they flew into d.c. to see the museums. they would haveeen frustrated if they spent the money to have it closed. we've been seeing a lot of posts from people saying they had plant vacations to d.c. but they've had to cancel. as for the employees, the essential ones such as the zookeepers will still report to work but they won't get paid unti after the shutdown ends. live at the national zoo. keep up with every developmente government shutdown right here at news 4

and in the nbc washington app. this morning the new acting defense secretary starts his first day on the job. president trump tweet out, he'll be great. danahan will take on the pentagon's top jobing a time of uncertainty including the partial government shutdown. former secretary james mattis resigned last month after president trump announced he was pulling troops out of syria. we just learned new information about a shooting in southeast d.c. a man died at the hospital after being shon barn na by road southeast last night. this is near the d.c./maryland line. no word on identities of the suspect or the victims. this morning a man remains on criticaltion after being shot in the head. he was the unintended victim in a new year's day shooting. he was walking to lunch just after noon yesterday on first and kennedy streets northwest. police say two nearby groups of men began arguing and someone pulled out a wn. shotse fired and one of the bullets hit the man.

police are hopingnc surveil video will lead to an arrest. we have some new details in the death of that u.s. marine inside the bar on capitol hill. officials tell news 4 the gunshot that killed the marine was not self-inflicted. we're told the marine was on duty when he was shot ye they're investigating whether it was accidental or what is officially called neg gent discharge of a weapon. they have not t releasedhe marine's name or ageyet. it's 6:50 now. we want to head back to melissa mollet and first 4 traffic. she is frtlowing an a for you. what's going on? >> good morning. aspen hill northbound georgia before connecticut. pedestrian struck here. chopper 4 showing you the scene. here's another pblem not far away. bonafit road. two vehicles, pretty severere accident t and that closure.

bonafant turns into bell creek. inner and outer loops, everything looking good. northbound on 270, local lanes before g shadyve road crashed with the left lane. the only thing getting by there. lortont southbound poach road c everythiared out of the way. taking a look at your travel times. 270ooking pretty good there southbound. top of the beltway, a little bit of a delay between 95 and 270 going 27 miles per hour. in bound on 66 and northbound on 95, take a look at that. quantico to the beltway, s61 mi per hour, 19 minutes. almost unheard of. that's a happy ltle gift f you in 2019 here if you have to head back to work or school this morning. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. >> good morning, lauren ricketts. your dry skies are helping me. >> yes, indeed. we are looking at dryro skies

h the morning commute. we will have a few more rain drops for the easy commute and the rain chances will increase ut we head into tonight. beautiful view there now. what can you expect over the next four days? we have cudy conditions all day long with rain coming later on throughout the evening. now we'll have some showers lingering, not for everybody, on thursday morning. rains late on friday and that will linger into saturday as well. temperatures out there right now. we're in the a 30s low 40s, we're here all morning. we're staying put rightthere. mid to upper 40s for daytime highs. your day is if you're north and west of d.c., all day and all night gog to be dry as well. you can see radar, nothing happening right now. widen out the view, what is going to happen? an a of low pressure crawling out of texas. riding right along this front. area of low pressure. areas south and east closer to the area of lowre pres we

start off the day looking good. looking dry.r af 5:00, we'll see rain chances. south and east. may touch t d. area later on tonight. figures out how far that sneld of r can get up into our area. so we may be dry here in d.c. frederick county, hagerstown, there we go, even into the shenandoah valley i thinkry looking mainly. southern maryland, fredericksburg, that's o's going to get rain. that will linger into tomorrowin mo we have rain for the second half of friday. unfortunately that is going to lead into saturday as well. we'll talk about the ten d forecast in a few minutes. thank you, lauren. we're getting new video. the store that sold a $425 million mega millions ticket. overnight we learned it was sold in long island. they matched all five numbers and that gold megaball in the drawing. the eighth largest jackpot in mega millions history. in fact, the cash option alone

worthearly a quarter of a billion dollars. well, if this dsn't make you want toa hav fourth baby, i don't be know what will. >> >> one family was rushing to the hospital. re instead of counting down to midnight, they counting the time between contractions. has my husband been paying you? >> yes. >> 34 seconds into the new year melanie morales was rn. one of the first babies of the v.w year in the she took her first breath inside the shady grove medical cearer. herts weren't expecting to have a new year's day baby. mom wasn't due until january 13th. >> she was in a rush to come for some reason. >> pretty amazing. it's incredible. h're very happy and blessed. reallypy that she's healthy. >> melanie a has older sibling who just turned 1 on december 23rd. this family has a 1-year-old and

newborn baby. >> irish twins. >> ce in weighing 5 pounds 15 ounces. >> you want >> my wife is selfish. stop at three. >> if you could carry the baby,e you could hs many as you want. >> i can't do that. >> i'm there -- i'll do.y part >> i'll do my part. >> i'll do my part. it is 6:55. here are the 4 things to know. muriel bowser going to be sworn in later thisorning f her second term as d.c. mayor. road closures around the washington convention center. closed until 6:00 tonight. parking restrictions. keep an eye out for that. we'll bring you more on the inauguration on news 4 all day. princ georges county investigating threats made against three high the threats were made over e-mail, over social media.el police us none of those threats appears to be credible, but there will be increased security at the schools today. we'll keep you updated in the nbc washington >>app.

we're 12 days into the government shutdown and today the smithsonian museum and the national zooedre cl they're not going to reopen until theutdown is over. they've been using prior year funds to stay open untilnow. president trump invited congressional leaders to the white house for a briefing about homeland the new congress gavels in tomorrow with democrats taking control of the house. president trump and democrats s are at o over funding a wall along the southern border. be sury to s with us for the "today" show for the latest on the shutdown. nd taking a look at the first 4 traffic alert in aspen hill has just cleared out of the way. grthboundrgia before connecticut was where we had as pean struck. we have one at bonafit near layhill. >> rain will ce in from the south and west tonight. it will be pushing to the south of us. areas nth and east of d.c. it will stay dry.

southern maryland will get rain. clear and through the day breezy tomorrow. rain friday night into saturday. it will dry on the other side of the weekend. not your usual january temperatures. > we'll take it. thank you,lauren. >> thanks for joining us on "news 4 today." up nexty" is coming >> we'll be back in 25 minutes with all of your local news, traffic and weather. until then, have a great day.

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