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do to her business near the national zoo. >> as the saff whip up sweet treats, the shut down is anything but. >> we rely on traffic and it's nreer:heayjayis he otalway s re.ower month, but th year she is worried. >> i stillve a commitment to pay employees, rent and expenses. >> reporter: at the oo, the animals will be fed, zoo keepers ll report to work, but won't get paid until the shutdown ends. >> none of us i getto the zoo business for money, but we are passioate about it. >> reporter: thehe bakery, are wondering how to move forward. they are offering free lunch to zoo employees. >> coffee and sandwiches cost money, but we want to be there for the community.

>> reporter: until it ends,the bakery costs are the closest you can get to the real thing. >> as for the panda pops, because the national zoo is closed, that means the live panda cam is turned off. >> at's going be a big disappointmen stay with news 4 and the nbc washington app for details on the shut down. we are working for you, covering every angle untilhe government reopens. we have broking new t developments death of a marine. the mother of 20-yele-old announced that the death of her son on facebook. scott macfarlane is at the live desk to tell us what we have learned. scott? >> this service member is lance corporal riley. his mother posted ar pic on facebook. in the post, she said with broken hearts, we lost a loving

son, cherished brother. yesterday, the military confirmed he was shot and killed on the barracks in southeast d.c. he was struck by an accidental discharge from another marine weapon. they have not released the circumstances of theg.shoot he was awarded an award in s terrorim. >>ack to you. such a tragedy. thank you, scott. right now, rain is moving into parts of the area. taking a live look at the radars you c it's at the bottom of the screen.t t blob is moving in our direction. amelia draper has more on who in could be ge more on this when it gets here. >> if you live south of washington, there's a high likelihood you are dealing with sh tonight and tomorrow morning. a chance for rain in the d.c. metro areahe and to north. around the mason dixon live, you stay dry. this is going to push in, just

clipping the aasa. e check it out with future weather, at 10:00, seeing future owers but they are farther to the north. again, rain moving into the area especially around washington and areas to the south between 9:00 11:00 p.m. tonight. aside from that, we are in the 40s. i'll let you know when the rain moves out and another track of rain on friday. hank you. schools are not taking chances after learningof online threats against schools. security at bladensburg high school and parkdale high school. they have identified the person who made the threat. no word on the charges. sdents who are returning to north point high school for the first time today are doing so without one of their

classmates. the 15-year-old was killed in a horrible, horrible crash on new year's eve wol dor aldorf. she was an excellent studen leader among her peers. her 21-year-old sister was driving at the time of the crash. hoshe is still in the spital. a violent start to the new year. police are ting to solve the first murder of 2019. this was the seen on barnaby. a man shot someone multiple times. the victim died at the hospital. olice have not released his name or what led up to the shooting. a murderf a string o shootings in the district we are just two days into the new year. myr muriel bowser is reacting to it.

>> reporter: yellow tape and police lights, crime scene after crime scene, shootings leaving innocent victims dead or fighting for their lives. that's how 2018 ended and how 2019 began. one person shot and killed on barnaby road yesterday evening. around lunchtime new year's day, shots rang out on kennedy outside this neighborhood restaurant. an innocent bystander shot in the head. innocent victims being hit by bu strayets is happening too often. >> a guy going out to enjoy his new year's w day offh friends ends up in the hospital struggling for his life. >> reporter: 160 murders in the dm rick up f the yearf e. muriel bowser was sworn in and c reflected on it victims, a

d.c. spike in murders. >> one of the calls you get as mayor, when someone dies on the street. even worse, soen that p kills an innocent child. >> reporter: listed in criticalp conditioice are asking for the public's help in solving the shootings. mark segraves, news 4. >> just getting started here on news 4 at 4:00. a look at the family involved past weekend's deadly crash. three children killed. david culver shows images of the children.nd their plus, new deals and how to save big on wkoutoris

rai moving into the area on the storm team 4 radar. amelia draper is tracking this system here. she's going to take us through the impact hour-by-hour in a few minutes. a man is recovering after being hit by a car near a busy intersection in maryland. chopper 4 over the scene in aspen hill this morning. a car hit the pedestrid e is expected to be okay. a horrificreality is setting in and a family is feeling generosity. a suspected drunk driver hit a man in oxon hill, killing their

three young children. david culver is live where thep ents are recovering. you just spoke with their or pacorrect? >> reporter: i did a short time ago. he said the family, the extended family had beent the hospital since sunday night's crash. they are trying to comfort relatives. they are destroyed. th are here and praying for the recovery ofles and waugh kn -- juanita. we are looking at the lovehey have. on alexis' page, you get a sense of the love he had for his wife and kids. here he is teaching his 5-year-old son soccer. >> good job. good job. >> reporter: the family pastor r says the is no explanation to give for the pain.

he just spent sunday with the family, they were devout. juanita teachesda s school. her kids with her for the classes. the pastoray s they are like gra grandchildren to him. he hugged them good-bye sunday evening, then learned of the horrific crash. you can see the front end of a pickup truck. dthe truckver was drunk and slammed into their car. the impact killing the three young backseat passengers and seriously injuring their parents, alexis and juanita. at a loss for words, the pastor said his church community is relying heavily onrayers. in talking with some ofhe extended family members off

camera, i can tell you a lot of folks are asking the question, why haven't there been arrests in the case? they say their investigation is going to be extensive. they need to go through toxicology reports before they go through the charges. they want the evidence before they pursue the most serious h charges in case. >> this is one they need to get ght. thank you david. two days into the new year, the day looks and feels like january. u know what? we are going have rain out there. >> it feels like a weekend because haven't we had 12 rainy weekends in a row or something like that? >> yeah. there is rain in e forecast on saturday. the weather is not changing that much as we start off e new year. right now, across the area, dry. rainshowers are goingpa to the area, especially washington and to the south tonight and early tomorrow morning. check out your first weather

headline. we are mainly dry during the day tomorrow and friday. most of the rain is going to fall t there tonight, then again on friday night.scattered, fortunately for your saturday morning. ce on sunday. wait until you see the high temperature. right now, storm team radar, dry across the area and dry for a few hours, 7:00 p.m., mainly edy, a small chance for isol shower. most of us cloudy. we move to 9:00, 10:00 p.m. here is 1:00 a.m., most of us asleep. along and east impacting those locations. 4:00 a.m. seeing the showers around washington and baltimore and to the south and east like annapolis, wldorf. ok how quickly the rain leaves the area. 6:00 a.m., the morning commute getting under way. lauren will be here updating us.

almosryeveryone is the white indicating plenty of clouds. the tempetotures mid upper 40s. running a few degrees above normal. normal is 44. tomorrow, a high temperature near50, five degrees above normal for tomorrow. plenty of cloudsomorrow morning. we'll have increasing sunshine as the day wears on. 7:00a.m., the temperature is 42 degrees. any rain that falls is just wet. lunchtime, upper 40s. 00 p.m. tomorrow night, a temperature around 44 degrees. again, increasing sunshine on your thursday with that small chance of a shower sou of washington until 6:00 a.m. the day is looking dry. it's dry on friday with a high temperature of 51. friday night, another round of rain moves intoe area as early as 5:00 or 7:00 p.m. rain is falling friday night into saturday morning. the chance for a shower drops

off midday hours saturday. lookat the temperature, though. 52 degrees. i was talking abut a nice sunday. look at the high here, 57 degrees on sunday. near 60 and plenty of sunshine out there. out of the two weekend days, sunday is thebetter of the two weekend days. right now, more on the ten-dayc fo at 4:45. >> have to play golf in hip hewaiters. murder of a woman from maryland. her fiancehy says he snapped. a live report just ahead. helping you keep your fitness resolution. we have a couple free apps that could help you. how about a jumbo

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2019 $425 richerter getting all the numbers on the mega millions jackpot. the lo ticket was from long ew island, nork. >> make you a millionaire tonight. >> reporter: new year, new money. one winner is ringing in 2019 rich after matching all the numbers in the jackpot. >> the megaball number is 14. >> one ticket for the $425 million jackpot sold at a gas station in long island, new york. the eighth largest jackpot in the hiory of the game. >> what is the first thing you thought? >> screaming. i talked to my wife. they are all screaming. >> reporter: the winner could choose the cash option taking over $250 million. seven other players won $1

million. the jackpot has been rolling over since october when one ticket worth 1.5 billi$1.5 bill sold inca southlina. another winner is waking up to a reality as multimillionaire. that winner getting his financial affairs in order and making change in new year's resolution. the owner gs a bonus for selling the winning ticket. he plans on taking a really nice vacation. >> you might want to find a place to go into hiding.at would be the first thing. >> the first move,xactly. >> don't tell anybody. right now, a live look at radar.eam there it is, it's heading oury rain coming to the area. amelia is coming back to tell us en will get the most and we need an umbrella. families facing tough

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prison. >> scott? >> a murder over an argument over money. strong admitted to killing the he-year-old in their silver spring home shared together. strong slashed her with a box tter beforetrangling her. he called police admitting to the crime. when officers arrived strong was standing in the driveway. today, after the sentencing, the state's attorney called the sentence a fair punishment. >> is was a brutal killing. we want to thankhe judge for the sentence he gave. it was the appropriatesentence. it's what we agreed to. the judge bound himself to it. >> strong said he killed her during a fight that began when she spent money he saved up. wendy, back to you. >> thank you, scott. president trump and

lawmakers are wrapping up a face-to-face meeting at the this is the first time since the shutdown began 12 days o. this was not a negotiation. the white house called it a briefing on border security. funding has been a sticking point for the president and democ in his first cabinet meeting, president trump made it cle today he is not backing down. >> 5 billion, 5.6 billion approved by the house. such a small amount compared to the problem. democrats want to giv away 12 billion extra and we are giving away 54 billion to foreign aid. >> president trump warned it could be a lon time before the impasse is solved. demoats take control of th house tomorrow. among their top priorities, to introduce bills to reopen the

government the president called the plan a nonstarter. families are having to make life changing decisions because of the shutdown. they are usingll available resources, some lobbying officials to get government up and running. taylor thomas is here, good to see you. >> thank you so much. >> not a happy new year for governmend workers those who rely on them for their salaries. a lot of them in your listening audience. they are calling in. what ar>>you hearing? hey are feeling the pinch. we are hearing of families getting together to share the bills instead of one family buying 24 rolls of tissue, they are sharing it. bothers are noting snacks, only buying things on sale and cutting coupons. others are reaching out o creditors sying i don't know when i can pay you.

we have mothers and mothers working for the government. it's the first of the month. a bill due. >> this is affecting every aspect of my life, to pay my bills, my mortgage. all my bills are affected. >> you have resources to help out if they need that. >> let mesay, if you haven't reached out to your mortgage lender, rental unit or creditors, that's the first thing you should do. opm tweeted a link of sample letters to send to agencies, creditors and mortgage lenders., aldon't forget the credit unions. there are great credit unions offering specials at this time.

for ample, navy federal has omething for those who ma direct deposits. there's 0% interest to help out. t have to remember, civilians, you can go the federal employee assistance fund. do not use your credit card for cash advances and don't pull from your retirement. >> they are teting thin we see people do that could backfire. >> absolutely.u. >> thank we have the opm sample letters and the creditunion phone number on the nbc washington app. wendy, over t you. we are working with you with the four things to buy you are looking to save. first equipment like treadmills go on sale now. january is also a good time to get a discount in gym

memberships to keep resolutions. winter clothing andold weathe sports gear go on sale now as retailers wt to close out inventory for spring. it's a goodime to score a television in time for the super bowl. developing now, six people killed in a train accident on a bridge in denmark. a train with 100 people on board was hit by debris from a freight train. vincent reports. >> reporter: six peopl killed and 16 others kied on this train traveling over denmark's bridge toward the capitol, ag copenhen. a freight train going in the opposite rection had debris fly off it. passengers say there was a loud crash with the wiows smashing.

emergency services struggled toe reach the sc because the weather was so bad on the bridge. pictures from the accident show the side of aleast one carriage ripped open and the freight train was badly damaged. road traffic on the bridge had to be suspended at the time. cars cross every d and the storm caused several accidents. >> that w vincent reporting from denmark. no trains are expected to be running the rest of the day. the government calls it tragic and thanks the emergency services. new numbers showing a posite trend in prince george's. county violent crime is down. we have a look at whatcould be behind the drop.ur use y smartphone to get fit from diet tips to wellness strategies. the first rain of the new year moving in. amelia is back soon, time it outor you. f

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answer your questions. it is free as it has always been. >> we'll all behere. >> we will all be there. tracee wilkins has story that could be behind a county wide drop in violent crime. we are goin have rain impacting parts of the area tonight, especially south of . washingt this is future weather at 1:00 .m. showers south of the district as we move through the early morning hours. 4:00 a.m., we are tracking rain in southern maryland, stafford and king gorges county. more rain moves in on

if if you are just joining us as we hit 4:45 this evening, let's get you caught up. d 12 of the government shutdown and leaders are wro wrapping up their meeting at the white house. democrats take co of the

house tomorrow. president trump is talking tough and repeatingfo demands a border wall. the smithsonian museum and the national zoo is closed. tourists and history lovers tell us they are disappointed by the closures and haveto check out alternatives. the smithsonian says they will e not en to the public until the government shutdown is over. w knowthe name of the marine killed in the district. 20-year-oance corporal riley. these are pictures from k. faceb he was shot and killed on duty, reportedly struck by an accidental discharge from another marine's weapon. the military has not released details about his death. d.c.'s first murder of 2019 came on the first day of the yea a man sh and killed inside an apartment building on barny road in southeast d.c. it was last night. police have not released the

ctim's name or motive for the killing. with 2019 under way, prince george's county is starting on a positive note. police saw a significant decrease in crime for 2018. our coun bureau chief, tracee wilkinsooks at the stats and the strategy in curbing crime. >> reporter: four murders in prince george's county resulted in quickan arrests with suspects appearing in court. two are in custody for shooting a 31-year-old. both suspects are expected to be extradited from delaware. four suspects are in custody for homicides that happenedfr day. they are being held without bond. in a separate, murd a judge decided to hold william little

for shooting and killing adam mcadam. hours ago, police announce the arrest of a man for killing a on 22-year-olunday night. it was a violent end to what has been a year ofistoric lows in crime in prince george's county. in 2017, 80 homicides. in 2018, 60 homicides, down 25% in one year. violent crime down 11.4%, according to police. the police department recorded the lowest crime stats for2018 since the county has been recording crime statistics. i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. we a havingur first rain and it looks like it is going to be much. looking at t green blob, it's hard to tell. >> it's not a lot of rain. we are easing ito theain of

2019. but, we are going to see rain falling out there tonight and early tomorrow morning.e the cha for rain is out of here by 6:00, 7:00 a.m. most of us spping out to a wet sidewalk or driveway. nohowers falling anymore. here is a look at the rai with the rain out so early in the morning, thursday is actually dry. friday day is dry, friday night, rain moves into the area. rain friday nig. track scattered showers saturday morning and midday hours. satday afternoon and evening, we are dry. sunday, really, really nice out sunday. monday, keeping it dry as well. the evening planner, 47riegrees t now. that's the high so far. cloudy skies and dry conditions across the area. we are going stay dry, cloudy 7:00 to 8:00. showers move into the d.c. and

metro area and especially south ofin waon by 9:00 p.m. with a chance for rain around the mason dixon line. not that cool out there, plenty of clouds. the clouds act as a blanket at night. tomorrow, a chilly, cool start. the morning commute, r wetds early. for the most part, the weather having a low impact on your thursday. recess for kids is going to be outdoors. outdoor exercise. again, cool,ot cold. i ran today with light gloves on and barely needed those. we are a f degrees warmer at the bus stop, most of us dry tomorrow. 42 degrees. by recess, again, it's outdoors, 48 degrees. you want the warmer jacket. notice increasing sunshine throughout the day. a pick up of mix of cloudsnd sun. the high tomorrow is 50. the normal high i4.

here is future weather thursday, 7:00 a.m. tomorrowmorning, 7:00, most of the area is cloudy. the rain holding on in southern maryland. by lunchtime and afternoonou s, we see that increasing sunshine. not a bad finish to the day. fast forwards to friday evening, 7:00 p.m. this is fridaynight, midnight. it is soggy out there. we teve scd showers continuing on saturday morning with the high on saturday of 52 degrees. on sunday, a high temperature of 57. s going to be a really nice day. both saturday and sunday, we have temperatures running above normal. if you are taking down the holidayra deons, sunday is the day to do it. ójt(vakt high temperature o6 degrees. we are still a good 10-15 degrees above normal. a chance for ra tuesday with another storm system, but before that happens, before that storm

system clears the area, we are in the upper 50s. we cool to the 40s by wednesday. in the ten-day forecast, the temperatures running above normal ase sta 2019. >> get your calendar out.ek rainy wnd tracker. >> there you go. >> one under our belt. next, you saw the miracle rescue. theaby boy pulled from the rubble of that collapsed building in we have new reaction tonight from his mother. we have an update on his condition. first, h jdly is standing by in the news room to talk about what's coming up at 5:00. jim? >> you may notice less traffic a on the because of a shutdown, but there are a number ki changes place that affect how you drive, ahead at h 5:00 and it's going to cost you yoifu ar not paying attention. plus, a lot of folks hoping to getie heal

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there were two n theories into how a woman might have died. kelsey's fiance is accused of thanksgiving. one theory is she was killed deliberately, the other, she was killed during a robbery. the man charged in the murder might ha tried to convince several people to kill her in the weeks before the death. the couple' daughter is living with her parents now. he reins in jail held without bond. a helicopter tour off the coast of florida going terribly wrong today. take a look at the video. the object in the water is the tale of the helicopter thatcr shed into the gulf of mexico this morning. a good samaritan on the boat racingo the scene, rescued all three people on board. the scene is a couple miles west of anna-maria island. icy roads blamed for wrecks

in texas today. one suv ended up on its side. the driver lo controlof the truck on slick roads, spun out and crashed into a concrete barrier. itas one of eight accidents from icy conditions. in overseas now, a mirac russia. a baby was pulled from a collapsed building alive. two dozen people were kil the baby's mother speaking fort first time. lucy has the story. >> report: the incredible moment stunningss ruian rescue workers and theworld. an b 11-month-oloy pulled from the rubble alive after surviving 36 hours in freezing temperatures. a new year's day miracle, after the w year's eve tragedy, a gas explosion ripping through this apartment. part of the building collapsed. with the mercu plunging below zero and families feared

trapped, rescue teams were worki working around the clock. suddenly, theyeard a baby cry. the baby, namedan iv, survived becaushe was swad led in a blanket and warm bedding, some protection against the harsh elements. he was air lifted to moscow, one thousand miles away f treated frostbite and a head injury. his parents distraught. room. my dest and i were able to crawl out. dozens of people are unaccounted for. grieving friends and relatives leftflowers and candles for the victims, praying for more miracles. >> tonight, baby ivan is in serious, bu stable condition, no brain damage and expected to be okay. > news 4 at5:00 starts right

now with jim and wendy. at 5:00, the shutdown ow wn continues. >> roughly 2,000 illegaln immig trying to get into the country. sumand parks, forced tmuo se close their doors. >> storm team 4 tracking the arrival of rain in the forecast. >> reporter: the rules of the roa the changes for 2019 that cocol you if you are not paying attention. we want to start on this first working day of 2019 with the fight that carried over from 2018. >> yeah, folks. a new year withsoon-to-be new congress. we are facing the same stand ofn on lvania avenue. it can is government shutdown is in day 12. today, all the smithsonian properties, including the seums and the national zoo closed their doors to the

public. >> meanwhile, we are watching a game of chicken this evening between thers lawmand the president. they are nowhere close to a compromise. we have team cover igeluding the effect on people and to the area. >> let's begin with the q & af m the president. il>> this went on for a w a short time ago, the president wrapped up a closed-door meeting with the partes in a border security briefing. we heard from the president after he got a cabinet meeting. took questions a half hour, speaking on a wide range of the bottom line seems to be digging in on the demand for border wall funding. democrats, a short time ago said they will propose the legislation they previously passed. >> we are asking for 5.6. we spent in afghanistan more in

one month than wha we are talking about for the wall. >> we are asking the president to open up government. we are giving him a republican path to do that. why would he not do it? te the sen measure would have funded other agencies involved in the shutdo including a solution on homeland resolution but not border money. the president said he will notp s any law that does not have that in it. this fight is not anyw to an end. tim, wendy, back to you. >> thank you, leon the shutdown goes beyond the halls of government. now, all smithsonian museu are closed. that includes air and space. that is the most visited institution in the country. 9,