right now at 6:00 -- chaos outside the white house has a righ wing group clashed with counterprotesters, people throwing water balloons filled with paint. two fires almost simultaneous, two deaths and two investigations. i wil have details coming up on news4. and a fire sparks at a d.c. marijuana dispensary, injuring a firefighter. news4 at 6:00 starts now. > two peopl found dead signed a burning home in southeast c. good evening. but now firefighters aren't sure if the couple died before or after the fire.

news4 has more on why polic are looking into this fire and a separate one about a block away. reporter: it was about 6:20 saturday morning when the call went in, the single family home on the corner of minnesota avenue and eli place was burning. >> we found two victims on the first floor, an adults male and adult female. >> reporter: both were dead on the first floor of the home, believed tore is have started in the basement. and both victims showed signs of injuries but it wasn't clear if those injuries hand before or after the fire. the man who lives nearby says he knew one of the victims sll. >> he dhat he does, but he don't bother nobody. he don't start arguments with nobody or nothing. to e's no reason for nobod want to do nothing to him. >> reporter: but this wasn't the only part of the scene. close by crews worked a less serious fire at a house one street over. >> in that house almost directl around the corner on d street southeast,hat appears to be suspicious in nature. >> reporter: no one was injured in that fire but four people

burned out of their home and the red cross showed up to help them out. policeay firefighters were at that house earlymo to miing in what sounded like an argument. there's a joint investigation under way as police and fire investigators sift through the remainder of a deadly and dangerous situation. a firefighter was injured fighting the fire on ely place after he fell through the floor of the house butec is ed to be okay. firefighters almost always wear their masks going into burni building. they especially had a good reason to wear them whileo responding fire in the northeast today. a marijuana dispensary caught fire on fenwick street. firefighters kept it from spreading from the first floht. one firef went to the hospital with minor injuries. investigators are still working to figurau out whatd that fire. meanwhile, tense moments outside the white house. counterprotesters confronted a right wing political activist and things got messy.

>> let's go on jobs! >> that's video of someone thwing a water balloon filled with paint at conservative activist josie ball while he was speak he at the north fence line. they clashed with the secret service, d.c. police and d.c. fire allg respond to the scene. the secret service arrested four people for throwing those water balloons. they fe assault charges. a viewer provided this video to us. now we go to a story you saw first on news4. police in the district not giving up theisearch for relishaudd. a new search on the ground of the family shelter. using k-nine to searit undergrouns where the now-closed shelter where rudd was staying. she was 8 years old when she was ssing in 2014 she was last seen on this hotel surveillance

video with the janitor tatum and he later took his own life. police say they believe he's responsible for rudd's disappearance. a man opened fire inside a bowling alley not far from los anles leaving fleem dead and four othered injured. thlice have not found the shooter. ose with loved ones inside can be seen running towards the bowling alley. witnesses say two large groups much people started arguing late last night. d father received a call from a relative who tol him that his son tried to calmhe situation down when gunfire erupted. his son died in the shooting. >> he called and told us to hurry up and get here. >> they were laid out down the steps and in the other area. the blood, whatever, it was not a good sight. >> detectives say they're reviewing security video in hopes of being able to identify the suspect or suspects. the fight to reopen the government. today acting chief of staf nick

mulvaney told nbc's chuck todd that president trump is willing to, quote, take a concrete wall off the table, end quote, and replace it with a steel fence. nbc's chris colon reports on talks tt saw little progress today. >> reporter: day 15 of the partial governmenthutdown and federal employees can do nothing but watch what's happening in shington and wonder -- >> we look at each other and it's like, wow, are we going to get paid? p reporter: friday, president donald trumpmised progress to come. >> i've designated a group and e we're going t meeting over the weekend. that group to determine we're going to do about the border. >> reporter: but it appears a 2 1/2-hour meeting saturday did not deliver. vice president mike pence meeting with white house officials and top congressional aides repeated the president's demand that any budget agreement include funding to build a wall along the southern border. a democratic source told nbc news the white house won't budge from a more than $5 billio request. a nonstarter for democrats.ea

>> wey cannot resolve this retil we open up government. >> reporter: thedent confirming on twitter the meeting resulted in not much headway but he's confident government employees unable t t pair bills are in his corner. >> i think if you ever really se looked at t people, i think they would say, mr. president, keep going. this is far more important. same group t plans to meet again on sunday. chris pallone, n news. unfortunately for us, we had the showers moving out o washington area as low pressure moved offshore and high pressure isow in control. outside for the evening, we will talk about how the temperatures will start to fall andy, it is januo well they should be falling. temperature temperatures, 51, 48. but the clear story s clear skies and big forecast for suay. will have those details in a few moments. a woman was in a vegetative

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app in the worldow is facing a lawsuit for allegedly sharing millions of viewsers' data. prosecutors say the weather channel app collected, shared and profited from the private location data of its consumers. they claim the app misled users in thinking their data would only bed ur personalized forecast. ibm, which owns the app, has allegations. prosecutors say the lawsuit could cost weather channel app millions of dollars. local members of the catholic church come together. what they say c thehurch needs to do right now in the wake of the sex abuse crisis. i'm darcy spencer, live along the national mall. the federal government shutd the federal government shutd having a noticeable impactly

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in the wake of all of these scandals, a group of catholic banning mbers are together to pray for reform but also to say they still believe in their church. the group is called women who stayed, and today they held a moment of prayer and reflection for s abuse survivors. the kneel to stand movement comes as bishops meet i chicago today to address the crisis. the woman who stayed spoke out today. >> i believe in the values of this church, and i believe that unfortunately there's been corruption and rot in the institution, and i would like to

see that clear. >> many of these women have written extensively on ideas for change, such as putting more women in leadership roles and pushing for full transparency in the church. the national mall is normally packed with tourists on any given weekend. ybut with man of the museums closed because of the shutdown, visitors may bakg other plans. news4's darcy spencer joins us live from the national gallery of art. do you notice a change out there is evening,arcy? >> reporter: ericka, i can say i do. being the weekend reporter i'mn out about in the national hal and downtown area quite a bit. i can see a noticeable different. not as many people out and about. you're going to sha in some of the video i will show you in our story. here at the national gallery of art. take a look at the sign. this is one of many up at the smithsonian announcing they're closed because of the shutdown. take a look at th national mall. you might think it would be busy

on a warmer satonday after in january, but with more than a dozen smithsonian mow zeems osed due to the federal government partial shutdown, it's a lot less crowded here. that means fewer tourists, a lot more elbow room and plenty of empty park benches to sit and relax. even the carousels stopped running. madison drive, typically lined with tour buses for museums, is clear. and there are plentip open parking spaces. food truprcks here and open for business but not a lot of customers to serve. by now many tourists visiting d.c. know the museums and businesses a closed. they're searching for other options. eric shower is in town f basketball game. >> well, we came in this morning to watch the georgetown/st. john's game. we're st. john's fans and they won'r so very happy. and we wanted to seeatome museums re open and unfortunately they're closed. the only nice thing, plenty of room to walk.

nobody is in our way. >> like h said, nobody in his way. that's why i can say there was d noticeabference in just the amount of space in those walking areas. typically they'rd fil with tourists and strollers and things like that. no problems with that today in terms of getting around. can you see behind me, this is some of th empty parking areas. usually they would all be filled, especially on a weekend. but as we've been reporting, there's still plenty to do here in the nation's'rapital. if y looking for options, visit our website or the app, nbcwashington.com. back to you. >> good for him trying to stay optimistic about thehole thi thing, darcy, thank you. there's a lot you can do as darcy mentioned. the museum is opened every day and giving free admission. if you're not a big museum person, another option might be old tow alexandria. they have a farmer's market every sunday rain or shine and it aimed at supporting local

>> the advantage to stay home on a day like this, it's january and it's not 20 it's roughly about 50 degrees so get out of the house and enjoy it. >> great idea. the farmer's market offers free admission to all. enjoy. and, yes, today we had some clouds and some rain showers buo definitelyut this evening and tomorrow because sunshine will be across the area. 53 currently is our temperature outside. those visiting usn the washington area normally our high temperature is 44. so we are and will remain above average. right now as we talk abooi what's on through the remainder of the weekend, rain is over. sunshine abounds and returns tomorrow. the winds will be about 10 to 15 miles per hour but temperatures will continueheir roller koster ride, rise and fall. it will feel like wter but some days itbel warmer. outside right now as we talkon aboutht into tomorrow. temperatures start to drop throughout the overnight into

tomorrow. t tomorrow will be a great day. just wear the jacket. a breezy start but plenty of sunshine, dry, no rain for your sunday. make sure you get out and enjoy it. temperature as cross the board right now include 53 in town, manassas, 51os a the spine of the appalachian. temperatures notice in the mid-to-upper 40s,me w than it should be this time of year. enjoy that. north, south and east and west, no rain showers to contend with for tonight o into tomorrow. future weather in motion, we're showing throughout the daytime hours o tomorrow, clouds well the west. that means plenty of sunshine to go around through sunday into monday. l pick up some clouds, but we're going to hold off that rain. it will be a cloudy monday. we will hold off the showers as long as possible. with that, let's start talking about the forecast. as i said tomorrow winds from the northwest, 10 to about 15 miles per hour. so it will be breezy but not real windy.

for monday into tuesday, temperatures drop. this is part of the roller coaster i was talking. abo upper 40s, low 50s, dropped down to 40,k up to mid--to-upper 50s. that's t right. clos 50 and that's 15 degrees warmer than we should normally have. but there's always fly in the ointnt, isn't there? wednesday, 42 and we roll back down and start to feel lik january. low temperatures in the mid-20s, mito-upper 20s and as we get closer to the weekend, i've got some clouds on the forecastsa f rday and sunday. aindrop want to put a yet. i will keep an eye on that. but cooler saturday, warmer sunday and monday into tuesday, still temperatures remain above average. as you look at the entire spectrum of the ten-day forecast, notice it's supposed to be january but we're feeling a little bit more and looking a little bit more like february. back to yo >> clay, thank you so very much.

it is the new year, so conference play of local teams conference play of local teams action this afternoon.

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it has been nearly three years since maland's men basketball beat a ranked opponent when they took down number 24 nebraska on wednesday night. and while that was a big win for the young team, the work is just begning as the terms npz start a stretch of six 16 days.n four of the six on the road with today's matchup o rutgers, looking improve to 3-1 in big 10 play. start for thecold terps. but maryland got it together quickly, up doublewith a slam 1 the good they cl sticks.d en of the first happen, terps force a steal and get it ahead to cal owe man for the layup.

they lead by 21 at the break. second , more of the sam fernando creates space for himself andhe knocks down sid-range jumper. ten pointor the likely first round draft pick. maryland overcomes the slow start to beat rutgers 77-ta. they will on minnesota this tuesday. georgetown wearing their throw-back bluer jerseys a they host st. john's in a back-and-forth first half. hon s leade second when they hit the deep three. hoyas up by eight. fast forward to the final minute. hoya's up two. at&t jo st. john forces a steal and figueroa is fouled before the shot so he gets free throw. after making the first, he nails the second in the line to tie it up and we had to overtime. in the extra period, st. john's took control over. shammari pound with two of his game high 37 points here. that extend the lead to eight. fit the hoyas continue to battle. l seconds, georgetown with a

chance. james akinjo throws up a prayer. hoyas save it and javon claire gets a final look but it's off the mark. georgetown hangs tough with st. john but this fall in thi one, 97-94. big acc matchup in charlottesville. number four virginia hosting number nine florida state. kyle guy shows why he's one of the best shooters in e country, hitting from deep early on to give his team a four-point lead just a few minutes later. florida state gives guy too much room and he makes them pay. guy hits flievs in this one, finishing with 21 points. virginia up by 19 at the break. second half braxton's key providing options off the bench. he hits the jumper. and guy providing aists as ll hitting two down low for the easy two. virginia takes care of business to remain undefeated 65-52, the final.

to the ice where the caps have hit bait of a rough patch n their second leg of a three-game road trip last night. the capsge salvad a point but still lost to the stars in overtime. h was their third straight loss,aving dropped their previous two t contestthe blues and predators. they still have a chance to win a game on this road trip as they take on the red wings tomorrow evening. but the team knows if they have to improve their play, if they want t snap this losing streak. just about execution for me. us beits in the right spo to make the play when it's there. and sometimes we're just -- it's right on the stick or bouncing and you lose that half a second. >> you know it's going to go up and down, but one thing we have to realize, weave to work even hardero create these chances and make sure we stay o o top those guys. they did a good job tonight but

we have got keep working. maryland women's hoops also in actionthoday. number four ranked terps took down ohio state 75-69. fu highlights of that one at 11:00. >> thank you so much. that is the news for thnow. k you for joining us. "nightly news" is coming up xt. we will see you for news4 at 11:00.

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