the home. investigators are trying to figure out if the victims died beforeft or the fire. why a local school board member says t gover shutdown should meanree lunch for every student in his district. >> news4 at 11:00 starts n. a man and woman found dead in a burning home in the district. a second home around the corner also going up in flames. now investigators want to know if something sinister is going on. m erika gonzalez. darcy spencer is on p elice with details how this unfolded. >> reporter: tonight, t house is dark and empty. w crimed off with yel scene tape. there's a cruiser parked out front protecting the house as police and fire officials investigate what happened here. when firefighters went inside the home on elyle place in southeast early saturday morning, they found two bodies. investigators are trying to figure out how they died.

from the fire or somethi else. >> we found two vic ms on the first floor, an adult male and adult female. both were deceased. and we're currently investigating the circumstances of the injuries that they suffered. >> reporter: firefighters originly were called to a fire behind the house on d street when they saw the smoke and flames on eli place. no one was hurt in e d street fire but four victim were forced out. a neighbor said police were at the house earling in the morni for what sounded like an argument. investigators are trying to figure out if the two fires arec cod. patrick thomson said he knew the man who died. >> i keep my dogs in the backyard and i got a call this morning that the house was on ofire. so i gr here. by the time i got over here, everything, fire trucks and all that, everybody was here. >> reporter: i'm told a firefighter fellhe through floor while battling the blaze here on eli place. once he was rescued, i'm told he

went back in the house to continue the search for victims. he's okay. in southeast, darcy spencer, news4. new at 11:00, the vatican want to try theodore mccarrick early as this coming week so determined be before next month's summit on sex abuse.re "the wall journal" reporting the pope want officials to actck q. so the mccarrick scandal doesn't overshadow the summit. he is the former archbishop shop of washzwgton. ms grind told news4 years.ick abused him for the testimony to the vatican is part of his trial. nbc news has not confirmed "the wall street journal" report. day 15 and no deal to ende artial government shut down, but today the acting chief of staff mick mulvaney says president trump is willing to "take a concre wall off the

table and replace it with a steel fence."an mu sat down, nbc's "meet the press" moderator chuck todd day and. mulvaney says the president is trying to find a way to end the shut down. >> we told the democrats thi two weeks ago. this is what we want to build. do you think this is a wall? under the way the law is written, technically it's not a wall. >> early today, white house leaders including vice president mike pence sat down for a meeting with the democratic ngressional aides. pence later told the president not much headway was made. a second meeting will take place tomorrow, as well. as hundreds of thousands of federal workers work without pay, others are worried how they'll eat. money for the supplemental nutritiongr assistance p known as s.n.a.p. or food stamps runs out next month. as hans nicks reports it will

affect millis of people. > reporter: for families that rely on federal help for food, e shut down could leave them table. empty >> it's going to affect me because then i won't be able to come in here and buy my groceries. >> reporter: absent a deal between trump and congress, federal funds for food could run out next month s affectinge of the 38 million americans who rely on the program for basic needs. >> a lot of people are one paycheck of being inua a siton of needing food assistance. it's really a challenge for us to get people to realize how broad an issue it is. >> reporter: the department of agriculture has only guaranteed that eligible households williv re monthly supplemental nutritional assistance programo benefits january but made no promises for february. a west analysis saysro theam has only $3 billion in are which would cover just 64% of february's obligations. >> if the shutdown continues, then you will literally have

millions of people that will not beble to afford food. and i think this is just absolutely unconscionable. >> it's possible states coz step in and cover account shortfall in the short term, but tonight,s there are s that the white house is bracing for a long-term shutdown. the council of economic advisers is preparing for the impasse to affejanuary's unemployment rate due to be made public february 1st. hans it nick alcohols, nbc news, washington. >> new night, a prince george's county school board member want to make fd free for kids till the shutdown ends in an effort to helpids whose parents are federal workers. alexander wallace sans school ceo monica goldson c wave the cost of the meals on her own. the council member says the money made from students pays down as much of the meal budget as possible s hes he expects to hearer from goldson tomorrow. former defense secretary

who led the country throughof se he most turbulent times in recent american history has died. harrold brown, passed away at the age of 91. the tnk tan where he was a trustee making that announcement today, brown served during the carter administration. he was at theelm whe the soviet union invaded afghanistan and during the iran hosta crisis. brown, a nuclear physicist, was a champion ofutting edge fighting technology and helped modernize our defense systems. now, your storm team 4 forecast. >> well, it does look like our weekend will be continuing topsy turfy as far as today. we had rain showers and fog. for tomorrow, a different change. temperatures outside right now, this is why we call washington the heatnd is 582 for us here in town. out tor fauqu county, leesburg, down in prince william

county dropping to the 30s and 40s respectively. a sunnyunday in just a few minute >> counterprotesters confront a far right political activist ar the white house and things got nasty. the clash didn't end till the secret service intervened. part of a medical marijuana part of a medical marijuana facility these days we're (horn honking) i hear you, sister. that's why i'm partnering with cigna to remind you to go in for your annual check-up. and be open with your doctor about anything you feel. physically, and emotionally. body and mind.

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tonight,ce growing c about the welfare of a teen who left a group home in fairfax city. we've got a picture of 14-year-old emily velasquez canales last seen at the shelter care facility on page avenue. police are concerned because she

wasn't dressed for being outside in this cool weather. now to a story you saw first here. police not giving up the search for ralicia rudd. a new search on the same grounds of the old dc general family s homelesslter. this is video of today's search. officers using canines to search tunnelsn the now closed homeless shelter where rudd was once staying. she was years old when she went missing in 2014 and this was the last time she w seen on this hotel survelance video with janitor ca clinical tatum. police say he laterook his own life. they will believe he is responsible for her disappearance. a we'll callwi i certain bell may have drifted from outside ainess today. firefighters had the job of knocking out a fire inside a marijuana dispensary northet. the dispensary caught fire on fenwick street. firefighmrs kept it fro

spreading from the first flooru . one firefighter went to the hospital with some minor injuries. investigators are still working to figure out what caused the fire. the government shutdown rcing tourists in dc to find different ways to have fun and see the town. you'll hear from one of them. and more evidence of a danger law enforcement faces every single day.

we've gotws breaking ut of houston, texas, tonight. ntthorities are interviewing persons ofest in the shooting death of 7-year-old

jazmine barnes. this story has garnered national headlines overhe past week. child was in a car with her sisters and mother as theyent pick up coffee last sunday morning. a gunman drove up in what was described as a red pick truck you see in the surveillance video. and he fired sev alshots. the 7-year-old died. her mother shot in the arm trying to ptect the girl. one of the little girl's sisters reported the man was white wearing a hoodie, be eyes. more information as we get it. stay with us for that. switching gears a state trooper in oklahoma nearly hit on an i highway. video released today show what ppened this past wednesday while he investigated a crash. you can see there anoer officer had stopped to help. the cruiser's camera pointed at the crash when all of a see i, that car you can lose control. slams into the pickup truck. the collision forced the truck to fly towards t trooper. he dove for cover. thankfully wasn't hurt.

police cited the driver of the r for going too fast. now to some disturbing allegations against a health care center in arizona. there is a sex assault investigation into that facility after a woman in a veg taittive state gives birth. that patient is nonverbal and cannot move on her own. she has been that way more than a decade. she gave birth in december. the staff alledgedly did not know she was pregnant until she started moaning right before having the baby. the health care center saysarhey fully committed to getting to the >truth. tense moments outside the white house this afternoon. counterprotesters confronted a right wing political activist and things g messy. >> you how does it feel? >> so that's video there you see of somebody towing a w balloon filled wi paint at activist wawa near the white house north fence line. the group and counterprotesterse

clashed and secret service, dc police and fire responded to the scene. secret service arrested four people for throwing those water balloons with paint. they face assault charges. a viewer provided ushis video. some tourists are finding out the hard way about historying historical sites in dc that most are closed and the national mall looks pretty empty theseys on a january day like today, the national mall would be packed weld fewer tourists means more space to walk and lot of empty park benches. more than a dozen museums are closed due the shutdown. even the carousels typically lined with tour buss r the museums. >> we came in this morning to watch the georgetown, st. fahn's and we wanted to see some museums that were open and unfortunately they're closed. it's kind of barren around here.

plenty of room 0 walk. nobody's in our dy. >> the f trucks are still open for business. there's not a lot of customers to serve. we are hours away from the golden globes, the stage is, champagne is on ice and final preparations are under way at the beverly hill hilton hotel. sandra owe and andy samberg will do the honors this year. it could be anyone's game when it comes to taking home the goldenstatues. the philadelphia eagles play at chicago bears tomorrow at 4:30. so we won't see the you at 6:00 but after the 8:00 golden globe awards. now, your storm team 4 forecast. >> and for our forecast, as we continue throughout the weekend, kind of an ebb and flow as far as the weather i concerned fop for tonight, the course of rain is over, it endedarlier this afternoon. the skies clear out. .unshine returns in abundance for tomorr but the temperatures will do a

rise and fall over the next several days'l talk about that in the forecast. tures here tempe inside the beltway at our studios,2 grees. winds still blowing from the northwest at 12 miles per hour. occasional gust of 15, 16 miles pe hour. keep an eye on the winds throughout the night tonight. rain showers not to speak of across our area right now as we show you thera r. showers well to our east. offshore right now. for the ernight, no problems as far as rain showers are concerned. we talked about the temperatures at the top of the hour. now as the winds continue to diminish, temperatures will fall particularly in our olying areas outside the beltway. whilennapolis is at 50 and we're at 52,rg gaithers leesburg, culpeper county looking at 40s and 30s for temperatures right now. they will dip a bit as we continue in the t.overni high temperatures it today not bad. the normal temperature today foi

a , 44 degrees. notice 50s abound across the area. north, south, east and closer to the schennen doal valley highs 0close to degrees above average. the future weather in motion for tomorrow morning. sunrise very clear. sunshine continues byhe noon hour, notice the clouds behind me. tries try to peek through. even in the evening hours for sunday into monday morning, we won't a have to worryut any rain showers but the clouds will increase as we continue throughout the day and into the evening for your monday. with that, here's the forecast for sunday for tomorrow. not a bad day everyone. temperatures in town, mid to upper 40s to the east weo, ose to 50. maybe a little bit cooler to the west. orhere's ourast everyone for the next several days. the roller coaster will in co. follow the temperatures. temperatures 48 degrees for tomorrow. 40. a cool day for monday not a cold day. a chance of showers into tuesday.at tempes in the upper 50s

we'll ride the wave once again more like janupey, ttures in the 40s. then we'll warm up again as we start talking abo with the possibility of some rain showers for saturday or sunday but we're going to hold up on that. we'll tweak that forecast as we continue througho the week. again, we're going to ride the wave of temperatures as weco inue here in january. >> thank you, sir. we are getting ready for the nbc4t44 health and fitness expo. we'll have all kinds o free screenings, health experts and lots more at the washington convention center next weekend. it's free. we hope toeeou there. there won't be any burgundy and gold in the playoffs this , yearut postseason action began today around the nfl. we will catch you up on the colts and texans and we're going to check in with that other local team, the other o er cal lo

this is the xfity "sportsdesk." >> wildcard weekend beginning in houston, texas, with a match-un betwivision likes the colts face the texans for the third time this. seas the first two games between these two teams where is decided by a combined six points. watson.cing luck leading his team to the playoffs after missing all of last year. and he wasted no timng sco on the opening drive, colts go straight down the field and luck hits eric ebron for the six-yard touchdown pass. indy upy seven early on. one of two touchdown passes for luck on the y.

his running back delivered, as well.on marlack ran for 148 yards and this touchdown that put his 14-0.up that would be enough for the cen. colts advan to the divisional round after the 21-7 victory. next stop the kansas city >> up the road in baltimore, the ravens were hard at work this weekor prepping fheir playoff match against the charger. a team they beat two weeks ago in los angeles. the ravens arene of the hottest teams in the league, of their last seven games. and although they're led by rookie quarterback lamar jackson, he's up for the challenge as the playoffs present. >> you trying to get the championship iw. we'rn it now. we want the victory. to bet to love the sport able to compete. i love the sport with all my heart. you've been a rookie. you can't perform atve this i perform at your level, too.

>> college hoops, georgetown wearing their throw bk blue jerseys hosting st. john's. hoyas up two. stjohn's forces a steal. figure rolia getsfree-throws. and after making the first, he nails the second for the line to tie it up. we head to overtime. in the extra speriod, john's took controlleri. game high 37 points here extends the lead togh the hoyas continue to battle. georgetown with a chance. akinjo throws up a ayer. hoyas save it. georgetown hangs tough but they fall 97-94. fernando and maryland looking to improveo 3-1 in big ten play taking on rutgers. first half maryland up 11. freshman jaylon smith finishes with the dunk, 16 points today for the kid they call sticks.

second half, carylandtinues to dominant. fernando creating space forhi mself. pullback jumper is good. ten points for the likely first round draft pick. maryland wins 77-63 taking on minnesota this datues fourth ranked maryland women hosting ohio state. a rematch of last year's big ten title game. ki la charles beating everyone with 24 points including this bucket to put the tps it up seven, but ohio state makes a run getting the tough layup to go and taking the lead with under six toplay. a few minutes later, maryland responds. big rebound miss and tyler mike sell hits the tee to seal it. areer win in 499 for brenda. >>charlottesville, number 4 virginia hosting florida state. kyle gile sho why he's one of the best shoot in other words the country.

he hits five threes in this one, finishing with 21 points. virginia by 19 at the break. second half wh the game out of reach, gile hits down low for the easy two. virginia remains undefeat, 65 oil 52 your final. hockey news, alex ovechkin might not be going to the all-star game but his coach is. todd reirden was named as coach. congrats to him. nice way to finh the weekend. >> fantastic. >> fantastic. thank you so very much. z339ez z16fz >> fantastic. thank you so very much.

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