it was a violent weekend in at least five killed. what we're learning about arrests and the victims and right now, kevin spacey is in court facing sexual assault allegations. the accuser's legal team just released a newtament. we'll have the latest. and what a difference a day makes. right now, cloudy skies, temperatures in the 30s. topped out in upper 50s yesterday. warm weather our way? we'll talk about it coming up. good morning. >> we begin your midday with an

update on supreme courtth justi ader nsrg. for the first time in more than two decades she is missing arguments. she is still healing from her cancer surgery last month. doctors removed two cancerous tumors from her left lung.wh they were foune be being treated for fractured ribs. her health has been a matter of intense public interest because her retirement would allow president trump to appoint her successor. public interest is also high in learning when the government will reopen. hundreds of thousands of federas employave not been paid for 17 days now. >> president trump is optimistic saying he'ss expecting progr in the next few days. tracie pottst has the latom capitol hill. >> reporter: parts of the federal government remain close ed this morning. >> we'll see what happens. whether or not it's settled. >> reporter: presideump's

predict iing progress by wednesy after weekend negotiations brought new breakthrough. >> we need to open up government then negotiate. not the other way around. >> reporter: they're at odds over whether americans should pay for a wall at the mexico border! we were trying to do our best te get governmennor be it gabecame a seriousorssue. >> repr: democrat rs now pressing the administration to justify the 5.6 billion the president's asking for as he threatens to declare a national emergency to pay for the the white house insists he is compromise, agreeing to steel instead of concrete >> a concrete barrier is not going to automatically tstop people from coming. >> we need to look at border patrol agents, technology and other meanswe a. >> reporter: democrats say they're hearing no compromise on the cost. >> in a way unless i get it my way, i'm goingur to ht all these people. go.t is not the way to >> reporter: if this shutdown continues, the irs may be forced todelay tax refunds.

>> think about the hundreds of thousands of people who will be entitled to income tax refund checks who won't receive teem. >> rep moving this debate from national parks to the wallets of millions of americans. now if the president decides to deanare a national emergenc try to pull those funds for the wall from someone swr else, that ll likely spark a legal challenge, meaning instead of the white house and capitol hill, this could be decided in the courts. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. this afternoon, senator chris van holland of maryland will speak with workers impacted by the shutdown and host a round b table in lar go at 2:30. he's working on a bil that bauld ensure federal workers and contractors receiv pay once the government reopens. for more on how the shutdown is impacting lal airports and breweries, check out the nbc washington app just search shutdown. now to our weather.

the workweek is starting off with the some chilly weather and clouds, too. does that mean we get any rain today? >> today likely dry. tonight, that's when we'll see those rain showers moving in. going to be some light stuff and just going to be rain because temperatures are going to rise during the overnight, but it is a dreary day. especially compared to yesterday and late saturday we had sunshine coming through. but today, cloud cover and those clouds are not going anywhere. current temperatures out there right now, it is echilly. th temperatures down quite a bit. we're in the 30s no 38 here in washington. 36 in leaesburg. don't expect the temperatures to rise too much. those temperatures are going to be around 40 degrees for a daytime high today. that is it. yesterday r, we were 57 degrees. late tonight, we could see fewo passing s. most of us will b sleep ining b time that's going on, but nothing happening now. just cloudy and gray.

big wa up on the way and bigger cooldown on the way. we'll talk about how warm it gets and how cold it's going to be coming up. >> thank you. right now, kevin spacey is in a massachusetts courtroom. ment was scheduled to begin at 11:00. he is facing charge oful sexual as of an 18-year-old. a former boston news anchor says spacey groped her son in the summer of 20ey. ay by reporting the sexual assault, my client is a determined and encouraging voice for those victims not yet ready to report being sexually assaulted. spacey is expec to plead not guilty. he has faced several claims in recent years. he wasired from the hit netflix show house of cards in november of 2017. > we are now waiting to learn pr about two developing stories in the district. we start with the shooting that left a woman injured. police say she told them she was shot along 295 near malcolm x avenue and southeast near joint

base bowling. police say the sused shooter was driving northbound in a dark vehicle. >> morning, it comes after a violent weekend in the district. at least five people were killed. onhe homicides took place at kansas and bar numb streets. police say a man was shot and killed just before 11:00 last night. now police are searching for two suspects they say. police have made an arrest in one of the other nses. co potter is accused of stabbing a man to death in an armt on wisconsin avenue in northwest. this happened early sunday morning. the ctim's name is monoge monogel lugo. people deaths of t found in a burning home in southeast d.c. have been ruled a homicide. the bodies of joseph and regina were discovered early saturday morning in a house on eli plac . bow bowman's aunt says the family is looking for answers.

>> she was a mother. and she was a very good person. and we just you know, we don't know what happened. we need help finding out. that's right now, we want closure. >> no arrests have been made and police are also investigatingng shoot 0 and north capital streets in northwest washington that left a persone dead. yor is holding a news conference at noon. no word on whether she will address the violence. we're learning more about the arrest of d.c. united soccer ar wayne rooney. he was arrested last month for public intoxsqation and uaring. loudoun ken to jail in county and released. on friday, he paid a $25 fine and $91 in court costs. a spokesperson for him sent out a statement saying he had just come back from saudi arabia and was odisoriented becau mixing alcohol and sleeping pills. d.c. united says it is handling the matter internally. today, dorms and campus

apartments at the university of maryland will undergo a deep cleaning in response to the latest outbreak of adenovirusth. >> the cleaning got underway around t:009:00 this morning. officials taking advantage that the students are away on winter break, but despite those measures, some students say they're still on edge. classes not in session at the university of maryland. that doesn't u mean concerns for returning back to campus aren't unning high for students and faculty members. >> i it was scary. sxwl we are a bit worry about a that. >> students and staff are scared they might contract the ad adenvirus which is sometimes mistaken as the cold, but can be dangerous for people with weaken immune systems like olivia.

she was the freshman who died in november from complications from the virus. since then, nearly 30 cases have been b reported on campus. the university officials say a deep cleaning is underway in rez den b shl halls, inside dorm rooms, suites and apartments on campus. frequent ly touched survey u ll be disinfeblgted to try and prevent illnesses from spreading. students and faculty say that makes them feel more comfortable, but they'll still be taking their own precaution >> made me be more cautious myself about that. i've been use iing more hand sanitizede. >> now thi cleaning is expected to continue over the course of several days, but il we're told itbe completed by january 28th, which is the art of the spring semester. back to you. >> live in college park. thank you. a break in h ah profile case in houston. the dth of a 7-year-old. what police no lon think it was a hate crime. >> and your metro ride mi lt

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a leg standing r no longer exists. today, metro will allow bicycles on trains at rush hour. it's where justin finch the live at the u street metro station with more on these changes. good morning. >> we stopped at a swtions to see how many bikes had made their way on to train cars. we saw couple, but we know bore are comiause metro says they are finding a growing number of riders are biking to ions. rail st for cyclists zippi along the trail, a new opthen should t choose to accept. o they can pull to the nearest station like rhode island avenue near ore b to the rail stop and from there hop on to a train

to their destination with their bikes even during rush hours. >> will this change how you get around? >> i'm going to try to. see how it works. >> it's exciting news. i know there have been a lot of times where i'veeen stuck somewhere with my bike and it started raining. it was like well, loi'm going t have to bike home in this. ol once on board, metro is asking bikers tow a few rules. one, to please not enter through the doors, but to instead use the r doors at the end of the car and once inside sh, don't esock the doorways and ai so can this be done? travis believes so. >> i think this can work. tmean i certainly wouldn' bring my bike on a train that i know is super crowded. >> with t rollout, metro says it will be monitoringnd fine tuning as needed. and as you might imagine, some concerns about crowding. will there be enoh room? metro says there should be especially during rush houray

theyhey have those larger trains that will be on the tracks each run ining about a eight-car length. that extra room plu training going, they believe they can accommodate both bikes and people. news 4. back to you. >> justin, thank you. right now, this man is police custody. green belt police had considered him a critical miss iing person but also arm and dangerous. police say blasswell live nd the 7900 block of manden road and fired several shots into a neighboring apartment then ran away. it is near eleanor roosevelt high school and police say h was arrested on hanover parkway, which is near the school, forcing it into a modifiin lockdown dthe arrest. he has been diagnosed as schizophrenic. >> a tip in a traff stop led a -- jasmine barnes.

the girl that was killed inside the car with her famil eric black jr. admitteded to taking part in the shooting. investigator more suspects at large. the girl's father spoke after the arrest was announced sterday. >> now my baby's got justice and now we can probably put her to rest without having to put her to rest and be still on a machinm hunt looking for a suspect. >> veinvestigators don't believ her family was the intended target and that the shooting may have been a case of mistaken identity. we're working to learn more details in a fatal pedesnian accidentrince georges county. a wom was hitnd killed sunday afternoon on new hampshire avenue. the car hit her as she crossed police say the driver stayed on the scene. the car was later chose. tpolice have not said whether te driver will be charged or

whether the victim h right of way right now, fairfax county police are beefing up security in neighborhood after two young girls were assaulted by a man. it happened saturday around 6:30 in the evening. the 11 and ea13olds were walking along charles thompson lane. they say the man app and touched one girl opriately. police say he tried to touch the other girl, but she fought him off and the man ran away. the vatican wants to try a former cardinal this week so that his fate can be determined besre next mont summit on sex abuse. "the wall street journal" reports pope f wants vatican officials to act quickly. in an exclusive interview last monday, james grin told news 4 ehat mccarrick abuseded him for years. pope does not want all that o overshadow the summit. mccarrick is thefomer archbishop of washington. happening today, prince

georges county will swear in its new state's attorney the ceremony is happening at the county courthouse at 4:00 p.m. she says her top priorities during her term include reform of the juvenile justice system and aggressive prosetion of domestic violence offenders. now to a surprising statistic getting a lot of attention. more women j diet after childbirth in the u.s. than in countries.r developed >> the cdc says the numbers are particularly worrisome f african-american women. kristen welker looks at the issues teaough the heartng experience of one family. >> reporter: when kira and charlesir johnson met in fo 2004, the planned to spend forever toe ther. they werjoyed when they welcomed their first son, charles. >> he's handsome. >> reporter: their second son soon followedd delivehrough a routine c

section after a he will the thi pregnancy. it was apr 12th, 2016. >> hey. on reporter: their celebra quickly turned to concern though when charles noticed blood in kira's catheter. he alerted doctors, but says minutes turneded into hours. >> i'm begging and pleading for them to do>> something. eporter: finally, he says after ten hour us, doctors decided she need ed surgery, bu u it was too late. she hemorrhaged to death. she was 39 years old. >> never imagined that i'd be sitting hereoday and that we would have left the hospital without my wife. >> reporter: about 700 women die each y in the u.s. due tor pregnancy delivery complications and african-american mothers are four times more likely to be b victims than white women. dr. montgomery wright says the causes of racial despairty aren't fully known. >> i think there's level of

unconscious and conscious bias that occurs in medical settings. >> reporter: charles has turned his agedy into tion, helping to pass the preventing maternal t,deaths ac which became law u last year.it requires stas te rtoiew every pregnancy related deaths. his other fight, making sure his boys remember their mother. >> t toughest question my son has ever asked me is mommy mad at me? why won't she come home. >> reporter: his answer, mony is heaven and loves you forever. >> i think her legacy will be one of beingble the show people that regardless of the circumstances, that love always wins. >> wow, that was kristen welker reporting and just crushing statistics there. >> heartbreaking. raise more awareness about the issues affect iing so many peop in this area. the taking the stage in a new round of amerimerica's got talent." we have a preview of the wild

stuff you'll see. >> plus, showing off the omfutu. vs to robots, the products

it's a milestone forva h law school. the school is is celebrating 150 years today.ks congressman m will be the keynote speaker. the ceremony begins in about half an hour at the chapel op van ness street. the consumer electronics show is getting underway in las there's a lot of buzz on technology and innovation as jakeard reports. privacy is sill a major concern. >> this weekn las vega more than 4,000 tech companies are showing off the future. well, a really s expensive version of it any way. frnyom samsung's design your ow tv, from a mere 12 inch screent

toup almos two stories tall to artificially intelligent robot helpers for the welderly. pad jets fgadgets for your kitchen like a touch screen oven. i can s how badly i've burned it. didn't garnish it properly. and a fresh bread vending machine. google and amazon are battling to be your ever present assistant using faster technology to more quickly process what you're saying. >> artificial intelligence is the ingredient of the show. it's the product of the future. allows products to be smarte pretty much everything here connects to the internet. and as tech companies collect more of your data, privacy questions are everywhere. applal does not uly show up here. but this year, it must have sensed the mood. a 13-story ad on a building near the expo reads, what happens on your iphone stays on your iphone. a clear shot at competitors under fire for selling consumer

data. afr a year where big companies like facebook, amazon, marriott med ticketmaster lost cus data to hacker, here in vegas, a balancing act for tech giants. offering entertainment and convenience in exchange for knowing more about you than ever before. >> i ow. little scary. >> i can check my voice mail. >> what do i do with this?ld >> 7-year comes in. he's like, i know. >> exactly. he's going to show you. >> i've only playe with this for two seconds. it is so cloudy out there. yesterday was gorgeous. wait until wednesday and thursday. winter coming our way. it's comeing at us. on wednesday and thursday. f just how cold it's going to be. now today, temperatures are just around season bable for this time of year. about 43. i think we're going to top out

around 41, 42. a clou sticking with us all day long. four things you need to know. clouds return today of course sday, breaks for sun and we are much warmer tomorrow. but that is a one-day special because the bottom falls o dcdnesday, thursday and we are talking about wlls anywhere from the teens to the low 30s. until we get to midweek current, temperatur8 in washington, 34 ft. immediate. 35 in banimore. coolerhe shenandoah valley. temperatures in the low how tomorrow, we start at 60. night, that temperature stayista staying static then we take the teps down tuesday night an they'll continue to fall through the day on wednesday. i think we'll hit 45 megrees aftenight going into your wednesday then that temperature will continue to fall and by thursday, we are not making it e,t of the 30s. and you can we've got the cloud cover out thereight now. there was a few snow showers trying to get going through

washington csanty. maybe yoa nflury, flury, that's headed up towards pennsylvania. another system headed our way with rain shower os and a warm front lifting up through the area. that's dhas what's going to be responsible for temperatures in the low 40i6s tomorrow. so if you want to go ahead and get the car washeded ed so if you want to go and get the car washeded ewashed, there's going to be a few passing showersonight and on tuesday, but about a 30 or 40% chance. tomorrow those tempetures at 40 degrees, more clouds and sunshine and a late shower especialo as we go i your day tomorrow. look at this. through your future weather on monday, we're fine. we're y. until late tonight. that's when we start to see the rain showers moving in and then those will be gone by the tuesday morng commutcommute. i think there's going to be more cloud cover than snshine. you'll be able to get out and enjoy lunch tomorrow. tomorrow avrn and evening, llat's when we see more rain

then temperatures s we get into wednesday. in esfact, y night into wednesday. that's when those temperatures dip a little bit. so overnight lows, the same as our daytime high. most of thent day will be s in the 30s. doesn't raeally matter what air temperature will be. wednesday and thursd windchill will be from the teens to the low 30s. we have snow in the forecast. extended forecast. that's coming up. >> thank you. welcoming up, onli dating nightmare. the woman accused of sending 9 159,000 text messages. >> that's a lot. >> totally normal. >> another place you could feel the impact of the government shutdown is at the airports. the employee action that is leaving some security check points uer staffed. nd

democrats want answers when it comes to the death of a child in u.s. custodma a delegation is headed to

new mexico to the cp where the 8-year-old died. gomez along sew and his father were captured on december 18th.c the childe ill and died on christmas eve. he was the second child to die in a three week span. a 7-year-old died two days after she wasti taken to an immig detention center. and with the government shutdown in its third week, we may be seeing the start of what some call the blue flu in the t tsa. they confirm the uptick in screening officers calling sick. there's a swren win increase in flu case, but a lot of concerns we'll see a lot of no shows if workers miss their scheduled paycheck on friday. tom costello reports. >> reporter: on the front lines of aviation security, 51,000 tsa employees. the average pay roughly $30,000

a year. but if the government remains partially shutdown, no one will get paids week. >> we are a paycheck to paycheck family. >> reporter: brian turner has been an office for six year, now hoping president trump and congress come to an agreement within days. >> we have mortgage payments. have carpayments. credit card bills. ewe tutilities and we have chil care. so with half our income gone, it's very concerning. >> reporter: the union says some officers have called out sick in protest. at dfw in dallas and jfk in new york, though the airports report minimal impact. they say fewer longer lines on sunday weren't unusual for the weekend after the holidays. >> if you don't have a check that's going to come in to pay your bills, what are you going to do? you're going look for something

outside what you're doing ornow. >> now, the tsa says security effectiveness won'te compromised and standards will not change. wait times a bhaected depending on the number of callouts, but many passengers say govnment employees shoul not be pawns in a washington power struggle. >> a lot of people can't go this longithout a check. especially when you don't know you're going to be compensated. >> reporter: the questions many tsa officersilre asking, they need food stamps or have to look for another job. >> i have to kee foodn the kitchen and i willave to make that call at some point. >> and that was tom costello reporting. virginia governor an maryland governor are urging tt presido end the shutdown. in a letter they wrote, quote, a prolonged shutdown not only hurts our local economies and budgets, but also poses a threat to our natural resources, public health and safety. they also wrote quote, imposing

this unnecessards hp is unacceptable and represents a failure of leadership. ep an eye on the nbc washington app for updates on the showdown. starting day, new rules g into effect for emotional support animals if you're flying united aiines, only dogs and cats will be allow ed to fly wih passengers. they won't be allowed on flights longer than eight hours and they must be at least fou months ald to travel. also service animals will include dog, cats andiniature horses. those animals will be able to fly on longer distance flights. united says it will still honor reservations under the old rules if they're made by january 3rd. precious baby. thatho white man eyes you've been looking through, he's always going to need to see certainth gs, whether they're there to be seen or not. >> that is a scene from american more coming to the play house.

it was written and performed by keith hamilton. keith joins us now with with moren what audiences can expect. this sounds so intrigu me. you're the only guy. you're on stage for the whole thing. you wrote this and you're the main man. cool.pretty >> i guess so. >> really neat. so you say you originally wrote this b about six and a half o and there have been some tweaks over the years. tell everybody what it's about and how you changed it for this. n it tells the story of a man, an african-ameritor, who finds himself auditioning for shakespea shakespeare's only black man, drirector, who is half his age and white and he's endeavoring to tell him how that 50 plus-year-old black man should behave and they say shenaniga enshue. this came about because i was feeling my age and my place in

the business and wondering about it. thinking ab it a lot. you can call it a midlife crisis if you'd like. a but i think w sort of go through it. we have a place where we're trying to figure out what is my purpose here. this all came out in really one sitting. i wrote the play in a day. just sort of spit this thing out on to the page. they sayriting is inrewr it's been six and a half years of changes. over the past four year, i've had a wonderful director, my colleague, kim, and a second actor. plays the drirector in the play. josh tyson. and we created, we make a creative team that over engagement after engagement, but over four year, it's ver differentpiece. >> now josh has this off stage roll. key role. tell us about that. >> well, he is the voice of the director orp has been until now the voice of the director and we hear him more than we see

him. however, my director, director of the piece, had some ideas about that that we are now experimenting with.l theyee some interesting things. something new. >> how hard is itou to be the only person on stage for this, nearly 90 minutes. >> really hard. >> being there by yourself, there's nobodyo kind of catch you if something happens then memorizing all that. i know you wrote it. >> it helps that i wrote it. it is really only now after five years of doing the work, becoming grounded and a tittle bit mothful because up until this time, it was always remembering those words. to the point where you know, that's in me w. so what comes across just a little bit more truth fful. >> i love that. so l cool. some viewers might recognize you from all my children, the young and the restless. st a little different than that. >> it's a lot different. for the film mediums, they're all editor's mediums. in a play, you start a beginning, the middle and end.

there's an art. you never get tt in film. this is what i was really born to do. >> congrats. a looks likot of fun. i would love toco . so keith hamilton will be at the anacostia through february 3rd. everybody's inviryd. ool. thanks so much. last mile day for a while. coming up, lauren tells us how low temperatures will drop and if there are anyhaes of snow. uh-oh and we are getting ready for the nbc 4 telemundo health and fitness expo. we'll have all kinds o expert, free screenings and a lot more for the whole family. this weekend, the 12th and 13th, at the washionton cvention center. e.'s all fre

hell t air was let out of the windy city because of a bizarre miss last second field . goal last ni the eagles scored a touchdown wiec just 56onds left to go. that left the bears for a potential game winning 43-yard field goal. the kicker just couldn't get it to go. and there's some debate on ther the dia about w ball was kicked. it end ed the bears season. repeat really tough. >> and it's also because heid kick it and it was good and they called a time-out right before that. it was a big night for college footyll. it hurtshurt. top-ranked alabama takes on clemson for the national championship. this marks the third time in four years the schools will square off in theso title game. he fourth con sesecutive season they've met in playoffs. most people have a crazy ing story.

in the day and age. what people do. >> onena arian has a story that will win every time. cqueline sent the man more than 159,000 text messages over a course of ten months. >> what is going on? not sleeping or eating? >> kidding, but they only went on one date. o so the texts threaten to kill the man and turn him into sushi! what kind of date was that? >> last year, she was arreste for trespassing inside the man's home while he was ouflt country. another time, he call ed the police when he saw herd outside his home. she's pleaded until the to stalking and criminal therese patszing. >> anybody who contacts me 1 times. >> i r ago and i was f like oh my gosh. >> online dating, i'm sure when they met, it seemed everything was fine. >> one date.

>> erin said she had a little crazy eye. obviously can't den that now. we know what the outcome was. all right, for today, we've got rain on the way. we've got -- ralatertonight. it b looks like it's going to rain any second. that's not the case. we've got overc'st skies. thow it's going to be throughout the day. passing late night showers. most ong us are g to be sleeping. again, a few light showers, rain shower, because temperatures stayadg s from where they are right now. heading up during the overnight. we'll come up with few degrees, so mostly the temperatures will be b in the upper 30s to 40 degrees and that's our daytime high for toy. so it's chilly now. atures yesterday were in the mid to upper 50s. so quite a shock to the system out there. all right. winter gear today. because it's cold. shorts tomorrow. typical d.c. weather and then wednesday, thursday,our clothes, all your layers, it is going to be bitterly cold. not only that, but we're going

to have those winds that are going to be piercing through you and the windchill, especially on ursday, teens and 20s. thank goodness we don't have a wind today. little breezy yesterda they settled down. cloud cover right now. passing showers tonight. maybe a fewrs flo near the mason dixon line, but for the most part, passing showers tonight then passing showers tomorrow afternoon through tomorrow night. 7:00 to 9:30, dry.t, overnihat's when the passing showers will roll through. most out by early tomorrow morning then a dry tuesday until we get to the evening. we'll see more showers work their way through. then temperatures start to fall. wednesday, temperatures will start to fall. on wednesday, mighty chilly t withhere with temperatures in the 40s. around midnight, tuesday and wednesday. windchills will be in the 20s and 30s. on thursday, in the teens and

20s. that's it. friday, the winds settle down. we'll show you the weekend forecast with a little show. that's coming up in as.ut ten minu >> all right. thanks. major upsets at the golde globes. globes. plus, the new restaurant in

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georgetown? >> i'm from baltimore. just s iing the chefs coming in. you have like everybody that's here built it for what it is and allhese new chefs a coming in. m it's cool to see it fch a small city. feels like home and i want to continue to grow with it and be a part of it. >> it's cool now. people are coming to eatn d.c. now. you describe reverie and the food and the vibe. >> so we say it's like new american, globall influenced. i've worked at a lot of restaurants in d.c. a arnold the world. before i came back, i was working in spain. so i don't say my food is like french, spanish, italian i've taken foods from different cultures and taken what i and made it my own. influences from ef where i've been. >> what are you making for us? >> we're going to make one of our desserts. savory and the sweet. i feun like there's a lot of things you can do with with desserts. this is our air rateded whiteol

che. starts with white chocolate. melt itwe temper it, down then put it inside of our whip cream canister. i wondered how you made that. little peek behind that curtain. i don't do this a lot. >> this is very exciting. >> so once it's in here, it gets charged. i've got a, takes like about a full 24 hours to set. takes quite a time. so it'sre tempechocolate gets melted in here. this is like what you see at starbucks. whip cream. we have these cool meant to be use d for a food saver, but we air rate the chocolate, spray it inside the box then put it in a vacuum machine. it starts up then air rates at the top. we let it sit in the fridge for like 24 >> a ha. magic. >> tvgi >> how did that happen? >> i don't know. >> okay. this is for 24 hours. >> yeah. so it's under vacuum, so we're going to open itup.

>> this is very exciting. >> the pressure is releasing. >> okay. now it's ready. >> now it's done. it's been sitting out at room a temperature fo little bit so we can basically cut into it and take our chocolate out. you ca feel it's softchocolat chocolate. just cut a couple of pieces out of it and it's going to go on this plate. >> all right. great. >> so this is miso that we make with -- >> you wouutn't think you'd p that with the chocolate. >> our friends make is they have a company calls keep well vinegar. mix it with white chocolate ganache. >> we're running out of time. t i want you make sure the whole finished product. the chocolate, your mi. >> this is fried brown butter.

>> delicious. >> why not. >> right. fried butter sounds delicious. >> like when you make your tatoes on thanksgiving, you make a hole to hold the gravy. >> looks gorgeous and i have had itus and i'mgoing to taste it again because it's so good. >> yeah. it has the texture of a sponge cake. >> congrats. >> all right. thanks so much. melissa, you got to try this. >> oh, i will. >> for efb. n> a new seaso of "america's got talent" beginsght. this time, it's the champions edition and there is sure to be some outrageous acts. some w perform for the judges. champions edition airs tonight here on nbc 4. at 8:00. and coming up from the golden globes, we picked the best dressed after the break.

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lifetime. >> best actress brought another upset. >> the actresses shock at winning gave way to tears on stage. >> just don't believe . >> for star is born, the night started with with five nominations end ed with a singl win. best original song for lady gaga. olivia colemanon best actress for the favorite and christian bale for his role as dick cheney. >> thank you to satan for the inspace station on hi inspiration on how to pray this role. >> regina king won supporting actress. >> we are so proud ofhis film. >> more surprises in television where the method captured best comedy. est actor for michael douglas, but rachel made it back-to-back wins as best actress.

the amecans won best drama. richard madden, best actor and globe's co-host, sandra oh celebrated a best actress win for kelling eve. >> it was so cute when she said the vow to her parents. >> very sweet. we love to talk about the fashion and the golden globes offered a whole lot to talk b about. >> some trends included ball gowns, capes, aws. meli and i chose some ofur favorit favorites. i thought sandra was her night. looked stunning in all three looks. id,articularly liked the but i think the versace dress on the white was alsohe h that re s which was another versace then the gold sequin sleeved dress.

>> my favote is gemma. she wore valnetina. she made the shorts work. inzaar says shos are a key trend. ummer cat walks for this year. >> if you look like her, you can pull that off. >> i was imagining myself in this and thought i'd letty cool. >> another creation was this one worn by lady gaga. the periwinkle dress, the big arms and everything.ra you weren't b about this one. >> i think julia roberts lookedg us, but a dress would have een nicer and nicole kidman i always stunning and lupita, this gorgeous violet oudress,an do no wrong. >> wear black. solid black dress,e'll sayt looks great. >> mixed reaction. i don't love the pants. >> i'm normally not a pants or shonts pe >> gorgeous. >> color is amazing.

>> i can catch up on all the different looks. ss this your best dressed? >> t one. i really like this dress because it's a different color andong leaves sleeves. i really like this dress. all right. and it was le $3 monday for your commute, we're talking about a dry commute then tuesday, the two-day forecast, we have snow chancessuaturday anay. >> thanks. that's it for news midday. thanks for joining us. we're back oon the a first ant 4:00.on >> and a you can get the news anytime withhe washington app. have a great day. we'll see you tomorrow.

rely in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. >> here she comes. >> here she is. >> the bell of the ball. bell of th ball. >> you look ieautiful. >> w got the memo. >> you did. >> guys, gaga's golden moment. from the moment she stepped on the red carpet, she owned all of it. welcome to special edition of goldenlos edition of "access" live. natalie with the today show, we ha thele front covered right there. >> we sure did. i have to tell you, when we saw walk in, i'm like, that aovie star. >> 100%. >> the blue hair, the matching