crisis a lot. the presideng has been tal about a national emergency. is that what we can expect to hear plenty of tomorrow night. >> reporter: they didn't say that. they instead said that president trump is considering declaring a national emergency. what we can expect to hear tomorrow night, i think, are echos of y what just laid out. the white house is making the case that this is a crisis along the southern border and thais y $5 billion are needed to build that border wall.er in of that national emergency, i can tell you there are a lot of questions about the legality. we know that the white house is reviewing that. but democrats have already started firing back throughout the weekend, effectively saying it's a nonstarter. it won't stand. both sides still very d much in and that is why president trump is taking his case to the american people. so he's going to give that speechomorrow night andhen on thursday, as you say, he's going to travel to the border.

a lot of his allies wondering why heheasn't taken steps over the course of this shutdown. why he has relied on for example, to make his case and essentially miss thenc c to use critical time to make these type of bold statements and gestures. so where do r things standht now? i can tell you over the weekend there were meetings but both sides still so dug in that they disagreed over what came out of those meetings. president trump said they were productive. democrats said they werenpr uctive at all. there are more meetings scheduled, the president wants $5 billion, democrats say they're not going to give him that money. so where does it go? we know the real life impact is starting toescalate, build up all across the country with thos 800,000 federal workers poised not to get paid a >>o the other development this afternoon, the white house saying raxurns will be sent out. but this is also affecting food

stamps and the t isn't looking too happy about maybe not getting a paycheck. >> that's right. there's a lot of concern that food stamps won't a go out in terms of the tsa workers, that has become one of the biggest focal workers of concerns because you have agents all across the country calling out sick saying we can't work ano get paidays to make money duri the day, makends meet, folks saying they live paycheck to paycheck and can't miss a paycheck. so that's starting to have an impact. we're told so far measured. so that's playing a concern, especially with tsa playing a srole in theurity at airports. so it could potentially push these twoides together, but right now there's no end in sight to this. >> kristen welker, thank you for joining us.

just ahead on nbc "nightly news" with lester holt at 7:00 we'll have more. you know every day the shutdown continues means another day without pay for hundreds of thousands of federal workers and many say the feel like they're pawns in a political game. aimee cho continues our team coverage with a look at just how serioushis impact could become. aimee? >> reporter: this friday marks the first time federal workers will miss a paycheck since the shutdo started. many of these people now have to worry about how to make ends meet. >> i have talked to several employees -- >> reporter: a nasa scientist struggling to makeermortgage. a court services worker, trying to make sure her children get money for lunch and a census bureau employee trying to decide which bills to pay. >> we don't know what we're going to do. >> reporter: he said he serve the government for over 20 years

but now that he's furloughed he said it's tough to stay positive. >> we have to eat, we have to live and we have to have ti transpor. and everything else is negotiable. >> reporter: several others sharing their stories at a round table today. >> a government shutdown is a slap in the face to the country and to hardworking federal employe employe employees. >> reporter: one option workers have is to file for unemployment. benefits range from 50o $430 per week depending on where you work and how much mau normally but that money has to be repaid when the shutdown ends. >> this government shutdown there are no winners. >> she' the director of the d.c. department of employment services. sh said they've already seen almost 2,000 unemployment claims. >> i'm saddened to see people toing in, but it feels great know there's an army of people ready to help. >> hill is oneeo of thee who plans to file for unemployment,

but he said he'd rather rk >> this is the norm of the federal government and i feel that federal employees are being held hostage. >> reporter: and a union of w k workers is suing the government. they filed this class action suit a few days ago claiming it's illegal to make people wora without >> hitting home and hitting hard for so many people in our it comms. aimee cho thank you for bringing us theirie st on the nbc washington app we put together a list of what's open and what's not. we have a list of free and cheap things to do around the district to keep yount busy the stalemate is resolved. police are looking for suspects after a woman was h by a bullet while driving on i-295 this morning. the bullet came intoer car around midnight. police say the soter was

driving northbound in a dark blue vehicle. the woman was able to drive herself to the vehicle and is expected to be okay. police believe it was ran the woman was not a target. documents show the teenager accused of the drunk driving death of the woman con freszed torinking before the accident. zachary frye told police he was drinking at a friends house.he accused of hitting lauren mcdarby while she walked along the road here, righthe outside t church she volunteered a years.5 he appeared in court today for the first time. his defense attorney speaking briefly after the hearing. >> this s ouation is that's a sad unfortunate one and our prayers are with the family. >> frye is being heldit whout bond. lauren mcdarby had just retired from the blue ridge middle school after working 14 years as a teaching assistt. new details about a deadly fire in the district.

police say it appears to be a double murder. with someone setting fhat house e to cover up the crime. pat collins tked with relatives of the victims. he's live in southeast this evening. >> reporter: wendy, two people murdered. two set fires. something terribly wrong here on ely place. the man found i murderedide this house on ely placeut ast identified as 60-year-old joseph burgess. a retired civiliaemployee with e metropolitan police department. today by phone i talked to his brother, lawrence burgess. a >> he was good guy. he nevert h anybody. he just mind his own business. go out every now and then. he'd just go out andg h out. that's all he ever did.

that's all he ever did. >> reporter: also dead in this house, 50-year-old regina bowman. a friend of m burgess. the couple beaten and choked toe h. the fire set to cover up the crime. but that wasn't the only fire da set here that two fires in the same block at the same time. suspicious? police seem to think. so before dawn saturday morning a fire at the rear of this home on d street, people inside, they saw the sme, they called 911. >> my daughter says, you need to get up out of here. it was pitch black. all the smoke was pitch black. >> reporter: across the alley, three doors away at the burgess house, another big fire. that's where theyound those two bodies. >> a lot of that case is going to require some pretty significant forensic work. so that may take us a bit.

ret we have made some pretty good pr. >> reporter: now coming up at 6:00, more about these balloons and flowers at the murder scene. and more about the man who left them here. i'll see you at 6:00. jim, back to you. >> pat, collins. pat, thank you. there is a plan tonight to reduce cgestion and improve safety on a busy fairfax county roadway. tonight residents are going too learn about it. transportation officials will update the widening project. the road would expand from four to six lanes between route 29 and route 123. crews will also install a new interchange at pope's head road. the project is expected to cost more than $190 million. toght's meeting i set30 for 6: at the robinson secondary school. the earliest it wouldtart is late this year. getting a look at plans fori

union statithe years to come. these are new renderings out of a bigge and better econcourse. changes are aimed at alleviating congestion andng doublicapacity. construction is expected to begin this year. it comes as amtrak gets ready to expand its high sed service on the northeast corridor. this is one part of a big modernization plan at union at n. it is monday and the forecast for this week is going to be all over the place. temperatures going to go gup, down, maybe some snow. what do you think, amelia? >> tonight we are going to have scattered showers. right now the radar is mainly dry but rain likely moving rnrough the area oht tonight. as we talk about temperatures they are on a roller coa this week, especially for our work week and by the weekend, you're seeing i right there. some snow chances in the forecast. but right now on storm team 4

radar tracking dry conditions across the area butf plenty clouds out there. we're going to have near steady temperatures through the eveni hours in the mid to upper 30s for the most part and maybe a spotty shower out there before midnight. as we move towd midnight we start to track some scattered showers and temperatures start to slowly warm up. tomorrow an extremely mild day. i'll let you knowow warm it'll be in the afternoon hours. plus we'll have windll c in the work week in the 20s. that's forecast coming up at 5:20. wen we back, actor kevin spacey makes a long-araited appe in heou sexually assaulted a young man. ahead at 5:00, the questions his attorneys are raising as they enter a not guilty plea in his case. in fairfax county, two girls aking out the trash are

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fairfax county police are increasing patrols after the were approached by two young girls. news 4 darcy spencer joins us. we understand they were tasing out the at the time? >> reporter: that's right. shese sisters did not live far from where t happened. they were back here in this area enclosed dumpster area when it happened. of course, the girls are shaken up, but so are their parents to think something so scaryould happen so quickly. the 11 and3-year-old sisters were walking here, taking out the trash when a man came out of

nowhere, grabbed and propriately touched the younger girl and tried to assault her older sister. in an exclusive interview with telemundo, the girl's mother and step dad said they believed the man wanted to take the girls. they had never seen him before, and fortunately thetowere able et away. fairfa county police said it happened saturday evening at about 6:30. detectives say the man was ared off by the older sister. >> the investigation revealed the fighting and noise made from both girls kind of scared andal med him and that made him run e away. >> polarched the area but no sign of the attacker. they're working on a sketch of the man and plan to canvas the area with flyers as soon as it's ready. they said the girls did everything right. >> if someone is aroaching you trying to touch you or grab you,

yell, scream, call for help, run away, in this instance the girls were able to do that and the suspect got scared and ranaway. >> reporte police are hoping to release the composite stch and canvas the neighborhood tomorrow. also the momaid she feels guilty that she allowed her daughters to come out and take out the trash by themselves. she said that won't be happening again. jim, back to you. >> those girls did the right thin darcy, thanks so much. empty trains, bumpy roads. have you seen them yet? as the government shutdown enters its third week tonight, there are new concerns about the impact how you get around. our transportation reporter adam tuss islive. >> reporter: metro, which is already cash strapped could be using millions. that pothole on your street might not be getting fixed.

that shows you how far reaching the impact of the shutdown can be felt. finding a seat onro met during the shutdown, it isn't too hard. empty seats as far as the eye can see at times. >> i don't know. it seems like nobody is here. >> reporter: take a look, middle of the day on metro, usually u'd have a lot more people on these trains. this rail car is empty, the next oneris empty, the one a that is empty. it's definitely slow going on the rails. they need a few days to measure the affect. but in 2013 t 16 day shutdown they lost about$5.7 billion and ridership was down 25%. lydia stones daughter isrl oughed she works for the natural history museum and is no loer on the train toork because she's staying home. >> she wouldn't mind a vacation

so much but not knowing from one day to the other makes her unhappy. >> reporter: and on thead ro concerns that some road patches aren't being made on time. take a look at this potholeal g the gw parkway in alexandr alexandria. some have been complaining about it for days. the park servicels t us they are still making emergency repairs. you're looking at the king street metro station, not a lot of people there and it's the heart of rush hour right now. keep in mind metro can make some operational changes as all of this goeson they could been shorting trains ands running them l frequently. we'll keep our eyes on it. >> thank you, adam. four major courthouses are expected to start scaling back their operations a week from friday because of the stdown. the united states court system said the district courts have

funding to remain if you believely operational through january 18th only. but because of the shutdown thos courtsave been using court fees to pay their bills. come fridaytaing levels will be dropped further. some key staff members in the prosecution office are already furloughed. it's something that hasn't happened at the supreme court in more than two decades. justice ruth baderinsburg missed oral arguments today. she'still healing from her cancer surgeries last month. they were found after being treated for fractured ribs. a spokesman tells us ginsburg will continue to work from home as she recuperates.ni the howardrsity school of law is celebrating its 150th

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nice. tomorrow a high near 60 degrees. but then the bottom kind of falls out wednesday, thursday and friday. it'so going blustery out there with windhi temperatures mainly in the 20s wednesday through friday. check out the headlines right now. scattered showers tonight this rain with a warm front and that'shy we near to near 60 degrees tomorrow. on wednesdemperatures fall. on thursday and friday, it's just downrigh cold outthere, especially with the winds. as we look to the weekend, saturday andsunday, check this word out, some snow chances in the cast. i'll have much more on the snow chances coming uputt a 5:50. but today was much cooler than yesterday. this time yesterday we're about 10 to 15 degrees warmer. right now temperatures mainly in the 30s across the area. 38 in washington, 37 degrees in ma nas ses. i am tracking cloud skies.

radar mainly dry. here we are at 7:00 p.m. on future weather. still mainly dry.e as move from midnight into the overnight hours, here we are at 1:00 a.m. scattered showers impacting the area. bu not everyone is going to see rain and that rain is out of herey 5:00 or 6:00 a.m.ec out the high temperature tomorrow, 60 degrees. but showers into the overnight night hours and that cools us down for wednesday. herete are tomorrow 60 degrees. our average high, 43. this is the coldest time of ar. and tomorrow we're running almost 20 degrees above normal. wednesday we'll have temperatures in the 40s throughout the day. and thursday,, frid and saturday, temperatures only warming generally into the upper 30s. mild day tomorrow, it's dry

during the day. recess for the kids tomorrow is looking fantastic. after scol, tomorrow is the day to take them to the playground or get some fre air outdoors because it's going to be turning colder as we track rain showers moving in tomorrow evening. the rain is out early on wednesday. then we have falling temperatures throughout the day. we start off the day, the morning commute, with the temperature around 50 and getting home,ra the temres around 40. and with the wind it'll feel like we're in the 20s and 30s. friday, wind chill in the 20s. the actual high temperature in the upper 30s. snow there is a chance for out there on saturday and sunday. i have new information coming in and i'll be breakin down what i'm seeing right now with the storm system right around 5:50. >> we'll see you there. it's january. from airbnb to uber. technology is transforming the way we live.

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5:00. and we're back now at 5:30 with at look our top stories. president trump set to deliver a primetime address tomorrow from th oval office as we enter day 17 of the partial government shutdown. the president is going to try to make the argument in favor of american taxpayers footing the. illion bill for border wall funding. s> regardless of the shutdown the white houseaying the irs will issue tax return rehends. this isirst year we'll all op filing with new forms as a result of the g tax law. the irs last month saidver 12% of its staff would keep working during the shutdown. >> financial fears have federal workers checking their >budget. >> and one prince george's county brd member wants to help with a free school lunch

proposal. tracee wilkins is live to explain. >> there are me federal workers in prince george's county than any other area of the washington ar. and some of those folks are living paycheck to paycheck. one school board member wants to make it easier for those families. >> they spent collectively about six decades in the feral government. >> reporter: when this school board member was a student he remembers how his parents, federal government workersovealt withnment shutdowns. >> budgets were tight but we made through it. >> reporter: now he's proposing a solution to help oer families get through the shutdown in a letter to the ceo of the school system, he's requesting free meals f students until the end of the shutdown. the proposal is a hit on social medi >> i had almost 700 retweets on twitte a lot of comments on instagram, facebook. >> i was a former federal employee for 36 years.

so i know e impact, 'cause i went through a couple shutdowns. >> reporter: grandparents and parents we spoke with ow outside barack obama elementary support the program. >> at least we know our children are getting the nutrition they need. otherwise i don't think some families would be able to do it. >> regardless of whereou are politically, the kids don'trv desee to suffer. i think -- i guess we have to find the money somewhere, but it's money wellpento take care of the care. >> the chair and vice chair say thend issue is biggerore expensive than the school board can handle alone. for met starts with government being responsible to its citizens and ming sure that children are not harmed because of politics. >> we' get a full analysis on thursday to look at our toption, as dr. thornton said this is not a bill the system would have to foot by itself. >> in charles county they're offering $50 f students up in

the the shutdown ends but that's amaller school system than prince george's county. school officials here are going to consider this proposal th reporting live i'm tracee wilkins. we have some new information after as pedestrians hilled and killed this weekend. a car hit the woman on new hampshe avenue. yesterday afternoon. police say the woman was not in a crosswalk and the driver did have the green light at the time. the driver stayed on the scene and so far has not beend. charge we may learn the fate of chbishop theodore mccarrick this week.al the street journal saying he could go on trial. when some soft allegations first game toig l in july, he lost ihis positionthe college of cardinals. if he's found guilty at could be removed from the priesthood. n >> momentum tonight to

force clergy to report child abuse and neect. some lawmakers in virginia say they want to close a dangero loophole when the session begins on wednesday. juliearey reports on some women who saw the consequences firsthan who are going to be pushing hard for passage. kristen and hannah said they both had the same reactionhen they learned virginia law does not require clergy membersre to rt suspected child abuse or any glegt. >> there's an exclusion to not report. >> it cameew in 2016 when came from a church. the son of a ptor and youth leader was charged and later convictedf liberties. what troubled frazier and husba

hudson, the church did its own internal allegations before someone tipped off authorities. >> i was very concerned that we were further traumatizing the victims by having internal verkverkst inations and conducting interviews by people not trained to interview or even trained to investigate things properly. >> the t joined forces and began to look for a if fix, a way to close the loophole to make m clergybers mandated reporters. >> she had left the church, i had aeady left t church, so we kind of came back together and started to really dig deep into thist' and t when we went down to richmond. >> they found lawmakers in b ah hous senate to bring forward bills. carrie delaney says the time is right. the sexual abusethcandals i church only adding to the problem. >> the scandalsng captuhe national headlines have caught people's attention a caused them to give thought to what is

the role the clergy should play when child abuse happens. >> there would be one exception for disclosures durin confession. in northern virginia i'm julie care >> we spoke to the pastor of the life church. he said they welcome this legislation. he said when his son was first cused they didn't go to police right away because they were only aware of an improperg text allegation. over the past two years nearly two dozen immigrants have died in i.c.e. detention centers, that includeschildren. the big clean up is under way at a local university after dozens of students sickened by a bug. at the busor stop tw temperatures in the low 40s and dry conditions. recess outdoors and mild for the after school activities but after school activities but tracking

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camp response to the latest outbreak of a virus. meagan fitzgerald takes a look at what crews are going to be doing and how long the cleaning process is going to take. >> reporter: classes aren't in session at the university of m.d.maryland. >> it's winter break right now. >> reporter: but concerns are running high. >> we are conrned about that. >> reporter: students and staff are scared they might contact theno added virus, which can cause symptoms similar to the common cold, and is sometimes mistaken for stuff but can beou dang for people with weakened immune stems like olivia, who was a freshman and died from the virus. university officials say a deep eaning is under way. frequently touched surfaces will

be disinfected to try to present illnesses from spreading. students and faculty members say that makes them feel more comfortable. >> hearing that makes me feel more conscious o that myself. >> reporter: this process is expected to last several days but we're told it will be completed by january 28th, t start of the semester. several democratic lawmakers travelled to the southern border day as they look int the death of a little boy in u.s. custod felipe gomez was one of the two children who died in cp custody after crossing tborder. joaquin castro says the trump administraoon needs to more to ensure there is proper medical supplies and personnel for when migrants have medical emergencies.

castro also talked about the president's talk abou about declaring a national emergency. >> it would be profoundly inappropriate for the president of the united states to circumvent the legislative branchf the united states government, the united states congress, and single handedly, against the will of the american people and the american congress t up a border wall. >> lawmakers say they also want to look into the hospital where that little boy -- they took the little boy to see what kind of care he received. from behind spot dection to warnings about when you drift from your lane. t ere's a lot of technology in today's cars te supposed to make you safer. >> ahead at 5:00, san hogan with a consumer alert now about these features and who's really in the driver's seat. is filling up your car something you absolutely hate doing? then we have a story for you. then we have a story for you. coming up we'll tell you

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a future thas a need nor other alternative fuelling needs. that infrastructure doesn't exist. the servi fee for filled runs about 2 to 4 bucks depending on the number of cars. right now the service covers every ward in the district but the company is looking to expand. we have a consumer alertou who's really in the driver's seat. >> we're starting to see them m everywhee and more vehicles are coming with what consider to be self-driving features. experts warn, they're really not. >> tonight consumer reporter susan hogan is getting a unique look at how one safety agency is working to keep you safe on the road. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: the safety agency known for crashing cars is now trying to avoid accidents. at the insurance institution for highway safet vehicle and research center in virginia --

>> what you're going to do is put the car in drive, keep your foot steady on the gas. >> reporter: news4 put automation to the test. driverless cars aren't here yet. more vehiclesike the one you see here are incorporating a degree of automation. braking, lane departure warning, park assist, and rear crash preventi prevention. but the iihs says just because your car can do this, doesn't mean you should ever stop paying attention. >> it's not a con convenience feature, it's not something the driver is sposed to rely on. it's a feature if the driver is not paying ttention, i will try to mitigate or avoid the crash completely. > reporter: one of the biggest questions the iihs hopes to answer during the testing is do they handle driving tasks as humans would?

the answer so far not always. what we found is the driver still needs to remain engaged, have their hands on the steering wheel. while some of the systems do work well in some scenario, they can also lead to unexpected behavior. if you're not ready and trulyen ged, it can result in a dangerous situation. >> reporter: while full driving automation isn't here yet, manufactures are pursuing development, testing, and deployme of driverless cars. back to you. >> in case you ssed it, susan got to go behind the scenes of a cr ah testt the insurance institute for highway safety. you can see that video, it's cool -- >> it is. >> -- it'sn o nbc washington app. search crash test. it's amazing what a 45 mile an hour crash looks like. it's violent. >> jshe'sust fine, so you know. >> as our crashumestes are

doing well. coming to your car, home,ve andwhere else you go, new devices to make your life omsier, but they ce with a cost to your psonal privacy. the consumer electronic show kicks off in vegas featuring products from more than 4,000 companies like a touch screen en a fresh bread vending machine. robot helpers for thelderly too. and google and amazon are fighting to be your assistant to process what u're saying. >> artificial intelligence is the ingredient of the show. it's t future. that allows products to be smart, responsive andct pree of needs of consumers. >> with pretty much everything connecting to the internet there are privacy concerns, entertainment and convenience offered in exchange for companies knowing more about you. you may receive one of those dna testing kits as a present

during the holidays. a warning tonight, some of the data could be wrong. a texas doctor got a scare. he saidt he s the kit off, when he got it back he didn't think much of it.n he t paid extra to have the company test for diseas and it tested positive for a disorder that could lead to deadly cancers at a young age. >> it was scary to think of something i might have to act on for the rest of my life. it prompts these questions, do i have a low level of cancer now i don't kne about. >> hwent to get a test with a medical specialist, that result came back negative. if you are curious about your genec risks for a disease, don't use that test, go see a genetic unselor. time to turn to the weather. we might get another taste of it for one more day? >> one more day, tomorrow. and then it's going t feel like winter around here in a very big way. for the upcoming weekend i'm

some ng the chance for snow. but right now on storm team 4 radar, we're still dry across the area. plenty of clouds, however overnight a few scattered showers are going to be moving through the mainly between about midnight and 4:00 a.m. thea.e rain is out of here by t time we're waking up tomorrow. so tonight, scattered showers with your rainou ook. tomorrow, on your tuesday, it's dry during the day but more showers at night, and then we keep it completely dry wednesday, thursday, and friday as well. tomorrow we o start at 43 degrees, which is our average high for this time of ye. mostly cloudy skies throughout the day. lunchtime, temperatu around 53. a high tomorrow of 60, so relatily mild for january. by tomorrow at about 6:00, 7:00 p.m., alrdy tracking scattered showers out there, and rain will continue in spots overnight tomorrow night. tonight's rain with am w front, that's why we're warmer tomorrow. tomorr night's rain with a

gold front. that's why we're going to be extremely cold wednesday, thursday and friday. what to wear tomorrow, theong sleeves will probably be fine. wednesday you w tt coat. thursday and friday you want the warmest coat, especially the kids at the bus stop. the weekend, it's cold both days with temperatures in the upper 30s on saturday and sunday. looks like we start off saturday as we move into the afternoon and evening hours, snow is possible. that chance f snow continues saturday night into early sundao ing and the second half of sunday is looking dry. right y now, there are snow chances in the forecast, but this is looking like a low-impact event because of the amounts that i'm seeing, and also because of the timing. most of the snow iso going fall saturday night. so it might impact you heading to church o sunday or maybe getting the groceries on sunday but it'sthappening durin weekend when most of us are at home.

will the forecast change? n's only monday right so we're certainly going to continue to tweak the forecast. we'll continue to change the map ande'll hone in on the timing as the week wears on. but right now looks like a dusting to 2 inches. so y,unfortunat or fortunately depending on how you look it, school is likely monday morning. look at the highs t next ten days. 60s tomorrow and after that we're in the 30s and 40s. so much more seasonal after tomorrown it is windywednesday, thursday, and friday. we're not just turning cold. when you factor in the winds, wind chills on wednesday in the 020s ands. wind chills on thursday and friday only in the 20s. there's that chance for snow later saturday into early sunday and next week it's looking dry th plenty of sunshine and high temperat

this is a crime that happens all too often, especially around the holiday season. >> we're talking about package thefts. mark segraves sho us tonight how one simple stolen package has left a hol in one family's heart. >> reporter: this surveillance vide shows the suspe hanging out on the front porch of the home before making his getawa

>> it makes you feel violated. >> reporter: it was back in october the folks that live in this house were coming home expecting some packages tt they h ordered. when they got home, packages weren't here. so ty went to the videotape of their surveillance cameras to find out what happened. >> the video shows the suspect walking away with their package under his left arm. the police report shows the items stolen were clothing and shoes. a few months later a suspect matching the same description hit again around the corner. unlike his neighbor, this victim's items aren't so easily replaced. they were very special christmas gifts from the victim's mother. >> not onlyut gifts ornaments that i had collected from myd travels arohe world. they were sentimental to me and my mom was passing t mm to so i could use themy on christmas tree. >> reporter: he said the

ornaments he collected over the past 20 years were irresistible. >> gifts can be replaced, sweaters can be replaced, hoodies can be replaced. but a lifetime collection of ornaments you can put a price ta on that. >> reporter: police are asking if you recognize the suspect give them a call. noby is budging yet, president trump digs in on the shutdown with plans for a trip and a national address onde b security while government workers head toward their first paycheck. to make tough choices about paying m mortgage. >> now at 6:00 the latest ways thehutdown is affecting you. from potholes on thest ets, to school lunch, to the impact on your tax return. >> this is aut the character of america. what it means to care about, actually, people. >> announcer: news4 at 6:00

starts now. in the third week of this partial government shutdown democrats and republicans are not only not making progress, n they're sti even having the same conversation. >> the white house wants to secure the border a fulfill a campaign promise, democrats want to open the government nowtind nee later. >> the trump administration is trying to pick up the slack as it becomes clear the shutdown will last longer. it wants to bring back irs workers to process income tax returns. though it's not clear o how if those workers will be paid. it'i using national park fees to pay for trash clean up, something critics say may be illegal. torrow the president will deliver a national address on border security before going to the southern border on