and get a $50 amazon gift card when you switch. now at 11:00, get out the winter coats, the hats and the gloves. i'm tracking a major temperature swing and, yes, even snow for your wee, nd. fire president's prime time pitch. >> this is a humanitarian crisis, a crisis of the heart and a crisis of the soul. >> president trump doubling down on border security. democrats not budging either. >> this president just used the backdre of oval office to manufacture a t crisis. televised standoff leaving federal employees wondering whenhey can finally go back to work. >> this is horrible. we don't wantpphis to ever, ever again. tonigh it doesn't look like we're any closer to ending that border security fight or re-opening theme gove.

good evening. i'm doreen against her. >> i'm jim handily. in his first oval office address, president trumpgi br back vintage campaign themes and blaming the shutdown squaly on democrats. >> the federal government remains shut down for one reason and one reason only, becausecr demoats will not fund border security. >> we hav team coverage. leon harris has new information on government benefits and jackie benson is live with reaction from furloughed federal workers. >> but we begin tonight with blayne alexander, the president's prime time message and the democratic response. >> reporter: well, jim and doreen, president trump struck a more somber tone tonight. he did not declare a nationaler ncy. instead, he painted this as a matter of right versusrong. said that we are in a crisis and it would be immoral of policians not to act. meanwhile, democrats just say the president was using his

presidenti fear.form to stoke >> my fellow americans -- >> reporter: tonight, president trump using his first prime time al office speech to take his argument for a border wall directly to the american people. >> this is a humanitarian crisis a crisis of the heart and a crisis of the ul. >> reporter: the government shutdown soon to stretch into day 19 as the president and r democratain locked in a standoff over money for the wall. the presidentlang democrats and highlighting americans killed by those in the country illegally. >> how much more american blood must we shed before congress does its job. this is a choice between right and wrong.an justicinjustice. >> reporter: democrats immediately polling with their own argument. >> this president just used the backdrop of the oval office to manufacture a crisis, stoke fear -- >> reporter: in a rebuttal, atuse speaker nancy pelosi and

top senate demohuck schumer throwing the shutdown blame back on president trump. >> he promised he'd keep government shut down for months or years, no matter whom it hurts. that's just plain wrong. >> mr. president, re-open the government and we can work to resolve our differences over border security, but end this shutdown now. >> reporter: the president has deinvited congressional l back to the white house tomorrow to take another stab at reaching a de. and tomorrow both president trump and vice president mike pence will come to capitol hilt tod the senate gop policy luncheon, and on thursdayum president will make a trip to the southern border. jim and doreen, back to you. >> blayne alexander. blaine, thank you. > during his speechtonight, the president highlighted the recent murder of a teenager in gaithersburg as an example of gang violence. >> inma land, ms-13 gang members who arrived in the united states as unaccomnied

minors were arrested and charged last year after viciously b stabbing ating a 16-year-old girl. >>lexandra disappeared back in 2017. she was found weeks later in fi springd, virginia. several ms-13 gang members have been convicted in that murder. it isn't clear if any of the members charged were undocumented. as the president spoke tonight, dozens of people were protesting outside the white house. they held up signs blasting the so-called fake crisis over border security. jacqui benson is live with their part of the story. jackie? >> reporter: protesters toldorhe s of increasing desperation on the part of fe ral workers and those w depend on them. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the noise and music-filled protest is a regular fixture on pennsylvania avenue outside the white house. tonight's theme, shutdown stories. tweeted to and read by organizers christen mink. >> i wanto go back to work. i don't want a wall.

>> these are w americans want to work. these are people who want to work. they need to pay their bills. they need to keep their houses. th need toeep their cars. they need their medications. >> reporter: other protesters said while they do not work for the government, the shutdown is starting to affect their lives also. >> i'm afraid to go to california, to my best friend's ral because of the report that news 4 did yesterdayth abo flights, the safety and everything. >> reporter: the day saw r marylandublican governor larry hogan express increasing frustration with federal government shutdown. >> no one in congress, in the house or the senate,hould receive a paycheck and no one in the white house administration staff should receive a paycheck until they get this resolved. >> reporter: a number of loc members of congress have request their pay be withheld during the shutdown. the li all democrats. senator joe manchin of west

virginia says he'll donate his salary to food banks. the protestade it a point to thank members of the secret service uniform division working in in frontf the white house tonight, working without pay as essential personnel. live in lafayette park, jackie benson, news 4. >> all right, jackie, thank you. new tonight, there is an update for people who rely on federal programs. the department of agriculture just updated benefits for people whod use f stamp programs like esn.a.p. our coverage contiith leon harris in the newsroom. >> that will go a long way, jim, to soothe lot of nervous tension out there. we want to start now with that supplemental assistance program or s.n.a.p. lots of families worried they were not going to get their money forbu february. new tonight, the usda says families will receive their february s.n.a.p. mon that is expected to be loaded on to people's ebt cards on or

before january 20th, however, families will not be getting anl additioney in the month of january, that's with whatever happens th the shutdown. now, fairfax county is doing two things to help people impacted by the shutdown. first, they'll continue to provide school lunches to all students, regardless of whether they can pay. unpaid balances will be allowed to accrue during the shutdown. the school system is also holding a high rig event for rerloughed families who interested in being substitute teachers. they'll do that at 2:00 p.m.t the school administration center in falls church. finally in d.c., you can get married aouin. theil has passed emergency legislation today that will allow the city to issue marriage licenses. this is only for a 90-day period, tugh. mayor muriel bowser is expected to sign that measurement. local governments doing whatever they can to help familying until this stalemate is over. >> all right. stepping up. leon, tnk you so much. if you want more coverage of the shutdown showdown right now,

open our nbc washington app. our digital teamust posted a fact check of the claims president trump made tonight. just search "shutdown". now to our weather forecasta rm temp today but it's about to get lot colder. rain tonight in parts of our area. the beginning of some big changes for all of us. get outhe coats and gloves again. >> yeah, we're feeling it already tonight. storm team 4 chiefdo meteorologt cammer is in the storm center with what we can expec doug, you're already talking some snow, too. >> yeah, that would come this weekend. much colder air moving on in here. it's going to come behind that frontal boundary. winds are also starting to pick up in other areas. take a look at the higher teures. 60 today in d.c. 64 in richmond. very warm air around theth area. cold air is racing on in here. take a look at the line of orms that came through here. you can see them pushing through very, very quickly.

down towards parts of southern maryland a few showers back to the west. the bigger deal, the wind. 352-mile-an-hour wind gust in martinsburg. heads up for that tonight. that's ushering up colder air. watch to the weekend. here comes our snow. s, i do anticipate some accumulating snowfall beginning saturday into sunday. how much? is this a big storm or just another storm to talk a little bit aboutwe 'll talk in much more about it coming up in just couple of minutes. >> all right. doug, storm team 4 working for you around the clock. meteorologist chuck b will have your updated forecast tomorrow morning on news 4 today starting at:00 a.m. and remember, you can always get the forecast for yourho neighbor if our nbc washington app. new at 11:00 tonight, flames shooting tough the roof of this house in southeast washington. you can see them in this video from d.c. fire and ems. five people were able to get out safely tonight. the redross iselping them find a place to sleep this

evening. that blaze began near 16th and a street. investigators say it was sparked by roof work at the house earlier today. rustration and fea in one fairfax county neighborhood right now after two yerng sisters approached by a strange man over the weekend. the younger girlas groped. police releasing this sketch of the suspect tonight.te >> repor fairfax county police are determined to catch this sexual assault suspect. they hope that this composite sketch can crack the case. take a look. police say the man shown in this composite sketch assaulted two yog sisters in annandale, virginia. just shocked. >> reporter: katie lives near where the alleged assaultpp ed on the 7900 block of charles thompson lane on saturday evening around 6:30. >> it's so scary. i feel like c i't come out tonight.

for it to happen to two little girls, it's awful. it's awful. >> reporter: right now officers pass out flyers with the sketch. >> the hopes are to identify the suspect in this case. giving out the flier in getting any witnesses that saw something happened. >> reporter: police tell us the ol and 13-yea sisters were walkin when the man inappropriately touched one of the girls. othern tried to the tou the one but she fought them off and he ran away. the girls' stepfather told our --olice tell us they will step up patrols in this neighborhood. they urge anyone with information, if you recognize the man in the composite sketch call fairfax county police. in annandale, shomari stone, news 4. a revelation in the criminal case ofaul manafort, president trump's former campaign manager. in court filings made today d.c. federal court. manafort's lawyers inadvertently revealed manafort is suspected of sharing presidential polling data with a russian operative.

it appears that information was supposed to be redacted but lawyers failed to fully do so. that detail shows the way in which the russians cou gotten access to inside information from the trump campaign before the election. special counsel robert mueller . asecuted manafort in d part of mueller's investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election. and possible coordination with the trump campaign. a jury has already convicted manafort in alexandria for federal financial crimes. trackin aitter blast and chances for snow. how much snow? some of us could s this weekend. doug's forecast next at 11:00. protecting your safety and your wallet from new speed cameras to liquor at the movies. what to expect whenwmocal ers go back to work tomorrow. and if you've googled anything toda you've seenhe work of a young virginia artist. >> why did you decide to draw

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back now with what t radar could look like over the weekend. we're talking snow on saturday doug's back in just a few minute with an update on the timing and just how much we could possibly get. so stick around. new at 11:00, northern virginia democrats will hold on al a seat in the virginia state senate after a spelection today. voters in parts of loudoun andf fax counties have chosen

jennifer boysko as the new state senator in the 33rd district. she's been in t house of delegates. boysko defeated gop candidate joe may by a margin of 37% to %. her victory creates the need for another special election to fill her seat in theouse of delegates. it's back to work for state lawmakers in maryland and virginiatomorrow, and both states have some new law lloposals that could impact your safety and your . leon harris is back with a closer look athat. hey, leon. >> hey, jim. kind of few new balls in theea a lot of laws that could have a local impact in the d.c. area as well. let's start off in maryland. now specificall prince george's county. there's a proposal there to lift restrictions f speed cameras on the indian head highway. that law would allow more speed cameras to go in place theve to keep d in check. how about movie and a martini? the county also hoping to pass

lllegislation which would theaters to sell liquor in prince george's county. and the a countyo pushing for new tax credits, including one for grocery store owners who build new stores i so-called food deserts. now let's go to virginia. there is a short session there, but they do have a lot of major proposals they're looking democrats again pushing several gun violence bills, including universal backgrouncks and the so-called red flag law. that law allows police toak temporarily guns away from people who are considered dangerous. governor ralph northam is also looking to increase the scheduled teacher pay hike up to 5%. there's goi to be a battle over the governor's income tax reform plan. repuicans say it will raise taxes on the middle class. jim? >> all right. >> leon, thank you. we've got you covered as the sessions begin tomorrow. chris gordon will be covering the aaryland legislature julie carry will be down in richmond for us. am coverage start tomorrow afternoon at 4:00, 5:00 and

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some colored pencilled right away. >> exactly. 3 billion people could see that. that's pretty awesome. >> very awesome. very impressive. so we really are talking about some possible snow weekend. >> we are. but here's the importantif thin. his was a big storm, i'd be waiting up for the european to come in at about1:30 in the morning. >> okay. >> i'm going to sleep when i get home. >> what does that tell you? >> we're going to have a storm, it's just not going to be a monster however, it is going to be one that brings us accumulating snowfall. first off, let's talk about w'vt got out there. very mild air. look at the highs 60 degrees, d.c. 63, front royal, 55 degrees over towards annapolis. it was a beautiful dayro all the area. now we're seeing some big changes here. the clouds have moved in.n the r has come on through. stnds now south at 7 miles an hour. l 53 degrees at this hour. the cold air, though, is racing in with the winds that are coming in, too. 45 right new in cumberland.

50 in winchester. the cold air will continue to come in with the wind. when i mentioned the wi, it has been very windy. 41-mile-an-hour wind gusts in i just saw a 52-mile-an-hour gust las hour in martinsburg. this is what's going to bring in the colder. a by tomorrow morning, you're going to notice a difference. there is the front coming on through the area. bringing with it some very strong winds and rainfall. some of that rain very heavy at times. now the rain down towards southern maryland. you notice a few showers back to the west. look how fast they're moving. they're reallyicoving very y now as that cold air begins to move in because of the system. the cold air moving in quickly. let's take a look. y tomorrow morning, waking up accidenting out the front door, windchills in the 20s and 30s. that's about where we expect temperatures to be normally this time of year. watch what happens, 8:00 a.m.,

35. by the afternoon, we go down tomorrow. as the temperatures continue to fall, the windchill will too.nue to fall, 24, martinsburg by tomorrow afternoon.de leesburg, c tomorrow afternoon than it will be tomo ow morning. make sure you bundle up. we're in the teens as far as the concerned.s really cold air but it gets even colder for tomorrow and friday. mostly sunny.ch mu coldery breezy. it will feel 20 to 30 degrees coer tomorrow. as i mentioned, even colder thursday and friday. windchills in 2 thes both thursday and friday. very windy, 30, 40-mile-an-hour winds on thursday. high of 32. 38 on friday. snow on saturday. the reason i think this is going to be accumulating snow. look at the cold air. will be below freezing here. that sets the stage for our next storm system. tracking during the day on saturday. there is the snowoming on in here and sticking around saturday night into the day on sunday before it moves off on

sunday night. so once tiagain, we'll ce to watch this system very closely. right now i do think this will be aood snowfallith temperatures only in the 30s. just about all of next wk. and earli mentioned to you what i think is a good snowfall. dding sno snow that covers the grass so you can get enough sledding. m ready to sled. >> no dusting this time? >> i don't think so. right now it's looking okay. >> thank you, doug. coming up, a career night for one of the caps' y>>

this is the xfinity sports desk. >> the capitalsontinue to build confidence in the second half of the season, and what a better way to keep that momentum going than beating the philadelphia flyers? a metro division rival. and oh, yeah, the second worst team in the league right now. flyers intimidated by the home crowd tonight. fans had their game faces -- hey, you don't want to mess with this little caps fan. picking it up in the first period. jar

jakub vrana sends it ahead. great effort by vrana. capitals up to a lead. turns on the jets. vrana firing and scores.rd the young for using his speed to set things up tonight. caps up 3-1. and later, caps on the power play passed down low to vrana. looksed like he was goingo pass to ovechkin. uh-uh. he scores his first. 14th goal of the season. capitals beat the flyers 5-3. heading to the court, wizards ond. the r home and home with the 76ers. first quarter, wizards down twol bradley berives the lane, tuesday it off the glass and in. beal led the wizards with 28 points in thela game. ter in the quarter, sixers on the run. they throw it up for joel embiid and he throws it20 down. points, ten boards for embiid. tonight.d by a rookie

couldn't miss. he knocked down eight three-pointers in the game,ni shing with a career-high 29 points. sixers beat the wizards 132-115. these two teams back at it tomorrow night in d.c. now, maryland visiting minnesota hoping to fill out their dance card for march madness. a career night, second half. terps up six. on the drive high off the glass and in. career-high 27 for him. jaylen smith also with a big night. la smith with the fake then big takes it in for the slam. the freshman with 21 point in in the game. maryland beats minnesota on the road, 82-67. now 4-1 in the big 10. maryland women on the road visiting nebraska. kyla leading the way for the terps. second half, off the terps miss, there for the rebound and the.

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