both sides stuck to their arguments and neither appeared ready to back down. just another day if paradise, folks. just about 5:00 a.m. good morning, everybody, i'm aaronl g kris. >> i'm eun yang. we have thet latpacts in the shutdown now in its 19th day. >> we will check on the forecast and the commute this morning. chuck bell and jack taylor. >> i have goo news and not so good news depending on how you view increasing chance for some snow over the weekend. gos news is i really not all that frigid outside this morning. temperatures are in the mid t upper 40s around the city, but it will be turning colder as the day goes aleg. wind will increase. the wind chills will deuease as o through the day and there's even a chance of a passing snow shower or two today. the streamers of snow coming off the great lakes. some of those streamers will could live long enough to see a

conversational snow shower or two during the middle parts of the afternoon. no accumulations of snow are expected for today. temperatures again mild to get your wednesday started. but this is as warm as we will be all day. turning ver windy and cloudy through the middle part of the day as that little pocket of colder air rolls over andould generate a snow flurry or two. the snow will not be the biggest impact today. the wind will be the biggest pact latertoday. download our washington app. updating the chances for increasing snow amounts over the weekend. that's coming up in a few. for now, over to jack taylor who always delivers good news. >> thank you very much. i don't know if that's accurate. 95 in virginia, there's a work zone and it's blocking the right lane causing an early slow down you will see university boulevard eastbound between lexington and st. paul street east of connecticut avenue a water main break. one right lane isetting by at

scene. hoping to have the roadway and repairs cometed by noon. i-70 eastbound still a mess coming out ofrs hawn. headed to south mountain near mile posthe 136, left lane is getting by but it's a sizable delay, so plan forhis if this is a normal path to travel. it's not 70 if you attempt 40. back to you. >> jack, thank you. 5:02.time is digging in and doubling down. last night in an address to nation president trump described what he called a crisis at the u.s./mexico border. >> he laid out his reasoning for wanting to build a border wall and put pressure on democrats to back his plan andnd the partial government shutdown now o its 19th day. speaking from tl office, the president called the border wall common sense. he blaimedder patrol agents want a wall and called out emocrats who are refusing to support the idea. >> this barrier is absolutely critical to border security. it's also what our professionals

at the border want and need. >> the democratic leacorship in ngress quickly responded with itswn address to the nation. >> the president of the unigd states hav failed to get mexico to pay for his e, ineffectunnecessary border wall and unable to convince the congress or the p americanple to foot the bill has shut down th >> house speaker nancy pelosi used the president's own words agains him. reminded him that he promised to keep the government shut down for months or years until the funding he wanted is givenrd fo the b r wall. today congressional leaders have been invited back to the white house for another rou of negotiations. on thursday, the president says he will visit theouthern border. caught in the middle of this fight over how best t secure the border are 800,000 furloughed trkers, some ofm spent the night outside of the white house protestinghe situation. ♪ pe crowd chanted and held signs

critical of thesident and described the crisis at the border as fake. organizer kristen mink says federal workers and many communities are being hurt financially by this shutdown >> these are americans who want to work. these are people who want to work. they need to pay their eybills. th need to keep their houses. they need to kee their car. they need their medications. >> not everyone at the rally was worker.l some came because they say the shutdown is having a negative ripple effect on other businesses in the community. lastnight'sally wasn't the first and won't be the last. democrats are planning another demonstration tonight at 7 in the civic building in silver spring. xpderal workers, contractors and others areted to attend. this government shutdown is just thr days from becoming the longest shutdown ever. >> to help workersoiho are without a paycheck, several companies are offering special deals until thedo sh ends. news 4 justin finch is at the capitol now with m e on what' available to those workers.

justin good morning. >> reporter: eun, aaron, good morning. of course right now a lot of concern about food stability from groceries and soodmps down to school lunches. and this morning, we're hearing more about ways efforts are being made to cover those gaps. a lot of anxiety, of course, about food stamps right now. we are hearing that snap or food stamp benefits will be covered reserve funding until at least february. aat's very good news f lot of people, but the future after that remains unseen. we are hearing this affects more than 19 million families from coast to coast. here at home, fairfax county public schools announcing that breakfast and lunch will beade available to all students even if they can't pay right now temporarily because of this shutdown here. those unpaid balances will be allowed to accrue. and also this week in fairfax county, that school system announcing they'll hold a hiring ident on , what would have been a payday for furloughed

workers who are interested in becoming substitute teachers. righ now communities and several other agencies stepping up to help these families impacted by this partial government shutdown. i'm justin finch, news 4, live from capitol hill. >> justin, thank you. >> stay with news 4 all morning for continuing coverage of the government shutdown. we understand it is affecting thousands of you. we are keeping track of discounted services and other assistance that's available. thea complete list, head to nbc washington app. 5:06 now. new revelations this morning about theriminal case involving paul manafort, presidens trum former campaign chairman. in newly public federal courtng fi lawyers revealed manafort is suspected of sharing presidential pollingh data w the russian operatives. it appears that information was supposed to be redact. it's a detail that shows one way in wch russians may have gained access to inside information from the trump campaign before the election. specialounsel robert mueller prosecuted manafort as part of

the russian investigation and for possible coordination with the trump campaign in 2016. jury h already convicted manafort in alexandria for federal financial crimes. we have breaking news right now. officials are investigating suspicus packages delivered to australiconsulates in our chris lawrence is at the live desk with more. euris, what's going on? >> reporter: the u.s. consulate in melbourne received one of thoseuspicious packages. in a statement we're told they handled the package according to standard procedure and coordinated with the local authorities. we're als hearing from the british consulate in melbourne hey also received a suspicious package and say it was actually, quote, ticking. so far officials are only saying they're investigating suspicious packages at several consulates across australia. the important thing to know here, no one has beein red. all this happening just a couple days after a suspicious white powder was discovered in a package at the argentine consulate in that one did not contain any

poison or toxins. >> chris, thank u. it's 5:08. this morning we're getting our first look at a sketch of a man accused of assaulting two little girls in fairfax county. megan fitzgerald is live at fairfax policeeadquarters with more on this story. megan? >> reporter: eun,hat's exactly right. good morning to you. police released a sketch. they want as many people as possible to take a look at this guy so they can hopefully catch him before he strikes again. so, we want to show you that picture. they believe that this is the guy who groped a young child. he's a hpanic male. described as a man between his 30s and 40s. he's about 5'6" and has a heavy build.s now, it on saturday when these two girls, one 11, the other13, were walking to take out the trash in their quiet neighborhood, which i right near braddic elementary school when this man allegedly approached them, groping the younger one, attempting to gro the older one before she fought back and he took off.

live back out here at police headquarters, they're ahoing anyone recognizes this guy to contact police right away. backo you. >> meagan, thank you. this morning, we're learning more about the victim of a brutal stabbing in th district on sunday. police say vongell lugo was attacked inside his apartment. he was stabbed 4 lugo wasy openlay and police say the stabbing was a crime of passion. they arrested navy medic colin potter who was stationed at quantico. northern virginia democrats hung on to a seat in the virginia state senate this after a special election yesterday. voters in parts of loudon and fairfax counties elected jennifer boysko. she had been in the house of delegates. she defeated gop candidate joe may by a margin of 70 to 30 her victory creates another

special election need to fill her house ofea delegates now. ten minutes after the hour and there will be something on the road later this morng that is unusual. even for d.c. traffic. synagogue in the city will be rolli down thi street to a new site later this morning. the building that was the original home othe israel synagogue will hit the road at 9:45. the 273 ton building will make a short one-block trip from third and g streetown to third and f street in northwest. the building will become part of the new capital jewish museum set to open in 2021. this is the third time the building has moved. the first was to make room for metro headquarters in 1969 and then again years ago when construction for capital crossing began. should be an intng site middle of the road. still ahead, if you are hoping to see online sports betting become legal in d.c. this week, notfao . >> we'll tell you why the issue was pulled at council's meeting moments before a voteas to take place.

plus, america's war on cancer. a new study has some encouraging news. but not for all of us. we're breaking it down next. chuck? all right. it's te to hit the ad, get back to work and school. temperatures are not really all that cold this morning, but temperatures will be gwang do as we go through the day and those northwest winds are really going to be gust you hit the road checklist, they need to put the seat heaters , close up the sunroof. ipers willrapers and not be required today. not be required today. may need to get the sw shovenols

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>> announcer: you'reatching news 4 today. crashes along i-81 in southwest virginia involving semi trucks and buses typically result in long delays. now they may lead to tolls, o. virginia governor says funding is needed to make improvements

to thatrecord. northham and lawmaker are backing a $2 billion plan to widen the highway in some areas engthen merge lanes. it would cost $50 for trucks and $25 for cars making the entire 325 mile one way trip. if you were hoping to see the d.c. council vote on a bill to paveor the way online sports betting in the district, you were no doubt disappointed yesterday. tthe vote was scrapped the last minute. several council members questioned why the multimillion bllar contract to implement online betting wasng offered to the same company that man.es the d.c lottery. ey wanted to know if the contract should be awarded to the highest bidder. >> this is a decision about how to get the most revenue for the district. this is about money. >> the legislati was immediately pulled and the council decided to ask for public input. update this morning about the lawit filed against mgm national harbor the family of the little girl who suffered an electric shock over tme s now accuses the resort of what they're calling delay tactics.

the family of renee green says she is disabled for life. they blame faultsy electrical wiring. mgm filed a motion askg for more detailed information. thed initial complaint fy green's family was too vague. iey called the response baseless and saidwas a tactic to delay a trial. news 4 reached out to mgm for comment. we have not heard back. in the past the resort has called the incident a trady and said it is committng to reachi a resolution with the family. it's now 5:15. topping newsh for your hea this morning, a much welcomed update about the fight against cancer. right now fewer americans are dying from the disease than ever before. in fact, the country is seeing the lowest cancer death rate in 25 years. a significant drop in cigarette smoking an advances in early detection and treatment are some of the reasons behind thedrop. news from the study wasn't all promising. economically pooras still have higher cancer mortality

rates and death rat for cancers of the liver, pancreas and uterus all rose. each is considered an obesity related illness. this morning, we're hearing the story of local high school football player who was tackling cancer in a prettyka reme way. >> we have a preview of a story news 4 will work on.ou it's a man who used the a diagnosis motivation to return to the fieldon sr than ever before. >> reporter: sebastian is used to tackling players on the football field. he's a long snapper and linebacker at edison high school in alexandria, virginia. but a year and a half ago hisfe ook an unexpected turn. forcing him to tackle somethi much m serious, wncer. >> pretty scared, but i was just wondering if i could get back to playing sports or if i was going to get back toeing able to walk even. >> reporter: sebastian was diagnosed with teososarcoma, a rare bone cancer. he had have shiz foot amputated.

but now he's walking and running, even swimming with help from a special prosthetic. >> i build the device. i make sure it works, but he's the one that takes that to the next level. >> reporter: it's a remarkable marriage of science and strengmi. co up tonight on news 4 at 5, we'll take you inside the northern virginia lab that's made it possible and show you how they're helping change lives around the world. that's tonight at5. just a reminder for you to check out the annual nbc 4 telemundo 44 health and fitness expo this weekend at the iowashington conve center. there will be health screenings, experts to answer questions and of course we will all be there, the news 4 team. if that's not enough, it's a free. going to be cooking demonstrations and panel discussions. >> it really is always a great weekend. >> tons of fun. >> but i'm getting concerned about sunday, chuck. your re i listen to forecast. >> i know. >> mr. bell. >> so go onay satu or take metro.

it's right by the metro stop right there at the convention center. >> good call. >> that might be the easiest wa to gthere. yes, our chances for snow this weekend continue to inch their way upwards. so, kids, if you have a big history paper due on moepay, writing it, but just know you may get a delay. g here you for today, though. not cold yet but oh the cold is coming. that northwest wind which arrives with a burst of rain and gusty winds. wind gusts up to 42 miles an hour about 9:30 last night at national airport. and there you can see the cold aistrea streaming over the grea lakes. there's no significant chanceno for but i can't rule out a little bit of flurry activity during the middle of da so mainly clear skies now. the skies will turn partly to mostly cloudyy.uring the there you can see on future weather a hint of a passing snow shower or two during the course of the day as temperaturesom fa he mid and upper 40s now down into the mid and upper 30s by as early as about 6 or 7:00

this evening. there's your planner fors tomorrow well. more sun but more wind tomorrow and even colder. highs in th 40s today, highs in the 30s tomorrow. what about that weekend snow chance? future weaer extended out into the weekend now. saturday morning will start off dry. might have some sunshine, but close auickly move in snow is likely to be in place by the time the sun goes down on saturday. the best time to accumulat snow will be overnight saturday night into sunday morning. sunday afternoon, the snow should be tapering off by mid to late in the afternoon and it should all be out of here in time for mondaymorning. but, there's a pretty high chance that we're going to have to be dealing with some shoveling. so howowuch the odds of an inch or more, i'm very confident we can get at leas an inch ofsnow. 80% of at least an inch. four inches or more? 50/50. somewhere i 3 that to 6 inch range is the sweet spot for the forecast at this point. still five days away.

odds of a big snow, eight inches more, not zero, a 10% chance of at least eight inches or more of snow. most of that accumulating fortunately coming up saturday night into sunday morning. give everyone a nice chance to clean things off sunday nkternoon. i tonday could be a little tricky for school kids having to get in and out. there's your five-dayoutlook. windy and cold today and tomorrow. cold and dry on friday a again that weekend snow chance is there. i'll give you the ten day forecast, let you know if there's chance for snow behind that one in the next half hour. now let's get the glass enclosed traffic genius jack taylor. >>ll right, virginia i-95 northbound we ve the slow down riding toward the truck where work had been blocking the right lane. he efully they're on shoulder and just clearing out. we have an early morning slow down. kensington university eastbound heading between lexington and

st. paul street east of connecticut avenue water main repairs. and down in the district northwest, l street one way eastbound closed between 15th street and vermont. unfortunately here we have police activity blocking l street. back to you. >> all right, jack thank you. it's 5:21 now. still ahead, fighting the flu. >> and debunking myths about the flu shot. "ellen". ay on >> you're not -- you mean processed sugar. you're not doing processed su r sugar. >> right. that was my resolution. i wasn't doing processed sugar. >> i see. did you notice a difference? did you have a headache o anything happen to you? >> no, i just really wanted ice cream. >> yeah. >> ice cream doesn count. >> bummer. >> he stops by not only talking about his resolution but his family. catc ellen today at stick aro3.un

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>> announc: you're watching news 4 today. welcome back it's 5:24. flu season is in full swing, while all doctors are concerned about the spread of germs, many are also worried about the spread of misinformation. >> news 4 justin finch talked to a local doctor whodebunks the myths andellss about how seriously we need to take this year's flu season. >> reporter: so it's about that time of year when everyone talking about the flu, how to

avoid it, what to do to not get sick hopefully. we'reoid now by dr. gary simon. r. simon, i want to ask you first, we're in flu season right now. canle t now how bad it might t? >> it's a little early to call. i think, yes, flu is running right now. it's running a little bit ahead of last year. >> you think hearing that, at's moref a reason to really get serious about protecting yourself and your family. is it too late to get a flu shot? >> no, it's not too late. aerybody should get flu shot. and you cannot get the flu from a flu shot. there is no live virus in the flu shot. anybody who says i got the flu from a flu t'shot, impossible. >> reporter: special concern, too, for your children, older relatives, others who are vulnerable? >> well, special concern for children n because children get such severe disease, although they certainly can,ut years and years ago a study done in japan f you immunize the hildren, it protects the

grandparents. their immune response is not as good as the children's immune respon w. the perso is at greatest risks is the pregnant woman. the influenza vaccine is not dangerous for the fetus or the pregnant woman. every pregnant woman should be vaccinated. > reporter: justin finch, news 4. 5:26 now. just in time for the new year's resolutions a chain of local sports clubs sued. the warning before you sign a contract with aym coming up. and good morning, everybody. a burst of rain las a evening the cold front came by.en temperatures h fallen off that much just yesterday. the colder air will be spilling in during the course of the day on a very gusty northwest wind. kids getting ready for school today, yrr win windbreaker required today. hats with tie downs and maybe some sunglasses as well. check of today's forecast hour by hour coming right up as well as ann update weekend snow chances. plus, it may look like just a doodle, but it landed a local

girl aas lot of for college. how her drawing went from paper to google's home page just ahead.

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starts now. you are going to want to grab that extra layer as you get dressed this morning. it says 48 b degrees, believe chuck bell it's going to feel colder than that. you'lleed the coat and hat and more for the next few days. sorry to be the b barer of news. good morning, everyone i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gillchrist. we're here talking about a little snow. ht>> sit up stra would you? >> maybe more than a little. >> hi atom. >> maybe little bit more than a little. >> tomurs traffic producer in case you're wondering. got a little face time there. it we're in the same union. chuck bell is here with a look at the forecast and te'n go to jack taylor. >> my mom the schoolteacher would read him the right aftern not sit up straight in his chair. shame on you, tom. four things to know about the next coupledays, the wind and cold hasn't really arrived in full force just yet. it is not frid this morning.

the cold and the wind are coming. windy and cold later again tomorrow. sunny and cold without the wind on friday. and snow looking a little morel liow for saturday afternoon into sunday. today, though, we're really just waiting the core of the cold air is still back across thela grea s. you can see here the snow showers are making it into southern i do think there's a chance for especially our friends and neighbors in northernee marylan to a couple snow flakes flying by. couldn't completely rule out a snow shower orwo as far south as the d.c. metro area into the early parts of the ternoon. these are conversational flakes. they will not add up to anything around here. temperatures will far enough freezing cold enough to see a snow flake fly by. t cold yet but the story is falling temperatures and increasing winds as we go rough the day. wind gusts by noontime, 10 to 20 miles per hour. by 5:00, winds between 20 and 30

miles per hour. and that's where those winds will stay. overnight tonight and into morrow. tomorrow morning, we'll be startingdsff with w between 20 and 30 miles per hour once again. low nd chills and temperatures are coming. for today, it's as warm now as it's going to be ally. day to just know that. and then for tomorrow, considerably colder. update on how much snow we might expect ove the weekend coming up. let's go to jack taylor who always sits up straigh in his chair. >> thanks, sir. we'll start in k sington on university boulevard going eastbound east of connecticut avenue between lexington and st. ul street we have a water main break. on going repair. one right lane is getting by. hoping to have everything hope by noon today. accident cleanup after you leave boonsborough. ght lane blocked. two to the left will get you by but there's a slow down.y den virginia i-95 northnd t

northbound. most of the activity is on the right shoulder. crews should be finished by 5:30. hopefully by the time you hit the road i will be completely free. and delay aaron and eun, back to you. >> jack, thanks. hange outside o the white house overnight as critics of the president called for the government wnshutdoo end. some of those protesters were federal workers who haven't been ord since the shutdown began are working without a paycheck. we are 19 days into this partial government shutdown. today congressional leaders will return to the white house to try again to find a compromise. >> but striking a deal still seems unlikely. the president's address to the nation last night, he held strong to his pledge to get funding for ade b wall. he declared a, quote, crisis at the southern border. the president referenced u.s. residents killed by people who entered the country illegally, including the murder of a teen from gathersburg. >> in maryland, -13 gang

members who arrived in the united states as uncompanied minors were arrested and charged last year after viciously stabbing and beating a 16-year-old girl.nd >> alera reye disappeared 2017 and was found weeks later in springfield, virginia. several ms-13 gang members have been convi in the murder. it's not clear if any of the members who were charged were undocumented. the president will travel to the southern border tomorrow. coming up in 15 minutes, we'll talk with new 4 tracie potts about the democratic response to the president's address last night. it's now 5:, news 4 is working for you during this partial shutdown. news 4 jtin finch joins us live from the capitol with more on some special d bls fromks to help thousands of furloughed workers. justin, good morning. >> reporter: eun, good morning.h that's of course we're now 19 days into this shutdown. the bills are comingdue. but the paychecks are not coming

in. andr that's leaving hs of thousands of furloughed workers to make some very hard chois. so, we'rein seeingcial institutions -- something similar as well waiving fees for furloughed workers who have direct deposit it. we're hearing reports, too, that capital one is going to waive some fees as well and also extend due dates for furloughe workers and bank of america set to be also refundg its fees and also offering repayment plans as needed. now, back out live, of course, for some people, that may not be enough. so we are seeing some credit unions offer loans the furloughed workers some with zero interest to get them through this time without gettg some ch-needed paychecks. we're live on capitol hill, justin finch, news 4. >> justin thank you. more deals and help for government workers on the nbc washgton app and news 4s working for you with continuing

coverage of the shutdown all morng on news 4 today. happening today, a cours giving sears and its chairman another chance to buy outf bankruptcy. they are giving the chairman another chance. thdeal requires that would save more than 50,000 jobs. sears filed for bankruptcy protection in october. 5:36 right no and second grader from virginia had a national audience for her art work on tuesday. her drawing was the google doodle you may have seen. sarah gomez lane won the national google doodle contest. her drawing of dinosaurs turned nto an animation on the search giant's home page. very cute. google says sarah's school in falls church will receive $50,000 to spend on technology and sarah will receive $30,000 towards a college scholarship.

>> how did you decide to draw dinosaurs? >> bause that is what inspires me. >> she made a drawing to enter the 2018 doodle for google es cont and out of 182,000 kids, she won. >> she beat out nearly 200,000 other contestants. amazing. sarah's doodle is longer on the home page, but you can find it pretty sily. go to google.com/doodle. she dreamed of becoming a pailentologyist. >> sounds about right. >> shoot for the stars. way to go, sarah. 5:37. coming up, a new solution to fight package let steal a stranger inside your garage. we'll tell you how this new programorks coming up. plus, stepping up background checks on teachers. a closer look at a new law aimed at making your kids safer at hool.sc

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welcome back it's 5:39. changes to protect students in the classrooms. new law requires tougher background checks when hiring new>>teachers. t's the result of a news 4 iteam investigation. scott mack farland has nre. >> laws passed by d.c. council makes many changes, including aor new requirement d.c. schools. they have to do better background checks before hiring teachers. checking with all prior employers over the past 20 years. also requires them to tell future employers if a former teacher in d.c. engaged in sexual misconduct. this comes on the heels of a news 4 iteam investigation showed region wide several teachers have slipped through the cracks, admitting or being accused of engaging in sex misconduct but finding new teaching jobs in other local schocl districts. ing a prominent case in d.c. where a charter ishoolteacher ended up in for sex misconduct with a former student. the changes ordered . council and approved by the syor's office.

>> we want to mae that adults also know that if pp something s, they're going to be caught. and that we're going to know about it ande're going to report them to authorities. >> reporter: more about what is changing and the other laws passed recently because of our in4 stigation tonight on new beginning at 5.fo now, scott macfarland news 4 iteam. good morning, everybody.g- lking forecast. this dog is named flurry. we might have a flurry in the sky today. no accumulations, though. you won't need to worry about shoveling today. that story may be changing for sunday. into but your dog-walking forecast, it is as warm now as it's going to be all day today. falling temperatures and howling winds by later onda in the get your miles done this morning. ten-day forecast and an update on those weekend snow chances just ahead. we hope you'll join us this weekend at our aual nbc 4 telemundo 44 health and fitness

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>> announcer:e watching news 4 today. 16hoefore the . today is the 19th day of the government shutdown and still lawmakers are at an impasse with the white house. p in ametime address, president trump told the nation there is a growing humanitarian and security crisis along the bosouthern er. >> the president made the case

to build the wall. news 4 tracie potts is live on capitol hill now with a recap. good morning. >> good morning. he called it all a steel barrier, something that democrats may be more willing to accept. but he did not call it a nation it was the thing we were waiting to hear. the president had talked about that. n but he did declare a national emergency, which would allow him to take thatoney from the pentagon instead of waiting for democrats to come to some agreement. the president focussed a lot on danger at the border for women and children and formmigrants who crossed into this country crimes.ing he's headed to the border tomorrow following this speech he hopes of getting things moving. l meet today with democrats and republicans at the white house in hopes of coming to somd agreement ending the shutdown. >> while we're talking about the other side here, congressional demondats did res to the president's address last night. what did they have to say? >> so democrats took a

completely different approach obviously. there was nothing knew on their side either, but wha they said was we got to separate the border security negotiations, those talks, from the shutdown. reopen t government first because most of the departments that are closed have nothing to do with ere bo immigration or anything like that. get those 800,000 people back to work and paid. they're wondering i g they'll paychecks in two day. and then deal separately with th border issue. that is likely the message that they will be taking to the white house this afternoon. >> tracie potts live for us on capitol hill. thank you. 5:46 now. and police are searchingor a n accused of assaulting two little girls in fairfax county. >> this morni our first look at the sketch of the suspect. news 4 meagane fitzgerald is l at fairfax police headquarters with more on thisstory. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, aaron and eun. just a couple days after this

incident police released the sketch of what they believe this guy looks like, hoping the public can help them identify him. so take a look. we want to show you the sketch of the guy that theyay groped this young girl. he's described as a man between 30 and 40ea yrs old stands about 5'5" to 5'6" tall and has a heavild. this all happened on saturday evening. these two girls, one 11, her sister 13. they walked to go take out the trash when they encountered this suspect who groped the younger girl, tried groping the older sister before she fought back and he took off.e this ent incident now has neighbors sort of re-evaluating their day to day activity. take a listen. >> shocked. i know this isn't t best neighborhood, but it's still scary. i feel like i can't come out at night. and for it to happen t two little girls. it's awful. it's awful. >> reporter: so a lot of rattled neighbors in that community

there. again, police are asking anyone o isamiliar with this guy or may know him to contact police right away. back to you. >> meagan, thank you. following some breaking news overseas. u.s. secretary of stateeo mike poust made an unannounced stop in iraq during his tour of the mideast. mpeo toured the region amid some growing confusion over conflicting stements by president trump and senior u.s. officials about a.s planned troop withdrawal from syria. now mr. pompeo was in jordan yesterday. expected to be in cairo later today. president trump made an unannounced visit to iraq back in december. aaron? >> chris, thank >>you. 5:48 now. we turn to a story you saw first on news 4, the district is sng the local gym chain the washington sports club. d.c.'s attorney general accuses the gym of deceptive cancellation and bling practices. he says the gym and its owner town sports international told customers they could cancel

thei a memberships at time for free. however, according to the lawsuit, the gym actually requires a six-week written cancellation notice and it does arge cancellation fees. >> they were verballymisleading consumers. so consumers would ask, hey, what's then cancellat policy? and the folks at the washington sports club would say there is no requirement,ust cancel at any time at no cost. when, in fact, as i indicated, there is a 45-day written requirement to cancel and fees and penalties could be attached to those. >> washington sports club and its owners are also accused of violating the ter of a 2016 settlement for similar violations. we have reach out to the owners. town sports international holdings for comment. we have not heard back. today, d.c. mayor is headed to las vegas. she is set to speak at the world's largest technology show, the consumer electronics show opened yesterday. a few of the big talkers at this

year's show artificial intelligence. robots that walk and talk a thttle too close for comfort there. e are more than 400,000 products on display, including many security products for your home. mayor will tak part in a panel that will focus on innovation in cities. ever feel like there's a rain cloud only over yourhead? this homeowner probably felt that way yesterday. aai water broke shooting tons of water right at their door. take a look at the video here. this was in parkville, maryland, up in baltimore county. the pressure was so intense there the water actuaray broke se windows on that house. because this was on private property, though, public works told our partners at wbal in baltimore it's the homeowner's responsibility to get the water turned off. they eventually did. still unclear how much damage was caused by the water shooting out of the ground. >> if that was happening in front of my house and said it s my job -- >> it's one thing to know how to turn it off coming into your house. how do you turn it off if it's

coming under the parking lot. what? >> go put your thumb in it. it will be fine. know >> all right. >> chuck? who wants snow? no one. >> dead silence. >> i heard peoplut there saying yes, please. >> my kids are on your side. >> i kno they are. kids everyone under the age of 18 is on my side with thisone. ow chances continuing to creep upwards for the weekend. and maybe even more than just a conversational amount as well. right now, though, it is all about thepa ption for the cold. yesterday made ee de a burst of rain got about quarter inch about 9:30 last ni ct in town ande with a wind gust of 42 miles per hour. the winds aren't that strong yet this morning but they will be increasing thi afternoon, and it is going to be a very power house wind later today, tonight an through the day tomorrow as well. a lot of wind over the next 48 hours. temperatures this morning are not cold yet.

we're still in the mid to upper 40s. the colder air will ride that northwest wind in as the day goes along. it's about as w im now as will be all day. temperatures hovering in the low noontime, falling into the 30s by later this afternoon and wind chills in the 20s this evening. this is a 12-hour view of storm team 4 radar. you can s c thatd front come through here and generated a tornado yesterday in parts of northeastern ohio. extremely rare for this time of the year. there you can see that rain now all out. those snow showers could impact r -- parts of our afternoon today. just a snow flake or two flying in that gusty northwest wind. go ahead and download your n washington app. we have a custom tailored storm team 4 forecast or follow me on twitter. weekend snow chances arrive here during the secondf h of saturday afternoon. best time to accumulate snow will be from sun down saturday up to mid afternoon on sunday. chances of an inch or more 80%. chances of 4 inches omo ,

50%. chances of 8 inches or more, 10%. and may be climbing. we'll keep you posted on that. we still have five day before the first flake. gets he there's the ten-day outlook. most of the winter weather is focussed on the weekend but it will stay ond the c side through next week. now let's go over to jack taylor. we'll start in virginia with our slow traffic on 95 northbound heang toward the truck scale but now what we have is our typical slow down riding up towards woodbridge. couple issue in the district, south capital street at i flashing traffic signal. police activity on l street eastbound one waylocked tween 15th and vermont and we have accident activity on i-97 about midway between 50 and 32 down near the hawkins road overpass. a motorcyclist was involved. end you have the right l getting by in both direction. the slower traffic is

northbound. aaron, eun, back into you? >> thank you, more bike lanes in downtown d.c. could be on the way. there's a public meeting to discuss the idea of adding mor bicycl lanes along s tetch of the 17th corridor. there's a bike lane along 17th street already and the potential for even more bikean les has some residents concerned. >> we often hear from people, oh, i support bicycle lanes but not on my street or but not where i go. >> the city needs to do more about reaching out to the peopld an assuring them their lives won't be turned upside down. >> it's important to remember that nothing has been set in stone for more bike lanes. but if you do want to go to that public imeeting, its scheduled for 7:00onight at the johns hopkins university school of advanced international studies on massachusents . amazon has announced a new service that will safely deliver your packages. it's called key for garage. >> with it your packages can be delivered inside your garage. it's expected to debut early this year.

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>> announcer: news 4 today starts now. and begin this wednesday morning with a live picture of the u.s. capitol. national addresses last night by president trump and then democratic leadership did very little to instill confidence that an end to the on going government shutdown is in sight. bothides stuck to their

arguments. neither appeared ready to back down on our behalf. good morning, everybody, just abt 6:00 a.m. >> we have complete coverage of last night's addresses and the latest impacts of the now in its 19th day. >> we do want to begin with a check on the forecast and the commute. jack taylor in for melissa this morning. storm team 4 chuck bell has a check of the forecast. >> good morning. that cold front camehrgh the area about 9:00 last night. had a lot of greatre pic on twitter yesterday as the cloud deck coming in in thethiddle of afternoon. check out some of the ones i retweeted on twitter. right now we're watching for a big blast of w ad toive here later on in the day, turning much colder, winds will increa up to near 20 to 30 m bes per houry later on in the afternoon. that will drive wind chills into th 20s by 5 or 6:00. if you're leaving now and won't be back until after 5, take a warmer coat than you might think this morning