right now, rod rosenstein is out. >> the deputy attorney general is the latest member of the trump administration to call it quits. we'll have details on his departure. president trump has spoken and so he democrats abo border security and the wall but they didn't say anything n what happens when they sit down again today to try to work things out and end the ?shutdo i'm tracie potts. more on that next. and i'm storm team 4 chuck bell. the winds aave shifted the temperatures are falling. there's more where that came from. look at the weekend coming up.

news4 midday starts now. thanks for joining us. i' chris wrence. >> let's get right to the storm team 4 forecast because we're talking snow this weekend. chuck? >> we certainly are. the chances for snow remain very high. confidence is increasing as wea get t the weekend. get prepared for what should be least a shovable amount of snow the area. anning past the washington monument. skies are partly sunny to mostly cloudy at times. you probly noticed the wind has shifted directions, the wind will get stronger and stronr as we go through the rest of the day. strong winds all tonight and through the day tomorrow, falling windchills as well. not much of a wind chill yet. windchills are t likelybe down in the 20s by early this evening. there you can sen radar thator persistentwest flow. i couldn't even rule out a few

snowflakes across the northern shenandoah valley and parts of northern maryland. temperatures a still w above freezing, but again with the increasing wind, this will drive these temperatures ever downward so wehould be in the upper 30s by 5:00 and below freezing before we get tomidnight. be ready for wind and coldto ght and tomorrow and update on those weekend snow chances coming up. >> tnk you,chuck. also developing this morning, prince george's cou iy police aestigating their fourth homicide this year. police say around 8:00 this morning aan was found dead with some type of trauma to his upper body. he was found right along the road on baltic street inht capil he not far from central avenuere detectives a asking anyone who might have information on this case to give them a call. alsel ding this morning in virginia, fairfax county fire officials trying to learn what caused an earlyou morning fire in mclea

the house is on turkey run road not from from langley high school. fire officials tell us they don't think anyone was home during t fire. a trump administration official confirmed to nbc news that deputy u.s. attorney general rod rosenstein plans to leave the he could be out in a matter of weeks, in fact. rosenstein who oversees the special counsel probe plans to leave after the nominee for the attorney general is confirmed. mr. trump isot forcing rosenstein out but he has been planning to leave after serving about two years. right now the leaders you elected to maryland and virginia's general assembles are back to work to start new sessions. in maryland they'll be a lot of talk about passing a $15 minimum wage statewide. prince george's county is also pushing for tax credits. also on the agenda a push to

allow movie theaters to sell liquor. in virginia, theovernor wants to increase a scheduled teacher pay hike and he's also pushing to expand who can reqst absentee ballots in the election season and they'll be a bit of a battle over the governor's income tax reform. news4 has you covered in both capitals today, chris gordon will be in annapolis and julie carrey will be in richmond so look out for their updates on the app beginning this afternoon on news4 at >>4:00. all right. today is the 19th day of the government . shutdo president trump and lawmakers trying to reach an agreement on border sy and reopen the government. this is coming after last night's primetime t address by president and, of course, the democratic response. take a look. here's news4 tracie tts. >> this situation b cou

solved in a 45 minute meeting. >> reporter: that meeti happen today. democrats and republicans head back to the white house s cking promise on border security e get the government running andure 800,000 workers get paid friday. >> this is a choice between right and wrong. >> he promised to keep the government shutdown for months years, no matter who it hurts. that's just plain wrong. >> this is a humanitarian crisis, a crisis of the heart and as cri of the soul. >> reporter: with protests just outside his window -- >> no shutdown, no wall! >> reporter: president trump made an emotional appeal to build what he calls a steel barrier along the mexico border. >> this is just common sense. the border wall would very quickly pay for itself. >> repter: the president focusing on crimes by immigrants, democrats focusng on ameri out of work.

>> mr. present, reopen the government and we can work to resolve our differees over border security, but end this shutdown now. >> reporter: this afternoon they'll try again president trump heads to the border tomorrow. they can't work this out, we'll be tied for the longest shutdown this country hasr e seen. tracie potts, washington. >> i don't think that's a record any one around here wants to break. the thing is, every day this partial gshernment down lingers it's like another punch in the gut to local businesses. >> and the amount of customer traffic is concerning a lot of restaurants and other small businesses because many of them depend on businessromederal workers. meghan fitzgeral is live outside one of those restaurants. megan? >> reporter: pete's diner h been here for some 50 years so they've experienced what was the longest government shutdown back

in 1995, but that also means that they know just how devastating the affects can be. it certainly hasn't been usiness as usual for this owner. she own's pete's diner in capitol hill and says the restaurant is usually packed. that's not stopping her fromg goin the extra mile to get and eep the business that's coming in. >> thank you. >> reporter: because no one knows just how long the partial government shutdown will last. >> it affect everybody business. we just try to survive until they come up with some solution. >> reporter: so especially now every dollar counts since these seats aren't filling up as fast as they used to, but, of course, shop owners are just one part of the equation. bb sts like thomas say some of his clients who are federal workers are strugglin to get by. >> they're depending upon their paychecks which they're not

getting. >> reporter: the govert hutdown does impact everyone differently. everyone was hoping that it ends soon. >> they really have to put ale li consideration to the people, all the people needs. it's not what they want to play on which side. >> reporter: now pete's diner,g alith other businesses that we talk to say, they plan on staying ope government shutdown. back to you. >> it's like this domino effect that effects so many of us he in our area. we hope you stay with news4 all day for continu of the government shutdown. we know it's affecting thousands of you out there so we're keeping trackis ofunted services andth any assistants assistance that may be out there for you. there are new revelations criminaling about the case involving paul manafort, president trump's former campaign chairman. inly public federal court filings lawyers revealed

manafort is suspected of sharing presidential polling data with a russian operative and it appears that information was supposed to be redacted. it's a detai that shows one way in which russians may have gained access to inside information from the trump campaignefore the election. special counsel robert muelleru pros manafort has part of the investigation of possible russian coordination with the trump campaign in 2016. a jury has already convictedna rt in alexandria for federal financial crimes. ng this more're learning a lot more about the victim of a brutal stabbing in thdi rict. on sunday police say this man was attacked inside his apartment on wisconsin avenue right in cathedral heights. he was stabbed 47 times. police are saying this stabbing was a crime of passion and tectives later arrested a navy medic named colin potter. he had been stationed at reantico. could t be criminal

charges coming r. kelly's way. >> following the explosive docuseries, attorneys are putting out the call. it could land him in prison. stay with us.

there's an arrest warrant at the the homeless man center of a gofundme scam, johnny bobbitt jr. missed h hearing at a new jersey court yesterday. this is video of bobbitt in deceer, though here he agreed on a conditional release and to make his january court date bobbitt is accuse of conning gofundme donors out of more than $400,000. new charges have now been filed connectedo thehooting death of jazmine barnes. the latest twist coming as that shatteommunity in houston came together for the little girl's neral. ron mott reports. > reporter: this morning,

jazmine's parents still coming to grips with the loss of their second r.greate >> god bless me and my family with an angel. he seen fit to take her back t heaven to be with him, but her job here was done. >> reporter: her father saying r tragic death helped bring the community and country together. >> as she was only my daughter and my baby, and my angel, she's all of our daughter. >> reporter: the open casket ceremony for the 7-year-old shot andilled while her mother says she and her four daughters were out on an earlyorning coffee run. laportia washington also in the drive-by shooting, choking up reading a letter as if written from her daughter. i'm writing this from heaven where there are no more tears or sadness. >> reporter: elected officials among the hundreds who turned out for her funeravi

ace paid for by shaquille o'neal and his frequent a houston police officer, the sheriff who's leading the investigation also speaking at the service. >> jazmine's spirit touched all of us who have worked on this investigation. >> reporter: as jazmine was being laid to rest, authorities charging this 24-year-old with capital murder. he's the gunman who fired into the barnes family car from another vehicle. that c was driven by 20-year-old eric black jr. who's also charged wit capit murder. both men now being held without bond. the sheriff promising's jazmine's short life won't be forgotten. >> i look forward to the day when i can truly say, rest in peace, sweet jazmine, for justice has been done. >> that was ron mott reporting. the suspect charged in jazmine's murder larry woodruff is due in court today on a drug charge and he's expected to be arraigned in jazmine's murder to both men could face life in prison without life in parole or enthe deathty if convicted.

the docuseries surviving art kelly is putting the spotlight back on sexual abuse against the rapper. multiple women have accused him of physical and mental abuse spanning decades. the illinois state's attorney's office aregi encou potential victims to get in touch. >> please come forward. there's nothing that can be done to investigate these allegations without the cooperation of both victims andse witn we cannot seek justice without you. >> now, an attorney for kelly says the allegations made in the series are false. he calls t claims, quote, another round of stories being used to fill reali tv time. there have been new developments in the trial of rose mcgowan. our partners report that so will plead contest to a

reduced drug e'charge. avoid jail time and pay a fine. cocaine was found in her wallet on a plane in dulles about two years ago. you may recall, she claimed the drugas planted in retaliation for mcgowan accusing harvey weinstein of sexual assault. >> look at our calendars and find a time when one of us can take you. the hit drama "this is us" is getting a new addition to the cast. she's going to play the mother of the character beth. rashad is best known for playing the role claire huxtable, the mom on the cosby show and she won a pair of emmys for that role as well. >> a l of people will be happy to see her back on tv again. >> absolutely. t s morning we are heari the story of a local high school football player who is tackling cancer in a pretty remarkable way. >> doreen gentzler gives us aev w of a story she's working

on, but a young man that's using the diagnosis to get back on the field. >> reporter: he's used to tackling players on the football field. he's a long snapper and a linebacker at edison high school in virginia but a year and a lf ago his life took an unexpected turn forcing him to ngtackle somet much more serious, cancer. >> i was pretty scared, but i was just wondering if i can get back to playing sports if i was going to get back to even walking even. >> reporter: he was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer. he had to have hisoot amputated but now he's walking and running, even swimming with help from a special prosthetic. >> i bolt the device, i make sure it works, but he's the one that takes it to the next rlev. orter: it's a remarkable marriage of science and strength. coming up tonight at 5:00, we'll take you inside the northern virginia lab that made it

possible and show you how they're helping change lives around the world. that's tonight at 5:00. just a reminder to check out the annual telemundo health and fitness expo this weekend at the washington convention center. they'll be health screening experts on hand to answer your questions and, of course, most of us will all t bere and if that's not enough, it's all free. what's your time? >> i will be there saturday afternoon. there you go. >> before coming in to -- what about you, sir? >> i'm not gng to be there. i'm on vacation. it's all over the internet. >> we're talking about the "bird box" cvellenge and en after netflix put out a warning aing folks to be careful imdading

with the new kings of college football are back home this morning. fans were lining the street late last night as t clemson tigers pulled back into camp. they just wollopped alabama. the tigers are the first team in over 100 yearso win 15 gamesin season, a parade is planned for saturday afternoon. >> good forthem. philadelphia flyers mascot gritty got in on the new "bird box" tallenge. hen turned into a cody parkey challenge just to take a jab at the chicago bears, kicker. that ain't right. gritty kicked a foam football in th crowd and celebrated while some men id suits s the kick was no good. gritty then walked through a row of seats and fell over railing. there you go. that's what you get. see, karma. >> that is on m -- >> it was interference in that kick, okay, so leaveim alone.

>> if you don't hit the upright it doesn't >> it was interference. oor guy. >> well,chuck, this is the first time we've talked about this in quite a while. >> since november 15th. >> noticehe big smile on chuck's face, talking snow. >> you guys were askine is this a massive amount of snow. i'll put a graphic together for tomorrow. there's conversational,ee ble, shovable, plowable and kansasable, those are the limits of snow aroun here. we're probably going to be some where in the shovabl shovable/cancellable range on sunday. if we were going to have a big wal dlol from mother nature like we had janry 23r 2016, storms of that magnitude are usually seen this far o advance as being something big. this one coming, more than enough to cause headaches in traffic troubles does not appear that it's going to be anything

like that big blizzard threeag years right now, just a lot of clouds overhead this morning. winds startg to pick up quite a bit as well. we've been warmer than average. toda 2 is theh day in a row with temperatures warmer than av age. we made 60 yesterday. and when the cold front came through yesteay about 9:00, not only did a quick burst of rain, h a blast at 42 mile an hour wind gusts. stiff breezes are increasing later on today. right now northwest only 13 miles per hour. that northwest wind wl be 20 to 30 miles per hour later owday, tonight's and through the day tomo riding on that cold northwest wind down off the lakes, the great lakes, we are getting snow showers and occasional rain drops. temperatures are way above freezing. still cold enough to mix pockets of freezing air down. anything -- once it getsr clo to town it'll be a drop or two

of rain. this is not a big impact for this. these are just these down winda sts that are moving in. as high pressure settles in, ths colder air m in as well. here's future weather that keeps that chanc of a snow flur or snow shower through the remainder of the early parts of afternoon. things dry utthereafter. temperatures have fallen in the 30s in parts of the shenandoah valley. still close around 50 degrees around town and into southern maryland. these are the final few hours of temperatures above average. it'll be below a and all the way through the weekend. tomorrow's high, onl 39 degrees with a gusting northwest wind. go aheadoa and dow our news4 app and start following and finding me on social media here because our chances for snow over the daweekend, sat and sunday, have been increased now. an 80% chance of snow saturday night well into the day on sunday. i'll show youuture weather and i'll show youuture weather and give you some idea on amounts

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you're watching news4 mid-day. congressional leaders will be at the white house later this afternoon ting to find a way to make a deal to end this government shutdown. >> the group's going to include democratic leaancy pelosi and chuck schumer, but i got to tell you, expectations pretty low. kristen welker reports, both sides deeply dug in. >> reporter: in a rare joint rebuttal, house speaker nancy pelosi and senate minority respondingk schumer, to president trump tuesday night for refusing to reopen the government unless he gets $5 billion for his bder wall. >> president trump must stop holding american people hostage, must stop manufacturing a crisis, and must reopen the government. >> reporter: the democratic leaders accused the president of stoking fear and misrepresenting the hefacts. >> symbol of america should be the statue of liberty, not a 30 foot wall.

>> reporter: the fact is, some democrats, including schumer, have vot for border barriers in the past, including the secure fence act of 2006 which authorized a 700 mile fence between the united states and mexico. >> we don't govern by temper tantrums. >> reporter: democrats blaming the bitter back and forth on the president ashe shutdown now enters its 19th day. >> he promised to keepme gove shut down for months or years no matter who he hurts. that's jt plain wrong. >> reporter: even though house democrats were well aware the spending bill the passed would not be taken up by the senate or signed by the president it included no new funds for the border wall. so where do negotiations go from deal ith no indication a is in sight, president trump m willeet with senate republicans today urging them not to break>> ranks. ndf we undercut the president, that's the of his presidency and the end of our party. >> reporter: then later the president will huddle with congressional leaders of both parties in the suation room. democratic leaders getting

pressure from many in their own party not to negotiate, cluding freshman new york congresswoman, alexandria ocasio-cortez. >> i cannot tell you the amount of dysfunction that this president is advancing. >> okay. here's how the day's shaping t . presidump is going to have lunch at the capitol with senate his afternoon and then he'll go on to meet with leaders of botharties at the white house. eun? >> if you are a parent of a electrical teenager, you are likely all too familiar with their appetit for social media. for some teens it is almost as f it is as necessary to survival as eating and sleeping. soci media certainly has its benefits, but for common sense,e it leaves us teve that the excessive use must also have its down side. some teens seem like they're completely attached to their phones. we discuss a new study which examines the psychological

impact of this excsive social dia use by teens. what are some of the findings you found most interesting? >> this s a stu out of the uk that looked at about 11,014-year-olds and what they were trying to establish was,e s th a link between increased an excessive social media use and depressive symptoms. they broke it down into different categories. are you on less than one hour, not at all, one hour to three hours, three hours to five hours or five hou to more and basically what they found is one, the longe you're on, the more likely you are to have symptomsf depression. girls are more likely to be negativelyffected than boys. girls are more likely to spend excessive time, three hours or more on social media than boys. they are about twice aske . girls are 50% more likely to be either the perpetrats or the victims of online harassment and what they found is that

essentially, the big things that lead to people not feeling well are things like online harassment, feeling like there's negative self-esteem and poor body image and lack of sleep associated with excessive social media use. >> those findings are larming. we both have daughters. why are girls more negatively impacted than boys by this excessive use and being on the social media? >> i think the main factor her is that they're on so much more onan boys, so the fact that they're you know, three or more hours per day, they're -- not 50%, they're twi as likely than boys to be on for that the d of time so just b basis of that they're more likely to experience some of the negative thregs. girls more likely to be the victims or perpetrators of harassment. oi they're also to be more sensitive about body image issues. they're looking at other gis, they're seeing the ideal and it's making them feel worse about themselves. and the study found that girls,

because they're on longer, are also more likely to get less sleep than boys. so all these factors play a rols in why g have a worse outcome. >> those two things are very ac important, the of sleep and poor body image in terms of the factors that determine a depressi other negative effects. >> exactly. what the study found a the authors think, it boils down mostly to the harassment issue and the sleep issue. so because kids are on it excessively, they're exposed to the blue light late at night, that suppresses their mel atone inrelease, they're thinking about tngs more often, getting upset, makes it harder to go to sleep. leep is really one of the driving forces. of course, all these other things play a role, though. >> people might not necessarily think about the sleep because they're so focused on the harassment. we know the study focusedn 14-year-olds and a lots of older kids are on it. >> the study only focused on th

14-year-olds. i think it's safe to assume and some other studies have looked that , that excessive use of social media has been linked to negative effects psychologica y psychologically. there's something special about that 14, 15-year-old time frame where developmentally it's just natural for so much of you focus to be on how you are being perceived socially,th ag that's negative related to that is going to have a stronger more negative impact on a 14-year-old or a 15-year-old than it is on somebody who or 20. y t's face it. it's hard for anyben they hear negative things about themselves. >> indeed. ihuge issue for parents of our time. know. we're still trying to figure it all out. >> thank you. appreciate. changes to protect students in the classrooms. a new law requires tougher background checks when hiring new teachers. >> yeah. it's the results of an i-team

investigation. scott macfarlaneas more. >> reporter: a new requirement for d.c. schools, they have to do better background cheres beiring teachers, checking with all prior employers over the past 20 year it also requires them to tell future employers if a former teacher in d.c. engaged in sexual misconduct. wis comes on the heels of an investigationch showed region wide several teachers slipping through the ccks engaging in sex misconduct but finding new teachingn jobs other local school districts including a prominent case in d.c. where aharter school teachendr w uitedp a former student. the changes ordered byun d.c. l and approved by the mayor's office. >> we want to make sure that adults also know that if something happens, they're going to be caught and thate're going to know about it and we're going to report them to the >> reporter: more about what is changing and the other laws passed recently because of our

investigations, oonightnews4 beginning at 5:00. for nowco macfarlane, news4 i-team. it turns out a little doodle can certainly go a long way. >> all the way to google, that is. we'll have the story behind this special piece of art and how it'sonnected to our area. don'go away. t

a second grader from virginia had a national audience for her artworkes on y. her drawing was the google zoodle that you may have seen. she won the national google doodle contest. her drawing of dinosaurs into an animation on the searc giant's home page. sa rah's school will receive $50,000, in fact, to spend on technology because of the good work that sarah did and sarah will receive $30,000 towards a college scholarship. go sarah! >> why did you decide to draw

design sauers? >> because that is is inspired me. >> she made a d twing enter ae 2018 doodle for google contest out of 182,000 kids she won. >> wow. sarah's doodle is no longe on the home page but you can find it pretty easily. just go t google.com/doodle and if you haven't guessed, she's got dreams of becoming a paleontologist. >> good honor for fairfax county. >> absolutely. it is a once in a lifetime opportunity for a group of young singers in our area. >> the blake high school chorus is heading to music city to sing at the grand old opry. molette green has the details on . eir big tr >> reporter: check them out. tuning their voices for the grand old opry from silver spring to music city in just a couple of weeks. thow dids happen? bring it on in.

theec musical dr here, sandra, what an exciting opportunity, the only school s thete of maryland going. >> it is so exciting and we're hoping to inspire young singers to sing in this s barbershople and we get the exciting opportunity of performing live on stage at the grand old opry, we're so excited and if we win u,r plat that's just the cherry on top of it all. >> reporter: i love it. let's goack and let them sing. the song is -- little patch of heaven. >> reporter: all right. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: i think ready from an audition tape to selection to head it out in just two weeks. ke at bigh school, wishing

them all luck. ♪ >> very cool. good luck to them. >> we have live on the morning show this mornin they did awesome. >> how fun would that be to standn the grand old opry stage and sing. >> amazing. all right. we need you here. we have legitimate snow to talk about. i'll have to put in an amazon order for a shovel o rake -- >> just go to the local hardware store and give them t business. >> yes. >> it's small business wednesday around here, didn't you know? >> save a buck. >> t gothe store. >> you may need your broom or shovel or maybe even a little snowplow for your hubby's truck. still not 100% chance but chances for snow this weekend arer hig today than they were yesterday and i suspect if

things keep trending the waye, they e'll have to keep dealing with snow around here saturday night and most of sundays. 49 now. northwest winds aren't much of a problem yet. they're strong enough to loweri wind into the mid-30s across the northern and western suburbs. the wind gusts which aren't all that much of a problem now, wind gusts will increase between 20 and 30 miles per hour later today. the wind stays up overnight tonight and it keeps on blowing ll the way through the day tomorrow. so windchills are going to be a big part of the next 24 the storm we're watching still hasn't even really formed yet. it's going to have to tap the southern branch of the jet stream and come all the way across the country. there's a l of uncertainty yet on timing and amounts, but there is increasing confidence that the cold air will be in place and the moisture is coming. that's the reaso we have high confidence in at least getting snow. we'll nail down the amount as we get closer. ffturday morning starts dry, nothing to worry about but snow likely to move in sometime late saturday afternoon a the

steadyst of the snow is most likely saturday night and intot day on sunday and notice, it stays all snow around our area. the rain/snow line just down to our south. the storm is also expected to go straight off t coast not turn up the coast. as a result it'll be an i and out, not a goes off the coast digs in and lingers kind of event. that will keep the snow amounts down. i don't see any chance of anyone tting more than a foot of snow, so that's good news. it could be more than enough to snarl the monday morning commute and cause some school delays or cancelations. here's the chanszs of amounts i think. odds of getting an inch or,mo 80%. odds of getting 4 inches or more, up to 50% now. that's a significant chance so far out in advance. chances of 8 inches are amore, still there, still a possibility, but i don't see a whole l of potential for much more than that. needless to say, we're on it,

doug's back again later on thi afternoon. we'll be keeping you posted on all that. ourir chance for snow since november 15th is on the horizon and colder than average weather hangs around for most of nt week. ex

amazon is sending shoppers ee samples curated to their tastes as part of the company's push into advertising. products you like may show up free of charge on yourp doors based on your purchase history. >> the idea is similar to its production recommendations but so real lif you can try out the latest items. am azon says there is no obligation to buy or review the item and you can opt out at any ti. with your cnbc morning business report, i'm frank hol yand. remember when the company wanted the keys to your trunk and home now it wants into your garage. >> it's rolling out a new

seice that says key for garage. it gives amazon direct access while you're away. it's good f people who may not be comfortable letting them into your home. you don't have to worry about someone setting off an alarm on your house. you'll needmazon prime t use this service. >> the advantage, obviously, you don't have to worry about if it rains that way your package getting soaked outsi or walking off. there's a last-ditch effort under way to save sears. >> as the company's former ceo is expected to submit a plan to save the retailer from bankruptcy along with adeig sit later today. >> hersnbc's tom costello. >> reporter: it's down to the wire for one of america's oldest and most iconic retailers. the last 425 stores are on the line and 68,000 jobs at both sears and sears owned kmart. both str sgling totay alive and relevant in 2019.

♪ >> reporter: for most ofts 126 years, sears was the definition of relevant. one stoin shoppg for everything from tools to appliances, auto parts to clothing. it's must-have catalogs even offered a kit to assemble your own house. searsad 3,000 stores nationwide. the sears tower domated the chicago skyline. >> these wardrobe essentials are on sale through saturday at sears where america sho for value. >> reporter: and it was back-to-school shoaring headrs for moms. that's me age 11 in colorado, all sears head to toe. check out the pants. pretty snazzy. but by the early '90s, sears began struggling, dwarfed by walmart and target. then bad financial decisions and online shopping began taking their toll. >> i haven't shopped at sears in a long time but i used to shop at sears all the ttim aend did

>> for my parents it's sad they grew up going to sears, epso. >> rorter: sears last profitable year wasn 2010. the company filed for chapter 11 tonkruptcy in r. >> what went wrong is sears is that they didn't reinvest ior their , they didn't make the merchandise exciting, they didn't change with the times. >> reporter: sears is just the latest retailer to struggle, macy's is downsizing o toys 'r's ut of business, clarz, brook stone, nine west andmp walking y all filed for bankruptcy last year. now former ceo eddie lambert is making one last push to keep alive a shrunken version of sears. if heoesn't come up with $1 million and a viable plan by 4:00 p.m. eastern today, sears will most likely be headed for a bankruptcy auction as soon as nextweek. >> sears former ceo has until 4:00 today to submit his bid and

that $120 million deposit to avoid liquidation. sears does liquidate, it would mark the end of one of the couny's most belov retailers with roots going back to 1886. >> what about 90% of my clothes from sears. >> people even bought houses, remember? >> toys, everything. goog's adding a special feature to their google assistant smart device. it will check you into your flight. all you got to sayheis, google, check into my flight and it'll take care of the rest. it can get and save your boarding pass among other conveniences. thefeature's only available with united airlines domestic flights but google has plans to expand that service in the future. no word yet on when this feature will beade available. today, d.c. mayor i heading to las vegas. she's set to speak at the world'sol largest tecy show, the consumer electronic show opened yesterday or a few of the big talkers at this

year's show, artificial intelligence, robots that walk and talk that you saw there. there are more than 400,000 products on display including many security products for your home. she'll take part in a panel that will focus onnnation in cities. all right. we'll get a final check on your forecast in just a moment. butirst here's what's coming up today on ellen. >> you're not -- you mean process sugar, you're not doing processed sugar. >> right. that was my resolution. i wasn't doing processed sugars. >> and did you -- did you notice a difference? did you have a headache or anything happen to you? >> no, i just really wanted ice cream. >> yeah. >> i feelia. ray donovan star he's talking about his resolution but his family and you can catch

listen, we got to get you out of here. take your gun. now give me your phone and go. i got this. >> we are picking up right where we leftff with the intelligence spot tonight. nbc "one chico" ne-up returns. chicago med at 8:00 and followed by chicago fire a 9:00 and we wrap things uphi withgo p.d. at 10:00 and stick around for news4 at 11:00 after all that action. according to a new study making a good first impression may start at the gym.

>> researchers at the university of texas say people often form first impressions from somebody's body shape. >> this is a randomly generated >> reporter: when you see this body shape, what traits do you think would describe this person? enthusiastic? quiet? shy? >> this body is somewhat heavier so generally thera ceristics would be less positive. >> reporter: perhaps that answer doesn't surprise you. wasn't too surprising for this group of stunts who under the guidance of alice o'toole asked more thop 70 to judge more than 140 different body shapes. thinnerodels were perceived as easy going, extroverted, self-confident while fuller models were perceived as simple nded, careless and irritable. >> how does someone get irritable from that? >> that's a goo question. this is just a general shape we associate more with irritable

and less with passive, relaxed, easy going. >> reporter: but why? >> these stereotypes develop so young. i think we spoon feed children from cartoons and some characters that l cinderellaks a certain way and acts certain way. i don't think they're born with these stereohipes. i society trains them in with the images we get presented and the associated characteristics. >> reporter: not all assumptio were negative. curvier figures were deemed as trustworthy and easy goin tralts o'toole described as those that don't require much energy, all of i tellss -- >> that we have to be very careful about our prejudgements. >>eporter: because youimply can't judge a book by its isver. thi good time to emind you to check out the annual nbc 4 and health and fitness expo all this weekend at the whington convention center. we'll have free health

screenings, experts to answer your questions, of course, we'll all be there and if that wasn't enough, again, the big reminder here, it's all free. so come down, take ce what you need to take care of. for a lot of folks, this may one of the few times in a year they get to see a health professional. we encrage you to comown and get your health screenings. et the amount of medical knowledge you cann just a day or two is amazing. if you got any questions about the forecast, you'll be able t ask chuck in person. >> takit away. >> oh! >> horns down from the oklahoma side. we got a gusty northwest wind out there today and these mostly cloudy skies are dropping maybe an occasional ra drop or wet snowflake. no accumulating snow to worry about for today. o al our accumulating snow chances are focused on the ek d. so this will all be in and out of here. skies will clear tonight.

more sunshine and more wind and colder temperatures for tomorrow. keep that in mind. here's your five day outlook. turning breezy as we go into the afternoon, staying very windy all day morrow, staying cold but sunny through the day friday, snow chances roll inre ater on in the day saturday and accumulating snow likely saturday night and n t thro augddhe up to three, fourr inches more. doug and amelia will take a look at the latest data and bring you the updated stoeam forecast at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00 tonight. >> thank you so much. hat's it for news4 mid-day. thank you for joining us. we're backn the airt 4:00 this afternoon. >> that's right.

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