now most of the snow showers in the d.c. area are done. however, there areorback to the west around frederick, the winchester area, west virginia, jefferson county. oving down towards the fredericksburg area. it's not going to amount to anything. what this means these are all lake effect snows. this means very cold air is coming unin from canada. and look at the wind chills right now. current wind chill in d.c. 30 degrees. but 11 in pittsburgh. and that a colde continues to move across our region. t will be a very cold and windy dayorrow. we've seen winds gusting to 40 miles per hour today. tomorrow they could gust up to 45iles per hour. wind chills in the 20s all day, and yes, the weekendnow chances increasing. we're talking about accumulating snowfall. and the kids will have a chance to get out their sleds, at least most of them.

d when i say kids. now, the government shutdown 19 days j in. ant over an hour ago a meeting at the white house with congressional leaders ended with the president walking out. it came after theresident and vice president met republican senators on the hill.rw afds the president claimed republicans are united. but five members of his own party have publicly called for the shutdown to end. leon harris in the newsroom now with a closer look a that contentious white house meeting. still no deal but more drama, leon. >> exactly. and things are staying the same. right now president trump remains dugon i funding for a southern border wall or barrier, whatever you wt to call it. and that is a sticking point that caused a meeting in the situatn room today to dissolve in just about a half-hour. democrats accused the president of throwingn their words a temper tantrum today. president trump called it a total waste of time and on twitr he confirmed he did walk out after asking nancy pelosi i she woulgree to the wall if

ai reopened other agencies. quote, nancy no, i said bye-bye, nothing else works. now, without a deal 800,000 federal workers will miss their paychecks this >> if you don't understandl financ insecurity, then you would have a policy that takes pride in saying i'm going to keep government shutdown for months or a year unless you totally agree to my position. >> he asked speaker pelosi, will wall.gree to my she said no, and he just got up and said then we have nothing to discuss and he just walked out. >> there will be no deal without a wall. there will be no deal without the priorities the president has put on the table. >> the white house lso threatened to veto any bills thatal would open indivi agencies without addressing border security. also the president confirmed that he is still considering whether to declare a national emergency and get the wall built that way. wendy, back to you.

all right, leon warris. anle federal workers are trying to figure out how they're going to be paying their bills, the treasury departmentmeays the gove will only be paying part of its water bill. b$5 million will no paid because of the shutdown. d.c. water officials recently joked about shuttin off the water at the white house for nonpayment. >> reporter: it wasg the most recent board of directors meeting when d.c. waters cfo informed the board he had received an e-mail from the department of trexry him because of the government shutdown the feds would not be paying a big chunk of their quarterly water bill. >> so of the approximately $6.5 million we anticipated to receive, we will receive only approximately $10.5 million. >> reporter: it's the biggest customer d.c. water has. hearing that the feds weren't $5 million ofying their bill prompted a

lighthearted discussion of whether the water should be turned off at the white house. >> is there a time from nonpayment when we cut someone's water off? not trying to make news today, but i don't know in terms of what -- >> 800 pennsylvania avenue, is that what you're talking abou >> reporter: board chairman tommy wells says there's no serious con shutting off the water for the federal government. >> the truth is the fedgoal rnment is not putting d.c. water at risk. >> repor the white house won't get turned off questions have been raised l about charginge fee similar to the 10% fee residential customers were to pay if they were 30 days late. up untilow d.c. water has never charged the federal government or white house for a late fee. >> we ctainly will, thank you. >> the companies and businesses and government can get off on certain things, but when it u comes t people, like he said

with the late fee, we're going to have t payt. you're one day late, you're going to have to pay. >> an spokesper tells news 4 they have not made a decision whether or not to charge the federal government fees. >> d.c. water says thisill not be impacting its finances, but if the feds get behind by $20 million or more, that could be a problem for the utility company. bighange ahead at the justice department. deputy attorney general rod rosetein planning his exit hinight. the w house says the justice department's number two official is not being forced out despite being a frequent target of president trump. it was rosenstein who appointed special counsel robert mueller to investigate russian ties to trump's presidential campaign. nbc's pete williams reports rosenstein will stay until mueller's investigative work is done possibly in urmy march mueller's report would be

released in th weeksafter. a sad update to a crash that we reported on last week. now a second girl has died as a result of that crash on new year's eve. nadia was driving that afternoon when her car left the road and hit a tree. herie 4-year-old sister at the scene. and now the county sheriff's office saysnadya has also died from her injuries. the girl's cousin was also in the car. she survived. and two men are set to spend about four decades behind bars in connection to an armedha robbery started in the district and went into montgomery county. a judge d handedn those sentences late and just a short time ago we actually heard from the mother of one of those convicted. ws 4 pat collins at the courthouse. reporter: you're going to

hear some words from the mother an armed robber, words that courthousehear in a setting like this. you know, in this case the prosecutor hadiles of evidence. it almost took two hands to carry it all. this is a sampling of what was before the court.ca a 911 ll for help. police body camera video of an evidence search. >> sarge, we've got shell casings. >> you've got one? >> yes. >> reporter: a chase, and then a ta takedown. nc interrogation of a suspect. a pile of evi that led to the conviction of these two men

in agl b armed robbery in silver springs. and they thought they had it so well-planned. just follow the owners of this market to their home andteal the cash from the day's receipts and make off with about,well, about $3,000. but at the home the family resisted, a man shot in the leg. the robber's perfect plan went sideways. tony hewitt sentenced today to 38 years in jail. marlow, he pled guilty. he got 40 years. an afterwards johnson's mother says she was proud that her son took responsibility for what he did, that he apologizedorhat he did. and she said she was happy he got those 40 years. >> 40 years is a long time, but as a mother seeing heron grow up, seeing her son take responsibility of his actions,

that makes you proud. and i'm veryndroud to s before you and before the world and to tell you, i love my son marlow johnson and i will be behind him 100%. >> reporter: marlow johnson's mom says she believes this jail time will make a difference in her son's life. hck to you. >> well,s certainly going to be growing up literally in prison with all of that time. thank you, pat. awmakers in maryland are getting back to work today in gannapolis. theral assembly has a lot on its plate. on the agenda, health care, criminal justice,heaising minimum wage, and even a study on recreational mijuana use in the state. but for montgomery and prince georges county it's education cat's a top priority. what bothnties are hoping to see from this session.

>> reporter: the princ george's delegation in annapolis says education funding is its top priority. >> this talks about not only building schools but investing in teachers, at risk students, and we have a large number of those students in our school system. >> reporter: like prince george's county mtgomery county also needs education funding, and both counties say ey need transportation improvements. >> on the belt way you can't get off the belt way, so our biggest proble is relieving conjesttion on 355 on george avenue in connticut, and it's a way of getting cars moving. >> reporter: democrats have a veto-proof majority in the maryland general assembly. republicans want redistricting in the state. >> redistricting is a hot toec. upreme court has taken that up for congressional districts. we'd like to see redistricting reform for the general assembly as well. our process currently is certainly rigged and corrupt. >> i can promise you our

administration is going to work together with you in a bipartisan way to try to come up with cmon sense bipartisan solutions. >> reporter: republi and democrats say hogan, the first republican re-elected governor in maryland since the0s 1 has brought an atmosphere of greater cooperationit and civto annapolis. chris gordon, news 4. >> news 4 is also working for you and the commonwealth tonight. our northern virginia bureau chief is in richmond this evening. and coming up at 5:30 she'll have a look at what's happening in virgini as that legislative session gets under way >there. long road to recovery for a little girl who was badly shocked while she wt playing a a fountain atlmgm nationa harbor. her family is seeking some answers from the casino. why the key to sta as you get older may lie with maintaining a part of our body other than the brain.

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parts of the area are already seeing some snow showers, and there's this weekend. doug and back in ten minutes with a look at how much you may see where you ve. well, last summer 7-year- wd rene greent to mgm national harbor with her family and she was playing and ended up getting shockedpl because she s

touched an outdoor handrail. severely shocked. the family sue now the family's attorney says the company is stalling. today the family's attorney sat down with our bureau chief to discuss how these delays are impacting the green family. >> this is tragedy that mgm isk worse and worse and worse. >> attorney benedict representing rene green's family in the civil suit against mgm national harbor after the s 7-year-old waseverely shocked and critically injured on the casino's patio last summer. she was healthy and viberant can't speak or move now. >> s needs 24/7 care of nurses. she also needs doctors. she alsoeeds equipment because she has a traik tube, a feeding tube and this is forever. nt c inspectors say 120 volts of electricity circulated through her little body as she held one charged railing and

placed her feet on another. county inspectors say the railings were improperly installed violating a number of building codes. the family has filed suit and now the attorney says mgm is not responding to the lawsuit and stalling at the family's expensas >> the mom working three jobs and now she's not working s at all becau spent so much time at the hospital. >> i statement mgm said we were disappoinde wwere unablen to reach agreement last november when the lawsuit was filed but continue to communicate wit representative to try and reach an amicable solution. morelli says he's hoping the same. >> everything is wrong about this. everything is wrong. and i hope and trust that they'll make it right. >> tracy wilkins, news 4. >> spokesperson with the prince george's county of permitting andpe iions tells us mgm is irk working to fix those probl ts found by

inspectors. and the county is meeting withr mgm e week to monitor the progress. mgm national hbors spokesperson say they are refitting the railings that shocked her and removing the electriccomponents. a local high school football player side lined bybuancer. he didn't let his diagnosis deter him. instead he used it as motivation. here now to share this teenager's inspiring story. doreen. >> he's used t tkling football players on the football field. he's a long snapper and linebacker, but a year and a half ago his life took an unexpected turn, forcing him to tackle something much nor serious. >> this is the one i wear for sport. >> reporter: he loves sports, but there's one thing that sets im apart from all of his teammates. he can smile now, but it took a

lot of hard work to get here. in 2016 sebastian was diagnosed with osteo sarcoma, a rare bone cancer before doctors told they would have to amputate his foot. >> the amputation was probably a big shock and a jolt for anybody to hear. >> reporter: at 16 sebastianas faced more adversity than most adults. he watched his mother died from breast cancer and nng he was fighoo, not just for his leg but for his life. >> you know, he's seeing things and grown up faster than most people, you know, ever have to. >> that alsohowed you can be strong through all of it and you can't let cancer take over youre

>> reporter: that's where john comes in. he owns the prosthetic care facility of virginia in leesburg. he helped sebastian get his life back thanks to science and cutting edge. technolo >> i treated him right from the start, but i think the thing that makes him so potential is he does not give up. >> reporter: john and his son darren designed and built the prosthetic for sebastian, one he could use on and off the footballel i50 >>hiisp. hi built the device, i make su it works but he's the one that takes tha >> reporter: sebastian made strides for his am. >> as a parent, i'm always like a little bit of hesitation, like, how was that hit or, you know -- but it's also a great amount of pride. >> reporter: sebastian was tearing it up on the turf, but that wasn't enough for him. he wanted to compete on the

school's swim team, too. that led to a new challenge for the prosthetics team and once again they deliv ted. >> we ha design something that would get him to walk to the water's edge and then design d function in the water. the first swim he did it was crazy how high he raised his chest out of theater with the power of this fin. >> throughout his journey sebastian has been a role model for his teammates and classmates. he's ar teenage who's already learned a very adult lesson. it's not how many times you fall down, it's how fastou get up. how do you think your mother would be feeling if she could see younow? >> i think she'd be pretty happy with how far ie come. >> i think she would be, too. sebastian is cancer-free now. he'll continue to get scansye ever to make sure he's staying healthy and he tells us he's looking forward to playing a third sport in thespring,

lacrosse now. the family ao forged a friendship with the owners of that lab. in fact, sebastian helped build the prosthetic he wears. they made one for us in uer anur ho. it's a r,arkable combination of science and strength and alsoop artistry. le from all over the world from as far as away as poland and australiaravel to the prosthic center. >> just amazing. >> a lot of inspiring people there. >> can he wear thathe proc when he's competing in the pool? >> that's a very good question. he can wear it for practice but he can't wear it when he's be aning because it would unfair advantage. >> what an impressive young man and so great he was able to connect with the really amazing prosthetic makers.

>> awesome story. >> whe we come right back at 5:00, allegations around sexual assault and abuse by r. kelly spawned by a tv docu series put the claims back into the spotlight. storm teamin 4 tra some rutal cold entering our area d is next i with what we're eting to see in our winter. andng results from andng results from home owners who tells they u z34hcz z16fz y34hcy y16fy

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it doesn't feetograph wephotogr it was coming wdown. the like, doug, do you know it's snowing out there? yeah, he did. >> right now still have some snow showers in and around parts of leesburg, parts of fretric, over towards 66. 56 seein some pretty good snow shower activity. this is not goian to amount to hing, but once again we are still seeing it. most of this back to the west. i'mot expecti too much more in d.c., but you can still see some light snow shower. we'll continue to see that for the nt couple of hours all because of area of low pressure you see it spiing up here and little areas of low pressure right here spinning across, that's what brought us the burst of snow and lake effect snow coming in parts of the regio

39 degrees. look at the winds out of the northwest at 19 mielles per hou. 31 miles an hour frederick, near 30 fredericksburg, and i think the wen are higher tomorrow. because of that is wind chill rather is really going to be a factor. wind chill tonight already in the teens and it is going to be quite cold. tomorrow morning 16 the windl ch early tomorrow morning. an incredibly cold start to the day tomorrow and probably the coldest we've seen so far this winter. we've not seen a lot of cold air. it is here now and here to stay. on in the 20seven rornd around noon, and then right back into the 20she by time we're making our way home from work. saturday is the day we expect it to start. so nothing on friday other than cold. t here we are saturday around

2:00 p.m. notice the snow starting to come into the area. it will be very light to start. and then i getsteady and moderate. and look how big this snow shield is all the way from the new york, pennsylvania border all the way down to north carolina. so what are our chances of seeing snow? very, very good. overnight saturday night into sunday will be the heaviest now. that's we expect to see the heaviest accumulation. most likely d.c. southward will see the most snow. but i expect accumulating snow everywhere. we're going to talk much more about this coming up at 4:45. 42 tomorrow and on friday feeling like the 20s. there's the snow saturday and sunday. again, much more onho this system. we'll see you at 5:45. just ahead, how two local women are trying to keep their households afloat until the situation is resolved. and an unusual scene downtown as a truck picks up and

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>> late thifternoon a meeting between the president and congressional leaders went nowhere. >> they demanded once again that before any negotiations could begin that we would have to agree to reopen the rngont. >> and when leader pelosi said she didn't agree with the wall, kehe just w out and said we have nothing to discuss. >> president trump said once again this afternoon that he is considering bypassing congress by declaring a national emergency. meanwhile, a pair of sisters who also happen to be furloughed federal employees had a sweetid to raise some dough during this government shutdown. >> and how they're using dessert to earn some cash. cory? >> reporter: well, like many furloughed employees those sisters are hurting financially. government is closed brings about more stress. so what do you do when you're stressed? well, you tend to comfort eat.

in this case that actually sparked a very delicious >> i need to add more butter. handedrter: when life them lemons they said forget lemonade. >> we're making cheesecake. >> reporter: both women are federal employees and mothers with husbands who can't work. they're struggling with past due bills and other expenses. >> so how do i look at my child and say can't send you back to school? >> reporter: that all but forced them to turn a hobby. >> cheesecake has been my akness since i can remember. >> reporter: into a business plan. and thuz the furloughed cheesecake was born. >> ourother said you know what, girl, you can sell these cheesecakes and ding, ding, ding it went off in my mind and we can sell these >> reporter: the rest is a short but busy history. in a little more than a week the

furloughed sisters have received more than 100 orders. >> atlanta, indiana. texas. >> reporter: when the shutdown finallynds the government comes calling they'll with this delicious cake and qualitiyly faime is too much to give up. >> we need to make sure we're securing a future for ourselves and families andef hly for others as well, so we're going to keep going. >> reporter: got the cake, the cheesecake, excellent. i know my mom's not watching down in texas. it was as good a hers. we'll tell you why these two sisters aren't the only one turning to food during the government shutdown.'l talk to a montgomery council member bringing his entire community together to help those struggling furloughed employees. >> that's a good endorsement there, thank you. and with no end to the shutdown in sight at this purnt some of city's most popular music venues are trying to help give people a break. there are pi one get one free

deals at shows that haven't already been sold out. search stdown in our nbc washington app for linked site and the keyword, shutdowns and discount freebies. here's something you don't see, a synagoguera tling right down the street. take a look at this. the city's oldest synagogue making its way down 3rd street to its new home. this relocation is part of the construction of the capital crossing project, built back in 1876 this is the now third move for this synagogue which has had a long history here in the nation's capital. >> it was a synagogue for the first 30 years of its life, and then it becameer as of african-american and greek orthodox churches, a barbershop, a barbecue restaurant, a deli.ll

it's had reaa remarkable vibrant life in the city. >> an amazing past and also a bright future. this n building will be part of the new capital jewish museum. that's set to be open in 2021. roadlores for the move will be in place until 8:00 this evening. >> and there's new s housing coming to howard university. the school is announcing a $30 million renovation plan. as part of the plan seven floors of the howard center will be renovated into one and two bedroom apartments. it'll be available to student faculty and staff. currently there are limited options fore afforda housing for that campus in that neighborhood. turning to washington with the general assembly session now open and the governor planning his state of the commonwealth speech inust about 90 minutes. the legislative session will run 45 days until february 23rd. among the major issues in ye

virginia this, teacher pay, tax cuts, and legalized srts betting. and a blast from the past, the equal rightsme ame. our northern bureau chief mports from richmond tonight. >> reporter: youht call this a sort of revival nearly 40 years after theen womens mov made its first push for the equal rights amendment, a new urgent effort. virginia becoming the 39thna an state to pass the constitution. >> it is long paseming. we going to eget it done this year. there's absolutely no reason why women should not have the same protecr:on. >> reporupporters holding the iconic signs lined the step tuesday the capitol urging lawmakers to pass. onef the first females. >> and with the historic number of women actually being voted into office, i think peoplta unde the urgency and that

this needs to happen. >> reporter: on the house floor an ovation when the era was mentioned. >> that vi inia should be the final state to ratify the equal rights amendment. >> reporter: later the measure got its first hearing before a senate committee. a packed room spilled over into the hallway.ac erars glued to the live stream thrilled when the measure e approval passed its first hurdle. but many lawmakers still not onboard. some say the deadline to ratify the era s has longce passed. others worry it could hurt womens colleges or even incentive programs that favor female owned businesses. >> i think trying to fure out are there unintended consnsuences, we have to ar that question. >> reporter: but this fair fax county woman convinced that momentum is on their side this election year. >> and if they to stay in office and they want to represent all of us, they need to listen and respect and vote

for womens equality. >> reporter: the biggest chlenge in the virginia house. last yearmb that chaer didn't even bring it to a vote. for 20 years there have been rumors about the predatory behavior by singer r. kelly. head at 5:00, the reaction from his camp tonight after prosecutors in two states begin investigations. we'll be rightback. and right now on storm team 4 radar tracking some light showers across the area. now not tracking anyon accumula these come toon a end overnight tonight. but a bigger storm system brings snow into the area saturday into sunday. we're going to break down the timing and

4 working for your ew health tonight with new word that a growing waistline, that's right, our bellies could be connected to a shrinking brain. ulitish researchers studied nearly 10,000 ad. that's not me there, by the way. 19% of them were considered obese. those who had ay high bod mass index had a sghtly lower brain volume. but the brain size was even smalle in those who also had excess belly fat.us prev research has linked brain shrinkage to memory loss and a higher risk of dimensionsa. there ew n fallout in the

wake of that explosive documentary about r.cally. in the series victims came forward detailing years of disturbing allegations of sexual abuse against thesier. now as natalie martinez from nbc prosecutors ts, want to hear from them as well. >> reporter: the lifetime duocu series accuses the star of abusing women for years. >> this isn't one of those situations where it's just forensics. we need actual witnessesimnd vi to have the courage to tell their stories. >> reporter: in fact fox told reporters that the families of at least two missing women over the a of 18 have been in contact with her office and more could be out there. >> i was sickened by the allegations, sickened as a survivor, as a mother, sickened as a prosecutor. >> reporter:tmz reporting that the singer, songwriter is being

inveed in go where he owns a home as well. >> there's not going to be any specific evidence, noto going be an confirmatory evidence. but they're going to come oute becahey want their 15 minutes of fame. if something happened, they'd pick up the c phone andl 911. nobody's done that because nothing has happened. it's unprecedented for a prosecutor to go out and solicit business which is what he'sg. do >> that was natalie martinez reporting. lifetime surving r. kelly docu series is also having an impact on the industry. according to rolling stone two stations say they will no longer play his music. next we're looking at how it needs to grow fn theure to make sure that everybody can get around. i'll have a look at a new report coming . the impact the government

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>> reporter: sam kws the desperation can be real. we've seen it in the past. >> we hear stories of people who come in who sayhey've fed their children and fed their pets and now they don't have anything to eat. so now we want to step. >> reporter: government employees, contractors, n anyon whds it, can draw from these supplies. dog food, cat food,ll donated by pet lovers. >> furloughed food program will be thereng as the shutdown is happening. >> i mean, people have no nontrol over whether or t they're going to work or not. so any donations i think are incredibly thoughtful. >> reporter: if you with the effort to collect food for those affected by the sut down, just head into our nbcin waon app and search shutdown. >> something tells me that little puppy is going to be adopted prettsoon. >> i think so. rescu d.c.'s humane alliance has a similar program for you. we have more on both programs i availablthe nbc washington

app. just search shutdown. >> i don't thinkhapuppy was hungry. he just didn't like that cone. they never do. >> and he was kin of iffy on david. all right, nbc 4 responds getting some rults for home owners who tell us they were burned by a solar panel company. >> they paid a virginia daecvira company thousands of dollars and the company never showed up to do the work. after our story aired things started happening. >> you'veot a great update for us. >> we sure do. these home erowners, they n expected to get a dime back when all they wanted was to learn about this company. so they contacted us. so we went right to work answers and getting results, too. so when tim manning and ryan goner reached out to nbc responds it had been years since they signed a contractith independent solar solutions. each paid thousands of dollars to the company but their solar panels. they weren't alone. we also learnedf even more

complaints against independent solar solutions and its owner nico echart and the business partner. and after our story aired tim received a fullrefund of more than $16,000. and ryan also got a refu of over $17,000. last week we were told the compan is noonger in helping, however, he is patch clients with any ftory warranties or warranty issues as well. if you have a problem you need help solving, contact us. you can find our tip line on the nbc washington app and on our website as well. >>eard about this i asked the producer what about that woman who wanted to get the pool built and it kind of sat there with the muddy hole in the ground and nhing ever happened. i know it's not the season now, but tell me she has a po. >> guess what? she does not.

still. lo this, you guys. as of today this is what it still looks like. she's still waiting for the pool to be this is the latest picture sent to us by maria silver. she tells us that the company, apple valley landscaping, has not been back to her home to finish the work since december. they did determine apple valley as a local dealer, as of today their website still shows they sell these lei pools. she did file a complaint. she had a meeting with them this week to try to gett done we have reached tout to companies. we've reached out to leisure pools as well. it's just one of those things where you want to toss your hands up in the air. >> this is the time of yearen they've got of time on their hands with landscaping and pools. all right, all about the weather this evening for the

next, what, four, five days as january lives to its name. >> and we really haven't had a real long stretch o winter like weather so far this winter. and starting not only today but right on through the next couple dofs into tomorrow right on weekend, to let's have a look and show you outside first g of all. cold night. temperatures have fallen during ie afternoon as snow showers came brought in colder air and dr sping. a feww showers out there in parts of the ralion. the big think, not the snow showers but the temperatures. so it is a cold night. and it's only to get colder as we move on through the rest of the night. snow showers continuing in and around warrenton, around frederick. leesburg area and you see some snow s coming through leesburg around the ashburn area. again, it's not going to amount the anything, but if you get into one of these streamers,

look at uemont, it's probably going to continueo snow as that system makes its way down. just amazing the cold air moving in, and that's t cold air that's going to set the stage r a very cold day tomorrow at the bus stop for the kids. the kids will need the coats, the hats, the gloves, everything. 20 to 25 mile an hour winds. higher gusts as well. 42 for high. but still very cold. wind chills in the 20s to around 30 degrees all day. now we're talking about the snow. everybody wants to know how much snow we're going to see. it's moving in on saturday. look, saturday evening everybody's seeing the snow. and this is a snowstorm, which emilia doesn't have the questions of is it going to be all snow the answer to that is yes. or is it cold enough to stick, the answer to that also yes. >> and typically for us those can be se of t challenging questions with the snowfall

forecast. here's what re knowht now in addition to that that we're definitely going to be cold enough for snow and tha snow is moving in. the timing later saturday on into sunday. here's the thing, it doesn't showou on future weather snow moving in the afternoonhours, but it cold hold off hoppestly until the evening hrmrs. this s system is still developing. we're going to get a much better idea tomorrow even into friday as this srm system comes together. what we're seeing now is accumulation i likely based on what we're seeing in our computer models, this eve a moderate event on the region. adding some percentages onto that. the chance of 1 inch pretty high at about 70%. even the chance of 4 inches, it's not at 5th but still up e coming in at 40%. now the chance of 8 inches is extremely low. th means we're really not thinking of 8 inches across the area. it's less than 10%. but again more than 1 inch is

likely and our officials snfall totals map is going to come out tomorrow, so you want to make sure to tune in time for that information. roads and sidewalks will likely need to bear c at least once. now, your driveway could maybe be dusted off a with broom or you might need to'r shovel. still refining that exact impact. some delays and maybe even some cancellations especially in the more rural counties. and doug, we talkedut aur bread meter. we're not at stock up to a week. but up to grab a loaf. >> and i've been looking at that low carb bread, it' actually pretty good out there. so if you guys thinking about carbs, they've got that low carb bread out there, too. here's the snow saturday and sunday. and then behind this system we stay quite illy. s and 40s all the way thru the middle of next week.

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tusks on the rails tonight to explain. >> reporter: you know, one of things metro has to figure out is how they're going to grow as our region grows. region planners think our populati gonng7soio t million t 5.9 million. right now metro certainly going to be a h big partow everyone gets around. one of the bigs issues i capacity. how will metro carry everybody. of course p they have an in place now to increase the number of eight car trains. thoseig longeht car trains across the system. butbo something heardut for a long time and now could start to tunnelme steam is a new that would connect roselyn and georgetown. roselyn is known as the choke point of the metro system, and that is something regional planners are going to have to try to figure out. take a listen to the metro planner when weat dow with him and talked about how the

system can get better. what's going to come out next year? >> we have to be better than good. >> reporter: again, all of this is going to be talked abouat a board meeting tomorrow and really the planning needs to start now how our entire region is going f to grow the years to come and metro is a big part of tt. adam tuss, news 4. welcome to the news 4 at 6:00. the chances for snow this weekend, they're goingup. >> doug has got an update for us just how muc>>we could see. plus the growing ippact of this shutdowne. stalem >> how long are you willing to let the shutdown last? >> whatever it makes. capitol hill. president trump called today's meeting with democrats a total waste of his time. >> he couldn't get his way and he just walked out of the meeting. >> the democratic leaders are unwilling to even negotiate. >> there's public finger ninting day 19 of the partial government shutdown. >> they really have to put ali

t. first up tonight at 6:00, growing chances for snow that e you may ho shovel over the weekend. this could be what the radar looks like on satday night >> but first we have to get through some brutal cold out there. chief meteorologist doug kammerer here in the .stud >> i do think we're going to see accumulating snowfall for the weekend. these are streamers coming in from the lakes so youan see what i'm talking about here. they're no longer making it towards d.c. i can't rule that out, but for the most part i t mhiost of o the d.c. area. that's still speaking of cold air, look at these wind chills right