. we're going to texas, wgore g to the border. >> witthe president on his way to texas, chuck schumer calls for an intervention saying federaee workers a paycheck. cold'm tracking a bitterl day fade. looking at your windchills only in the teens a 20s and snow in the forecast for the weeke. i'll hav the latest timing and impacts coming up in my updated forecast. a high schoolcon arlington d have a new name by the end of the day. what sparked the chang and reaction to the leading option? "news4 midday" starts now. good morning.

i'm chris lawrence. >> and i'm ericca gonzalez. >> i have an absolute right to declare the national emergency. the lawyers have so advised me. i'm not prepared to do that yet but if i have to i will. >> president trump speaking just moments ago outside the white house. >> he's heading down toexas to push for his border wall. jay gray reports fromowexas ing of how just talk of a wall is already dividing much more than a border. >> either we're going to win or make a compromise. i'm okay to makingro a cose. >> reporter: president trump on his way to texas leaving washington after meeting itsterday republicans on capitol hill and democratic leaders at the white house where talks apparently broke down. >> again, we saw a temper tantrum because he couldn't get his way and he just walked out of the meeting. >> reporter: the president doubling dn andigging in on his demand to build a wall along the bordernk >> i t we're getting closer,

but we haveo think about the people of our country. this is not a fight i wanted. >> reporter: the president insists a barrier is needed to battlehe threat of gangs, drugs and human trafficking. democrats say a wall is not the answer. >> he is holding the american people hostage to his in fective expensiwall. >> reporter: the number of people apprehended at the wall has dropped dramatically. the president is threatening to side step congress by declaring anal emergency. >> my threshold will be if i can't make a deal with people th areunreasonable. >> reporter: the white house and democrats locked in a fight as federal employees and the countr continue t hang in the balance. jay gray, nbc news, texas. >> my democra nc colleaguesd to get serious about their

responsibilities, seek treatment for their brand-new partisan allergy, seek some treatment for their brand-new party allergy to border security. >> we need intervention and leader mcconnell and senate republicans have responsibility not simply to wait for the president, but to intervene. >> well, that was all happening on the senate floor just a short time ago. democrats and republicans still blaming each other for the shutdown. democrats are keeping the pressure on republicans to vote on opening government agencies that have nothing to do with border security. we are working for you. many of you know people that have been effected by this government shutdown. united way has announced it is openinr financial empowerment centers and raising funds for nonprofits to help workers. d >> reporter: donations are still

coming in to the united way after the initial $50,000 of emergency fd to furloughed workers and their families and chedo stepped in and m that $50,000 donation. we're here at the prince george's county community college where they haia a fina empowerment center inside offering assistance to united way to furloughed workers as well as their families. they're hoping to see more of those in need show up here and get the help that they need during this time which includes career coaching, financial advice and also financial literacy skills here as well. we want to sw youn the map. there are four centers here throughout the area. the one we're at right now here in largo on largoth road o college campus, another on good hope road in southeast in d.c., there's one alexandria on richmond highway and another o miniville road and that one is in woodbridge. what happens with that mon that is donated, it will go to

nonprofits acrosshe areaor distribution to those furloughed workers and their families who are in need. we can tell you, to there i also a need for more donations during this time. united way saying the wayo help those furloughed workers and their families is for neighbors toghelp nrs and give themselves. we have ways for you to donate right now o our nbc washingto app and website. in largo, i'm justin finch, news4. >> it seems as if everyo's trying to do their part. the school board of prince george's county is considering a proposal to pay for school lunches for all the students e beingected by the shutdown. they're requesting free lunes for all students in the county until the government is reopened and federal workers start getting paid. the school system would have to foot the bill by itself, but the county government, the state, nonprofits, even some local businesses could all pitch in to help pay for it. in just a few hours, air-traffic controllers, pilots and flight aendant will rally

at the capitol in protest of the shutdown. tsa employees will feel the effects in their thpaycheck. put in the hours, they won't get paid. it's causing concerns about possible sickouts by frustrated employees. that hasn't been the case in our local airports. tsa is disputing there's been any nationwide: 99.9% of travelers waited less than 30 minutes nearly 95% waited less thanmi 1tes, tsa pre-check customers wted less than five minutes. stay with news4 on air and avline. we'll continuing coverage in our app and 11:30, you'll hear about a protest by government workers today outside the white house. let's go to the stop story now. v dot crews have already started to pretreat the roadways. >> no chance of snow until saturday, right? >> it's good to get ahead of

this storm. right now, though,t's sunny out there and there is no snow in the forecast today and tomorrow for your friday. we're 36 degrees and with winds out of the northwest at almost 20 miles an hour sustained gusting to 40 miles an hour, look at the feels like temperature. it is bruta out there. i have to say walking into work today my hands are so dry because the air is so dry out there. 17 is how cold it feels right now with the winds. about 26 in washington. 21 in manassas. will continue to w trackd chill temperatures throughout the afternoon and evening hours in the teens and 20s a winds do stay strong. here's the latest look of storm team 4 radar. this is what brought those snow showers to the area yesterday. no accumulation but they were able to hold it together, making it over the mountains over the mason dixon le into our area. that's not the case today or tomorrow and as we look to, saturd'm still tracking

snow moving into the area. this storm system is current forming right now. i'm going to have the latest on what i'm thinking for timing and impacts coming up at 11:20, erika. >> mike millerrm con he is battling prostate cancer. the 76-year-old says he will undergo chemotherapy. he's a democrat who has served as senate president since 1987. he'sot only the longest serving maryland senate but the longest in the natione you'llearing a lot about education funding and raising the state minimum wage today. virginia's general assembly also went back to work also. the priorities inrimond, tax relieve and statewide sports betting. democrats are pssing hard pass legislation to preventun violence. we'll keep you updated on all

the news out of theapitol in theas nbcngton app. a judge will sentence michael ford in th death of detective colson. in 2016, ford opened fire on a police station in landover. colson was offduty and in plain clothes. he was mistaken for being one of the attackers and was fellow ally shot by a officer. a jury convicted ford of second-degree murder last year even though did not kill colson. he faces decadesn prison. a family in charles county had already lost one daughter osom a crash on new year's eve, now they've another. nadia was driving that afternoon when her car left the road and hit a tree. he 15-year-old sister died at the scene, deputies sayadia died yesterday morning from her injuries. the girls'o cousin was a injured in that car but she did

survive. roads were wet at the time of the crash. another school in our area may be about to change its name. >> yeah, a hearing is set for tonight that do change the name of washing lee high school in arlington. megan mcgrath is there with a look at what the new name may be. >> take a look behind me here. the sign may soon have to change following tonight's school board vote. washington lee high school, the name honor george washington and robert e. lee, the debate to change the namas been going on for quite a while and tonight, the school board is expected to vote to change the name, removinglee. now the naming committee did a lot of research, they got input from the community and they are recommending washington loving high school as the replacement. the new ne wou honor mildred and richard tloving, interracial couple challenged a

lawoutlaug interracial marriage. we spoke to people on both sides of the name change issue including a man who says, the world needs more loving now. >> i'm loving it just as well as the name loving. i tnk it's a great change. it's time for a change. >> i believe that's ourd histor very single time they keep taking and making these changes, it's changing america in the wrong way. >> the need for acknowledgement of our past in that we can mov forward from that. >> i do believe that general lee was as honorable person and his name should still be not revered but at leastept as a sem bell of someone who lived during a turbulent >>time. eporter: the last gentleman you just heard from, he's an

lummist, he said that lee is simp o a part our history and that the name shouldn't be changed. on t of different opinions both sides here, the vote expected to come down at 7:00 tonight. >> megan, we will be on the lookout for thank you. your location could be for sale. the information is collected through smartphones coming up. a look at who's buying it. plus another huge recall involving those air bag inflaters. this one is affecting certain models

if using the d.c. region is crowded now, oh, just wait. ct it is pro that over the next several years, millions of people more will move into the area. >> it's hard -- it's hard to believe. >> and go where? where you going to go? >> metro is taking a lk at its operations to see if it can handle an influx of residents. adam tuss explains.

>> reporter: one of the things metro has to figure out is howe they going to grow as our . gion continues to grow 2045 regional planners think population is going to go near 7 million, that's up from 5.9 million right now and metro certainly a big part of how everybody gets around. one of the bigssues is, capacity, how will metro carry everybody? they have a plan in place now to tincreasehe number of eight car trains, those longer a car a trainsoss the system but something you've heard about for a long time and now could really start to gain some steam is a newunnel that would connect rozland and georgetown. rozland is known as the choke int of the metro system and that is something that regional planners will have to try and figure out. take a look at paul wiedefeld when we sat down with him and he talked about the system getting better. is there another slogan coming out? >> not so much a slogan, but we have to be better than good. >> reporter: better tha good.

adam tuss, news4. today metro leaders are scheduled to get together and talk about some of the ways they ca grow. adam tuss will cover that and you can follow him on twitter for updates toughout the day. toyota is recalling more than a million cars for a potentially deadly problem with the air bag inflaters. 1.3 million cars and suvs need to be replaced because those inflaters can explode and hurl shrapnel. the air bags have been blamed for at least 23 deaths and hundreds of injuries. the recall covers the 2010 through 20164runner, 2010 and 13 corolla and matrix and 2011 to 2014 sienna mini van and several other models of lexus and scion. >> an alarming new report of cell phones carri selling your

data, not who you're talking to but where you are and this dat is available for anybody who will pay for it, eve bounty hunters. >> reporter: everywhere you go your cell phone is right there with you, but who else knows where you are? for a f hundred bucks, it could be anyone. >> i was able to do orthis. >> repter: in an investigation from motherboard, reporter john cox was able to track a cell phone through a bounty for just $300. >> they sent me a google maps screen shot of thepproximate area. >> reporter: many tephone companies sellou yr information to other companies. those companies can resell the data makinil it ale to your lly anyone, showing phone's location up to 1,500 square feet. >> hackers can get this information, identity thieves can get thisinformation. all of this can be used to make your life miserable. a

>> reporter:n industry group representing the telecom companies declined our request for t, but fcc commissioner jessica says she's calling for an investigation as soon as the government reopens. >> iar should be sta practice that if they're selling your location data to someone vese, you should a choice in the matter. i don't think any of us have opted in to this kind of system. >> reporter: it'sikely your location is out there for anyone to see, nbc news, new york. this morning the strict's oldest synagogue now has a new me. >> crews spent rolling the historic building down to new site. this building weighs nearly 300 to located on 3rd and f street, it was originally the home of the israel synagogue, the relocationt is p of construction for the capital crossing project. thehird move now for the synagogue which has had a pretty long historyere in d.c.

>> it was a synagogue for the first 30 years i of life and then it became a series of african-american and greek orthodox churches, a barbershop, a barbecue restaurant, a deli, it's had really aemarkable vibrant life in the city. >> reporter: the building is now part of the jewish capital museum set to open in two years. now to global adventurer callan o'brady, he captivated the world last month when he became the first person to cross antarctica unaided and onone. >> eve thought this journey was impossible. there were some low moments along theway. ho kotb has more. >> colon o'brady achieving the impossib impossible. >> it's the hardest thing i've ever done. >> overcome with emotion after becoming the first person to cross ant artyca unaided.

strenuous he lost 20 pounds. o'brady capturing his epic trek in video diaries givve exclu to nbc news from pure and unbridled joy. >> i'm not doing gooden >> to m of self-doubt. >> i'm trying to hold it together. >> and hold it together he did, even despite white out conditions. >> it's pretty much the worsten case scio. >> and raging storms forcing him to take covernside histent. >> man, that was really intense. >> he edged out another competitor louis rudd once in the lead by two days. the stakes were high, at least one person died before o'brady's attempt. is a remarkable feat for o'brady who ten years ago was

neverely injured in a fire that left burns o nearly a quarter of his body, but that didn't stop him. >> just riding high right now. >> in 2016, he completed thera explorer's slam in a record 139ays climbing to the tallest peak on all seven continents, mountvest included. >> amazing. >> yeah. mind-blowing. a local team rlied against racism. a look at what put them in a spotlight. >> a team with a fighting spirit and now a disability he hopes will not keep him on the sidelines.

this local youth hockey team is getting a lot of attention on social media. >> they're gatring support across the country for rallying against racism. earlier this month a member of

the team faced racial taunts during a game against a tenm fromylvania and his teammates were not having it. they began yelling back at the other team which led to a fight. o caps players heard the story and felt compelled to do something. >> we heard about the unfortunate incident that have been taking place but we are so happy to see your team stand up to defend and support each other. >> i love that. cap stars john carlson and smith-pelly. you'll remember he recalls facing the same hate growing up and it didn't stop there. there was an incident that recently happened on the ice against the st. louis blues. oh, no, sorry. that was last season, forgive me. they've invited the entire team to their game against louis blues game. that will be next week but that incident with smith-pelly happened last season. >> yep. >> it led to a fight on the ice.

>> soccer matches around the world, too. really cl to see them, you just can't let that go down with yourte mate. >> we're brothers and we'll stick up for one another. amelia's here to talk to usab t this blustery weather we're having. watch for your car doors when them. n the wind is likely to fling it open into the next person's ghors. >> you're so i opened my car and the wind took it a little and the air is just so dry, it's the time of year where you're probably using a lot of hand cream out there. my han need it for sure right now. erika, do you have some? >> i do. >> as weake look at your weather headlines, cold and blusteryut there, nust today but even tomorrow still dealing with the winds a little bit. today, for the strongest winds with gusts near 40 miles an hour putting our wind chill temperatures in the teens and 20s. your second weather heraline stilling snow. this moves in later saturday on

in to sunday. some accumulation is likely across the area, but right now we're at 36 degrees. a high temperatureoday around 42 which is seasonable for this time of yearh but w those strong winds, 42 degrees at 2:00 p.m. feels more like we're in the 20s. it stays windy on in to the evening hours. by 5:00 p.m. we' down to 37. my dog was in and out as quickly as she could be outhere this morning. 8:00, temperatures still feeling like they're in the teens and 20s with overnightows generally dipping into the 20s. then we look to the weekend and here'somn answer to of your weather questions. snow is likely. this is looking like low to moderate impact event. th here's the g, the forecast is going to change. this storm system is stillin fo out in the southwest. our computer models are looking at what's likelpe to h and then making a forecast. once the storm forms, will have a much better idea of exactly ic what you can aate but right now, schools on monday in

the d.c./metro area, it's looking like the kids will be heading to schools. maybe the more rural counties a delay or cancelation. we're not in stock up for week by in means. ig you want to go out there and grab a loaf. how much are computer models saying as far as snow totals go, i'll have more on that coming up in 20 minutes, chris and erika. >> a light shopping list for sure. right now president trumps on his w to texas, but federal workers here in d.c. are sending him a message. >> and help for those workers >> and help for those workers who are gngithout oipa

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'r y watching "news4 midday." we continue to stay on top of the government shutdown and its imp t onyou. here's a live look near the white house. >> federal workers are gathering

t the afl-cio headquarters and they'll march to the white house protesting against the government shutdown. the union's president is the expected speakers. that march and rally starts at noon today and speakeng of late pa. the federal government with all of its buildings and monuments and theistrict is d.c. waters biggest customer. the treasury department says it's not going to beo able pay its quarterly bill in full on time. that quarterly bill is about $16.5 million. nt plans to pay 10.5 million, leaving $5 mill unpaid. in a recent board meeting, d.c. water offials joked about cutting off the water to the white house for nonpevment. that's been done and probably won't happen now but d.c. could chae theederal government a late fee. for a lot of furloughed workers just waiting around for congress and president trump to agree, it's just not an option. mortgages need to be paid, children need to be fed. news4 met up with two sisters in

prince george's counho are both federal workers and are the prime owners for their families. thh came up witthe idea of making and selling cheesecakes. >> we need to make sure that we're securing a future for ourselves and for our familiesd an hopefully for others as well. >> the sisters bake right out of their home in ft. washington. the cakes cost about 30 bucks and they have already received more than about 100 orders from across the area. some of them even asar away as texas. >> they look pretty tasty, too. the government stdown i affecting federal workers in more ways than you can imagine that's why this morning we're working for you in the community. >> news4 molette green is at a false church at the neighborhood barbershop and she's g details on how they're helping furloughed workers there. >> rorter: we'ret the neighborhood barbershop, they are preparing to host a shutdown cutdown to do their part to help a community of furlofehed deral government workers and

we have some ithe barbershop with ustoday, sara who is iting to go b to work and, of course, we have others. we have ryan sitting in the chair right here. he's been furloughed wondering how he's going to get his regular hair cut to keep groomed and all ofat so the neighborhood arbershop and his whole team came up with idea because you had been hearing from your customer. >> yes, ma'am. a bunch of our customers, loy clients were calling in and just saying it wasn't going to work this time, there's too much uncertainty about their paycheck and so we decided to have a zay just to take any embarrassment that may be, we're all in this together. this is a big community. we all rely on this, on these funds to stimulate the economy and the area. >> reporter: so this is going to be sunday at noon, right? >> yes, ma'am. until we're done. >> reporter: walk-ins welcome,

barbers and hairstylists can join them. walk-ins alcome. i want to ask you really quickly, ryan, you had to make sme decisions this furlough continues. >> sure, yeah. i had to cut out things like going to my local coffee shop. i haven't been there in wks now. freezing gym memberships, digging into savin to make sure i can cover my mortgage next month. >> reporter: what does this mean to you having your hair cut for free? >> this is huge. it's one of tse things you don't think about and it helps feel good about yourself and having this done for free is huge, it's a weight offy ould that i didn't know i had in the first place. >> reporter: all right. sunday at norh, the neighd barbershop. come on down here in falls church and s enjoye fellowship and a free hair cut or hairstyle. back in to you. >> thank yyou. s with news4 for comprehensive coverage on the shutdo. go to our app and search shutdown and they'll you'll find resources for those in need plus

information on where furloughed workers can getes free i want to update you on a disturbing story out of arizona. phoenix police are investigating a long-term care facility after a woman who was been in a vegetative state for more than a decade gave birth. she's 29 years old and lives at this facility. police are now gathering dna sam bells from all the male employees at thatci ty. it's unclear if the staff was even w aware sas pregnant until she went intolabor. the family does plan to care of the bab boy. last summer she went to mgm national harbor with her famy and s ended up getting shocked after touching an outdoor fhandrail. heily sued. as news4 reported this week, the family attorne now say the company is using stall tactics. >> that attorney sat down exclusive with tracee wilkins to

talk about how these delays are impactinghe family. >> this is a tragedy that mgmmas ng worse and worse and worse. >> reporter: this attorne is representing the family icia l suit against mgm national harbor. after the 7-year-old was severely shocked and critically injured on the casinos outdoor pati last summer. zynae wants healthy and vibrant, can't speak or movenow. >> she needs 24/7 care of nurses. she also needs doctors, she also needs equipment because she has a training tube and feeding tube and this is forever. >> reporter: 120 volts of electricity circulated through her little body as she held one charged railing and place her tiny feetn another. the railings were improperly installed violating a number of buildi codes. the family has filed suit and now the attorney says mgm is not responding to the lawsuit and stalling at the family's

expens >> the mom was working three jobs and now she's not working at all because she spends so much time at the rhospital. orter: on monday the family found an additional motion to move the case forward in a statement, m said, we were disappoint that had we were unable to reach an agreement lastovember when t lawsuit was filed but continue to communicate with their representatives to tryea and an amicable solution. more relevantly says he's hoping the same. >> everything is wrong about this. everything is wrong and i hope and trust that they'll mak it right. >> reporter: tracee wilkins, news4. the department of permitting and inspections is telling us that mgm is working towards fixing the problems foundy inspectors. mgm national harbor says they are refitting the railings that shocked zynae and removing some of that electric components. american are having fewer

babiesnd it could turn into a population problem. the cdc says the current u.s. fertility rate is 16% lower than the number needed to sustain the current population. the fertility rate has been falling for the last several years but the drop in 2017 was more significant than in the past. the cdc offered no explanation as to why the rate has been fallseg. chers did note the total fertility rate in washington, d.c. is lower than any state in the country. federal health oayicials the e. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce is over. that outbreak was traced t farms in california and caused dozens of people to become sick in 16 states and the district. the foodnd drug administration says it was continuing its investigation but it could be curtailed. "the washington post" reports inspections have been sharply reduced because of the partial government shutdown. b >> that cou dangerous in the long-term.

>> absolutely. it's amazing what you can do with the wave of a nd. the new technology for your car being shown offon at themer electronic show. >> and it's a very cold morning out there, windy, too. a look at how long this cold ather will stick around and

james harden seeing stars this morning. checkhis out. he gets a bump playing defense when he gets beamed with the basketball in the head. >> dang. harden got back in the game pretty quickly but he had to shak that hit offor a little while. >> hayikes. >>s stings. >> at least it wasn't a baseball. >> yeah. >> silver lining. >> all right. we are talking about this cold,a cold forecas before we talk any more snow, we're still talking at least another day frigid temperatures and blustery

conditions. the thing, as this storm system moves in, it's cold enough where we are dealing with snow. so many times in our ea, we're tracking that rain/snow line. not the case with this storm system. we'll be coldh over the weekend where anything that falls is going to fall as snow. just starting youh off what everybody wants to know, what do the computerodels saying right now. this is the european model. this isny forecastingere from about two to four inches of snow across the area. you can seeost of u honing in on that two to three inch range. we then go to our main american model called the gf and that's a little bit lower at about an inch and a half in washington up to around three inches in hagerstown and 2.5 inches in this is a higher resolution model. i don't know if you can see the contou here. brighter colors to the north and to the south and that puts us

the famous infamous, at this point, d.c. split where we basically get maybe a dusting of snow out there. right now if i had to put a number on it, we'll pick upab t one to four inches of snow across the area. what that means is the sidewalks and roads are still going to need to be clearedhether you need to use your broom or snow shovel remains to be seyo. ll have to clear the sidewalks and driveways out there. church on sunday likely snowinf so you hate driving in the snow, probably want to plan on staying home for that. school on monday, some delays in the most rural counties right now, maybe a few cancelations, but i think most of the schools, especially in the./ dtro area likely going in on monday, if anything maybe a two-hour delay. here's the latest timing. this isith the european model just to give you an idea. snow moves in during the mid-to-late afternoon hours at about 1:00 t 4:00 p.m. we he snow saturday ght. this continues then thrghoutou the day on sunday stoppingre fueather here sunday at noon. notice snow stillcross most of

the area. maybe a few flurries out there. here's a quick peak at the 10-day forecast. a i'll have longer look at this coming up at 11:55. sticker oc i'm steve greenburg and i'll show youome stuffou're y

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a tesla. elon musk tweeting the company will stop selling the cheapest versions of its s model and x. starting on mont, it will no longer take orders for cars wh a 25 kilowatt batteries. i'm frank holland. >>hat's 80 grand for the cheap one, forhe cheap version. all right. so speaking of technology, the world's bigge is now in full swing. we're talking about the consumer electronic showrces in vegas. >> for the rest of the week, developers will showcase the latest gadgets, innovations from ound theworld. steve greenberg author of gadget nation joins us w oh somef his favorites. >> reporter: 15 mil o aisles, 4,500 exhibiting companies, this is truly geek heaven.

this consumer electronic show has it all. one of the big buzz words here at ces got to be autonomous driving and some of the n features being added to those cars are being done by this company. this is the cockpit of your car. you can open the car by just nduching it, pretty cool. no to raise the window use the magic of just wavingp your hand and the window starts to close put my hand in here it stops and the control the temperature, ecetera, just go like this. lighting sound, here's temperature pretty amazing and then let's say the car's driving itself but you wan to take control of the car, all you do is put your hands on the steering wheel. here i am, car's driving, t han steering wheel, now i'm in control. pretty cool. now 3d printing and scanning is

huge here at ces and here at bellus 3d, they have software that you can do itt home. for example, here i am. >> tilt your head up, tilt your head down. >> and there it is. ere i am. wow, that's really creepy. now tdk is famous for creating audio tapes but they're also in thees bus for creating high tech centers. so this planter when you turn on the light, thelantar moves toward the light. once the plant has had enough light, it then comes toki you for water and i'm going to give it some water right now. >> thank you for g ing me wate >> reporter: you're welcome. now this might be the hottest product here at ces. this is called flexpy.

it folds into really neat smartphone shaped product and then when you want to open up again for a bigger screen, you just open it up and you've got yourself tablet again. now that's cool. finally, this is oppey. it scans your skin, finds an imperfection and then sprays little droplets to make that imperfectidisappear. it's photo shop for your face. now i'm ready for my close-up. in las vegas at ces, i'm steve greenberg. >> i need a bigger wand. >> i like the foldable phone/pad. >> everything else is designed to make us an eve more lazy society. >> and more distracted with all the stuff in the car, you know. theichest man in the world will now have to figure out a way to split his wealth.

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now to thetory of local athlete who is defying the oddss name is sebastian. i shared this story on my facebook page, really spoke to me. he's a long snapper and a lineback in alexandria and he's used to tackling players on the football field but as doreen gentzler reports about a year and a half ago his life took an unexpected turn forcing him tackle something a lot more serious, cancer. he >> this is new one that i wear for sports. >> reporter: sebastian loves sports but there's one thing that sets him apart from all of s teammates. >> that's something that a lot of my friends doesn't have to thinketabout,ng a new leg every time they grow. >> reporter: he can smile now but it took a lot of hard work

to get here. in 2016, sebastian wasgn ded with a rare bone cancer. he underwent several rounds of chemotherapy before doctors told him they would have to amputate his left foot. >> i was pretty scared just wondering if i could get back to playing sports or if i would be able to walk even. >> the amputation was the big shock and jolt for anybody to hear. >> reporter: at has faced more adversity than most adults. he watched his mother die from breast cancer just a f years ago. now, he was fighting too, not justor his le but for his life. >> we've had cancer in the family twice in the past decade and he's, you know, seen things and grown up faster than most people ever have to. >> that also shod me that you can be strong through all of it and you don't have to let the cancer take over your life. >> reporter: that's where john

comes in. he owns prosthetic care facility of virginia in leesburg, he helped sebastian get his life back thanks to science and cutting edge technology. >> i treated him right from the start, but i think the thing that makes s him special is he does not give up. >> reporter: john and hisda son yn designed and built a prosthetic for sebastian, one he could use on a off the football field. partnership. 0/50 i built the device and make sure it works, but he's the one that takes thatth t next level. >> reporter: sebastian made strides for his team. >> i think he surprised a lot of people by how well i was able to do. >> as a parent, there's hesitation how is that hit or, you know -- but it's also a pride.mount of >> reporter: sebastian was tearing it occupy on the turf but that wasn't enough for him. he wanted to compete on the s schom team, too. that led to a new challenge for the prosthetics team and once again they delivered.

>> we had to design something that could get him talk to the water's edge and then still function in the water's edge. >> i don't think there's anything else like this out there. >> the first swim he did was a buer fly and it was crazy how high he raised hishest out of the water with the power. >> reporter: sebastianati's bee role model for hiseammates and classmates. it's not how many times you fall down, it's how fast you get up. >> how do you t mnk yourher would be feeling? she'd beretty happy with how far i've come. >> what a great story. >> i think she'd be pretty darned prmid. and friends are proud of him. sebastian, again, he's nc -free. he is going to continue to get scans every year just to make

sure he's healthy. >> and he tells us that he is looking forward to playing lacrosse in the spring. >> football, swimming, lacrosse. >> he's so talented. we send things back over to amelia for a fin check on the weather. >> today and tomorrow, it's all about the cold and the wind. esciallyoday. here's your 10-day forecast. windchills in the teens and snow moves in late saturday and continues on sunday. maybe some flurries out there very early monday. right now we're looking at about one to three, maybe fourinches. updates at 4:00. thank you, ma'am. if you've got issues with the forecast, you can see this weekend at the health and fitness expo. take it up with her in person. >> you're so wron i >> that'st >> that'st

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