accumulation saturday, we think mo of it falls saturday night. >> if you have plans saturday night, that's the t we frame really think you need to be thinking about for the most part. looking outside right now. it's about the cold and wind, wind gusting over0 les an hour. 18 in hagerstown and d.c. 9 in pittsburgh right now. very cold air around the mid atlantic and across the east. as i mentioned that does set the stage for the storm s'ltem. see it coming in as all snow during the day on saturday, becoming steady on saturday night. that's when weec etxp accumulat saturday night. and there's a possibility on sunday to see theystem from the south move close enough to our area to give additional accumulation to areas south of washington. not a lot of snow expected on sunday. this isda mostly sat into saturday night event. cold and y blustery today, and tomorrow. snow late saturday into sunday.

by late we'rki t about after the noon hour. so accumulation likely now across the region, we think most of us will see an inch of snow or more. we'll talk about that more. we just got new information we'll have for you in about 15 minutes. now to overnment shutdown nearing the three week historic mark. today the president took h demand to southern border structure to the source itself. back here in washington lawmakers from our area jn federal workers calling for an end to the stand off as they're preparing to miss a paycheck >> ronald reagan went to berlin and said to gorbachev, tea down that wall. mr. president, open our government. >> donald trump is not willing to end the shutdown. then the cgress of the united states needs tod vote to is

shutdown today. >> they need a barrner, they a wall fp if you don't have it, it's going to be nothing but hard work and grueling. proble >> 30, 35 years they've been talking about immigration reform. before we do that, we have to create a rrier. >> we have team coverage on the shutdown and the events that have unfolded today. leon harris starts us off with ak closer l at the president's trip to texas. >> president trump travelled to mcallen, texas. he did not have plans to visit migrant center. we took part in a round taume. mr. once again talking about the importance of a border wall and spending time discussing individuals who have been killed by undocumented immigrants. later he went to the rio grand where he too questions from reporters, including on the issue of possibly going around

congress andri dec a national emergency. >> we can declare a national emergency. we shouldn't have to. because this is is -- this is just common sense. i'd rather not do it, not for any particular reason other than this should be easy to get approved through congress. >> meantime, back here a dozen publican lawmakers joine democrats in the house to pass a measure thawould help to open departments in the government. and they voted in favor of a measure that would open thepa dertment of agriculture. neither expected to be taken up in the te. for the federal workers facing the reality of missing a ycheck, enough is enough. today they took their message from the afl-cio headquarters down to the white house, calling for the shutdown to end. news 4 corey smith talked to some of the demonstrators there. he's live at thearea. corey. >> i can tell you talking to these folks they're tired of

pinching pennies and they'regr you would be too if you knew payday was around the corner and no check on the way. federal employees and contractors who can't work ght their message to the white house. no paycheck, no peace, that was the rallying cry for the hundreds of furloughed government employees and contractors gathed outside of afl-cio headquarters this afternoon demanding an end to the shutdown. >> this isn't right. i feel like us federal workers are taken for granted and held hostage. >> reporter: these are the ma shinnists, treasury plemployees contractors who will be going thout a paycheck. >> i don't know how it's going to h apen. the bill backing up. >>le 80 0,000 employees are not gettg apaycheck, that's wrong. we must not let that happen. >> reporter: to more it's more

than a shutdown. >> it's a shakedown, brothers and sisters. it's aowshaked >> reporter: after the rally the group made the short journey to the white house. lifting their voices so the president could hear them while he visits the u.s./mexico border. furloughed usda employee brian made the trip from maryland he said thingsre getting tight for his wife and son. >> we haven't missed a paycheck yet but i know it's getting close. we're trying to cut back on expenses and make it through. >> reporter: he felt it was important for h son to dedemocracy in action. even as they protest the inaction of political leaders. >> it' g beend to have him around but terrible to havno money. >> reporter: corey smith, news4. economic experts estimate there are 100,000 government contractors out of a job tonight. i joined a few ofm t from

lunch today. you'll hear fro sonny and will, both terminated from their vernment contracting positions. >> the motivation behind toy's gathering, what was it? >> this is called lunch witho pay. >> i play on leave without pay, which is what we're doing. >> your last day was the 2t or 22nd? >> that friday. >> that friday before christmas. how did that play out? >> we were just all working to get everything done before the holidays and before the suspected shutdown. >> at that point we were assuming it would be maybe a few days or something. when did it become real crisis mode for you? >> when the kids tent back school, we realized that we were a few days away from missing an entire pay period. that's when it started to feel real. >> what are some of the financial stresses that come to think aboutstart to how long this is going to linger, because that's the

question mark? >> i'm going to have two kids in day care starting in february. our infant will be going to day care in february, and that's a couple hundred dollars a week o so. and that's -- that's going to add up really quickly. >> i ternk all f employee gs and contractors are at some point going f to have toe the reality that they need to make some hard choices. a stick aroun do the job that you love or you go and find something else because it pays the bills. and a job opportunity for those furloughed workers. fairfax county publicchools still looking for substitute teachers. earlier this week it announced a hiring event set tomorrow. there was so much interest that's now full. a second hiring day will be held on tuesday at the fairfax county public school's administration center in falls church. we have a list of the freebies, the discount for government workers.

go to our nbc washington app and search deals. s>> breaking right now, president trump' long-time legal fixer michael cohen says he will be testifying publically before congress next month. in a statement in just the last hour,oh c says he looks forward to having alatform to, giveote, full and credible account of the events which have transpired. cohen is coming to capitol hill after he pled guilt and was sentenced last mon to three years in prison for multiplai ca finance crimes. those related to alleged hush money payments made towo t women who said they had relationships with president trump. trump has denied the affairs. cohen will be testifying before the house oversight and reform committee on february 7th. >> breaking news from prince george's county where we're expecting a sentence any minute now in the shooting death of a prince george's county police detective, he was killed outside a police station you may recall

back in 2016, erika gonzalez at the live desk with the new developments from court. >> this has been an emotional hearing which b hn delayed numerous times. the hearing started minutes ago, and we're waiting to hear from the judge. n a2016 ford opened fire police station sparking a massive response from officers. detective colson was one of the responded he wa offduty, in plane clothes at the time, he was mistaken for being a suspect w and shot by a fellow officer. ford's brothers are also being sentenced for their role during that day. tracee wilkins is inside the courtroom and she's going to have a full report coming up in a few minutes.. d police are releasing new video tonight of a man they say was recently recording up a

woman's skirt outside the museum. this surveillance video shows the suspect walking around outside the museum where the newspaper front pages are on display. police say someone saw the suspect put his phone under the victim's skirt this past saturday afternoon. and when confronted, the suspect ran off. when we come right4 ack on newstonight, a quiet park in the district turnedme into a cri scene. but not in the way you might expect. ahead at 5:00, the search for the culprit who collected hundreds of tires from area shops and then dumped them into the woods. doug and amelia back to break down how much snow we're going to see and who's going to see the most. salt as high as you can see in this dome and road cws say in this dome and road cws say they are

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it's a blustery day ond theret's going to get colder. team coverage tonight, doug and amelia are standing by with a look at how much snow we c see. but first adam tuss live to tell us the strategy to treat the roads ead of time. >> reporter: absolutely wendy. they have been out aay in force in northern virginia and around our region. it's starting to pick up, the crews are out here on roads like lee highway makinal sure the brine solution goes down on the road they're not taking any toances and there's been even a little rush at the. road crews out in force. salt brineolion seemingly everywhere in northern virginia at the moment. >> they're back and forthright now filling up the tankers and spraying down the roads.

>> reporter: getting a birds eye view of it all. of course, how much snow you get depends on where you are. >> peanut butter it's on sale. >> reporter: per towels, toiletpaper, coffee, all necessities. the shovelsinre c out as well. dawn is out shopping she has a prediction, a small storm. >> i not feeling it. i might end up being surprised but i'm not fling it. >> reporter: what are the tricks? you flush the ice cubes down the toilet. >> my daughter where's her pajamas inside out. >> reporter: there are questions about the federalng roads b treated but the park service tells us those roads will be taken care of. 't taking hey ar chances at vdot. >> we have a high confivence le something is going to materialize. these other storms maybe something is going to materialize, maybe not.

but we have a high confidence this is going to happen. >> i'm feeling confident a couple inches is coming our way, it feels lik it, too. >> reporter: now we wait and see what develops. righow it is just cold out here. and you know, i think people t mi snowstorms. that's why they're treating this one, even though it might not pack a big punch. i don't know i you're paying attention there. that means doug has to turn his teddy bear pajamas inside out. >> are those the footie or regular? >> you don't think i've done that already? >> he has the >> he's been doing it all winter long. adam, thanks. our health and fitness expo go way to dodge the cold and snow and we are aten. >>day is not going to be a big issue. you'll be able to get there. even sunday not too worried aboutadhe and metro, there's a spot right underneath where we are.

doesn't get easier than that. we are going to see the snow in the next couple o dayshere. it's really saturday into the day on sunday. theiggest chance saturday night. as adam said, it is cold oth e. you need them, the gloves, hatsy scarves t was a cold day for sure. right now 35 degrees, winds out of the northwest 18. look at the wind chills right tw. this is as sun went down. 19 in gaithersburg and baltimore. it is a very cold night and it'o going continue to be this cold and up through the next few hours and into the day tomorrow. another cold day tomorrow, not quite as windy but still we deal with the winds and wind chill. snow shoe west virginia picking up 8 inches of snow. great news, liberty opening tomorrow. the pattern is changing so it's goteg to be b for the ski resorts this weekend and into next week as wellhe as colder

air sets in. because the colder air is here we have the snow. this is all snow, none ofhis falls as rain as far south as the nortincarolina line. saturday night, that's when we think we have the biggest chance for snow. sunday is the question mark, does the snow move back to the north or is it too far to the south? here's our snowfall totals. we jt had new information in. not a lot of changes. 1 to 3 inches down to d.c. three to 5 throughout the south. 4 to 6 back towards the mountains. but with e latest information we feel confident in this map as of right now. once again also expected to change a little as we make our way through the day tomorrow. >> this storm system still coming together. so when the storm comes together, which will be later tonight, that information is in ouromputer models and get a better handle of what's going to happen.

we want to see agreement in all computer models. for the most part we're seeing it now. i want to take you across the map countyy county. fredericks, martinsburg, fairfax, baltimore, 're talking about 1 to 3 inches there. that doesn't mean a dusting to three. it means a good 1 to 3 inches. head uth, south o 66, southern maryland, the northern neck, fredericksburg, ce wral, prinliam county, manassas, talking about 3 to 5 inche ere. back in thens mountround when you s wisp, 4 to 6 inches. so great news for the skiers and snow border of course i'm working this weekend not only at thne health and f expo, but right here, i would love to be getting the snowboard out this weekend. saturday morning it is jus fine out there. saturday afternoon as the snow

mos in, starting to see slick spots, the main roads most of them have been treated. saturday night the snow coming down at a pretty good clip t relati this storm system so going to be seeing some slick spots surday night. and as you said, sunday kind of the big question mark ande'll e the totals 3 to 5 south of 66 with an additional one to two after we pick up one to three on saturday. >> so most of us will see the bulk of the snow on saturday into saturday night. 36 on saturday, and as we look towas next ek. average high temperatures is down into the 40s. 42 o tuesday. back to the 30s.ch anothece of a mix next saturday. i feel like this has changed now. we've been on the mild side. i think the trend is cooler and stormier, winterm s towards the latter portion of january

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and watch last september as fire engulfed her prince george's county apartment building. she prayed her unit would be spared. and iwas. months later she says she's being blocked retrieving her belongings. chris gordon got involved and explains why there is a glimmer of hope for this tenant. >> reporte >> i hen't had a good night's sleep since this happened. my home and my possessions that i worked so hard epfor. >>ter: andrea franklin said she's been trying to get her possessions, family heirlooms and things she needs for her business since the fire in september. the fire department said it was arson,e 40 units wer destroyed, but not hers. she said everything inside her

apartmen was backed in plastic boxes because she was getting ready to move before the re. she said crews go in and out all the time. >> you asked them tofoetrieve it you? >> yes. >> they say? >> no. >> why? >> they keep saying it's too dangerous. >> today i went with her to the property manager's office, they put her in touch with theco orate office of quest management group. she was told they will put her in touchce with the insur carrier to see if they can get her belongings out. e you hope?s g >> i think it could happen. >> reporter: as far as the cause of the fire, prince george's county tells us that 32-year-old natasha joiner has been charged with arson. sheet the fire they say because she wasllegedly upset with her boyfriend. working for your health, the opioidc epidemi is affecting older women at an alarming rate,

gaccording to a newernment study. researchers say in the past 18 years overdes have quadruple amongomen between theges of 30 and 64. the biggest, including synthetic opiois. opio statistics show most people who died from these overdoses first used legitimate opioids. children are not having enough children to sustain the population. the fertility rate is 16% below what is needed for the population to replenish itself. d d.c. has the lowest fertility rate in the country. rates in maryland and virginia are also below the national average. two states, south dakota and utah have rates above the replacement level. researchers say economics, fewer teen pregnancies may play a role

in these lower birthrates. workers 70,000 federal call prince george's county home are being hit hard by the shutdown. joint coming up, the effort that involves the county government, businesses, churches, and charities to help ease the pain. i'm mark graves, coming upse

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news4 at 5:00. one of the coldest nights we've seen this winter with the wind chill, 24 in d.c. everybody will be in the teens by early tomorrow morning starting off on a cold note for your friday. into the weekend, that sets the stage for snow coming on saturday. we'll break it down for you, show you when it moves in, when to expect the strongest. we're tking impacts for your weekend, both saturday and sunday, plus the updated snowfall total map. we'll see you back here in about 15 minutes. we're also o following all the latest on the federal shutdown. tomorrow will tie for the longest ever. and io will a mark a missed paycheck for some 80 on -- 800,000 federal workers. president trump took his to the southern border

>> they need a barrier, they need a wall. if you don't have it, is nothing but hard work and grueling problems. it if we can't convince the president, then mcconnell give us a vote on the floor of the united states senate for the bipartisan legislation. >> refring to measure passed by the house with some republican support. thoseld bills wave funded individual agencies without border wall money. some help is on the way tonight for thousands of federal workers in prince george's county. >> the county is teeming up with utility companies, businesses, nonprofits to help ease the burden for furloughed workers. >> derriard joins us live with the details. >> reporter: we're here outside the nasa space flight center. this is aedal facility in prince george's county where they do control for some of the missions right now, like the

hubbell space telescop down here on the ground in prince george's county they're doing what they can to see some of the people's lives don't crash and burn. the shelves at the pantry at the ministry cen are teaming like well-stocked grocery store. it helps people year round but the past few days the need has grown thanks to the partial shutdown of the federal government. >> now it's going up to possibl 10 to 15 more families a day. >> reporter: the county is home to some 70,000 workers, many of whom aren'tf working because the shutdown. >> when we do service people it's with dignity and respect. >> reporter: the pressure will be on for some come tomorrow. >> many of our neighbors are suffering today. we anticipate as of tomorrow that many of our neighbors and friends andoved ones will wake up and feel the stress of not having received a paycheck. >> reporter: she stood with

representatives of the united way and local utilities, teaming up to bridge the cap the shutdown has created. >> we want to make sure our customers can heat their homes. we'll work with our customers. >> you'll find there are families just needing to talk with someone. >> as thisicdness goes on downtown, and i believe this is a me of great peril, to let them know we have their back. >> reporter: now i asked the county executive whether or not they would be seeking some sort of remuneration from the federal government because this is going to cost. they're dipping into some funds and elntually it w cost the county. they said they don't know yet because they d't know how much it's going to cost because no one knows how long it will last, but they're in it for the long haul. so many basics we all take for granted, foo and at, especially now.

derrick, thanks so much. news4 working for you this impact the government shutdown has on mental health. s doctor the uncertainty of what's to come is quite stressful. the financial worry can make people short tempered and a psychiatrist said too mh downtime can also be dangerous. >> an idle mind is not a healthy mind. if you're idle, you're more likely to start thinking about things that maybe are worrying you or not going well in your life. all of this has a compounding negative affect on you. >> there are ways to ease the xi y. first he suggests trying to to bed,th a routine, get up the same time you normally would. think of the time a off an opportunity to finish the to do lists. andne of the medical marijuana dispensaries is offering a way to relieve stress. they're giving federal workers

with their marijuana cards a 20% discount, it's good on products such as ebles and vaping cartridg cartridges. customers have to show their id. they plan toffer the discount as lonas the shutdown goes on. imagine walking throu your park and finding hundreds of tires. one mans i responsible for these tires. mark segraves tells us how the dump busters is responsible or tracking down the culprit. >> reporter: this normally train quill wooded park in southeast is now a crime scene. an environmental crime after one man dped hundreds of used tires here. >> it's absolutely unurceptable in city. >> reporter: tommy wells and chief were on hand today as

their environmental crimes team, known t as dump busters, along with volunteers worked shoulder shoulder cleaning up the dump site. one of those volunteers was deb jackson. >> it's distracting. >> she had the day off because she's a federal worker. >> i'm furloughed and one of my resolutions was do morewo volunteer . >> reporter: police tell us the suspect they say is responsible for dumping these hundreds of tires heres also responsible for dumping more than 1,000 tires throughout the city. anrrest warrant has been issued for 56-year-old deron mcdonald who police s dumped the tires. sources close to the investigatio say he stole one of these rental trucks and used it to dump tires he hauled off from shops whoaid him. >> we're going to find out where the tires came from and see if there isn't some criminal

behavior. >> reporter:he suspe was identified by using surveillance cameras like this one that the dump busters place in raareas known for dumping. as the year they made 130 arrests of people dumping everything from construction debris, householditems, to toxic waste. police hope to have the latests ct in custody very soon. mark segravesnews4. you can get a progress report on the purple line in a fews, ho there's one at 7:00 at college park city ha. county and transportation officials will be talking about how construction is impacting the area. the purple line as you know connecting new carrollton to da beth but the washington post reports it's a year bind schedule. the teams behind the project say it could open as late as 2024. some students sued, some community members complain.

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monday? doug and i will have that outlook coming up in ten minutes. the school board in arlington expecting to vote tonight on whether to change the name of washington lee high school. it i named after george washinon and confederate robert e. lee. the committee recommending naming it washington loving high school. in the 1960s the interracial couples challenged laws that banned interracial marriage and their work led to the suptme co striking down those laws. the explosive, seri surviving r. kelly, is putting the spotlight back on sexual assault allegations against the singer and sparking protests with the hashtag mute r kelly. this was the seen last night outside his studio. it detls sexual abuse

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storm teamin 4 tra some snow expected to be here this weekend. it's not an easy foreitst. a le tricky. doug and amelia are back in a few minutes to tell you the latest. breaking news, we have a sentence for the man convicted of killing a prince george's county police officer. w michael for sentenced to 195 years in prison. ford's brothers were also sentenced for the role. malik ford got 20 years. elijah received 12. in 2016 ford opened fire on a policetation in landover, m sparkingsive response from officers. detective colson was one of the officers who responded he was off duty, in plain cloth and he was mistaken for being one of the attackers. he was accidentally shot by a

fellow officer. a jury convicted for lt year of second degree murder. we'll have a live report coming up in e 6:00 hour. so stay with us for that. studio. you guys in the s > toyota is adding another 1.7 million vehic their recall list. there's a problem with front passenger air bag inflay or thes. toyota tells us tonight they could explode with too much force sending sharp metal fragments in the air. it involves scion and lexus vehicles made between 2003 and 2013. owners should immediately take their car to the dealers to get em fixed for free. an news4 responds toin a vi woman who believes a major auto maker is putting her danger.

there was a recall issued for a dect i've air bag censer, but her model yr was included even though she has the same problem. susan hogan joins us to tel how she was able to help. >> reporter: thiis acenario advocates say happen more often than youthink. you have a defect, but your car wasn't included leaving you no choice but to pay for the repai yourself. >> every time connie turns on her car, there w's a reminder w she's alone in the front seat. it's this blinking yellow light, letting her know there's a problem. inspection by a local dealership let her know her 2009 infinity has a faulty air bag sensor, and it's not fixed the e passenger sid air bag may not work in ta crash.

>> i searchonline to see if it's a common problem. connierter: not only did find there was a problem, she found there was a recall o more or a 100,000 nissans similar issue. but the problem for connie, her car wasn't on the recall. >> i have to pay it myself. >> we found more complaints from nissan and infinity owners all withehicles outside t recall. >> every repair and recall is a littleit different but unfortunately because there's money involved, it costs manufacturers money tall and repair vehicles. they have an incentive to limit the span of the years or themo ls involved in a recall. >> reporter: that's why, he sa, it's so important for consumers who have issues with their vehicles to filela a cot with nitsha and the manufacturer. >> the way recalls happen and

the modelre years selected is basedn how many complaints are out there. are they finding the defect acroultiple model years. >> reporter: in connie's case, her year was produced almost two the recalr production dates. she brought her car in october 2009 and it's now more than five years outside her warranty period. even so, after he contacted infiniti, the auto maker offered to cover all but 1,000 of her repairs. >> does it make it better? >> it makes it a little better but i don't understand why i have to pay for their defective components that put my' passengeives in danger. if you have a consumer issue you need help sving you can contact us through the nbc wanington app or our website. all you have to do is search responds. this is a complaint that we hear so often from our viewers.

>> how expensive. >> who knew you had to apply or complain to >> you have to file a complaint on safercar.gov. it's always being monitored. power in numbers for sure. >> good to know. >> wow. we want to turn to doug and the forecael. something me you're going to be using your remote srter warm up your car tonight. >> absolutely. >> it's cold getting innow. >> so many of the cars these days have them. you need to do that for sure'r because talking a cold night. one of the coldest we've seen so far this winter. it's not saying a whole lot, we haven't had a lot of cold air, but it' here now and here to stay. 35 degrees, dropping into the 20s by 10:00, 11:00 tonight. the numbers already in the teens for wind chills.

up to 18, 19 in baltimore. a cold night for sure. that leads us to snow. how much are we going to see? what's the timing of it? saturday at 2:00 and snowing around our area. this will be light snow to start. you'll be seeing it steadily increase in the afternoon. we think the bulk comes down in the evening hours on saturday. if you have dinner plans saturday night, that's one thing you want to watch out on sunday we get a lull here. not much going on d.c. to the north, maybe a few flurries but that's it. to the south maybe we're still picking up some snow. and does this storm, the n ot portio it, the secondary portion, does it come up? thel european m brings it close to d.c., especially in the southern zones. howevewe're goi to wait and ee just how far north this gets. here we are on sunday, fredericks not snowing,

fredericksburg still seeing snow. 1 to 3 inches frederick and baltimore. 3 to 5 downut in the let's take you region by region and let's talk about the impacts, amelia has those in the storm center. >> as you were showing. if you' going to be out saturday night, this is when snow is most likely. you mightant to reconsider the dinner plans or continue to monitor the forecast. church on sunday, snow is possible. but like doug was showing you, there's a potential for a break as well. it's really saturday night we think the area is going to be under the gun for the most accumulation for the storm system. how about the commute and schools o monday? based upon the amount and the timing right now, it seems like everybody is going to be back te bu by 9:00 a.m. at the

latest, potentially a littleit earlier. south of 66 maybe some school delays, maybe an isolated two.ellation or how about our bread meter, not stock up for a week. d.c. metro area and areas to the north. if your pantry is empty, definitely want t t go the grocery store. south of 66 probably go out and grab a loaf with to 5 inches there. for most of us this isooking ke a low to moderate impact event. an inch at least is highly likely, 80%. chances for or more coming in at 40%. and right now we're really not seeing eight inches or more of snow with this event across the entire region. most of us 1 to 3 and southab t 3 to 5. >> the cold air sticks around think we couldwe have problems on the roadways saturday into sunday, because the temperature are right arount

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