firm all or nothi on the wall, more republicans are voting to reopen the government and workers without pay, they want some action. >> hopeoesn't pay the bills. patriotism doesn't pay the bills. >> announcer: news4 at 6:00 starts now. before we get to our team coverage of the sn we have snow to talk about. good evening i'm dor gents ler. >> i'm leon harris. we saw pnty of sun but it wasce ptive. the wind gusts made it cold outside. and a cold end to theea week the snow is going to come and stick. >> pretreating area roads today. even mor will hit the roads the closer we get to saturday. >> we start with storm team 4. doug and amelia with the latest on the forecast and the potential snow totals. >> talking about this snow, this is not a major impact event. h itpening over the weekend,

saturday into sunday. thinking this is more ofow a to potentially moderate event for most of us. >> as we're tracking temperatures well below freezing, it is going to be slick even though we don see the snow pile up high. >> look at the wind chill, 25 d.c., 19 hagers town. winds still gusting 20 to 30 miles per hour. still going to be a windy day tomorrow like it was today. maybe a little bit less than today by about 5 toes 10 mer hour. setting the stage for saturday. here it is on saturday coming nrough around noon saturday. night, here we are around 9:00 by the time we're out to dinner or getting out to dinner, that's when it starts coming down. we think some will be on sunday, especially for some o us. our brand new updated snowfall total map i have that for you.

but again, cold and blustery today and tomorrow. snow late saturday and sunday and accumulation likely across the entire region. we think most, if not all, of us will something else we expect to see tomorrow, paychecks. it's payday, friday, but it's clear some 800,000 workers will not be getting tir paychecks because of the government shutdown. >> manyho of federal workers took to the streets chanting a warning, no paycheck, noac pee. >> no paycheck, no peace. >> feder workers in d.c. ouse d to the white demanding to go back to work. >> but president trump wasn't there to see them. he went to a border station in texas on a trip that even he disparaged in advance asto a pho opportunity. he told reporters on tuesday that his comnications team talked him into the trip. >> the shutdown is more than a

photo op foral workers, contractors and the businesses that rely on them.xa blayne aer is here to pick up the story. >> reporter: i spent some time out there today talking to those federal remployees. yolly get the sense that what maybe starteds frustration has given way to real anger and in some cases desperation. with no pay tomorrow this takes the shutdown to a newlevel. remember, they have no way of knowing when they'll get paid again. >> the shutdn hasot togo. >> reporter: for almost a million americans it's been nearly three weeks of uncertaint i >> i have a when this is going to end. it's killing us. >> reporter: of anger. >> it's very frustrating and a hard way to live. >> reporter: with each passing day, growi fear. >> it hurts. e can't pay our bills, the doctors, the mortgages. >> reporter: this t is reality of the more than 800,000 federal workers caught in the middle of the government shutdown.

across the country thousands of ployees and supporters taking to the streets with a message to washington. >> some way, make it happen. put everybody back to work and u get thery moving again. this is ridiculous. >> reporter: they need relief. but lawmakers apparently not even close. >> we've gone around and around and aroun with the white house and made little progress. >> reporter: for the 2 straight day, president trump and democrats locked in the same stalemate with noign of movement. >> the people that will be paid but maybe a little bi later, those people many of them are on my side. theyant to see border security. >> we absolutely sport border security, he's right about that. but we do not need the government to get that. w reporter: now, thousands left waiting forhington to get that message. and two federal employee unions have sued the trump administration over tays shutdowng it's illegal to make employees work without

getting paid. >> blayne alexander thank you. it's an estimate nearl 300,000 government contractors are out of work because of the sho shutdown. we sat down with a groupf them who have been terminated from their jobs. and unlike the furloughed employees they likely willot get back pay. >> when did it become a crisis modeo you? >> when the kids went back to school, we realized we were a few days away from missing an of, you know, iod being able to get paid. that's when it started to feel that's when you start to really clamp down on your family's decisions. you know, going out, not going out. can it wait to buy something? >> what are some of the financial stresses that come to mind as you start to think about how long this is going to because that's still t

question mark? >> i'm going to have two kids in day care starting infebruary our infant will be going to day care in brry, and that's $800 a week or so. and that'soing to add up really quickly. nd your last day was the 21st or 22? >> it was that friday before christmas. >> how did that dou play >> we were just all working to get every holidays and before the suspected shutdown. >> at tret point we assuming it would be maybe a few days or something. >> thein motivation b today's gathering, what was it. >> this is called lwop, lunch without pay. >> hopefully leave without which is what we're doing right now. it was very nice to see everyoneveryone that's one of the things you miss not being at work, not seeing your colleagues who you thke and respect and enjoy spending time >> do either of you have any

hope? >> i'm not sure what to think. logically i think this can't go on forever, but i don't know. >> hope dsn't pay the bills. patriotism doesn'tay the bills. >> reporter: david, culv news 4. >> the longer the shutdown goes on, the likelihood it could have a devtating impact on the .ation's economy, your wallet and your heal here's a look at the possible doomsday scenariownf the shutasts for months instead of weeks. oo the end of february some 38 million people on stamps may not get snap funding. 2 million people who rely on rental assistance could get evicted. an refunds for 6 million americans they could be layed. as we've been talking about the 800,000ederal workers, they still won't be getting paid.

tsa agents could walk off their jobs. and national parks which are already struggling to keep their facilities clean, they'd likely have to close down completely. the fda has stopped some food inspections and that' raising risks for outbreaks which could affect millions of people. the stock mkets have been volatile as of late and they ould tank as chaos and uncertainty stretches on. after we scared you toat if you want good news, experts tell us this is extremely unkely because the hope is an increase in walkouts, protests and outrage will force the president and congress to act. >> let's hope. now to the law the president has repeatedly threatening to invoke that could put a stop to all of this. the natio a law passed in 1976. it gives presidents the broad authority to take action in a

crisow and all them to redirect mroey appved by the congress. the law was moved after the 9/11 attacks and used during the spread of swine flu. should the president use it, he'll likely face lal challenges right away. today house speaker nancy pelosi democrats say what would do if the president exercises that option. our team coveref the shutdown and its impact on people missing the paychecknt ues on the nbc washington app and every ten minutes here on news4 in the nbc "nightly news" at 7:00. ew breaking from prince george's county now. three brothers sentenced today in connection wit the death of prince george's county police detective colson. the sentencing just haown and tracee wilkins just walked out of the courtroom. this was a long and emotional hearing today. wh was the outcome?

> reporter: well, there were a lot of conversations in that courtroom. statementsade about brothers and brotherly love and prote protecting one another. and also questions o justice and whether justice has been served in this particular case. the sentences for michael ford, 195 years, his brother malik 20, his younger brother elijah 12 years. what came out in court is that thehofficer was some 30 seconds after a cease-fire and after michael ford was disarmed and on the ground. the colson family veryupset about the way this trial went. his mother said, io not understand for the life of me why officer tailor kraus killed my son. i ome to the realization that he was murdered because he was black. there was emotion and grief inside a prince george's county courtroom as family and friends

describe the loss of police officer colson. he whot and killed by another officer in 2016 it happened after a chaotic exchange after michael ford opened fire on the police station. in court ford said it wasn attempt to commit suicide by cop. his brothers, malik and elijah pled guilty to conspiracy to commit murder. police say elijah recorded his video will. malik drove him to the police station and when healked in e wrong direction he wedirected him to the right police station. en colson's parents the opportunity to address the court, they said thecu proon was incomplete and tarnished. they called the trial rigged. cols's father said whatever sentence you impose to the rds, taylor krause, the officer accused of shooting

officer colson belongs in e same prison, same cell block. krause is stillment he was foun criminally responsible for the shooting. the police partment calling i friendly fire. in the courtroom today, the colsons say they do believe the ford broths needed as much time for what happened, they believe they were ill, michael apologized to the f colsonily and the family made it clear they have not received an apology from officer krse. mark your calendars for february 7th. president trump's former fixer and long-time personal lacoer, michaen will testify in front of the house oversight reform committee and do it in last month he was sentenced to three years in prison. his crimes include making secret payments to two women and lying

to congress about the president's business dealings with russia. mr. trump told reporters today he's not worried about cohen's testimony. we showed you the protests here in washington. coming uext at 6:00 we'll he from the workers who came out today demanding to get back to work. will the shutdown impact snowplows or treatments on federal usad? adam t getting answers to that. doug and amelia bac hey! havertys is having a big sale. #newliviroom you know, people don't actually use hashtags when they talk. #thisgirldoes like that. no one ever does that. #havertysboom stop it. #youstopit havertys 2019 kickoff is on

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their snow total map today, coming up in about 30 minutes. as hundreds of thousands of federal workers are preparing to ss a paycheck because of the partial government shutdown many say they had >> large crowds gathered today calling for an end to the standoff between the president and congress. >> corey i smith downtown with demonstrators' calls to reopen the government. >> reporter: the paychecks that won't be coming tomorrow means mortgages will be going unpaid, s unpaid. parents can't afford to pay tuition for their kids. after today's march and rally, the message isr, cl the shutdown needs to stop and it needs to stop now. no paycheck, no peace. lying cry for the hundreds of furloughed government eloyees and contractors gather this nmternoon demanding an end to

the partial govert shutdown. >> it has to end and it has to end now! >> reporter: these are the machinists, the treasury employees, the contractors who will be going without pay tomorrow. >> we want our pay. >> reporter: tonya has ten years of government service under her lt, the pride she feels working for her country is waning. >> i feel lik bum. today is two weeks since the last time i worked.it only so much you can do. i'm unemployed. >> that is morally wrong. that is economically wrong. and we mu not let that happen. >> reporter: fter the rally the group made the journey to the white house. >> end this shutdown! >> rorter: lifting their voices so the president could hear them while he visits the u.s./mexico border. furloughed usda employee brian de the trip from maryland. he said things are getting

tight. >> we've been trying to cut back on expenses. >> reporter: he felt it was importantor his son to see democrtiy in on, even as they protest the action of political leaders. >> it's been good to have him around, but terrible to have no money. >> reporte now i've been talking to federal employees and contractors over the course of the 20 days. at the beginning they would say both sides are going to come to their senses this will end soont you talk them now and that optimism is pretty much gonet' >>s hard for all of usli to bee this has gone on this long.o you haveeel strongly about your cause to be out protesting in that cold bitte wind. >> it was cold. it was all wind. temperatures were still below average around 37, 38 degrees. the sun wasg. shin that's a normal winter day. >> with the wind. >> it blowsight through you. winds gusting 30 to 40 miles an

hour today. we still see them out there today. outside right now currently looking at a fairly nice shot here, but take a look, the numbers, down to 34 now. winds out of the northwest 13 miles an hour, still seeing them gust 20 to 30 miles per hour. with the wind. down to 17 in manassas. gathersburg at 16 degrees. annapolis around 29. so a nvery, very coldht and it's going to stay that way the next couple days, too. satellite radar not showing much. snow back to est in the mountains. better for the ski resorts. snowshoe picking up 8 inches. tomorrow.pening they've been closed but they'll be open tomorrow. it's going to be a great weekend for the ski resorts because they'll be able to make snow. here's saturday 8:00 a.m., dry early saturday morning. watch as t snow moves in by around noon, in the bright

white, that is very lht snow making its way in here. it's the darker colors, the purple colors,'s in a where you get steady know. rday s around 8:00 sa night. just in time to head out to dinner or the movies, that's the time to watch the roadways. notice sunday morning a little bit of a lull as an area of low pressure develops off the coast. that secondary low does it move forward enough to th northo give us more snow sunday afternoon. we'res.aying to the south we're looking at three to five. even more back towards the rwes. more, let's go to amelia. dhe'll take us region by region. >> aro the beltway and to the north you'll see les snow. this includes montgomery county, the district, low don, fredericks county. you can anticipate 1 to

3 inchesav the second doug just showed you that moves in on sunday is gog to add an additional one to twonches south of 66. bringing totals here in purple inch to 5 this is king george county, prince william county, maryland, and culpepper counties you'll pick up about 3 to 5 inches. in the higher elevations picking up about 4 to 6 inches and maybe a little bit more. as you saw with future weather starting out saturday morning, no problems, the roads are still going to be dry. as snow moves in we'll start to see som slick spots develop saturday rnafoon, especially on the side roadsaturday night when snow is falling at a pretty good rate out there, we'll be tracking slick spots for sure. i'll be in saturda night updating the forecast. doug will be in sunday morning updating the forecast. but at this point, high

likelihood, 100% chance we're dealing with snow. but a low to moderate impact event. the forecast still evolving so we'll still be taking it. but maybe some school delays south of washington monday. >> absolutely. we could see a couple delays out there. saturday and sunday the snow ends. monday it's gone and the cold air sticking around through next week average high 43, we're below average the next 10 days. this is a pattern change. i think we'll stay on oe cold si things be we'll have a better chance of winter storms at the end o january into february. >> betting on big snow, though? keeping us tune >> thank you,g. dou he's hoping. next, the push to ease the pain of the shutdown for thousands of federal workers. >> they're struggling to know when it's gng to end and struggling to deal with the here and now. >> coming up what prince george's county is doing toelp

with everything from school lunches to utilities. local family says two turned away were from visiting a newborn at the hospital. they say it's a case of discrimination. >> he

a lot of federal workers are struggling to figure out which to feed pay and how their families this weekend. >> with no end to the shutdown in sit, it's falling to local governments, nonprofits and charities to step in and help out. >> reporter: here at the nasa space flight center? greenville, they've kept enough people on to make sure theio mi in flight now stay thatunty

they're doing the same thing with families who are affected by the government shutdown.ri here ine george's county, where an estimated 70,000 federal workers live and work at places like the federal center or usda or nasa, the shutdown is reaching that critical point, that first msed paycheck. the county executive has a message for those affected. >> to let them know we have their >>back. eporter: today the government, the united way, utilities and local businesses announced a joint ef a coming together to ease the shutdown pain, which so far has no end in sight. >> we anticipate as of tomor mw thy of our neighbors and friends and loved ones will wake up andeel the stress of not having received a paycheck. >> some are showing up at thelo l empowerment centers. >> we've had talk about food asstance, rental sistance. those are critical because shelter and food you can'tive

without. >> reporter: across town, usually they see0 milies tops on a given day, that was before the shutdown. >> now that's gradually going up to possibly ten to5 re families a day. >> we do know that many families are struggling and they're struggling to understand how this is going to play out. they're struggling to know when it's going to end and streagling to with the here and now. >> reporter: i asked the county executive whether or not they'd seek some compensation from the federal government for they spend to keep people going, she said she didn'tnow yet because she didn't know how long the shutdown will last. right now president trump is on his way back to next at 6:30 his message on the u.s./mexico border and the debate over whether he can declare a national emergency to pay for that wall. regular trash pick up about mall.ume on the national what's changed to get it up and

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you know we're talking snow making its way here on saturday. everyone i thiur on sy has a chance of getting over an inch of snow. snow ming in saturday afternoon and right around noon in some locations. but reallyng up saturday night, early sunday, and possibly again on sunday. chances over an inch likely, l75%. wealk more about the timing and the impacts. amelia joins me again in about 15 minutes. with the snow on the way, road crews tell uhey aren't

taking any chances even on federal roads. >> adam tuss is live tonight, he has a look at the preparations under wayadn the what are you seeing out there, adam? >> reporter: i can tel you that road crews tell me they're at aboutpa 100% ty with their salt, with their solutions and have been hard at work in lot ern virginia, laying a of that down on the roads. a lot of drivers probably noticing tert out and now the question is how much are we going to get? will we get something measurable? >> i'm feeling confident a waple inches is coming our >> reporter: or not so much. going t't think it's be much. i'll be surprised if it' a big one. >> reporte while road crews certainly believe something is coming. >> so they're just back and fohright now filling up the tanker going out with the crash cue shons and spraying down the road.

>> reporter: how much snow you you are.ds on where doesn't stop the run to the store. >> peanut butter it's on sale. reporter: paper towels, toilet paper, necessities. the shovels are coming out as well. dawn is out shopping and continues to doubt what's coming. >> i don't eeow. i'm notng it. i might end up being surprised but i'm not feeling it. >> reporter: we have to cross our fingers? youhe flush ice cubes? >> my daughter turns heras paj inside out. >> reporter: there are questions of the federal roadsng bei treated because of theut government wn. they tell us the roads are being taken care of. vdot is not taking chances. we have a high level that something is going to materialize. some of the other storms maybe we get something, maybe we don't, but we have a high confidence it's going to happen. >> reporter: now w wait and see what develops. guys, crews in maryland hav

been out today as well, d.c. hit thetell me they'll road tonight. so you'll see more of a buildup as we head toward the weekend. i kind of want snow -- >>what? >> -- i want to see it at this point in time. we haven't see it in quite some time. >> you would say that. now you're tekammerer. get out of here. financial fear and anxiety boiling over for hundreds of thousands of workers. today president trumpteent to s to explain why he believes his battle over a border wall is worth keeping those people out of work. jay grayn is livee border. he has a closer look at the presidens visit and the fall out. >> reporter: we're along an area border. a you can see it here. but a couple feet away it gives way to al nor chain linked fence. the president says he expec to

have a barrier or something that extends the distance t between u.s. and mexico. and he said it'll be paid for by congress or a national emergency declaration. presiden gtrump on theund in south texas. the outer edge of the country at the center of a growing g controversy iernment shutdown. >> the wall or the steel barrier, they can have any name they want, but we have to have it. and it's going to happen. >> reporter: as he sits down for a round table discussion with border agents, poll situations and delocals. cratic leaders in washington continue to question his motives. i don't think he wants solution. i think he loves the distractmn this is f his other problems. >> house speaker nancy pelosi insisting, bipartisan solutions to border security have been put on the table. >> there's a better away, more effective way to protect --se t re our borders and that is

what the debate should be about. >> reporter: right now, though, there is no bate. negotiations have collapsed. and as he's briefed by officials along the rio grand, president trump appears to be strongly considering the controversial option of declaring a national emerge ty for fundibuild his border wall. and if he uses that option, the money to build that wall will likely com from funding already tagged for the defense department. >> jay gray. reporting live thank you, jay. closero home, the national park svice says the plan to resume trash collection, urgent in the k at parks district despite the shutdown. park offls say they plan to pay for the services with money they collected from entrance fees. for the past three weeks been picking up the trash and doing it at a cost of $50,000 a week to city

the fairfax county school system is hiringd furloug workers as substitute teachers. a job fairet for tomorrow is at capacity. school officials set up a second hiring evente it'll held next tuesday. there ar forms you need to fill out before you go. you can findnf moremation in our nbc washington app. coming tomorrow for hundreds of thousands of federal workers. >> but mortgages, rent, utility andredit cardills are all still coming due. upnext, susan hogan iki wng for you with advice on getting ienancial r during the shutdown.r: >> repor well known muslim wemily is speaking out after they say the discriminated agnst by two fair oaks hospital employees.

a whole lot of anxiety tonight for 800,000 federal employees. >> many of those workers are nervous about their finances and thetomino effec this shutdown could create for em susan hogan is working for you for what you can tolessen the blow. >> a majority of workers likely tonight have enough savings. a recent survey found 78% of americans live paycheck-to-paycheck. for those of you with a mortgage, some lenders are offering assistance programs to federal employees impacted by the shutdown such as waiving late fees. but you need to contact your lender immediately to let them know of your fosituation. those of you who rent, contact property managersr your landlord, see if you can work out a payment plan with them. or at the least ask if they'll waive a late fee as well. same thing goesar with credit companies. contact them now and ask if

th'll waive your late fee or pay only the minimum amount. consider taking out a short term loan. some banksin are offfurlough loans to those federal employees who have their paychec depot sited into a checking or savings account. saryom line, cut all unnec spending and again, we cannot stress this enough. be pro active and talk with your creditors now. only on news 4, what should have been a moment of joy turns to one of humiliation and disbelief. a local family saying discrimination when two grandparents came to visit a baby. >>e screams and said you're not allowed to be here. you lookscary. >> coming up, what the hospital has to say about all this. the wind chill going to be a factor early tomorrow morning. when the wind is blowing, it'll

feel like the teens out there. but what about the snow shovels for the d? i have the updated forecast, including the s including the s no z34hbz z16fz y34hby y16fy whawhat does it feel like?ke?

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i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk with the latest on day 20nm of the govert shutdown. two fortunate milestones ahead. tomorrow federal workers miss their first paycheck. and saturday this will become the longest. shutdown in u history. with democrats standing firm in their refusal to provide more than $5 billion for a border wall, there are mountingin cations that president trump plans to bypass congress and declare a national emergency so

that heen can usegon funds. "the washington post" reports tonight that the white house has begun laying the ground work for the declaration. the effort includes searching for unused money in the budget and that declaration might endo the shu but it might also set a off a fire storm of opposition. democrats and other critics say they are concerned about government overreach. more on the declaration plansp coming on nbc "nightly news." back over to you. they call it the day of mortification. a local muslim family is speaking to news4 about an incident of alleg religious discrimination. they say the hurtful words came from hospital employees. in a story you'll see only on news4, julie carey reports that despite making a forma complaint this family is looking

for an a explanation andion against the employees. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a joyous occasion in early december, these grandparents and other relatives wento visit a new important at the fair oaks hospital. instead they said they experienced shock and humiliati humiliation. visiting hours were nearly over when theyri to enter the service center when they were confronted by a security guard. >> he screams and he says you look scary. >> reporter: the family was ordered downst wrs andn the newborn's father learned how his mother and sister had been treated he said he told the guard w his actioe disrespectful. then the guard brought in the head nursend things got worse. >> we were trying to explain our side of the stor and he told my mother close your mouth or we'll kick you out.

nobody wants you. here >> reporter: when he continued to defend his family, the supervisor called police. >> surprising to me. you know, first of all we weren't threatening i way. no one had, you know, done anything. >> reporter: after speaking with officers who he said were calm and helpful, the family left the hospital but severalte regisd formal complaints about the incident. the whole matter was more hurtful because they once were chap lanes. >> we've beeng liv here for 20 plus years. i haven't witnessed that extent -- you know, discrimination to this extent. nova issued the statement saying believes that all patients have the right to respectful safe environment free from all forms of discrimination. the anti-discrimination policy

was reviewed a all of our meetings. the company said they're reviewing the concerns and offered the family an invitation to meet. >> reporter: that family not satisfied they refuse to come to the meeting until they can tell me them the result o the investigation and what action has been taken. in fairfax county, julie carey, news4. as we try to plan ahead for a weekend with snow, doug is here to >> my biggest concern the whole time, will i be able to sled. that's been a bigg. th >> you raised the sledding issue early in the week and got our hopes up. >> you didn't tell us the threshold. >> it's 3 inches. you need to cover the grass to get there. you can do it in 2 inches but it quicklyea down. so i'm worried about that right now. i was thinking we could getn 3 inches d.c. yesterday, right now about 1 to 3.

that's jt on the sledding threshold. to the south a better chance. out there right now, 33 degrees, wind chill with the winds gusting upwards of 20 miles per hour. by 1:00. wind chills in the teens by tomorrow morning. they're already there now. 17 manassas and 29 towards annapolis. what are we going to be dealing here comes the snow friday into saturday making its way across the country. st. louis, south of st. louis 12 inches ere, 8 to of snow. that's not what we're going to see. we're going to see much less snow. saturday, here we are around 2:00, arewide around 2:00 we'll see the snow. so how much snow? like i mentioned, 1 to 3 in the d.c. area. areas around frederick and leesburg.

sleeding you can do it but it might be tough. much better here on sunday in fredericksburg and warrenton. all the skiing, liberty reopening tomorrow as well. you and i both working thisen we so no skiing for us, it is going to be nice for the skiers. impact for everyone else is different. >> overall this is a low to moderate impact event out there p. if you have plans saturday night, mbe dinner or a movie, we're tracking widespread snow at that poi, you m want to reconsider the plans or monitor the forecast. church on sunday, at this c poi ld be getting a break in the action but snow is possible. 50/50 heading to church that you're dealing with some snow. the commute on monday, we're back to business as usual by abou 8:00, 9:00 a.m. at the latest. check it out, your chance for one inch or more high, 80%.

the chance for 4 or more inches in the d.c. metro area 40%.ha thee of 8 inches or more, at's less than 10%. we do not that in the forecast. the d.c. metro area and to the north picking up one to three inches. south seeing 3 to 5 inches and most of it falling in a second wave that happens sunday. where's our bread meter at right now? for the metro area andrt to the if your pantry is empty you probably want to head to the grocery store, i recommend saturdayg. morn south of 66 we're getting into that grab a loaf range out there with abo 3 to 5 inches. we have to say this forecast, even the storm system is coming together and evolving so we're going to continue to tweak the forecast. >> looking at the extended forecast. i think you'll be at a two-day supply or get ready for the week as far as other storms are tconcerned. nos one. this one some snow through the

day saturday into sunday. and o stayingthe cold side here all the way through next week. i'll get out of your way so you can see it. still on the cold side. next saturday a chance of a mix of some rain, snow, sleet there. i do expect a stormier and colder pattern, meaning yes, lots of loaves possibly a we make our way into the end of and february. >> i'm thinking cheddar biscuits. that's what i'm thinking. >> that's right. cold weather, you're about the food quality, i guess. we're excited about the nbc 4 health and fitness expo this weekend. this is going on no matter what happens with the snow. you can get down there easily by taking metro to the washington convention center. we'll be there saturday and sunday withe medical screenings, celebrity guests and fitness opportunities to try out. it's all free. w> if you can't ride metro,

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this is the xfinity sports. de >> thank you, sherry for reminding us of thess strange between the bruins and caps tonight. d of the underlying story line. who doesn't love a pest in the n nhl. you have to think back to the start of the season. yo can't forget t incredible win, washington shutting outbohe on bruins, 7-0. that win standing out for an scident tha happened after all thecoring was finished. but nicklas backstrom was taking part in morning skate toy. he'll play tonight after missing the last game with an illness. they'll need hy if tnt to

make it 14 straight wins against boston. one guy who could be busy, tom wilson. missed opening night when marchand took exception after the caps scored their secondal go he didn't want to comment on the incident or possible pay back butoc knowsy players don't forget. >> i think just guys remember. just memory. i think people can remember a few months back.so can only speak for myself, i don't know about the other guys.av you would to ask them. >> i'm not too worried about it. he gets a lot of publicity for, you know, his shenanigans, but it's -- w it ishat it is. that's his style of play. respect ever player and just go out there and we're worried about our team. >> puck drops at seven.

fists will fly tonight prett much. the nationals are a month away from spring training but the question asked, is bryce there. going to be the sweep stakes for bryce harper might beown to the nationals. reports a the phillies will betr aveling to las vegas to meet face-to-face with harper and his agent scott bo you said you also have plans to be there. >> i'm there. there. ed me, i'm one guy signing with the nationals second baseman brian dozier. they have agreed to a 1 yeli, $9 m deal. the 31-year-old is expected to takever t second base role for the nats. dozier hit1 home runs and 72 rbi with a .215 average.

it wizards wh a big win last night. check out what happened at halftime, me winding down, r.j. of team takeover at the buzzer. wizards might need to take another look at this kid. j. showing off the range here. bucks tomorrow night they might need him.ng speaf the wizards, they might need to keep their head on a swivel. because last night the bucks kekingn the rockets, giannis throwing a roct at a rocket, smashing james harden in the haface. rden taking a hard hit. he said afterwards, yeah, it hurt. so c.c. bradley beal,nyone on the wizards keep your head up. could you imagine? guy in harder to hit a the head than it is to hit the basket. >> he's just that good.

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breaking news tonight. protests at the white house and across the country as the first paychecks e now cut off. pay stubs showing zero dollars for federal workers. this government shutdown hitting so many families hard. u >>erstand what's at stake. i understand. i understand that it'sger than just my paycheck. but it is myaycheck. >> tonight, president trump at the border and his claim today t just not true. >> i would say mexico's going to pay for it obviously i never said this and i never meant they're going to write out a chec >> but that was exactly his campaign plan he ran on. >> they may even write us a he check byime they see what happens. in also breakg, the president's former lawyer, michael cohen, will testify