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federal employees missed a paycheck today, but the montgomery county community united to make sure these workers didn't miss a meal. and break tonight, an says the new report fbi launched an investigation into whether president trump was activity working for the russians. find out what sparked the probe that came before the special counsel investigation. news 4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. ook at the pictures. this is st. louis, folks, and that same system that produced all that mess and all that snow he our way. >> yeah, just a taste of things to come. are you ready out right now crews in our area are gearing up to hit the roads to make surere they're tated. news 4's shomari stone has that story in just a bit. we begin with chief kammerer.ist doug doug? >> guys, i'm just watching it inch its way across the couowry right you saw what's going on in st. louis. they're under a winter storm warning. we have winter storm warnings in

parts of our area, too. take a look at the map. not jus s and louis but now it's in kentucky, not too far away from our region and that's why ts going to start during the day tomorrow. you can see how big oto a srm this is, too. it's sno all the way from denver and cincinnati. this o, we're warming storm system move across and because of that storm we're under went weather advisory incling the d.c. metro. down around culpeper, back towards the shenandoah valley. so what to expect from this. re we go. tomorrow.s after noon i really think it's about 1:00, 2:00, accumulation likely by sunset. that's when thi starts to go downhill. heaviest tomorrow night into sunday morning. yes, tomorrow is spelled with two rs, double the amount of snow tomorrow as well. >> didn't even notice iyo until

brought it up. >> a good luck thing. >> time is running out to stock up on theti esss before that storm rolls in. >> luckily we've had plenty of notice that the snow was coming and mplt of the p that our crews ran into tonight seemed to be ready for it tonight. >> look is who surrounded by snow, shomari stone continues our coverage with a look at those last- minute prep. shea, shomari. >> reporter: good evening, gentlemen. in ght i am standing here the salt dome in northeast d.c., and this is where front-endil loaders come inside, remove this salt, put it in trucks and thoserucks will be deployed tomorrow. officials at d-dot are closely monitoring this storm. also m-dot, v-dot ine virginia lso prepared. they're not the only ones. in fact, we found some people stocking up on food andes supp. >> well, honestly, i don't like snow. >> reporter: maria griffin s dreads tw as she buys last-minute groceries from safeway in bethesda. >> that's why i'm prhere, to epare myself as fast as

possible. >> reporter: before it arrives thiseekend. we'll have some perishable items. i'm going to get water and nned foods a well. >> reporter: chopper 4 captured salt trucks on rockville pike. crews in d.c., maryland and virginia tell me they pretreated roads today and wilmocontinue toow morning. stormeam 4 says we could see 3 to 5 inches of snow in the d.c. metro region this weekend. people are filling up their tanks now. dennis potts is ready. >> we're making sure we just have what we need and kids can have good time and we're safe, but we've got supplies. >> reporter: he's not the only one. people are buying ice melt, sleds and shovels. >> our shovel from last year, we broke in half trying to dig out stuff, so -- >> i notice that happens to a lot of people. >> yes. yes, it does. >> reporter: those kids hope we get enough snow so they can play. >> we'reo goingke snowmans. >> you're going to make snowmans? >> reporter: she smile

meanwhile, maria griffin frowns. >> because of the roadways, i'm juoo notng forward to it. but, hey, what can i do? r orter: and this is one of the front-end loaders that will go into the salt dome, remove the salt and putt in the trucks. it's important to point out that we talk to people at d-dot, v-dot and m-dot and anyway all say the same thing, when you see the sal trucks out and about, whether it's on main roads, highway, roads or the make sure you give them plenty of room so they can get the job i hope it doesn't snow too bad tomorrow around 4:00. you have maryland playing the michigans. wolveri kayla robins will have to see what happens, of course. but, hey, the ♪ is here. pretty good during the wintertime. >> you had to sneak in a wolverines reference. you michigan guys are too sneaky. get out o here, man. we'll see you in a bit. hi> folks, stay with news 4 and our nbc wton app for complete coverage on the snowstorm. we're going to have extra crews out there on the roads this

weekend keeping a close the weather and all the conditions. for updates, just open up our app. jim? breaking right now, a bombshell new report tonight revealing that mitchel wasin stigated by the fbi while in office over whether he was secrly working for russia. according to "the new york times," law enforcement officials became so concerned abt the president's behavior in the days after he fired jame, cohe fbi opened a counterinteliggence inveion to determine if president trump was working on behalf of russia. against american intests. that was back in may of 2017. "the times" report agents had first become suspicious of mr. during ties to russia the 2016 campaign, but held off on opening an iestigation. in response to the article tonight, white house spokperson sarah sanders saying, "this is absurd."

nbc news has not independently confirmed "the times" report. breaking news close to home. another crashn indian head highway here. this time four people have been hospitalized from afo -vehicle crash. that southbound lane near the intersection of livingston road is now closed. you can see a van flipped on to its side. themaindshield sshed in. two other cars heavily damaged next to it. and nearby another car with heavy damage. all o this causing huge backups tonight. these pictures again from chopper 4. this crash comes les than two weeks t afthree siblings were killed eight miles north of here >> oxon hill. leon? well, nearly a million federal workers open up their pa stubs today shows 0 dollars. the first missed pay shutdown forcing many families to make tough decisions. tough decisions, though, won't made on capitol hill this weekend because the lawmakers went home.tr president p, though, thinks that congress can still work out a deal to re-open the governmend

and fis wall on the southern border. today mr. trump pumped the brakes on the idea of declaring a national emergency to do it. >> w, the easy solution is for me to call a national emergency. i could do that very quickly. i have the absolute right to do itt but i'm not going to do so fast. >> the president says that he's planning to sign the bill congress passed ensuring backed pay, rather, for federal employees impacte by the shutdown. until those checks come in, though, workers are rely on their savings or taking out loans andooking for temporary jobs now. tonight, music and food but no paychecks. hund ods turning here in silver spring for what was billed as a shutdown dinner to help federal furloughedke wor. jackie bensen shows us how the community is coming together. >> chicken? can i interest anyone in chicken? >> reporter: love flowed through the cafeteria of montgomery blair high school inriilver

ng. >> i'll have some chicken. that would be great. thank you. served ter: volunteers food and beverages donated by local businesses, many themselves losing business to the federal government shutdown. th ests, federal workers and their families. some still on the job, others rloughed, all of them not currently being paid.mo gomery county council member tom hucker'sizffice org the event. >> they're trying their best not to spend money. one ofe them told they're using all the freezer burned fish sticks in the bottom of the freezer rather than going out. p >> reporter: rsentative from utilities were present to answer questions and offer bill paying device. offered deferred summer camp fees and other help. staff from the county's health and human services agency had applicatio for food stamps and other benefits. we asked, when was the last time they had done an outreach like this and the answer was sobering. >> done it like after a hurricane. that's the only thing i canme er doing this. ♪ >> reporter: the hundreds of federal workers who filled the

cafeteria seemed to appreciate the support. always nice to be appreciated for the work that we do. >> reporter: perhaps the most ught out person in the room was maryland senator chris van hollen,mo deat, who was implored over and over to help get the government re-opened. the people here tonight come from almost every branch of the federal government. they arete u by the fact that they would all like to go back to work as soon as possibl in silver spring, jackie bensen, news 4. well, in about 50 minutes, this goverent shutdown will officially become the longest ever in u.s. history. so the big question, what can b finallng this to an end? earlier tonight on news 4 at 6:00, wendy rieger and i sat down with nbc's political director chuck todd who saidt' that the human toll that is now sinking in for both sides. >> i think everybody went home for the weekend, these houseme ers, a lot of senators went me for the weekend. they're all going to be hearing these stories from federal

workers. it's going to put the human face on the missing paycheck. debbie dinnickle brought p the fact, yeah, they might get their backed pay. if they're late with a payment, their credit rating goes down.of al sudden they can't -- it's a snowball. the human toll, i think, does crack this at some point. i think the senate republicans and particularly the new democrats that got elected in some of those trump seats. think abigail span berger. >> in virginia. >> who won a trump district. >> i think they're going to -- they're the ones that want to have a compromise to get this done. if they can't crack this impasse then there is no group in congress to do it. in other news tonight, poems and songs echoed through northwest washington as family and friends remembered a murdered man. detective tell us he was stabbed 47 times sunday morning.ss the sucful retail executive was discovered dead in his apartment on wisconsin avenue near national cathedral.

tonight people who loved him lit candles outside his building ans tories of a fun-loving happy man. >> vongell was such an amazing person. he was an incredible inspiration to so many different people and, you know, lit up everyone's life. >> a navy corman stationed at quantico was charged with killing lugo. colin potr wasound at the blood.overed in police call the killing a domestic homicide. potter is charged tonight with second-degree murder. next on new 4 at 11:00 tonight, the story that's captured the nation's attention. that teenage girl found alive month after her parents were murdered. tonight we've got new reaction on this case. and chopper 4 over the scene as a 35-foot boat goes u in flames. we'll tell you what happened to the man who was living on is vesselth.

it's a miracle many worried wouldever come. after months of searching, missing 13-year-old jayme closs was found alive in about an hour from home. >> it's amazing. police have been searching sincr they found parents dead inside their home. now it's believed that she was targeted. nbc's chris pollone has the latest. >> reporter: for 88 days, wisconsin teenager jayme closs is safe. >> it was only a few months ago thate as a community gathered to pray for jayme's safe return. god haswe ad those prayers. >> reporter: investigators sayc

s was found thursday afternoon in douglas county, wisconsin, about 70 miles from her home. shero emerged the woods and approached a woman walking her dog. >> she jus i said, lost i don't know where i am. as i got closer to her, she sort of fello me and told me who she was. >> reporter: closs disappeared ago. months sheriffs deputies rushed to her barron, wisconsin home after getting a 911 call from her mother's cell phone. when they got there, closs' mother denise and father james had been shot. there waso sign of the 13-year-old. now 21-year-old jake patterson is in jail, charged with two counts of intentional homicide and one count of kidnapping. investigators say they b patterson targeted closs but it's not clear how he knew of her. >> we have recovered a gun consistent with what was used at the scene of the initial homicide. >> reporter: deputies arrested sstterson shortly after c was found. they believe he was out looking for her at the te. they say patterson went to great lengths not to leave evidence at

the sg scene. they still don't know why this happened. >> i know all of you are searching for the answer why any of this happened. believe me, so we are. reporter: closs is now back with her relatives. chris pollone, nbc news. let's get to some incredible video out of an roundel county tonight. 35-foot boat completely flames in edgewood, maryland. crews able to get it under control but took them about an hour to do it. the capital gazette reports there was a man living on the boat at the time but m he dide it out okay. it appears no other boats were damaged, fortunately. fire investigators are trying to figure ota whated that blaze. >> surrounded by water, you don't see that too often. hey, we'reust hours away from the annual nbc 4 and telemundo health anditness expo. we've been at it for 26 years strong now. >> that's right. this year there's a whole lot to see, even a few new things.

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expo thisaturday andsunday, we open the doors tomorrow morning, 9:00 a.m. i'll see you there. >> yes, you will. a little secret doreen let usonn tonight, that is not real cash money. it's play money, folks. s >> you werenposed to tell them that. >> the deal to ellen, that's real. you're gng to want t join us, folks, tomorrow and sunday. on sunday we are still going, even with snow, justake the metro straight down to the washington convention center. or-to-door. >> a quick programming note for you here. the indianapolis colts will visit the kansas city chiefs tomorrow at 4:30 so there won't be a 6:00 p.m. newscast, but news team at 11:00 will have coverage on the snow. also a good reason to stay inside and watch that game. >> perfect. we're going to be on facebook. amelia's working tniorrow t. facebook lives. i'll be doing a facebook live tomorrow as well. we're watching ts storm coming in the pretty quickly now. coming in tomorrow afternoon. going tohink this is be a pretty good storm for just about everybody, at least

sledable snow for everybody out there. out tre right now, whe is the storm? it's right over north texas. that's where the storm is spinning. but we've got snow from just around the denver area all the way through kansas city and t. st. louis has been picking up quite a bit in the way of snow today. they'v seen major problems o the roadways. kind of like or carmageddon where people were getting outarf their and leaving them there because they were stuck for so long. now as we on through the next couple of days here, what are we going to be seeing? e snow moves our way, i really do think, here is 2:00. already starting in and around the d.c. metrot area. riround 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, that we see that snow move on i across theregion, but really starts to get heavier tomorrow night. it's not going to be too heavy tomorrow afternoon, but once the sun goes down, that's when we'rs going to problems and arearo s become rather slick tomorrow night into early on sunday because that's whenhe th iest snow starts. it's also the coldest

temperatures and the lack of sunshine could a mess. still snowing around december tomorrow morning. you see that from fredericksburg to the south and east. that's the area i think has the snow. for the most nat in another area farther to the west. by sunday evening we start toul see it away and really most of this is done by sunday afternoon. for most of us, just some scatters snow showers. winter weather advisory in the purple here. areas storm warning for down here in the pink. looking at warnton and laurel, i haven't changed this map from what we were looking at this afternoon. 2 t4 inches tohe north. we were debate bringing this line closer to d.c. d.c.ror i'm going 3 to 5 veside the city. 4 to 7 erywhere else. th area closer to the 4 than the 7. watch this, when we go down to the sout this area could be closer to the 7. we're looking at fredericksburg,

rint mary's county. fortal. 5 to 8 inches along parts of the shenandoah valley. this is going to be a pretty good sto for everybody across our region starting tomorrow ending on sunday. cold temperatures, too. only in the low 30s both days.ha now watch happens here. monday and tuesday we stay fairly chilly. average high is 4. still be below nat. 45 degrees on wednesday. then we get cold again and we watch the next storm, of course, happening during another weekend. we've seen the storms almost storm,eekend, but tha too is going to be one to watch very closely, and if not that one tre is another one coming in the following tuesday and wednesday. >> what? >> boy. >> guys, moving into a very wintery pattern here. temperates are going to be at or below average. snowfall patterns coming in, too. i think we'll see a couple of more snowstorms in january and february.

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