♪ we're far from thehallow no it's vitally important that special counsel will allowed to complete his investigation. >> president trump's pick for attorney general vows to protect the mueller investigation but is it enough to convince his critics. >> a brexit break down. what a crushing defeat could mean for the future of britain. >> more green for the stream. netflix gears up for theiggest ice hike yet. >> cuts deep without showing a razor. the company's ad for the me too era that some say goes too far. >> rihanna takes her father to court. why she says the family name falls under herla umbr early today starts right now. >> i'm frances rivera.

let's get right to bill karins tracking it all for >> one of them is located over the four corners region and the inother is c into california and this is going to cause all the problems and have all the big impacts as we go throughout the next 48 hours. so we had flash flood watches. remember all the fires that we had? we'll get a lot of the debris flows so widespread rain. flash flooding, debris andook california into the wet. some areas could get up to four fe of snow and huge wind impacts too and all of it is going coast-to-coast. >> the president's pick for ortorney general back in the hot

seat thisng for day two of his confirmation hearing. senators grilled william rr with democrats zeroing in on his views on the russia probe. he promised to protect t mueller investigation. experts invited by lawmakers from both parties will speak about barr. blayne alexaer has the latest. >> the testimony you're about to give to this committee. >> president trump's pick for attorney general and the man that will overserobert mueller's investigation promising he will not fire mueller without good cause. >> it's vitally important that the special counsel will allow to complete his investigation. >> barr first served as attorney general under president george w. bush. he was confirmed unanimously but today facing a tougher road because of his 2018 memo offering criticism of mueller's investigation. it looked like a job io

applic >> that's ludicrous. if i wanted the job and was going after the job, there are many more direct ways of me bringing myself to the president's attention. instead barr said he was just sharing his thoughts on a specific theory p andhed back on a familiar line from president trump. >> i don't believe mr. mueller i would beolved in a witch hundred. >> when pressed by democrats, ld barr w not commit to recusing himself. >> let's imagine it's a judgment callnd the judgment by the career ethics official in the agency a that you recuse yourself. under what scenari would you not follow their recommendation? >> if i disagreed with it. >> but did promise to remain independent. >> i will not be bullied into doing anything. >> when asked about the do sh. >> we need money now for border security including thedarriers walls and slats. >> supporting president trump's call for aorder wall.

>> 26 days into the government shutdown and the stamaterags on. president trump tried to go around house speaker nancy pelo inviting moderate democrats tooralkr wall over lunch but they all said no thanks. problems are piling uas for strapped federal employees. the hard working men and women in the coast guard are the latest to miss a paycheck. susan joins us with the latest. >> now federal workers are coming closer to missing a second paycheck. there's another meeting at the white house. this is one is with the problem solving caucus. it's democrats that are not leadership. hopes are not high. it could end up like yesterday when the presidentnl invited rank and file democrats from districts where he did we. so the argument -- they all declined that invitation. so the argument remains the same. the president demanding

$5.7 billion for a border wall. democrats including chuck schumer demanding that the government reopen. >> our republicans are feeling the heat. trump some but he seems impervious topeople's pain which is just disgusting but our republicanolleagues in the senate, more and more of them are beginning to scramble.s our argument simple, open the government. open the government. >> now the white house is calling back0, nearly0 workers to do certain functions including food inspecons, airline safety functions and processing tax refunds but they're gng to be working without pay. the u.s. state department is confirming a u.s. citizen was killed inkenya. footage shows scenes from the terror attack that claimed 14

lives and went on for hours. this morning all the terrorists have been eliminated. bill has more. >> reporter: nightmare in nairobi as gunmen storm a luxur hotel complex. it's popular with wernesternwes. they have begun a murderous rampage. peopleirunning for the lives after one terrorist blew himself lobby.he they escaped from windows, they hid under anything. dozens of police unsure who was the terrorist and who were the victims. hunting floor to floor for these men, the killers, seen on hotel security cameras. >> they're from al shabaab. the same group that stormed the nearby shopping mall five years

ago killing nearly 70. there's a siege and many dead. >> this morning a manunt for a hit-and-run driver caught on camera running down a gasio st manager while trying to get away without paying. th tragic death, over 22 dollars. >> a mechanic helping out at ths pump helping a customer to pay $22 after filling up his tank, the driver refuses and begins pulling out. police say the suspect accelerates. the vid too grakiic to show lling the 59-year-old married father of 2. >> i have no feelings right now. >> the suspect trying to use a fake credit card. his black suv has front end damage and no lightning plates. he was an immigrant from turkey working at the g same station for years.

the community mourns the manhunt uecont >> real life family drama for pop super star rihanna. she has filed a federal lawsuit against her father and his business partner claiming they exploited her name in business dealings. it accuses them of trying to trare on her h earned success and the recognition and good will associated with her last name. she is seeking i annjunction on the use of the name as well as unspecified damages. neither could be reached for comment. netflix announced tuesday it's maisingthly prices on all of it's u.s. subscriptions. it will effect 5 million customers. it goes into effect immediately for new usersls and r out over the next three months for existing subscribers. the new price plan is part of the push to fund more original programming. the most expensive pla is goi to jump from $14 to $16 a month

and it's going to cost a lot more for netflix and chill. bird box is what we're paying for, crown, to all the boys i loved before. >> sounds like it won't matter, to you.tra $2 >> considering the hours of entertainment that we all get from it too. >> that's right. >> it's worth it. >> good morning. so on thursday a little bit of light rain. a little bit of light snow. as weo throughout thursday night into friday morning, it's cold enough that we'll get minor accumulations of snow, especiallyn the northeast. 'll be watching 1 to 2 inches of snow from ohio all the way into new so a minor event but the timing could make it slippery. that's a look at the big weather story of the day, now here's a closer look at your day ahead. >> the temperature t are going continue to fall in the great

lakes. it's pretty mild today in the ohio valley to the northeast. appreciate that. talk about cold in the middle of winne winter, fargo with a high of 4. >> the one that's going to impact us over weekend is going to be the big one in the east. >> we'll stick around to hear that. bill, thank you. an epic fail, a burglar's attempt to rob a jewelry store n that had jewelry in it. the man is breaking in and then once again, watch his reaction when he realizes that all the cases right there are empty. after being robbed twice before the owner started keeping all he jewelry in a vault after hours. there's a sign out front but the would be robber did not get the memo. all right, moving on. >> hopefully he thinks better of it next time. just ahead, brexit talks break down raising questions about the fate of teresa may. at walgreens, we want you, to keep doing you...

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good morning, everyone. watch out for black ice as you he work and school today. roads could be slick after the slushy mess. tperatures are way below freezing this morning. there will be another full day of melting t comingay before bitter cold arrives

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could be a slick commute. gorning, everybody. 4:00 a.m. on this wednesday january 16th i'm aaron gill gist. >> we have a few delays t tell you about in virginia. louden, fafax, prince william, stafford and cull pepper county schools are all on a two-hour delay. >> schools there open two hsrs late well, all of delays are running at the bottom of your ocreen right now. >> a find them in the nbc washington app. now let's check your weather and traffic. melissa. >> we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell to see how the forecast is shaping up. off to a cd startagain, chuck. >> you got that right, chuck. most of the suburbsn are d below 20 degrees this morning. so, if it looks wet, i promise i you, it frozen solid. 14 now in gaithersburg, 15 in shan tilly this morning.