bere. so still going t icy. good morning, everybody, i'm eun yang. >> i'm aon gilchrist. >> we have a few delays to tell you about. >> these skooms are on a two-hour delay. >> the list continues. >> we'll let you know if anytr more dts announce delays or closures or if they change. they'll run at the bottom of your screen all morning long and in the nbc washington app. t> let's head over to chuck and melissa now get your wednesday started. most schools and offices opening on time today. it's going to be little more crowded on the roads than it has been this week. melissa will filn us in o that. chuck, how about the forecast? well, absolutely way below freezing this morning all across the region m andh like yesterday morning, parts of northern virginia, northern ntgomery country are real cold this morning, down to 11 in manassas. mid teens now only 16 at joint

base andrews. ow here in washington. but everyone is b freezing, so another very cold commute today. watch out for those icy spots this morning. dare i say you may want to try driving a little slower. it sounds crazy, but you may want to try it. afternoon highs up close to 40 degrees. so thatombination means lots more melting. look at the great job i did on my c i decided only to have half as much time as i needed to to clean it off. >> did you drive it? >> i did not drive it like thatf this is myence to remind everybody, just as stupid to leave it on your roof as it to leave it on half your call clearhe snow off the roof of your car. it's the law and you're looking out foroor guy who has to follow you down the road because those big pieces of snow fly off of ther it is trouble for those behind yo melissa, that's my soap box moment for the morning. me, ihad a friend text know chuck hates when everybody has that mohawk on their car.rt 270 ound, southbound at hyattsville side of the road

like many places stillround town very, very snowy and icy still here this morning. in roads look okay. they could still, as we keep telling you, have those slick spots. bethesda northbound 270 the spur between democracy and 270 merge right lane is getting by. that work zone not seeing much of a slow down 295, work zone, between malcolm x one lane getting by. chevrolet bw parkway southbound crash on the right side. beltway overall noueajor i because of all the cold weather, a lot of that work is suspended. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. 4:32. some roads are still trapped. this is bradl i lanen chevy chase, maryland last night. >> drivers had to negotiate the narrow streets and the very slippery conditions to get out a tow truck driver says this stretch of road kept him busy the last few. da as the snow cleanup continues, the eastern shore is checking for possible damage after an

earthquake. a look at the map here. an earthquake hit off the coast of maryland.ac rding to the u.s. geological survey, the 4.7 magnitude quake hit around 6:30 last night. the epenter was reported 136 miles southeast of ocean city. theanown of o city in a facebook post says emergency teams were monitoring the tuation but have not seen any effects from this quake. as we enter day 26 of the partial government shutdown, any deal any time soon seems unlikely. there have already been three failed attempts this week to try to break theem ste. today the president is expected to invite a bipartisan group of lawmakers to the white house. again, hemeanwhile, irs is recalling 46,000 furloughed employees back to handle tax returns and pay out refunds, but they won't be getting paid themselves. meanwhile, furloughed federal workers are headed back to the classroom in fairfax countyea yesterday ny 200 workers signed up at a second job fair

to becomeubstitute teachers. we're y working with with what you can do to earn during the goth shutdown. fairfax county plans to hold another job fair next week. more school districts will hold similar job fairsre in the futu to read more about this story, head to the nbc washington app and search job fair. whole foonved federal workers to a few of its local stores for a free meal last night. it had spaghetti dinners at 20 of its location around d.c., maryland and virginia. >> metro workers haveed donat bus load of food, literally. metro partnered with a food bank and promised to fill one of its own buses for ims seniors and low income families impacted by the shutdown. it will be handed out first annual day of service on monday. today, another option for rs federal wornd their families. celebrity chef jose andress opening up chefs for feds. an emergency kitchen that will offer a rotatingy menu every until the shutdown is over.ta it srts today at 11:00 a.m. on

pennsylvania avenue near the navy memorial. c you find more information about these give aways and so many other organizations that are trying to lend a hand during the shutdown. that's in the nbc washington app. now to a developing story in alexandria. police are revealing m a gruesome murder case. 35-year-old amed was shot and killed in her apartment friday night. the gunshot did not wake up her neighbors and no one called police until her roommate ar ved and found herbody. hours later, police arrested daniel. investigators say he operates an armed security business and amed worked for him. the two also had a personal relationship. he made his first court appearance yesterday and is being held without bond. its 4:35 now. here is a look at the other top stories this morning. d.c. police investigating their 12th homicide of the new year. 22-year-old williams was killed on north capitol street

yesterday afternoon in broad daylight. police say the w shootin not random and that an mpd camera captured pictures of the suspect. in a effort to reduce crime the major says the police department is building up its force t 4,000 officers. american i among the 14 people killed in aerror attack in kenya. the attackd happe yesterday in nairobi. a suicide bomber struck in a hotel lobby as gunmen s rmed thebuilding. jason spindler, an nyu grad who had been working i nrobi for several years, was killed. the terror group al shabab has claimed responsibility for this attack. > today lawmakers will continue questioning president for attorneyee general william barr. yesterday barr made it clear he will protect the mueller investigation. bullied e would not be and also said he would quit if president trump ordered him to fire mueller. if approved, barr would be sworm in s time next month. take a look, this is video for maryland governor gary hogan for first inauguration.

hogan is the second republican governor to ever win re-election in maryland. chris gordon will cover today's inauguration ceremony. be sure to follow him on twitter. undocumented drivers, there are thousands on our local roads. coming up, the new push to get driver's licenses and improved public safety. plus tre truly isn app for everything. still ahead, we'll show you the shoes you can tie using your smartphone. stay w

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london's famous arena. >> very cool. good morning, everybody. i'm storm tea 4 meteorologist chuck bell. four things you need to know about the weather over the next fewd days, cd dry but warm enough for plenty of melting. we're watching for a chance of rain o changingr to wet snow starting late in the day tomorrow. could linger into the predawn hours of friday morning. and then more rain coming up on saturday. tomorrow's snow won't add up to much, but i couldn'tule out a half an inch to an inch of the slushy kind of wet variety of snow. ay t starts late in the tomorrow and hangs around for most of your thursday evening plans. lile chance for snowtomorrow. more chances for winter weather and a polar plunge all featured on the ten-day forecast coming up in a few. stay with us. pl , grocery store upgrade. we'll tell you why you could soon be helpedy a robot at your loc giant. your loc giant. stalay

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news 4 today. 16 before the hour right now. and as we take live look outside, we have a warning this morning. be careful as you head outdoors. the roads, the sidewalks and your dry droi me slippery. temperatures are well below freezing again this morninli we're d with a refreeze of some of the snow that melted yesterday. several virgista school cts are on a two-hour delay. we haven't heard of any closing just wt, butll keep you updated. you can find all of updates on the bottom of your screen and in the nbc washington app. ♪ we have breaking news. a hedge fund investor has just won a bankruptcy auction for sears. that means it could save tensf

thousands of jobs. basically the hedge fund investor plans to try to keep the store open. could save up to 45,000bs keep over 400 stores open across the country. some other creditors that w bted out sears wanted to liquidate the company saying it was worth more deadhan alive. but again, this may give reprieve to sears has been in a lot of trouble. folks my age know we bought our appliances from sears the toy catalog at chrtmas but the retailer was not able to keep up with newer competitors like .walmart and amaz aaron, back to you. >> see how they remp. chris lawrence for us at the live desk. thank you, chris. >> you're welcome. now back to day 26 of the government shutdown, all eyes will be back on the white house today as the president invited a isan group of lawmakers to meet there. >> news 4 susan mcginnis joins us live from capitol hill with l theelihood these lawmakers will show up after what happened

yesterday. good morning. >> reporter: yeah, that's exactly right. good morning, aaron and den. l workers are coming closer to missing a second paycheck. thtie's this new m at the white house with members of both parties and members of the house. it's called the problem-solving caucus. it risks having the same outcome as yesterday'seeting where the president invited rank and file democrats to the white house to talk but avoided the democratic leadership. so a deal couldn't be made. all of those people declined the invitation. so the argument remains the same. the president demanding $5.7 billion for a border wall. democratic leadership insisting the government must reopen before talks on border security can resume. chairman leader mcconnell on the republican sideill not schedule votes that the house passed. six separate billsld that w reopen different government agencies to mitigate the shutdowns imct, the white house reportedly called back nearly 50,000 federal worrs to perform certain needed tasks like airline safety, food inspections and also get some

tax refunds finished. but aaron and eun, they will do that without pay. >> susan mivcginnis, on capitol hill. thank you. meanwhile, students in ant congressounty to take notice of gun violence in schools. they symbolically died on capitol hill yesterday. you see the video here when the father of s ain parkland, florida, student yelled bang, more than 1tudents fell to the ground. they want lawmakers to remember more than 100 people die from gun violence in this country everyday. >> friendly reminder to congress that, you know, we're all her t ant we're all waiting for them to get back to work and do their jobs and protect us from gun violence. >> the students are urging lawmakers to pass stronger background checks f gun buyers. this morning, the second lady of the united states karen pence is stepping into a new role. she will be returning to emmanuel christian school insp ngfield as an art teacher. she spent 1 years there.

she taught for more than twice this long. mrs. pence is an award winning watercolor artist and there's controversy over this jobe because s see the school as having a policy against lgbt community. virginia lawmakers are working on a plan to allow undocumented immigrants to legally drive in the state. they say it's not about politras er about safety. right now as many as 300,000 undocumented people might be driving witceut a lie. lawmakers are looking to creater er's privilege cards issued by the dmv to undocumented ts immigr recipients would have to prove that they paid income tax aer meetin insurance requirements. >> for now, we have 300,000 people who areho driving w a license simply because the state won't allow them to get one. that makes everyone less safe, not more safe. >> las year a bill to permit driver's privilege cars did not mat out of the committee stage. republican lawmakers oppose the cars and say they would create

confusion. others believe those here illegally should not be giv any sort of legitimate id. this morning, one virginia neighborhood in northern virginia fear amazon's h 2 q. >> hq 2. >> these businesses fear they will be priced out. >> any time numbers we can't read. sorry. they worry the move will force locals out of the area and destroy their barbershop ss busi >> reporter: as northern virginia awaits amazon's hq 2 there is gro concern about the impact it will have on communities like this, part of alexandria. small businesses like this hair salon and barber t amongse trying to prepare for what might come. >> they're paying high rent as it is, but they're worried that it's going to keep onoi higher and they're going to have to relocate.

> our digital team at n washington, they went into more detail as to the potential impact amazon will o have latino communities like this one here, and what can beone to maintain the culture. you can find that by searching amazon impact in the nbc washington ap in alexandria, david culliver, news 4. it's the video that sparked outrage last month. a referee in new jersey h forci h school wrestler to cut his locks or forfeit the match. now a new incident involving a young athlete's hair is causing controversy in virginia. a basketball coach in chesapeake says she was at a game on t saturday whe ref asked to speak with her. she says the man pointed out one of her player's was wearing ds br saying the 10-year-olds hair style would not be allowed if she wanted to keep the girl he singled out also happened to be the coach's daughter. >> my daughter come over and he inted to, iguess, the point where her natural hair meets twa hair tha braided in and

said he didn't know what that was. i said that's heral natur hair. >> the coach says the ref made an unnecessary spectacle of her daughter. according to the virginia high school basketball league, hair accessories like elastic bands are addressed in the rules but hair weave has not. the ref has been banned from officiating a kids bblgames in the city of chesapeake. >> she'sust a child. ain case you were asleep, te tonight show was filmed entirely in puerto rico. >> he was inspired by lin-manuel miranda. ♪ you know he'll have fun, right? lin-manuel miranda said he was taking the show "hamilton" to puerto rico. >> how has it been here? >> amazing. just really amazing. people are so proud. people are so happy that, you know this show is coming and

that -- i just keep hearing it thank you for everything you're doing. and also it's just -- >> take a look at who else was featured on this show. jose andres, who is from our area. he is a good neighbor. chefs puerto rico after hurricane maria hit the island, he served more than a million meals the chef. any time there's a disaster, phe's opening chef for feds in our area. he is there to help out. >> it'sor nice jimmy fallon to shine this light on that island after the trauma that was experienced there. >> they vote in presidential ections. they are american citizens. we owe it to them. >> it is a beautiful place. > it's hard to put into perspective the level of destruction that hurricane maria put there. 90% of the power grid was lost. it's ag climb for recovery. >> not at all. our weather around here, very winter like. very winter like. and if you think it's been cold lately, you ain't seen nothing

yet. we have a big blast of cold o comi way late sunday into monday. we'll be in tomorrow team 4r weatlert mode for you sunday into monday to help keep be safe from what wou potentially sub zero wind chills by monday morning. that will make this morning fee a little warmer. even though we're in the teens and 20s, clear sky overhead and your afterno planner today sunshine, temperatures up close to 40 degrees. dwe'll be again tomorrow morning, with temperatures below freezing but clouds rolling in quickly tomorrow and that could lead to a little chance for some rain chaing over to some wet snow. the european model cranks out about half an inch to an inch of wet snow. tomorrow, mainly after the sun goes down and the american model also somewhere between half an inch and an inch of snow. ain, mostly between about 5:00 tomorrow afternoon and:00 a.m. on friday morning. radar this morning, nothing to worry about. dry weather for all of today, tonight and early tomorrow. here ise weather. there's that chance with the cold air.

temperatures tomorrow afternoon, 35, 37 degrees, so cold enough for snow. no major accumulations are expectbu. that should continue tomorrow evening into the early, early parts ofy fri morning. friday afternoon and night will be dry. saturday morning will be dry. but saturday afternoon likely to be some rain coming in here, little higher chance for some snow across the mason dixon line pennsylvania. that becomes all rain saturday night and sunday before the arctic front arrives here around noon on sunday. temperatures will do a nose dive om near 5 at noon on sunday to about 10 degreesda on m morning. that's without thehi wind cll which will be down near or potentially even below zero melissa. old man winter not done yet. >> he definitely is noit as cold coming outside. 95 in virginia lorden northbound, southbound looks good. we keep saying it but it's worth reating the main roads generally look okay, but we have a lot of black ice across the

area. northbound 270 the spur bween democracy and the merge right lane is getting by that work zone. n 295thbound between malcolm x and suitland parkway single lane getting by there and still have the dark traffic lights inrt est pennsylvania avenue at constitution. eun? >> thank yoex the time you go grocery shopping you could get a hand y.om a robot. meet ma robots like this one are coming to a giant food n storer you very soon. the robotic assistants are being deployed to all 172 locations of giant and martins by the mofdle he year. giant says marty can identify hazards such as spi which frees up associates so they can spend more time interacting wit customers. can marty reach up on the high shelves and get down the las>> - lifts up a little bit. >> whatever i need. >> all the way in the back. >> maybe i can just climb. never mind. there's always some work that even aot can't top. >> take a loo at this chipotle

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can it help you dunk? can it help you y withr layup when you're driving to the basket? >> you don't see the laces there obviously. the shoe just tightens around your foot. >> is it w heavier tooh the technology? they'll make some money, nike. coming up next, watch out for black ice as you head back work and schooltoday. >> the roads could be slick fter the slushy mess refroz

>> announcer: news 4 today starts now. freezing ernight temperatures cause that slushy mess on the roads to refreeze in places.f slow down as you head into work and school today. we're keeping an eye on what uld be a slick commute again. it's wednesday, january 16th,mo good ing, everybody i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. we have a few delays to let you know this morning all in virginia. louden, fairfax, prince william, stafford, and cullpepper county scholl on a two-hour delay. >> warren, pemanassas will two hours late today. all on the bottom of your screen right now and in the app. let'sheck on your weather and traffic. >> we begin with chuck bell and a look at where things stand right now and what to expect in the day ahead. chuck? >> all right. expect to be very cold the minute you walk outside this morning. temperatures falling bel