right now, the comfort of a warm meal on a cold day or hundreds of federal workers feing the impact of the government shutdown. more on the celebrity chef behind the free meals and who he's helping. painful commute. an overturned pickup truck with a ouel leathe beltway. the result, an 8.5 mile backup. we'll have the latest on the cleanup efforts. and we've got more thawing and melting taking place during the day today, but more refreezes and more chances for snow in the coming days. the forecast straight ahead. good morning and welcomeo

"news4 midday." i'm erika gonzalez. >> i'maw patn muse. the longest government shutdown now entered y has day 26. lawmakers and the president don't seem any closer to reachi a deal to getting 800,000 federal employees back to work. >> we'll show you a live look right now at the white house. in about half an hour the president is expected to meet with the bipartisan problem solvers caucus to discuss ways to end the shutdown. this comes oneay after a group of house democrats skipped a shutdown meeting. m news4's susancginnis has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: with federal workers soon to miss a second awmakers from the house bipartisan problem solvers caucus meet with the president today, but hopes aren' high following tuesday's debacle when the president bypassed democratic leaders and invited rank and file democrats to talk, all of them declined. >> this was supposed to be a bipartisan lunch. the sheer nact that a single democrat was able to show up. >> i'll meet with him any t

he wants. >> reporter: republican leader mitch mcconnell refuses to schedule votes on bills house passed that would reopen some agencies. >> the senate majority leader could end this shutdown todayar >> c the democrats' priorities are way out of whack here. way out of whack. >> riepublicans are feeling the heat. trump seems impervious to people's pain, which is just disgusting. >> reporter: to mitigate the shutdown's impact, the white house has b reportedly calledk torly 50,000 federal workers resume functions, including food inspections, overseeing airline safety, and processing tax refunds, but they'll do i thout pay. and because of the impasse, both the house and the senate say dythey are r to cancel a recess they have scheduled for next week. in washington, susan mcginnis, nbc news. andresebrity chef jose is among those trying to help furloughed workers. o> today he launched an emergency kitchen feed those who aren't getting paid, providing hot meals,ic sans and salads. >> adam tuss joins us live from

that site downtown that just opened a couple of minutag adam, set the scene forus. >> reporter: what a sight down here, guys. you can see the lines as they are now wrappidg outs the door. a lot of people inside already. this is at 7th and pennsylvania northwest right across from th archives, right by the navy memorial. the idea here is any federal worker who is affected by the shutdown can come down here, ershow their gent i.d. and get a meal. they can either eat it inside or grab bags of food to go. take a look, we were inside earlier today as the prep was going on and the anticipation ilding for what is going to become a seven-day-a-week mergency kitchen, as chef andres is calling it here for federal workers in the nation'sg capital, as s the shutdown goes on. a lot of people here showing up saying that they just want to support others. n it'sot just people coming down for a meal. there are federal workers isvolved in preparing the food. take an to the executive director of this whole

operation. >> it's been incredible to see the outpouring of support. we've got, you kn, many federal employees who are volunteering with us today and will be throughout the week to support their fellow citizens, 'rllow americans that are in need. going to be here. they can come down. we have a cafe. people can eate nve free hot coffee along with the free meals and takeaway bags so people can take if they need to go. some of our employees are still workg, even though they're not getting paid. >> reporter: i'd say at this point chef andre a is getting lot of media attention as well. media members here are pretty much numbering everybody just ebout one to one. you look at th line as it continues to grow down here. this is open from 11:00 to 6:00. if you are a federal worker who is impacted boy the shutdo, again, bring your i.d. although theye say they t here to turn anyone away. a nice sight here in washington as we continue to deal with the shut >> adam, thank you.

news4 is working for you with all the developments during the government shutdown. you can get up-to-the-minute information in our nbc washington app. take a look at this video just into the newsroom. chopper 4 capturing the scene of a dog rescued -- being rescued in brandy wine, maryland. prince george's county fire and ems pulling a 100-pound doberman from the icy water. the dog was about 15 feet from shore when it fellin. it appears to be responding well to the firefighters who are now caring for it. a scary situation with a happy ending on this cold morning. >> yep. chuck, how much do we warm up, if at all, today? w >>ll be above freezing for most of the afternoon, but thatd dog a good reminder. we've been pretty cold lately and a lot of theocal waterways are starting to get ice along the shore li that doberman found out the ice is not thick enough to support too much weight so good erreminder. evody stay off the ice. temperatures aren't going to

jump any too rm. we'll be in the upper 30s and low 40s today, but this extra cloud cover that's moved in over the last couple of hours aft a bright and sunny start today. 40 in washington, 36 in fairfax county, 34 leesburg, 32 fredericksburg, 36 at joint base andrews. not a big warmupth coming, a couple, three or four degrees for most areas, so mostyb evy today around 40 degrees. about 42 downtown. again, more a clouds thanthing else here for the remainder of the day, but nothing falling out of the sky. y. rain, no snow chances for the rest of the the sun is down just after 5:00. there will be another refreeze tonight into tomorrow mornin then tomorrow afternoon another chance for some rain or some wet snow coming jn heret in time for the afternoon commute tomorrow up to about midniayt thurnight. i'll tell you how much we expect there and any more chances for rain o the weekend coming up. >> chuck, thank you. some roads are still slushy, they're still icy after this

mess of a weekend snow that we had. this is bradley lane in chevy chase. this was last night. >> t drivers hado negotiate the narrow streetnd ver slippery conditions to get by. news4's justin finch shows us some of the wintryoad conditions that you might find today. >> reporter: driving yround toda may notice that even though the snow has stopped falling, we're still seeing issues on the roadways. yes, your main roads a pretty much clear, but your neighborhood streets may not look so even this is a spot that could give you trouble like we're seeing on this street here in montgomery county. that slush is a lot more sli y thanou might realize, so be careful as you see that. but also loo out for black ice as well. as a matter of fact, also here in montgomeryounty we saw bradley lane between connecticut and wisconsin avenues in chevy chase, just how troubleso that area has been. a tow truck driver saying that he's had several calls to that areand respog to cars that have had somerouble as they travel on that narrow and

largely untreated area. so as you continue to make your way to work and school and around after the snow has t fallen, j be sure that you are careful, slowing down and giving youelf enough time to get where you're going. i'm justin finch, ws4. take a look at thisa traffic nightmare. this is what an 8-mile backupn looks likee beltway. chopper 4 was over a massive crash near old georgetown road earlier this morning. i olved two tractor-trailers and an overturned pickup truck with fuel leak. state policeay one person was rushed to the hospital, but is expected to be okay. allav lanes since reopened, but expect some delays if you have to drive in that area. we are only 16 days into the new year and already d.c. police are investigating 12 homicides. the latesthooting happened yesterday afternoon in broad daylight. 22-year-old devonte williams was killed on north capital street near the new yk avenue

playground there. police say the shooting was not random and a camera captured pictures of the suspect. this incident comes after one person was killed at an apartment complex on benning road in northeast on saturday. leaders say this rise in violence is unaccept >> this is war zone. we have citizens in the nation's pital living in what appears to be a war zone. >> in an effort to reduce crime, mayor muriel bowser says the police department is building up its force to00 officers. take a good look at this eeoto. d.c. police your help identifying this person of interest in a failedap king. police say yesterday the woman grabbed and tried to lure aju nile victim from dumbarton street northwest. thean suspect off after they failed in the attempt. police say the female suspect has blonde hair and in aohk hair style.

if you've seen them, report it topolice. right now two big confirmation hearings happening on capitol hill. the senate judiciary committee is meeting to consider president trump's nomination of william barr to be u. attorney general. >> today lawmakers are hearing from people who are in favor of and opposed to theno nation. one of the first witnesses, a ember of the naacp who said barr's record shows that he will not support increases in civil rights protections. yesterday barr testified before the committee and he made it -- barr said that he would not be bullied by the matter, even by the president, a also said that he would quit if president trump ordered him to fire le mu barr previously served as attorney general under president george h.w. bush's administ otion. ter confirmation hearing has the environmental protection agency's acting ministrator, andrew wheeler, in the hot seat. these are live pictures of that g. lawmakers are considering making nt the agency's perma

administrator. shortly after wheeler began to read his opening statement, he had to stop. [ people yelling ] >> plee proceed. >> thank you, sir. >> the first qstion lawmakers asked wheeler was about the partial government shutdown. the wanted to know how agency, which is directly impacted by the shutdown, is operating during this period. >> we are still on the job on any emergency act ans as we any court-ordered actions. for example, we still havepe onnel on the ground in california dealing with the wildfires, people in puerto rico dealing for the hurricaneth as well as emergency responses that have been ongoing. since the shutdown we have responded to seven new emergency responses around the country. >>ee wheeler hasin charge at

the epa since former chief, scott pruitt, was forced out due to ethics and spending allegations in july. coming up, you have sayn whether or not you want to see more drones in the sky above fairfax counl. weexplain. plus we have new information about the american killed in an attack onn upscale hotel complex in kya.en

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more fight. it's doing everything in your power... and everything in ours. stronger, is changing even faster than they do. because we don't just want your kids to grow up. we want them to grow up stronger. we've got someew breaking just coming in out of silver spring. we've got chopper 4 over the scene of a possible bank robbery onenayne . police are on the scene, as you can see there. multiple vehicles, more than han. a do we also saw an ambulance. now police are telling us that a suspobt in thery was shot. police are not saying who shot theperson. we do have a news crew on its way to the scene and we'll bring you any updates as we get them. stand by for that. an update on that massive operation to locate and rescue a toddler who fell dow a well in

spain. this is a look at that foot-wide hole. rescuers have working found the cloc four days now and so far have found a few of the h boy'rs in the soil as well as his candy and a plastic cup found more tn 260 feet down in that well. teams areg creatin a parallel shaft so rescuers can be lowered to the boy's level.s officihink they can reach the boy within 24 to 48 hours. we are learning more about the american killed in the deadly terror attac a at luxury hotel in kenya. american businessman jason spindler was among 14 people killed yesterday.rn we've l that he was actually a survivor of the 9/11 attacks. spindler had been living in nairobi for five years and was getting ready to celebrate his 41stt birthday nex week. the terror group al shabab is claiming responsibility for the attack. that, however, has not been confirmed yetyofficials. overnight kenya's president said

the suspects are all dead. today new york senator kirsten gillibrand is expected to hold her first event as a candidate for mpresident. she the announcement last night on stephen colbert's late show. >> do you have anything you would like toun an? >> yes. >> and what would that be, madappear -- madam? >> i'll filing an exploratory committee for president of th united states tonight. >> she said i will fight for other ople's kids as hard as i would fight for my own. she is joining a growing number of democrats seeking to challenge president trump in 2020. today house democrats plan toil un the "raise the wage" act. it could more than double the federal minimum wage. right now the minimum wage is $7.25 an hour and hasn't gone up in ten years. house democrats are proposing a $15 an hour federal minimum

wage. any small business owners fear they can't afford to pay employees at much and still stay in business. iowacongressman steve king says he's sticking around despite growing calls for h to resign from within his own party. amid uproar over comments widely consid racist,an republeaders stripped king of his committee memberships. king questioned why white supremacy is considered offensive in a story published last week by "the new york times." yesterday the house votedearly unanimously on a resolution rejectg white nationalism. the only no vote was from a resolutiono said the wasn't enough and wants king to be ce aured. iittle over an hour, maryland governor larry howon will be in for a second term. hogan is the second republican governel to win rtion in maryland. he'll be introduced today by former florida governor jeb ewsh, who knows a little bit about blazing n political trails. bush was the first republican

governor ever to win re-election in florida. news4's chris gordon will be covering ceremony.inauguration be sure to follow him on twitter. drones are becoming an important tool in public safety around the washington area. now fairfax county wants incorporate drones into several safety, nts to improve save lives and save some money. northern virginia bureau reporter david culver says tonight you'll have the opportunity to weigh in on this. >> reporter: fairfax county is woing on a program to incorporate drones into many of ations.nty's op officials wanting to use drones for search and rescue, to asseso floo disaster damage, manage traffic and assess fire and crime scenes, among other things. >> we want to go b and able to do investigations as far as provide theomnder what's going on, the good information, and even officer safety. we're doing a tactical entry someplace. having that drone up there is a lot quieter than a helicopter.

we can sit there andtc >> officials admit they're a bit envious looking at other arisdictions in virgihat use drones. we've shown you some of the success stories. in stafford county they have used drones to tra down criminals. in louddo on county, they have used them to find missing people. choppers also cannot fly a low. >> instead of the helicopter which is restricted at 1500, maybe 500 feet, the uav we can drop dow 50 feet, 100 feet, and really get close in so we have a lot better perspective of what's going on. >> officials say there are some things that the drones will not do, like conduct random surveillance, target someone based on characteristics or harass individuals or groups. sthe county i working with a variety of groups to come up with a policy that addressesac pr concerns. one of those is the aclu of virginia. they tell news4re they aate

the opportunity to work with the county to ensure that the program fully complies with the letter and spirit of virginia law and addresses the significant privacy concerns attendantn any deploymen and use of drones by the government. we found support for the idea of using drones, but also some concern. >> if it's for public safety, like missing kids or alerting the residents ofndimg disasters and stuff like that, i'm fine. but when it's things like that that have a habit of creeping into your personallives. that's my only conce with that. >> david culver, news4. there's a public meeting on the schedule about the program tonight a 6:30 at the south county governmental center on y.richmond high for the locations of other meetings and more information about the drone program, search fairfax county drones in the nbc washington app.

the biggest h win ofis career. >> new overnight a hung win for a prince george's county native in the australian annative. s tiafoe beat kevin anderson in four sets, biggest upset of the tournament so far. he moves into the third round where he'll face an italian, an dray as seppe tomorrow. the washington wizards are already wking on their game on their biggest roadrip of the year. the team is in london for a game against the new york knicksey th had some flight trouble getting out of washington, but eventually they were ableero get the. >> they are looking to bounce at after an overtime loss home this weekend. luckily the knicks are on a four-game losing streak right now. last night the team received a royal welcome at kensington

lace. these are some pictures from the event that were posted on social media overnigh the wizards'e against the knicks set g foram tomorrow at london's famous 02 arena. an earthquake off the coast .of maryland the latest on how strong i wwas an felt it. and a deal that could keep out 400 sears stores oabpe

heads up sunday into monday, we will have a super blo wolf moon eclipse. say that four times. the total eclipse will begin ound 11:30 p.m. sunday and end around 1:00 a.m. on monday. there's a little more about its odname. the b refers to the color of the moon. you know, the type of color it turns during the height of a total lunar eclipse. it's called super becau it appears slightly larger than a normal moon. and wolf ishe what first full moon of january is called. >> andor ang to one of our

meteorologists, the wolfs howl at the moon in january because they're hungry. >> there you go. all right. >> i'll buy that. so the eastern shore is actually checking or possible damage after an earthquake. >> take a look at this map. anarthquake hit off the coast according to the u.s. geological survey. it hit around 6:30 last night. th epicenter was reported about 136 miles southeast of ocean city. there areo reports of damage. good thing. >> storm team 4 meteorologi chuck bell is here to talk about the cold and how long it's going to take to melt down these mounds of snow that we have. .> it's going to be a little while long we had to shovel it all into big piles in the parking though we've had a lot of melting on sidewalks and streets, those big pile that maybe here for a little while here. >> slow melt. >> very slow melt. if we don't get it melted down by sundayt'morning, going to really be frozen up solid as a

shot ofti genuine a air, our first of the season, arrives here on sunday. your wednesday, though, after i beautiful, bright and sunny start we have picked up quite a bit of low and mid-level cloudiness over time after a spark ling clear start to the day. 32 in gaithersburg. most everybody above 35 in warrenton. so this will allow the meltdown. en though you can't see the sun, there's still plenty of solar radiation getting down through the cloud k top paved surfaces well above freezing. so this is another day with a lot of melting. there will be a refreeze coming fp tonight but each day there's a little bit less a concern for any problems on the side streets. 42 is about as much asore can hopetoday. ledo think we'll get our sky to brighten up a liit later on in the afternoon. now tomorrow after a peek of sun early, it will be full cloud cover by lunchti tomorrow and rain and snow showers are likely

to develop late tomorrow a afternoo continue on into the evening hours. so here's your snow chances for tomorrow. chances of an inch or more, but thabout it. s-50. i don't see any chance for getting 3 or 6 i ohes more. most of the metro area probably half an inch of slushiness, mainly on the grass, some slushy on the roads. near the northern border,o mayb up an inch. there it is, a half an inch around town. maybe as much as 2 inches up near the pennsylvarda . temperatures should be at or above freezing, so not a g road freeze-up problem. this storm brings us a lot of weekend.t that will be pushed out of here by arctic air arriving on sunday afternoon. so don't be fooled by tha 49 on sunday. that will turn way, way colder by monday morning. i'll show you the ten-day terecast coming up in just a few more mi >> thanks, chuck. shutdown mbimpact. s of the coast guard not

getting paid. a look at the stress the situation is adding to an already tough job. and undocumented drivers. there are thousandsoc on our roads. coming up, the new push to get them driver's licenses anic improve publ safety.

day 26 of this hisveric ment shutdown and this morning there's new information administration that shows it is impacting the economy far greater thanus prev estimated. >> now tens of thousands of furloughed workers are being called back towork, but without pay, while others are now turning to food banks to help makends meet for their families. >> tom costello reports on the economic impact of this shutdown. [ bell ringing ] >> reporter: on wall street, concern the shutdown rippleld effect coon damage the u.s. economy. jpmorganon, the ceo of

chase warning first quarter economic growth for the entire couny could be wiped outf the shutdown continues through march. delta airlines says it's costing $25 million a month in lost business as government employees and contractors are not flying. with faa inspectors on furlough, delta is now delaying the rollout of its newest aircraft, th a-220. >> we're not taking sides on the debate, but we need tget the business moving again. >> reporter: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said he would not override a trump veto if congress weree to v to reopen government. >> with a situation like this where t president is in the right place trying to get the right outcome with regard to border security, ofourse not. >> reporter: both congress and the president are getting paid. 42,000 men and women ithe coast guard are now among the federal workers going without pay. >> it impacts your sleeping, it impacts your overall stress level, and it just -- thi keeps

going on for a long time and it's going to have an adverse impact on everyone's operational readr:ess. >> rep the commandant of th ghost carcoast guard writing best of my knowledge this marks the first time in our nation's history thathe service members in a u.s. armed force have not been paid during a lapse in governmentri apprions. i recognize the anxiety and uncertainty the situation places on you and your family. in kodiak,as , a coast guard town through and through, business at king's diner is down 50%. >> we all depend on them very much. we just want them to know that. we're behind and will help them in any which way we can. s >> reporter: a the country, a miami airport restaurant is feeding a officers working without pay. >> a little meal goes a long way to someone's mentality, their psychology and their self-est m self-esteem. >> reporter: from florida to california, tennessee to massachusetts, food banks for strapped government workers. in iowa, farmers were supposed

to receive federal loans to offset the trade war, but those loans are now delayed.st the americannaut on the space station is still being paid, but her support staff at nasa isn't. back on earth, anger from some of the 95% of nasa workers who have been furloughed and are payi the price. >> tom costello reporting there. in a letter to president trump e today, h speaker nancy pelosi asked him to delay his state of the union address after the government reopens or deliver it in writing. that speech was set for january 29th. the white house has not responded to nbc news' reque for comment. well, going without a paycheck naturally can cause a lot of mental stress and whole lot of anxiety. >> each day that goes by, many workers he to make some stuff decisions about how they're going to provide for their li fa, and this hits close to home for our news4 family mollette green joins us to share a persol ory.

>> i grew up in d.c. in a family of federal government workers. my parents, siblings, cousins,f all them spent time working in the federal government. this morning i want m to share cousin's story. normally at this hour of the day, she would bet work right now, but this empty nester, who has an important job keeping the flying public safe, is at home, ghed from her job at the tsa. 27 years in the feder government, my cousin, wanda taylor, is no stranger to a government shutdown, but it's never been this bad before. >> i amed conce about being able to pay my bills, of course. i'm concerned abo my credit, just like anybody else who relies on working and being able to pay their bills and to survive. >> when she's at work, she writes airline policy for the tsa and life is hectic. there's not much time in the week for quality famil time or to just sit and read a book, hit the gym, clean her house, and just take time for herself. but there is now.

>> i don't know what to do with myself. i have toouch time. one thing she does do is stay away from the constant back and fort over when t government will reopen and who's to blame. experts say that's a healthy way to wait out this parveal ment shutdown. psychiatrist dr. eva dume says focus m on what you can control. >> i choose to be positive, i choose to focus on myself, my health, my wellness, and i choose to focus only orethings thatoing to make me feel better each day and sleep easier each night. >> wanda is doing well but she knows if this doesn't end soon, she'll have toake some changes. >> i'm going to have to make choices.h karen pence, the second lady of the united states, is olepping into a different today, but it's not without controversy. she's going to return to emmanuel christian school in springfield as an art teacher.

some are in an uproar over theg parentment posted online. it states the school reserves the right to refuse admission to any student embraces homosexuality. it is part of emmanuel bible church. pence previously taught there for 12 years. there is a renewed hope thia year virginia lawmakers might okay a plan to provide drivers privilege car for undocumented immigrants. right now as many as 0,000 undocumented immigrants might be driving without a license in the commonwealth, and as northern virginia bureau chief julie carey reports, supporters say it's not a political issue, it is one of publi safety. >> reporter: when she gets behind the wheel, she has her driver's license with her. she came to virginia from peru in 2000 and got her license before the state required proof of legal residence. but she wants all undocumented immigrants to drive with the safe confidence she has. and with her own teenage son out

onhe roadnow, safety is her biggest concern. >> translator: what i'm mostlyut concerned a as a mother is that virginia roads are safe. and so i want to make sure that every single person who's driving behind the wheel of a car in t virginia hasen driver's ed, has passed the driver's test, knows the rules of the road. >> reporter:za mendo joined groups who are urging virginia lawmakers to create driver privilegeards that would be issued by the dmv to undocumented immigrants. the recipients would have to prove they paid state income tax and they'd have to meet insurance requirements. >> for now we have 300,000 people who are driving without a license simply because the state won't allow them to get one. that makes everyone less safe, not more safe. >> reporter: those who for undocumented immigrants say they have another motivation. when someone is caut driving without a license, it can often lead to deportatioit >> drivingut a license is a good way to end up with a quick trip to a il, and a

quick trip to a jail is the number one way to end up in deportation proceedings. >> reporter: but last year a bill to permit driver privilege cards failed to make it out of committee. opponents say it could create confusion. hers say if you're here illegally, you shouldn't be t allowehave a valid form of i.d. >> maryland and the districtf columbia enacted laws back in 2013 that provided driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants. 11 other states have similarws we have some breaking news out of silver spring. chopper 4 over the scene a of possible armed bank robbery at b bchb & t bank. >> meagan fitzgerald jus arrived at the seen. what have you learned? >> reporter: i can tell you it's a veryctive scene here. over a dozen montgomery county police officers on scene here and atf agents. no a they have cre perimeter, as you can see, a very far perimeter from the ene. what wenow is that just before 11:00 there was a call for an

armed gunman who walked intoba in the area here right near wayne drive here in silver spring. that suspect then fled the bank. what's unclear is that the dspect was shot. we't know exactlyt who s the suspect as he was making his way toward the metro but we do have chopper 4 video moments above he was put sinto an ambulance andaken away. the reason why officers tell use they have pusd the perimeter further back is because there was also a call for a suspiciou package thas found in the area. that call was made at the same time as the call for the armed gunman that walked into the bank, so right now officers are trying to determine what exactly is in that package and if it is a danger to the community, which is why they are pushing people back so that they can make that discovery. a lot of people's cars obviously in the areahere. but this is still a very active scene, a very active investigatio of course w will be here collecting more information. as we get it, we will bri it

to you. back to you. >> all right, meagan fitzgerald thanks. rain, snow, extreme cold. it's all in the forecast. chuck will have an aupdateer the break. and coming to a grocery aisle near yo robots. we'll have more on the pilot program coming up. ♪ ♪ ♪ rhythm is a dancer ♪ it's a soul companion ♪ you can feel it everywhere ♪ lift your hands and voices ♪ free your mind and join us ♪ you can feel it in the air ♪ oh sorry, we were running late. no problem, come on in. ♪

get an update now on this weather. a little me melting today and then more stuff falling. >> yeah, it's going slush onto rrow afternoon is probably the best way to describe it. the good news is, if you've got something to do outside, friday is looking like a fine done.tunity to get that if you were hoping to get it done on the weekend, well, maybe next weekend. this temperature right now, 40 degrees in washington. shavedff a bit by a bit of a westerly breeze. the winhill is down to 32 degrees so a little breezy, a little cold. don't forget to can all the snow off of your car. doing it halfway doesn't count.

you have to get all thesnow, especially off the roof. and also if you're out at the hardware store or some of the of windshield washer fluid. tub you'll need that a lot over t coming week or so. this big storm moving intofo caia today promises us a pretty significant chance for rain as we get to e weeken mainly just clouds through the inio valley. those cloudsr east of the mountains just a bit. there is more machine for parts of northern virginia down into the northern neck and southern maryland. this is starting tomorrow morning. no prepitation of any kind today. tomorrow morning dry for the morninge. comm by tomorrow at 5:00, temperatures will be around 35 to 37 degrees. so cold enough to get some snow. not probly going to stick to the roads until after the sun goes down and a pretty gooan for slushy wet snow around here between sundown and about midnight tomorrow night to early friday.

by friday morninginhat's all puout. we'll be dry friday afternoon, dry friday night and dry into saturday, but saturday into sunday now pretty good chance for a cold rain saturday. maybe some slushy mixed rain and snow in northern marylan saturday night into sunday morning. all of this is in a detailed forecast in the nbc washington app. i've als posted it on my social media platforms. but you need to know the chance r wet snow tomorrow, half an inch to an inch for most of the metro area, but maybe little t more across northern maryland. the next big story after that is the plunge in temperatures. near 50 by about 10:0011r 0 sunday morning and a 40-degree temperature drop between then and the tim you wake up on monday morning. strong winds on monday will keep windchills at or below zero most of the day. that is cold. >> all right, thanks chuck. i think. a local fast food weker whkills are making him social media famous.

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an upscale mexican restaurant in d.c. offers some unique dishes you won't findot or mexican-inspired menus. it is launching a special experience designed to tempt your taste buds with a twist on a classic. good to see you again. so you're going to offer taco omakase which is something we usually see in a japanese restaurant forsushi. how does it work? >> in japanese it means i'll let the chef decide and that's what we want people to do, put this in o hands. it's our treatment of masa, which is the dough we make from grinding corn that's the foundation of everything do in the restaurant. >> so you make all of your tortillas fresh. >> yes. i just came back from a trip to

mexico city. >> what did you lear >> it was amazing. i spent some time in a tortillaria so we were working on refining some of the utechniques. ee when you squeeze it just how soft and pliable it is. so we use this to press all of ourrt las. >> and you have the machine to do it. >> this presses 250 of the 400 tortillas a day. >> do you have a machine to do it? >> no, no. >> you press each? >> every one by hand. >> so what are you making for us. >> this is our brisket tacos. so we've got a little bit of smoked 'risket. going to put a little bit of squash mole. >> so what goes in the mole? >> so mole is interesting t'cause everybody thinks a chocolate-based sauce, but mole actually just means to grind. nd so the most famous mole is acamole. >> whoa, of course! that makes total sense, and it is my favorite mole, guacamole

is my svorite. >> ts roasted squash, we're going to do some pickled onion, some crispy epizote. it spellstle like gasoline when it's raw but when it's cooked, it's amazing. finish with a little crispy garlic. >> now, while i try this, tellt me w goes in your brisket. >> we dry rubst it f for four days with toasted chilies, and then we do a wet rub on it, smoke it and roast it overnight. >> soundsdelicious, sorry. >> that's the best compliment we can get. >> what other tacos will you offer? >> so we have a mixture of tacos. we do little folded trianglesff that are s inside, we do a few tostadas. we do like our classic pato

el pastor. >> so some of the are classics. what are some of the new things that people won't usually find anywhere else? youo the tnt is a big one won't find normally. it's fried tongue and we do it mth tempura fried osanta. >> do you get te any requests or is this fully in your hands? >> we try to do whatever we n to accommodate, but it's pretty -- there's 12 courses so wery to do - >> 12 taco courses. >> 12 taco courses. >> love that kind >> dinosaurs are involved. >> dinosaurs? >> i don't want to give too much away. >> i'm intrigued. this is delicious. i was talking with my mouth full so apologize for that. chef, taco omakase available. starting soon? >> tuesdays and wednesdays every week. >>h. thanks so m >> thank you for having me. >> eun was rendered speechless

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more t interacting with you when you go to shop. >> interesting. and in case you missed this, jimmy fallon's "tonight show" episode last night was filmed entirely in prico. >> fallon said that he was inspired by hamilton's creator, lin-manuel miranda. ♪ >> lin-manuel miranda recently announced that he was taking the show "hamilton" to puerto rico to raise money for the arts in the hurricane-ravaged island. gabe gutierrez was there for lin-manuel miranda's t tumphant retuthe stage. >> reporter: on ope night in san juan, lin-manuel miranda couldn't hold back tears. >> i just love this island so much and i just want it to be proud of me. >> reporter: more than two years after stepping down from the role that catapulted his career to new heights, he's reprising "hamilton."

>> what moment did you savor the most? >> bringing my father out on stage tonight. no one has worked harder than him. >> reporter: his father took us where limanuel spent h childhood summers. >> what does this island still mean? >> the most important thing, i believe, it's to redo its electrical grid. >> rorter: "hamilton" is on a three-week run raising money to help the arts olathe isnd. >> resilient, that's what these people are. and the spirit here, you feel it. >> reporter: jimmy fallon is among those highlighting puerto rico's resurgence, the focus of a special episode of "the tonight show." >> what i remember from hurricane maria so vividly was the quiet. literally not being able to hear from the island from that immediate aftermath and the opening lin of that song is "in the eye of a hurricane, there's quiet." >> reporter: an island, quiet no longer. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, san juan, puerto rico. >> just beautiful. we know it means a lot to the

people there. so let's send things back over to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. hey, chuck. >> we're watching for this chance for rain and wetow slush omorrow evening between 4:00 or 5:00 up to midnight. that pulls a out we'll bow dry friday and to start your weekend, a lot rfn chances saturday afternoon and off and on through sunday. then the temperaturesy rea take a tumble sunday night into monday morning. windchills could be near or below zero early monday and a very cold start to next week. >> all right, thanks, chuck. that's "news4 midday." thank you for joining us. we're back on the air this afternoon at 4:00. >> you can get news and weather updates any time with our nbc washingtp. have a great day and we'll see you a littleteater this afoon.

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