video. sped up showing peopleg lin up outside the block oside the emergency kitchen setup foror federalkers and their families. not onl are people struggling to make endsir meet, t struggling to get inside this restaurant. it's located at 7th and ennsylvania avenue in northwest. we'll take you there live in just a few minutes. first we begin with a winter w storm thare tracking. thanks for joining us. >> and here with the storm 4 weather center, you have to feel for those peopleutside in line. look at these temperatures. it is cold, that's the operative word across the dmv. and the word is it's going to get even colder tonight in trenton. >> we're going to beealing th another refreeze tonight. temperatures in the teens and 20s and then, leon, tomorrow night rain and no in the forecast and more rain and more

snow in the forecast over the week wds. >> that't we did not want to hear. but let's start with jay gray, he's looking at conditions across the country right now. jay? >> reporter: driving rains along the west coast and in some areas close t a foot of water soaking and swallowing communities this off-ramp had to be shutdown along the 805 in san diego after a sinkhole opened up there. in other areas mud is the problem. seenos in malibu and end where this home was battered with more rain on the way. police gre nowng door-to-door in areas ravaged by wildfires, fst responders staging and thousands concerned abt the potential of rolling walls of mud and debris. a rare blizzar warning is in place in parts of california's high country. 12 to 15 inches of snow is expected by the end of the d

in the sierras and even more by the end of the week. residents stocking up for the extreme conditions. >> everybody's been constantly flowing in and out stoppg to get food and it's been crazy. >> reporter: the crazy weather will push across the middle of the country and through the northeast for the next several days, expected to bring snow and ice. a mess for millions in its path. jay gray, nbc news. >> and that storm system jay was just talking about is going to impa us saturday on into sunday. right now it's about another refreeze that's going to happen overnight tonight. check out our low this morning in the 20s, and you do wan to plan for some slick spots as w look to your thursday outside of the belt way temperatures are going to fall fast. at 7:00 rem. tempera outside of the beltway already

below freezing, so we're alreads starting t things ice up by 11:00 p.m. 20s in thuburbs and about 34 in washington. at least, though, tonight it's clear andt's dry. as we look to tomorrow night, i'm tracking a storm system that's going to bring us rain and snow may some delays friday. a bigger storm system over the weekend and their coldest we've felt in a year moves in for martin luther king, jr. day. ll have more coming up at 4:20. >> all right, folks tomorrow when youake upturn on news 4 to get the latest on delays and slank spots. a look ahead to the snow tomorrow night. l of that starting at 4:00 a.m. right here. >> now chopper 4 over the aftermath of a bank robbery in silver springs that left a gunman dead. brought you this stor as breaking news on news 4 midday. police say the robber ran out of

the bb & t bank on wain avenuet with any cash. meagan? >> reporter: that police officer ended up shooting that suspect in an alley and then they ended up taping off the entire area because that suspectaid he had a bomb inside his backpack. scary moments unfolding in the middle of dntown silver springs just before the lunch hour rush. this was the scene after montgomery county police say an armed gunman walkedth into bb&tnank on w avenue and went straight to the manager's office. stated he had a bomb in his backpack, he also lifted up his coat and displayed a handgun. >> he says the suspect dammed $20,000 in cash, but the manager was able to hit p theic button to alert police and the suspect

took off. chopper 4 was flying above moernts after the off spotted the suspect who was heading towards the silver spring metro station. >> at which point he was nt conf by a montgomery county police officer who observed the suspect with the backpack on. there was a confrontation. the suspect was then rshot. >>eporter: buildings were evacuated, then surrounding reets blocked off while police used robots to investigate a possible bomb inside the suspect's backpack. it was a disruptio for some folks. >> it's just crazy for this area. >> reporter: but in the end no one got hurt. >> guess crazy things happen. sounds like something from a movie. >> reporter: now, police tell us something that was designed to found ke a bomb was inside the backpack but no explosiv were recovered as for that suspect, we're told

he died at the hospita back to you. >> thank you, meagan. police tell us a car was traveling on mlk highway, that vehicle a second car that was trying to maken a left t collided. one of the drivers died at the hospital. the csh under investigation. as the government shutdown drags on, some democratic lawmakers have questioned whether the president truly understands the pain being felt across the nation. >> well, they may have found a way tomunicate that and keep it real. the president's state of the unionaddress, the report to the nation is mandated by the constitution, but there is acally no requirementor it to be a live televised event before a joint session of congress. >> house speaker pelosi is urging the president to postpone the speech until after the shutdown.

blaine alexander joins us now. how's this request going over at the white house? >> reporter: the state of the union address is less than two weeks away as speaker pelosi and other top democrats are saying that with the shutdown there's a concern now over security during such a major event. but some republicans areng dismissi that as a political ploy. today house speaker nancy pelosi step, a stunning suggesting the state of the union be rescheduled because of the government shutdown. urging president trump to either send his speech in wting or wait until after the shutdown is over. ofthis is about hundreds people working on the logistics nd security of it, most of those people are either furloughed or victims of the president's shutdown. >> i just think that's sortf tactic, making things worse. >> reporter: pelosi insisting she's not disinviting the

presiden wrrrather winning out security concerns. with the border wall shutdown now in day 26 it's to send a message. in another day with no major movement a group of bipartisan senators have their own message for president trump. reopen the government now a we ll work with you on the border wall. >> if this doesn't work, then you better do the executive action. >> meanwhile the economy starting to take a hit. the president's own experts estimate the gdp is droppg by 0.13% each week of the shutdown as thousands of federal workers continue toestruggle, som taking their anger dectly to congress specifically senate gop leader mitch mcconnell. >> i want to give him my bill to pay today because they are >> a new poll showing a majority of americans blaming the shutdown on the president and

his party. >> all right. >> thank y so much. bla federal workers have been trying to find a way to make it through this period, but cf jose andres wants to make sure they don't go unfed. >> from his newestitchen on pennsylvania avenue where the lines have been pretty long for most of the day. cory? >> reporter: yeah, they were. at one point the line stretched around the building here at world central kitchen. i just spoke with organi irs and they s less than five hours they served 4,000 meals to some very grateful furloughed federal employees. in a government shutdown fraught with uncertainty there is at least comfort in knowing where

your next meal is coming from. today hundreds of furloughed federal employees waited in line for a free meal, courtesy of chefe j andres and his world kitchen foundation. >> folks have struggling and they've got to feed the families and pay their rent. and we hope by activating this kitchen we can provide a little bit of support. >> reporter: for sabrina brooks this is god send, a much needed break from the endlesshone calls to bill collectors. she's grateful for the made food but embarrassed she needs a hand out. >> i burst into tears on the phone with one of my creditors because i had to beg for forgiveness for the first time my life. >> reporter: but when you're hungry those feelings get put to the side. >> it's really hpful for such a great chef to be opening something for feds becausee no really thinks about the feds too oroften. >> rr: they'll be here for

as long as they can while the shutdown lasts, offering a hot meal that's bringing a little warmth to federal workers who keel left out in the cold. >> i've wor for the government over 30 years and i've seen a lot ofaleder shutdod th takes the cake. we shouldn't have to have this iner a. >> reporter: now, again, the kitchen will be open until 6:00 ortonight. some workers just came in. all you have to do is show your federal i.d. card. and if you can't make it outwi tonight the be back tomorrow and the day after that and the day after that, for as long as the shutdown lasts. >> incredible. thank you, cory. sears. sears has beenle saved at for now. after days of negotiations chairman lampert has appartly won a bankruptcy auction to avoid liquidationf the company. and his deal is worth more than $5 billion.

if it's fhialized t bid would keep about 400 stores open, saving about 50,000 jobs. at its peek in 2012 the 132-year-old retailer operated about 104,000 if you live in our area chances are you know someone affected by the government shutdown. >> working for you in the community but time she introduces us to a member of her own family, sharing her struggle on day 25th of the shutdown. plus a new option for kos ant a straighter smile without looking like a brace face. plus millions of americans are

> storm team 4 is straking a lot coming our way over the next couple of dayncding a refreeze overnight again tonight and then rain and snow on top of all that again tomorrow. emilia's tracking the timing for us right heree in th minutes. going without a paycheck can cause a lot of menta stress and lot f of anxiety. and with each day that goes by many workers havegho make t decisions how to provide for amilies. the shutdown hits close to home for our news family as well. >> i grew up i d.c. in a family of federal government workers. my parents, siblings, cousins, all of them spent time working

in the federal government. i want t m share cousin's story. now, normally at this hour of the day she w be at work right now. but this empty nester who has an important job keeping the public safe i at home. my cousin wandy taylor is no stranger to a government shutdown, but it's never been this bad before. >> i am concerned about being able to pay my bills, of course. i'm concerned about my credit just like anybody else that relies on working and being able to pay their bills and to survive. >> reporter: when she's at work she writes airline policy for thea and there's not much time in the week for quality family time or to just sit and read a book, hit the jim, clean her house and just take time for herself. but there is now. >> like, i don't know whato do myself. i have too much time. >> reporter: one thing she

do is stay away from the constant back and forth about when the governmentill reopen and who's to blame. experts say that's a healthy way to wait out this partial government shutdown. a psychiatrist says foc more on what you can do. >> i choose to be positive, focus on mymyself, my wellness, and i choose to focus only on things that are going to make me feel better each dayp and h me sleep easier at night. >> reporter: wanda is doing well but she knows if this doesn't end soon her lifestyle may have to change. >> i'm going to have to make some tough choices. >> got a lot of time on her hands but n paycheck in her hand. if you're a federal worker and you need help, we'r workingor you. we've got a list of resources on the nbc washington app. you'll find ways to help pay utility bills and find places giving away free meals or

groceries. turning now to the consumer alert, a popular protein bar is beingecalled because it could be dangerous to people with peanut allergies. check the labels. they've got bes by dates ranging from january 14th of this year to october 19th of last year. this recall is on top of anothee hat came last december. rx bar says its expanding its recall afterteustomers rep allergic reactions. news 4 is working for your health. today a new study shows 95% of people who think they're allergic to penicillin aren't. most people find out they're allergic during childhood often because they develop a rash from the antibiotic. but now experts say the rash may actually develop where penicillin is prescribed for an viral infectther than a bacterial infection. doctors say a true allergic reaction would involve hives, weezing and shortness of breath.

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about in the weather department today. we have a refreeze tonight. weave some rain and snow tomorrow night, maybe some delays on friday, guys. we have a big weekendndtorm systemhen the coldest air we've felt a year moves in sunday night for your martin luther king, jr. day. first up we're going to start with our temperatures. right now we're above freezing and well above freezing, at 43 in washington. for the most part we're around 41 degrees today. tonight v ty similar the last two nights. once we hit 5:00 p.m. when t sun goedown, we're going to see things freeze back up pretty quickly, so you wanto be cautious for icy spots out there tomorrow morning. now, tomorrow aigh of 38 degrees. so if you thought today was chilly with the cooler temper tomorrow is going to feel cold. check this out. rain and snow moves in as early as 4:00, 5:00 p.m. but that's west of the.c. metro area.

starting you off at 4:00 p.m., all of the white and blue coloring you're seeing here is ow. the pin indicating potentially a bit of a rain-snow mix. and this is at 4:00 p.m. along 66 back around i-81. once we hit about 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. it's in the d.c. metro area. so definitely could be some slick spots out there especially if you're commuting later. maybe some rai mixes in and it's out of here by 6:00 a.m. what are the impacts? well, tomorrow, kids, you're heading to school. it's going to be icy in spots early, but i don't think we'll see as many delays as we have been because people wil have had a chance to get things cleaned up. bringing some snow, maybe some rain mixing in, and cool on friday. i certainlyhink we're going to see some delays out there especially north of washington. here's my snowfall map. this is from 4:00 p.m. thursday

6:00 a.m. friday and really opening up the time period because we're going to be seeing snow moving in 4:00 p.m. moving west and a bit later here the metro area. but the d.c. metro area onlynd arn inch or less. that means the potential for nothing at all, mixed in with some rain so slushy or kind of messy out there especially forr late ty. north of washington, upper montgomery county, frederick county checking about 1 to 3 inches, especially around the mason dixon lie , i think could see some higher ult. to use of that we're going be in the storm team 4 weather alert. friday we're mainly dry with sunshine developing, and then the weekend, well, it's a mainly rain event but don't write off some snow just yet. much more on the weekend coming up at 4:45. in the meantime aocal

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characters escape death by covering their eyes and people have started up loading clips of the so-called bird box challenge where they trytu to perform ss outside their home while wearing afo blindld. youtube says any harmful or dangerous content is not allowed. it's giving content creators two months to take down the videos or else w youtubel take them down for you. a statement from the video platform reads in part, quote, youtube is home toany beloved viral challenges and pranks but we need to make sure what's funny doesn't cross the line into also being harmful o dangerous, end quote. ake this scenario in utah, teen driver told police she was doing the bird box challenge behind the will, only listening to the commands of her passenger. y and as can imagine this ended poorly. the teen crashed into another car a then hit a light post.

incredibly nobody wasio sly hurt in that accident, however want the teen charged with reckless driving. >> that was more than just reless. that w crazy. >> yeah, pretty unbelievable. the duchess ofsuex, meghan markell, is marking off comments madebout her pregnancy, even when someone called her fat. well, you couldn't really me it up there. but what she said in response to the comment about being fat is i'll take it. obviously it was an innocent remark about her growing baby bump. as you know she and prince harry are expecting their first this spring. >> i think it's starting to show upig pretty now. big time. >> babies grow. >> even in that condition she's not fat at all. looks like a big letter b.

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two systems over the next few days. one tomorrow night and the much tlarger storm system ove weekend. it moves in with mainly rain saturday between 3:00 and 8:00 p.m. but for the most pal you can stt stuff done for the first half of your saturday. sunday, though, we'll be tracking rain throughout the day ending pentially as some snow. it then is windy and turning much colder out there bec ose that warm weather alert on sunday andth martin king, jr. day as we track dangerously cold air on your monday. more on the fls like temperature on your monday plus snow tomorrow night. how will schools bempacted on friday? more on that storm system coming up in a bit. now to a scary situation that unfolded in gorge town. police searching forom a who they say tried to abduct a little girl. >> the child had just been dropped off at her home when the woman approached her and tried to take her. pat, i understandot you've some new images of the suspect

they're looking for now, right? >> reporter: some most interesting images with some odd behavior. ey say this woman tried to snatch the little girl from right in front of her house. they say she did it with the promise of cotton candy. we have video of her walking down a georgetown street, video of her dancing into a corner st poli s thishe w wanted in connection in the attempted kidnapping of a 6-year-old girl. it happened on donebarton street in georgetown. for obvious reasons we're not going to show you the exact addres of that little girl. in a heartfelt note her father described what happened. he said yesterday afternoon a nanny was driving a carpool and

dropped his daughter off in front of t as the girl was walng to the front door a woman came u from behind and yanked the little girl and tried to drag her away. th woman said she had cotton candy and that the girl should stop sireing and come to her house. the girl escapes, the nanny screams,he suspect runs away. the little 6-year-old goes inside into her mother's arms and says, never, never. i will never go. councilman jack evans represents georgetown. he's seen the surveillanc picture. he's aware of what happened here. >> it goes back to, th it's every parent's worst nightmare. i'm glad it turned out all right but we're going to do everything we can to track down this individual and make sure she's not out there doing this again. >> reporter: now, if you've seen that woman, if you know that woma police want to hear from

you. leon back to you. >> good deal. thank you, pat. the former archbishop of washington apologizing in a new letter toests. wuerl h been under fire. in the letter he says he forgot about a 2004 accusation against him. bue it was himself who brought the complaint to the vatican that year. he said he never intended to provide false information and he alsopologized for, quote, any additional g mrihey survivor. his letter i an extreme reverserevers reverseal. governor larry hogan says he is honored to be only the second

republican governor sworn in for a second term in the history of the state. in his inaugural address today in annapolis governor hogan says he's just as humbled, eager and aweds he was athe start of his first term four years ago. hogan pdged to put problem solving ahead of partisanship and compromise ahead of conflict. >> we sought out bipartisan common sense solutions that worked for the people of maryland. we didn't srender or principles, we simply practiced the art of the possible. >> the inaugural festivities continue tonight with a gala a mgm's national harbor. the field of democrats who want to be president jus got a little more crowded. and 2020 could bring a number of female presideial candidates. new york senator kirsten gillibrand officially throwing her name into the ring today. she's a long time advocate for womens issues and a vocal

supporter of the meoo movement. gillibrand's colleagues in the senate, elizabeth warren has also announced her intention to run for president. many furloughed government workers are happy to stand in line at food banks and depend of charitie help. we're seeing long lines outside celebrity chef jose andres' kitchen. ey're providing meals for workers every day this shutdown lasts. we k lot of your listeners are either government workers or relatede to s or somehow depend upon them. and from what we're hearing now, msit s like everybody's being affected at every single level not justow level employees, right? >> absolutely. executive level as well. our federal workers areha working, dedicated and proud people. they find it difficult that they are finding themsels having to stand in food lines when they haveed elect these officials, they're paying their salaries but it's becausere the not

doing their job they have to make these choices for themselves. michelle, she's out of d.c., she's worked for 27 years for the usda and she found herself having to stand in one of those lines. >> i don't like having to be there. i mean, i've always been the sole m provider in home for my children. i've done very well, and to be furloughed is making me a little angry, be. i'm f we're getting by. >> some of the food banks werer hed thin before this broke anyway. >> if you call any up you'll find theines are either busy or going straight to voice mail. they are referring you to go to the their websites to get information or sign-up. they're handling it the best they can with the voluneyers an but they are being

stretched thin. i spoke to tim with the national council of nonprofits and heh shared w us what he's hearing at other nonpfits across t area. >> we've already been in many cases at peak capacit trying to help our neighbors in need. ed with the onslaught of the federalloyees being furloued that's actually increasing the number of people who are coming in, people who used to give to the local food bank are now standing in line at the same food bank. >> fwoi, hard to see how long they can sustain this, how they can keep thi up. what do you know about where people can go tolpet some >> wow, there's so much. providing meals every day of course for financial assistance i want to let people know for ncrc, they have big event coming up this friday from 10:00 to 1:00 p.m. in washington, d.c. you can find a list of what

they're doing and other providing assistance is time of need for the furloughed employees. >> a right, folks, you can also find more information on our website as well, nbcwashington.m. just go there and search shutdown resources. between us, we've got you covered. we'll get you some help. > all right, thank you both. breaking news now. next on news4, anre important call to tell you about from kia. kia. the so you finally got fios, huh? yep. you wanna know what the best part about it is? gaming with less lag? nope. watching movies in 4k? nope. the beno part about it is, righg classes... my dad is streaming games... and because the fiber-optic network gives you insane speed and capacity... they don't have to ask you to get offline. exactly. you owe me so big time. right now is your last chance to get fios internet for just. $39.99 per month and a $50 amazon gift card when you switch. hurry, this offer ends january 30th.

three louden county firefighters are recovering now after their fire truck flipped ov engine 603 was returning from a medical call lat last night when it suddenly went off the road and ockrturned. it t hit a utility pole temporarily knocking out power. the three firefighters were taken to the hospital but we're happy to say they are expect today be fine. some people ipmaryland felt the earth movnder their feet. what in the world? >> so an earthquake happened yesterday. thispe hd about 135 miles offshore of ocean city to the east-southeast and hapned at 6:30 in the evening and registered at a magnitude 4.7 ake. now, no tsunami threat was

reported, which of cour when you have an earthquake out in the ocean that can be a concern. g far as the reports the shaking was anywhere from light to weak. no damage thankfully waspo ed. but check this out. it was felt all the way from new banksown to the outer so, yeah, a little earthquake out there yesterday. back here at home we'reracking snow tomorrow night, a weekend storm system which will b the second storm, not just tomorrow then another one for the weekend and then bitterly cold. i'm breaking all that down coming up in five minutes. >> that's got toe the topic. rain, snow, freezing temperatures and nowea hquake. >> all right, thanks. there are a lot of people in ourtr areagling without a paycheck during this government shutdown. >> just because your paycheck stops, the mortgage doesn't stop, the b electricl doesn't stop, your food bil doesn't stop. >> up next we'll introduce you to a woman who's working toive

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live eaking news from t desk auto maker kia is recalling nearly 70,000 optimas, sorrentos and sportages. it comes after reports of them spontaneously catchingou fire. onee right here in maryland say their vehicle caught fire while driving down road. the national highway traffic and safety administration is investigating the fires. kia says it wants to inspectt vehicles t had their engines replaced under a previousak recl e sure that the fuel pipe was attached to the fuel pump correctly. kia says it is alsoffering

what's called a product improvement campaign to install censors in about 1.7 million vehicles which will alert driver of possible engine failures. for more details on the vehicles included in thisecall just open up our nbc washington app and search kia. back to you. >> all right, susan. pretty scary stuff. okay, we're on d 26 on the government shutdown and counting. and several efforts are under way right now to help furloughed workers. >> roughly 100 furloughed federal workers will be coming back to school, you could say. we're here at the stafford campus at the university of maryland washington where all day thursday they're preparing several courses. you've got a dozen professors coming togethe to help with their talents from everything fromtinancial managemen to mindfulness and meditation, useful during what i sessful time. there's a major eort under way right now.

letoya brown, she is helping with the regional food bank, stocking up shelves, opening up their services to help keep food on the ble. >> we're not here to judge anyone. we're not here to look at where you come from, how much money you make, how much money you've made in the past, what kind of car you drive or house you liv in. we're concerned about the need right now. >> reporter: the regional food bank is also hosting a food drfe that if you are onehe fortunate ones receiving a paycheck, you can help out. happening tonight, the mission will take up a proposed solar farm that's causing frce debate. the facility would be located covering about a 6,000es. more than half of the land would be filled with solar panels. opponents are worried about

erosion that could damage already fragile streams. they're also worried about their property values. >> you cut up all the trees you have notng but barren land. >> this is the future. look at where our partners are at the it's microsoft, it's apple. there's a real opportunity for this area and i'm looking forward to seeing it happen. >> s-powerhich is the company behind this project says it will block out any view of the panels with ferns and new vegetation. tonight'seeting is set for 7:00. after they review the project it will go before the county board of supervisors. that should happen some time in march. if approved it would be the largest solar farm on the entire east coast. yesterday we told you about a robot that's coming to some grocery store aisles, and we have to clear up some confusion about that sry tonight. here's the video we showed you yesterday. this is marty the robot who's going to soon be roaming the

i'lls in giant food store looking for hazards like spills and alerting workers to them. now, are we've told you he's being rolled out atll giant stores, but we have since earned marty is only boing to at locations owned by giant. that means the giant stores that we're most familiar with here in the d.c. area, they are not includ r. at least nht now. >> darn. >> yeah, but you know if it'ea n hat works it'll be copiedee and we'll shese things here. that'sow it works. >> i want marty to tell me where the hard to find items are. you have a few things on your list and you're le i'm looking everywhere i think they should be and i can't find them. >> so are we talking about any accumulation and for the rain that's coming how much are you talking about? >> as far as the accumulation tomorrow night, t d.c. metro area north and east we're inch.g about maybe an north and west, though, you

could see maybe one to three ch . and another storm system that's looking like it will have another wintery mix and especially rain. with that, dpat, we co see around an inch saturday and sunday, an inch rfn. and you know what that means, maybe some flooding concerns out here w the upcoming events rethere. i'm tracking. the first tomorrow into early rfriday. we sn and snow moving between 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. but t you know big difference for our area 4:00 p.m. the ening commute well under way by 7:00 p.m. and winding down. heads up, your evening commute could be impacted with some rain and sw. about 3 inches or less. i'm going to be posting my n fall totals map on facebook and twitight after this. in montgomery, washington, louden coties, theypical areas you expect around here with the typicalrm snows now, a much bigger storm moves in late saturday and continues throughout the day sunday. we're talking rain but don't

write off the wintery mix, snow an ice just yet. this storm system is still evolving. the biggest ccerns are goi to be when everything starts saturday and ends on sunday and especially wn it ends on sunday with the potential of some ice and snow in the forecast. so you mig want to plan to just hunker down at home again this sunday. and then sunday night into monday arctic air moves in, so anything that is wet turns to ice for sure as we track feels like temperatures sunday and throughout the day on monday anging from about 10:00 below to 10:00 above zero. it will be dangerously cold out there your your martin luther king, jr. day. tomorrow we're tracking a highf temperatureout 38 degrees. as we see the storm system moving in tomorrow we're going to have some maybe rain and snow. but temperatures cool at 5:00 p.m., like we've been seeing all week, so that changes over t snow heret 7:00 p.m. that could mean some accumulating snow on area roant polly ending as a rain-snow mix once again.

but i think enough to lead to some delays. really tomorrow the event isno it's just unfortunate timing. that's why we're going to seeing delays out there friday. a weaker system moves in between about 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. it's mainly an all rain eventga but a wintery mix is possible at the beginning and at the end. and look at your ten day. 39 on saturday, 25 on monday but that feels at about 5 degrees with very strong winds out there. so dangeusly cold on monday. we will be in storm team 4 weather alert mode tomorrow evening, sunday and monday as well, guys. >> it's carwashes, too. >> and a lot of folks will be staying in because they don't want to go out in the cold. >> stay with us. neighbors ois ansin teen are now saying that they may have heard the gunshot that killed her parents. >> next what the accused gunman told police he had planned before authorities fou jamie. >> but first let's g's a look at

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>> i feel bad. >> reporter: they say they didn't think to call 911 after they heard the gunshot the night jake patterson allegedly shot and killed jane and denise. >> we could have made a difference. >> reporter: the criminal a complaininst patterson reveals authorities may have just missedatim. invests say the 21-year-old told them about 20 seconds after he escapedh w jamie bound in his trunk he yielded to three passing squad cars with lights and sirens headed towards the crime scene. those deputies responding to the 911 call denise made before she was killed. officials say screaming could be hear in the background. patterson applied for a job online the day before jamie got away. for work experience patterson listed he was in the marines for nine months back in 2017, but the marines say she was discharged after only five weekn in 201cating the character of his service was incongruent

with marine corp expectations and standards there a $50,000 reward tied to this case. the couple who called 911 to report jamie safe and their homt say they d want the money, if anyone deserves it is jamie herself because she after all ended this 88 day search. right now at 5:00, we'll be in storm team 4 weather alert mode tomorrow with some rain and snow in the forecast and abi er storm system impacting us over the weekend. all all of the details coming up. emergency relief. long lines today as a celebrity chef opens up a pop up kitchen to serve meals it furloughed federal workers. person of interest. the search for a woman who police say used candy to try snatch a 6-year-old in front of her house. but with a beautiful sunset

tonight we're going to start with a forecast that husband a bit of a triple threat. we're talking tumbling temperatures, overnight refreezing and more snow on the way. >> and that is just the beginning. check out these numbers. t they are about take a snows dive on us. we could see the end of the workweek nothing like this. it's going to feel colder than it has,lk in about a year. amilia joins us now from the storm center to break it to us gently. >> we, right n we're still above freezing. but as the sun goes down those mperatures especially u in the beltway are going to quickly drop to freezing and below. so anothrefreeze is in the forecast tonight. clear skies out there rightst n. l at 42 degrees but icy conditions out there in the suburbs at 7:00 p.m 39 degrees in the district. it'll be around 32 in the suburbs. by 11:00 p.m. we're down to 20sinate suburbs and 34 in washington. so a cold start tomorrow. this is what you started your day off