plus day 26 of the shutdown showdown. >> we shouldn't have to have this in america. >> the new help forlo fhed federal workers. let's get to that breaking news. the fbi says it foiled a plot to setoff an explosion at the white house and other targets around the district. >> the fbi field office in georgia just announced this in the last half-hour. they arrested a 21-year-old man who lives north of atlanta. he intended to attack his targets with ieds, agents lieve he was acting onis own and there's no continuing threat. now your weather forecast. consider this the calm beore ext storm. storm team 4 fine tuning our chances fornow as soon as tomorrow. good evening. >> here we go again. we may have to work around school delays and canceonations friday.

>> a storm tomorrow evening with chances for snow or a wintery mix, a bigge storm coming on sunday. that one going to be mostly rain. and then the coldest air we've felt in a year. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia draper here to break down what's exactly headed our way. you've got all kinds ofad news r us. >> absolutely. winter in full force in the d.c. metro area right now. before we get to all thaf we're dealing with aprefreeze tonight. right now our temperature coming in at 42 degrees. ande're going to see temperatures fall into the teens and 20s. 21 in frederick and 24 degrees in washington. this is pretty muc what you can expect out there tomorrow morning. you will want to pea cautious for slick spots as kids are getting on the bus.

at this point hopefully we have everything cleaned up.ut throughe tay we're going to be dry. after school activities, though, potentially canceled as rain and showers mov b inween 4:00, and 7:00, and that could lead to some delays onm friday. going to have much more on the timing tomorrow night into friday and the potential amounts coming up in my forecast at 6:20. folks, wake up early with news 4 tomorrow. and meteorologist chuck bell ill have the latest up to the minute update on the winter weather ah sd. quitery scene in montgomery county today. chopper 4 was overhead minutes after a police officer shot and killed a suspected b robber. witnesses say they felt like they were in the middle of a movie or something. all ts unfolding on wain avenue in silver spring. meagan? >> reporter: yeah, police say this officer andpe the s got

into some sort of confrontation before that spect was shot and killed. then they taped off the area just behind me here as they tried to figure o if this guy had a bomb. this wasn't the scene anyone expected to see while trying to get to work this morning in downtown silver spring. >> i guess crazy things happen. it sounds like something from a movie. >> i looked up and i seen so many police officers coming down. 11:00 when dozens of montgomery county police officers surroundedain avenue, blocking off parts of coalsville road after a gunman tried robbing the bb&t bank. >> walked into the bank manager's office, stated he had a bom in his backpack, he alsop liftedis coat and displayed a handgun. >> the assistant police chief says the suspect demanded $20,000 in cash. but the manager managed to hit the panic button to alert police, and the suspect took

off. chopper 4 was flying above the ene moments after the suspect was spotted by an officer. >> he was confronted by a montgomery county police officer who observed the suspect was the backpack on. there was a enfrontation. suspect was then shot. >> reporr: desiree was nearby when it happened. >> it looked like a guyas on the ground. >> reporter: surrounded office buildings evacuated and the roads blocked off while the bomb squad used robots to investigate the suspect's backpack. >> i'l trying to go to the train station to get a bus to go to work. >> reporter: it was a disruption for lot of folks but in the end aside from the suspect was safe. ot findice say they did any explosives inside this man's backpack. >> a right, meagan fits gerald reporting from silver spring. get to the shutdown day 26 and counselling.

some democrats concerned now the president is insulated from t fall out of federal workers. >> house speaker nancy pelosi ir ng to bring reality home. she is strongly suggesting that prt trump delay his "state of the union" address to a joint session ofoness. pelosi blames security concerns during the government shutdown, althecret service officials say they are fully prepared. >> now, the "state of the union" address can be delivered from any location, but none compared to the historic sweeping impact oiof a session of congress. we have coverage of the impact. blayne, just another bit of proof thesereot normal times here. >> reporter: speaker pelosi and some top democrats sayh w the "state of the union" less than two weeks away there is a security threat because of the shutdown, securing such a major event. but some republicans are just dismiing that d dismissing that as a political

ploy. taki a stunning step suggesting the "state of the union" be rescheduledecause of the government shutdown. urging the president to either send his speech in writing or it until after the shutdown is over. >> this requires hundreds of people working on the logistic or securityf it. most of those people are either furloughed or vicms of the president's shutdown. >> i just think that's sort of tactic is making things worse. >> rorter: pelosi insisting she is not disinvitinghe president, rather winningut security concerns. but other top democrats say with the bder wall shutdown over border funding now in day 26 it's to send a message. >> it's what we think is the proper way to proceed. > reporter: a group of bipartisan senators have their own message for president trump. reopen the government now and we will work with you on the border wall. >> if this doesn't work, then you better doache executive

on. >> reporter: meanwhile, the economy starting to take a hit. the president's owner exp estimates the gdp is dropping by 0.13% each week of the shutdown as thousands of federal workers continue to struggle, some taking their anger directly to congress. specifically senate gop leader tch mcconnell. >> i want to give him myo bill t y today because they are late zbl zbl . r: a new poll showing the majority of americans pin the blame of the shutdown on the presiden p and histy. and a source saying there was a planned walk through today to "prepare for theate of the union," but after that liter from speaker pelosi to president trump today's meeting was postponed at the request of the speaker's office. with no sign of any end point to this government shutdown chef jose andres wants to make sure feral workers are being fed. he's opened a new kitchen on pennsylvania avenue.

and news 4's cory smith checked out the big response today. cory? >> reporter: yeah, that'right, doreen. i don't know about you but food tends to taste a little bit better when it's free. and if anyone deserves a free hot meal it's all these federal wemployees and contractor can't work, can't get a paycheck. ngw, the kitchen is closi here momentarily, but let's show you some video from earlier. when i was out here the line was wrapping around the corner. all these federal employees did not mind waiting and they we grateful that chef andres andiz his orgion stepped in to help them during a difficult time. in a government shutdown fraught nty, there is a least comfort in knowing where your next meal is coming from. on day 26 of the partial government shutdown thousands of furloughed federal employees ited in line for a free meal. for smithsonian employee, thiss

food dore than quiet the stomach rumblings, it lifts h spirit. >> i've been okay but we're taking advantage of t little deals. it's a good excuse to see colleagues and meepale up versus staying at home. >> reporte the group wanted to stir up a little comfort. >> folks are struggling. they've got to feed their families and pay their rent. and so we hope by activating this kitchen we can provide a little bit of support. >> reporter: for air force veteran and furloughed faa sabrina woods this is god send. she's grateful f the freshly made food but embarrassed she needs a hand >>out. i burstte to a ars from one of my creditors and it was humiliating and demoralizing. >> reporter: they'll be here for as long as they can while the shutdown lasts offering a hot peel that's bringing a little warmth to federal workers who feel left out in the cold. >> i work with the federal

government over 30 years i've seen a lot of shutdowns, and t this onees the cake. we shouldn't have to have this in epamerica. >>ter: guys, back out here live, take a look. you can see the staff already getting started on they will be here from 11:00 to 6:00 p.m. if you're a federal employee or contractor all you've got to do is show up with your federal i.d. >> thank you, cory. furloughed federal workers are invid to apply for jobs as substitute teachers. hool officials say anyone with a high school diploma or college degree is fwaguaranteed to get n interview but you have to fill out on online application before you go in s and there'some paperwork you're going to have to bring with you. there's a link we poste in the nbc washington app to help you figure all that out. from free meals to pet food pantry, we're keeping a running list of resources to help you through this shutdown. new details tonight about

the four americans killed by an isis suicide bomber in two of them are military. the other victims are a contractornd civilian worker for the defense department. witnesses say a man exploded a suicide vest outside a restaurant where an amecan patrol had been. the blast marks the deadliest syria, u.s. forces in and it came just hours before vice president pence would claim in a speech to diplomats that isis has been defeated. president trump also pidviously sa it's time to bring troops home from syria. also overseas britx prime minister theresa may just survived a no confidence vote that would have removed her government from power. today's vote to keep the party leader comes one day after her brexit plan went down in crushing defeat in the house of co despite the reprieve the prime minister has until monday to come up with a new blueprint for

britain's exit out of the european union on march 29th. we' been telling you about some of the efforts to help federal furlokehed w as the shutdown stretches on.re >> what the doing to take the stigma out of asking for help. and amelia tracking two winter storm for this week mchb the timing of moow's system and who might see some snow. she grabse a lit girl, she promises cotton candy. an attempted kidnaing in pp hey! havertys is living a big sale.

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we're back with a look at how chilly it feels i your neighborhood. believe it or not, we're going to be hoping for these kinds of temperatures in just a few days.

amelia's tracking yourai coldes we've felt in a year, it's on the way and her update coming up in minutes. scott macfarlane, more breaking news add the live desk. eks after d.c. council had to push a law to deiminalize pushing a fare on metro, he said it would exacerbate public saty concerns and would encourageawssness on metro. the d.c. passed this bill ng overwhelmi. d.c. metro rail has put out a statement saying we truly appreciate mayor bowser's position on the issue. we are learning more tonight about the american killed in that terror attack in ken. claimed r group has

responsibility. at least 21 people were killed there according to kenyan officis and one ofhe dead has been identified as 40-year-old jason spindlerto of ho he was fresh out of college and work as an investmentanker on wall street when the 9/11 attack happened.e friends saidan in to pull out victims that day, and his ther said it changed h life. >> he wanted to do things for people so he joined t peace corps and went to per t anre he did some really fantastic things. >> jason spindler was in nairobw to workh an investment advisory firm. he would have turned 41 on monday. tonight police are trying to track down a woman accused of trying to kid nap a little girl in the district. and tonight we're seeing new surveillance images of the suspect. we're told she grabbed a 6-year-old girl afterhe'd been dropped off at a family's home in georgetown.

news 4's pat collins is in that neighborhood with details. pat, this is pretty scary. >> reporter: we have video of her walking down a georgetown street. video of her dancing in to arn store. police say this is a womanon wanted inction with the attempted kidnapping of a 6-year-old girl. it happened on nbarton street in georgetown. for obvious reasons we're not going to show you the exact address of that little girl. in a heartfelt note her father described what happened. he said yesterday aft a nanny was driving a carpool and dropped his daughter off in front of tir house as the girl was walking to the front door, a woman came up from

behind ad yan the little girl and tried to drag her awayw thean said she had cotton candy and that the girl suld op resisting andome to her house. the girl escapes, the nanny scream the suspectuns away. the little 6-year-old goesde innto her mother's arms and says, never, never, i will never go. councilman jack evans represents georgetown. he's seen the surveillance picture. he's aware of what happened here. >> it jt goes back to this, it's every parent's worst nightmare. i'm glad it turned out all right tt we're going to do everything we can tock down this individual and make sure she's not out there doi this again. >> reporter: now police believe the suspect's appearance and her odd behavior will help them track her down. leon, back to you.

>> good deal. thank you, pat. pat collins reporting live. >>rt legalized s betting is coming to the dmv, and it could be here in te for the opening day of baseball season. for now, though, some fogs in our area are making the long trek out to west virginia where sports betting has been legal since september. news 4 mark segraves went there today to get a sense of what we have to look forward to here. >> reporter: not far from -- ferry here in west virginia, sports betting is in full swing. he says people are bid ng on everything from football and baetball to less popular sports like darts and cricket. >> football has been bit more popular than cricket and darts. having started on september 1st football's carried our day. >> reporter: as for how it's gamblers, well, they did have one very big very lucky winner two weeks ago. two weeks ago a man bet on all

15 nflames andot them all right. >> turned $5 into $5,000. it's about0 30, to 1 as far as real odds go. >> reporter: he says he hasn't been that lucky but hopes d.c. restrictions will get sports betting up and running soon so he won't have to drive so far to place a bet. >> there'd be is so much tax money and revenue they wouldn't know what to do with it. >> reporter: for now you actually haveo go to a casino to pla a bet, but like d.c. they hope to have the option of placin from a mobile app some time this year. >> there's a lotore moving parts to it than people would think. we're in the process of developing it now and hope to have it online soon. >> reporter: for the guy who has a $5,000 hason

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dangerously cold out there. wind chills ranging from anywhere about 10 degrees below 0 to 10 above. this is tomorrow morn, 7:00 a.m. temperatures still below freezing so a heads up for icy spots out totre. a of melting going on again today. some of us ao going be in the teens about washiton 29 degrees around 7:00 a.m. as we move towards a lunchti temperature of 36 degrees. clouds are going to quickly move in and stick around throughout theno day. just clouds but by 4:00 p.m. we'lltart to see some rain and snow showers pushing in from parts of the area.t 38 degreeshat point. so not a lot of snow sticking obviously. but a the sun sets at 5:00 p.m. our temperatures will quickly drop. any roads not treated will be slick for your thursday evening comm so a heads up there. at 7:00 p.m. i'm tracking snow with the potential for some rain mixing in especially down in

southern maryland. 32 degrees at:00 p.m. here's future weather, noticenl snow m north of the d.c. metro area. maybe some rain mixing in southern maryland down through the northern, mainly snow north andest of i-95. 4:00 a.m. still a bit of wintery mix mainly of rain and snow out there. and this event over by :00 a.m. here's snowfall totals. we're talking along i-95, the d.c. metro area through southern maryland, around an inch or less or rain mixing. about 1 to 3 inches this is uppertyontgomery co loudoun, frederick county, maryland as well as virginia. if you're in the 1 to 3 inch area, you have the best chance for some delays, maybe a cancellation or two out there on friday. then we look to the weekend because driday during the we're going to be pretty nice. we'll have a melting going on. butrmur second s system movers in later saturday with

rain. bu it could potentially begin as a bit of wintery mix includingun and maybe end as a bit of wintery mix out there. we're talking around an inch or less of rain. but with that much rain and all the snow we've had, that could lead to some flooding issues ouh e on our sunday and then an arctic blast moves in later in the day sunday. i'm going to have your ten day forecast coming up at 6:50. but with the rain and snow in the forecast potentially impacting the commute tomorrow at this timee will be in storm alert mode. saturday we're in the 30s. 39. 42 on sunday, another weather alert day sunday into monday for the mess that we're going to be dealing with and then the extreme cold that follows. >> all right, we'll be checking back with >>you. back for round two. maryland governor larry hogan sworn into h second term today. his pointed message to

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developing tonight, the prince george's county governor is facing a mlawsuit. more on the claims of prisoner abuse. >> reporter: the prince george's correctional facility under fire alleging prisoner abuse on behalf of carter says during her detention she was targeted, attacked punishednd subjected to mainhune and dangerous conditions by the dftsz. the suit goes onto name correctiheal officers and jail directly saying ms. carter was unjustifiay placed in four point restraints by correctional officers, physically attacked by another and forced t urinate herself while shackled to the bench in her cell. appened while she was held for one night in 2017. the suit goes onto say carter

was punched in the face while shackled. according to the suit the punch to ms.er ca face required meical attention. her wrists were injured by the restraints and two weeks after her release ms.arter suffered miscarriage caused by stress associated with the assault. in a stement her attorney says the county's mistreatment of ms. carter is not an aberration. it is part of a systemic pattern and practice of using excessive force ainst detainees and subjecting them to neinhu conditions. the county must be held aciountable for its a and those of its employees. a okesperson with prince george's county jail tells me they cannot comment on this lawsuit. >> the lawsuit goes onto name a number of oth incidents naming correctional officers at the jail accused of assault andot properly disciplined. the jail refused to comment because of pending litigation. day 26 of a partial

ivernment shutdown. 26. not getting any easier for federals of thousands o workers and contractors who have already missed one paycheck. they have no way of knowing when or if they'll get paid again. today house speaker nancy pelosi tooko bold step make a point about the toll this is taking on nation security. erika gonzalez at our live desk with that angle. >> well, speaker pelosi says she submitted a lntter to presi trump about trying to find another date for this thunhie wsn" i9churth cly or that the president submit hise "state of ion" in written form. saying that a "state of the union" has never been given since 1970s during a government shutdown. adding that a furloughed dhs employee expressed serious concerns that there were insufficient staffing levels to sufficiently be able to manage the securityoncerns during a

"state of the union." this evening we are also hearing that multiple sources say there was a scheduled walk through at the u.s. cayitol t for all security and governme entities involved in the "state of the union" and that that has been postponed at the request of the speaker's office. however, today we have not heard from the white house so that is still left to be seen. back over to you all. now back to the shutdown another angle here. earlier news 4's cory smith showed you those long lines for furloughed federal workers. comcostello was also there and he's got a preview ofhat he's working on for nightly news. >> the symbol here is hard to miss and the irony is it was unintended. halfway between capitol hill and the white house, the two sides that cain come to an agreement as we now have 800,000 federal

employees all going wit ut pay and all the contractors affected as well and the families. the impt of this is quite severe, even the white house suggesting there could be a very g bite into the national economy during the first y quarr of tr. one estimate has we could even go into a recession. bcso coming up on nightly news we're looking how this rolls across the country, the impact of americans really from coast to coast. back to you. >> tom costello, thanks for that. that story and more coming up rightro after thiscast. an apology and clarification tonight from cardinal donald wuerl. in a letter sent yesterday to priests wuerl admits he forgot about a 2004 accusation of sex abuse against former cardinal m theodoreccarrick when asked about it last year. the allegation involves inappropriate c wducth adult seminarians. at the time he was a bhop in

pittsburgh and forwarded it to the proper vatican officials. saying wuerl's denial only referred to allegatis that mccarrick had abused a miner and that's a separate case, but in his new letter wuerl said he was also unaware of the accusations which involved seminarians which was incorrect. wuerl apologized for whate called his lapse of memory and said he did intend p tovide false information. the governor is laying out his top prioritie for the people of maryland including tax cuts. his second inauguration madistry today. and as news 4's chris gordon explains he renewed commitments to bipartis leadership. >> reporter: a traditional gun larry hogan says he's humbled being onlyhe second republican re-elected governor of maryland in state history. >> we face our fiscal challenges with steady resolve and easehe

tax burden onpr harsed maryland families, retirees and small businesses. >> reporter: the appearance of former flori governor jeb bush aises speculation some believe hogan might appeal to the part of the republican party looking for a challenger to president trump. >> with this phenomenal example of leadership barely 30 miles prom washington, d.c., you'd think and he leaders from our nation's capitol would be paying anre attention. >> reporter: hogas said he's not interested in running for president, but he has not hesitated to criticize what hec s washington's debilitating politics. >> i'll work with anyone who wants to do the peoples business. governor's : the priorities include tax cuts, account in schools and redistricting. >> he expressed aillingness to work across party lines and we hope that's going to be the

case. >> reporter: after all the speeches, the reptions and tonight's inaugural gala governor hogan gets down to business tomorrow, presenting his new budget to the maryland legislator here in annapolis. chris gordon, news 4. a mother from virgini tepping up for furloughed families. >> it really hit home with me. >> the discreet approach that's seing her apart fromther support efforts we've seen. plus the dangerous online trend that has youtube changing what it's going to let you see. and as you look to big storm system moving in for the weekend, the first half ay your satus looking dry with the rain and wintery mix moving in between about 3:00 and 8:00 p.m. on sunday aeaer alert as well as monday. rain changes over to snow as rain changes over to snow as wind pick up and

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a crash that killed a young father in prince william county. police say 19-year-old nholas holbrook was behind had wheel when his car veered off the road last month. he hit two trees. that crash killed edgar who was a passenger in the car. police believe he was speeding. he's charged with reckless driving and underage possession of alcohol. it's unclear if he'd been drinking at the time of the crash. all right, let's get to this netflix movie that so many people are talk about. it's a thriller. it's "bird box." you may have heard about it. some fans may be going too far. >> people are performing dangerous pranks, pranks that haveoutube now banning certain contents. >> so youtube is basically saying you've got two months to cleanup your act our else. in the netflix movie bird box characters escape death byri cove their eyes. people have started up loading

clips of the so-called bird box challenge where they try to perform stunts outside their w homehile wearing a blindfold. utube says any harmful or dangerous content is not allowed. it's giving content creators two months to take those videos down or else it will do it for them. a statement reads in part, quote youtube is home to many beloved viral videos and pran, but we need to know what's funny doesn't cross the line int h beingmful and dangerous, end quote. like this story in uta a teen driver told police she was doing the bird box challenge behind thewheel, only listening to the commands of her passenger, and as you can imagine this ended poorly. the teen crashed intoer ano car and then hit a light post. >> to purposely do this and impairourself as you're driving intentionally seems pretty reckless. >> reporter: now, incredibly nobody was seriously hurt. police want the teen charged with reckless adriving.

>>ll right, thank you, erika. big changes in the forecast when we comk. b amelia draper says to consider this the calm before the next storm. her updated timingn two systems that could bring some of us a wintery mix. the furloughed federal workers not the only ones impacted by this partial shutdown. just ahead we're going to show you at children's national, stronger is caring for a baby's heart in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.

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a montgomery police officer confronted himutside and shot him. police brought in a robot to check for explosives in the guy's backpack. they didn't find anything. storm team 4 tracking winter first responders rescued this 100 pound doberman pincer. they say the dog was cold but he should be okay. an update on two more winter storms comin our way in just minutes. and nbc news hased a scheduled walk through was postponed at the request of the speaker's office. ayeaker nancy pelosi wrote to the president t urging him to delay the "state of the union" address until the nvernment shutd ends. and with each passing day of this shutdownit familiesut a paycheck are being forced to think about their next meal. >> forhose who have never needed to use services like food bank it may be an embarrassing thing to ask. >> how some are helping workers setas e their pride.

>> reporter: letoya brown's job is focused on others. shs worked in the food bank for more than fooifbl years. for the first time ton they're opening their doors to furloughed workers. >> we're not here to judge anyone. >> reporter: the government shdown is also personal. >> my husband is a federal employee, and so it really hit home with me. >> like many dual income families in our area, loya is bringing home a paycheck while her husband and commutingo and from and burning gas without pay. >> you just have to make use of the resources you have. >> reporter: as she hopes to fill stomachs the year by university of mary washington is aiming to fill another void, professional development. >> for people to get together, share stories a feelupported they're not the only one in this situatten. >> repor kimberley young organizing a day long course for furloughed workers.

100 already signed up. >> between leadership topics and personal finance topics and relashation, meditation typetomics as well that people can participate in. >> reporter: the furloughed woyers not the o one on college campuses feeling the shutdown's impact. letoya has been open and honest with her son in llege. >> we let him know, hey, dad may no get a paycheck for a while depending on how long this situation lasts. a lot of his friennt have pare who work for the federal government. so they're not getting those weekly deposits. >> reporter: cutting back at excess snding at home while at work determined to feed others. day 26 with no end in sight. hard to bievehat's where we are now. and also hard to belie what amelia's talking about. >> again we're back in the same de here with a double punch. >> at least let the other snow

melt first before we start with this. >> wean't catch a break. a really active pattern, and that doesn't look like it's changing anytime soon for the rest of the january even into february. i'm tracking two storm systems and then the coldest air we' felt in a year moves in later sunday and into your martin luther king, jr. day. here's your event i'm tracking, night intorsday friday morning. closer to 4:00 we're right in the middle of the evening rush. 0 things are starting to wind down. of course jeff is going to be in tomorrowg track it and i'll be in heret the storm team 4 weather radar. eventhe timing with this that's going to lead to some delays for the thursday evening commute. coultl be a l bit tricky especially as the sun goes down. any untreated roads quickly become slick.

yur second storm system moves in later satur and exits later in the day on sunday. right now it looks like it'll start off as a mixture mainly of rain and some snow, changing over to all rain saturday night into sunday morning as temp atures actually warm u and then ending as a bit of a wintery mix including the snow.ial for som and as this event winds down on sunday, our temperatures plummet wel be dealing with a flash freeze out there. sund evening anything that is wet wil most likely immediately become icey sun evening. know this, it is looking like a messy weekend especia on your sunday. if you have to get something done, get it done earlier on saturday. then sunday evening on into monday, check it out. feels like temperatures, wind chills anywhere from 10 below to 10 above. that is dangerously cold air out there that we'e dealing with for our martin luther king, jr. day.

here's the snowfall totals map for tomorrow's event. that movesn between 4:00 and 7:00 and exits between 2:00 and 6:00 a.m. on friday. d.c. metro, baltimore metro down through southern maryland around an inch or less with rain mixed in. but frederick, washington c counties, yld see about 1 to 2if'rene thatma 1 to 3 inch range you have the best chance for some delays, maybe a closure or two on friday morning. this is tomorrow, a high of 38 degrees. a again cloudy skies before that rain moves i i tomorrow nig worried about widespread slick spots and friday morning still s spots to contend with. here's that storm system tomorrow night and exits early friday. to the weekend rain and snow showers moving in later in the day on saturday and our temperatures really plummet. check out your storm team 4

focast and 49 on friday, nearly melting. notice our temperatures not supporting much in the way of snowccum kwlulation with the weekend storm, but we're going w go underther alert sunday, monday and wednesday as we're tracking a wintery mess. >> get your winter wardr ready to go. coming up the wizards making sure they lk the part in london as the may need to collin reinforcements for one player there. and when you break the law to get an edge at work. insiders open up about theew on the job trend of microdosing psychedelics. that's tonight that's tonight

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land of meghan markell, huh? >> they are. you've got to soahe in you get something to do like this. and the wizards are now just one day away from their first regular season game outside ofa north amer they host the knicks in london and this match sold out in an hour. for their final day before the game the wiz taking on more on n what ldon has to offer,ff starting with ton of media and ahen it was trip to an nba cares event helping fill backpacks for kids. and last but not least playersg gettitted for custom suits they'll wear to tomorrow's game. and probably the tallest man this shop has ever fitted. as we said, they are going to need a lot of extra fabric. it's been a whirl wind trip to england but something jeff reid

tells nbc washington's chris miller he's grateful for. >> i'm just enjoying the whole experience. it's rare you get an opportunity during the season to, you know, travel, especially to london to play the game. i'm just enjoying the city.ot you've to really, you know, relish the moment that we have. and that's what i'm going to do. be prepared for game time, but i'm definitely taking this all in. ta>> one local shining on the world stage at the australian open. winning maybe the biggest match of his young career. let's head down to the down under second round in the australian open. performance.ging turning 21 on monday giving himself this early birthday present against two time finalist. recognize that from lebron. >> he will fac the italian

andre tomorrow. >> he's no joke. >> no, that was a huge win. oklahoma continuing too und and round. the former alabama starting quarterback transferring to be the newest qb. hurts who was 26 and 2 as alabama's starting tuarterback wo sec championships, ionship tional cha apeerns there was benched to start the season. hurts is a graduate and can play right away. many aop hg the coach could lure him to college park, but hurts heading to oklahoma where he's hoping to follow in the footsteps of the last two heisman trophy winners, baker mayfield and kyler murray. over at the children's

national today jonathan allen working on some arts and crafts giving back for his birthday. allen teaming up with the joy foundation for a day of joy. the group also presenting a grantrt for $30,000 to suppo the hospital's needs. one of the cool parts, aal spe delivery hospital gown. you see a star wars theme. as for allen, his favorite part. >> the k are always the best part. this isn't done this.ime i've so whenever you get to meet the kid they're so animated and fun. being a local guy from the area, being able to go to the hospitals d talk to kids who normally wouldn't be able to come meet me or get out and do anything outside of the hospital, any chance i'm given to d brighten the even for minute i'm definitely going to take advantage of that. >> great big athletes with little tiny kids. >> big hearts.

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eaking news tonight. at least four americans killed and three other americans wounded in a horrific attack in sya. a suicide bomber striking at a restaurant popular with u.s. soldiers. now isis claiming responsibility. the attack coming after president trump announced troops were pulling out. richard engel is in syria for us tonight. also breaking, the feds arrest man accused of plottingk an att the white house. our pete williams has late details. an american among the dead in that massacre at a luxury hotel overse he was a young ceo who helped with rescue efforts on/11. we're at the scene. as federal workers denied their paychecks now line up at soup kitchens, a power struggle erupts over the state of the union address. another major storm ewing from coast to coast. a foot of snow in parts of