more wet, cold, snowy weather. goy. morning, everyb it's 4:00 a.m. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. all oyes are that forecast. that means all eyes are on chuck bell he is used to the spotlight, though. >> melissa is standing by with the commute, too.ta we'll with chuck. >> we have nothing to worry about this morning. you have all day toet things going. there will be a round of slushy wet snow in time for the afternoon commute. no weather worries this morning. many are above eezing. there are areas below freezing, we've been telling you all weekend, if it looks wet, assume it can be slippery. temperatures later in lie day, stru mightily to get into the mid and upper 0s.

our hig is 37 degrees. a pocket of t snow likely to move in after 4:00.3:00 or could be a slushy inch across the city. i wil show you radar and future weather coming up in a few. first, let'sear from melissa. >> good morning. i do have one situation that was hanging around. it just near ecleared out of th. in the district, we had a crash. it's gone. that's good. do have someork zones. tacomkoma park. a work zone ands left lane getting by. >> ro westbound 66, with the right lane blocked. the beltway, nothing happening there. new developments this morning in a plot to carry out a

terror attack in theation's capital. a man was going to use an anti-tank rocket. >> he wanted to carry out his attack today. agents arrested him outside of atlanta. he and another man had sold their cars for guns and explosives. their next stop was in our area. the entireransaction was an fbi sting operation. the feds were tipped off to his plans early last year. an undercover agent learned of his plot and convinced him he was aron perfect stigation is a example of see something, say something. >> it's important to point out that this investigation a arrest was a direct result from a tip from the community. anotherxample of how important it is to contact law enforcement if you see or hear something

spish suspicious. a deadly end to an attempted bank robbery in downtown silver spring. the polichapper 4 was over the e yesterday. the man walked into the bank, showed a handgun and demanded $20,000. the manager hit a panic button to worn police. a police officer shot the suspect. >> tlipolice brought in a robot check for explosives in the man's backpack but did not find anything. the item in theackpack was designed to look like a bomb. a woman tried to sna gh a 6-year-ol outside her home in .georgetown

this was video before the incident. the victim's father said a nanny dropped the girl off. the girl was walking to the front door when a woman her away. the girl wescaped. than was arrested for a separate incident. a sver spring man will spend more than a decade in prison for having sex with a 14-year-old human trafficking victim. prosecutors say he knowingly had sex with the girl in 2017sh was being trafficked by the ms-13 seet gang. evidence included the video he took of the sexualsa t, including this selfie you see here. she was working at a bar when members of ms-13 beat her. she agreed to meet him at a laundromat across the stet from the bar and went to a residence with him. >> he is the kind of pson that creates the market that allows

for young childre like this 14-year-old girl to be trafficked. involved in embers this case were arrested in some residents say they are avoid to walk the streets in their own neighborhood. that's the message they gave the mayor during a crime walk in ward 6. in 17 days, there's been 12 homicides. residents say they are fed u with the crime that is overtaking theirs. communit it's 4:05. before the mayor participated in this crime walk, she vetoed a controversial bill passed by the counsel. th bill would have decriminalized fare evasion.

the mayor says the bill cou have a negative effect on metro's budget. metro says it loses several millions due to fare evasion. the council is expected to overtu the mayor's veto. today is t 27th day of the government shutdown. and there's no major move to reopen the government at this point. >> nancy pelosi is asking the president to postpone the state of the union addres the service and homeland security should not have t bear the burden of that address when they're working with no pay. >> most of those people are furloughed or victims of t shutdown. the president's shutdown. >> the white house has not responded to the speaker's request. meanwhile, president trump signed a bill into law allowing

furloughed workers to receive back pay once the shutdown is over. two rallies against the shutdown. one happens at noon. workers and d.c. employees will protest the sate republicans decision to hold a retreat in the middle of the shutdown. the second will happen at the unsted metho building in northeast. this is held by faith leaders who want the shutdown to end now. y>> anxiety and stress are mounting for m federal workers struggling to pay bills families.de food for people and organizations have stepped up to feed furloughed workers. today, the fairfax education association will provide free meals to those affected by the government shutdown. the free meals will be at 2 diner on fairfaxva bou in fairfax. two tohe nbc wasndngton app to resources for those affected by the shutdown.

search shutdown. we're staying on top of a developing story. auiciding bombing in syria claimed by isis has killed two u.s. service members and two sther americans. chris lawrence at the live desk with details. >> all of this is raising ncerns about president trump's announcement that he was pulling troops out of syria. he made it clear the islamic state had been defeated. then, thisen ha. a deadly attack yesterday. you're looking at video from at chilling scene. three u.s. troops were wounded in that assault, as well. right now, america has 2,000 troops inhe country. this could complicate the withdraw plan. now, to the lawsuit against the makerse painkiller

coxcox oxycontin. newly released e-mails s the drugmaker pushed oxycontin when they knew it was dangerous. ve to hammer on abusers in , we ery haway. they are the culprits and the problems. but debbie burress says her son is not a criminal. he started using painkillers, including oxycontin, in high school. >> i had a good boy that had a future. he doesn't right now. >> the e-mails are part of aco t filing by the massachusetts attorney general. it says that sackler directed purdue not to tell staff how powerful oxycontin was. lready several efforts to

control gun bills have gone down in defeat. red flag laws and requirement for all gunor owners to r stolen weapons have been killed by the senate. one bill that has survived called for a ban on bump stocks. similar bills will be in the virginia house. but each faces a tough road there, as well. virginia lawmakers seem poised to act on bill that would hike the fine for illegally driving around the stopped school bus. that's a50 increase. the fine would be $600 for anyone whooes that while texting. talk about incredible. look at this. a 100-pound doberman pinscher fell through ice that formed on a pond and needed rescuing. he was 15 feet off of the shore.

first responders arrived and were able to bring him to dry land. this morning, buddy, the dog's name is safe and warm. 100-pound doberman?ot that's a of work. >> named buddy. i feel hike he shoulde a stronger name. like killer. > there's more than one way tosc re a dog. this morning, a program is to spread the word. >> the program is to volunteer for the shelter. the volunteers help the animals stay healthy. it makes the dogs happiernd more adoptable. >> we are looking for individuals that w love to become heroes and help a deserving pet get the opportunity to find a forever home, a second chance onife.

>> i get sf much out it. i love being withim s. >> like many shelters, prince william county is at capacity. if would like to adapt a best friend there, search clear the shelters in the nbc washington app. if your dog get aggressive, there may be a simple fix. >> what some american researchers suggest may be to blame for your pup actin um. plus, millions of you have taken part. we're dogging about the ten-year challenge. coming up, why all of the fun may be cause for concern. oh, no. i just posted my ten-char lenge picture yesterday. now, it's going to cause problems problems this just in -- winter weather

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you're watching news 4 today. >> welcome back. could a simple change in your dog's diet make your dog less ? aggressi >> researchers at oregon state university think so. they say a simple change in diet couldake one of those unado unadoptab unadoptable, aggressive dogs calm a loving agidn. the study the microorganism was in some dogs and some not. and those deemediv aggre had different kinds of microonganisms. >> erm in the future, maybe there will be or something that we could incorporate some of the knowledge to benefit our pets. >> the researchers say more research needs to be done, these findings open the door to a new kind of research.

it's 4:15. news for your health, the overuse of antibiotics is a growing problem. a new study finds that almost one-quarter of antibiotic prescriptions are unnecessary.ar reers looked at the prescriptions filled in ,20 they found that many of those were for colds, coughs and other illnesses that do not require antibiotics. another study says most of the 32 million people who think they're allergic to penicillin are actually wrong. researchers believe that 95% of those who think they're allergic can take penicillin. they believe there was a high ra ofrescription errors that led people to believe they were a true allergic reaction would cause hies, wheezing ands shortnes of breath. several protesters rallied in new york city, urging sony

music to drop r. kelly. the protest comes in theake of a lifetime docuseries called urviving r. kelly" that featur women accusing him of abuse and child pornography for deca decades. was ony beckham said h leaving his house in florida monday rning, when he saw 48-year-old jeffrey cassidy standing outside his daughter's room. he said that cassidy was touching himself. when he approached him, he was startled and triedo runoff. he had not -- had heot n -- he didn't have a chance of outrunning ts former detroit lions defensive back. >> who else is going to take re of him? they were my kids. i grew up i see a man out there belittling

h hisself off of a kid, that's morley wrong. >> beckham sai he had a good conversation when he caught him. that might explain theui ng. >> is that what they call it? conversation? >> if i catch you looking in my daughter's, ro they might have to lock meup. >> he's lucky he has his life. you see the size of that man? you probably have seen the ten-year challenge all over your timelines. several o us participated on this team. >> the memess suggestyo -may be giving up more than you realize. this is a perfect way for compies to collect data to test outacl recognition software. it shows a then and now photos.

o'neil says harmless games and hash tags can give neat informat tn. >> memeshat ask for us to participate in awaarticular y, there may be reasons of us. it could train data facial recognitions. >> she says she is not against social media and having fun. but wants people to pause before ey post. >> why couldn't she tell us this before? >> i know. that's the problem of anything with the >>internet. you can't put pictures on vacation becauser people rob y house. >> she makes a good point. just think about it. i waited three days before

postedne o. >> why? >> i posted mine yesterday. >> i think through every post p before it it. sometimes too much. >> like everything else. >> he's an overthinker. outside on a thursday, still ry out there for now and many locations above freezing this morning. the problem isn't the cold to ar it's that there isn't much of a here is coming and moisture on the way. as a result, temperatures will day in the mid to upper 30s all afternoon. there's a 70% chance of wet snow moving in here, not until after 4:00 or 5:00. the beginning of the eveningro rush,bly not a problem. later in the evening, slushy accumulations is a possibility. you see theen mov in the ohio helley. just top tip of it is cold enough for snow. in a is likely to be on the northern half of our viewing area. as a result, the national weather service has issd a

winter weather advisory, startingt 6:00 for the northern tier of our viewing area.ry all through this morning and dry through lunchtime, and through the evening commute, a little chance of wet snow, especially northernom mony county, loudon county, into maryland. here's 11:00 tonight, and that's wet snow. temperatures will not drop much, if at all, before freezing. cold enough to cause snow slushy roads, yes. probably not going to be a solid sheet of icee like had a couple of days ago. there's the advisory ar. frederick county, loudon un, northern montgomery county. snowfall amounts, an incho half an inch around town. there's your five-day outlook. near 50 tomorrow. cold rain, saturdayn. aftern the rain ending as snow late in the day sunday. and then super cold coming up

monday morning. monday morning could be very icy. >> i think we're going to have to be careful on the roads monday morning. inner loop, outer loop of the beltway, no problems. new issue on 270 northbod in gaithersburg. right side the blocked by a disabled vehicle. that's not causing too much of a problem. centreville, 66t . a right lane blocked. 66, 95, looking okay. a problem as we look at alexandria, southbound 395 between king and duke. between king and duke. two left lanes get fact: some of your favorite foods stain teeth.en unlike ordinary whg toothpaste, colgate optic white has hydrogen peroxide that goes below the tooth's surface for a smile that's 4 shades visibly whiter!e.

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football. two-thirds on pro football. >> reporter: as for how it's going forhe gamblers? well, they had one big, very lucky winner not that long ago. two weeks ago, one man bet on al n 15 games and got them right. >> turned $5 into $100,000. that's 30,000/1 as far as real odds go.at >> reporter: drives an hour from his home in virginia and says he hasn't been that lucky. but hopes that jurisdictions ke virginia and maryland will get sports betting soon.re >> t would be so much tax revenue they wouldn't know what to do with it. >> reporter: for now, you have to go to a casino to place a bet. but like d.c., they hope to have an option to place bets from a mobi mobile app some time this year. >> we're in the process of

deloping it nownd hope to have it online soon. >> reporter: as for whether the guy who won $100,000 a on $5 bet, has been back? >> he's been back to cash his ticket. >> $5 into $100,000. this is why people take the chance. >> teabso. seems like it was worth it that time. from betting to saving. we're taking a closer look at the plan you use for you kids' college funds. why you could be hit with penalties if you're not careful. and storm team 4 weather alert for you. owchance of sn

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