take a0 on the dot as we live look outside on this tuesday morning. it's looking nice, right? isn't that a pretty picture? >> yeah. >> not feeling so great. 16 degrees outside of our studios ase start a short week for some of you. and check out these numbers. bitter cold out there right now, well below freezing all across our area. yep, january. >> it is january. >> good morning, everyone. m eun yang >> and i'm molette green. aaron is off. the good news, it's going to warm and many will have a few hours before they have to head out. >> here's look at the schoo delays. maryland's prince gege's counties will open two hours late andl allegheny w open

three hours late. here, winchester, clark, fairfax, and prince william are l on a two-hour delay. >> continuinwith that trend, manassas city, manassas park, alexandria,ls fchurch, loudoun and culpeper will open two hours late. warren county will open one hour laid. >> jefferson, rkeley, hard y and morgan county are all on a two-hourelay. ham pshire and others are on a three-hour delay. if any otheristricts make announcements, we'll let you know right away. check has the frigid frals. >> he's going to check in before melissa mollet. aese numbers are ridiculous.

>> mostas have fallen into the teens. 11 at gaithersburg and only 6 at annapolis, 16 in washington. noth muc of the wind compared to yesterday but enough of a breeze to have wdchills downn the single numbers to near zero. put on your heavy coats, everybody. sunny and cold. the good news is the winds will turn to the south later on. most areas, not far above freezing but above freezing nonetheless. tomorrow, zoomingo 50 degrees bun but there are rain chances. for now let's go to "first4 traffic." >> looking good. school delays. not going to see too much in the way of commutes, about two hours. 68 miles per hour.

it's going to take you 26 te mi same thing northbound. no roadwork northbound. , a live look at germantown road. no problem. g you'reng to need your seat heaters. in prince georges county, l everythingks good. nice and clear. 60 miles an hour isour travel time there. eun? >> thank you. the winter blast is not only affecting our bodies, but the road isre taking a beating as well. it's causing potholes across the entire area. there's one spot that's dangerous to drivers. >> we're talking the memorial bridge. craters and potholes have developed andome drivers swerve right into a len of oncoming traffic. folks we spoke with want to see it fixed and fast. >> step up and get it done. make it safe. >> coming up, "news4" checks it

out. emergency shelters are set up to keep our neighbors out of oe cold. we have a list o washington app. if you see someone who needs help, call 311 or 911 if there's an iafediatey risk. it's only tuesday morning, but if you're among the800,000 federal employees who are furloughed, you are looking ahead to friday. it will mark the end of yet another payhoeriod w a paycheck and what's worse lawmakers appear no closer to striking a deal. presidentffered an immigration deal over the weekend, but democrats quickly dismissed it. they're pushing to reopen t government first and talk immigration. they may try to take up the president's proposal, but without the support of at least

seven democrats, it would fail. sa antsre among those not getting paid. many have called in sick. nationwide, 10% of its staff had unscheduled absences. those sick calls h the b.w./marshall airport harder than any otherirport in the country leading to the closure of a security checkpoint. in a statement they say it's not unusual have checkpoints closed sed on theumber of flights or staffing levels. the longest reporting delay at the airport was 25 minutes. >> we're working to help you during the shutdown. jose andres and other chefs have joined forces to create chefs for feds. it provides food and other of support. federal workers can pick up groceries, diaper pet food and ask questions about things like your phone bill. the center will open every day:

fr0 to 5:00. it's locat at pennsylvania ave you next to the chef andres kitchen. >> we're talking two paychecks. >> people are really feeling the pain. and in other areas as welu that on't think about, the greater d.c. diaper bag is stepped in for those furloughed workers who have small children. >> yesterday they had a diaper drive for coast guard families affected by the shutdown. if y'd like to help, you can contribute directly on the diaper bags website. they tweeted thank you. they donated food and volunteer for the annual day of service. 8,000 pounds of food was collected. that equals 6,000 meals. eck the nbc washington app for resources available to federal employees affected by the shutdown. here are this morning's top stories. cafornia's senator camela harris threw her hat into the democratic race for president in 2020. the howard university grad is the first african-american

candidate to enter the race. harris has been an outspokenre critic ofdent trump. she said her campaign will focus on reducing the high cost of living for the middle class and providing medicare for all health care s.syst someone spray painted a swastika on a building at richard montgomery school over the weekend. according t ns partners at wtop, the swastika has been removed and police are investigating. last month someone spelled out the "n" word near fencing outside of the. scho the principal plans to address studented today. d.c.'s mayor and council are set to clashoday overhe penalties for people who ride metro but don't pay. mayor muriel bowser vetoed a bill that would treat the offense as a civil infractionsh pule by a fine. the d.c. council may vote today to overturn that vito. the mayornd metro worry that

weakening it will only increase the number of those trying to ride for free. it's now 4:37. a big morning in hollywood after a big weekend in reviews. oscar nominations will be announced. it's all going down at 8:20 this morning. movies like "bohemian rhapsody" and ""vice" are expected to the list. "bl "black panther" is the only movie i've seen. history.lix could make it's expected to pick up several nominations including best ldcture. that we a first for streaming services. imagine a movieer that's n been in the >> netflix is hot. you can see what movies are live on the "today" show. back t school after a

controveial school teen faces threats after a marchn washington. plus we hear from the man at the center of this viral video. but first, pupes stolen at

4:41 is your time this morning, afraid she'lltdq never see hers again. >> a man held her at gunpoint and stole her 2-month-old puppies. this is a video of her puppies. she was walking the puppies on leashes southeast on sunday. she says a man approached her, pulled a gun, and demanded the pitd bullssh said she was paralyzed with fear. >> he just had that gun and my whole mind frame was him actually pulling that trigger, and i'm getting killed over some

dogs. i gave them up. i didn't want him to actually shoot me. >> bennett said she cried all night after her dogs were stolen. dchl c. police are checking c surveillanceeras in the area to see whether the armed robbery was caught on video. i hope they find those pups skra good morning, everybody. four things to know. today, sunshine, back in the 30s for high temperatures and tracking some chances for rain. we have quite a bit of rain coming wednesday into thursday. you can either be wet and near 50 or cold and sunny.

♪ you want a fresh-smelling home, busome air fresheners use heavy, overwhelming scents. introducing febreze one; a new range of innovative air fresheners n wiheavy perfumes that you can feel good about using in your home tuto deliver a light, l-smelling freshness. febreze one neutralizes stale, stuffy odors and releases a subtle hint of fragrance like bamboo or lemongrass ginger. to ey minate odors with no herfumes, try new febreze one.an power. helping you buy better.

it's 4:44 as we take a look outside. y gong to want to grab a few extra layers. the cold temperatures we saw yesterday are sticking around. several school districts have delayed classes so kids don't have to heado the bus stop quite as early. >> all of the delays running acrossthe bottom of your screen and you can find them on the nbc washington app. chuck will be back to give you a mplete forecast including a bit of a warmup that's on the way. >> it's now 4:45. walking back. that's exactly whatresident trump's personal attorneyudy giuliani is doing. he was asking how long did the discuss a deal to build a trump tower in moscow. take a listen to giuliani's

question. >> but the president can remember having conversations with him about it. 2016. oughout >> yeah, probably up to -- could be up to as far as october, november. >> giuliani has now released a statement in which he attempts to clarify those remarks. "news4's" tracie potts joins us live with the latest. all right. trac tracie, what is yuliany now saing and why is the time line so important to the president's case. >> he's walking it back saying it's an hypothetical, based on any conversation with the president and the time line is significant because if whatiu gliani initially said is true, these negotiations with russiao ry to build a business deal were handing throughout the entire campaign all the way day.gh electio now they're saying that was emphasizing and that whatever deal they were working on was just the initial stages. so very quickly changingat t

story. >> okay. tracee the president is also dealing with thewnshutd entering its secd month. they may try to vote on it. does it have a chance of working out this week? >> no, not really, because the democrats need to sign on. no, it's not expected to happen in any way, shape, or form. we'll bring it up today, the president's plan. they will vote on it sometime this week, federal workers are o bracing lose their second paycheck on friday. >> all right. tracie potts live for us this morning. thank you. >> thank you, tracee. minimum wage workers found that they failed to pass the bill. it wi remai at $7.25 per hour, the same awhat's mandated by federal law.

wages in d.c., maryland, and elsewhere will remain the same. they didn't have enough to the tolling.ase they'll have a distance-based tolling on the road. riht now it's the same no matter how far you trail. new details following prince phil philip's crash last week. the woman who was injured in that car is speaking out for the first time. she's eebing the fact that she has not heard from the duke as, quote,e. highly insensit >> she was one of two women in the car, including a 9-month-old

baby boy. she's calling for a period of reflection to seeohatd be done differentially, but already prince philip is showing tat he intends to do nothing differently. the 97-year-old was photographed over the weekend driving again, not on private roads but out in public,nd he wasn't even wearing a s there ost cory's mike for a second. he was talking about a 5.2 magnitude earthquake that struck the alaska peninsula. e're going to get news from him. residents from kodiak felt that. we'll check back. >> we can do that. meanwhile we're talking about code today. you wanted it warmer. his really about quick though. this is about the temperatures in new york city where the col blast was felt up there as well.

single digits, much coer with the wind. and we avoided a snowstorming but new enand did not tack a look. people are shoveling o it of snow in these below frezing temperatures. i think they're better equipped to handle there tempera i was gong to say the exact same thick. we just doan do this well. >> we're warm blooded. >> most on interior new england ended up with ice. they're capable. but nobody does well with ice. freezing rain and ice is a whole diffe ntthing. meanwhile for us, we're trading in the cold for rai which we don't need. >> the choices are not good is that the choice are between so-so and not good. it's a very cold start to tuesday morning. it's now 11 in montgomery county, 14 in maryland, 7 winchester, virginia, and winds arere nowhear as ferocious as they were yesterday. even a little bit of a brez h

the windchills down into the single digit numbers. there's your planner for today. from mid teens this morning to mid-20s by noon to low 30s for highs.sh plenty of se as well. tomorrow's another story. temperatures won't drop that much tonight into tomorrow because of clouds arod and south wind. so you'll start after your ednesday around 30 degrees and temperatures will steadily climb to near 50, but rain becomin more and more likely as the big storm begins to move o way and taps warm air first. there's future weathefo today, look at that. not even a cloud to be found. then a fe clouds moving in and staying dry, and a dry commute tomorrow morning as well. any time after about lunchtime, clouds will lead to a chance for some shower becoming more and more likely by the evening commute tomorrow and then a dosing of what could be a burst of heavy rain late wednesday night into early thursday

morning. thursday will turn ratherlu ery. that's the cold front coming through about the time the cold front comes through. thursday morning, herb rain tapering back to showers and turj i blustery and cold weathe comin. all of this is on our nbc washington app. c yo find it on instagram and on twitter. ten-day forecast time,. co near 50 thursday morning, but temperatures falling into the 30s thursday afternoon. cold and dry weather friday and saturday, and what was a chance for snow on sunday and monday, melissa, appears to be drying up. >> the kills a dkids ang the sn northbound, southbound, on 270, nice and clear. did have a little be it of a delay. that is now gone. inner loop a outer loop, same situation. nothing in your way there. taking look at 66 from fairfax

county herkway to beltway our.g 65 miles an that's going to take you a whiletb nd, everything is looking nice and clear as well. 301 at 5:00, no problems in or out of town there, eun?u >> thank it's 4:53. right now a prince george's county native is about to tack on one of the best names in tennis. tee a powe will face nadal in the australian open. higgs 4:15 match was pushed to o 4:5r time right now. he's pulled off quit a few upsets knocking out the fifth and 20 ranked players. rafa is rafa chl i think tiafo can do it. i'm a huge rafa fan, but i want

s to win the whole thing. >> what is the shirt off thin is that a thing? >> celebrating. he's getting into the spirit. >> and he's got those abs too p we're gong to be on top of this. >> go, francis tee a powe. now to a welcomeseat for washington sports fans. that's alex smith in yesterday's game. isn't that nice.s he ll smiles. first publy appearance since breaking his leg on november 18th.er even be news, wizards won, beating the pistons. they're 20 and 26 this season. >> it's so nice th our professional athletes in this town root for eachother. >> i know. good sportsmanship. >> the nats showed up for them and alex smithth for wizards. >> it's supposed to be, especially when you have so many bad examples you can look to.

the washington capitals are taking to the ice against the san jose sharks but fiftd responders may wind up being the star of the show, teun. re you go. they teemed up with the national fallen firefighters foundationh tost a first responders night in anticipation of it. they were invited to a practice late last week. there they are. they're able to hang out with stanley cup champs and take a few photos. the caps have t serious worko take care of tonight. mithe team is cong off of a five-game losing streak. the first of its kind in more than four year. we were hot for a while. i have confidence. i havefi cnce. >> yeah. so you soon won't have to make a pit stop for your morningstar bucks. the chain is expanding itsde ivery service to nearly a quarter of its u.s. storrs. today delivery will roll out in san francisco. the idea was tested in miami

last fall. nearly the entire menu will be available through uber. it will cost you anxtra $2.49. >> but you're goc get your coffee right to you. eople are going to pay for the convenience. >> absolutely right. they'll pay more. >> absolutely. e i'm not doing it. 4:56. it's going to be another bitter >> indeed.r you. grab your hat and scarf. we'll tell you aboutd the schoo ays. and chuck will let us know when we're going to warm up a bit.

fact: some of your favorite foods stain teeth. unlike ordinary whitening toothpaste, colgate optic white has hydrogen peroxide that goes below the tooth's surface for a smile that's 4 shades visibly whiter! colgate optic white. whitening that works.

good tu morning, everyone. i'm molette green. aaron gilchrist has the morning off. >>d i'm eun yang. tuesday, january 22, 2019. before we get to the weather, we he school closings to tell you about. in vi inia,fauquier, frederick, winchester, clark, fairfax, and pnce william county are all on a two-hour delay that so will massas city, manassas park city,

arlington, spotsylnia, and kings county schools. falls church city,n loud and culpeper schools also opening two hours late. warren county schools will open one hour late. >> in jefferson, they're all on two-hour delay. hampshire, mineral counties are on a ur-hour delay. >> probably not a bad idea to let the kids have an extra hour or so, get the sunshine up, get emperatures starting to move in the right direction. four things you need know about the weather. we're in a deep freeze again this morning. plenty of sunshine, but this bitter cd snap is starting to lose its grip on the area, and today will be the last cold for at least a couple of days. the cold will be back for the weekend though. right now it is 10 degrees in gaithersburg, 5 in win chess termination i