requested lawmakers debate proposals. make some really heart breaking choices. 33 days without pay is forcing her to choose between or her family's home.

she worked for the governmen for 11 years and has stage 2 cancer. her husband is a postal worker. with another friday inches closer without a paycheck, she hasec toe whether to continue her chemotherapy p or her rent. >> i'll be evicted. i have to go sta with friends or family or something. that's worst case. and that's next month. negotiate with my chemo, that has to so this chemo or the rent. chemo wins. >> h daughter's school is kind enough to let the family delay paying certain fees so they can focus o her healthcare. >> we're updating our app with resources for furloughed federal workers everyday. check the nbc washington app to find out where you can get help and where youan give help. search shutdown. >> breaking news now at 4:04, public schoolteachers in denver voted to go on strike. cory smith at the live disk.

>> they voted overwhelming late last night to go on the strike. they want more money in their paycheck. going to show you veo of the meeting last night. the teachers union that authorized the strike is the denvch classroom teas association. it has about 3,500 members and t 93% ofm voted for this strike. their first strike in 25 years. now, this vote comes after it failed to reach a settlement after 15 months of negotiation talks with the school system. barring any sort of-m inute deal, t strike could begin on monday. of course, all this comes after the more than a week-long teacher strnge in los aes ended just yesterday after a deal was reached. l the strikt some 600,000 students in limbo. those teachers in l.a. are expected to return to class today. back to you. >> thayou, cory. the weather is taking its toll on our streets. road crews will be back out to work on this major sinkhole that opened up in northwest d.c. at the intersection of 17th and d.

street nea cd.a.r.onstitution hall. now look at the beatin o memorial bridge. drivers are dodging huge potholes there. crews showed up to beg fixing potholes today. problem with eothat,e can vary on to oncoming traffic. sprinklers froze a school but it will n kids out of the classroom. the frozen system turned into this mess. look at that. bustedhaipest water all through parts of wheaten high school. is sediment that was building up in the sprinkler system. crews were brought in to clean up the classrooms and hall ways. the school says the air quality was tested but no problem had beenreported, so kids, school is open today. get up early. >> this morning, a teen is recovering after being stabbed inside a d.c. public charter school. this happened inside the bathroom at e. hans in northwest yesterday morning. the victim i 15 years old. police arrested a 17-year-old.

students we spoke with tell use they wcared and confused. >> just put us on lockdown for two hours.a no i what's going on. and people were scared. they were like, i don't know what to do. >> letters went out to parents after that stabbing. letter reads in part, we take the safety sf ourdents very seriously. we are saddened by this event, and we know this singular incident is not reflective of g,r community and our values. this morn young man is facing charges for stabbing his father to dea in prince george's county. police say david flores jr. killed his father at their home in beltsville on monday when officers arrived atou the h on cedarlane. he died at thehospital. we're told his son admitted to the crime. no word, though, on a motive. 4:07. a measure todecriminalize metro is one step closer to becoming law. th voted for t first time to override a veto from mayor muriel bowser. we have shown you people cheating the system by jumping

over the gates. der the new law f you're caught, you will still face a $50 fine. you will not face jail time and a criminal charge. supporters of izdecriminion say stiffer punishment unirly targets poor people. the mayor sided with metro itse 50 million dollars from fair evaders. it must go through congressional review before becoming law. the county police department in arlington county decided body cameras are too expensive. it's roughly $300,000 a. ye "the washington post" reports that smaller police departments across the country said they programs.ord the they're too expensive to store and manage the footage. they explained the challenge is not purchasing the technology, they wrote, it's implementing the program which requires upgrades to existing infrastructure and the need to hire additional staff s toport

it. terrifying video this morning of a car crushed from both ends in a violent crash in pennsylvia. oh my goodness. this happened yesteouay morning 25 miles south of harrisburg. a box truck rear ended a smapuer le car. you can see it there right in the middle, which then rmed it underneath an suv. the truck driver later said she oked on coffee while driving. blacked out and doesn't remember crashing. no one involved in the accident was siously hurt. and that is tough to believe considering the condition of the purple car. wow. united anes is reviewing one of its flights that dozens of passengers are calling a nightmare.oa passengers on a united flight from newark to hong kong ended up in canada and they were trapped onc tarr more than 12 hours. the flight was diverted for a nce on the ground in frigid temperatures, a door froze. crews could not get it shut and

canadian customs wasn't staffed, leaving passengers stuck on bod. >> frustrated. there was an immense amount of cabin fever. >> a replacement plane eventually took the passengers back to newark, almost 24 hours after they first took off. akso they didn't it to hong kong. united says passengers were given reimbursement, compensation, hotels and meals. you're notetting that 12 hours back. that's part of your life you will never see again. how cold it must have beeasif the doortuck open? >> it must have been rough. this morning the kentucky teen at the center oal a v confrontation is doubling down on his claim that he did nothing wrbag. >> you py have seen this video that nicholas sandmannin st down native american elder nathan phillips near the lincoln memorial last week. this morning we're hearing frot in an exclusive

interview. >> do you feel from this experiencet t you owe anybody an apology? do you see o your fault in any way? >> as far as standg there, i had every right to do so. my position is that i was not disrespectful to mr. phillips. i respect him. i would like to talk to him. in hind sight i wish we could have walked away and avoided the whole thing. >> later this morning on "today" savannah guthrieil have smr. still ahead this morning, the research has been done and many agr social media use can lead to depression among teens. >> that is a specially true of young women. coming up, how to fight the trenel and your child stay healthy. >> plus, it's nobody's favorite time of the year. we're talking tax time. heren.e go how to navigate this year's

forms and filing with new tax laws now in place and a government utdown still under way. how about a weather check? >> all right. all isheuiet onestern front this morning, but a flood watch is in effect for overnight tonight into tomorrow. in addition to heavy rain, we late ve powerful win late ve powerful win tonight into early thur sd 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.

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incr among girls. >> i think more girls are trying to go for that instagram aesthetic than boys really care what they put up h >> toe a higher image to uphold because of society that looks on tthem. >>hat instagram aesthetic, not reachable. the study says lk of sle due to social media could also play a role in the depressive symptoms. experts rec amend setti charging station in your home so that cell phones are not charged in the bedroom which canead to distractions. suicide rates are two to noree times higher for teens in prison. a new study looks at the reason why. researchers from nationwide children's hospital compared suicide deaths of young adults both in and out of prison. they found that teens in prison were no more likely to have a mental health condition, but they were lessmi likely to c suicide or leave a note. the shock of being in prison can be traumatic and may increase the risk for suicidal behavior. 4:16 right now. we're working for you as tax

season gets under tway. the n cuts and jobs act e goes intffect this year and that means pley of changes for filing your 2018 returns. among the changes the standard deduction has nearl doubled. now $12,000 for single taxpayers. 24,000 for joint filers. the child tax credit jumps up to 2,000 dollars per child and now you can set up what is called a donor advised fund to bunch together future annual donations into one yearith an immediate tax deduction. the irs is operating on less than 60% of its work force because of government shutdown, but the agency says it plans to proces returns and issue refunds on schedule. experts say it's still best to file early. here isng sometou don't see everyday. parts of niagara fall have frozen over. the winter storm that pounded parts of the northeast has brought the rushing waters to a halt in some places. the water islotillng

freely despite those frigid temperatures. that is because of the high velocity of the water falling into the niagara river mak it difficult to completely freeze. some gorgeous pictures. can you imagine how cold that water? >> it takes a lot. >> looks like it's 32 degrees. >> chuck said it' 32degrees. >> the water is? >> who can forget this? three years ago today we started to really see the effects of the blizzard of 2016.mb reme that? the official snow total was jus under 18inches. other parts of region saw upwards of two feet. >> never forget it. >> those were the days. >> god. >> we were on the air for hours at a time,ho s. >> we both worked on the weekend. >> were you here that weekend? >>yes. >> i think we were going delirious at one point. >> t uy had us at a hotel. >> it was awesome. loved it. >> listendigging out for days. >> you would be happy for that?

>> tomorrow, it would behe same amount of liquid, more oin. >> a lot rain. flood watches have been put up for tonight into tomorrow. snowfall amounts not expected to be anything. it's going to be all rain. temperatures late tonight could even be close to 60degrees. >> what? >> are you kidding me? >> temperatures will go up aftes the sun g down today. tomorrow we'll start out feeling like apring da heavy rain, gusty winds and mild temperatures before we go right back to winter weather for friday and into theweekend. right now, 32 in washington. southds w averaging 15 miles per hour. youot wille that south breeze today. that's got the wind chill down to 22 now in town. don't be fooled. temperatures in the low 30s here this morning, but you'll probably need that extra heavier coat just because of the wind here early this morning. temperatures through the crse the day will gradually climb through the 40s. our high temperature today actually occur just before

midnight tonight. it will probably be somewhere in th low to mid 50s. you'll spend most of the afternoon in the 40s. tempatures really start to rise during the evening hours, after dark tonight. look thistr coming saight out of the gulf of mexico, pouring down rain as far north as chicago now. chicago is just on the edge of the rain/snow line. this is all heavy rain,an in southern illinois and parts of missouri. that's comingwa our tonight won't be a bad commute home. tomorrow morning's commute will be a disaster. heav rain and wind will really snarl the mngorhe re iscommut f through the day today really just cloudy skies and 40s. a few sprinkles possible for the evening commute, but not a big impact. here is late tonight.ro 5:00 a.m. tom morning, that's a powerful cold front coming through right during the art of the morning commute. winds could gust between 50 and 60 miles per hour with that rain early tomorrow morning. so azy c rainy morning on

thursday. blustery and turning sharplyld will be in the 50s in the morning falling into the 30s tomorrow afternoon. then typical cold, winter weather for friday and the weekend. all right, jack taylor. be ready for that uglyid tomorrow morning. >> wow, wow. okay. so enjoy this morning but heaup or tomorrow. northbound on i-295 this morning movi between malcolm x an excellent. 270 overnight work project on montrose road getting the left side getting by. work on the toll road moving eastbound past the park and riane is getting by, also ride. light volume, not causing much of an early slow-down, be aware it's there. back to you. >> if you want to exercis more, you might want to listen so good music to keep you moving. >> we are working for you heing you findhe pair of

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>> announcer: you're watching news 4 today. welcome back at 4:24. if your new year's resolution is to exercise more, you know how important music can be to get you through those tough workouts y just to get up. >> equally important, the heads you use. susan hogan working for you with some tips to find the rightes headphor the gym. >> for working out, i prefer wired headphones. >> i don't mind if there's a wire or not a wire. >> one fell out and broke on tho ncrete. >> not a huge fan of the goverer ones. i feel like they're too bulky for me. >> reporter: everyone has a preference when it comes to headphones for workingut. consumer reports tests dozens for sound quality, features, comfort and fit. that's especially important, the fit factor. when you're out for a run or at th't gym, you don want to find out 20 minutes into your workout that you're getting pain in your ears. >> reporter: if you can, try on

headphones to see how they fit before you buy them. more and more consurs are choosing wireless bluetooth models. >> a lot ofeadphones marketed as wireless still have a cable or cord that connects thewo ear pieces, but there are some which are called true wireless headphones. true wireless headphones don't have a cord or a cable connecting the two ear pieces which givesou more flexibility. >> the downside to true wireless headphones is they typically have a shorter battery life and they're easier to lose. when it comes to buying headphones, consider the type of exercise you may use them fo y >> if're going to run outside, some noise canceling headphones are adjustable to let in more or less sound from your environment. >> reporter: if you want a pait to take i pool, consumer reports recommendations this $9 pair fromjbl. they're designed for swimming and have dependable sound ality. if you work out at a gym but don't really like the music they playhese $90 headphones from ve sony receid very good scores from consumer reports for noise

canceling and sound quality. now, if y do wear headphones while you're outside running or walking, make sure that you keep the volume down low so you can hear all of the noise a you. we of course want you to stay safe. back to you. 4:26. coming up, roving robots, self-driving delivery robots ur area.n a look at how they work and >>ere you can find them. chuck? all right. temperatures are in the 30s, but a southth wind, even wind causes a wind chill. so wind chills this morning are in the low to mid 20s. you'll still need your puffy coat early this morning. you'll need your umbrella soon. meplus, tour tragedy. a local cheerleadered killed on a local cheerleadered killed on her way to

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>> announcer: news 4 today starts now. it is 4:30. welcome back. as we take a o live lookside this morning on this wednesday. right in our front yard here. the goodews is you won't need

as many layers as you get dressed today. you need the umbrella, though, because the rain is moving in. good morning, everybody. id isaron t.hrgi s ee>> the flag. >> little breeze out there for sure. >> we'll check in with that forecast with storm team 4 meteorolog t chuck bell and jack taylor for a look at your first 4 traffic. chuck, little windy out there. it's still cold. yes. that south breezes are going to become a bit more of an issue as we go later in the l day. e tonight, those south wind are going to be howling. be ready for that. this morning, temperatures are nowhere near as cold as we have been. we appreciate that. 30 in wind chester, 30 at dulles airport. when you factor in the breeze, though, wind chills mostly low to mid 20s. you will feel the chill early this morning, but we're dryor now, but look at all that rain out across the ohio valley