>> announcer: news 4 today starts now. we begin with a live look iftside on this wednesday morning. ou've grown tired of the freezing cold temperatures, yes, sir, you may b in luck. but that little bit of relief comes with a whole lot of rain.s so note how happy we are about that. >> this is how we begin, though. >> yes. we are happy that you're back, though. >> s. >> good morning, everyone, i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. thanks for joining us. 5:00 a.m. we're tracking the warmup and the potential forome rain. >> jack taylor is in for melissa standing by with a check on ycor ute. but we begin with storm team 4 .meteorologist chuck be i can't get those words out of my head, chuck. you said we're etting blindin rain. blinding rain. >> oh, yeah, blinding rain. >> we begin. >> we begin. >> 5. >> sorry. >> aaron is saucy coming back.

>> that's right. >> always. >> he's fired up, ready to go thrning. temperatures are in the 30s this morning. so,t's lesscold. but the breeze, the south wind this morning has wind chills in the 20s tracking a chance for showers by evening. strong winds and heav heavy rain coming late tonight into the thursday morning commute. we'll be in storm team 4 weather alert mode for you tomorrow nrning. temperature rig 28 in wind chester, 31 in clinton, maryland, 33 in bethesda. temperatures will steadily climb today. we'll be in the 40ts m of the day long with a lot of clouds around, but chances for rain drops really don't start to arrive until after 5 or p.m.0 most of the daylight hours though cloudy will be dry. temperatures will go up after the sun goes down. so our high for the day probably close to 50 degrees by 10 or 11:00 p.m. tonight. i'll show you future weather coming up in a minute, jack et taylor, to you know when the heavy rain is expected, but tomorrow winds could be gusting over 50 miles per hour during

the morning commute. >> goodness gracious, this is going to be a ughy. we'll get through this morning, how about that, first part. start in northwest, 17th street remains closed between c and e streets unfortunately. we hav a roadway compromised. there's a giant pothole in the roadway. you willin the toll road eastbound between the park and ride and the rusten park ewway. working there, the right lane is getting by but i believe that's in the clearing stages and the crews wrapped up on the dulles greenway. had been getting by and that should be wrapped up. >> jack, thank you. 5:02. new details this morning about the standoff at nova fairfax ho ital. police tell us one person has died. officers were called just before p.m. last night for report of a man with a gun. police say that man was a 54-year-old patient who armed and holed up in a hospital room. officers tried to negotiate with him but he refused to come out.

a s.w.a.t. team was eventually called ihe patient shot himself and died. his name has not been released. no one elseas hurt. today marks day 33 of the partial government shutdown. as mon two of theshutdown arrives, so does a second pay peri with no paycheck for 800,000 federal workers who were furloughed tight now. t means the financial pressure is growing on these families as they make hard choices about what to give up and whatpa to so far, workers have missed out on $5.7 billion in salary. that does not include contractors. that comes to about $7,600 p furloughed employee or roughly 8% of their annual salaries. president trump has signed a bill thatk guarantees bac pay for furloughede workers onc the government reopens. all eyes are on congress and the whiteouse today in hopes they'll soon reach a deal. the senate is expected to vote on two competing billstomorrow. the president's plan allows undocumented immigrants including dreamers to stay in

the u.s. for threeyears. that plan also includes funding for the border wall. the second bill proposed by democrats is a short-term spending bill that would reopen the government until february th. it does not include money for a wall. mpmeanwhile, president t still plans to deliver his state of the union speech next week to a joint session of congress. that despite letters from house speaker nancyos p requesting he delay the speech because of the shutdown. the white house has requested a walk-through in aicipation of the january 29th address. as lawmakers debaterosals to reopen the government financial pressure is mounting on federal some are being forced to make some heart breaking choices. >> for one maryland woma 33 days without a paycheck is forcing her to choose between her life or her family's home. she has stage 2 cancer. she's worked for the government for 11 years. her husband is a postal worker, but as another friday without a paycheck inches closer, she has to decide whether to continue her chemo treatments or pay the

rent. >> we lose our home, i'll beic d and i have to go stay with friends or family or something. that's worst case. and that's next month. and negotiate with my chemo, that has to happen. so, this chemo t or rent, chemo wins. >> latmore says her daughter's school has been kind enough to let the family delay paying certain fees so they can focus on her health care. >> no easy choices here. >> not at all. j fairs and free meals are available for those furloughed workers. >> news 4 justin finch has more now on what workers can do today live in alexandria with this story. justin, good morning. >> reporter: eun, good morning. for the past several weeks we have seeci zens, churches, celebrities, corporations and even school systems step in to try to fill this gap for furloughed workers.ou today, as y mentioned, two eventshappening,ne happening here as washington middle school

here in alexandria alexandria city public schools looking for substitute and tutors right now and they're encouraging furloughed workers to apthy. 're having a job fair here at george washington middle school here on 1005 mounternon avenue from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. this evening.ar ander today, rather earlier in the day, a bible study and brunch will be held for furloughed workers, 8501 jerricho city drive. they're offerin not only food but they also say support for those furloughed workers and their families as .we of course, the support not stopping there in our area and now across the country a chef jose andres announces big plans for his efforts here in th d.c. area to expand far beyond. more on that when we see you at 5:30. back into you. >> justinfinch, thank you. we're updating our app with resources forhe furlo federal workers everyday. be sure to check the nbc

washington app to find out whe you can get help and where you can give help. search shutdown. the weather is taking a toll on our streets. take a road crews will be back out to work on this sink hole that onened up in northwest d.c. at th and d secti of 17 streets near d.a.r. constitution hall. now take a look at the beating on the memorial bridge. drivers have been dodging some pseriousholes there and causing dangerous conditions after news 4 report crews showed up to begin filling those tholes yesterday. and krus will be back out to finish filling some of the potholes o the memorial bridge. news 4 nicole jacobs is live there and driving the route to see what will be in stoor this morning. hi, nicole. >> reporter: hi there, eun. c aple of days ago we had memorial bridge packed with potholes, but today there are some major improvements. let's take a loo here. you can see the massive holes and chunks of missing asphalt

are covered. yesterday the national park service sent out crews and despite the partial government shutdown ourameras captured drivers spilling over into lanes of oncoming traffic to avoid holes that wereown to the rebar, but much of that has been fixed. park services had to restock their ready made asphalt in order to patch up the work. i should add that there are still a few more holes that need to be filled. crews will head back down today to get thatdone. back to you. >> nicole, thank you. 5:08 right now. frigid tempetures froze a sprinkler system at a montgunery coty school. it will not keep kids out of the classroom today, though. the frozen system turned into this, busted pipes sent weather all through parts of wheaten high school. that black-looking water, it's not sewage but sediment building

up in seinkler system. the school says the air quality was tested and no problems reported there, though. school is open today. this morning a teen isre vering after being stabbed inside a d.c. public charter school. this happened insid the bathroom at e.l. hans in northwest. this was yesterday morning. the victim is 15 years old. police arrested a 17-year-old. students we spoke with tell us they were scared and confused. >>n just put usckdown for two hours, no idea what's going on. and people were scared.ke they were oh, i don't know what to do. >> letters went out to the parents after that stabbing. the letter reads in part, we take the saf oy of students very seriously. we are saddened by this event, and we know this singular incident is not reflective of our community and our values. a measure to decriminalize ir evasion on metro is one step closer to becoming law.nc d.c. voted for the first time to override a veto for mayor muriel bowser. people cheat by jumping over the gate to avoid paying the fair.

under this new flaw, you are aught, you will still face $50 fine however you will not face jail time and criminal ge ch supporters say stiffer punishment unfairly targets poor people. the major sided with metro which says it loses between 25 and $50 million aai year fromr evaders. be bill must now go through a congressional reviore becoming law. this morning, the kentucky teen at the center of that viral confrontation i doubling down on his claim that he did nothing wrong. >> you've seen the video that's nicholas sandmann staring down native american elder nathan fill phillips at the lincoln memorial. >> do you f feelm this experience that you owe anybody an apology? do you see your own fault in any way? >> as far as standing there, i

had every righto to so. i don't -- my position is that i was not odisrespectful mr. phillips. i respect him. i would like to talk to him. ii mean, hindsight i wish we could have walked away and oided the whole thing. >> later this morning on ay "t savannah guthrie will have more onhat interview with nicholas sandmann. the research is done and many agree social media t use c ledepression among teens. help your child stay healthy. plus, it's no itone's fav time of the year, we're talking tax time. how to navigate this year's forms and filings with new tax melaws in place and a gove shutdown still under way. chuck? >> good morning. everybody. it's hump day, that means it's time to seriously start thinking abou the weekend. saturday and sunday look dry. saturday will be the colder

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♪ following some breaking news overseas. pope francis is wheels up. the pontiff headed to panama from rome to celebrate t church's world youth day. the pope is expected to highlight the problems of poverty, immigration and human rights at a gathering of young l cas. you may recall when the pope visited mexico back in 2016, he criticized then presidential candidate donald trtop's pledge uild a wall along the border with mexico to curb illegal immigration. now the pope is planning to bring hope to a regionaught up in the lingering migration crisis. eun, back to you. >> coryt smith the live desk. cory, thank you. there's apparently a link

between excessive social media use and depression among teens. researchers from the uk say whilepps can be helpful tool to connect with friends, too much time on social media can come with down sides. the connection is much stronger for girls thanbo . many teens spend nearly five hours a day glued to their phones. experts say those s teenswed a 35% increase in depressive symptoms amongs b and a 50% increase among girls. >> i think moreirls are trying to go for that instagram aesthetic than boys care about what theyut up. >> to have a higher image toho upld because of society that looks on them. >> the study says ohe lackf sleep due to social media could also play a role in the depressive symptoms. experts recommend setting a charging station in your home so neat cell ps are not charged in t droom, which can lead to distractions. suicide rates three times higher for teens in prison. now a new study looks athe

reasons 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 less likely to talk r about suicide leave a note. experts say the shock of being in prison can be traumatic and may increase the risk for suicidal behavior. ♪ 5:16 right wenow. are working for you as tax season gets under way. the new tax cuts and jobs acts goes into effect this year, and it means plenty of changes for filing your 2018 return. d ong the changes, the stand deduction has nearly doubled. now $12,000 for single taxpayers. 24,000 for joint filers. the child tax credit jumps up to $2,000 per child and now you can set up what is called a donor-advised fund to bunch together future annual donations into one year with an immediate tax deduction. the irs is op right on less than

60% of its work force because of the shutdown but the agency says it plans to process returns and issue refunds on schedule. experts say it is still best to file early. here is something youon't see everyday. parts of niagara falls have frozen ovth. look at . the winter storm that pounded parts of the northeast have brought the rushing waters to a halt in some places. the water is still flowing freely, though, because despite these cold temperatures the high velocity of that water, that's a lot of water falling into the niagara riverakes it difficult to refreeze. who can forget this. >> no one. >> this looks familiar, we've seen this. three years today we were buried in the blizzard of 2016, which wasn't actually a blizzard by definition. the official snow total was just under 18 inches. other parts of the region saw upwards of 2 feet. you know, too much is too much. that was just too much. >> agreed. it was. >> snow lovers, too much is ohver enough. >> >> now we're talk about rain,

chuck. >> absolutely right. getting system we're into tonight into tomorrow, if it were 30 degrees colder, we would have a repeat of the blizzard. i know, snow lovers. we missed it. we just can't get everything phased together like we did three years ago. tonightounto tomorrow, , it will be a big-timeas winter storm, no doubt about it. 33 now in washington. you'll notice that south wind today. that's going to bring temperatures into the 40s by this afternoon and into the0s after the sun goes down tonight. high temperature for tomorrow is going to be close to 60 degreun before the even comes up. crazy weather coming our w t next 24 to 36 hours. quiet, cloudy cold here this morning.re temperaturesn the low 30s, but wind chills are down low to mid 20s this morning. grab your puffy coat this morninou cldy, most of the day will be just cloudy and dry. slight chance for few showers moving in right around the tims the kome home from school.

afternoon temperatures will be in the 40s, but again, tempatures will climb into the 50s after the sun goes down tonight. here is your planner for tomorrow. 58 degrees at 7:00 in the morning with wind and rain. winds could be gusting overs 5 mir hour. rain tapers to showers and end and comes to an temperatures plummet tomorrow behind that front. there's the storm now. the center of it here north of st. louis will bring rain into parts of lower mhigan and push rain all the way up. you saw the video from niagara falls? it's going to be pouring down rain in the near 50 degrees and even in new york. here is the way future tracker handles today. this has stopped here at 7:00 p.m. this evening. i can't give you thell guaranteed dry weather any time after 5:00 p.m. the heavy rain comes i after midnight. here is 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. hat's the cold front right there. right along and ahead of that front, winds could gust 50 to 60 miles per hour. so not related to severe storms,

but just the low level jet is gog to be howling through here tomorrow. so, worst of it between the morning and 9:00 in the morning. that heavy rain pulls out befor. no showers will probably linger for the rest of the morning and well onto the afternoon. and then come a relatively quick end, probably sometime between and 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. northwest winds will be rather gusty. could get an inch to some spots as much as two inches of rain. there's already a flood watch issued for late tonight through tomorrow. so, heavy wind and heavy rains and strong winds coming our way early tomorrow. temperatures will fal t into th omorrow afternoon and highs in the 30sndn friday saturday. all right, let's go over to the glass enclosedenter and jack taylor. >> i guess we should just enjoy today for what it's worth based on tomorrow. 50 at the bay bridge. no vehicle restrictions but thag could c for tomorrow. so far so good now.

no vehicle restrictions as i said. 17th street northwest remains blocked between c and e streets. southbound traffic diverts e. unfortunately the roadway is compromised. so with the emergency work zone, that will be closed until further notice. otherwise, on 49etween maryland and virginia, should be in pretty decent serpe i or outer look without delay early.i debrcollege park that was debrcollege park that was very quickly

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♪ >> announcer: new t 4ayod starts now. 5:30 is your time right now. welcome back a we take a live look outside right now on this wednesday morning. the beautiful capitol wheelti a al harbor. the good news is you won't need as many layers a yesterday while you get dressed, but you will want to grab the umbrella becae the rain i moving in. we're talking about a whole lot of rain. >> there's a tradeoff there, >> i don't know. good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. we appreciate yaking up early with us on this wednesday morning. let's check in on the forecas with chuck bell. we'll talk to jack taylor at wtop about traffic in just a second. hey, chuck. >> good morning, aaron. welcome back from vacation. >> thank ouu. >> hopeenjoyed your time away. we certainly missed you around here. who do i have to pick o when aaron is away. i can't just pick on anybody. this moing,ostly cloudy sky out there. temperatures are nowhere near as cold as they have been the last few mornings. in fact, we're still 1 degree above freezing in d.c. this morning. bus a south freeze shaving a bit off of those temperatures.

currently hasll a wind c of 23 in wagtshleesburg, 26 gaithersburg, 25 in southern maryland. plan on mid 20 for the chill early the morning. the daily grade for today, well, you know, there's nothing really to complain about. it will be a cloudy day. most of the daylight hours will dry. chances for showers moving in around the time the sun goes down, be a little on the breezy side as well. temperatures will o up this evening. it will be crazy warm tonight into tomorrow. ait will beut 58 degrees this time tomorrow. but winds could be gusting over 50 miles per hour during thursday morning commute. a whole check of the ten-day forecast is about 20 minutes a away. for now, let's go to jack taylor. >> speeds and winds might be bigger than the seds on the roadways during rush hour. that's incredible. we'll start in the district northwest 17th street remains closed between e and c streets. this emergency work zone continues with a big hole in the roadway. southbound traffic diverts at northbound at c street.

50 at the bay bridge. we have our wind warnings inef ct. no vehicle restrictions this morning, just be aware as you head across the bridge the potential for these gusty winds to put us into wind restrictions, but for now just wind warnings. live look at 95 northbound near the prince wiiam parkway, only spot with brake lights. so far not too bad. aaron, eun, back into you. >> jack, thank you. mo new this ing, a man is dead after a standoff a a nova fairfax hospital. officers were called just before 9 last nig a for report with man with a gun. 65-year-old patient was armed and holed up in a hospital room. negotiating wit him but he refused to come out. the man shot himself anddi . no one else was hurt. shutdown 3 of this begins, thousands of federal workers are preparing for another friday without ayc ck. >> for the past month, we've heard heart breaking stories about families hav cg toose between putting gas in their car

or food on the table. parents who are g making ad wage are now forced to shop at food banks or take donations to keephe lights on. meanwhile, congress doesn't seem any closer to a deal. the senate is expected vote on t competing bills tomorrow. coming up, news 4 tracie potts will have details on the proposals and their chances of passing. the help forhe furlo workers is not slowing down on this 33rd day of the. shutdo >> so events are planned today to help workers with a free meal and perhaps even a supplemental paycheck. our team coverage continues with justin finch in alexandria. justin, good morning. >> reporter: eun, aaron, good morning.y alexandria cublic schools are encouraging furloughed workers to apply forst sute teacher and tutor post. they're having a b fair this evening 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. here at george washington middle school here in alexandria. meantime, chef jose ainres is expa his efforts to feed and assist furloughed workers.

now open inorthwest at 701 pennsylvania avenue right by the tro station for the archive stop there. they're open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.daily, offering food for furloughed workers, their families and also their pets too. and furloughed a workersren't just going there getting they're also helping. is it's devastating. it really and it's going to take a long time for us t recover from this as a country. >> reporter: and chefal andres announcing he plans to expand his chef for feds efforts to 12 other states and puerto rico as well. we have other information on our nbc washington p. we're live here in alexandria, i'm justin finch, news 4. >> t justin,nk you. we are updating our app with resources for federal workers everyday. you can check the nbc washington app to find out where you can get help and where you can give

help, too. just search shutdown. it's 5:34. ra have breaking news right now. the demc eyeing a 2020 bid for president is growing. >> cory smith at the live desk. >> good morning. another person throwing their sst into the ring according to the associated p the mayor in south bend, indiana, is forming anmi exploratory cee for a 2020 presidential bid. he is expected to travel to iowa next week to meet with voters in the nation's first caucus state. that will be followed by stops in new hampshire. buttigieg is a rhodes scholar. he was the youngest mayor of ay u.s. c with at least 100,000 residents. he was a lieutenant in the navy reserve and also served a tour in afghanistan in 2014. now, if he were to win the democratic nomination, buttigieg would be the first openly gay nominee for a major political party. >> cory, thank you.

this morning in northern virginia communities are coming together after a terrible crash killed a warren county high school cheerleader. she was thrown from an suv it crashed in maryland on sunday. the 15-year-old was on her way to a cheering competition in delaware. is morning, her friends say they just can't believe she's gone. >> my best friend. she was just like a sister to me. and it's hard to believe that she's gone. >> the crash left three other cheerleaders hurt. new details thisorning on the two saudi sisters from virginia found dead in the dson river in new york last year. the medical examiner now says that the 23-year-old and ied by -old sisters suicide. investigators say the sistefr travelle a shelter in virginia to new york last fall. hey believe the sisters duct taped themselves together before going into the river. detectives say the two were desperate not to return to saudi arabia. it's now 5:36.

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is out of jail after being accused of rape in paris is chris brown. vaey were arrested yesterday on suspicion of aggrad rape and drug offense after a woman filed a complaint. all three men were released from custody late yrday and were not charged. french prosecutors said brown is allowed to leave the country. he hasenied the accusations. a mother seems to be the one to end a crime spree in the . distri two teens attacking an elderly woman in the shaw neighborhood in northwest d.c trying to take her car. now police say this was not the only crime committed in this neighborhood by these youngme police say andrews and heartridge bt awoman, beat a woman, threw her down the stairs and took her backpack the day before. they are accused of chasing a

woman down irving street and hitting heran with a bric taking her purse. the mother of one of the eens saw her son on tv and convinced him to turn himself in. developing this morning, two drones forced federal aviation officials to issue a ground stop for flights to newark airport. the drones were detected last night. the faa generally prohibits drones from flying within five miles of airports because of the danger they posthe to other air traffic. despite that, the agency sayst receives more than 100 illegal drone reports eachnt the culprits behind yesterday's drones haven't been caught, but they could face criminal penalties and fines. good evmorning, ybody. we're going to have a storm team 4 weather alert for you tomorrow morning. these are not forecasted temperatures. these arein forecasted gusts at this time tomorrow morning. the wind could easilye gusting over 40 miles per hour. heavy rain possible too.

i'll sew you fut weather in the ten day coming right up in ten minutes. in northwest, our closure remains 17th street is blocked between c and e streets. heerp you s tape across the roadway. roadway is compromised. no trial frame when it will reopen. 17th street southbound diverts at e, northbound at c. plus food delivered via robots? ordering in juste campus where

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drags into its 33rd day, there may be som movement on capitol hill. the senate plans to vote on two competing proposals tomorrow to reopen the government. >> this could be a big development since senate majority leader mitch mcconidll e would only take up bills the president would sign. news 4 tracie potts joins us live now with details on the oposals, acie, good morning. >> good morning. that's changed, eun and aaron. tomorrow the senateill vote on two plans. the republican plan, the one that predent pitched that would trade money for the border wall for protection for a million immigrants for the the next three years and also on the democrat's plan which would reopen government nowil tempor and then deal with negotiations on border security. but here is t thing, neither can pass without help support, votes from t other side. and that's not expected to happen. so we're seeing some movement. 're seeing some changes, but it doesn't look like they're quite yet at the point to where

they pan actually getple back to work. >> tracie, we know the president is also going ahead with plans for the state of the union address. what more can you tell us about that? >> reporter: so remember he was sevited and dis-invited by h speaker nancy pelosi. he white house said they're going with the first one. he was invited, he accepted. they're getting the president to capitol hill next tuesday for the state of the union. pelosi said she was concerned in the shutdown secret service rocould not pct him. they said that's not going to be a problem. so, the white house says the president plans to show up, but terestingly, we'reold that white house speech writers are also doing an alternate version of that speech ie case ends up doing it somewhere else. clearly a lot of tension between the two of them in the middle of the shutdown. >>tracie, thank you. your commute could be a little smoother if you travel across the memorial bridge. >> it is one of the manyas a affected by all the snow and the ice resulting in those bigpo

oles we see them all over town. news 4 nicole jacobs is driving on tha bumpy best of my knowledge bridge. hey, nicole. >> hey, aan. craters and potholes, no more. atleast, almost here on memorial bridge. let's take a look here. you can see national park out ces crews were sen tuesday to start patching up a few holes. so there are major improvements along this roadway. the massive holes and chunks of missing asphalt are covered. yesterday, the national park services crews were sent out despite the partial government shutdown. our camer captured drivers spilling over into lanes of on going travoic to holes that were down to the rebar. parkerces had to restock their ready-made asphalt in order to patch up the work. there ar still a few holes that still need to be filled, but don't worry. those crews will beack down

here today. back to you. >> all right, nicole jacobs. thank you. the supreme court has taken actions inv two high profile legal battles. first, the ban on transgender lipeople serving in the miry. the court granted a request from the trump administration to go ahead for now with that ban. this means the military can now enforce the policy while the lower court challenges play out through the federal crts of appeal. and in a separate action, the supreme court opted totay out of the battle over the deferred action for childhood arrivals program known as daro. theam will continue for at least another ten months while the fight plays out in the lower courts. daca protects young people weg were ily brought to the u.s. as children. a major blow to equal rights amendment in virginia. it failed to pass the house of delegates. the amendment declares equality rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the united states or any state on account of sex. virginia was the 38th and final

state needed to ratify the amendment to change the constitution. the bill failed to make it out of the committee. supporters say the amendment is critical to protecting equal rights. opponents argue it could be used to prevent special programs for women and to support abortion rights. nobody likes to hear it, but you'll he to dig a little in oneto pay for parki of the busy parts of the district, particularly the penn quarter section of the city depending on which portion of the day you choose to park there, it now could cost as much as $6.50 an hour. >> tt's bananas. >> to park at a metered spot. >> it's absolutely bananas and nuts and all those crazy things. d. dot and the city have been working on a program where they charge more to park at peak events to help create turnover and free up mor parking spaces. expensive will create free evere or free up at least spaces. you know what i meant. chuck is laughing new thimorning, the next time you drive by george mason university you may see tsse

little g crossing the street. huey, dewey and louis here. ey're part of a new self-driving robot delivery service for students. now any one onl campus w arable to order from places like starbucks or dunkin' donuts all you have to do is place your order and download the starship delivery app. the school says the robot deliver food within 30 minutes. george mason the first college campus to use these during -- these technologies. so if you're in your --hat chemistry class and get the munchies, the robot wil mdeliver in tdle of your lesson. >> they have a tendency to come while studying for t chemistry exam. i'm guessing. 's a guess. > he's making all these connections at5:50 in the morning, chuck bell. >> so we are going to be i weather alert mode for you 24 hours from now because a big-me storm is coming our way. it's going to bring a lot of wind, especially this evening and overnight. then it will bring a punch of

rain that i promise you will snarl yourhursday morning commute. if you're just getting up this morning, go ahead and move the alarm back. you know how much longer it takes you to get toork on a day when the commute isn't snarled up with rain and ynd? bar alarm up now for tomorrow morning. it will be a high impact event the thursday morning commute. your wednesday morning, it's mostly cloudy and it's seasonably cold. temperatures are in the low 30s now. so nowhere near as cold as it's been. but south winds are keeping wind chills down in the mid 20s here this morning. so, you'll need your warm coat. mostly cloudy through the day, not much of a rain chance until we get past sun down, just after 5:00 p.m. chance for some showers during the early parts of the evening and then heavy, heavy, heavy rainate tonight a through the first part of tomorrow. temperatures will go up overnight. south winds could be sustained at 2 30 miles per hour, but wind gusts of 50 miles per hour plus will be possible.

an incredibly energized storm system bringing a lot of travel troubl if you're flying today towards cincinnati, st. louis, chicago,, housdallas/ft. worth, new orleans, atlanta, all those airports could really take it on the chin with weather delays today. here is future weather to help you plan all that out.ai nothing really to worry about during the day today. couple of showers evening hours, but the heavy rain rolls in after midnight tonight. there's 7:00 tomorrow on future weather. could bring a quick inch of rain right duringhe part of the commute. so a flood watch has already been issued. an inch to may in some spots two inches of rain coming in short order tomorrow.th , we get back to cold and dry weather for friday and that wi continue on into the weekend. tracking a little chance for some rain mid next week before another shot of cold arrives. it is now time to go check on traffic withwtop chuck taylor. >> hey, chuck. thank you very much. we'll start in the district northwest 17th strt is blocked between c and e streets

unfortunately the roadway has been mpmised. a very large hole in the road. until further notice that will remain closed. chopper 4 isear the baltimore washington parkway toward the beltway itself without early delay, thankfully traffic is movi pretty well and still relatively light at this hour. inbound on new york avenue before you get to florida avenue that stretch of northeast, crash as you come down the bridge from the railroad tracks is blocking the right lane. d. dot isn scene to hopefully remove as quickly as possible. aaron, eun, back to you. >> 5:53. serena williams will be leaving australia empty handedwa she one point away from a comeback win yesterday when she turned her ankle apparently. that seemed to pretty much end her chances of moving forward. seventh-ranked pliskova won the neha two games ended serena's tournament. she is still one title fromg ty the all-time record of 24. >> i think she'll get there. this is as big as it gets in d.c. in the dmv area for es

basketball, the two. >> what an awesome show,soldout show down for two of the topas girlsketball teams in th country. the pitch shop mcnamara bishops and saint johns cadets are number threeht here in the district area. they met at mcnamara, it was saint johns who pulled out the win in the final seconds. a rematch is brewing. the team willeet again on february 9th at saint johns. this is the most exciting basketba we'll see all ove our area. support the ladies. awesome. apple,has my favorite pumpkin, neither of us likes pumpkin, pecan. you're a sweet potato person. >> feel free tone joy today, it's national pie day. >> to celebrate this holiday, our moleette green is at mom'se apie shop. good morning for real. >> i know, right? whatever flavor you like, they have i here.

look at this. fresh, hot out of the oven right now. this apple pie. >> killing me. >> oh, i know. and you know what, pie fixes everhehing. that'sotto here at mom's apple pie. >> that's right. >> national pie dath got all kinds of choices from apple all the way down tou b crumb. i mean, everything. and on this day, there is thathing special and sweet they're offering for furloughed federal workers. we'll talk about all that as we take in the goodness. i wish we had smell-i-vision here at mom's apple pie. are you ready for this? all right. stick with us in the 6:00 p.m. hour of news 4 today. ron, i like sweet potato, too. i got it all here for you. good morning, i'm frankho and at cnbc headquarters. uber is rolling out its reward program today and thats inclu washington, d.c. calculates how much you spend on uber and uber eats over the past

six months awards perks such as $5 credits, no fee cancellations if you rebook your ride. guaranteed prices between your two favorite a spots free car upgrades. the feature will show up automatically in the uberapp. l you have to do is look for the invitation on the home page to sign un. cnbc morning business rert, i'm frank holland. >> frank, thank you. hi still ahead morning, an armed man causes a s.w.a.n situatt a local hospital. >> we're taking y to the scene and walking you through the frightening hours tha. follow speaking out, the catholic teen featured in the infamous viral clip showing a native american elderby surrounded chanting students, why he says he had every right to do what he did. stay with us. we'll be right back. i'm a veteran

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potential for some rain. >> all right. it's a tradeoff. w.t.o.p. jack taylor is standing by with a check on your commute, but we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. the rain is back, chuck. >> the best things in life are free, eun, just so you know. >> okay. >> it is indeed less cold this morning. temperatures are hovering around th freezingmark. so it's not like it's balmy or anything. south winds have wind chills in the mid 20s, though. tracking a chance for few showers rolling in this evening, but the real concern that we're focusseder on are strong winds moving in tonight and heavy rains will affect your thursday morning. right now temperature 32 in fairfax. 33 in springfield, virginia. 35 in bever beach. 32 in colombia, maryland. school day forecast then for today, it will be cold. it will be cloudy here for the morning hours. we might get a little sun first thing, but mostly afternoon. temperatures in the 40s for most of the day. we'll rise into the 50s after the sun