the bank. consumer reporter susan hogan tips to save on your gym membership. storm team 4 issues a weather alert because of this. >> this storm could bring flooding to parts of our area, and we could get some pretty strong wind gusts. here's a le look at the flagou ide our studios. ut that bad right now is about to change. >> yeah, guys, you can see the flag blowing from left to right. yesterday it was blowing from righto left, meaning much colder air. but this is very warm air that's moving in ahead of this storm system. temperaturesig now 50 hagrees, double what it felt yesterday with cold air in place. and look how big this storm is. once again another monster of a storm. we've said this just out every single week over the last year we've had about 20 in one inchal rainfall t or more.

we're going to get another inch outf this one. this storm coming with a couple of facets. one, the rain. the flood watch in effect through the day on thursday. rain one inch to possibly two inches of rain. you combine that with a little snow leftover from our snowstorm a week and a half ago, and you combine that with the frozen ground and you've got a bit more in terms of flooding potential. the wind advisory t. ough 6:00 amorrow, and really it's probably going to be extended a little bit longer, but look where the wind advisory ismism winds could gust easily up to 50 miles an hour overnight tonight into early tomorrow. we're goi to time out the rain, time out the wind. this is why we're in weather alert mode. new, this afternoon the recent frigid weather taking a toll in fair fax county. >> that's right. three people have died in the past three days because of

exposure to the cold. an 86-year-old woman at the sun rise facility died this past nday. and earlier that same day a homele man was found dead in an apartment laundry room in fair fax. and last week an 88-year-old woman left a facility and she was later found outside dead. police are asking us a to keep our eyes open. >> folks need to watch o for each other. be observant to activity that s.ems suspici and if you see someone in distress contact locfo law rcement, the rescue squad. t we want check on people. three deaths is three too >> the northern bureau chief is working ts story and she'll join us at 5:00 with more on how these victims were discoverju. we ar minutes away from an update on a case where dozens of women were found inside virginia dressing rooms. fair fax county police say at

the height of the holiday shopping season he used tiny cameras to film them. he aegedly did so at a forever 21 and at an h&m store at a fair oaks mall. police have been reviewing the more than 100 videos they'vese ed. we're following some breaking news in prince george's county. a teenager said to be in grave condition after getting shot in the head. police are still looking into howhis all went down. but as of now they know a pair of teens had been hanging out in a basement off rte 50. a gun wept off there inside that basement. pat, what have you learned about this? >> reporter: leon, two teenage boys said to be friends, how dig th a gun? how come they weren't in school?

and what happened, what happened in a house down the street? was is it an accident or was it something else? the focus of police attention, this red brick house on a street called dorman in a community called -- valley. police say something went terribly wrong in the bhiement of house. investigators in and out and in and out trying to pce it all together. this is what we know so far. sources say a grandfather was upstairs upstairs two teenagers in the basement, one 15, e 16, they had a gun. somehow the 15-year-old ends up getting shot in the head. but w n? he from corporal lamar

robinson. ar>> we're talking to thees involved. we're trying to figure out what happened, what led to the shooting. was it horseplay or was it something greater? we're unclear right now. >> reporr: tinaavis is with the radiant valley community association.t >> how is it t guns are so accessible, you know? >> reporter: and teenagers with guns. >> hey, that's scary, too. i mean, kids. i mean, you know, you play around, you don't think about the conquences. oh, my god. reporter: that wounded teen in the hospital tonightin fig for his life. pat, back to u. >> all right. thank you, pat collins. breaking right now at 4:00 the highly anticipated testimony

from michael cohen is on hold. cohen is blaming threats from the president. a cohen spokesperson accuses president trump of threatening cohen's family. and that spokesperson says cohen has to put their safety fthst. president's former attorney was scheduled to speak to a house committee february 7th. he's pleaded guilty to lying to congress about trump business projects inrussia. president trump has referred to cohen's father-in-law several times on twitter. now to the governmentwn shut this is day 33. >> and federal workers are losing their patience.ma land congressman jamie ras kn and other democrati lawmakers joined in the chants of no more food banks, they need paychecks. >> several protesters were arrested outside the office of the senate majority leader. we have team coverage of the shutdown impact, and we start this afternoon with a national picture and susan mcginnis.

>> reporter: lawmakers here are workingard to try and find a way out of this stalemate while the president and the speaker of the house spoke over this. federal workers rallied on capitol hill demanding an end tr the gent shutdown. inside lawmakers in both pares under pressure to find a way out. today house democrats floated a new pro offering the same $5.7 billion the president wants but not forsi pl wall the president has demanded. >> if h $5.7 billion is about rder security, then we see ourselves fulfilling that request, only doing it with what iike to call, using a smart wall. reporter: republicans complain that's no compromise. >> on day one there were zero dollars for new borde fencing

measures. on day 33 there's still zerodo llars for new border fencing measures. >> reporter: this as the senate plans to vote tomorrow on the president's plan as well as a democratic bill that would reopen the government temporarily while border security talks take place. >> open up the government and then let's talk. >> reporter: meanwhile in the latest show of brinksmanship, the president wrote speaker pelosie' saying deliver the "state of the union" address as scheduled despite her sgestion he reschedule it for security reasons. it's ahe game that likely doesn't matter to federal works who struggle more each day. and speaker pelosi say she will not let the president deliver that "state of the union" speech from the capitol as long as the government is closed. >> they explained how the shutdown is hurting their

livelihoods. david culver live now in ashburn where theyhared their personal stories. what are they telling you, david? >> reporter: it's desperation and then you combine with the uncertainty, not knowing. today you had those louden county businesses representing verything from local hospitality to consignment shops, venting some of their frustrations to virginia senator tim kaine. they explained the immediate loss they've been feeling from the shutdown. they also wept into greater detail to say town is not only impacting their businesses but also their community. >> it trickles down to the smallest of our businesses. even ifad to cut my employees hours about 20%. t so nowy have less money to spend on other businessese >> reporter:pend a good part of the day going to some of those businesses edimpa some of those who took part in that round table. and you heard there, pat, from

michael. he was the owner of that consignment shop who we spoke with. he says he's seen several people who havehown upt his shop not to buy things but drop things off, desperate for cash, hoping to sell tm to make some money. >> it's sort of a dominot. eff the shutdown hurts one and that hurts the other. if you'd lik to hel federal works feed their families, there's a big food drive coming up in d.c., maryland, and virginia. coming up taylor thomas will join us live for a talk around town. she'll have details. and have a whole list of resources in the nbc washington searchtdown resources and app. stay with news 4 as we cove every sangal angle of this utwn. president trump officially now recognizing venezuela's opposition leader as interim venezuela.f this is direct challenge to the

power of venezuelan nicholas maduro. in fact maduro went on live television in e country there to declare he is breaking off heations with the u.s., and gave american diplomats 72 hours to leave his country. tens of thousands of opposition supporters protested in the streets demanding the resignation of maduro. the opposition leader has promised a transition for this nation facing a huge economic crisis. a weather alert from storm team >> a really strong storm is closing in on us. here you can see it on storm team 4 radar. doug's back next and he'll take us through wha h to expectr by hour tonight. and you've seen the and probably driven through them, potholes all over the. roa amelia draper joins us soon how itts your ride. a church in maryland opens its

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right now a weaer alert from storm team 4. check out the radar. you can see a large storm moving our way. could cause power outages and take down trees in our area. doug is back to take us through the impactr hour by h in just a few minutes. new today majority leader mitch mcconnell says fact free rush to judgment is becoming an

all too common occurrence. on the t senate flooray he brought up that viral video involving a group of kentuck teens and a native-american elder on the steps of thenc n memorial. erika? >> reporter: ilwell, exclusive interview the "today" show savannah guthrie sat down with the teen at the center of those videos. >> do you see your own fault in any way? >> as far as standing there, i had every right to do so. i don't -- my position is that i was not disrespectful to mr.ip ph i respect him. i'd like to talk to him. >> reporter: so inhi video you see nicholas salman staring at native-amican elder nathan philips. i think we'll be able to put that video up f you in just a second. this was on the steps of the

lincoln memorial over the en f hebrew israelites began yelling insults at him a his classmates. philips says he tried to diffuse the situation by moving between the two groups and singing. salman tells guthrie he wishes things woue turned out differently. tomorrow on the "today" show they'll continue the conversation wmah both s and the native-american elder. that's tomorrow on the "today" show. now back to the shutdown. for some-of ow four federal works out there a free j meal ist the start of what you need. one church in prince gege county is showing people that the power of prayer can be just as nourishing. a brunch held today that went further than just giving a warm meal. >> reporter: itegan with a church service and music that got the federal workers out ofr theats raising theirsp

its. the church asked who needs help paying for utilities or housing. more than 30 peopleot up. some received checks for $500 including paine who fears eviction if she missed her next rent. >> i explained to them i'm a furloughed federal employee and i don't have it. and that was the first and now we're coming up at on the second one february rent is due and they're not being understanding. >> reporter: they shared their story of hardship, how they losc theirch and got it back. >> we've been there in that tough time, and we wanted to do to the community what some of the communi was to us when we went through our tough season. >> reporter: the churcherved a buffet for the federal works feeding their bodies and their souls. irma freeman has worked 2years for the department of justice supporting four children and three grandchildren. >> it's very depressing. it hurts -- it hurts y when

you have to be like i don't know if i'm going to go to work, i don't know when i'm going to pay my lls, i don't know what' going to happen. >> reporter: some of these federalorkersay they leave here up lifted with a renewed hope and faith that this federal shutdown will end soon. reporting from prince george's county, chris gordon, news 4. >> every bit of hp is helpful. >> yes. it makes a difference. it really does. there may be no such thing as a free lunch but there was free desert for the first surloughed workers who showed up at mom p apple pies this morning. >> this giveeb away in celtion of national pie day at the bakery. >> you get a lot of federal works so, you know, everyonehr goough their struggles so a little thing wcando. >> the pie shop normally offers about 25 different flavors so a sweet choice for those early bird furloughed workers.

and tomorrow on news 4 today we are working for you in the it comm news 4's green will be at the firs t stop at drive helping furloughed feder workers. join us for more on the details. >> friday you celebrate, wednesday will getou through week.st of the >> i'm with you, but you're going to need to get through tomorrow morning. that's the big deal. it's really tomorrow mthning we be to watch out for, guys, because this storm really means business. take a look out there right nowd some c but not a lot. temperature right now sitting at 47es deg winds out of the south at 12 miles an hour. it's that southerly component helping to warm those temperatures up. again, last night at this time it felt like 24. so itbl feels d as far as the temperatures are concerned out there today.

pretty nice compared. flood watch in effect through the day thursday. fo anyone here along the i-95 corridor, it really does affect most of us for the potential of one to two inches out of storm. here's the storm, and i want you s focus what's going on down to theth. look at all these yellows and reds, and another line forming just to west of atlanta. this is what's going to be making its way our way overnight tonight into tomorrow morning. let's time out the rain for you at first. 6:00, not worried too much in the w ofrainfall. by 9:00, 10:00, starting to see some showers in the area. around noon, midnight 1:00 starting to see heavier showers. by around 1:00, 4:00 in the morning we start to see the heavier rain move in again. these lines are going to com through the d.c. area. look at this are, even some reds in here.t and w this is are some higher based cloud tops meaning they

could punch through some very strong winds and bring winds down to the surface. winds wil be upwards of 40 to 50 miles per hour. 8 again,0. on the backside of this here's the line continuing through 10:00. now the heaviest raioving east of i-95 and behind it the coldest rain is out of here by 1:00. how about those w 20? to 30 mil hour around town. as that line is moving through 40 to 50 mile an hour winds here, and watch what happens around 8:00.s remember tha when it comes right over d.c. 53 miles per hour in parts of our area, 55 fredericksburg. that's why the entire area now iser now u a wind advisory, all of southern maryland and a reallybody east of i-95. we're going to see some very strong winds tomorrow morning, o and again gu 50. tree branches may come down, so your morning rush is to be a mess tomorrow.

heaviest rain toward daybreak. those strong winds, 50, and yeah that makes for one nasty morning rush. give yourself a lot ofxtra time. we'll have the latest on your traffic so watch out there. i've got 55 for a high, but that's early in the day. falling temperatures and much colder air makg its wayn through the area, too. so we'll continue to watch out for that. t next couple of days much cooler friday and saturday. a and even chance of snow on sunday. but more on this we'll talk about at 4:45. january is a great time to sign-up for a new gym membership. >> and we are working for you,l ing you save when you sign-up and showing you what to make sure you see in you contract. plus new kids in town. robots now cruising a local campus and making special deliveries. we'll explain. >> and all this week tommy mcfly is getting you ready for change. >> what are you working on? >> reporter: so we're going to help you manage the fear.

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and existing potholes are getting worse. >> and crews are trying to keep up with them, but how do these potholes form? here's storm team 4's amelia draper to tell you about that. >> unfortunately the wea er forecast for tomorrow and friday is perfect, pothole forming weather. in followed by freezing temperatures, and of course our transportation reporter has been tracking potholes across the area, even getting a massive pothole repaired onhe memorial bridge yesterday. we just how do the potholes form? , check it out. you have your road, your base, and your soil. and then you have rain moving in. as the rainfalls, it then goes into tiny cracks in the road. and then you seeai that collecting just beneath the road. a t happens after that whe pothole is forming? well, typically you get really cold air moving in like we'll see tomorrow night into friday. and as that temperature dropso 32 degrees or lower, at water freezes just below the road's

surface. and when water freezes water actually expands a little bit. think about putting a water bottle in the freezer, you pull it out a the lid might have popped off. as that happens you then see tiny cracks start to form in the road's surface. emasratures get above freezing what happens then, you have roads driving over the asphalt over those cracks where that frozen water was, and the road just can no longer support ohe weight of that, and you start see those potholes form. there you have it. h that they're forming. >> like a maze out there in some of those streets. and amelia andoug are also tracking a strong storm moving in tonight. they've issue said a weather alert for this storm. doug says we could see trees down and power failures. he's back with a timing after the break. and new gridlock day 33 of the partial government shutdown and the feudpr between ident trump and house

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storm team 4 and weather alert mode. he're tracking our next storm system. it is right here back towards the west and down towards the southeast. big thing for us over the next

24 hours, not only very heavy rainfall but very strong winds as well. winds could gust to 50 miles an hour. we have a flood watch and a wind advisory for early tomorrow. ngtomorrow's rush is g to be one nasty morning rush. we'll talkuch more abo that and i'll take you through the timing of it all. and we're following breaking news out of fair fax county. liceeleasing information just minutes ago of a man dozens of filming women and girls changing in northern virginia dressing oms. erika is in the newsroom now with new insight into the st ination. >> reporter: here's what happened and what we've learned so far. police say they still have more than 60 unidentified victims that were filmed. and so far only four victims have been identified. police have placed new charges on the suspect. police say this case is so challenging because victims may live out of town and mayot know that this happened. investigators say the victims were filmed with tiny cameras at

forever 21, gap, old navy, h&m locations in fairfax county. the suspect was arrested at faim oaksl. if you remember it was a teenager that spotted this teeni camera in a dressing room. if you may be a victim police bant to hear from you. > senators want to vote on two dueling proposals tomorrow toen rearts of the government. one bill includes president trump's offer to trade border wall money for temporary prections for some immigrants. the other bill would reopen the government for a short time to give negotiators time to talk. democrats reject the first bill because it includes new money for the wall. and the gop doesn't like the second one because they don't think the president would sign it. neither plan is expected to get the 60 votes needed to pass. well, from charities to corporations and just ordinary people, a lot of folks are jumping in to help out the federal workers who areg

suffer right thou. taylor thomas here with today's talk around town. we know a lot of your listeners are federal employees, and they seem to really appreciate this out pring of support you're hearing. >> we're getting an onslaught of calls from individuals, churches and business owners just wanting to step up and help out. our listeneners do feel, however, politicians have failed our federal employees by furloughing them. and they just want to roll-up their sleeves and help where they can. we're getting calls of people giving out gift certificates, and even doing small fund raisers. >> it's been overwhelming. i actually had firsthand experience. someone called me this morning and they just said, hey, we know you're impacteand we're going pay the mortgage for next month. it was absolutely amazing. >> wow. >> cld you imagine that?

and that's just a little bit of what we're hearing of people calling in and wanting to help out. >> yeah, but to know how the need has reallyot people just caught in its grip right now. getting some money le that, it's got to be like a gift from heaven whether it's that or groceries or whatever. and you all have got another way for people t actually help these folks. >> well, we're connecting those who want too something wit those who need items. so we are chris crossing the av thursd friday for our rolling food drive. it's whur in partnership with howard university and fedex. be tomorrow we're going to at the building from 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., and then we'll be at the wilson building from 11:00 to 2:00 and friday you can check out our schedule on whur.com. >> you're not just talking but omething tually doing about it. all right, folks the information is on whur's website and you can

findt on ours. thank you, both. because of uncertainties surrounding the shutdown experts ar suggesting you file your tax returns as soon as you can. right now the irs is operating with less than 60% of its work force. the agency says it's planning to process returns and issue refund on schedule, but the full impact of the shutdown remains toe seen,nd here's another reason to file early. crooks may be tpted to take advantage of reduced irs staff to submit phony returns. all right, get fit and save on your gym membership. susan hogan up next with tips t keep your costs low and make sure you pick the right gym. plus a furloughed federal worker forced to choose between paying rent and paying for her story touched many hearts. today we have a few ways that you can help. and we'ren storm team 4 weather alert mode this

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f you are just joining us at 4:44, let's get you caught up with things you need to know. >> police in prince george's county are trying to figure out how a teenager ended up geteng

shot in head. they were hanging out in a basement of a home when a gun went off inside. it's not clear why t teens were not in school at the time. and police have placed new charges agausst the man a of filming women and girls in mall drossing roomsd christmas. police say they still have more than 60 unidentified victims that were filmed. so far only four have been identified. police say this case is soin challe because victims may live out of town and may not know itpe hapd. exposure to the cold weather has cost three people their lives in fair fax county. the other death was earlier this montht a differe assisted living center. police are asking all of us now to keep our eyes open for people who may be in distress. >> and this isay 33 of the government shutdown.

there are two senate v scheduled for tomorrow on competing bills to reopen the government but neither bill is expected to pass. in the meantime house speaker nancy pelosi and holding firm against president trump's intentns to deliv the "state of the union" address nhet week at capitol. she says there will not pea a speech o theouse side until the government reopens. we want to take you back to this sneks story which struck a cord with so many of you. >> imagine having to choose between rent oraying for chemo. that's the dilemma facing a family as they get ready for this shutdown. >> reporter:he is living with stage 2 cancer diagnosed last summer. for justver a month she's lived without the paycheck she earns as akeederal wor she preferred not it say which agency. >> and still have medical

assistance that are not covered by insurance. although my husband is a postal worker we still these miscellaneouss expense that come with this disease called cancer. >> reporter: rewarded with and apprehension at a time when it could not be more unwelcome. >> real live people are being affected wh real live day to day decisions, you know, and it's justna unfor. it just seems so unnecessary and uncalled-for and it's frustrating. and it's like we don't have a say in it. >> reporter: chemo and other medical costs, the life of a wife and mother versus a family home. >> worst-case scenario we lose our home or i'll be evicted and i have to go stay with friends or family or something. that's worst case. and that's next month.

and my chemoee, that haso happen. so it's chemo or t rent. chemo wins. >> many of you have reached out to us asking how you can help mrs. latim. if you do want to pitch in, we have a couple of c ways y do it. go to our nbc washington app and look o the home page. you've got us making some choices. coat, umbrella, hat? ird the kind of weerld t changes we've got coming in. it felt so cold, how can this storm be rain? we've got a storm system moving to our west that is just pumping in much warmerwe air. e in the 50s and 60s in parts of virginia right now. we've got some cloud cover out there right now, but not a wle lot. a pretty nice evening now especially when we're at 47 degrees. yesterday at this time it felt like temperatures of 24 degrees.

notice the temperatures not going down, going up to 50 degrees by 11:00. breezy and showers through the evening hours especially 9000, 10:00, 1that's the best chance. just showers, though. 47 in 61d.c.n richmond. you see that warm air making its way into southern maryland, an 63 as well in charlesn, west virginia. the cold tries to stick in, but i think that warm air is going to bni w out as far as the temperatures go here. nothing as far as rain is ncerned now. but look at this, the rain not too far off. and it's hea. d notice these line segments here. you've got a couple of them right here these lines will move through and that will give us a chance not only f very heavy rainfall but a lot of wind as well. heaviest rain towards daybreak. really right around the morning rush. strong winds up to 50 miles per hour, thyt's we have a wind

advisory in effect. mumelia, this is a tomoter of a storm. >> and with so many factors, the wind, the rain and falling teeratures as well. that's why we're in storm team 4 and wr alert right now, will be tomorrow morning as well. as far as the winds, they could gust up to 50 miles an hour. tonight, maybe it's trash day, you want to sechose trash cans for sure because winds that strong are goingo be blowing them around. and with gusts up to 50 miles per hour, we could be seeing some power outages as with el. with the rain, we're goingo have 1 to 1 1/2 inches while lingering in the morning and midday w hoursll be keeping a close eye on creeks and streams and low-lying areas in the city that could see somein flo out there. the good news is we're going to

e the area dry out before temperatures ing move in. check out your temperatures tomorrow. 5:00 a.m. we're at 58 degree. by about lunchtime we're in the low 50s. by 5:00 p.m. down the 43, and 8:00 tomorrow we'r at 37 degrees with wind chills out there in the 20s. road conditions tomorrow g, mornet roads out there, and i think we'll definitely have wind restrictions o the bay bridge tomorrow during the morning and midday hours. and as our western and mountain zones do startut to dry at that point, and by tomorrow night we're no longer worried about rain. the winds are starting to subside a little bit, but it's still breezy out there on friday. >> friday is another cold so it's back to the hats, the gloves, the dotes beuuse today idn't need all of those. by tomorrow night that cold air really comes in. 38 on friday, 39 on saturday. so a couple of cold days there. sunday is another interesting

day. another storm system tries to come through. not a big storm b something we'll be watching for you. especially out westhrough the blue ridge. 43 on monday. storm watching on tuesday. and againnehis one is to watch. i've got 50s. we could be in the 3 if this storm passes to our south. right now it looks warmer with a better chance of rain. it's something we'll be watching. and look at this late next week, another couple of storms there. so we're storm watching again. next week is going to be one to watc all right, thank you, doug. we've got some breaking news right now. these a liv pictures. there's a robbery hostage situation under way rig now at a suntrust ban in florida. five people reportedly dead in this situation. these are live picturesow from the scene of the city a robbery hostage situation again we're just learning about here in our newstom taking place a

suntrust bank in florida. five peopled. reportedly d we don't have any other details right now. will gather them as soon as we get the information. >> of course we'll have an update on that coming up within the next hour. too close forfo c. flights grounded today at one of iest airports b because of drones. one pilot explains just how close a drone came to one of his wings. jim and erika in the newsroom. >> of course we're going to have th latest live coming out of florida and that hostage situation that's turned into the fatality of five people so far kilsed. but ahead at 5:00, calling for help. the new number dialled f d.c. police if it is not an emergency. plus all new this week we are getting you ready for dhachg at cht work. >> our tommy mcfly shows us how to open the door in aompletely ne industry.

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federal and local authorities are trying to track the drone pilot who flew dangerously close to passenger jets in>> as thenb latest in a of marriager incidents involving drones at airports. out.pter: passengers and usual s like business as now. less than a day after pilots so first noticed thing hovering on approach to newark's liberty airport. >> it was pretty close.hi i'd say w a quarter mile at most. >> reporter: restricted airspace. >> definitely looks like a drone. we justse pas it so across 3,600 feet. >> reporter: the unthorized operation forced a ground stop in lerty and delayed incoming flights. one of those flights circling

united 1628 out of jamaica. running low on fuel,ot the p anxious to la 15, 2te mi >> reporter: the faa generally prohibits drones from flying within 5 miles of airports. >> a larger format drone, 10 to 15 pounds could do a significant amount of damage to an airplane, and if were close to ground, it could result in the loss of an airplane. >> reporter: it comes a month after a drone sighting shutdown gatwick airport. the fall out t leavings of assengers stranded or delayed around the world. jay gray, nbc news. good evening. and that breaking news out of florida right now. these live pictures. these is seabrng, florida, where at leaste five peo have been

killed during a shooting during an armed robbery and hostage situation at a bank. a suntrust bank. this is u.s. 27 in highlands county in central florida. apparently police say a suspect contacted police to say he had red shots inside this bank. policeespondednd after negotiations to get that suspect out of the bank were unsuccessful a s.w.a.t. team entered the building. >> so what you're seeing here is you've got a number of p ice vehicles there. you're seeing the s.w.a.t. team vehicles as well. there's aarge opening there on that building. we believe that is the suntrust bank in question. at this point it's not quite clear if a suspect has been apprehended. we are not hearing that any officers have been wounded in this. but we are hearing that five people have been shot. this is a hostage situation, some sort of a standoff. and as jimmentioned, it was the suspect police sayin that

actually called them to tell them this was going on inside thisba . >> again these live pictures coming from seabring, florida. if you're familiar with this area this is baseball country and a lot of spring trinning happenhe vicinity down here. this is ntrust bank. we will stay on top. at least five people are dead. meanwhile back here a home and now at 5:00, we turn to the weather and a storm team 4 weather al this rain you see behind us moving in. >> rain and lots of it to come. you can s all that green on our radar. it is coming our ways, folks, as we speak. >> and with it, the whipping winds up to 50 miles an hour. let's get righto the storm center. doug? >> we would have been in weather alert mode without the wind odcause this was a weather f watch. it has been one wet year for