on. expect the morning commute to be a messy one. good morning everyone. i'm eun yang. i' aaron gilchrist. it is 6:00 a.m. a busy morning here at news 4. let's get to the info need to know. wtop's jack taylor is in for melissa and he's tracking the problems in the morning commute. >> let's start with meteorologist chuck bell for a look at our forecast. it's warm out there too, chuck. >> luably. right. temperatures have been going up since the sun went do. a strong southerly breeze is aiinging moisture and warm air. there's heavy rn to the south side of richmond. that is racing up the i-95 corridor. periods of moderate to heavy rain likely between now and dalunchtime morrate rain nea falls church and arlington county. lotsf rain from prince george's county. flood watches for all of th i-95 area for the rest of the day. rain could put a quick inch here

this mornin the numbers, 57 now at dulles airport. 60 in warrenton. 56 in washington. these numbers are about 20 to 2w degreesmer than yesterday. tomorrow, we'll be 25 to 30 degrees colder. temperatures will be tumbling later today. gusts are likely today along and to the east of i-95. that could be ouble for those ross the bay bridge. for more on that let's go to jack taylor. >> the bridge has been operating undered wind restrictions. we have that going o business 234, crash is blocking the right lane. see the red line already causing slowdown. wax pool road, we may find police on scene by now. inner loop by the dulles tl road. caused a brief slowdown. moving fro tyson's towards the

legion bridge. k to yo >> jack, thank you. 6:02 now. the partial government shutdown entered its 34th day. tomorrow,800,000 federal workers will mark another payday without a paycheck. >> we learned the gridlock is impacting the state of the union address. corey smith joins us at the liv desk withe details. good morning. >>pr good morning. ident trump state of the union address scheduled for next tuesday night. now we don'thenowit will happen. just after 11:00 last night, the president firsg off two twe announcing he will put the speech on hold. in a week long showdown, the speaker of the house nancy pelosi. in the tweet he wrote as the shutdown was goingon nancy pelosi asked me to give the state of the yoourn address. i agreed. she then changed her mind. thiss herprerogative. will do the address when the shut doub isover. he didn't want to look for another venue for the speech. he cited the history of the

chambe and tradition. >> suggested to president trump because of the shutdown and security reasons, he should hold off on delivering the address. for a time, it appeared he was still trying to give the speech. he cou select another venue to do so. while there is no president for the state of the union invitations being rescinded, the address has been delayed before. president reagan did it after the challenger. disast corey, thank you. today the senate will vote on two billseoon the government. both pieces of legislation remain unclear. however, there is growing support to find funding for the department of homeland security. in aare move, five former homeland security secretaries signed letter requesting congress and the president do everything in their power to reach a compromise. those who signed a letter include former white house shief ff john kelly. tom ridge, michael chertoff,

janet napolitano and jeh johnson. the letter says dhs employees protectpuhe traveling ic, investigate and counterterrorism and goes on to say that those workers should not have to rely on the charitable generosity of others for assistance in feeding families a paying their bills. today's bills are partisan. aye bi calls for undocumented immigrants to st in the country for three more years and funding for a border wall. the democratic senate bill would reopen the government for three weeks but would not include funding for the wall. later this mornin tsa workers at reagan national airport willss expre frustrations to senato mark warner and tim kaine. tsa and a traffic controllers without pay and many have taken to calling out sick. as a result, some airports have had to close security checkpoints because there haven't been enough tsa screeners on the b. that has led to long lines and delays. the community outreach to help furloughed federal workers in the area is growing.

students at west springfield high school held a potluck dinner for anybody impacted by the shutdown. the dinner was arranged by the school's conservate club and the young democrats club. student organizers say it is a bipartisan effort to help because the shutdown impacts the whole community. >> we roach out to- we're very keen on donating because they've felt the effects. we're all in thi together. we're updating our app with resources for furloughed federal workers each day. check the nbc washington app to findou out wherean get help and where you can give help. search shutdown. it's 6:05 now. metro may be losing huge amounts of money during the shutdown. isn't affecting plans to reevaluate service hours. the board wil hear some plans today that could keep the trains running longer. phere are four proposals. one would khe hours as they are. another would return service

hours to the pre-2016 hours when trains were running until midnight during the week. there are two other proposals that offer less significant time changes. oubut they wld expand weekend service and trains running later during the week. theil plansbe presented at a board meeting later it mornin ichael cohen postponed his congressional testimony and he's blaming thepr ident. he was set for next month. cohen's lawyer cited verbal attacks on the cohen family from both president trump and his lawyer, rudy giuliani. the president publicly implied that cohen's father-in-law should be investigated. giulianient further and said the father-in-law may have ties to organized crime. cohen was in his words threatened by the truth. we're following breaking news nowt 6:06. police are investigating a shooting near the southern avenuero station. this happened late last. >> justin finch arrived on the

scene. what are youar ng? >> reporter: on this morning, police have a lot of questions and workingwe to a did this team -- a shooter in this case. if so, that was the motive. witness point outshe teen shot getting off the bus here. this bus this morning wrapped up with crime tape. yo wcan see glass shattered here all over thepl e. an absolute mess this morning. let's take you now to video from overnight showing the investigation that wore on into e early morning hours here. metro transit police inside of a s and also outside of the bus trying to piece together what happened. oftentimes they speak not only to witnesses on the bus but also review surveillance video captured inside by the bus and perhaps also review scene here at the southern avenue metro station as we come back out here live, not much known about the condition of thisweeamment. e hearing that perhaps he

was shot in the leg. as for the gunman in this case, no word on whohe personight be or how they got away. we're live here at the southern metro station. i'm justin finch. news 4. eight minutes after the hour now. another local teen remains in critical condition after being ot in the head inside a prince george's county home. landover ened in yesterday on dorman street. a 15-year-old and 16-year-old were hanging out when a gun they had went off. the 15-year-old was hit.in stigators are trying to figure out whether the victim was playing with the gun or if something else led to the gunfire. we're following a developing story in central florida. investigators are still trying to fure out what caused a man to go into a bank and murder five people. it started within ownsin afternn sebring, florida. that's about halfway between tampa and miami. after responding to the initialp callice received a second the this one from

suspected shooter still inside the he told police he went into the building and started shooting. after a standoff police were able to go inside theback, get the victims and eventually arrested the accused killer. >> the gentleman taken into custody has a name of zephen ver. he's 21 years of age and lives here in sebring. worked say the suspect as a prison guard trainee until he quit two weeks ago. we have new details about the repair work on a sinkhole we told you about yesterday morning. this may be a week, next week before the problem is fixed here. the hole opened up at the intersection of 17th and d northwest. not far from the white house across from constitution hall. 17th streets between c and eve een closed as a result. the cause of that sinkhole is asill not known. news 4 learned the recent frigid weather may have led not deaths of three peoe fairfax county. an 86-year-old woman at sunrise assisted living facility in

reston diedhis past monday. she wandered outside and was found lying in thesnow. earlier that same day, a homeless man was found dead in an apartment laundry room in fairfax and last week, an 88-year-old woman left the brightview assisted living facility in great falls and was later founddead. police are asking all of us to keep our eyes open. >> folks need to watch out for each other, be observant to activity that seems spicious. if you see someone in distress, contact local law enforceent, escue squad. we want to check on people. three deaths is three too many. >> the sunrise senior living i facility sayis assisting with the investigation. big changes you should know about when calling for help in the .distri now you can dial 311 for police if it's not an emergency. last year d.c received 1.5 million 911 calls. 20% o them were for nonemergencies. that slowed down response times

for real so what do police consider nonemergencies? coise mplaints, fender benders, vandalism and destruction oproperty. if you have a nonemergency at's no threat to life, no injury, call 311. the firstet prompt will you to nonemergency. if you have an emergency, if you're sure, call 911. >> d.c. is the only jurisdiction in our area that uses 311 for nonemergency police calls. other areas like montgomery county, like prince george's county and fairfax county have ten-digit numbers. we have those numbers in the nbc washington app. search s311. >>ll ahead, if you're thinking about signing up at a new gym, there are things you want to keep in mind. >> it could save you money. we're working for you and breaking it all down for you coming up here. 6:11 now. chuck? >> we have everything in the forecast for today. nd, rain and falling temperatures today. a chance for a snow flurry or two tomorrow. plenty ofai col can stick

around into the weekend. i'll give you the forecast and u the radar comi >> reporter: we are committed to helping you get through this federal government shutdown. how and where you can help out coming up next on "news4 today." stay with us.

welcome to your thursday morning. ro is a weather alert day once again. h weather is expected to impact. we're talking about -- putting the fishing touches on the full forecast. join us in a few minutes. we now continue our covage of

the government shutdown and its impact on federal workers. >> we have gd news for anyone who is furloughed and living in the district. you'll soon be ablet to help with mortgage payments. the district will make zero sp loans available to anyone who isn't getting ayc ck. those who qualify can get up to $5,000 per month. within 630 days of the end of the shutdown, the marrow owe 60 days of the end of the shutdown. >> we perhaps a more thbody are in the belly of the beast of this shutdown. we have more than 70,000 d.c. residents who are affected by this furlough. >> loans will be awarded on a first come first serve basis. the application process begins tomorrow. contractors will not be eligible because they're not guaranteed back pay when erything reopens. many of our so communities and committed to

helping you through this shutdown. >> this morning, we're working for you in the communi at a rolling food drive. howard university has details on how you can donate to the in need molette, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. as long as this shutdown is going on, we'll let you know how and where they can get help. look at all thifood collected inside the howard university moreistration building and coming throughout the day.da to add tomorrow rolling stop. this is one of several in the dmv. whur has a truckload of food along with the --. deral express is a partner in this effort. i want to bring in h university's, one of the senior leaderat the university along with -- along with the capital area food bank. once this food is collected, it's going right to the capital

area food bank. debbie jarvis, what do you want to say about this incredible effort during this tough ti i. >>'t it incredible. howard university, ournt presi wayne frederick, we want to be there for the community because too much of the community is impacted. we're part of the community. some of our famil members have family members who are furloughed employees. so we're here. we want to make sure we do something to help them out during this time. >> some of the folks in this crowd are federal government workers. i know you have a special check presentation. what do you have? >> on behalf of howard university, whur and everyone here, we would like to present this check for $2,000 to the capital area food bank. [ applause ] >> very, very much needed. becausew i k our food banks have been struggling to help continue to feed t need for furloughed federal government

wo yers. let's sh. today and tomorrow this is happening. right now, through 9:00 here at the administratn building on campus. then at 11:00 at the wilson building downtown. tomorrow in prince george's county at the wayne curryra administon building and then in alexandria at the city hall there at 12so0. that's what you can do. come on and help the federal government workers throughout the day and tomorrow. back to you. >> hear the crowd.e, >> mole thank you. chuck, i believe it's gotten warmer since we started this broadcast accding to the mber on the screen. >> it sure has. southerly winds are bringing crazy warm and air that's loaded up with moisture as well. >> makes me nervous about whahos to come, th. >> heavy rain. i mean big-time rain and wind as well. it will be one ofsyf the t days.kind of weather stay weather alert as you go through the day. leave extra e time,n heading to the airport, there could be

flight delays for the first t pt day as well. 56 degrees at national airport. winds are out of the south averaging 20 miles per hour. gusting to near 30 miles per hour this morning. temperatures have been steadily climbing through the overnight hours. now 56 ingate burglary. 58 atmanassas. 60 in warrenton. la degrees in clinton, maryland. yourer for today, mid-50s this morning. up to 50 degrees by noon. a qck end to the rain by the early afternoon. temperatures will be tum0ing into the by the time you get towards early this evening. the back end of it, if you're traveling. toward pittsburgh, that ends with 1 to 3 inches of snow.il we not get snow. >> there you canre see of heavy rain now right on the montgomery, prince george's county line headedp into howard county. it's wet everywhere. future wther carries periods

of heavy rain in and out of the region through the course of the morning commute today. another burst of what's likely to be hea rain, we see the areass and the reds here, we can see wind gusts close to 50 miles per hour. the cold front had arrive around the time we get to noontime top 1:00. shortly thereafter, it will be a quick ind to the 3:30 between 1:00 and 3:30, almost a of the rain goes from a downpour to drying out. flood watches out. here's ourorecast and wind gusts though. by 8:00 in the morning, winds potentially gust to go 40 miles an hour from washington to the bay. by noontime, winds gusting 40 to 45 miles per hour in the d.c. arhi. by early afternoon, that becomes a northwest wind which could still gus to0 miles per hour as temperatures plummet this afternoon. soin8 this mo down to 35 by evening and into

the 20s t bys time tomorrow morning. most everyone below freezing. a cold day tomorrow. maybe a psing flurry or two. dry weather for the weekend. let's go to jack taylor see how the rain ishe hampering commute. >> thank you, chuck. maryland into the district, soutalound to thetimore washington parkway. inbound on new york avenue. we've aad accidentivity along the right side of the roadway. on 66 in an eastbound direction, we've had a couple of issues. first one broken down before the accident along the left side of the enroadway. we had accident activity blocking the right lane. just stopped araffic moved everybody safely to the left shoulder. at least your travel lanes are open. issues in northwestemain. closed between k and l street.at fire department activity. 17th street closed between c street and new york avenue. that's going to be aong-term rk zone. the roadway compromised unfortunately. you'll find traffic rerouted off 17th street. this is 21 minutes past 6:00.

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are you nuts? it's not cold this morning but it is wet and windy. it will be dry by this evening. it will be windy but way

that storm team 4 weather aler is in effect this morning as we get ready for a very wet day. a look at the rain prompting a flood threat, too. as you get your thursday started. >> the rain has been coming dow for the last few hours of the we have several more hours to go. yikes. >> meteorologist chuck bell here with a warning. >>well check in with wtop's jack taylor. let us know how the rain is impacting the commute. >> you need to know it's windy and ws here early tmorning. it's going to be windy and dry later today. weather alert day for you. heavy rain between now and lunchtime. could get a quick inch of rain. wind gusts of0 to 50 miles per hour or more possible, especially so down in southern ryland and locations next to the bay. tumbling temperatures this afternoon. this batch of rain coming on to the west side of richmond now is the real deal.

rain, blinding rain andusty winds is going to be moving into the fredericksburg area in the xt hour and come straight up the i-95 corridor. you need to be ready foreavy in between now and 8:00 or 9:00. another wave of heavier rain i comi late morning up to lunchtime before it comes to an end. incredibly wa. we're in the 50s to near 60 degrees now. we'll stay mild for the remainder of t morning. ok at how quickly the temperatureshefall. into t0s by as early as 6:00. by then, jack ortawe'll talk about windchills in the mid-20s. >> hopefully i'm asleep by then. a crash nero owe quickly put on to the left still flashing lights. we're going to grab a look at it. nortest, our issues continue. 16th street remains closed between k and l. 17th street closed between c street and new york avenue closed into early next week.

>> accident activity quickly cleared. riding along 50 ly the left lane now getting by the scene of this crash. ack to you. jack, thank you. your time is 6:32. 're following breaking news. witnesses say a teen was shot at a metrobus stop late last night. this was a scene near the southern avenue metro station. metro trans police have notas re any information. a teen was shot as he came off the bus. nothing released about the suspect right now. justin finch has been at the scene this morning and will update us in a few minutes. also developing overnight. president trump has postponed his state of the union address. he tweeted late last night that he will speak to the nation after the shutdown ends. that is what house speakerancy pelosi had requested after originally inviting the president to give that speech next w'lk. tell you more about the change ahead at 6:45. meanwhile on is 34th day of the shutdown, congress will consider two proposals toe reopn

government. the bills are partisan and unlikely to succeed. the gop-backed bill calls for undomented immigrants to stay in the country for three more years and funding for a border wall. the democratic senate bill would reopen the government through february 8th but does not include money for the wall. if no agreemen is reached, 800,000 people will miss another paycheck this week don't forget to check the nbc washington app. there are plenty of resources for federal employees affected by the stdown. t's time for a check on the other top stories. venezuelan police fired tear gas at protesters after president trump backedopposition leader. not long after that, nicolas maduro ordered all-american diplomats to leave the countryw in 72 hours. five people are dead and one person in jail after a shooting at a florida bank. police say t accus killer, 21-year-old zephen xaver called

9-1-1 after he opened fire.wa there s a standoff before xaver was arrested. no word on a possible motive. police in arizona arrested a nurse accused of raping a woman in a vegetative state. last month the victim shocked laborivers by going into at a health care facility in phoenix. a dna test ties the newborn to nathannd suther. he faces sexual assault charges. much more on this story o "today" show. the metro board set to hear proposals to keep trains running longer. there are four plans. one would keep t hourshe same, another would return seice to the pre-2016 hours. the plans will be presented at d bo meeting later this morning. there are new charges against the man accused of filming women and girls in dressing rooms around christmas. more than 60 unidentified victims were filmedn northern virginia. so enfar, four have be identified. these victims were filmed with tiny cameras at forever 21, the gap, old navy and h & in fairfax county, including where

mumtaz rauf was if you think you're a victim, we have a number on the nbc washington app. just search fitting room. this is not what you want to see on your way to work this morning. a largeinole is still causing major traffic problems and detours in the district. now we're hearing it could take some time before the problem is fixed. megan mcgrath is live in northwest d.c. with more on how this could impact the commute this morning. megan? >> reporter: well, certainly going to impact the commute of people who useth 17treet right in the area around d. we're talking abo besides the ar constitution hall.u n see the work under way. this is because of a sinkhole. a sinkhole that actually popped up on tuesday evening during the rush hour and still they are working on it. the crews have bel here night long. d.c. water is saying that it may take several more days to

complete the repairs that 17th street may not reopen until early next week. d.c. water isha saying they don't know exactly what caused the sinkhole but that they are repairing an older brick sewer line in the area. so right tinow, they're doing the work of shoring up this hole. it's very wet. the ground out here is very soft. they want to make sure everything is safe for the crews to go down in that hole and begin to make the repairs. it's a difficult job. 17th street closed in both directions between c and e streets. so this is the area alonghe ellipse here on the 17th street side. you're just going to have to mind the detours and go through the area because we're going to e dealing with this for a few more days back to you. >> all right. megan mcgrath live for us near the ellipse. thank you,n. me this morning, one of two stolen pit bull puppies in the distriit is backits owner. we told but this story earlier this week. on sunday a gunman stole two puppies from a woman who was

walking them in southeast d.c. now police say a person realid they had one of those stolen dogs and turned it in. it's still unclear howhe person ended up with the dogs. case., no arrests in this two-time nba champ kevin durant made hisay back home. >> he was in suitland last night to celebrate the opening of college track at the durant center. it works with students offering resources to help them achieve their college and career goals. the charity donation partnered with the track on a ten-year $10 million commitment. they're preparing to take on the wizards tonight at the capital one arena. such a great organization. we're check not guilty with molette gre working for y with a roving food drive. >> reporter: tright. we're committed to helping furloughed federal workers. and coming up, how whur started

back now at 6:40 with a hit between two caps stars athe team starts a much-needed break this morning. tj oshie and alex ovechkin collided at center ice at nearly full speed. ovie had to stay down for a moment appearing to take the worst of it. he was checked for a concussion. both players were able to stay in the game. good news. the caps blewheir lead again. they lost to the maple leafs 6-3. the snenth loss i a row. the caps won't be back on the ice until february 1st. i'm confidentm the tea can turn things around. maybe the all-star break is at the right time. the byend week the all-star game back-to-back. i'm not worried. it used tbe a crime to own a hedgehog in fairfax countyse

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it is 6:45 now and this weather alert morning. take a look at the radar. it's going to be a wet thursday around here. heavy rain could lead to flooding as the morning goes on. chuck will have the full too. forecast and a look at the impact on the commute for you in a couple of minutes. as we start the 34 oth d the shutdown, lawmakers will be back at the capitol today to vote on two bills to reopen the government. if no agreement is reached, other00 people will miss paycheck this week. >> the gop-backed bill calls for undocumented immigrants to stay

in the country for three moref years border wall funding is included. the bill that democrats are pushing would reopen the government for three weeks but does not include money for a wall. in developing this mo in a late night trump agreed to postpone his state of union address until after the shutdown is over. the development comes after as contentiou battle between the president and nancy pelosi over this issue. kristen welker is live at th white house with more on this. good morning, kristen. >> that is right. the president who doesn't back down very often. this was a surprising concession overnit. agreeing to delay his state of the union address originally schedud for nexttuesday. the president writing in that late night tweet, he'll fgive hs address when the shutdn is over. there's no venue that canit compete the chambers.

in effect, she disinvited the president from deliveri i the addres the house. pelosi responding over night own a measured tweet of her encouraging the president to reopen the government and end the shutdown, which as youis kn now in its 34th day. theti stalemate ces to drag on. we'll have all of it on "today." guys,ack to you. >> kristen welker live from the white house. thank you. hear much more from her on the "today" show. 6:47 right now. following breaking news. poli are investigating a shooting near the southern avenue metro station. this happened late last night. >> news 4's justin finch has been on the scene this morning collecting information. so justin, what's going on >> reporter: well, eun, right now, metro transit police continuing to work this case as they have now for hours. trying to figure out what led to a teen boy being shot. we have some video gathered froi ovt showing metro transit police investigators onsc the e outside of a bus and also

on a bus as well. from witnesses they heard, a teen was getting off the bus here when he was shot. t ey don't know who theerson might be or why. police trying to figure out why that teen boy appears to have been targeted. oftentimes there are surveillance cameras on board the bus as well as at the station. betwee witness accounts and all the cameras, they're hoping to piece together just what happened here late last night. we're live here inil temple. i'm justin finch. back inu.n to justin, thank you. now to a developing story in florida. police still don't know why a man walked into a bank and opened fire. five people are dead. the alleged shooter is in jail now. 21-year-old zephen xaver called them from inside the bank afr the shooting. there was a standoff but police were able to go in, get to the victims. eventually, they made the ar wst. xaver wking as a prison guard trainee until quitting two

weeks ago. investigators are planning to a give an upda a news conference sometime today. the metro board is seto hear plans that could significantly change the operating hours for metro trains. there are four proposals. one would keep the hours as they are. another would return service hours to the pre-2016 hours when trains were running until midnight during theweek. there are two other proposals that offer less signi changes.e they would expand weekend service and keep trains running later during the week. t a plans will be presented board meeting later this morning. it's 6:49 now. we want to check back in with chuck on the storm team 4 weather alert day. aaron, it's a breezy start this morning. southerly winds a 20 to 30 miles per hour have continued to push temperatures uhe during overnight hours. testifies only in the mid-40s when you came home from work yesterday afternoon. now the mid to upper0s. warrenton, 59 in fredericksburg.

colder in quantico that breeze is being affected by the cold waters of the potomac ther >> 56 in gaithersburg. get that nbc washington app downloaded and ready to g find andollow me. the best friend on the app today. 55 by 7:00 a.m. 50 at noon. the rain coming to an end in the afternoon. a gusty northwest wind will put temperatures in the 30s b early this evening. this batch of heavy rain on the northwestide is the real deal. a real h series vy rain bursts coming into harrisburg and spotsylvania county. those areas, fredericksburg, the northern neck, southern maryland, you have the highest risk of seeg winds that gust over 50 miles per hour between now and noontime. shenandoah valley the gustiest winds later in the day behind

the cold front. again, heavy rain for n thet couple of hours from fredericksburg into southern maryland. they include the d.c. metro area between 10:00 and noon. the cold front should go through at 1:00 in the afternoon. behind it, a howng northwest wind will drive temperatures into the 30s. fld watch up. an inch of rain is possible. wind gusts forected to be anywhere near 40 to 50 miles per hour or higher at times. if ian get my lip to work. cold and breezy tomorrow. maybe a few flurrs. dry for t weekend. more rain early next week. following that, another b drop in temperatures. let's go to jack taylor >>now. chuck, in virginia, riding .0. arlington bouleva we've got a crash. one left lane is getting by. it's starting to get very slow. we've got delays on 66 coming eastbound. incidents, first before suddenly and then at sudley. both were on the left shoulder.

the flashing roadways cause this slowdown 270 southbound, we've got slowdowns roll through the area. shot down 18 -- road spray becoming a thing. speeds are slower as you right through the .interchang be careful as you head out early this morning. >> jack, thank you. 6:52 right now. federal workers are our friends, our family, our neighbors. federal governmentut wn. >> this morning, we're working for you in the community. molette green is live at howard university. it is t first stop for a rolling food drive for furloughed workers. >> that's right. good morning tnyou. we're i the howard university administration building. we've got food behind me and it keeps coming. look at what'sghoing on ri now. coming in the door athe administration building of. the first stop on this two-day

efforto collect food for f furloughederal government workere thoso are having a tough time, news 4 is commit today making sure you know what's going on here. where the help is and how to get help. i'm going to bring in a theing general manager of whur. it's a leading -- you guys started this effort and wanted to make it hpen. john slater. >> this was our community. this is our ci, our listeners, our people, our friends, our need. in our time to step up and feed families. this needs to be in the homes of so many in nee rightnow. please we need much, muc. mo >> tell people out there. a lot of people want to givein he hands. from the local communities. the akas from one chapter and dex and many more from the local communities, maryland, virginia o andcourse the

district. what do you want people to do? >> we need more people. all four locations. we're calling out everybody. just about people we don't know. erybody knows somebody who has been affected. we have akas. the deltas. i'm an alpha. >> anybody who can come out and help, wneed more food. this is just thebeginning, guys. >> we need much four locations where you can help us. >> let me tell you where to come. the administration blding on howard campus. >> downtown.c. at's coming up later on at 11:00 this morning. in prince george's county tomorrow morning at the wayne curry administration building at 9:00 and then the axandria city hall tomorrow a 12:00. we can make this happen,ri t? and getting a good headstart. >> i love . we are live here at howard university. you know i love my school. back in to you.

>> great donations, too. >> thank you another touching gesture for federal workers. a 15-year-old from virginia aho receivedifetime supply of peanut butte shared. he was promised a lifetime supply if he could get thousands of retweets. he did. heonated his peanut butter to those who needed it. two competing bills to reopen the government are up fon votes today the se dte. this isay 34 of the shutdown. if no agreement is reached, 800,000 people will miss another paycheck this week. more on this coming up on "today." te> president trump agrees to postpone his staf the kbrooun address after 11:00 last night. he will give it after the shutdown is over

thisnds a week-long showdown lotween the speaker of the house and nancy . peter alexander will have a live report on "today." the president's former will not chael coh testify in front of congress next onnth. he postp his appearance citing concerns that president trump and his lawyer were threatening his family. the "today" show will have more on this next. a massive sinkhole that opened up in the district likely won't be raired until next week. repairs continue at the intersection of 17th street and dar constitution hall. th weather is not helping. >> heavy rain maybe a quick inch between now and 1:00 or 2:00 this afternoon. southerly winds this morning could gust near 40 miles per hour and northwest windshis afternoon. also could gust over 40 miles per hour at times.es temperat tumbling. we're near 60 this morning. we'll be in the mid-30s by

suppertime. >> that's a huge drop. >> big drop. >> you can't help but notice the s later inhe forecast. that's a good thing for those of us who like it not cold. >> later, i saw like 17 for the lows. that's next week. >> thank you, chuck. >> not done with winter yet. >> i know but it's only january. >> melissa picked the right day to be gone. >> like it or not, that is the news for today. we appreciate you wake up with us. enj your day. >> make it a great thursday >> make it a great thursday everybody. honey, you know, soit's one of those things..ack. ...unless you got it from aldi. their twice as nice guarantee means if you're not happy for any reason,

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