we are working for you thist midday watchin skies on this storm team 4 weather alert day. details on the chance for flooding across therea. hank you so much for joining us. i'm sorry smith. i'm erika gonzalez. it was quite the busy night and the busy morning. we turn things over to amelia draper in the storm center watching a lot of activity on radar still. >> very heavy rain moving rough the district. fairfax, prince william and northern prince george's county right now. this is moving to the utheast. ads up in f. you're in southern maryland.

heavy rain within t next hou or so. check it out. bethes bethesda, the district, alexandria, heavy rain around the beltway. this is part of a much larger system. yesterday, we were concerned about flooding as well as wind. the wind with the storm system hasn't really materialized in our area. the strongest winds the coast.ff so that's a good thing. we're still dealing with rain for at least the next few hours. in fact, rain will continue until about noon, until 4:00 p.m. after that, we start to dry out. with that, we remain under a flood watch. all of the cou in green. this is going to run until 3:00 p.m. this afternoon. this includes the entire d.c. metro area. through charles count a the baltimore metro area as well.nf total rl amounts, dulles already reporting an inch of rain. the district only about .3 inches. i'm going to hav on when the rain comes to an end in newer neighbd hood. the cr that moves in after storm team radar showing snow on the backside of this in.

at is the cold air moving in later. for youbringing that up at 11:20. looking forward to it. thank,amelia. metro's board is discussing if and when to changeou the for the system. they've been running on reduced hours on weekends to carry out more maienanceprojects. megan mcgrath is at the meeting for us. megan, what do you know? >> reporter: overnight maintenance work is critical to improving the safety and the reliability of the metrosystem. that can only be done at nighttime when the trains aren'o ng. there's a balancing act. metro wants to get theeost servor their riders. at the same time, maintain as much of that window, that overnight window that they can so that they can do tha maintenance work. they're looking at aariety of scenarios here. first of all, one option is to return to the old fy 16 hours. that was before the system hours

were reduced. to do this maintenance work. that would mean a 44% loss in overnight temainnce. another option is to shift hours. the system would open later inr the g. significantly later on saturday and sunday morning. it would stay open on friday and saturday. that would be a loss of 3% in terms of overnight maintenance work. a thirds option to extend hours at night so 2:00 a.m. on friday and saturday and that would be a 9% decree in the maintenance work. fourth option is keeping things exactly as they are. that would not decrease service and it would not decrease that overnight maintenance window. general manager paul wiedefeld said he's open to talking about this and discussion. he will not compromise at all on safety. >> we're not going to back away what it takes to keep the system safe. whether we shift other things to

dothhat. 's obviously in play. what's not in play is backing to from the commitment address these issues from a safetyperspective. >> so the discussion continues. the general manag will be discussing these different alternatives with the d.c. council and the mayor getting their input. he'll be gathering more input and no doubt, thereill be more discussion before we see a final decision on this. back to >>u. megan mcgrath outside metro headquarters, megan. thank you. we're into the 34th day of the government shutdoil. lawmakersbe become on capitol hill today to vote on two bills to reopen the government. ver, if no agreement is reached, 800,000 people willmi another paycheck this week. tracie potts has the latest. >> this year's state of the union address is off. i will do the address when the shutdown is over. president trump tweeted this overnight. i am not looking for an

alternative venue. house speaker nancy pelosi wrote that lawmakers would not authorize his visit until government has opened. >> she doesn't want too hear the trut. she doesn't want the american public to hear what's goingn. she's afraid of the truth. >> the shutdown must end andt i must end now. >> the senate will try today with two votes, one offering immigrant protectchns in ge for funding the border wall. >> shouldn't cave in to liberal government demand. >> temporarily to negotiate borier se. >> if we can get government open for 15 days, we can be here around the clock and find the solution to this. >> neither is expected to pass. pressure to reopen government is mounting. >> it can be done but not while the president holds hostage all americans, includingdsundreds of thousan of federal workers. >> air traffic controllers, pilots and flight attendants are worried about safety.

a record number of tsa workers calling out sick and five fmer hole land security secretaries, including three who work for republicans say national security is at stake. >> as for today'svote there is at least one senate republican who will cross over and vote with democrats. they need more than that. at least aozen to move things forward. tracie potts, nbc news,in waon. obviously, a story that we will be watching closely. we're updating o ach with resources for furloughed federal workers every day. check the nbc washington app to find out where you can get help and give help during this time. search shutdown. let's move to the other big political story. michael cohen has postponed his ngressional testimony. he's blaming the president. it was supposed to happen next month. cohen's lawyer cited verbal attacks fromru president and

his lawyer rudy giuliani. he's implied cohen's father-in-law should be investigated. and that the father-in-law may have ties to organized crime. he said cohen was threatened by the truth. the v seat on the -- sandra shephard's appointment to the board. she waswo officially in this morning to participate in the school board meeting. she'sly curre the prince george's county managing directin at the l american youth center. police working to learn more about a teen getting off a metrobus. justin finch has been tracking the case all morning long and joins us withhe latest. >> reporter: metro transit police spent hours trying to piece together wharehappened heate wednesday night. witnesses say a teen boy was shot as he got off of a bus close to midnight last night. the investigation went hours.r news 4 camera on the scene

showing investigators outside of a bus and also on the bus talking to as many people on the ground as possible about what they saw. we also know,too, oftentimes metrobuss do have surveillance cameras on board and also the station does too. between those cameras and witness ac munts, they learn more about what happened. it's not clear if this teen boy knew the shooter in this case or what may have led up to the con,rontation. age're told that he was shot getting off of a bus. as for that shooter, no idea of how that person got away. as for that teen, we're hearing from those close to the scene, he was shot in one h of legs, in the leg area and that he was taken tol. a hospi in temple hills, i'm justin finch, news 4. > this morning, a local teen remains in criticalte condition being shot in the head while inside a prince george's neunty home. this hap in landover yesterday on dorman street.

two teens, ages 15 and 16 years old, were hanginghe out a gun went off. the 15-year-old was hit. the grandfather was upstairs at the time we're told. shocked. went to the pharmacy and came back. i just saw all these cars. so i wanted to know whas going on ihe neighborhood. >> i'm just so concerned. iin mean, i'm just wond was this possibly an accident? are ll, investigators trying to figure out if the victim was playing with the gun or something else led to the gunfire. still to be seen. we're continuingo follow developing store any central florida. the n accused of killing five people in a florida bank made his first court appearance. thisun started a 12:30 in sebring halfway between tampa and miami. after responding to the initial call, police received a second call. in one from theus scted shooter himself still inside the bank. he said he went into the a buildi started shooting.

after a standoff, the police went into the bank and got the victims andteventually arr the accused killer. >> been taken into custody, a gentleman by the name of zephen xaver. he's 21 years of age and lives here in sebring. >> a judge confirmed xaver is facing five counts of premeditated murder. wpublic defender will represent him. ked as a prison guard trainee until he quit two weeks ago. it's anr u ride that went terribly wrong. >> we're going to hear from the driver that feared for miss lifw on the roadh an irate passenger. stay with us.

he won't let go of my steering wheel. he's drunk and azy. >> nightmare situation for any driver. a drunk uberassenger tried to

seriously crash this guy's car that he's riding in. he was driving down a busy highway in sacramento on saturday night. that's when this passenger suddenly grabs the car's steering wheel, tries to cau an accident. at one h poinwas fearing for his life. >> he starts asking me have you ever crashed? no, man. i'm good. we're going to crash. >> no, we're not going to crash. >> i thinking he's drunk and talking nonsense. >> castroy eventua stops the car. police charged the passenger with driving under the influence. in a statement, uber says the rid can no longer access the company's rideshareapp. that's scary. >> yeah. kentucky ay after the teen at the center of the viral corontation spoke with savannah guthrie on "today," his community is on high lert. >> students receiving death threats afterpp what ed on the steps of the lincoln memorial. gabe gutierrezpoeports.

ce are investigating suspicious packages sent to the diocese of covington. students back in class after authorities say the school got a number of death threats. >> my position is that i was not disrespectacular full to mr. phillips. >> savannah sitting down with the nayicholas sandmann at the center of this confrtation with native american nathan phillips. >> what do you wish you could do differently? >> i wish we walked away before thest set of protesters talked to us. >> sandmann and dozens of his classmates had just attended an anti-abortion rally. he ss a group of self-pro clakd hebrewae isrtes started taunting them. the group says i growing more militant. sandnn says his chaperone gave the students permission to shout

that's when phillips can be said to be walking between the students and the protesters. >>eeid youhe was being so close to being you and having that drum right there? >> i think he could have stood another foot back and still looked at me and hit the drum. e i don't understand whyot so close. i felt like he was trying to intimidate me by getting as close as he could. >> pe llips sayss trying to diffuse the situation. but the students crowded around him. >> i felt threatened. when we were there and we were in front of them, they surrounded us. >> a tense encounter that sparked a politically charged debate around the country and put this oight knit communit high alert. for "today," gabe gutierrez, nbc news, covington, kentucky. this morning on "today," he says he forgives the teen a her students involved. however, he feels the teen at the center of this, his rponse

was insincere. maryland lawmakers hope to close a loophole in a dui law during the general assembly session. the law is known asnoah's law. it's named after a montgomery asunty police officer who killed by a drunk driver in 2015. l that requires drivers install ignition interlocks after the first offense of driving under the influence. the locks require drivers to blow into them before starting their vehicles to ensure that a driver not drunk. offenders who havbeen granted probation before judgment have been able to avoid instaing the devices. lawmakers hope to change that. big names are coming together to launch an effort to reform the criminal juice system i america. here's the report from new york. >> for years, meek mill used his voice to paint pictures o life in north philly. now the rapper is a voice for the voiceless. >> i'mere to speak for t people who don't have a voice. i come from that side of the wallas >> meek mill in new york to

launch reform alliance an initiative to help the 6.6 million people in the criminal justice system. joining meek is michael rubi patriots own, kraft and jay z. >> someone commits a crime, they should go to jail. things are disproportionate and the world knowsit. >> there's people who have to have -- the platformhat jay z has, the platform that rob kraft has. >> the wasoueyrn j in jail for n violation. nbc 10 followed his release, capped off by a helicopter ride with rubin to a sixers game. a it was amazing to see that people even carut a situation. >> reform alliance will dedicate $50 million to prisonreform. most of it will help the 4.5 million on parole or probation, people who need permission to see family members in other states, including meek mill who

couldn't be at this event without approval. >> i didn't ask to be the face of reform, i don't want to be the face of anything. i just want to bridge gaps and try to bring people together and make the world a better place. that was brandon hudson reporting. two-time nba champ kevin durant has made his way home to -- college track is to promote financial emotional resources to help children achieve their goals. >> lessons that i learned every single day at home, it was able to let me come out in the real world and be who i th. passion i learned from my moms who worked, a job she didn't want to do. but the passion taught me what it's like to wake up and do something that i love. >> the kevin durant charity foundaon partnered with the central track program on a 10-year $10 million commitment. the first group of kids will

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welcome back. lower placing your orders. the dinner reservations, alentine's day is three weeks away. >> one of the most popular candies for the holiday will be missing from the store shelves we're talking about the candy hearts, the sweethearts. the company recently went under and the company tha took over is not going to be making any those conversation hearts until 2020 they say. keep an eye out for copycats. other companies who hav stepped in to fill in the gap. i can't believe there's a gap. keep in mind that if you happen to see the real hearts in the stores, there's a chance they were mad over a year ago. i don't think anybody cares.

>> nothing says i love you like a ceyear-old p of candy. hoping a sweet treat had s brighten tpirits of the unpaid federal workers. security companyd tea up with a doughnut company to provide ughnuts. they were outside l'enfant plaza this morning. one federal worker was touched by the thought. >> showing loveio and compa for others, which is good. it's time for us to come together a work together to help each other. so i'm thankful. thank you all for coming out here. >> we've had people coming up saying thank you. again, we're just trying to think the workers are keeping hee lights on and keeping nation safe. yes, they are. ben fie is company that provides identity equipment. they organized the event to say thank you to the federal employees doing their jobs without pay. we turn to the weather now. amelia is here to talk to us about the allhe rain we'v gotten, whether or not it's a

flooding concern. depending where you live. the puffy coat for this evening, because a downward -- >> it's going to be more puffy coats tomorrow morning. because we're going to s the cold air kind of creeping in this n afternoon, the gos, as the rain ends and winds that are strong enough to dry things out before th subfreezing temperatures move in. we're not worried about ice developing overnight tonight and ning ting that friday m commute. make sure the kids do their homework tonight. we're not talking aboutelays or cancellations at all out there in any way, shape or form tomorrowegards to the weather. here are your weather headlines. rain ends this afternoon mainly between 1:00 and 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. the timing cing right up. a breezy and a cold day out ther windchills i the teens and 20s. right now, it's finally looking dry for a weekend around here.d temperatures kf on the cool side, but it's winter. that's what we would expect. here's t c latestck of storm team 4 radar. thisd heavy b rain i was

tracking about 23 minutes ago is now out of for the most part the distri and mainly impacting parts of prince george's county and along and east of i-95. notice around winchester, heavier rain as well. look farther back to the west, right around petersburg towards tbelkins and frg, some snow mixing in. indicating the cold air that's moving in. here's future weather at 1:00 p.m. notice still tracking showersss ache area. quickly moving towards 2:00, 3:00 p.m., most of the area dries out. that's about all of northern virginia. dry at 3:00 p.m. still showers though in washington. parts of maryland. once we hit 4:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m., no rain. the evening commute is looking fine as far as rain is concerned. maybe just breezy conditions. look at the temperatuight now. still comfortable despite the rab. 52 in washington. 61 degrees down in fredericksburg. look back to the west. 40s in petersburg and

cumberland. those are moving in later today. here's how temperatures will tumble by 4:00 this afternoon. we're in the mid-40s. 7:00 p.m., we're still near 4 degrees. it's not until 1:00 a.m. where we hit the freezing mk, maybe earlier in the suburbs around midnight. again, we dry out before we get that colder air. that air that could create ice moves in. early r tomorrow morning, 4:00 a.m., yes, definitely puffy coat weather. that 29 degrees is feeling more like 19rhen you fac in the wind. here's a quick peek of the ten-day forecast. i'm going to talk more about the weekend and those windchills that w you'll be dealih tom 5 ming up in about 1minutes.

let's get to the michael cohen stunner. president trump's former personal attornend fixer postponing his congressional testimony andccusing the president of making his family

feel threatened. >> elijah cummings and other top democrats say they're going to get cohen's testimony one way or another. >> this morning, pulling the plug. the president's former fixer, michael cohen, says he won't testify before the house overtight committee as officially planned next month due to ongoing threats against his family from mr. cohen's appearance will be postponed to a later date. thises a t where mr. cohen has to put his family and their safety first. the president's response -- >> i would say he's been threatened by the truth, only been threah.ned by the tr >> a source close to cohen says he's particularly concerned about the safety of his after in-law and wif tweets and comments like this from the president. >> his faether-in-law is a rich guy, i hear. >> he shouldive informati maybe on his father-in-law. because that's the one that

kople want to l at. >> did he make a deal to keep his wife out of trouble. cohen's attorney citing comments made by the president's personal attorney. rudy giuliani. >> his father-in-law has millions and millions -- of course it's not. comes from the ukraine. he may have ties to something called organized crime. >> msnbc contributor donnies deutsche a friend of cohen's. >> he's like he's going after my father-in-law. are my children next. >> cohen pleaded guilty to multiple crimes, including lying to congress aboutsi a pe trump tower project in moscow and while he may not want to testify, it's not clear congress will let him off the hook. the democratic-led house oversight and intelligence committee said efforts to -- we condemn in the strongest terms. added, n appearing before congress was never an option. >> i haven't decided how we will you, out it, but i promise

we will hear from him. >> and ksten welker reports that democrats say they may issue a subpoena to michael cohen. he's due to report to priso march 6th to begin serving his three-year sentence. congressman cummings said cohen could potentially be brought from prison to testify if that were necessary. all right. we've got an update now onrt ef to combat the adenovirus at the university of maryland. work crews spent the winter break disinfecting the doors, the classrooms, the buildings. you may recall that one student died from complications from the ster. last se the university says two more cases were reported over the break, bringing the total now to 43. since then, the university has implemend an aggressive cleaning plan. >> facility staff have been cleaning high touch surfaces around campus. so elevar buttons and doorknobs, in common spaces. >> in addition, more than 4,000 dorm rooms have been disinfected

and the university is asking students who are sick not to >>turn to campus until they are well. one of two stolen pit bull puppies in the district is back with its we told you about this earlier this week. a man held a dog owner at gunpoint and stole her two-month-old a person realized they had one of the stolen dogs and turned it in. it's unclear how they came into possession of the dog. if you se seen theond dog or know who stole them, call police. you know, it used to be a crime to own a hedgehog as a pet in fairfax >> did not know that. after a year's long debate, the county board legalized them. the bod gave a go ahead at a meeting on tuesday. >> wow. >> that's a defense. mechani and also chinchillas and hermit crabs were thrown in. legislation could be reintroduced after failing last

year for other exotic animals. back now to the government shutdown. it's not only impacting furloughed workers with mortgages. as david culver says, small business owners are also feeling the pressure. >> when times are tght, you mi think a consignment shop is a place people flock to, to get a deal the owner tells me they're feeling the impact too. >> down 35% from last. ye that's a big drop for a local small businesslike this. >> only a few shoppers at relove it. a recent surge ofopeful sellers. folks dropping off items. >> you have a warehouse. fullwo warehouses >> full? >> full. items aren't selng on the floor, so we can't replace them right now. >> he had to cut down on his >> i'm honest with people. i'm not going to lie and says businessfantastic. the shutdown, do you think it's the shutdown? i know it's the shutdown.

>> small businesses struggling with big losses. in percyville, virginia, david culver, news 4. we've had a lot of peoplebo asking how they can help, what are ways to help the furloughed workers. you are in luck. >>etails on a rolling food drive when we come back. don't go away. amazon testing a new way to deliver packages by robot. the amazon scout is a self-driving device that will soon be on the streets of a seattle suburb. it's about the size of a small cooler on wheels. it has the ain't to navigate around people, pets and anything else that gets in the way. amazon says the scout will follow a delivery route by itself. but will initially be accompanied by an employee.on foday, and just one hour, you can bring home the bacon for free. mcdold's is hosting a bacon bash and giveaway on tuesday from 4:00 to 5:00 celebrate the arrival of three new menu items. join b thison hour. get a free side of cut apple wood smoked bacon with any

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federal workers, family, friends and neighbors so we are commit today hping you through this ongoing federal shutdown. we're working for you in the community at a rolling food drive. our molette green is atoward university with details onca ho you n donate to those in need. >> we're committed to supporting futoughed federal governmen workers throughout the day today and tomorrow. yes, we're going to let you know how you can help.s fedex i a big part of this effort here. at howard university along with whur radio and of course, the howard university students who are here. we've got football players, we ha studentleaders. and we have members of alpha kap

a alpha chapter it's two days, today and tomorrow to collect as much food, nonperishable items as we furloughedort our federal government workers. i'm going to bring on debbie rvis with howard university and shawun prater to talk about this effort. earlier in the moing, howard university gave a big check, $2,000. because you know there is need. >> there's definitely need. that's why we're out here this morning. the $2,000 check is donation to capital area o food bank behalf of howard university, dr. wayne frederick, wh , everyone he at howard. we know that there's a need. this need is for our family. everybody is our family. we're happy to support. >> reporter: quickly, sean, i want you to give encouraging words to those who haven't helped. but still want to. >> there's a lot of peoplwho

want t know what you can do. here's your chance. go out,et canne goods, nonperishable items. meet us thursday and friday at the four location x. i'm calling everybody. everybody knows somody who has been affected by this. do your part. here's what you can do. meet us at the four locations. >> reporter: that's fantastic. let me just run down the the wilson building from 11:00 to 2:00, that's today. earlier it wa of course the howard university administration building. then tomorrow out inge prince ge's county. we know those folks are wanting to jump . at the wayne curry administration building. you see the time onen your sc alexandria city hall tomorrow as well from 12:00 to 2:00. okay. soe can dothis. we're committing to serving the community and of ngcourse, h our federal workers who are in need. so here's another touchingn doon for federal workers. a 15-year-old from virginia who received aet life supply of

peanut butter,hared his wealth last night. eric mckay is on the autism spectrum and loves this peanu butter. he was promised a lifetime supply if he could get 72,000 retweets. well, he did. last night he donated man frt jars to federal workers whoet aren'tng paid. he spoke to shomari stone and you can see that in your nbc washington app as well. amelia is t here tok rain and don't get too comfortable with the temperatures outside. t's not staying that way for long >> we went up and now back down. earlier we were talking about flooding more likely in some spots versus other. this just in, the national weather service issued a warning for parts of fairfax. this is in effect until 3:00 p.m. this afternoon. check it out on your screen rights now. the arre in green are going to be under that flood warning until 3:00 p.m. this includesto the r area right now. mainly concerned about small creeks and streams in the area. some locations that may

experience flooding include not only reston, but an an daily, herndon, towards chantilly. i-66 and 495 interchange as well. we'll be tracking this, this afternoon in this area. we've had just over inch of rainfall and more continues to move through the area. allf the areas in green are under a flood watch until 3:00 p.m. this afternoon. this is the d.c. metroou area baltimore as well. down through charles county. that flood watch is for t potential of 1 to 1.5 inches of rain. we're mainly concerned about lower and stream a lying areas in urban locations. he's the latest on radar. this is that heavy band i'm keeping an eye on. fairfax also sing moderate rainfall. light rain in frederick county, maryland as well. taking a closer look at moving out of the quantity quo

but impacting falls church, clinton, maryland south of bowie. this is moving to the south and east. in southern maryland, heavy rain s moving through in the next hour orso. then the cold air moves in overnight tonight. itreets us tomorrowmorning. this is friday at 8:00 a.m. windchills out there in the 20s asad throughout the day. for the most part. i continue to track windchills in the 20s. you definitely want toundle up. big change in temperatures from 50s today to 30s later tonight and then windchills tomorrow only in the teens and 20s. 7:00 p.m. on your friday. if you have dinner plans out, feeling about 15 in frederick, about 23 in washington and 21 in manassas. t saturday also chilly side. the good news is, we're not dealing with any wind out there on saturday. highs, though only ne 40 degrees. so about 5 degrees below normal for this time of year. sunshine gives way to increasing clouds on saturday. as we look to sunday, we have highs in the low to mid-40s. it's warmer out tthere.

'm tracking more cloud cover out there on your sunday. but both saturday and right now, based on the latest information, are looking as we look to monday, not all that bad for a winter day. 46 for a high. plenty of nshine. we're watching a storm system tuesday into wednesday thatng could b rain into tuesday and as cold air filters in, maybe the chance for snow out there on wednesday. we'll have much more on this we'll have much more on this coming up o z34hcz z16fz

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and the entire statue is 24 feet long and weighs about 1750 pounds. >> all these -- they used nine shts of steel to create the monument that now sits on the corner of highway 45 and county road d. >> a fewat organns including the conserved cool pitched in to make the more than$8 00 project happen. >> every year, about 40 of our students volunteer for thera s. this is a way for us to give back and show our appreciation. >> now that appreciation can't be missed when people make their way to land o'lakes. >> really neat. it feels like grateful fillment. >> it turned out better than we anticipated. >> very cool. mument is cool, but the hats were pretty enomenal. >> certain places you have to wear it. >> not for us. a final check of the forecast in a moment. first, let's take a look at

who is stopping by the ellen show today. i didn't even wait for her, like all she said was, we took a picture and she said that's going to be our christmas card and then i -- and i ran. >> debra messing's singing skills are put to the test. you can watch that interview on ellen today aught 3:00. stick around for nbc4 that

big changes you should know about when call for help in the district. now you can dial 311 fo if it's not an emergency. last year d.c. received 1.5 million 1 calls. 20% of them for nonemergencies. thatnslows down res times for real emergencies. so what do pole consider nonemergencies? things like noise complaints if you're calling about a fender bender, vandalism, destruction of property. >> if you have a nonemergency that'so threat to life, there's no injury, there's no suspect on thece, call 311. the very first prompt gets you to nonemergency. if you have an emergency, l unsure, c911. >> d.c. is the only jurisdiction in our area that uses 311 for nonemergency police calls. other areas like montgomery county and prince george's county and fairfax county all have ten-digit numbers. we have thoseumbers in the nbc washington app if you want to

put them in your phone. search 311. we told you, we never saw it. leave us alone. >> i don't think youet what's ppening here. this is an interrogation and it's only going to end one way, with you telling us everything. mething funny? >> it's just i don't think you get what's happening here. >> so gd the show is back. brooklyn nine nine back on tonight for the second week of its new season. andy samberg leads the cast on its new home on nbc4. you can watch it tonight at 9:00 andhen the season finale of law andsv order and news 4 at 11:00. 50 shades fans revoice. there is a new book on the way. james revealedhe's working on a new book called the misster. it follows the love story of xim and alicia. it's an aristocrat i can tale. no word on when the book hits shelves. >> go have to pick that u too. >> just joking.

not a joke, though. winter i definitely here. depending where you live, it can be a burden. >> there's an incredirte piece of making people enjoy the weather more. kevin tibbles shows us how it comes to life one icicle at time. >> when temperatures plummet, the crystal castles com to life. >> it's amazing. >> kol umts of ice built with meticulous care bring a little warmth to our winter. >> are you the iceman? >> yea i'm the iceman. >> brent christian san takes ice sculpting to >> they're built with a drop of water freezing one at a time. it's a slow process. it's pretty boring if you watch it. >> as many as 10,000 homemade icicles are planted every day a >> one a time. >> one at a time.

>> the sprayed water adheresnd friez freezes. a wonder appear by night, when all lit up, a marvel. beforese t 25 million-pound structures melt. >> good-bye cruel world. >> time to have fun. >> i was impressed. >> so who says you can't embrace winter? >> kevin tibbles, nbc news, excelsio minnesota. how cool is that? >> he has the best job. heeay does. travel the world and telling amazing >>stories. time for one more look at the forecast. >> amelia? right now on radar, i'm tracking moderate to heavy rain in prince george's county and anne arundel county. this is in moving in sunder lynn. waldorf will play -- also along that heavy rain out of the district. moderate rain back to the west in parts of fairfax and loudoun

counties. we're not done with heavier rainfall for the afternoon hours. rain generally ends at 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. today. rtding in washington around 3:00. of fairfax are under a flood warning. this includes reston the flood warning goes until 3:00 p.m. everybody here, thend d.c. baltimore metro areas is under a flood watch until 3:00 as well. so we might see a few more warnings pop up this afternoon. we'll have the latest o news 4 at 4:00. the other big story, the fallint tempes. check it out. by 4:00 p.m. in the 40s. by 7:00 p.m.he in 30s. by 10:00 p.m., taking the dog out for the last me, in the mid-30s. tomorrow morning, well, we're waking up with temperatures in the 20s. for your four-day -- at any ten-day forecast, we'll be dry. the high of 38 feels more like 28 with breezy winds. the wind died down on saturday with a high temperature of 3

increasing clouds throughout the day on sunday. more clouds than sunshine. we're not looking bad for the skiers and snowboarders. fine finally a weekend to hit the slopes. it's going to be a nice weekend to go skiing or snowboarding. tuesday into wednesday, our next chanceai for some and maybe some snow, cory and a.er radical temperature drops. >> a roller coaster. >> the roller coaster continuebr g your jacket and umbrella. everything yneed. >> that's it for "news 4 midday."gi thanks for h out with us. >> we're back on the news at 4:00. you can get updates with our

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