shutdown anguish. >> they can do something right now before it's late. >> families in fear of lthing r home. >> do something now before it's late. here's a live look at the senate floor as we come on the air thishour. lawmakers have just voted down two proposals to reopen t government. president trump's proposal to fund his wall failed and so did a short term measure by the democrats being offered. we have live team coverage and we'll return to capitol hill in just a moment. but we turn to a crash that ed three young siblings. >> a maned cha of vehicular manslaught manslaughter. >> the 5-year-old twins and their baby brotherere killed before christmas on indian head hiad. >> w the last hour police

told us a warrant has been issued for thomas hawks. >> today only news4's darcy spencer spoke to theother and father of the children who were killed. darcy joins us now. >> reporter: this was, as you can imagine, an extremely emotional interview not only for these parents but for myself and andhotographer to sit there listen to the parents talking about the loss of all of their kids, all tee of them basically in an instant after they had just gone out toat at a buffet, not realizing this would be their last meal together. i can tell you it's a olutely heartbreaking. as you mentioned their 5-year-old twins were in katy tur kindergarten and the 1-year-old son died in the crash. the parents were in the crash and are still recovering from it. they say they don't remember the crash, just wakinge up in th

hospital and learning their children were no longer with us. today the state's attorney here in prince george's county announcing the driver on his way home from a redskins game is facing charges of vehicular manslaughter.'r wetold he blew a .17 blood alcohol content, that's a little more than twice the legal limit. we spoke to the parents before the charges were announced. >> it's beenthe tough days of my entire life. i don't think i can go through anything td.s tough. so h i want to be hug -- and my husband wants to hug me, he can't because of his injuries. i sleep alone at night in a hospital bed here at home. i'm undery 24-hour care by fam

members. >> the last thing my wife and i both want to say is just to our kids. we love them with all our hearts. we really miss them. reporter: so hard for these parents to sit there and speak about their kids, but they also wanted to get across how truly they appreciate the outpouring from their family, friends, coworkers, how much it helped to get through this. you saw she was wearing the neck and back brace, she has to wear it the next six months. the dad has a concussion, so they have a lon way to go. they're taking. it day by d >> for all of us knowing the story going in, we felt for them, but just hearing from the parents breaks your heart. hear

hearts all over are breaking for this family and there's a t way help them get through this. open up the nbc washington app online. we have a link there to a go fund meha campaigns been set up for theil f search oxon hill cras >> unusual. >> it breaks your heart. to the government shutdown, we are in day 34. >> and now all eyes are on the senate floor t and first votes to reopen the government. the republican proposal, president trump's w plant down in defeat and then minutes later the democratic plan didn't catch the necessary votes. >> blayne alexander is tracking this. is it at least a start? >> reporter: even though both of e plans hit a brick wall, what happened today is notable. this is the first time in 34 days that the senate has even voted on bills to reopen the government. but it was clear almost from the

start that neither of these meures were going anywhere >> the motion is not agreed >>. eporter: today, the senate taking a stab at reopening the government, voting on a pair of competing bills that would end the shutdown. >> the motion is not agreed to. >>eporter: both expected to fail before even hitting the floor. stop holding innocent federal employees hostage. >> reporter: the republican offer, $5.7 billion for the border wall. the democratic plan no money for the borde it comes as the administration is under increasing fire for being out of touch. commerce secretary, wilbur ross, suggesting some of thealorkers e ou going to food banks. >> i know they are, and don't understand why.

>> reporter: ross later trying to walk it back. >> you cannot imagine walking in my >>shoes. eporter: with the shutdown now in day 34, the president promising we will not cave on the border wall but making a rare retreat on a different issue after house speaker nancy pelosi barred him from giving his state of the union speech in the house chamber during the shutdown, the government agreeing to delay the address until the government >>reopens. e have to talk about reopening the government and recognize the pain and unfairness of th. >> reporte pelosi said she will meet with president trump any time,ey but wall m is still off the table. there are still signs of movement, house democrats are that coulda plan include billions of dollars for border security just no ll. >> any crack of light is what we need to see to kp our spirits up. >> crossing our fingers and holding our breath. the way things are looking

right n on capitol hill, tomorrow will be another missed payday for federal workers. perhaps those feeling t tightest squeeze are contractors, who won't be getting back pay. erik ngonzalez is in thes room with one of those stories for us. >> rorter: many people live paycheck to paycheck. pablo and hisamily is no exception. he's a government subcontractor, he's been a cook for the smithsonian for the last 17 years. inwn intervietoday, he explained his family has no plan b, there's no backup, they're buyingce grories one day at a time he says, cutting back on meat, chicken and fish and only buyingia essent. and even though he's been able to pick up a part-time g in the evening it's not enough. another missed paycheck is likely t put them out on thest reets. he is pleading for congress to reopen the government.

>> what could happen to your family if the shutdown continses? you could our home? what are you asking from congress? >> they can do something right now before it's late. >> reporter: s pablos he had done his best to try to shield everything that was going on from his kids, but when he began taking them to school every morning, theyin started a questions and forced him and his wife to have serious conversationschith their dren, ones that no children should have to hear right now. pat, back over to you. we're going to have much more coming up news 4 including new details for resources for furloughed workers. check the nbc washington app to find out where you can get help and w you can give help. all you have to do is search shutdown. we're following breaking

esws this hour coming from the hill. ent trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, has been t subpoenaedestify before t senate intelligence committee next month. this move comes one day after cohen delayed his house gstimony citin safety concerns. his attorney says that threats have been made against cohen's family and his legal team by trump and his lawyers. in march, cohen begins serving a three-year prison term for a series of crimes including fraud and making false statements to congress. turning to the forecast. rainy but warm start to the morning today. you can see on storm team 4 radar, the system is moving off the coast now. let's get more on the big changes moving in. doug kammerer standing by in the storm center. what's the word? > the storm is moving out a we're starting to see the winds pick up and the temperatures fall quicklok

ut there right now you can see where the storm is, making its way up to the northeast fairly thick. good news is we did not see the strong winds this morning we werein expe no 40, 50 mile an hour winds here. however take a look at what we have seen. we have seen big winds over the last few hours. 33 in d.c., 40 in leesburg. look what the system did to th east. near 50 in cambridge, 64 mile an hour wds in oceancity. we did not see those early winds here. i think that's a good thing. now we are starting to see the winds pic as the colder air races in. look at th, the wind chill, it was 60 earlier now 39 in d.c. 26 for hagerstown. west. the north and look at the temperatures coming down. still 61 inrichmond. the cold air moving in quick. disturbing newls det emerging about a security company owner accused of killing his girlfriend, who also worked

for him. the suspect is a married father of two, in a story you'll see only on news4, julie carey reports a cell phone video taken moments before the shooting seems to reveal b a motiveore the murder. >> accused killer back in court, to attorney asking h stress bond, explaining he was stressed in jail. if the commonwealth i alleging you placed a firearm in the mouth of your paramour, that would be stressful. they went on to relea new details about her death, her body found inside her apartment on january 11th. they say ahmed's cell phone was recording when she told him she wanted to breaku' up. he said pissing me off. authorities believe soon after m

ka then shot her. kankam had threatened to shoot his girlfriend at least one in a video on her cell phone, the two are sitting o hereside her apartment, she tries to break things off, he pulls the gun out at r, she say are you going to sot me? he put the weapon away. the accused killer's wife wiping away tears. thet couples' home j blocks from the murder scene. a seah of the home showed up six security weapons.us beca he had a security company that should not create alarm argued his defense attorneys. but the judge denied bond. a first of its kind loday forocal business. thear new muana dispensary opening up east of the river and

what d.c.'s mayor is saying about the future of pot in the district. >> the shutdown has many of you asking how you can help federal workers, a mental health professional will share howla [musicng] (sashimi) psst. hey, you! the one with the designer dog collar.

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in the district. expanding access to an underserved part of the ty. mark segraves takes us to the dispensary. >> here in 'sanacostia, the been a demand for medical marijuana but no place to buy it that's about to change. >> finally, medical marijuana has come to the other half of the city. >> there are nearl 6,000 patients signed up for medical marijuana in d.c. 18% of them live east of the river. district leaders were on hand for the ribbon cutting of anacostia ,nior acs anacostia. >> sometimes we a can laugh giggle about marijuana right but it big business. and big business means people can be employed. >> reporter:hile the mayor was celebrating m aedical marijuana store, she said she's moving

forward with legislation to legalizere rional pot in d.c. >> we have a situation that's really dring a lot of underground sales. so we need regulation a we still expect to have a bill introduced in the early part of this year. >> reporter: bowser said those underground oreg i marijuana sales are hurting medical marijuana businesses. while the number of patients registering for medical marijuana slowly increases each year, onlyeg 50% whoter renew their registration. mark segraves. doug, we needed an oar and boat to get to work this morning. >> pretty>> much. t was coming down. >> but it's pretty warm today. >> we saw temperatures of 60 degrees. amazing how warm we got. you walke outside this morning and was like wait a second. my son was like i d't need my jacket. i said yes, you do. >> for coming home. ly

>> exa right. we saw an inch of rain earlier, that is gone. moving in nhe is colder area. you can see some sunshine breaking through. that sunshine looks nice but it's going to help create some wind o there. we've seen windy conditions this afternoon. current temperatures sitting at 46 with winds out of the northwest at 18. miles per ho 60 degrees was the high, we've dropped close to 15 degrees around the area and we'll continue to fall. 39 in leesburg, still 52 down towards patux river. look at the current wind gusts, 40 in camp springs, 33 in d.c., 37 in gaithersburg. strong winds coming through the haea, not like we saw earlier today in ocean city, 64 mile an hour wind in ocean city. we did not however see those extremely strong winds around d.c. as was expected.

yeah, we expected stronger wds we didn't get them. the rain moving out. some lake effect snow, we could see a snow shower tomorrow. the wind chill,9 d.c., 16 in pittsburgh. it continues to fall, there's the warmer air but down towards richmond and virginia beach, that cold air moves that w tomorrow. tomorrow, 42 degrees, breezy and cold wind chills in the 20s all day. in the city we may get to 30 degrees for a wind chill. winds gusting 15 to 20 miles an hour. so ay chi friday even with sunshine. saturday still chilly, a high of 39. chance of p.m. snow west. this is really west of thedglue back towards the mountains. if you're going skiing this weekend, it's going to be a grekt ski d, especially areas like seven springs they should get good natural sn then we move in towards monday, not bad.

tuesday, a big change. look at this. 50 going to 24 degrees. single digit overnight low temperatures, wind chill bel zero again. this is the polar vortex. amelia will have more on ts coming up later on. i want to show you what's happening on tuesday. this is the big. de we're mild ahead of the storm system on tuesday. the storm psing to our north. you can see the mild air. here we ar. at 3: then the cold front comes through. cold front comes through and our temperatures drop 30 drees in about six hours at the same time the moisture moves in, we could getsd snow wed night into thursday morning. the cold sets in and this will be the coldest stretch of arctic air we've seen so far this if you thought the last stretch was cold, get ready for this one. in for a lot of temperatures freezing. three days with temperatures in the 20s. we may not get into the 20s next wednesday and thursday.

we'll talk more about that and that snow chce, too. we'll see you at 4:45. >> wow, doug. >> when youake it wn, you take it down. >> you're notg. playin >> thanks, doug. still to come, when j-lo gives diet tipsome folks listen. the 10-day diet challenge she's starting >today. new stories of struggles for federal workers. he>> we serve government and yet we're like second class t tizens. i doke it. just ahead the impact of the shutdown on people with disabilities. >> all this week we've been heing get you ready for change. today tommy mcfly has his final inelallment. >>me what you're working on for news4 at 5:00 today. >> you'l meet a local woman who went from a software industry to owning a hardware empire. she'll tell y how to follow your passions c

challenge accepted. jennifer lopez is trying to push people to ditch carbs to start

the new year. >> not forever, just ten days. no carbsnd nosugar. and shi's challenging people we know about this. >> i'm challenging hoda. i know you're up for a good challenge. calling outhe "today" ow's hoda. and hoda said she's trying to get the whole team to participate. >> no caffeine, i'm out. nonstarter.e is a >> carson daly accepted the challenge but then changed h mind because it will include super bowl sunday. hoda said if she's successfu she'll challenge someone else. >> not on super bowl sunday >> wait until after and pick your ten days. carrienderwood now a mother to two boys and she's sharin the first pictures of her new son cob. t her and her husband welcomed

their second child monday morning. they called him a miracle saying she and her husband's lives are nowchanged. this makes them a family of four with older brother isaiah. one of the cutest things you'll see all day, an epic dance off between two kids at a philadelphia 76ers game. >> according to reports the two boys have a tradition of dance offs i timeouts. monday night the boys got into it. >> one of them takes off his shirt. the other followed suit. this dance duel turning to a flossing off. the fans loved it. check him out, the boy isosing his mind. this dance off has millions of views after it was posted on twitter by the nba. who knows maybe it helped the 76ers because they beathe rockets 123-93 int'onday ni

game. that was a big win because the rockets are better than the 76ers are. i guess they're hired. they'll be there every game from now. >> amelia draper is explainingt e mess next. we're workingn for you ie community as the shutdown stretches on, the food drive that will feed furloughed families tomorrow. >> they shou a careut us little people. people out of work not by our choid. >> we sho you the impact the shutdown has had on government shutdown has had on government worker

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if you're just joining us ag 4: ready for big changes in the weather forecast. >> temperatures are on the way down and wind is picking up. here's a live look at the flag outside our studios. >> let's get an update from the storm center. >> that wind blowing in here, just had a wind gust of 50 miles per hour. most areas around 30 to 40 miles an hour, but 50 out of look what that does to the wind chill down to 26 in hagerstown, 39 in d.c. 61 in richmond. you see the colder air coming in, 61, flip it over to 16 to

our north and west. much colder air movin in tonight. this is nothing compared to what we're going to see. we're talking polar vortex and amelia has that inbout 10 minutes. >> those are two words we don't like together, polar and. vort >> thanks, doug. tomorrow some 800,000 government workers will miss a second paycheck. many were hoping for progress today on capitol hill. erika gonzalez is at the live desk to explain why the hopes were crushed. >> we got this breaking news alert, there were two bills in the senate that could potentially end t government shutdown, both of them failed. the short of the long is this, first up was the republican spending measure by president ump, which included funding for the border wall in exchange for temporaryio protect for dreamers. and next up was the democratic

bill that did not include money for a border wall. they both were turned down. >> let'do what'sight for the american people. >> we have to talk about opening up the government and recognize e pain and unfairness of this wn shut >> house democrats are said to be working on a counter offer to the president that would meet or exceed the 5.7 billion for border security but provideso money for a physical wall. for now, sadly, the shutdown rolls on. leon and pat,ack toyou. >> erika, thank you so much. bout normal day this is the time that fred picket would be clocking out of work. right now he's o furlough from his contract position with the epa. fred is one of the workers with disabilities feeling the pain of the shutdown. he shared his story with david culver. >> reporter: do you go to a lot of news websites? >> sometimes i do.

>> reporter: furloughed frois contractor job fred has been spend ago lot of te on his computer and in front of his tv. >> do you get bored? >> yes, i do. >> reporter: on any given day you would find fred reportingo rk here at the ronald reagan building, he works at the mail om in the epa. he's been here 27 years. he says not coming to work has not only leftho him w a paycheck but left him without his day-to-day >> that's part of my independence going to work and earning a payeck and paying my bills. >> what do you miss m not being at work? >> i miss serving the public. m i miss daily routine. i miss my, you know, ercowo and also, of course, i miss my paycheck. >> we want our folks to work. that's the solution. get our people back to work. >> reporter: mark haul ih w service source, the company helps place people with

disabilities with jobs. >> many have been with us for years, they want to go back to >> reporter: they have launched a cans for contracrs campaign. a food drive for more than 100 outoyees with disabiliti of work. >> i have had to cut a few corners here and there. but i just say it's been pretty tough. >> you' making itwork, though? >> yes, i am. i have to. >> what's your message to lawmakers? >> please lawmakers please settle this thing soon so me and everyone else can get back to work. >> mr. picket we're pling for you. this is not a political game for so many people as you can see. to learn more about serve sources effort to feed their employees, search for contractors in the nbc washington app. many people are asking how they can help or how to approach the topic with friends and family feeling the effects. mental health experts at

northern virginia fily service say you should be willing to lend a nonjudgmental ear to furloughed workers and contractors and af yours with support information and resources that can help them. >> be more proactive and payo attentione people in the family who may not be asking for help but who may be suffering. >> they also suggest you help those impacted find a routine in the midst of the uncertainty. it can hp them regain their sense of control and stability. >> t we are committed helping you through this ongoing shutdown. >> that's why we'reor working you in the community at a rolling food drive. our molet green stopped by to see ways you can donate. >> reporter: it's a rolling fooy drive t and tomorrow. first up, howard university inside the administration building where university leaders delivered a $2,000 check. >> because we know there's need, this need is for our family.

everyby is our family. >> reporter: the university, whur radio and fed ex teamed up to set up collections over two. days >> we need your help. omm calling everybody. everybody knowsebody affected by this. >> reporter: the ugakas bro 111 plus i tms out earlyhis morning to kick off the drive at its first stop. news4. now tomorrow look for the rolling food truck at the wayne curry administration building from 9:00 to0:00 in the morning. that time is on your screen and then it rolls to alexandria city hall. that w fl bem 12:00 to 2:00. so make sure to take time tog sw by. >> meeting needs and making a difference in an important way. > coming up. >> still ahead, tcee wilkins shows us new video --

>> plus the suspect of that deadly bank shooting in florida offial liv charged. what we learned today about the moment he srendered to police. and our average high temperature now about 44 degrees for the weekend into monday and y we're kind of right around that. but look at wednesday, a piece of the polar vortex sends arctic aiinto the area. so what is the polar

the polar vortex is looki to bring another arctic blast next week. and that's on top of this week's bitter cold. >> because we haven't had enough, righay justg the words polar vortex just kind of makes you shiver. but what exactly is it? here's ameliaoi she's to tell us more about it. >>. the polar vortex is not new. it's been known to scientists for cades. using the scientific term has become more popular in recent years. you can't see the polar vortex looking up at the skyan or out irplane window. the polar vortex is an area of the coldest air on the planet that exists around bot poles. it does not exist at thearth's surface bute about 10 to 30 mis up in the atmosphere. when the polar vortex gets disrupted, it sends air south. these outbreaks aren't only i

confinthe united states. parts of asia and europe can experience arctic blasts. and next week the polar vortex likely disrupted in a big way sending potentially record setting cold to parts of the midwest, great lakes and our area starting on wednesday. pat and leon. >> it's way up there. >> can we find a way to not disrupt the polar vortex, >> cross your fingers. >> please mr. vortex just chill up there. >> stay there. maintain your positions at the poles. thanks, amelia. >> we're not looking forward to that cold coming in. amelia and doug will be back in minute with what comes our way before that bitter blast arrives, though. you can see rain moving out on the radar and chances for snow are going to be moving back into the forecast, folks. shocking video of a man strock in of his home, i'm strock in of his home, i'm tracee wilkins, coming up i'm a veteran

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ar scott mane with breaking news at the live desk. for the first time in 3 the day government shutdown, there is some movement. we learned the senate majority leader, mick mulvanh connell an senate minority leader, chuck schumer are meeting right now to work out a deal to keep the government open for three weeks. let's give you a live picture at the white house. where the final decision will be made. the press secretary sarah sanders said the president would for a three-week continuing resolution if there is a downpayment on some type of border fencing or border wall. that's likely the focal point of th notionegotiations right now. but if the deal is cut, the government could reopen for three weeks.

we'll keep watching updates as soons they com in. at the live desk i'm scott macfarlane. potentially wcome news the there. this however not so much. video of a car running towards a car etting out of his own in prince george's county county. >> we froze the car before impact. tonight the man said police aren't doing enough find the man responsible. tracewilkins tried to get so answers today. >> he was laying here from over there. >> reporter:er brother is in the hospital recovering after a violent hit and run that happened inth front of e family's adelphi home two weeks ago. police and the family thought it was an accidental hit and run. now after reviewing securityra ca video, the family thinks it's something else. >> somebod did it intentionally to hurt my brother. it did hurt him. >> reporter: surveillance video shows her broer getting out of the vide the vehicle strikes

him. it's too violent to show. ikthe sg vehicle never stops. his girlfriend runs to help hi mily soon follows. >> when my dad ran to him, he wasn't breathing. my dad said he wasn't breathing. and between my dad and my cousin, they picked him up and that's when he woke up. god gave him a second chance. >> reporter: the video shows melvin approaching the house with another car behind him. >> that's the car that hit my brother here. >> reporter: she believes the neighbor's security video shows the same car driving slowly with its lights off. >> you can see the c was following him. >> reporter: melvin has been in the hospital for weeks withip mu fractures, his mouth wired shut. >> my i brother my only brother. without him i don't know what i would do. that's my little brother. i just want justice for him. i want you to come forward and show yourself. give yourself to the police.

>> reporter: melvin's sister said the dent in this vehicle was left after his body was pushed into it after being struck. the police tell me they have a report, they're investigating.in me sister is hoping the video will propel ts investigation into an assault investigation. in prince george's county, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. ew and just got worse about the sink hole in northwest washington. look at the size of this thing now. crews have been excavating the area to find a damaged suewer pipe, theyou said it take them a week. the scope of the project brings new closures, 17th street between c and e and now d street is closed between 15th and 17 streets. another check on our weather. how should we dress if we're going out tonight? >> w nmly. you didnd the coat this

morning. a lot of people probably walked out, likey son did, i don't need the coat at all. you need it tonight because the colds racing in here, not only tonight but the next couple of days. not just the coats but everything y got. maybe double coats next week. you heard amelia a minute ago talk about the polar vortex moving in. it's not until next week but when it moves in i we're for it for sure. out there sunshine trying to poke through some of the clouds, wee seen 40 to 50 miles an hour wind gusts. 46 right now, dropng into the 30s, wind chills down into the low 20s by 10:00, 11:00 tonight. cold again as we make our way towards tomorrow. look at the numbers, 61 in richmond, 28 ipittsburgh. these are temperatures, not wind chills. down to 28 in pittsburgh, that's the cold air racing in.

53 ocean city, 46 nd.c., 36 hagerstown. we will continue to see the cold air make its way in he right through the next 12 hours or so. speaking of morrow, at the bus stop, 32 in the city. 37 at recess. wind chills will be in the teens in most locations outside the beltaway. gusts up to 15 to 20 miles an hour at recess. a high of 42 but wind chills in the upper 20s to 30s all day. the cold air making its way in, most of this is speaking of winds, we saw 6 miles an hour winds in ocean city. in the boston area, an 80 mile an hour wind gust with this line making its waythrough. we've seen some wind and will continue to see it, because of the wind chill we'll continue to fall. 22 in frederick, 19 in hagerstown. 27 over towards washington. the weekend, let's talk ab t

thekend, amelia, it's not all that bad. great weekend to doaybe some skiing? >> absolutely. finally a nicehi weekend t the slopes around here. the past two weekende' been dealing with weather. it hasn't been since the first weekend in january the area has been dry. on your saturday waking up to mostly sunny skies, it's chilly, 26 degrees but it's winter. we notice more clouder cover l in the day. and a high on saturday near 40 degrees. sunday clouds increase throughout the day and we finish off the day mostlycloudy, starting off at 8:00 on sunday around 30 and your high on sunday near 50 degrees. most of us are dry, the chance for some snowk showers b over the mountains on sunday. most of us in the d.c. metro area, the weather having a low impact on your weekend. outdoor exerci, good for saturday and sunday.

really not that bad atll for late january. brunch is looking dry both days and heading to church sunday, notit dealing any snow issues out there like we were a few weekends ago. hitting the slopes, first of all i'm jealous because i don't think i'm headed out there. second, looking really terrific as far as the conditions go. checking out the local resorts, liberty has 14 trails open.as wisp a 29 inch base, 28 trails open. snow shoe pretty much all o their trails are open and their base at almostin 50 es. winter green in virginia has 20 trails open and a base of 40 inches i know you were thinking about hitting the slopes as well this weekend, doug. i think the biggest question is ich one do you go to? it's looking like a nice weekend to do se skiing and snow boarding. >> i was looking at the models for the snow, snow shoe, wisp, seven springs looks like they get natural snow.

and in the other areas it's cold enough to mak more snow. 42 on your friday, 39 on saturday. 49 sunday, 46 monday, not bad, right? then we get to datuesday. tu is the day of transition. ahead of this system that comes throh up to 50 degrees. and then right behind it, here comes the polar vortex, everybody. noi knocking on -- it's actually not doknocking on the , it's breaking down the door. temperatures in the teens and 20s, wind chills below zero. coming. know your door is going to be broken down. od>> n likes an impolite polar vortex >> i agree. it's time to start thinking summer camp if you can believe it. coming up tomorrow on news4 today, working for you in the community. live oith greations for your little ones and details about or discounts f furloughed federal workers who want to sign their

kids up. that's tomorrow on news4 today. nbc 4 and telemundo 44 are working for you with project innovation grant program, local nonprofits can apply for grants of the at least $5,000, we have a total of $225,000 to grant this year. this will all be shared by a few different oanizations based in the washington area. for more information out the application process go to hington.com/innovation. new charges filed in the deadly bank robbery in florida. what we learned about the man who allegedly carried out the attack as he makes his first ap let's check in and see what's new on news4 at 5:00. there's been crime spree in the district, a major spike, people breaking into cars now a man is arrest preponderance of the evidence how did he manage to break into more than two dozen vehicles without anyone

catching also getting ready for change at work. meet d.c.'s hardware queen. she shows us the tools to openo up own small business. remember the milkman, you mptymilk out and the bottles and they recycle them. now companies are trying to get you in the loop. how it would change the way we buy and reuse our everyday household items. it's a cool idea. >> an old idea that's new again. exactly. leon you're going to be joining me on news4 at

why did he do itli are still searching for answers to yesterday's deadly bank shooting in theflorida. nbc's jay gray reports. >> as i stated, you have five counts on fony capital murder. >> reporter: officially charged this morning, n21-year-old zep xaver remains behind bars with no bail after police h say walked into this central florida bank with a gun. >> he immediately contacted bana employee a bank customer and overtook the bank by fo >> reporter: next investigators say he called 911 telling dispatchers he shot five women e in as police rushed to the scene, he remained inside, only

surrendering after tactical officers crashed through the front door. overnight, officers searched his home and today they continue to look for evidence inside the bank. but to this point polic have found nothing that leads them to a motive in the ate ck. >>lieve that it is a random act. we do not believe anybody was specifically targeted. >> reporter: why is nott the m important question for so many here as they now deal with the overwhelming pain of those lost. >> they're par of our community. so we see them on a daily basis, and it jus -- you can't imagine the pain and suffering this community is going through. >> reporter: struggling on how to cope with the tragedy. jay gray nbc news. a glimmer of hope for government worke as wetart this hour. leaders from both parties are meeting now to

negotiate a three-week deal to reopen the government >> this comes after the senate shot down two proposals earlier today. these are live pictures of the floor of the senate and the president's proposal that included moneyo fund his wall, it failed. so did the democratic measure. press secretary sarah sanders said mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer are meeting now. we'll return to capitol hill with the latest in a moment. but we want to start this hour with a truly raw and emotional interview with the parents who lost their three children in a crash. >> on the sameay of the man being charged in this case, the parents shared their story with news4 for the first time. >> it's been the toughest days of my whole entire life. and i think at night what happened that day? what could we have done differently? but we did everything right.

it's beeno hard to breathe. so hard. the guy who did this to us will have, even's i behind bars, they will have somewhere visit him. we will never have that with our kids. >> they just buried their three young children, all under the age of 5, just last weekend. now the physical and the emotnal pain they're feeling seems endless. >> the short time before the this case, charged i theatpln ceou with news4'sen darcy r. darcy, hearts are breaking for this family all over. >> that's ght,leon. i was able to sit down with these parents for about an hour this afternoon, as you can imagine, it was a difficult interview hearing the parenhe talk aboutoss of all of their children, all three of them, there were