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 a lot of tears

but also some smiles and laughs as they think about and remember all the things they're going to miss about their kids. >> it's been so hard to grieve. so hard. there's times when iant to be hugged, i can't. my husband wants to hug me, hea can't b of his injuries. >> reporter: they're the hardworking parents of these three children w died in a horrific crash just before new year's. they wan about what they call their three beautiful angels. >> noparent, i think, ever expects to see the day that they'll have to lower theirdr ch. they'll have to be -- they'll have to see them in a casket. >> reporter: they don't remember the crash. the driver of a pickup truck allegedly rear ended their car. their 5-year-old twins and

1-year-old baby died. the parents are still recovering from criticalin ries. >> i have five broken ribs that don't all me tocry, when i cry i cry with pain not oomy y heart, not only my heart hurts when i cry but also my body physically. >> the family had been to church and an all you can eat restaurant never kwing it would be their last meal together. they said the tpring from friends, family and even strangers is helping them get through. the state's attorney announced the driver thomas hawks has been indicted on three counts of vehicularla mahter. police say his blood alcohol content was .17, that's more than twice the legal limit in maryland. >> they were so loving, so adorable, all three of them. it's a pain that, unfortunately, you know, we're going to have to live with for the rest of our

life. >> reporter: those parents really just taking it day by day. a wrant has been issued for the arrest of the alleged driver in this incident. if he is convicted on all the charges, he would face a possibility of 36 year behind bars. i asked the parents, what do you nt to see happen in this case? they say they are trusting in god justice will be served. back to you. >> darcy spencer. thank you. there is a way to bring the family some comfort. open the nbc washington app, there's a link for go fund me campaign there. search oxon hill crash. shutdown showdown now. it's day 34 and today there has been some movement on capitol hill but still no solution. the senate voted onwo measures a little while ago, both of them would have opened the government only one h money for the president's wall i it, neither one managed to get engh votes to pass.

erika gonzalez at the live desk with new tsdevelopm >> you and wendy touched on this at the top of the broadcast, but we learned that senate majority leader mitch mcconnell andr minority leauck schumer are meeting to try to hamr out a deal to temporarily reopen the government for three weeks. this comes after a day of debate and, two votes in the sena those votes would have reopened the government but they needed 60 votes to pass, and neither had support. one would have reopened the government in exchange for funding the border wall, but it failed 50 to 47vo s. the other vote by the democrats would have reopened the w governmele negotiations continued, that also faileda o 52-44 vote. the decision for mcconnell and schumer to meet came after a bipartisan group of about 20 senators took to the floor demanding action. we'll keep an eye on the movement and let you know what

happens. obviously so many peopleant to ow. wendy, back to you. hu thanks, erika. as theown drags on, federal workers, especially the contract workers areoo lng for help. some areetting desperate. a lot of local governments in our area are offering help. chris gordon continues coverage, looking at resourcesai made ble to federal workers. chris? >> rorter: well, wendy, we are here tonight at the baptist church of deanwood where they are just getting ready to start serving dinner to some furloughed federal workerf a lot o people in our area are asking what can i do to help during the shutdown, that's why we're here because this dinner came about as more and more church members volunteered to part of it. >> it started out to just be a dinner. but so many people started volunteering. now a people giving gift cards, bags of groceries, paper

goods. >> reporter: there are my ways you can help. the montgomery county counc health and human services committee heard what these nonprofit organizations are doing. >> there are incredible providers on the front line providing services for the many families impacted by this crisis directly and indirectly. >> the group women who care ministriesdistributes food. >> the average person can come to our fility to help pack the food and they can also give and cially on our website, they can also pray. >> reporter: the greater washington community foundation pools donations to help manyhe organizations. >> we have a steering committee that is looking at how to help both federal workers, contractors, as well as the small businesses pinched in this time o need. >> reporter: the organization called every mind operates a line and suggests if if you have a family member, friend or eighbor who's a federal worker,

ask them howthey're doing, and then listen to them. >> the anxiety level and the trauma is so great that our community's need of caringdu indis that will listen and then help those individuals with assistance. >> reporter: now those are jus a few of the many nonprofit organizations throughout our area that need your help. we've compiled a list and you can find it on the nbc washington app by searchinghe shutdown . that's the latest live in northeast washington. wendy back to >> chris gordon, thank you, chris. d newevelopments regarding bchael cohen. michael cohen hasn served a subpoena a day after heried to postpone his testiny on capitol hill. a source tells nbc news, the nate intel committee called michael cohen to testify february 12th.

yesterday he said he nted to push back his testimony before the house oversight committee, with his lawyer citing alleged bthreats to his famy the president and his attorney, rudy giuliani. turning now to the forecast. rainy and warm today is how things start out, temperatures near 60 degrees? >> look at this behind us. not only is the sun still out at 10 after 5:00, i said it looks like italy, you said. >> cesars in vegas. that ce, thatbeautiful, that perfect. >> we have a drop just hours can we enjoy this a little bit? >> that sun is helping to bring in that wind tt's out there right now. putting wind chills in the 20s already, so yeah, the col air is here after a lot of rain and wind already. winds -- or rather rainfall, 1.33 inches at dulles airport. an inch and a third of a rain, new daily record for them. amazing how much rain we saw

from t system. a quick hitting system. we did not see the winds earlye but we seeing them now. here's the current wind gusts 36 in d.c., 40 in camp springs. ha one of 51 miles an hour at dulles. earlier today ocean city gusted to 64 miles per hour. here's what it's doing to the temperatures,he wind chill, 33 hagerstow4 in teens to the north. colder tonight and tomorrow. and we'll show you when c thed erair moves and we're talking snow, too. > an alexandria woman was recording on her cell phone just minutes before she was shot to death. that's just one chilling detail prosecutors revealed in court today. they argue the security company owner accused of killing that woman should be continued to be held without bond. julie carey reports that cell phone video seems to suggest a motive.

>> reporter: the accused killer's wife and mother of two wiway tears in court as she learned of allegations agains her sband, that he ot a woman who was his lover and employees. his attorneys asking bond be sei exng he was stressed in jail. the prosecutor shot back you placed a firearm in the mouth of your pair more and pulled the trigger that would be stressfult prosecutord the judge the night she was shot her cell phone was recording and she told kank kankam she wanted t break up. soon after he put the gun in her uth and fired. and then tried to create anib texting messages to the victim's phone, where are you?

another video shows the couple sitting outside her apartment.he you ca her telling him he wants to break things off, he pulls his gun out and points t it at her, she says are you going to shoot me? his wife declining comment. >> do you have anything to say? >> a search of his apartment and storage unit turned up six guns including an ar-15. defense attorneys argued because he has a security company that t alarm. not cree but the judge turned down the request for bond. he'll remain behind bars. julie carey news4. a fire at the springfield town center ended with one person in the hospital and shoppe evacuating as the rain was pouring down earliertoday. that fire apparently starting in the kitchen of the yard house. it didn't spread but the crews evacuated the mall so they could

clear out the smoke. no wd on what caused the odfire. t metro's board discussed four proposals to change the hours on the rail system. one would keep the hours the same, another would return them to the pre-2016 hours, there are two other proposals that offer less significant time changes but would expand weekend services and keep trains runng later in the week. but they say whichever plan is chosen, safety is the priority. >> we're not going to back away from what keeps the system safe. whether we shift some of the things to do that, that'sn obviouslyplay. what's not in play is backing away from the commitment to address these issues from a safetype pective. >> metro reduced service hours in 2016 so they could give workers offours to perform work on the system. as the shutdown drags on

into its second month, pleas will orkers, the ones who not be getting back pay. >> there are a lot of them. federal subcontractors begging congress to reopen the government. >> i know my paycheck's coming and one day, no -- no job. we don't have any -- >> this man says something a lot of people say,s his family i living check-to-check, he's afraid to leave his house to avoid spending money. we have an arrest after more than two dozen cars are broken into in the.distri how did that suspect manage to strike so quickly and quietly? winter is about to get interesting again. that means it'sng not g to be fun. the polar vortex set to return, bringing with it some of thees co air we'll feel this year. >> we say it like polar vortex we all know what it is. what is it exratly? amelia dr i going tos

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few months about the outbreak of violence in the district. but police say as cases of homicides have been on the rise so have car break-ins. yesterday a man was arrestedor nearly two dozen break-ins. megan fitzgerald has his story. >> investigators say this video shows aaron hairbegan caught in the act. he pulls up in an audi, pulls up, and opens the door of the cab, driving everything in sight. but even if the door is locked, these creative are using tactics. >> they use a deve that pops the window, causes the glass to break out ward but doesn't make

any noise. >> reporter: if any valuables are left out, it happens st. but in the commander's district, car break-ins are on the rise.0- in ay stretch between december 24th of 2017 to january 24th of 2018, the fifth district had 9carbreak-ins. fast forward to the last 30 days and there have been 174. that's an 83% increase and neighbors in the area say they noticed. >> i left my bag ouuaand whoever y does it came by, saw an opportunity and went for it. >> some folks tried to break into my car o evening. >> police say they increased patrols and dedicated hourso trying to arrest suspects like harbeg h hargan. neighbors took these pictures of that dark colored audi police

say he was riding in and sent it to police. now investigators are hoping the latest arrest decreas amount of break-ins in the area. >> you got one person. i'm sureor it's they need to be looking out for. >> reporter: so in addition to police increasing their thpatro, are also putting flyers on people's windshields reminding them to make sure they keep those valuables out of pin sight. back to you. >> thanks, megan. itks l like tomorrow is going to be another missed payday for federal workers. perhaps those feeling the tightest squeeze are the government subcontractors out there. the low wage workers, they won't be receiving back pay. generally they don't get back pay and there are more of tm o are actual federal workers. lika gonzalez is in our news room, she's gotk at one of those family's stories. so many p tple ins country live paycheck to

paycheck and pablo and his family are no exception. he's a government subcontractor. he's been a cook for the smithsonian for the last 17 years. in an interview today, he h explaineis family has no pn b, they're buying groceries one thy at a time, buying only essential gs, he says. another missed paycheck is likely to put tm out on the streets. >> what could happen to your family if the shutdown continues? you could lose your home? what are you asking from congress? >> they can do something right now before it's late. >> pablo also explained in that interview, to make matters worse, his health befits expire at the beginning of february. and you can feel the weight of theorld on his shoulders as

we've seen with so many intervie with these federal workers, furloughed individuals who are waiting for someort of deal to be struck on capitol hill. back to you. >> one thing we can't escape living here, so many of the people we walk past on the sidewalk are le that mily, affected by this. >> it's an expensive town any e way to l in. when you're not getting a paycheck, it's bad. it's really >> we're wishing the best for them. we're going to move on with completely different note here. expect a packed house one arena. >> with all due respect to the wizards, the big reason for the packing them in is the golden state warriors, they're playing here tonight. >> not about the wizards, unfortunately. sherree burruss joins us from the arena. ill plenty of time before tipoff but there's already a vibe i'm bettr:g. >> reporhere is. there is way more media in that work room.

're still about three hours from tip off, you can see some of the guys fro golden state warming up. but stephur c and kevin durant are in the building. that means more fans inheir seats and the fans are treated to this game as the two-time here.ding champs are they make circus shots on floor, nowhere too esfar. cially steph curry. look at this, ask the wizards, they played gold enste once this season. it's plain and simple, they'r excitingtc to the wizards are playing well, k but thenow tonight's game is a ifferent level. >> we'll have our handsfull, we do playing this team. we can't get overwhelmed by anything they do. expect them to make crazy shots, numerous in a row, crazy distances, but ignore it and contue to play. >> they have a special oup. that's why they're

champions multiple years in a w. we have t play extremely well and -- but we're up for the challenge. >> reporter: one of the warriors stars is kevin durant, who was in last night to celebrate the opening of college track at the durant center. it works with students to offer academic, financial, and social, emotional resources. it's a ten-year $10 million commitment. the first group of kids to go through will graate i2026. no doubt, kd doing good work on and off the hardwood. but doing research we might have found a weakness for golden state. they are 0 and 5 on and today is thursday. i'm telling you, there might be a chance. >> soyou're saying there's a chance? >> i'm saying there's a chance. >> here's hoping. >> we're not going to bet onny of this, are we? >> no. >> just checking. big bnd names are teaming

up to tackle the world's plastic waste icrisis. >> love this story. there's a new comny looking to transform how we shop for everything, from ice cream, mouthwash, and shampoo. we're gng to tellou about the loop. and the rain is out and the strong winds and bitter temperatures are coming in.

>>y neighborhood god flooded out this morning but the good news is the rain washed my car, so i got the salt off. nice. >> but if we have more snow we're back to where we start. >> that wouldn't be till tuesday night. i'm not too concerned about that, but that's something to watch the tuesday storm system, it's a doozy of a storm. >> really? >> the temperature drop is going to be incredible and that bring in the polar vortex which we all know and love. >> no. you know and love. >> we also love one inch rainfall totals and more. we have so many storms that brought us 1 inch of rain and today was the same. we saw heavy rain at times. t saw a lot of people without umbrellas, at leas it was not super cold. as a matter of fact when most of the rain was falling we were in the 50s to near 60 degrees. but look atthis, the temperature down close to 20 degrees at 43 degrees winds out of the west atr. 25 miles an h

that gives us a wind chill and feels about half as warm as it did toda look at the winds close to 30 miles an hour, close to 40 in d.c. and an ipolis. a windy afternoon and cold day, too. we hit 60 earlier. look at the wind chills 33 d.c., 29 in frederick. 10 back towards garrett countyw s western maryland. good for the ski resorts the next couple days with natural snow. but here's the sgrm system brg us the rain. it was a quick mover. no rain behind this. see the potential for lake effect snows maybe getting down to the metro area tomorrow. snow shower or two, n anything big. but the temperatures are fairly big. only in the teens through the north, 2 22 morgantown, west virginia. still cold to th south but the cold air continues to move in. tomorrow 42. breezy and cold, wind chills in

rrthe 20s. tomoow will feel like it does right now. we're at 43 now, be at 42 tomorrow. so kind of like what we're seeing today. 39 on yoursaturday. sunday we watch a storm system pass to our north, that allows warmer air to come in. 49 degrees. we'll see a chance f snow west of the blue ridge, but that's about it. 46 on monday. as we make our way to the next couple of days, 50 on tuesday. this is the big deal here. look how cold we get and this is why. tuesday we get ahead of the storm, nice and mild in the afternoon. then the front comes through and boy do things change. quick rain right over to snowul be some accumulating snow on tuesday night. and then the cold settles in.en say cold, guys, look at these numbers. we have teens, 11 degrees friday morning. that means some areas close to zero in the suburbs. the cd airol

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we'll find out likely tonight whethernt it's signifi or wildly insignificant. mitch mcconnell the republican leaderthe senate meeting with the senate democratic leader chuck schumer. the president spoke aew moments ago from the oval office. he describes what happens. >> rig now mitch mcconnell is meeting with chuck schumer and see what happens. they're meeting tf see they can work out something, maybe on a temporary basis where we start. but i have -- you know, we have a lot of alternatives. there are a lote of peo that want this to happen. >> reporter: one of the president's key allies in the senate, lindsey graham, said this afternoon they're talking about a three-week continuing resolution. a three-week plan to reopen the government and continu negotiations. it's been said from the white house press secretary, any three-week deal would have to include a significant investment in a bwall or fence, and the president when corn erred on that a few minutes ago said we need a wall in this country but may have other alternatives to

get it outside of that ntinuing resolution. in fact, there's a cnn report a few moments ago, the white house is preparing a draft for an emergency declaration o the sou southern border, which has been discussed, without having to gss through cong >> still the white house was asking government agencies how they would cope if the shutdown lasted into march, into april. how do we t factot in to what we're hearing today? se reporter: you'd like them to be asking t questions in the long term way, figuring out what's the contingency beyond this week and moth, clearly there are a lot of people impacted. each individual agency has its own shutdown protocol. each individual agency has its own reopening ocprs. so each agency does this kind of on its own in a way. so i think the white house is trying tot ensure t all the agencies are planning for the possibility of aong-term

holdout. >> we are hoping for some glimmer of he for the federal workers and the contract workers. scott macfarlane from our live desk. anks so much. as we know the impact from the shutdown is having a ripple affectrycross the cou a day after airlinet personnel st a stark warning about what they're gointhrough. we're hearing from some of the workers directly. tim kaine and mark warner met with workers at reagan airport today and they told them, the flying is putting the public at risk, a risk which can't be calculated. senator cane said people who keep us safe shouldn't worry about where their nexteal is coming from. themy would you want worried about a mortgage payment that might be missed, a tuition check that should be written. why is the country t doings to these people? the president said he would do

it and he was proud to do it. >> in addition to working without pay, airraffic controllers say they're working at 30-year low staffing levels that means long hours and six day weeks. larry hogan toured the checkpoints atbwi marshall, at least one checkpoint close because of lack of staff. governor hogan blasted lawmakers for tsss im he said he's working withrg ia's governor and d.c.'s mayor to end this shutdown and get people back to work. to the other burning question for us -- or chilling question morlikely. the polar vortex. >> yes, indeed. >> sorry, folks but i looks like it's another arctic blast coming in. >> saying the term polar vortex invokes cold weather thoughts and makes you sound like u're a smarty pants, even though we don't know what it is. amelrt is the s pants in the building. tell us what we're talking

about. >> the polar vortein isn't some you can see, not standing on the ground, not from airplane. it's something that exists around the poles, the north pol and south pole and not at the surfacthles boerveei. the surface. and it's cold air that always exis. we've kno about the polar vortex for decades. but as wendy was saying to sound more like smarty pants it's used moreecently lately. now we have the circulation up around the poles for most of the time. t if the polar vortex gets disrupted, it can send cold air down to the south into our area. but it's not only the united states that can feel the effects of the polar vortex, in europe and asia you can feel the fects of the polar vortex at times there as well when arctic blastsir move in. and part of the polar vortex is going to be paying us a v next week, starting on wednesday and we'll see it sticking around

thursday and friday as well. now you know. you can say it and n sound like a smarty pants but be a smarty pants too. >> we nee to rename it po vo. >> we can try it. >> we'll see you soon. >> thank you, amelia. as the district works to legalize recreational marijuana. a new medical pot shop popped up in theowcity. >> h it's giving people more access than before. is fear keeping you from changing your career? meet t local woman

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is led by a group of men who didn't think it was normal for a woman to open a hardware store. they had me bring my husetnd to the g, i had to have a man show up with me. it turned out fantastic cally. >> gina says if you're going to make a change, jump to an industry you're passionate about, don't be afraid to ask questions, face your fears, lay out what could happen? what's the worst ca? plus she said there are more women owners of ace hardware stores in the d.c. area than anywhere else. >> i wonder why. >> she was the first to applause that trail. >> that should teach ace something. od for her. >> she's leading the way. >> good thing she had a husband take to the meeting. >> in context of 2019, that's

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there is disturbing new video of a car running, powering towards a man getting out of his own car in prince george's county. we did freeze the veo before impact. and a neighbor went out to help. tonight that man says police are not doing enough to find the person responsible. tracee wilkins tried to get some

roswers today. >> my was here andis h body was over >> reporter: her brother melvin is in e hospital recovering after a violent hit and run that happened in f of the families home almost two weeks ago. police and the family initially thought it was an accidental hit and run, now after reviewing security camera video, the family thinks it was something else. >> somebody did it intentionally to hurt my brother, it did hurti >> reporter: surveillance video shows her brother getting out of the vehicle, another vehicle strikes him. he's thrown into the air and thrown several fee away. his girlfriend runs to help him. family soon follows. >> when my dad went to him he wasn't breathing. >> reporter: she believes her neighbor's security video shows the striking vehicle following herrother very slowly with its lights off. >> you could see that the car s following m, but it turned its lights off.

>> reporter: melvin has been in the hospital for weeks with multiple fractures, his mouth wired shut. wi my brother is my only brother. out him, i don't know what i'll do. it's my little brother. i want justi for hi i want you to come forward and show yourself, give yourself to the police. >> reporter: this is the roadway where it happened. prince george's county police tell me they have a police report and are investigating the incident. lvin's sister is hoping the video will compel police to search for suspects and press charges. the state of s marylandd prince george's county has cleaned up its act when it c to graduation rate issues. they told the state board of education that the school system has cleared up all the problems in the state audit las. ye the audit found an estimated

5,000 students graduated in 2017 hewithout proof they met school system making significan together this switzerland for the eco wnomick forum. >> in a meeting of the mind abt pressing issues, one issue, growing concern over the massiv w plasticaste and its impactn our environment. >> erika gonzalez here to tell us about a new idea being presented that som of the world's biggest companies are testing out. tell us about this. >> this is called the milkman model. big companies are testing this out in order to reduce waste and get a handle on the plastic crisis by shifting to rsable containers. according to journal," 25 of the biggest brands say they are planning to make the change thissummer, those companies, proctor and

gamble, nestle and pepsi. the plan i to use reusable containers that can be returned and reused again and again. over 9 billion tons of plastic has been produced since the 1950s when iwas first introduced. and most of i e stillxists in some form, polluting our oceans, business leaders in davos are discussing a shopping platform, loop, which would sell things in theseeusable containers. put them in the bag, they're picked up on your washed and refilled. this could change the way we bue many brand n products. proctor & gamble are commit today make sure all of their containers are reusable by 2030. >> i love this. so many now shopping on amazon for everyday stuff because it's sent to you. this would give us that benefit, that convenience and recycle ths

c for us. >> a little bit of nostalgia too. something about leaving something at the doorstep. >> you are not the o in this room old enough to remember those days whenheilkman would come by and do that sort of thing. >> remember you get the bottle of milk and there'd be a little bit of on top, and you take the top off and you drink it. >> sorry we're going down memory lane. >> it's good to beld. >> i had it too. it happens in some places of the countrol it's now. that's what we have going on. >> it's cold now? >> it is.>> it was like plummeting all afternoon. >> it was balmy this morning, 6. degr current temperature 43, dropping into the 30s tonight. look at these temperatures, the curr temperatures, 35 #, 28 around state college andpi sburgh. so you know the cold air coming

in. now tomorro at the busstop, gonna be a cold one for sure. 32 degrees, that's in the cities. most areas in the 20s, wind chills inn the teens and 20s. 42 by the time you're picking up the kids. the wind chill will be in the 20s all day. really will be a chilly friday for you. this storm moving o of here and behind it the cold air. the one otherin possible lake effect snows down towards our area a back towards the mountains and ski resorts. the wind chills as we move on through tonight, watch what we wake up to tomorrow morning. wind chills in the low 20s for the most part. and all day, 1:00 in the afternoon, may around freezing in d.c., 23 in leesburg, 18 back wards martinsburg. they get colder by tomorrow evening, around 5:00, teens area wide. we have col air friday, sticks

around saturday but the weekend not all that bad, amelia. saturday is chilly but not bad. if you like warmer we have sunday too. >> most importantly the weekend for just about everybody is looking dry. we start off saturday with temperatures in the 20 an plenty of sunshine out there. we'll have clouds slowlyng builhroughout the day but a mix of clouds and sunshine for yo saturday afternoon. high temperatures near 40. running about 5 degrees below normal on saturday. as w look t sunday it's the warmer of the two weekend days.t we s off at 30 degrees with a high near 50 but end the day mostloudy on sunday. back around the mountain i can't rule out scattered snow showers, potentially during the evening hours. but for most of i usis looking dry saturday and sunday. so the weather having a low impact on your plans. exercise looking good.

brunch dry both days. no problems getting to church on sunday morning. and an awesome weekend i think to hit the slopes. up to liberty, they have 14 trails open, o a bas 22 inches. snow shoe reporting almost all trails open, 53, that base there of 50 inches. wisp, likely getting snow tonight and tomorrow, maybe more on sunday with a base of 30 inches. so ake great w to head skiing or snow boarding, doug. >> absolutely. not at all that cold. it will be colder back into those locations. tuesday the big storm comth ugh. not going to have a lot of rain or snow. could hapl a c inches tuesday night. the big deal is the cold. talking about, yep, the polar vortex making its way down here. it's going to stick around for a couple days, all the way through the end of next week. >> great. in weather like this, experts tell us wear layers of

clothing to stay wa w. butt can we learn from the wildife that has no choice but to stay outside. we'll find out tomorrow. animal strategies for survival will be revealed during a walk in the woods and a firsthand look at how they are equipped to beat the cold. >> it's a campfire. it is absolely outsi so stay warm. but you get a chance to see and feel what animals are. you get a chance to go into the woods that evening with one of our naturalist to look for birds or signs ofhi animals w the park, even during winter time. >> tomorrow's eventtarts at 4:30 at the elfor that c. lawrence .pa and there is an $8 charge for buadmission. that sounds cool. some folks in one part of town are say it's about time. the local pot industry is growing. >> today there is a new place to get medical marijua in the nation's capital in a place

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medical marijuana users are continuall finding greater access in our region and today new dispensary opened in an

under served part of the district. mark segraves takes us instde the fir location east of theos ana river. >> in the past year medical marijuana sales have nearly doubled. >> sometimes we can laugh and giggle about marijuana but it' bigbusiness. and big business means that people can beemployed. >> here in anacostia there's been a demand for mmaical juana but no place to buy it. that's about to change. >> finally medicalco marijuana s to the other half of the city. >> reporter: there are nearly 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 for the marijuana dispensary in the heart of anacostia. while the mayor was celebrating a medical marijuana store she said she's moving forwardewn the next f months to legalize the sale of recreational pot, which

is legal to smoke i d.c. but not smoke or buy. >> we have a situation that's driving a lot of underground sales. so we need regulation, and we still expect to have a bill introduced in the early part of this year. b reporter:ser said those underground or illegal marijuana sales are hurting medical marijuana businesses while the number of patients registering foredical marijuana slowly increases each year only 50% renew their registration. and medical marijuana stores in thetrict are not just for d.c. residents.ey honor medical marijuana including 16 states maryland and delaware. in the district, mark segraves news4. on capitol hope hill for the first time in days. good evening i'mzloreen ge. >> and i'm wendy rieger. senate leaders are talking. that's the mostrogresse've

been able to report in quite a while. but wtrl president ump's demand for a downpayment on a border wall derail this discussion? a heartbreaking tointerview ght you'll see on news4, there are new charges in arash that killed three very young children. their mother and fatherry minded of it every day. >> i get startled and i'm like, the babies, where are the babies. then i remember they're not here. we ar following that breaking news on capitol hill today one political analysis said we'rot seeing the ice break, but it's starting to crack. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and minority leader which chuck schumer are talking after two votes went down in the senate. >> reporter: consider this for progress, for 34