much dryer than this time yesterday. d news.g rain moved out. but so did the warmer temperatures. it's cold again. did you feel it. >> new that was coming, right. >> i'mng eun >> and aaron gilchrist back to winter around here. at least the weekend is almost. he good thing. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck belle is h with the woerkt. we need to check with jack taylor o for first the firps 4 traffic alert. >> alm things going on. unfortunately. on oak.ns rou rem closed 50 toward particularly road. the end of aic crash and v fire. authorities remain on scene. no access to it from 50 off rou boulevard round. you'll find 210 still closed not gotten any word it's reopened. we heard a rumor it was reopened. but wor now have our closure of 210 between pine drive and livingston road. also the crash going io the springfield interchange, 95 northbound in the express lanes just before the beltwayou have the left lane only getting by.

so far volume is in.n line is not affected by so at least for now you're in good shape. back to yo r >> allht. time to start thinking about the we could forecast. starting out with frida morning first. depending where you live it's a fairly big range in temperatures. a little bit more cloud cover for the nor half of the viewing area. as a result those temperatures are in the 30s. where the skas are careerer overnight temperatures have fallen into the 20s. fredericks burg at 27. warrant ton. clinton, maryland at 33. frederick maryland at 34. we call ieanably cold. a passing flurry or two today but the best chances to see that will be north of the mason dixon ryan. so not a big impact. dog walking fecast time. bronsite good looking dog, 10 years old. low impact, low energog. bronzite would be a fine addition. go to hue mane rescue alliance.org and add the little guy to yr family.

>> the forecast not anything to worry about. the short walks before the rain. get the extra mile or two today. ten-day forecast and the polar plgeoming up. >> thank you process, chuck. 4:32 now. todayus tds of federal workers will miss a second paycheck. >> it's been more than a month since the friends and neighbors whoovernment workers have been paid. as expected two competing senate bills to reopen the failed yesterday. but after the votes senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and minority leader chuck schumer had a meeting to discuss the possibility of a stopgap bill. it that measure would give lawmakers three weeks to work outer a dea border security while reopening the g ernment. but the white house press secretarah srs sanaid the compromise would only work if there is a largedown payment on th wall. house speaker nancy pelosi again indicated that was not anop on. news4 tracie potts has more. >> there is a effort under to feed furloughed federal

contracts living with disability. david culver spoke to a man who worked in the epa mail room for 27 years. >> what you do you missou most not being at work. >> i miss serving the public. i miss my daily routine. i miss my cowoers. and also of course i miss my paycheck. >> right. service source which placed picket in his job just launched aans for contractors campaign. the food drive is for the more than 100 of the employees with disabilities who are out ofwork. sear f cansor contractors in the nbc washington app to lea more. metro may follow maryland's lead and give free r federal workers. mayor larry hogannnounced allstate transportation would be free for federal worker working without pay. .the shutdown is impacting 150,000 maryland workers. they could allow federal employees to ride free starting merchandise. louding county transit and the

fairfax connect ner virginia are also offerin. free rid metro may also consider cuttin back service as this shutdown enters week five. the agency says it's losing about $400,000 every week bay from low ridership during the shutdown. the metro board chairman says local governments will need to make larger contributions to metro to avoid cutting services. it unclear if this will be part of the the today's emergency >>tro meeting. ew this morning, the mother of a seventh grader who died from apparent suicide a school is now filing a lawsuit against the charter .school the 12-year-old was found dead in her dorm room at seed public charter school in southeast d.c. last year. her mother patricia densen says her daughter was bullied and she raised concerns with school leaders. the lawsuit says the school did not do enough to prevent the suicide. we have an update now on at shooting that rocked the prince george's county neighborhood. 16-year-old gwin hernandez is charged is as an adult with

assault. police say he was drinking when he pointed at his finger and pulled the trigger. authorities say he shot his friend in the headn the basements of gwin's landover friday wednesday morning. the 1579-year-old is i critical condition. the suspect admitted to shallowing his friend. t> police in the distr hope surveillance video will help track down two men who car jacked a taxi driver. this happened in the dupont circlerea around 2:00 yesterday morning. take a look. this is the video you can see the men walking down the street, walking up to a cab. this is near 17th and n streets. just a block away from scott circle. the driver told police the men pulled out fwuns one of them pointed the weapon at his head. once out of the taxi the driver handed over his waltnd the two men drove off with the taxi. looking at ourther top stories at 4:35. the jaunita on alexis are the parents of three chiern it who died in a dnk driving cash.

they were on their way home from dinner when a driver rear ended them onnh indd highway. their children died on impact. the grand jury indicted the driver thoma hocks and several charges. can you hear from the parents in the next half hour. in florida investigators tri to figure out why a 21-year-old man walked into a bank and killed five women in florida. the man is being hel without iend. police say they b he in no intention of robbing the bank. florida's secretary of state has resigned after these shocking photos surfaced showing him inlack face. pictures obtained from the tallahassee democrat show michael ertle posing a as a hurricane katrina victim at a party in 2005. he resigned hours after the photoed were posted. >> a chance encounter puts an ar veteran face-to-face with retired general colin powell. anthony maggert wasto headed doctor's appointment at walter reed when he noticed a man stranded with a flat tire.

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conversations between lawmakers to negotiate and get federal employees back to work. news4 tracie potts is live from capitohill with more tracie good morning. >> good morning, aaron and eun. you know whahehappened after two bills failed. the two sides started talkingt sparking w could be a breakthrough here in the government shutdown. we're not there yet.

but senate leader mitch mcconnell and minority leader chuck schumer sat down together to try to t workngs out. plus we heard from president trump at the white house that he is going to let the senate handle it. c and if thee up with a reasonable compromise he will sign off on it. what's reasonable we know. we're told that there is a group from artisan lawmakers both sides working on a bill that includes border security, so far does not canrou money he wall that republicans insist must be there. but it's a breakthroug because at least now they are talking. the idea is they might be able to get government workers back on the job temporarily for three weeks while they work t out rest. of course those workers are facing today without the second pa. >> tracie potts for us this morning thank you.e >> today pri george's county public school district is hoefting a job fair to help federal employees out of work. it's for substitute teachers and

teaching assistants petition at starting at 1 this aroun lasting until 7:00 tonight. the efforts continue to make sure that furloughedorkers in our area get fed while the shutdown continuing. coconut shrimp lasagna and catered deserts were on the men you at mount vernon senior living facility. the residents created the idea because they wanted to do something nice for neighbors struggling during the shutdown. and don't forget, to che out or nbc washington app. we are wupt updating the services to hp people w are furloughed right now. >> the 4:46 now appearen and only on news4. a woman believes her brother was hit by a car op purpose. melvin was hit outsi h hise in adele fie almost two weeks aigt. still in the hospital. his family initial thought it was an accident but now his sister believes he was. target surveillance video shows her berry getting out of volk.an

other vehicle vehicle hit him what happens is too vitamin to show. he is thrown in the air and landed several feet away. the car that hit him never stop. his girlfriend ran to help. his family soon followed. >> when i see that video of my berry i can't believe he is alive because, wow. >> his story does not which who would target her berry. he has been in the hospital with multiple fra his mouth is wired shut. i'm s coreyth at the live desk following breaking news out new york area. new jersey state police say one person is a dead 20 others murat in a highway crash involving a bus and several rs. investigators say in bus was headed to new york city but at n this hour we know where the bus originated. that adirondack bus baselines tours bus crashed 20 miles northwest of newark. one person pronounced dead at

the scene and 20 others taken to the hospital in the crash. >> corey smith. thank you. >> aew spot for medical marijuana is up and running today. >> the lest footnote? d.c.'s growing marijuana industry. but there are plans to expand even further. mark reivers has more. >> finally medical marijuana has come to the other half of the city. >> district leaders were on hand today for the ribbon cutting of anacostia organics, a woman-owned medical marijuana dispensary in the heart of storic anacostia. >> sometimes we laugh and giggle about marijuana, right. b but it'sig business. and big business m that people can be employed. >> while mayor bowser was celebrating a medical marijuana store. she says she is moving forward with legislation to legalize the sale of recreational pot, legal to smoke in d.c. but not to sell or >> we think we have an untenable situation. it's really driving a lot of underground sales.

we need regulation. and we -- we still expect to have a bill introduced in the early part of >> in the district. markse raves, news4. >> this morning american airlines is underire after a family says they were kicked off a flight after complaints over body odor. these two were seated with their baby daughter on a flight edwin ght. when the crew asked them to step off the plane and closed door behind them. they said several passengers complained about the family's body owed are. theamily accused the airline of singling them out because h.they are jew in the statement the american airlines rebooked the family on a flight home to detroit. >> i have ner heard o such a thing, ever. >> i haven't either. >> one of my favorite instagram thing is passenger shame. if you're not following that on instagram you should be. because it's hilarious.

>> taking off socks and shoes. >> it's amazing what people will subject other people to on an airplali. >> and feeng completely justified. come on now.tified. all right. you still have time on -- to book the trip to hawaii. >>h. youill have have tim time. >> will you sponsor me. >> depart on tuesday. >> okay. >> and not come back for a we can. s because ivery. >> i'll stay until march. >> until march? how many money do you think i have for thi trip? it's a very, very cold second halff next week. the polar vortex is spinning around and it's about ready to throw a lobe of cold in our direction. 35 degrees now in washington. skies are partly to at times mostly cloudy. not much wind yet. a brezy to blustery afternoon. temperatures in the 20s eric northern virginia. mostly t low 30s across suburban maryland. hit the reed. suns up at 20 after 7:00. down at 5:21 pch ten hours of

daylight, the days are getting longer. we added about 30 minutes of daylight since the solstice. temperatures in the 30s getting brazy. skies will be partly to at times mostly cloudy. maybe a flurry but nothing major. keeping an eye on northern cana the next couple days as the cold air starts to really take shape and surge ever southward. there are the sno flurries thiss morning a central pennsylvania process if you go up to state college today you run into flurries t there. arou city today, probably not enough much more than the occasional flake flying by. here is the way future weather handle it. f slim chanc flurry. between es maximize 12:00 and 3:00 in the afternoon. if you blink you miss it. y weathor friday evening and saturday. arn't look bad. skiesy sunny for tomorrow. temperatures tomorrow in the illy 30s. there is the polar vortex.

it's not anything at the surface. the vortex is 10 to 30 miles up in the atmosphere. but what it does when oif kilter a bit it's ableo throw big time cold our direction. around 40 today. breezy maybe a flurry. tomorrow clouds and sun. chill highs upper 30s. maybe a sprinkle of rain on sunday. up to 50 degrees. sunday abmonday not terrible cold. rain tuesday night could end with snow early wednesday. and then very, very cold most of the suburbing will be back in the single numbers to near zero by thursday and friday of next we can. jack taylor that sounds like winter to me. >> yeah, one, twos and three, tens, 20s ab30s. and in akake. . 210 southbound direction only. irection diversity at pine draf again. northbound lanes are open. this is a new crash.n they were the process of completely opening the roadway

and unfortunately another one of the vehicle was hit that had been parked at the scene of the original crash. you'll find we do have rowe boulevard between the john hanson the highway and particularly road. that remains closed from a vehicle fire. the closeaemz in northwest into next week, 17th street remains closed between c and new york avenue. with that unfortunate roadway compromise. the roadway still mass theho git in it at 17th and d pmt you find yourself rerouted like earlier this week. aaron back to you. >> tauhank you, jack. ♪ do you remember this performance we brought you are here on news4 today a few weeks back. the being ac pela choir at blake high school.e they werforming in nashville to perform at the grand old opry,nl the high school group from maryland

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>> announcer: news4 today starts now. fast approaching 5 "a." good m i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. friday morning arrived. we are this close to the week'r and y making plans. >> will the weather hold out is thest qn. wtop jack taylor is in for mels aire. talking to you about the roads in a second. ping an uck bell is k eye on the forecast. >> good morning aaron and eun. friday here after a long week of crazy ups and dow t in

weather department. things are settling down just in time for friday and youren we for the first time in a couple of weeks it looks like the weatr plays slow pitch over the we can. get your plans without having to reschedule everything. cold breezes are back. northwest winds today. you'll notice it for sure. we'll have sunshineund this morning. there is a chance for passing snore flurry or two today. nothing to worry about. and dry for mostf the weekend. could rule out the occasional flake on saturday or the occasional drop on sunday. but rain/snow chances are low over the weekend. best time to see a flurry thb will be this afternoon as this areaf virginia west value stra gliepds over. and it's low impact but it's something to talk about. couple of the snow flurries out out west of the elkins west virginia. starting off in the 20s f most of northern virginia. low nirts in maryland. the planner for today,ou there go, temperatures in the 30s most of the