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 day.

might touch 40 for the afternoon. but it will be cold on friday evening. we'll lookloser at the woke coming up jack taylor. good morning. >> chuck, good morning. arting in akake. k pch going in the southbound t directio southbound lanes remain closed all traffic diversity to pine drive. left on livoagston pan livingston road puts you on 210 southbound. the accidents have cleared and the northbound travel lanes are open. annapolis. rowe boulevard. closed south of particularly. we hade a vehicle f involved in this. authorities remain on scene sil ng the roadway also for rail ride ertz penn line stead scheduled to part at 6:45 cancel are for toy. >> it's 5:01 breaking news right now in brings george's county. >> a part o indianhead highway is shutdown because of a death investigation and a crash involving a prince george's

county police officer. megan mcgrath is live there now. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well wcan tell you that the inbound lanes, the northbound lanes of indianhead highway n open. but the southbound lanes still closed because of in investigation. you can see the prince george's county police cruiser there in the -- in the center of a of this activity. on the otheride you can see visible damage to that cruiser off to the left there is an suv that has gone off the roadway nd is in thatray area alongside the road here. what we're told at this points that in began with a death investigation on indianhead highway, not at this location down.little further a little south from here. that call coming in around midnight. prince georgeic county offs were shutting down 210 in both directions as a part of that death investigation. as they were doing that -- as ck that road b was in place, a

vehicle that was traveling southbound on indianhead highway, it struck the police cruiser that was blocking the road and then that vehicle went off the roadway there. now we're told that thce police of in that cruiser was taken to the hospital and is in stable cond'tion. we d have a whole lot of other information, though, at this point. certainly i've been asking this initial death t investigatit began all of this police activity in the area. not a lot of information. they're trying to get me some additional details here. but all we know is that there was some kind of death just a short distance down the road. they were investigating that. and that's when this accident that you see behind me back to you. >> all right. meagan mcgrath live i akake. k thank you. we reached another friday which should be a payday for 800,000 federal workers but day of the government shutdown brings little promise of a compromise. >> two senate bills that would have ended the shutdown failed yesterday.

the good news both received sossoverport. and president trump appears to be reten lenting on his demand for a fully funded planned to build a border wall. he signals as long as he gets downpayment he would consider signing a bill to reopen the government. house speaker s nancy pelosis she is not convinced it's a serious offer. after the failure of the republican-backed senate bills arks flew in a closed door meeting for the gop. the "washington post" reports that senator johnson of wisconsinapped at majority leader mitch mcconnell at one point telling him thiis all your fault. the shutdown isn't only impacting the paycheckings of federal borks it may be impacting the safety of anybody on airplanes. that is according to the air traffic controller union. the group said with so many workers going unpaid many had to turn to second jobs to process make ends meet. after hours of driving for uber or waiting tables, the union says air traffic controllers then arrive for their ten-hour shifts. six days a week.

some have already resigned. the union said the workers that remain are stressed and overworked. and added that safety of passengers on airplanes is a becomi major concern. they're not trained to deal with the stress of not being able to pay bills or put food on a table for a family. >> the nation's airline pilot union and flight attendance are standing with the controller warning they can't predict the eint at which the entystem will break. the trump administration is coming under firan from who say the gop is insensitive to the financial struggle federal now the white house is trying to defend some comments made by commerce secretary wilbur ross. during an interview on cnbc, ross a self-proclaimed billionaire suglosted fhed workers take out loans. >> there are some federal workers going to homeless shelters to get food. well, i know they are. and i don't really quite

understand why. 800,000 workers, if they never got their pay, you are talking abouta% a third o on our gdp. it's not like it's a gigantic number overall. >> as you'd mexpect,y democrats immediately attacked those comments. calling the r deaf and out of touch. well for furughed worker it's not the comment tear on the television difficult to hear it's shorlding the financial burden of weeks without a paycheck. >> in an effort to help d.c. delee tell more holmes norton ge them an opportunity to voice concerns. >> my message to president trump is to open up the federal government. >> so i call the people of the city to bandtogether. i think we should shut down the trump international hotel so he can feel some of o suffering. because how else is he going to listen? he doesn't car about us. >> other workers talked about

how difficult it is to find temporary work as members of the trump administration suggested. >> i still have epgt iks agreements i have to rely. certain positions like let's say working for uber i'm u do or i could lus my job. >> many of the workers said they have not lost hope that the shutdown will end soon. 07 now. happening in the district today the metro board is set to hold an emergency meeting to vote on measures that could help the thousands of federal workersheho are furlo news4 justin finch live in vienna at the metro station with more on the meeting today. justin. >> aaron, goerpg. metro board chair jack evans expects the measure will likely pass in the emergency meeting today. potentially giving thousands of furloughed workers a much needed break. it's inspired a part by what's going on in maryland where the governor larry hogan announced that frol workers will havehe fares waived on transportation. he called on metro to follow

suit. amid reports that metrofe ridin deral furloughed workers willen use smartefits fares because as we approach a new month here the concern is those benefits will not be dispersed for the ooming month of february. it comes as metro says it's also losing money, estimating $400,000 a day in losses due to the shutdown. and also falling ridership. so as metro itself los money they are reaching out to potentially give a break to fulohed workers. and we are talking about more than 100,000 of them each day. assif this measure does today furloughed workers will bring their federal ids to ati metro s and show it to a statman manager. th would waive them into port for-free. live in fairfax. justin finch, news4. >> thank you. we are updating the app with resources for furloughed federal workers eve day. check the nbc washington app to find out where you can get help and where you can give help.

search shutdown. and coming up up later morning a look at the effort under way to make sure children of federal workers will be able to attend summer camps. >> 5:09 right now. first on 4, the parents of three children were killed on in aanhead way sharing what is just a heart breaking story. >> juanita and alexis majia had left a restaurant when a suspected dru driver slammed into the family's car, killing their three children in oxen hill. when i cry, i cry with pain not only from my heart -- not only my heart hurts when i cry, but also my body physically. >> juanita suffered five broken ribs. police say the driver, thomas hocks, had a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit in maryland. the 5-year-old twins and their 1-year-oldrother died on impact. >> their lives were cut short. but for the time they were here they knew nothing but love and

joy. >> thos hocks now faces several charges including three counts of vehicular manslaughter juft and unimaginable loss my heart goes out for them. it's now 5:10. flames lit up the sky as smoke illowed for miles from a d.c. roof top. >> firefighters put on the flames there. this was the scene at the roof top deck onoced rks on thursday evening. the cor 1r ofh and h streets northeast. we are told somehow the intense flames did not spread to the building below.t no one was hn that fire. we have another update on the work to fix the massive sinkhole that opened up in the district. we showed you in wednesday. right at thentersection of 17th and d streets near constitution hall. we were first told that it would be next week when t issue was fixed. now we are told it may take a we problem.ore to fix the that means the closures wove been seeing for days now may be in place some time yet.

17th street is still closed between c and e. an now d stree is closed between 15th and 17th. >> it is one arrest but police hope it curbs the rising number of car break-in here the district. police say in is aaronri hn. arrested wednesday. officers tide him to break-ins since the beginning of theier. officers say he grabs everything he can once he gets into a consider. this car was unlocked but police way ofhas a creative breaking in when the door won't open. >> like a spring prited type device that would pop the window like t fire department would use causing the glass to break outward without may go noise. the fifthcaught in district which in the last month has seen an 83% rice in car break-s. police increased patrols and leave fliers on cars to remind people not to leave valuables in plain sight and always lock

doors.er simple remi can be a deterrent. >> you have to do it though. >> it's happened to you perhaps one time or anothe a drivinng you see someone a flat tire. >> that happened to one man in our area. anthony maggert saw someone in need. when he stopped and pulled over to help out he realized the man in need was retired general and secretary of state colin powell. maggert is a marine corps veteran headed to a doctor's appointment atalter reed. the vet was shocked as he walked closer to gener powell. ce the shock wore off he introduced himself and changed the>> tire. mean, i'm just an average guy. just doing my part. see somebody who is in need. somebody needed lp. and it could have been anybody. and if it wasn't general powell, i'd stille the same guy today. >> this is a veteran an american hero. come on, served our country and says he is a average guy. >> he is helping. you help. that's wha they do. turns out general powell was also headed to walter reed for doctor's appointment. he posted on ny.

thanks ant you touched my soul and reminded me what this gruntry is all about and why it's so t. >> definitely special. >> awesome. >> way above average. still ahead health officials call america's lack of sleep a public health kr crisis. eye could enough shut serious t risk for a illness. >> i came to shot craps let's shoot craps. i'm not corrupting the youth of america. >> are you sure. >> i'm not teaching them to gamble. was given the schaens to help out with a high school production of guys and dolls. look at the scenes at the show offering students way more than just a moment in the spotlight. chuck. good morning,onverybody. sely cold outside. temperatures in the 20s and 30s. nothing t terrible. coming up in just a minute we are talking about any chances are talking about any chances for snow in the next five days.

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outfighting the home with the smart technology you get what you pay for. often times the discount products skifrp on security. >> meteorology check bel has a look at the forecast the day ahead. no rain, nchuck. rain today. in fact the weather is going to be relatively quiet the next calm are couple days. a passing flurry oay two t and tomorrow. maybe a quick sprinkle of rain on sunday. but really pretty low impact forecast for any of the weekend plans if you are going skiing this we can, all the slopes plenty of snow after the cold earlier in the week. right w, it's 36 at national airport. not much of a wind yet. it will be breezy to blustery side later today t oncehe sun comes pup 23 in prince william 23 in warring ton. 30 fl winchester, virginia. and 33 falling waters west virginia. the planner for friday database to be -- that'she bestew be friday. almost made it to the weekend. suns up at 20 minutes past 7:00r

temper spending most of day in the mid-to upper 30s. the official high today around 40 degrees. and there is a chance for a passing flurry or two today. st chances of that being seen out of your window if youive up towards the pennsylvania border or along into the west and the blueridge. all right, saturday, a action mix of clouds and sunshine, maybe a flurry or two. nothing to worry aboco. though. high tomorrow 39 degrees. here it is on storm team radar. most of the snow showers in stra pennsylvania are headed east. they're not making it u to but in central west virginia are go through here about noon and 00 or fourks. the five-day outlook relatively nice the nextouple days. seasonably chilly. back up to 50 by tues

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a. welcome back. troubles in annapolis. keing rowe boulevard between the johnson highway. the investigation is ongoing. no traffic rolling on rowe boulevard south of john hanson highway this morning. 210 inhe southbound direct in ac a keke. after berry road you fine the road blocked at pine rode. southbnvnd lanestigation. returning at livingston road enbeyond scene of the ash. northbound lanes unpaskted. new troubles out of new

baltimore. sounds like a new crash at vent hill road. all lanes blocked northbound. hoping to move the vehicles o of the roadway out. >> 5:23. how igch do you think school shaped who you are today. it may be easy to behempact of math and science. but the arts have an impact. i was a theater kidsc in high ol and heritage high school in leesburg recently gave me a chance to get on the stageto an shine a light on the powerf the performing arts. >>'m going to get married. >>as it's the l rehearsal before heritage high school opendu the winter pion of guys and dolls a classic from the golden age much musical theater. >> we have two pairs from people who fall in and out of love with each other. along the way they hit some -- bump into interesting game playing. >> angela runs os the drama department. and she had the wild idea to invite me to take a wall-on

role. >>t to try to do it all. >> talk about a trip down memory ne. i acted and directed through high school and college. >> i came to shoot crs. >> guys and dolls was my last performance as a sfwleen you will give me cash. >> i heard it. >> this theater thing is about more than just pretending it's character development, comprehension. memorization. meaningful movementnd team building. >> these skills can serve them in whatever field they >> into. ou can't look at standardized test course to measure the value. all over the country when budgets get tights the arts see the first or biggest cuts. e >> l a big crap game. >> but the actor here tell you the pro isn the performance. >> wouldn't it be wonderful if we getor married tw night. >> grace is the female lead. gravitaing this spring aftur ears of work on stage and behind the scenes. nl i love taking on a new character and not learning about the character but also

about yourself. bus you learn so much about yourself through pursuing these different characters. >> i practice all the time. i interest try and make sure i don't sp practicing until it's perfect. and even then keep going. >> at heritage, the program is supported by the school and parent boosters. addingon a sdrama teacher this school year. next year there will be 12 thter courses. students that you might not think would be interested in theater find their niche here and we're proud of that. >> when i hit the stage on opening night the energy from the young actors was infectious, a piece of art created by a troop that will always be bonde by their time on this stage. >> i don't think i'll ever leave theater. always be involved somehow. >> i know exactly what you mean. >> lights up! >> never lose it. heritage is one of the smallest schools in loudoun count with one of the largest most award-winning theater programs. guys and dolls runs again we could. heritage puts on a production of mama mia in april a big pruks for the school.

a hundred kids maybe in the cast. so smart. en you hear about the students talking about searching yourself. practicing, working hard. these are skills life.e rest of arts is such an important part of lerpg. >> would you believe i was aki y before getting into theater and school. >> i wouldn't. >> stayed in the shadows. big thank tohe young man right next top sala, sooky the. >> you look very comfortable up there. very cool. now 5:56 coming up. a makeover for the beay aisle. the change cvs is gichg the products you love a reality check chuck. before theater he hardly said a word now the complete opposite program. >> exactly. >> can't shut me up. school day forecastor today. temperatures near freezing this morning. a cool and breezy d temperatures up near 40 degrees by the time school is done. check of the ten-day forecast, and the mention of the polar vortex come up. >> and southbound indianhead

highway is clod in ac a keke following thecc aident involving a

>> announcer: news4 today begins with breaking news. tt breaking news right now at 5:30, lanes of indghnhead hiy just reopened as police investigate another death on that bus stretch of road. >> at least one personll was overnight. and we have learned a police officer was hit at the e.sc we have team coverage in first 4 traffic. wtop jack taylor working on gatherering infoation talking about getting around the delays. >> but meagan mcgrath live on the scene in accokeek. what's going on? >> reporter: if you look behind me here you can see there is still aolice cruiser on the scene. but that is now the only one left. the have reopen southbound lanes. no in all began to unfold at about midnight. that's when prince george's county police responded to a death investigation on indianhead highway. route 210 in the accokeek area. that death investigation was down ing a little further the road from where im at 210

and pine drive. so as they were investigating that, the decision was made to close indianhead highway in both directionsre so tas a police cruiser actually making that -- that blockade i you will, making that detour here on at pine drive o the southbound side. that is when a car traveling a southually an suv traveling south then hit the cruiser that was blocking the roadway. now, the officers in that cruiser was taken to the hospital in stable condition we're told. so the suv, the person our understanding is going to be enay. that suv off the side of the road and into the grassy msea there. now, in t of that initial death investigation, still i trying to geormation about that. but at this point we are just seen all of the lanes on indianhead highway reopened. now with more on traffic. we're sending it over to jack. >> thank you, megan. great news to hear10eopened both direction. fantastic new in accokeek south

of berry road. livingston road is people hear is it is closer toward the ltway this is in accokeek. be war our issue in virginia is 29 crossing out of new baltimore. nauchls veems vehicles involved in the crash process. rthbound lanes o 29 blocked. also the closure inan ondo in annapolis on rowe blfrd.an the johnn highway and particularly road. overnight crash with a vehicle fire that investition ongoing. no access to rowe boulevard and route 50. the john hanson highway. aaron, eun. back to you. >> 5:32 right now. i want to letou no that marshall county publicop school two hours late process a llay there. et's get the forecast from our meteorology chuck bell. what are we h talking aboute chuck. >> 20s and 30s to get friday morning started. the average low temperature in washington is 29 degrees. technilly 36 is qui a bit

above average. but there are places that are down below 29. man assis. p 23 in prince george's county. 31 in the pan handle of west virginia. for the forecast for friday, roe pact weatheray. good news. if you are looking for something to complaint about it will be breezy or blustery around this afternoon. northwest winds up around 15 to 25-mile-per-hour. and there will bee a lit extra cloudiness during the middle parts of the day between noon and 3:00. maybe able to wring out a flurry two. not bothering anybody. skies clear out after the sun goes down and it's cold friday evening. if you are going out, temperatures in the mid-20s. wind chills in the teens for iday evening plans. closer look at the weekend and talk about the polar plunge coming next we t. nk you, check. we have breaking news right now. impacting som classes at a local community college cory something smith at the live desk

what's going on. >>ot the bes way to start friday depending on who you ask learning about a major water main break at montgomery and llege. on the rockville campus. several buildings will be cersed andin classes cancelled. students and staff are told to the checkhe campus website to see how they are affected. ing downmain break shu several buildings and classes can't cancel the a rockville campus. >> thank you. 5:34. another friday payday and blanc check for federal worke. >> 35 days is taking its toll but a compromise may be on theh zontal. . as expected two competing senate bills to reopen the government failed yesterday.ft but the votes senate majority leaderitch mcconnell and senate minority leader chuck schumer met to discuss the possibility of a stopgap bill. giving lawmaeers three to work pout a deal on border security while the government is open but white house press

secretary sarah sanders says the compromise would only work if there is a large downpayment on the wall.e hous speaker nancy pelosi again indicated that wasn't an option. tracie potts has more on the story coming up in a few minute >> as the political boofrpgt continuing, the eyakemle and financial follo is mountin on workers struggling to make ends meet. in many ways the community is epping up to help. service source is a company helping connect people w disabilities with jobs. that is what the company did for fred picket. now a furloughed federal worker. for 27 years you could find picket at the epa in the mailro . i told news4's david culver it's a job he loves and wants to go ck to. >> what do you miss most about not being at work? >> i miss dish dish miss my daily routine. coworkers and also of course miss my paycheck. >> now service source just

launched aampaign called cans for contractors. the food drive aims to help employees with disability out of work right you can search cans for contract resist in the nbc washington app torn lmore. it's now 5:36. you new this morning the mother of a seventh grader who died deom an apparent suit school is now filing a lawsuit against the charter school. 12 jld stormia dennison jackson was found dead in her dorm room in southeast d.c. last year. her mother patricia densen says her daughter was bullied and she raised concerns. the lawsuit says the school e didn't dugh to prevent the suicide. >> we have an update now on a teen shooting rocked the prince george's county neighborhood. 16-year-old gwin hernandez is charged as adult with assault. he was dnking when he pointed his gun at a friend and pulled the trigger. this was wednesday morning. the 15-year-old victim is in

critical con. investigators say both teens were drinking and the suspect admitted to shooting his friend. lookingt other top stories at 5:37. 21-year-old thomas hocks faces several charges in the deaths of three children killed last month on indianhead way. celice say hocks' blood alcohol level was the limit when he rear ended alexis and juanita majia and the three children. and thehiren died on impact. in florida investigators try to figure out why pennsylvania 21-year-old man walked into a bank and killed five women in florida. h zefen xaver id without bond. he walked in killed five people and then cled 911. police say they believe xaver had no intention of robbing the bank. florida's sechatary of state resigned after shocking photosurfaced showing him in black face.ur pictes obtained by the tallahassee democrat show

michael ertle possessing as a hurricane kantor that victim at a private halloween party in 20es. hened hours after the photos were posted >> a kmans enkoupter put an area veteran face-to-face with retired general colin pyell. anthon maggert was heading to a doctor's appointment when he notice add man stranded with a flat tire. that man turned out to be colin powell. even more of a coincide. powell was also headed to walter reed for a doctor's appointment. hear from thehoktd veteran in our next half hou great story. >> it is 5:38. keeping an eye on a first 4 traffic alert for y for you you. the southbound lanes opened in accokeek as a death investigation continuing process. live with team coverage as you start your friday commute. flusulfilling demand. medical marijuana expanded in our area where a new shop is now officially open. >> first talk about about coitment a low bac at the workout class keeping the same group coming back since 1984.

. ch>> announcer: you're wg news4 today. are you keeping one your new year's resolution sns statistics sa that many of us won't make it past valentins day. >> if you even get that far. thate not the c for this group. an aerobics class of ladies and one gentleman who meet three times a week for workouts. and they've been doing this route since 1984. they ormly came together as strangers to take a classt one gym. they changed gyms and added new members along the way. but the core gro stayed the same. >> back when i was 18 an a freshman in college i failed the fitness exam. >> oh. >> and now i'm 69, and in better shape than i was then. >> jumping jack, knee up. >> see this is why they're going to be fit.

this year marks 35 years of uninterrupted commitment. >> that's reallyss impe. tonight and news4 at 6:00. barbara harrison shares the story. te but the glue that's kept them sticking together for so many years. >> very cool. >> hats off to d them. grning, everybody. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. l tle blustery and breezy later in the afternot. but m snow chances miss us to the north. but in central west virgini let you know whether you see a snow flake or tup. plus he ten-day forecast and the big drop in temperatures coming our way next wee in annapolis we have rowe boulevard clocked blocked between 50 on particularly road. no access from 50ow to boulevard and vis versa. unfortunately we stve the ination ongoing and all lanes rem

>> announcer: you're watching news4. tod 15 before the hour. one month and two miss theck payc the government shutdown now in day 35 as expected two competint bills to reope government failed in the senate. >> but the failures sparked conversations between lawmakers to negotiate and get federal employees back to work. news4 tracie potts live from capitol hill with more. tracie good morning. >> hey there, eun and aaron. when neither side gets their way that's when the compromise gins. that's what we see on democrats. the plan failed so did the republicans during the vote on

the senate floor. so the o leaders both sides sat down together for the first time in five weeks to try to work it out. also hearing that a bipartisan group behind the scenes working on border curity, billions of dollars but so far nothing for the wall. and a change in tone at the white house where preaydent trump he is leaving in up to the senate if they come one a reasonable comprom will sign it. the hope is that they can come up with something temporary for three weeks to reopen government and get folks bk to work and get them paid while they work out the details on border securi. we'll watch for more developments on that today. all right. tracie potts thi morning. thank you. >> it's 5:46. metro is oking to join the dwreing list of agencies trying to help frl workers. >> its board molds a emergency meeting that cld bring good news for furloughed work. justin finch is live in fairfax with the story. justin, what's happening. >> reporter: hey there, aaronia essey free rides on the table here. as we all know the expense of a

daily cmute is a hardship right now for a lot of furloughed workers still going into work. so this measure if passed could lift a really heavyurden. so back on thursday just yesterday maryland gofrp larry hogan urged metro t h followis state's lead right now in maryland just announced that furloughed workers traveling on state transportation will see fares waived. commuting and paychecks a linked in more ways than you t realize. a lot of metro workers -- rather metro riders are furloughed workers with smart benefits which are set to expire for january soon. no word if the benefits will be disbursed for given the furlough is not ending any time soon. this comes too as the metro itself has said it's also losing money to the tune of about $400,000 ano day. down to that meeting is where in all comes to today. setor about 3:00 p.m. this

afternoon. the metro board chair jack evan says he believes the measure can pass. and expects it to do so. pan if does that means as soon as monday a furlough worker will brin the government to a metro station and be waved in by a station manager and get a free ride and a break as well. back in to you. >> all right. justin fifrmg live for news vienna this morning. thank you. well the shutdown is taking a financial toll on metro. the agency says it's losing about $400,000 every weekday from low ridership. the metro board chairman says local governmentsill need to make larger contribution to avoid cutting services it's unclear if this is part of the emergency meeting at metro. today the prince george's county public school district will hoeft a job fare for federal workers looking for substitute teachers and teaching assistant the job fare will be at sasser administration administration

from 1 to 7:00 p.m. >> a woman believes her brother was deliberately run down by a car i prince george's county. melvin was hit outside ever his ho in adele fie two weeks ago. his family initially thought it was an accident but nowis sister believes he was targeted. surveillance video shows her berry getting out of a car when another car hit him. he was thrownnto the air and landed several feet away. the vehicle never stopped to help. >> when i see that video of my brother i was just like i can't believe he is alive.us be wow. >> pineta is still in the hospital with m and his mouth is wired shut. medical marijuana is now available on both sides of the anacostia in d.c. representative he will more holmes norton and the w mayore on hand to help cut the ribbon at anacostia organics it's a woman-owned medical marijuana facilities i anacostia. they say they are working to allow the sale of recreational

marijuana in the district. the congress befor to okay tha as well. she is working on a plan to market recreational sales and it will be introduced this year. cvs i looking at how to market beauty products. >>sledging to pas along a healthier self-image to the next rolling out the beauty mark campaign. beauty mark will tell customers whetr photos in the beauty aisle have be digitally altered or uched. actress and creative consultant kerrto washi says she is all for it. >> we are up against this extraordinary power of computers that tell use e not enough. >> companies like frogena revelen and cover girl are onboard. >> for now about 70% of the photos will be labeled. and the goal is to have 100% of images labeled by next year. to love who you are without all the filtering appear touch-ups.

>> i do love myself but i love the filters too. >> oh. >> every now and then where you going, check i can see the whee >> yes. . >> you are making it too easy fore him. >> we can't filter the morning news. >> hg tv at 5:00 in the morning. apologies. >> no kidding. it's all about the cold coming. >> it is. >> it really is.ng i did dig in the record books. >> oh oh. >> you know that means trouble. >> yes. the last -- i'm not saying this is happening next we can. with you for reference the last time national airport dropped below zero the -- hasn't done it since 1994. it has been forever since national airport dropped bel zero. and the time before that reagan's second inaugural january 20ing, 1985. e 20th a the 21st both below zero. i bring it up because there are signs a real outbreak of cold coming our way towards the middle of nexteek. the odds of national airport getting below zero are near

zero. but some of the suburbs and especially northern md and the mountains of west virginia, i think there will besubzero numbers towards the laterarts of next week. right now it's a chilly 36 degrees in townd out of the west averaging 5-mile-per-hour. so there is a hint of a wind chill. that wind increases a bit once the sun comes u temperatures in the 20s south of the city and most 30s north of hit the road forecast for the compute today, it's a cold start today. get the seat heaters on medium. middle of the day between noon and 3:00 a little extra cloud cover and breezy and blustery at times and possibility of a flurry or two from in patch of snow showers out in central parts of west virginia. otu can tell by looking it doesn't have a of moisture to work with. but it comes through during the peak much day time heating pl. as a result it could come through with snow flakes. the bottom faums out of the numbers on tuesday into wednesday. these numbers might be a little

conservative, 10, 11, 15. and those are downtown numbers. most of the suburbing will be erale to zero for s mornings next week. and if next week was your which is trip to minneapolis, they might not get above 209 below zero for high temperatures up there. jack taylor, that is cold! >> that is very cold. wow! . all right in virgini start with our crash. 29. it's headed in the northbound direction out of warren ton in new balt. you see no traffic there is aou se cash at vent hill road and the northbound lanes remain blocked. it isn't an invesgation b it's been sometime since 29 has been closed. we havehe activity on 50 rowe boulevard. on the chanha tilly w the crash on 50 westbound at lee road. this crash has westbound lanes of 50 blocked. eastbound traveling leaned bop. rolevard south of john hanson, the other 50 you find that rem cnsedsed from overnight accident that involved a vehicle fire. clearup continuing rowe

boulevard blocked in both directions south of the john hanson. aaron, eun back to you. >> jack, thank you. ♪ you remember this performance we brought you here on news4 today a few weeks pak. molette green introduced to this choir at montgomery county. tonight they perform on one of the mostamous stages in the world. they are in nashville now to perform at the grand old opry. the only high sc group from maryland invited to perform there. >> what an honor. >> ye >> the school will be hosting a live streami event good luck to the performers wishing them the best. what an iredible experience for the rest of heir lives to remember. >> yes it's cold outside. but summer wilbe here before you know it. >> when? when? >> so soon. >> don't tease me like that. well that' why camps in montgomery county are calling on parents to sign up kids now. we parents know even though it's still january, the camps fil up

fast, right, >> absolutely. as long as there is this federal government government s atdown looking for opportunities, discounts, things for furloughed familie to still be able to take advantage of and we found them. we asked the folks at parent magazine to lay it out. there is a big camp fair happening sunday. but right now we are previewing a small portion of the camp fr from the kid museum here in be these da. we have everything you need to know from in the 6:00 hours. the robotics dash and dot up on the counter. the sports camp, you see dallas there showing off skills. so find outll the deals come your way when you come out to the montgomery county camp fair in the 6:00 hour of news4 heday. is doing it well. all right. all right. back to you. >> good morning i'm frank holland at cnbc headquarter

process facebook's mark zuckerberg pending an op-ed in the "wall street journal" defending the social media giant add business and saying any don't sell data. emphasizing users have control over how the iormation issed for advertising. the piece comes after ay year oc tiny over targeted ads and data privacy. with the cnbc business report. i'm frank who will zbloond thank you. still ahea the side of the road when he spots a person in need of help. what happened next is a story he'll never forget. plus we are continuing to follow breaking news in prince george's county this morning. police investigating a death along indianhead highway in accokeek. and an officers cruiser was hit during the investigation. we have a live report from the scene for you when news4 today return the tims now 5:56.

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>> announcer: news4 tthay begins breaking news. just about 6:00 a.m.go morning everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist ijts and i'm eun yang. the breaking news of a police cruiser hit on i had indianhead highway on the scene of a death investigatio >> let's get to megan mcgrath live in accokeek. what'soing on? >> reporter: right now all of the lanes on indianheady, high

route 210 reopened. you can see traffic running behind me here. n but that wasot the case a short time ago. let's look at the video. this all began around midnight. george's en prince county police got the report of a death in th accokeek area he on route 210. officers respond to that death investigation, made the decision to shut down the highway. so police cruisers came to the area of pine drive and livingston. they were closing down theer highway so that the other officers, investigating the death, couldir do the work as one of the officers in a cruiser was manning that detour, a southbound traveling suv struck the cruiser, and thenent off the roadway. now, they were transported to the hospital.ol i'm gnat officer is in stable condition. no updates on the pern who was driving that suv. but anonngoing investiga really involving two different sceneser