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 scenes here. the initial call which was a

death investigation, and wely re do not have any information about what that was about. but that was initially why police responded to the area. and then it ended up with a secondary accident right at the detour. back to you guys. >> megan mcgrath life in accokeek this morning. thank you. this morni we are also keeping an eye on the friday morningec ft. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell standing by with that. >> let's start with jack taylor in for melissa this morning. how are the crashes impacting the commute. >> the good news i many as we hear from icy conditions but with the winds blowing we hope at this point the roads dry out. right around the freezesing mark as cck tells you with the winds gusting we may have the chance for icy spots. bu good news megan told us 210 in accokeek reopened. this crash in chan tilly. process 50 westbound at lee road. traffic s had beepped now getting by one lane to the road. eastbound lanes never a

you find on 29 northbound in vicinity hill out much newlt ore. unfortunately a crash with authorities still on scene and the northbo od lanes 29 remained closed. you see the line on the screen. be aware. chuck with the winds blowing through i'm assuming the forecast is getting much colder. what are we dealing with today. >> today honestly not bad. a little blustery and maybe passing snow flurries during the middle parts of the day. but a low impact weather forecast for friday into the we could. as jack mentioned a lot of rain yesterday. ome places dropped far enough below freezing anything that looks wete could icy. ook out on i-95 southbound through parks of fair packs stafford, spotsle nnia. temperatures in the mid-20s there. a bit more cloud cover overnight from the washington area northbound. as a result temperatus are at or just about the frezing mark in many z nghborhoods. planning out friday today, a little breezy, breaks of

knshine. a rf a mid-afternoon flurry. if you think about noon and 3:00. a low impact event nothing to worry about. unup at 7:20. down at 5:21. 10 hours and one min e of daylight. got to love the days getting longer. today's high 40. a closer look at the weekend coming up. >> thank you. 6:03 another friday that should be a payda for 800,000 federal workers but day 35 of the government shutdown bringing little promise of >> two senate bills that would have ended the shutdown failed yesterday. the goodot news received crossover support. and president trump appears to be relenting on his demand for a fully funded plan to build a border wall. he is signaling lhat asg as he gets what he is calling a wn dopayment he would consider signing a bill to reopen the government. house speaker nancy pelosi says she is not convinced it's a serious offer. ter the failure of the republican backed senate bill yesterday sparks aarently flew a closed door meeting for the

gop. the "washington post" reports that senator ron johnson of wisconsin snapped at majority leader mitch mcconnell at one point, telling him this is all your fault. >> the shutdown isn't onlyhe impacting paychecks of federal workers. it may be impacting your safety on airplanes. ffic ding to the air t controllers union. the graup said with so many workers going unpaid many had to turn to second jobs to make ends meet. after hours of driving for uberi orng tables, the union says air traffic controller turn around andead to ten-hour shifts six day as week. some have already the union said the workers that remain are stressed and overworked. and added that the safety of paplengers on aes is becoming a major concern. >> they're not trained to deal with the stress of not being able to pay yourills or p food on the table for the family. >> the nation's airline pilots unionnd flit attendants are standing with the controllers an warning they predict the point at which the entire system tll break.

>> themp administration is coming under fire from many who say the gop is insensitive to the financial struggle federal workers face. now the white house is trying tt defend com made by commerce secretary wilbur ross. during an interview, ross a self-problimd billionaire suggested workers take out loans. >> t workers going to homeless shelters to get food. >> well, i know they are. and iea don'ty quite understand why. 800,000 workers, if they never got their pay you are talking about trd of a% on our gdp. so it's not likes i gigantic number overall. >> as youex ct, many democrats immediately attacked those comments. calling the remarks quote tone deaf and out ofll touch. for furloughed workers it's not the commentary on the television difficult to hear. it's shouldering the financial burden of going weeks without a

paycheck. >> in of an effort to d.c. delegate he will more holmes norton grave are gave workers a air grievance and concerns. >> my message to president trump is to open up the federal government. [ applause ]he >> so i calleople of the city to band together. and i think we should shut down the trump international hotel so he can feel some of our suffering. because how else is he going to listen? he doesn't care about us. >> some workers talked about how difficult it is to find temporary work as members of the trump administration have suggested. >> i filled out epgt iksag ement i have to rely. certain positions or jobs like working for uber i'm unableo do where i could lose my job. >> many workers said that they have not lost hopetd the sn ends stoon it's now 6:06. help for furloughed workers coming from many people and metro may follow maryland as lead and give free rides to

furloughed federal workers. larry hogan announced thursday that allstate transportation would be free for federal employs working without pay. hogan says the shutdown is impacting about 150,000 rylanders and their families. today the metro board will hold an mccormick vot that could allow federal employees to ride free starting monday. loudoun county transit and fairfax connect ner also offering free rides. we're updating our app with all theesources for furloughed federal workers every day. check the nbc washington appo find out where you can get help and where you can give help. gearch shutdown. and com up later a look at the effort to make sure children of federal workers will be able to attend summer camp. the senate intelligence mmittee has served president trump's former lawyer michael cohen with a subpoena. this comes one day aer he postponed an appearance before the house oversight committee. cohen was sfyposed to tes in public on february 7th. he abruptly postponed the appearance due to his his legal

advisers call ongoing threats from president trump and his lawyer directed at cohen's family. president trump defies any comments are treats. the source close to cohen told nbc news he has beenrdered to testify before the senate uary 12th. n fe 6:08 right now. first on news4, the parents of thre children killed on indianhead highway are sharing what really is just a heartea ng story. >> waun eat eu a and allisis amjia and heiry left a restaurant when a drunk driver slammed into the family's killing their three small children in oxen hill. >> when i cry, i cry with pain not only from my heart, not only my heart hurts when i cry also my body physically. >>uata majia suffered five broken ribs. police say the driver thomas hocks had a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit in maryland. their 5-year-ol twins and 1-year-old brother died on

impact. >> their lives were cut short with you but for the time tha w the here they knew nothing but love and joy. >> so incredibly sad. thomas hocks now faces several charges including three counts of vehicular manslaughter. your heart just goes out to the couple. >> can't imagineehat they going through. it's now 6:09. flames lit up theky as smoke billowed for miles from a d.c. roof top. >> traffic wastopped in the popular neighborhood as fierts ied to put out flames. this was the scene at the roof top deck on red rocks on thursday. this is 18th street northeast. somehow the flames did for the spread to theabling below and nobody was hurt in the fire. >> we have yet another update on the work f to the massive sinkhole that opened in the district. we first showed you in sinkhole wednesday. it opened at the intersection of 17th and d streets near d.a.r. constitution hall.e we wer first told it's next week when the issue is fixed.

now we're told it may take a week or more to fix. that means t closures we have been seeing may be in place for some time 17yet. th street is it stilllo cd between c and e streets.ow and n d street is alsobe closed een 15th and 17th. the whole area is going to be mess. try to avoid it. >> more so than usual. >> exactly. >> well it's happened to you probably at one time or an aher. drivinng you see someone with a fla hre. >> stop p makes sense sometimes. anting nip maggert saw somebody into need when and when he pulled over he realized the man in need was retired general colin powell.s maggert a veteran himself. headed to a doctor's appointment at walt reed. the vets says he was shocked when he walked close are. he introduced himself and then helped change the tire. >> i'm just an ave jge guy,t doing my part. see somebody who is in need. help.dy needing and so it could have been anybody. and if it wasn't general powell,

i'd still be the same guy today. >> turns out general powell was also headed toor walter reed a doctor's appointment. he posted about it facebook page. reads in part. thanks anthony you touched my soul and remind me what this country is all about and why it's so great. people helping people. >> very nice. i an love mr. maggert is just like i'm just like any other e y. no, not. all right. still ahead, health officials call america's lack o sleep a public health crisis. >> and now not e ugh shut eye could put you at risk for serious illness. >> i came t shoot craps let's shoot craps. >> sure, sure. >> i'm not corrupting the yachting of america. >> i don't know about that. he we are not teaching gambling. i was offered chance to help out in a production of guys and dolls. we take you behind the scenes of a show offering students more than a moment in the chuck. ght. >> good morning, everybody. it is friday. and that means it is time to start thinking about the weekend. here is what you need to know

abouthe we can. it's a little on the chilly sido torrow. a little cloudy on sunday. >> reporter: from a mad scientist to everything you need to know about robotics,o sports camps, we have got camp season sign up happeningnow. and deals for feral workers impacted by the shutdown. don't miss it coming up next on news4 today. and as we head to break, another look at the breaking news we're followi this morning. news4 has learned a police officer's cruiser was hit overnight onndnhead way between pine and livingston road in accokeek. the officer was on the scene for a death investigation. the road reopened less than an hour ago. our crew is on the scene and bringing you more informaonon as s it becomes available. stay with us. wel'l

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>> announcer: you're watching news4 today>> a new study reveals why poor sleep could increase t ris for alzheimer's disease. psychiatrists from the univerhity of wton in st. louis studied both mice and peep, finding sleep deprivation increases levels of a damaging protein called tao lind to amaze heimer's decease. experts say one sleepless night can cause t levels to spike by 50%. this is not goodor news us. >> if you are trying to eat better this year it turns out some of th healthier diets are good for the planet. researchers found that diets focused on poultry whole grainss and bean h the lowest carbon footprint. but these diets had lower amounts ofnt impor newt eents like calcium and vietn. me the worst had red meat and

dairy. it was conducted by university of michigan. and tulane zbloomt we have to get more sleep a eat healthier. >> and we need research to tell us that. yes. 6:16. yes cold outside. very cold. summer will be here before you kn it. >> that's why. >> let's hope. >> a lot of camps in montgomery county call on parents to sign up kids now. molette grown now live with what you need to know and special scounts for federal workers. motette? >> repor hey guys i got the basketball camp happening in front of me some kids from there. and robotics happening everything. from the sports to the s.t.e.m. happening on sunday at the big fair. we have a pview happening here at the kid museum here in asd. i want to back on jackie dooy martin from parent magazine. we asked you guys to make sure that you know there wasth sog for federal government workers, people impacted by the shutdown. and your camps came through

jackie. >> they did that's right, molette. the camp season has begun registration has startede nd wanted to make sure that the federal workers were not imcted negatively a needed to get signed up. our ached out to close to 60 programs that are going on-site. and they have all stepped up to the plate. they want to help. they are delayingir t -- they have waisting registry fees, delaying payment. deferred pment plans. keep the early bird specials going. lots oti opportuni. it's a free event. and we want the government workers to come out.ri >> that's t. all right. and so basketball, cp basketbaly ma be your thing what do you say. >> kids 7 to 13 come out and learnbeo play er. >> or do the green acres school. >> everything from learning to fly drones, baskball, on-site swimming and much more. >> all right so sunday this is the big deal happening rockville hilton at 10:00 in the

morning. as jackie vementioned,thing from0%ff to payment plans. dhey're going to work with people impacte by the federal government shutdown. so your kid can enjoy camp this summer. all right that's the latest we're going to ha muchore throughout the hour from some of the other camps. and become a mad scientist, all right. aaron, eunu. back to >> so many options now is the time. >> the spaces fill up fastest. >> thank you molette it'ow 6:18. let's check in with chuck bell talking about thed c weather. i guess you have to have perspective, can be chuck. i just saw >> yes, indeed. international falls, minnesota, typically one of the colder spots in the country, they're 26 below zero this morning. that's not even near the record. not even close to it. so when we start talking about gettinl cold around here next week yb, remember to it keep it in perspective. certainly cold for us. but it's not really going to be

an earth shattering levels of chill. 35 degrees now in washington. winds out of the west. averaging 9-mile-per-hour. so there is a hint of a wind chill early this morning. but nothing tooy terri crazy. well there it is. in fact the wind chill is 28ee de i had the same graphic twice. temperature now 23 in monnassis and 32 in league burg. 31 in martinez burg. 37 by the bay in annapolis. dog walking forecast my dog didn't get walking with the rain. this little rescue dog probably make a great companion next woke help keep you warm when the ather turns cold. the low 30s for themorning. mid-30s at midday. maybe a flurry or two. and turning cold by early parts ofs evening. snow shower chances today are highest north of the mason don line. but there is an area of flurries moving threw parts of the west virginia. and that little impulse glides e ov during the middle of

the day. it could wring out a passing flurry tr. no accumulations. here is the good news. a low impact weather weend. partly sunny and cold tomorrow. high 39. cloudy on a sunday. mayb sprinkle or two of rain but not much impact. near 50 suay. mid-40s monday. back to 50 on tuesday. the real shot of cold air comes in tuesday night into wednesday. ten-day forecast in the next half hour jac taylor. >>. >> thank you, chuck chuck. sta start in chan tilly chopper 4 headed out to c ash near vicinity hill road. unfortunately we have all lanes bloced. this may accident investigation. a number of vehicles involved in crash basically you'll be under police direction. southbound lanes unaffected. 50 westbound. also activity at lee road. that at one pount just the right lane getting by. et most activity has moved to the left side of the roadway. travpeing lanes process. rowe boulevard an update.

northbound lanes only closed. southbound leaching the john hanson hided to particularly lane are open northbound traffic diversity at particularly

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>> announcer: news4 today begins with breaking news. that breaking news right now at 6:30. we learned a law enforcement officer died and an officer eadured overnight and india highway. >> the highway is open but the investigation getting started meagan mcgrath has been piecing the details together. walk us through this, meg meagan. >> we have been a saying morning this began with an incident, a death investigation that happened here in accokeek along indian head way bringing the police response to the area aroundmidnight. we are now learning the initial death investigation involves the death of a law enforcement officer, not getting theha information we can share about the jurisdiction here. now, that investigationrought prince george's county police officers here to this stretch of indian head highway a little

after midnight. the decision was made as part of the investigation to shut down the highway in both directions. and the video gnaw see here is of a police crouser, a prince y george's couolice cruiser in the area actually making that detour at pine drive. and as the officer was in their cruiser an suv traveling southbound on indian head highwaytruck the cruiser, the suv then went off the side of the road. the oth of those people, officer and the striking driver, both taken to the hospital. the officer i'm td is in stable condition. don't have an update on the driver of the suv at this point. i should mention that everything has reopened but certainly a lot of estions, including exactly what happened with that initial death investigation, which we have n learned involves a law enforcement official or a law enforcement officer. so lots of unanswered questions.

we hopeve more information when we talk to you later on in the show. but as for the traffic, no impact on -- at this moment. we'll go to jack taylor now with a little bit more on what's happening elsewhere. >> meagan, thank you. our troubles unfortunatelyofut warren ton riding toward new baltimore a vicinity hill rod, the serious crash northbound travel lanes crossclosed for traffic and you find potentially rerouted back at riley road. that will be the work around. herwise the poor folks are stuck here wait going out until the investigation and cleanup can wrap up. we also had the activity on rowe boulevard down in annapolis. 50 had been closed. unfortunately in the northbound ion. basically between particularly road and 50. the southbound travel lanes have been reopened. you'll also find unfortunate i we have tues on the rails this morning. penn line trainul 413 sch to leave in 15 minutes has been cancelled. the red line is single track between ford to then heavy and

rack problem. a heads up rig now. marshall county west virginia hour c schools on a tw delay. >> chuck bell with a look at the forecast. dry temperaturesably freezing opinion the southern part of ts4 nation this morning where it's the coldest because skies were clearerhe duringvernight to the south of the city. 23 in manassit 26 in quantico. but where the cloudsck were t are. 35 in washington. 34 frederickmaryland. 32 winchester, virginia. on friday always get the friday classes in. 32 at the bus stops. certainly a cold wait for the bus. a littlebrezy and blustery during the middle parts of the day. low tempetures get u close to 40 degrees today. it will be a little cold. wind chilln wind chills the 20s. what to we are. the warm coat and hat. maybe the hat with a tie-down on it. th much colder around here middle parts of next woke. the ten-day forecast forecast

i'll share in 20 minutes. we have breaking news right now in mueller investigation. >> another indictment and arrest this morning. cory smith petition liveop des cory. good morning, aaron and eun. this is breg news.ea nbc newsed that roger stone has been arrested. stone was a former campaign adviser for then candidate donald trump. this is following an indictment by a federal grand jury handed wn yesterday. that indictment unsealed upon stone's arrest contains counts. one count of obstruction of an official proceeding.nt five c of making false statements. and one count of witness stone is expected to make an initial court appearance later today at the federal courthouse if it lurld. we will follow this stars on air and in the app. roger stone arrested in florida following indictment by the grand jury in the robert mueller investigation. aaron, back to you.

>> cory, thank you. now it to the government . shutdo another friday payday and another blanc check for thousands of federal workers. 35 days without being paid is taking its toll but a compromise may be on the horizon. as expected two competing senate bills to reopen the government failed yteterday. the votes, senate majority mitchcconnell a senate minority leader chuck schumer met to discuss the possibility of a stopgap bill. the measure would give lawmakers three weeks to work out a deal on border security while the government is open. but white house press secretary sahr are sanders said the compromise would only work if there is a large down payment on the wall. house speaker nancy pelosi again indicated that wasn't an option. metro could join the growing list of agencies helping federal workers. >> the agencies border will hold an emergency meeting that cdld bring g newsfare furloughed workers justin finch live wit more on this in fairfax. aaron, that's right. and just a matter of house metro

board iset to take up a critical issue right now of free rides for furloughed a workers there is early word that this could pass. that is from metro board's share evans. this emergency meeting comes a day after maryland governor larr hogan urged metro to llow his state's lead. organ announced yesterday that furloughedrs would see the fares waived on state transportation. this also happening at a critical time metro says it has orkersnds of furloughed enrolled in the smart benefits program in which the the metro fares are taken from paychecks. as you mention another week of a blanc check for the federal workers they will likely not see the smart bifurcates business disbursed because of the shutdown. on the table right now are freel rides for fed workers. if passed today by the metro board it will go into effect monday. so workers will come to a metro station with their government ids anded will be w in for

free by a station manager. and the vote is set to take place this afternoon. back out live as you can imagine right now for furloughed workers especially those still going to work without pay, just the daily commute itself has become a real hardship. ron and eun back to you. all right, justin firj. thank you. 6:37 and new this morning the mother of a seventh grader who died from an apparent heicide at school is filing a lawsuit against charter school. 12-year-old young lady was found dead at the school in d.c. lt year. her mother says her daughter was bullied and she raised concerns with leaders. the lawsuit says the school didn't do enough to prevent the suicide. > we have an update on a teen shooting that rocked a prince george's county neighborhood. 16-year-old gwin hernandez is charged as an adult with assault. police say he was drinking when he pointed a gun at his friend and shot him in the head.ne

this hap on wednesday morning at hernandez's home inl over. the 15-year-old victim is in critical condition. investigators say both teens wereg drinknd hernandez admitted to shooting his friend. it. it's now 6:38. and it may be just 35 degrees e. outs but we are thinking about summer here on news4 today. i'm thinking about summer all the time. >> molette dwren is working more on some camps you should be thinking about. anlette. >> reporter: i'm hging out here with all the robots because it's summer camp sign-up season, guys. i stepped on one of them. we have details f furloughed federal workers. becaus t stronger is rebuilding a newborn's heart... 'sand restoring a fathaith. it's standing tall after one surgery...

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>> merp airlines says sevesal famiomplaint about the family once they sat down. this family was were seated on a flight from florida to detroit on wednesday night. the crew asked them to step off the plane and wouldn't let them on. the family accused the airline of sinheing out because they are jewish. >> they are holding their noi and using papers to blow their noise. it smells. the smells. the oweder is hoeshl. that's upsetting to me the people don't take showers that's what he told me. he thought we don't take showers for them. >> in a statementme the acan airlines says they stand by the decision toemove the family. rebooked t another flight mo detroit the next day. >> on now here is the cnbc morn business repo. ood morning i'm franke holland at cnbc. mark zuckerberg pending an op-ed in the "wall street journal" defendingiahe social media ad business and repeating the company does not sell user data. emphasized user have kpreetow

control overhe information used for advertising. the piece comes a year after skrautny for targeted adz and data rife. >> we want to go to a special rert for nbc news. >> announcer: this is an nbc news special report. here is savannah guthrie. >> morning, everyone coming on the air we have breaking news np roger stone a former associate of president trump arrested in florida. the office of special cnsel robert mueller has indicted stone. the charges include witne tampering, obstruction of justice, and making false stements. nbc' kristin wellinger is at the white house. and kristin i know you have the i have is here. it's a long one. but it detailing roger stone in longtime associate of president trump and his coordination and lies aboutat coordinn with wikileaks which released the danieling emails aut hilling. can you fill in the baelts.

>> we will tri. there is no which to overstate this this is a major development in the mueller investigation. w roger stone the president's former adviser andte arrin florida after the indictment by a federal grand jury. let's tick through the c again. in a statement the special counsel offers sayinghe dictment contains seven charges, including one count of obstruction. official proce five counts of false statements. one count of witness tampering. special counsel robert mueller has had his eye on stone over his alleged connection connection to wikileaks a hacked democratic emails released by the site during the 20 campaign. stone for his part repeatedly denied any collusion with wikileaks. according to the court documents, savannah, stone was contacted by seniorump campaign officials to inquire about future releases of wikileaks emails. the documents will also say stone informed the trump campaign officials he had ktinformation sg wikileaks had documents that would be

damaging to the clinton campaign. ow, stone recently has said i will never testify against pump for his part the president tweeted oic it's to know that some people still have guts. initial l make an appearance later today at the federal courthouse in if it laurelled. we have reached out to thee whie housnd reached out to the president's attorneys. so far no response. but again savannah this is anud ongoing cooming over the administration and this is yet another major twist. >> a bige piece of puzzle. .ristin thank you so much we are having the latest on this ahead on ""today." . for now post of returno regularly scheduled prmg. this has been an nbc news special rert. jus recap again, roger stone, a former associate of president trump has been indicted on seven charges by special counsel robert mueller. those charges including obstruction of justice a a count of witness tampering, and five other counts of giving

false statements >> arrested in for the lauder dale. he will appear in court.

it is 6:47. we are following breaking news right now. two brtoking newsries. the first out of prince george's county. we learned a law enfordiment office on indian head highway in accokeek. whileesnding to that scene a prince george's officer was hit. meagan mcgrath is gathering

details. the other breaking news. nbc news learned roger stone has been arrested. stone was a former campaign adviser for president trump. following an indictment by afe ral grand jury in d.c. yesterday. the indictment unsealed on -- upon arrt thisorning contains seven counts, obstruction, five co ts of falsatements, and one count of witness tampering. illustrate a total of seven. stone will make an initial court appearance this morning in if it laurelled. we are in day 35 of the partial government shutdown. it's been m ath since some federal workers have been paid. but is there hope on the horizon. >> lawmakers are having talks to hopefully get the employees back to work. nbc's peter alexander has mor t from white house. >> foerng. this morning new indications there may be a way out of the shutdown stalemate. senate leaders finally talking to one another after dualing bills one with border funding one without failed. it comes as the cabinet

officials are unfair for his insensitive comments saying he doesn't understand why some federal workers are going to foodganks suggest they take out lone will loans to bridge the gap until they get paid. we'll see you this morning coming occupy on ""today." we are working with you through thedo government sh. there are lists of resources of in the nbc washingtonpp. in a few months molette green will tell you how camps are getting ready for summer. >> back to the breakng news i prince george's county. a law enforcement died on indian head highway overnight. while responding a another officerhi was >> meagan mcgrath is live on scene gathering details. meagan, what's going ? >> reporter: guys, i can tell you this startwood a death investigatn here along indian head highway in ac kaek. and that we are told that the person who died in the incident

is a law enforcement office although the agency they work for, that has the not been release the at this point prince george's county police having gotten that call, theyon red here to indian head highway with, making the decision to shut down thi way in both directions here while they investigated that while that was happening, a princegeorge's county police officer was in a uiser, manning that detour down here by pi drive. an suv traveling southbound hit thatnd cruiser he went off the roadway. the officer is said to be in stable no update on the person driving the suv. we have two incidents here.he one involving death of a law enforcement officer. another that injured a prince george's county officer. back to you tp. >> all right m meaganrath live in accokeek. thank you. and indian head highway ish among most dangerous roads in our area. the parents of three children killed on that same highway sred their heart breg

story. juanita and alexis majia left a restaurant when a drunk driver slammed into the family's car killing the three children in o >> when i cry, i cry with pain not only from myheart, not only my heart hurts when i cry but also my body physically. >>uata majia suffered five broken ribs. police say the dver thomas hocks had a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit inaryland. their 5-year-old twins and their 1-year-old brother died on impact. hocks faces several charges including tee counts of vehicular manslaughter. iis 6:51 right now. we want to turn to the fecast. checkell with the sunrise. > sunrise in 19 minutes aft 7:00 still a few minutes to go but mostly clear sky from to points south. clouds north. i bring up this fact just becausee're going to be talking about real cold weather

next week. last time the national airport dropped below zero, it's been 25 years since that happened. january 19th, 1994. and january 20 and 211w5, also beero. i mention that because some of the -- i doubt national airpo will get below zero late next we can. but some of the outlying esuburbing h an opportunity and some way colder air tries to move down interest canada. thehi fridayy and breezy. 35 now in the city np 24 warreneth. 349 frederick, maryland. finally dryer weather for the dog walking. adoption.available for the 10-year-old dog from the rescue alliance. find out how to a him to your family. on they are website.y brd cold today in the 30s. you can have the nbc 4 forecast up to date on the nbc washington app find and follo me there on social media.

saturday is looking god. temperatures in the 20s tomorrow morning. in the upper 30s with mix of clouds and sunday tomorrow. sunday, a bitr milut cloudier. maybe a sprinkle rain. near 5on tuesday with late day rain that could end with snow. sday ay night into wed morning. wednesday, thursday, friday, on into the first part f next weektd it's very, very cold ar >> i'm needing to find gloves, chuck. i sense i need gloves. we had chopper 4 out in new baltimore. theorthbound good news is crash at vicinity hill within the past minute or two just reopened mpletely. ey had just one left lane getting by. you can see delays stretched back. riley road was taking the overflow because of the closure that had been there a good section. now at leasthe traveling lanes are open again. 29 northbound at vicinity hill inew baltimore. also more lains moving on rowe boulevard in annapolis. southbound travel lanes heading toward 50 southbound. nohbound a closureetween

melvin avenue hiding north toward the john hanson hopefully reopened quickly. overnight crash with a vehicle fire. back to you. jack taylor, jack, thank you.s i now 6:54. soon the cold days of winter are gonebend summer wilere before you flow it. >> for parents this is the time to start nailing down the summer camps for kids. news4's molette green is live what you needo know asle well as how camps with working with parents hey, molette. >> that's right. we a committed to helping federal works through the shutdown and we asked camps, what are you doing forederal workers? and the answer was big responses. there is a camp fair coming sunday in abe thesz da. >> we have a giggle bot. we have dash and dot lots of different science camps as wellr >> we are he previewing this at the kid museum. i want to bring on emma star

quick. >> what do you have. >> kids museum kidsan come make robots build skate boards, arcade games. >> love it from sports camps to the s.t.e. stuff robotics we love it happening on sunday, the big event with 60 units out there showing off the camp sff at the rockville hilton. and then -- and then the deep discounts, the 50% off to payment plans, everything thathe you need ty willwork with you. back in to you now. >> all righ molette thanks so much it's now 6:5 a four things to know. day 35 of the government shutdewn. and pre trump appears to make concessions on his demands for $5 billion to build a border wall. he says he would sign a bill that makes a downpayment on the wall. house speaker nancy pelosi says that is not an option. more on this cing up on today. >> the metro board is set to vote on a pn givingree rides to furloughed federal workers. an emergency vote planned for

this afternoon. if approved furlohed works would get free rides by showing a government id starting monday. >> former trump campaign adviser roger stone arrested and charged in connection to special counsel robert mueller's russia envestigation. he was tnto custody just a short time ago. facing seventeounts and expd to appear in court today. check out "the today show" next for the latest. >> overnight we learned a law enforcement officer died on accokeek.d highway in while responding to that seen a geprince geor county police officer was hit. the highway was closed in both directions for most of the night. it has reopened though. stay with nufrps and the nbc washington app for the latest on this. and there is the ten-day forecast. brezy today. maybe a flurry. highs around 40. in the 30s and chilly tomor aw. cloudy may sprinkle of rain on sunday. temperatures near 50. and then noty terri bad up until tuesday night wednesday morning. when the polar vortex comes calling. >> keep it away. >> yes. those numbers are downtown

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