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and millions in lost wages, the shutdown finally over. >> over for now. presidentrump announcing thi afternoon he and democrats have reached a temporary, three-week deal to reopen the government. it ends the longest shutdown in u.s.history. federal employees will go back to work and they wll get back pay. >> but there's still a lot that we don't know at this hour. we've got a team of reporters sorting it all out this evening, wendy rieger, darcy spencer standing by but we're going start with jennifer johnson to get the latest deal. >> reporter: call this a three-week cooling off period, get the government reopen, workers back to work, but no money yet for the border wall.se from the garden, president trump announcing a temporary end to thvepartial gment shutdown, the longest in u.s. history. >> i will sign a bill to open
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our government for three weeks, until february 15th. >> reporter: now congress must approve the deal that calls for a three-week cooling off period while both sides negotiateb der security. >> hopefully it means a lesson has been learned. shutting down government on over a policy difference is self-defeating. >> reporter: the plan has no money for the border wall but he's confident they will fund it. >> they have finally fullykn ledged that having barriers, fencing, walls, or wh cever you want toll it will be an important part of the solution. >> the temporary solutn coming after sickouts from air traffic controllers called delays foras pngers out of every airport, including laguard the irs taking ahit. fewer than half of employees in e irs showed up for wo tuesday. now federal workers will go back
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to work while democrats and republicans try find a solution to the border wall pralemate. >> reporter: thident has backed down for now but he warned witho a fa deal on the wall there will be another government shutdown or he will take emergency action as he has threatened in the past. live in the news room jennifer johnson. back to you, pat. >> thank you. a clear sense of relief for federal employees at this hour. mark segravesm continues our t coverage from world central kitchen. you were withozens of federal workers today when the announcement was made.ut how aheir reaction? >> reporter: you know, they've been lining up here for days at the world central kitchen, and you can see ty' th still coming and gorg the line wrapped around the corner as the president made that announcement from the rose garden. as you can imagine, that
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announcement well well received he. they've given out between 7 and 10,000 meals a day here at world central kitchen, just across from the trump hotel. d.c.'s mayor lending a hand this afternoon. waiting inline, furloughed federal workers listened to the presidt'sannouncement on their phones. >> that's all we care about at this point. that's all we wanted. >> i'm excited to go back to work. miss my kcows, my job, really hopeful.>> eporter: so i can tell you, here today, they were still a little skeptical about this continuing resolution because it is temporary. ey say they're thankful but still a little worried. as for the food line,o chef andres told me he plans to keep this open because knows they
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have to get back on their feet, get their back pay so he's going to keep the kitchen hope. > skepttism probably good to have because nothing is offici until the president signs a bill. but we are here for you. wendy rieger is here to explain how the process of reopening offices goes. >> remember tse are broad guidelines. each agency has its own time line and way of doing things. the u.s. offe of personnel management will make an announcement tthe workforce telling them when they're supposed to get back to work. but so many employees had to surrender their work phones and can't access their work e-mail w right so there'll likely be some leeway on that return date.y thve been encouraged to
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wah media reports and we expect agencies to update their websites. first day back to work, federal employees may see their agency heads in the buildings. in 2013 they were told to greet workers at the door and cabinet members were encouraged to walk officess of the back pay, major issue, an official tells nbc news once the government is open, it will take less than a week for back pay to rea federal workersnd your next paycheck will arrive on schedule. pat. >> not a moment too soon. today's deal came after a rough morning for air travel in this country. there was temporary ground stops because of a lack of air traffic control staff. darcy spencer is live with a look at what happened. you talked tot traveler t got caught up in the delays, what did they have to say about what happened to them. >> reporter: as you can imagine,
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we got an ear ll today, many passengers trying to get from laguardia to here. one woman told me it took threeu , she was sitting on the plane that long, not knowing when she was getting to her she had some snacks, some drinks and took a nap. she did get here to washington, she has a conference coming up thiseekend sohe didn't miss anything. but definitely she was delayed in her travels.no aer man i travelled to was coming to the washington area from canada to see some family. and he knew about the government stdown but had n idea he would get caught up in the delays because some of the sick callshe regarding air traffic controllers. some of the passengers told me they kn about the shutdown but it didn't personally impact them until today. so this is hitting home for so many people who heard about the
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federal government workers that were furloughed, today they were personally impacted. many hopg because so many people were impacted today that would encourage lawmakers to reach and deal andus obv that did happen. we were here at reagan national when the presidente the announcement that the shutdown would end. let's hear some of their reaction. >> glad evybody will go back to work. thank them for their service and let's go on to life. >> i hope we don't go back to that point because it was ann annoyg and inconvenient for a lot of people. take it day byday. >> reporter: like he said, people are taking it day by day. ma wanted to find out what the details were of the shutdown, basically giving them a few weeks for them to negotiate and many telling us they hop we're not right back where we are right now three weeks from nok >> thau, darcy. quite a day. news of the shutdownnding
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came as some government workers in prince george's county were looking for work. >> tracee wilkins is live with orker reaction. tell us what you saw and heard there. >> reporter: as you can see there are still furloughed federal government employees here inside of this auditorium, hoping to get a job at the school system. they know they're going back to work but for some people they don't have the same faith in their good government jobs. furloughed federal workers are at this school's job fair, looking for substitute teachering work or othe jobs. >> it's been two paychecks. >> it's beenstressful. my husband is still required to work and he's not beingaid right now. >> two hours into the job fair, president trump announces an end shutdown.vernment
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but people here still wanted to finish this process. thirr faith in t government jobs isn't as strong as it used to be. >> w've been promised things in the past. while i do hope for the best i ha torepare for the worst. >> i will still pursue working here, because it's promising-to-and to i won't have to worry about a government shutdown. >> reporter: for some the shutdown was so terrifying, the thoughghof going thr it again in three weeks is overwhelming. >> i don't thin i want to go through this again. let's just get it done now. >> reporter: so you would expect that this place would be empty after that announcement was made. that is not the case. folks saying that they want to have options especially since they may end up in this same suation three weeks from now. tracee wilkins. back to you in the studio. >> you can understand where they're comine' from. e going to stay on top of the breaking developments for
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the next three hours and a updates go straight to your phone if you have the nbc washington app. still ahead local democratic leaders respond to today's development and a look at how our area made it through the shutdown. befo the shutdown ending, the story was the arrest of one of the president's closest advisers in the russia probe. wendy? >> reporter: what a friday. cger stone is now out on bail this afternoon,arged with obstruction, giving false tatements, witness tampering, all of these charges he is de denying. y this morning stone was arrested in a raid on hi home in ft lauderdale. yesterday a grand jury indicting him on those seven counts that claim he played a pivotal role that shaped the 2016 election. after he was released today,
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stone told reporters the charges are politically motivated and he said he's going to fight them. he also said he will not turn on the president. >> i will plead not guilty to thesecharges. i will defeat them in court. i believe this is a politically motivated investigation. i am app ferventorter of the president. i think he is doing a great job of making america great again. >> stone was only with the trump campaign briefly but his relationship with presidenba trump goes for decades. on twitter today the presidentc led the russia investigation a witch hunt as he's often said, and denied any collusion with russia. a look at how the shutdown affec benefits for federal employees and what happens now. susan hogan joins us next in tht io. >> plus something we can all relate to, not getting enough
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sleep. the growing concern among doctors about that. doreen gentzler breaks down the new findings for us. a nice winter day today, srrently we're at 42 degr but with the sunset around temperatures fall quickly, 32 by 9:00 p.m., 29 by1 10 p.m. i'm
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a beautiful but breezy afternoon as we look live outside our studios in washington. amelia is back in minutes with o look at the weather coming this way soon and our next storm. for a big >> as 800,000 federal workers miss a second paycheck toda we're working for you answering some of your top concerns about the >> from medical insurance to unemployment benefits, some employees tells ey're not getting the information they need. susan hogan getting thens rs, and she's here to walk us through this. >> we were able to find out theh answer many of you had questions from the office of personnel management which put togeer a fa sheet for department heads to pass along to their employees but most furloughed workers don't have access to the e-mails so they have t been able to see t memo but we have it and we're passing it along. helth insurance a federa
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employee's coverage continues your premiums will accumulate and be withheld when the shutdown ends. dental and vision insurance, it will be covered for the first three periods but after that you will receive a bill for futre premiums. you must pay on time to continue yourco rage. your flexible spending accounts, you will remain enrolled but you cannot be reimbursed for eligible claims until the shutdown is over. unemployment compensation, furloughed employees who are not tworking are eligible ou will be required to pay it back. king al workers who are w full time and not getting paiding, you are not eligible for unemployed bendfits. all of this information and many more answers to your questions can be found in our nbc washington app, search furloughed benefits. and many banks and credit unions
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are offering interest loans and waiving late fees for federal workers impacted by the shutdown. this was a memo sent out, it's great information butf the employees can't -- >> if you can't get to it, what use is it. >> we found it and posted it and have a lot more information for them. >> we'll keep you posted onan whatever ces with all this information with the government reopeningtemporarily. >> like the rest of us, furloughed workers have to make cisions now about summer camp for their kids. butoney is at issue. we're working for you in the community to find out how some camps have been working with furloughed parents. >> chec out the robots. they're on the move. oka so from robotics to sports. the montgomery county camp fair will have everything you need tk w coming up on sunday in betheseda. look, we put out the call to
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parent magazine. hey, are the dealsor furloughed federal workers, people impacted by the shutdowns and we put out a preview for some of the 60 camps offering deals. i want to talk to coach rker. basketball is your thing, tell me about the program. >> we have done the job of making i simple and fun. >> reporter: drones, who doesn't love to fly drones?>> all children love to learn stem and flying drones. >> reporter: then we have the robots, dash and dot, the mad scientist action happening over here. i just love it, club sci kids? >> yes. for kids 4 up to 15. >> reporter: and then you have s the ha on learning. >> kids learn by doing at kids
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museum. we do robotics, have kids build their own skate boards. >> i love it all. thank you so much. jackie, julie, martin with rent gazine. thank you for bringing everybody here. the deals are plentiful you because you know that everybody is impacted by the shutdown. >> absolutely. come find a great camp. it's free, fun, we have moon bounce, face painters, so we want to see thent pa there. >> reporter: all happening on sundays at 10:00 a.m. at the hilton there. and then, of course, the discounts range from 50% to payment plans. you name it. work with the camps they're willing to work with you. >> that's good to know. >> it is. >> although it's hard to think about summer camp on a day like this. >> no, it's not! it's easyo think about summer. these temperatures, i'd rather think about summer. as we head into the weekend we're going to wa up a bit.
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it was nice out there today with plenty of sunshine, but it was breezy throughout the day. now the winds aredi going t down as the sunsets, the sunset time around 5:20. pleasant weekend for the last weekend in january, which i cannot believe. next weekend is super bowl weekend. look at your second headline, i'm tracking r next storm system that could bring us rain, snow or a mixture of both later tuesday into early wednesday. with that storm system, an arctic blast moves in on wednesday, and it stays really cold around here, not just wednesday but thursday and friday as well. currently our temperatures are in the upper 30s to low 40s for the most part. 42 in washington, 41 in huntingtown. we'll keep clear skies overnight tonight and clouds tomorrow. still a nice day. chilly if you're heading out rl upper teens at 8:00 a.m.
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a high tomorrow around 44. so seasonal for this time of year. sunday we finish the day off mostlycloudy but a high temperature near 50 degrees. now latein the day, during the afternoon hours, i can't rule out an isolated shower, flurries for we of washington. so the weather ving a low impact on your weekend. re what folks around h they were doing, someone said i'm taking my dog for a nice long walk, that's perfect. we're no tracking wind, rain or snow. brunch, temperatures in the 40s' if y going skiing or snow boarding looking awesome out thd.re this week check out your four day. i'll have your ten day coming up soon. i'm going to have more on the impacts of that rain and snowstorm and the arctic air hat follows coming up, guys. >> thanks, >>elia.
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om> we're working for your health today withody all of us can relate to. not getting enough shut eye. >> but experts say it's a t serious problt needs to be addressed. news4 doreen gentzler joins us now with a look at the impact on our health. >> this is serious stuff. there are so many things that can keep us from getting a goo night's sleep. the digital distractions in our cell phone, work keeps us busy, shuttling kids to school and actice. a lot of things interfere with our sleep. according to "the washington
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post" our lack of sleep is becoming a health crisis. they reveal how poor sleep is linked to alzheimer's disease. researchers found that sleep depreevaluation increases levels of a key protein found in al feimer's. thund one sleepless night can cause that protein to rise by 50%. dr. atherine sharky is a sleep medicine doctor who spoke at a recent conference here and she says insomnia can develop in the teen years and continue throughout our life span. >> so teenage girls and boys have the tendency to stay up later and sleep later in the morning. then income nia continues, in the childbearing yearsyou're
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sleeping for two or not sleeping for two. in the later years we got more osteo arthritis, pain. >> adults need seve to nine hours of sleep each night, children ande teenagers more. all that sleep we're missing it's going to catch up with us in the end accordi to this new research. pat and leon, some to think about. >> it might keep me up tonight. if you haven't caught the f yet, don't let your guard down, because the virus shows signs of slowing down yet. the cdc said 36 states are showing widespread cases, tt's up from 30 states a week ago.e thflu has hit more than 11 million people so far this season. the cdc predicts we'll see the largest number of cases in the
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next few days and it will spread into bruary. so far 22 children have diedo frm the flu. coming up new at:00, a woman shares what she saw moments after one local police officer died and a police cruiser was hit. reaction in today's two breaking stories, the nation's d longest shwn now over. what the arrest of president trump's former
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breaking news, if you are just joining us at 4:30 major relief today for the nation as the longest shutdown in the nation's history comes to an end. >> lawmakers, though, still have and through the motions vote and the president has to sign the bill that gets produced but it sounds like that's all really about to happen. >> wendy rieger is live with more. ch mcconnell says the senate will be passing the legislation today, the house will do ithortly thereafter and the president says he's going on the sign it. this bill both sides agreed will fund the government for three weeks, february 15th. it allows employees to get back to work, get their pay and get back pay while giving reublicans andemocrats time to negotiate on the president's demand for money to build ade bwall with mexico. >> i have seen and heard from enoh democrats and republicans
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that they are willing to put partisanship aside, i think, and put theth security o american people first. >> democrats are firmly against the wall. but we agree on many things suct as need for drug inspection technology, humanitarian aid, strengthening security at our ports of enty, and that bodes well for finding an eventual agreement. >> we'll stay on top of it and let you know when the presiden signs it. but the damage has been done r some federal workers. their new financial condition could jeopardize security alearances. n law firm is offering new advice for this problem. >> the best thing to do is be
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proactive, and ways to do that is document the reasons they may not meet their obligations. >> get in touch with anybody at your agency. hf you're concerned about getting in to with them because of what the issue is, you can reach out to us, we'llou talk to about your security clearance for free. >> for more information on the free advice, search security clearance on the nbc washington app. our coverage on the end of the shutdown continues on4. new any updates we get will go straight toour phone if you have the nbc washington app. reaction from workers hearing they're going back to work coming up. to the other story we're watching today. new developments in the special counsel probe. this morning the fbi arsting long time trump political adviser roger stone. he's acced of lying about his interactionsitwikileaks, during the 2016 campaign.
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a defiant stone wked out of the courtroom today. >> i intend to tell the truth. i have told thegh truth thro this entire proceeding. and i will prove that in a court of law. >> let's get right to blayne alexander and take a closer looh at charges he's facing. >> reporter: pat, you know when he walked out of that courtroom today, roger stone was defiant. remember, he is one of presidt trump's earliest political advisers. and today he made ite lear that ll not turn on the president.t ay former trump campaign adviser roger stone defiant after his early morning arrest and court appearance in florida stemming from special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation. >> i will plead not guilty to the charges. i will defeat them in court. i believe this is a politically motivated investigation. >> reporter: stone surroued by reporters and spectators. vowing he will neer turn on
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president trump. >> i will not testify against the president. because i would have o bear false witness against him. >> reporter: stone is facing seven charges inuding obstruction, false statements and witness tampering stemming from his alleged connection to kileaks and hacked democratic party e-mails. something candidatetrump repeatedly referenced during the 2016 campaign. >> russia, if you're listening i hope you're able to find the e-30,000 ils. >> reporter: according to the indictment is to be was allegedly in repeated contact with trump campaign officials in 2016 about future wikileaks releases and he allegedly told campaign officials he kn wikileaks had information damaging to hillary clinton. >> it's clear that at the highestevels of the campaign someone is directing interactions with roger stone. >> today, stone again denied any collusion with russia, something repeated by president trump and the white house. >> this doesn' have anything do with the president. doesn't have anything to do with
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the white house. >> reporter: stone was released on a $250,000 bond and will next appear in court in washington. and roger stone is now the six trump associate to face charges in mueller's investigation, joining the president's former campaign chairman and former national security advisor. leon. >> thank you, blayne. in other newschool resource officer is found dead in his car off busy highway and then making wattersse a police officer is hit byri a er driving past that scene. >> this is a lonely road. >> reporter: lonel and dangerous, so at first she thought it was another speeder passing her. >> when i saw him hit the guardrail and come here. >> reporter: the car hit a median and came to rest. the driver was dead inside. >> it make like a noise.
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and then coming out and look atw the wind and i saw cars was just right here. >> reporter: meanwhile, robin bradley doubled back to e scene, police had yet to get there. >> when i came up to the car, i- was just it was just unbelievable what i saw. >> reporter: police got there shortly after and soon realized that the driver was a charles county deputy, corporal patrick p.j. mann, a 13 year veteran of the department. he was off duty at the time and in his personal car. it wasn't just the sheriff's department that feels the loss, also the st. charles school eystem, it's where he was a school resou officer and more. > students would seek him out about questioout driving and getting their license, andm nity service they may need to do. >> reporter: the flag outside the school system's office is at half staff, getting ready help students de with the loss. that t to know that presence will be gone from our school and is -- he won't be
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there. >> reporter: coince george's nty police are leading the investigation into the single car crash, initially they say that crash didn't appear to be the cause of mann's death. derrick ward, news4. staying on topeaf bng news. we've told you a deal has been reached t reopen the government. >> now here's a liveook at the senate floor, where they are in the process of passing the deal. a long time smithsonian ployee hit and killed while cycling to work, what his daughter tells us she wantshe driver to do now. our average high this time of year coming in 4 degrees. we're right around it, above normal or tuesday, and then the bottom drops out, and then wait until you see the wind
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make febreze part our clean for routine you wa for whole home freshness. an emotional day in court from the family of a smithsonian museum worker killed while riding his bike to work. >> the family saying they don't hate the hit and run driver who took hise. l >> a judge sentencing that driver to 18 months in prison. aimee choi with new reaction from the family. >> reporter: ask anyone that knew tom they'll tell u he put everyone else first. he biked to work every day for
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over 20 years rain or shine to help the environment. his daughter says she's heartke brby the loss. >> it's tragic. grieve comes in waves. i wouldn't have expec and downs are so drastic. >> on theni m of september 24th, he was on his way to work as always, the driver took off. the document said pebble's texted someone after the crash. i just hit somebody bad my whole car expletive up. a personn a bike, it's glass all over me. but survelance video shows it was pebbles who ran the rwa light, h afraid of being late foris job. pebbles apologizing in court. >> what did i think of what he said? it didn't seem personal to me. i don't know. >> despite it all, the family says tom taught them to have sympathy for everyone.
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that's why they forgive phillip peoples. >> she says every nce her father died she's been terrified of car crashes. she said the other day she tried to go fore a dr when it was ut foggy bnly made it a quarter of a mil before turning around and walking home. back to our big breaking story of we learned the senate has passed the deal to reopen the government. >> now it heads to the house floor. still ahead how federal employees tell us they're taking control in this time of uncertainty. amelia to coming back help you plan out your weekend and when you'll feel the next bitter blast. as virginia senate moves ahead with a bill that would allow guns to be carried at worship services, we look at worship services, we look at both si
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. if you're just joining us w are working several big stories day. let's goat you caught up with four things to know. >> president trump announced a bipartisan deal to end the do government sh at least for three weeks. during that time congress is expected to hammer out a deal on border security. the agreement does not include money for the president's bordel >> back pay is a major issue for workers who missed two paychecks. an official tells nbc news once the government is back open, it can take less than a week for pay to reach federal workers. federal workers concerned about losing their medical insurance because of the shutdown can breathe a sigh relief. we learned that benefits will continue uninterrupted and premiums will be deducted when atychecks resume. today a job fair some federal workers told us they
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want to change their careers altogether because working the government is now unstable. our breaking coverage of the end of this historic shutdown just getting started. to viginia nowwhere state lawmakers are talking about guns in churches. >>he state senate voting yesterday to repeal a ban on carrying weapons during worship gatherings. david culver looks atbothides of this debate. >> reporter: a crowdms demanding action. >> it should not be a party line, it's common sense. >> i see a public health crisis exploding in front of our faces. >> reporter: a regular churchgoer, mary has lived in irginia her whole life, but mary does not believe a bill allowing guns in church services make things safer. >> people go to church for solace, comfort toay get a from
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trauma. >> reporter: those who support the bill sayis doesn't mean everyone who shows up for worship services will carrying a gun. >> i think there's fear it'll turn it ito the old west. >> reporter: troy is part of the safety ministry in haymarket. b ieves the long-standing ban shoulbe repealed, in part because of the wording. it prohibits carrying weapons to a place of worship during a service unless has one good reason. >> my good aci suffient reason could be different from your good and sufficient reason but who says mine is less valid than your:. >> reporte troy says if specific churches want to prohibit weapons,ey can do so without the ban. >> churches are private property. >> the thought of anybody except people who are well trained, disciplined, experienced, terrifieme. reporter: she and others fear
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repealing the ban will open the church doors to a greater danger. the bill still has to pass the house of delegates and if it happens it will likely be governgoverrevet revetoed by the governor. >> it feels nice outside, but something tells me not to g used to it. it's winter and, of course, e're tracking another storm system but not for your weekend. the next chance moves in later in day on tuesday.we this kend, nice for january, late january, monday no weather problems. on tuesday it is looking like we'll be dealing with rain and sviw in later in the day. the exact timing still to be determined. wednesday we could see some delays wednesday morning depending on how the storm system materializes on tuesday. wait until you see the wind chills. right now not that bad
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temperatures in the 30s and 40s. thiss tomorrow morningat 7:00 a.m. 26 in washington. the suburbs around 20 degrees. you want the ffy coats stepping out saturday morning. but sunday a high near 50. and maybe a lightr rain snow shower around the i-81 corridor nday afternoon or evening. this is our first dry weekend in three weeks. sooy make sure to e it. the perfect weekend, i think, to hit the slopes. snow shoe has almost their trail open. liberty reporting a base of 22 inches with 14 trails open. fast forward totuesday. notice rain on the doorstep. rainn moves during the evening rush. as temperatures cool we see th rain change over to snow and then it's how cold do we get. the timing also impacts how much rain versus snow we see. what is for sure this arctic air
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filters in on wednesday. this is 8:00 a.m., feels like temperature, wednesday morning, 8:00 8 gaithersburg. hagerstown. think back to martin luther king jr.ay this week, how brutal that was, yeah, we're dealing with that on wednesday. here's your four day forecast. 44 for a high tomorrow, a mix of clouds and sunshine not bad. we'll have sunshine giving way to increasing clouds, that small chance for a shower or flurry westshf gton later in the day on sunday. sunday, mix oflos and sun and a high of 46. and tuesday, a chance ofon after ending rain and snow showers but a high of 53. it'sday we hit 53 around lunchtime and our temperatures come crashing down to about 23 degrees wednesdayrn g. but with blustery winds we have
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those single digit wind chills out there in the morning, feeling like teens in the afternoon. this arctic air sticks around thursday and friday as wel. thursday a high of 25 degrees, still a bit breezy out the. 27 on friday. next weekend the first weekend in february, it's o the chilly side but right now we'll keep it dry. pat and leon. >> thanks, amelia. under armour is working on out of this world designs. they're developing space wear. that's right. space wear. richard branson tapped them to design spacewear for virgin galactic. a miracle rescue. a littleaf boy after frigid nights in the woods. >> stillhead how first responders found this boy and his parents' message for other moms and dads.
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we are tracking breaking details on thet governm shutdown agreement. president trump announcing that he and congressional leaders have reached a short-term deal. it reons theovernment for three weeks and includes no new money for hiswall. meanwhile, the shutdowre is alady taking a big bite out of our economy here in the dmv. >> it's a huge impact on the region.
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we're very a strong, resill gent economy but you can't oversta the impact of the federal government. 361,000 civilian workers, more than 400,000 ontractors. $75 billion in federal contracting for all sorts of a uood services. just economic impacts to the region. a 3-year-old boy is bk home this evening after vanishing from his grandmother's backyard in north carolina. the boy spending two nights alone in the woods as temperatures dipped below zero. after a massive search rescuers found himm shivering and callin for his money. gabe gutierrez has more onhow the boy is doing. >> reporter: the north caro ina communi breathing a huge sigh of relief. >> we brought casey to his
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family. >> reporter: 3-year-old casey hathaway found alive. >> we want to tell everybody that we're thankful that you took the time out to search for ka see and prayfor him. >> reporter: he had been playing outside with two other children at his grandmother's house, but afte he didn'treturn with them, panic set in. after searching for emhim themselves panic set in. search teams, dogs, and hundreds of volunteers. a search and rescue team found the boy huddled in a thorn bush about a quarter mile away from where he went missing. he was treated overnight in a hospital fo cuts and scrapes. now a family is reunited with their little boy. >> he's up and talking, he's already asked to watch netflix. so he's good.
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>> reporter: in addition to netflix,escuers say he lit up when he saw hissister. we're told he stayed overnight for observation but otherwise he's doing okay. right now at 5:00, i am very proud to announce today that w haveeached a deal. >> 35 days. >> it's been stressful. >> two missed paychecks. ai i don't think i want to go through this n. >> finally, some relief for thousands of government workers furloughed because of the shutdown. >> okay. everybody getting paid. >> we have teamr coverage f the deal to the reaction to the chances we do this again in three weeks. >> we in congress will roll up ourev sl. news4 at 5:00 starts now. this stamate started as we were out doing our christmas shopping. >> that's right. today we have a deal finally to end the longest government shutdown in american history. >> butt's only temporary, but
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it is progress. the senate just passed the measure by vote and it now heads to the house. earlier this afternoon fm the rose garden, president trump announcing the plan which would fund the government until february 15th. more importantly federal workers would get back on thean job they would get their pay. >> this deal does not have money in it e border wall. congress has to work together to hammer out a deal on border security. all sides sounded hopeful that a deal on that could be reached. >> we can show all americans and people all around theut world both political parties are united when it comes to protecting our country and protecting our people. >> it is very clear that we all understandthe importance of securing our borders and we hav somery good ideas on how to do that. >> during h speech the president did not rule out as presidentwers to declare an emergency if
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congress can't strike a deal. >> there's still a lot we do not hour.at this we have our team of reporters sorting it out for you. let's sart with segraves and reaction from federal workers. mark? >> reporter: this is the world central kitchen here on ar fromvania avenue not the white house where the president made those announcements a few hours ago. this is where chef jose andres has been feeding federal workers for days. when that announcement came there were more than 100 of them on line here, and as you can imagine that announcement came as good news for all of them. >i'm excited togo back to work. miss my coworkers, my job.al hopeful. >> reporter: waiting in line for the food giveaway,urloughed workers listened to the president's announcement on tir phones >> many of you have suffered far -- >> that's all we care about. that's all we care about at this point. everything else can be ti need. that's all we wanted. >> reporter:

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