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news 4 at 11:00 starts now. >> the shutdown is over. president trump signed a bill re-opening the federal government. >> that's right. and we've got all the angles covered for you tonight. here's what to expect. the agreement doesn't exactly include the president's border wall, but he's o pushing back conservative criticism that he conceded on that matter. also we look a the prior signals that mr. trump sent that the shutdown was coming to an end. and when furloughed workers will get paid and return to work. we begin with nbc's jennifer johnson with how this deal got done. >> reporter: from the rose garden, preside trump announcing a temporary end to the partial government shutdown, the longest in h u.s.tory. >> i will sign a bill to oper overnment for three weeks until february 15th.

>> the joint resolution as amende ispassed. >> reporter: congress has agreed to the deal that calls for a three-week cooling off period while both sides negotiate border security. >> do have to say i'mmi optistic. i see every challenge or every crisis as an opportunity. >> reporter: the plan includes no money forid the prt's wall but he's confident democrats will fund it. >> they have finallynd fully acknowledged that having barriers, fencing or walls or whatever you want to call it will be an important part of the lution. >> reporter: the temporary solution coming after sick-outs from air traffic controllers caused delays for passengers flying in and out of major airports, including laguardia. >> it lks like every single flight i rebook on keeps delaying epme. >>orter: the irs also taking a hit. fewer thanf h of furloughed employees to handle tax returns showed up for work.

federal workers who have gone two pay periods without payccks will go back to work while democrats and republicans trio to find a solut to the border wall stalemate. jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington. a lot of people in our area have spent more than a monthnd ing how they put food on the table and pay their bills. >> yeah, but now tonight some relief. news 4's shomari stone live in reaction to the shutdown deal. shomari? >> reporter: good eve ing. right n here at the l 2 lounge in georgetown. there are a lot of furloughed federal employees here who are celebrating the fact that the government has re-opened. many of them m telling they have not received checks over the last two weeks, such as much as four. wee they tell me that this is the time that they have been waiting for. is isn't t only place that people are celebrating and they're happy. in fact, there? some businesses having tough economic times over the last 35 days. >> ladies and gentlemen, quick announcement, the government has re-opened. f make some noi the government. that means everybody has to go

back to work. ♪ >> reporter: a proper celebration. at the properta 21 rant and bar in northwest d.c. ♪ ♪r: >> reporhe federal government has re-opened through february 15th whileti negots on border security funding continue. ♪ ♪ >> it's great for everybody. it's amazing for the country. ♪ ♪ >> thanks for coming in tonight. >> reporter: steve forbes is tht manager proper 21. the government isnd back up a running. >> they've been here for like two hours. they're cool. >> reporter: business was down during the♪hutdown. ♪ ♪ >> check on this. whenever people are worried about financial, they cut out the nonessentials fit, right and being a bar, obviously drinking is not essential. >>eporter: news of the re-opening is welcomed at the lincoln memorial. ashton is viting from texas. >> i think it's great. i think it's great. >> i know folks are a lot of folks haven't -- they didn't realize that this was going to happen.

>> reporter: these cabbies told me they hope business picks up. ♪ >> reporter: and back at prop 21 foeshs hopes to see mede furlouovernment employees soon. >> so just people knowing their paychecks should be coming next ek, it's going to bring people out of their house. >> reporter: indeedd that's g news. back out here at the l2 lounge. furlghed workers tel me they look forward to getting paid. live in georgetown, i'm shomari stone, news 4. >> all right. thank you, shomari. tonight tre president ened to declare a national emergency if he doesn't get nding for his border wall. nbc news political director chuck todd called that a face-saving move. >> he needed to show that his t bat i'm re-opening the government butoi'm stillng to fight for some -- for this and i'll use that national emergency power if i can. when he waived the white flag on the state of the union, that to t. was signaling he wants he wanted an exit ramp. he was looking for a way out.

>> some conservatives like ann coulter accused theresident of caving. on twitter, mr. trump said he did not concede. our team coverage of the tonight deal continues with news 4's scott macfarlane. scott tackles the questions on the minds of many. we're working for you with the answers. >> white house officials tell i nbc news would be less than a week before paychecks, the old paychecks are sent to federal workers. the next set of paychecks will beeleased on pay day. the next but how do we get from here to there? the u.s. office of personnelnt manageould send out a notification that the furlough's over, the shutdown's ove workers are expected to return. records show in the meantime there will be to-do list for each federal agency. the priority is getting the word out to workers that the furloughs are over. you remember, so manyederal employees had to surrender their work cell phones orer shu

their work e-mail accounts so getting the word out is a little bit more difficult than you'd think. federal workers in thet pasave been advised to monitor media reports and check government websites during previous the larger federal agencies with more regional offices might be sler to restart, slower to get the word out, but all agencies will work promptly to get the government up and running again. scottne macfar news 4. >> that note from opm came out tonight tell employees to come back to work. today's deal came after a rough morning for air travel in this country. the faa says sick calls in florida and our region led to a brief ground stop at laguardia airport. that led to a ripple of delays. union officialsoiced safety concerns saying the financial stress could pose a dangerous distraction in a-palready highssure job. theormer head of the tsa told er there is an even bi problem to worry about.

>> because of the uncertainty of the way forward and the fact that they're two paychecks behind now, a number of people may have already started to resign, they just haven't informed tsa. >> tsa officers and air traffic controllers have been dealing with added stress and low morale. >>hu as theown ends, our city and our region can begin to return to normal. s thethsonian tweeted tonight the museums and the national zoo will re-open on tuesday. d.c. mayor muriel bowser says she'll ask theederal government to reimburse the city for covering programs that the feds usually handle. stay with news 4 and our washington app. we'll keep you updated with continuing coverage there. for upded information, open up the app and search "shutdown deal." let's turn to our weatherno temperatures dipping into the 20s overnight. >> yeah, but we've got some good news for the weekend.

storm team 4 meteorologist me yeahraper says it's going to be the first dry one we've had here in weeks. is that right? >> yeah, absolutely. we haven't had a dry weekend since the first weekend in january but it is cold out there right now. that means a cold start on our saturday. currentl degrees with clear skies and tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m., 26 in washington. in the suburbs, though, we'll have temperatures in the mid-teens to low 20s, b it is going to be dry out there. 9:a.m., the around 30. still below freezing. cloudiness out there throughout the day. by 11:00 a.m., we've warmed into the mid-30s. i am tracking our next chance for snow and an rctic blast that follows. much more on that coming up in my full forecast, doreen. >> all right. amelia>thank you. ew details tonight about a fire at a popular pizza shop once targetedy conspiracy theorist the. d.c. police are looking for this guy. he's wanted for questioning about the fir at comet ping-pong in northwest d.c. somebody set the fire there

wednesday night. nobody was hurt and police say there is no indication that this fire is linked ton incident in with a which a man military rifle opened fire inside the restaurant. he was there investigating a viral internet rumor that's known as pizzagate now. no one was injured. developing tonight, house speaker nancy pelosi lashes out at roger stone and president trump. in a statement, the speaker says stone's indictment shows a coordinated attempt by top trump campaign officials to influenceo the 2016 eleand undermine the will of the people. the fbi arrested stone in connection to the russia investigation. the former trump campaign adviser is accused of lying to the house intelligence committee about his interactions with wikileaks during the 2016 election cycle. after getting out on bail today, stone defiantly stood by the president. >> i will plead t not guilt these charges. i will defeat them in court.

i believe this is a politically motivated investigation. >> stone say that he will plead not guilty to charges including obstction and witness tampering. now stone has denied any itllusion russia. here's nbc news justice correspondent peteo williams explain what stone's indictment means. >> remember what robersmueller haaid before, that it was the russians whoacked the democrats and hillary clinton's computers, the russians through a person named guccifer 2.0, who was hacker, they used him to get the information to wikileaks and wikileaks then released it. at you get from this indictment is roger stone really brought this attention on himself by bragging publicly that he was in touch directly with julian assange, something he later said wasn't true. he sort of backpedalsed on that. then it beame clear was dealing with wikileaks through anth intermediary. picture painted here is that

he was bragging about his contacts with wikileaks and the trump campaignd, sell, you're the guy that deals with wikileaks. see what else they've got. >> thatas peteilliams reporting. stone will be here in washingtoa on tuesday f hearing. allgh new tot, a police ry county f ficer's body cam catches a suspect taking but he didn't get far. why he could spend half a century behind bars. colin powell salutes a fellow veteran. >>hat's what we'rell about, taking care of each other. >> the former secretary of state shares his

a man shot up a car just as school was letting out for the day. now he's convicted of charges that could land him in jail for more than 50 years. >> news 4's jackie bensen shows us t police body cam footage that helped a montgomery county jury decide t man's fate. >> reporter: prosecutors outlined a drug deal that ended n a shootout and a suspect who almost got away. that part they had on video. >> hop out of the car for one minuteman. r> reporter: as a montgomery county police offi is about to put thewa cuffs ord jones, the suspect takes off. >> hands up. video from apri 2017 shows officers and a polure k-9 in hotsuit.e >> around. come around. >> reporter: aofficer's body camera shows him jumping a

six-foot fence. >> wheree is at? >> an officer jumps a fence and e'nds on him and says, where is he? ps sitting on top of the defendant beforeeeling up a piece of plywood and realizing that he has the defendant, he's caught the person they've been chasing. >> reporter: police say theee vehiclesred in the floorest gle area in a deal for a large amount of marijuana, several pounds, but dispute led to an exchange of gunfire. the cars scattered. evidence shows a bullet hole near the driver's side headrest of a dodgech challenger. per 4 captured the scene from the air that afternoon as the suv containing jones, 28 and another mtoed near dale drive in silver springs. after jones was taken intoy, custfficers searched the area and found a gucci backpack a witness had seen h carrying. it held 3 pounds of pot and a .45 caliber handgun. jones with a previous felony conviction was prohibited owning

a gun. in rockville, jackie bensen, news 4. it's been called a potentiaf game chang millions of americans dealing with back pain and considering sgery. this new robotic spine surgery out s the surgeon to map the procedure weeks before it takes place. this week dr. christopher goode from the virginia spine institute in reston became the trst person in world to perform this type of robotic spine surgery. the patient, a23 ear-old woman who has scoliosis. this is video inside the operating room at restonho ital center. >> using tools like robotics, like navigation, we're able to ma much more precise plan. >> the combination improves the safety and accuracy of the insessions. there is less radiation involved and it reduces the risk of complications could be more a wildilable later this year. >> wow. that's amazing.

this next one is a different nd of game changer. this could change the way groceries might be delivered -- being picked up by yourself. supermarket giant kroger is using unmanned autonomous vehicles in scottsdale, arizona. this is in partnership with the silicon slaly start-up nuro. it took them years of development to plan for everything that could happen on public roads. right now the r-1t keeps under 25 miles an hour and only delivers within a one-mile radius of the grocery store right now. the service will set you back some $5.95, if youit decide to e >> pretty good deal, if you ask me. general colin powell is thanking the veteran who helped him change a flat tire on the beltway. on wednesday, ma careen core veteran anthony maggert stopped to help ther for secretary of state without realizing it was him. general powell told nbc's andrea mitchell that maggert's small act of kindness is one the country can learn from.

>> that's what we're all about, taking care of eachther. that's what makes america great. we've got to stop screaming and shouting at each other and stara ng care of each other. >> both men were on their way to walter reed hospital for medical appointments. strange coincidence, but they were m>>nt to meet. e're not the only ones who love that story. i shared it on my facebook page. tons of people responded. it's a great story. >> it appeals -- great message for all of us. king out ought to be l for our neighbors when the temperature is dropping, huh? >> we're going to have frigid air moving in here. thankfully really not this weekend. it arrives on wednesday. so we can at least enjoy thewe end. it's looking dry for the most part, both saturday and sundayit now it's defy cold out there tonight and tomorrow yorning but it's late january. it's seasona cold. as we look to wednesday, thursday and friday, it's arctic air that mes inith the polar vortex. here are your weather headlinke. pleasant w for january. as we look to your second

weather headline, our next storm system moves in later tuesday. looks like we'll have rain changing over to snow. ithe depends on timing and track of this storm as to how much rain versus how much snow we could s out there on tuesday, but what is definite is that the polar plunge mov in to our area on wednesday. right now our temperatures are in the 20s and 30s. 32 in washington, 24 in gating gaithersburg. a high temperature tomorrow of 44 after startg off in the suburbs in the teens to low 20s. in washingto tomorrow morning of 26 degrees. now, on sunday we're warmer a high temperature of 49 degrees. there is the small chance on sunday that there is a light rain or snow swer west of washington. but a very small chance. the latest information coming io isng that the weekend is really looking dry with a mix of clouds and sunshine out there both days. this will be ourirst dry weekend in three weeks. so the weather definitely having a lown impact your plans.

walking the dog, no rain, no snow, no frigid temperatures and no muddy paws, i thinkhat's what i'm most excited about. as we look to brunch, dry both daysil temperatures be in the 40s for brunch, so not frigid. you wt a jacket, maybe some gloves, but really not that bad at all. skiing or snowboarding, it isan lookingstic at the slopes this weekend all of our local ski resorts areea open and to go. now by tuesday, this is 4:00 p.m., noticehe rain isoving into the area. it's raining tuesday nightnd that changes over to snow as cold air moves in. then we deal with brutal windchills out there on wednesday morning. athis is wednesday at 8:0. look at your windchill temperatures. in the single digits and teens. even in cumberland, far western maryland, a subzero windchill, 6 abelow. feelinut 13 degrees out there wednesday morning. it really doesn'tmprove ase head out there with a blustery

wind. no problems at all o there this weekend. temperatures in the 40s. we're in the 40s again on monday. en tuesday we have that rain and snow moving in later in the day. but before we get to the wintery mix, we hit a high of 53. so it definitely moves in as rain and it's how much cold air do we get to change it over to snow. on wednesday, thursday ande fridayave temperatures only in the mid to maybe upper 20s. that means windchill temperatures will be in the just digits and tee about every day. next weekend it's the super bowl. wes ave temperatures in the and it's at least looking dry as you get to those parties. >> all right. two weekends without rain? e> i know, right? >> can get that lucky? >> can we get three. >> super bowl weekend is important forhe pizza runs. i don't want bad weather. >> no, you don't. >> the wards lost to the defending champs last night. no te to dwe on that as they hit the courts again this evening. >> could they get a m

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this is the xfinity sports desk. >> now you know our big fear after that great showing by the wizardinst one of the best teams in down is that they yo-yo us all the time. the next game against a bad

team. >> the old wizards would do that. hout do you feel a this wizards team? do you have any confidence in them? they played well against the warriors. >> i'm going to step out there. i've got confidence. >> he's stepping out. >> anybody going to join me? anybody going to join me? >> crickets. >> critics. allig. well, many players don't believe in moral victories last night ds the wiz for the most part held the champion warriors in check. afterwards bradley beal said if iey can play like that against every other tea the league they'll be just fine. the wizards have been playing some pretty good ball as of late. right cack on thert tonight in orlando. beal and company back to work, trying to keep the recent stretch of good play going. ten seconds in, already a highlight for the wizards. jeff greens, dri finishes with the big slam to get his team on the board. wizards by three after a quarter. second quarter, more green. his team up six, knocks down the three. 14 first half points. 4 of 6 shooting from dp. wizards take a 12-point lead

into the locker room. third quarter, three-point barrage continues. green misses but on the rebound goes right backo beal. he says i'll take it. he hits the jumper. wizards up 15. as you know, orlando creeps back in it. only two-point game in t fourth. dunks to tie the game. day. is there to save the drives, finishes with the finger roll. put the wizards up for good. beal scores 27. green, 24. wizards squeak out a 95-91 "w." >> i think it was a big win for us. there' a lot of -- a lot of factors and a lot of this that we can use as an excuse but our team's not going to do that. in theittle sticky there third quarter, but i thought overall we played with a lot of grit. that's how you have to play to road oe all right. tomorrow will be a battle of the georges on the hardwood. george washington visiting george mason. good be showing you a play here. the colonials just 2-4 in i the

a10 different for the patriots who top the confere.e at 6 mason will go for its fifth straight win tomorrow night. we got a chance to catch u with the patriots before the colonial clash. >> the big thing is we try to tell our guys block out all the noise. we have real high expectations and we lost oee first t games and then all, you know, chicken little, the sky is and now we're playing really well a i say the same thing, got to block out the noise. >> we've beenla png really good lately and i think it's all been about our defensive effort. we knew we had great score guys who can put it in the hole, but we came out and just wanted to pla great defense against good offensive teams. slow them down a little bit. tmake them changir game. we've been doing that all conference long. d's really hel us. >> all right. some other good college hoops tomorrli. terps tra up to the big apple. virginia in south bend to take on notre dam there you go, you go out on a limb. >> thank you.

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