. right now at 6:00, the first full day thentire federal vernment has been opened in more than month. but another showdown could be weeks away. live team coverage. and i'm darcy spencer live in northwest washington, the federal government shutdow may be over, but free meals are still bei provided to furloughed workers. i'll have the story, ahead. > and an explosive situation at potomacmill incredible video to show you that shows how things heated up in the parking lot. good evening and thanks for joining us on this saturday, i'o smith. this is the first saturday in six weeks that the federal

government has been fully op ed. the partial shutdown is over and things here in our area are starting to return to normal. let's take a livook at the national mall. we'reur about an nd a half ago the national park service announced the national mall and memorialarks will resume regular operations tomorrow. starting on tuesday tourists will be able to visit the museums on the mall. that includes all of the euithsonian m and the national zoo. the national park service says all of their sites will have normal operations on tuesday as well. meanwhile, furloughed employees preparing to rurn to rk don't know how long the government will remain open. e bill president trump signed last night only includes funding for three weeks. nbc's chris pollone on the uncertainties still in the air. >> federal workers are relieved. >> it feels exciting to go back to work, to harp a e. >> but they don't have relief. government is back open, checks have not yet gone out.lthen, fo

affected workers like this one in califor remain open. >> i think that's why everybody is so grateful that you know this iin reg open for us until those paychecks do come. it still aows you to come in and grab the items that you may need and not have to worry abo going to a grocery store. >> pfriday, president tr agreed to reopen the federal government until february 15th. 35th day of the shutdown, the same day unpaid air traffic controllers stayed home. >> wallshod not be controversial. >> now the clock is ticking again with, just three weeks for rarepublicans and dem to come to an agreement on border security efunding. resident threatening to declare a national emergency if a dealth reach and insisting on twitter, the wall will be built. as federal parks and landmarks reopen to visitors, some federal workers worry another shutdown is looming.

>> you'll see a lot of people being frugal with the back pay and paychecks. >> w dhocrats emboldened by this victory over p isident trums unclear whether either side is open for compromise. chris pollone, nbc news. as furloughe employees and contractors work to get back on their feet, they can get a hal n the district. celebrity chef jose andres is keeping his emergency kitchen home for workers who may still need help. we're live at the central kitchen with more. >> cory, we are here at the world central kitchen pennsylvania avenue in northwest washington. i'll step out of the way to show you. we did not see a line here, i believe the doors just closed. but we did not see a line here, which is very diffetont sry than what we've been seeing in recent days here. ere so many furloughed government employees were showing up to get those free meals. butughed workers are still coming and taking advantage of the free meals being provid by

jose andres and other chefs in this chefs for feds program. i spoke to one worker here this afternoon, who like many, had to dip into his savings to pay he has missed two paychecks now. that's the situation many workers are in. so getting this donated food helps in offsetting some o those costs. and he says, this has helped build morale and a sense of community. >> i'm very grateful that people from the private sector and outside the governmentll are g to help the people who are affected by this. the 800,000 employees in the government affected by the shutdown. because we did nothing to incur the pain that we've endured by the government being shut down. >> so this is a huge effort. 6:ke i said, the doors just closed at . but the chef has indicated this effort will continue as long as there isneed. and there still is a need we did see people coming in here toy. taking advantage of the free food. because like we said, the government will open, buthey still have not been paid.

cory, back to you. >> darcy spencer, thank you so much. and be sure to stay with news4 and our nbc washington app for continuing coverage of the government reopening. there are still many questions about what's next and what will happen in the nt three weeks. for updated information, open the app and search "shutdown deal." we're tracking breaking news in the district. a broad daylight shooting, a crime scene on hay street just off minnesota avenue northeast. gunshots startg at around 3:30 this afternoo arriving officers finding the victim unconscious. we're working to learn more about tie victim's con and the circumstances surrounding the shooting. d.c. police areg try solve a deadly shooting unfolding a minute after midnight. neighbors awakeni to a huge police response here in the northeast. d.c. police say off oers were patrol near 18th and rhode island avenue when they heard gunfire. they found the shooting victim nearby on queen's chapel road. he died on the scene.

they haven't released his name or motive behind the shooting. for the first time in weeks, we are finallyin enj a dry weekend. and it is beautiful outside. but mara, the cold air is definitely here to stay. so jackets are a mustor sure. >> settling in tonight, we are looking at a good amount of cold air, temperatures dropping into the 30s. but it's winter afterall and it's been feeling like winter at the end of the week. for now let's plan yourevening. i know a few of us will be stepping out tonight ifsehat's the this is what you're looking at, dry conditions, temperatures in the 30s,ind of hovering in the low 30s overnight. no major dips as we head througg your saturday but this is why i need to you stick around because we have some changes on the way. i'm going to help you plan out and i'll let you know who could see some snowflakes tomorrow depending on their region, our next chance for rain and w have another arctic blast on the way. details to come. for now, back to you, cory.

president trump's ally roger stone emerged from his home in florida 24 hours after being indicted and arrested. he walked out wearing sunglasses and a beret. stone called for current fbi directorhristopher wray to be fired after agents raided his home yesterday morning. stone is charged with lying to congress andit tampeh witnesses. but is not charged with colluding with russia. next on news4 at 6:00, a wild ride as the camer roll this man ended up on the hood of a a s

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road rag outf control near boston. a driver seen hanging onto the hood of an v. you have got to take a look at thist happened yesterday, drivers recorded cell phone video of richard combrowski hanging on to the hood while screaming at the man behind the wheel. fitzgerald. the suveportedly reached speeds of 70 miles per hour during this incident. as you can fsee,zgerald finally stopped, but then pulled a gun on ka iowski. old him stop the car, stop the car and - he wouldn't stop. >> he took my water bottle. he smashed my window

he was -- h both menave been charged in kamwowski is charged with disorderly cult and fitzgeraldr faces se charges, including assault with a dangerous weapon and leaving the scene of a crash. a pedestrian accident in wheaton h left a man dead overnight. hill road and greener lane. a pedestrian tried to cross the road and a driver slammed into hini the com got to weigh in on the future plans for an empty shopping mall. today the company that owns landmark mall in alexandria invited neighbors to a sit-down meeting. landmark mall has been closed for two years. the owner says they're considering a mixture of homes, blshops and py a movie theater. everything is still in the early planning. up next, hot wheels at the mall. we will show you some incredible vehicle of several vehicles

erupting in flames at potomac mills, fortunately no one was hurt. shutdown is ov, park service has some catching up to do. some local folks descend on a favorite spot to give tm ahe b

take a look athis dramatic video of a car fire and the flam spreading everywhere in

prince william county. it happened last night at the potomac mil mall. firefighters say no one was inside at the time. authorities also say theire was accidental. but they are not seeing how it started. cleaning up the park. volunteers spreading out across fletchers cove park in the palisades area of northwest d.c. thear national service hasn't been able to maintain it. and the park has become nover with storm run-off from the potomac. >> they rose with the sun to come to the cove. beautiful place to be, but -- the chain saws sawing made it clear they had come not just to marvel at nature, but to undo some of its mischief. the potomac has made a mess of things. >> there's wood everywhere. going into your messy room that you're goile to up, where do you start? >> it's a natural process, since the b river hn running, it's done this.

it takes care of some of the tree trunks and debris that come from up-river aft a heavy rain or snow melt. usually the park service tends to this. with the shutdown they've been kept out of fletchers acove. month of minding the area couldn't afford to miss, but when the call went out for volunteers, it was answered. >> and we g over 200 inquiries, sign-ups forhat. >> for this man, it meantth seeg cove for the first time. >> i love the river. i'm from liberia, so i grew up at a pond this is my first time being here, i love it. >> there are views and vistas here that probay haven't changed for centuries. there's the modern mark left uphe landscape, sedimentation and sewer outfalls. >> there's some long-term infrastructural problems we have to deal with because of climate change and thelooding which has overtaken our whole region. >> for now until the psek rvice routine for the cove restarts, volunteers aroing what they can. some of that heavy lifting.

at fletchers cove, in northwest, derek ward, news4. as der showed us, the shutdown may have ended, but the acts is of kindness have not. volunteers in clinton, maryland, made 900 free lunches for fe cral workers andtractors at the tree of life christian ministries. part of the money came from a federal contractor who won't be getting back pay, but still wanted to help those less fortunate. >> we're going to make sure that we can feed as many people as we possibly can. these are the people that really need our support. so we're here toho give folks the support that they need. a the organizers say if the government shuts dgain in three weeks, they plan to put on another free lunch. andfo more hel furloughed workers, the capital area food bank handing out groceries, folks stopped by a giant store in northeast waon. the food bank has sets up pop-up markets to assist people during the shutdown. organizers said the initial demand was overwhelming.

>> some hearty souls took a plunge in the potomac river today, take a. lo this is the 14th annual polar plunge at national harborfo s had fun swimming and playing in the very chilly water. but the event is to draw attention to the issue of climate change. and humanity's impact on the planet. we caught up with one of the folkhe who took plunge today. >> the toes stay cold for a few hours, but it's not bad, it's worth it. it's good to be around all the people that care abo this issue. >> organizers say this year's plunge is also a celebration of the passage of the clean energy d.c. act. a good message out there, but too cold to be swimming, i'm sorry. brutal. >> oh yeah. it's going to be cold tonight and we're getting an arctic blast. >> fun. >> this week. but it's winter. as we head through the res of the weekend, it's not bad, it's been quite some time since we've seen a weekend around these parts. let's take a look at the current tempature so theurrent temperature right now in

washington, d.c.,es is 39 deg and would you look at that, it feels like 3 degrees. so no stepping outside and gotcha. as we look at the bigger picture, a lot of us in the0s tonight. that's what it's going to be. low 30s is where we're headed.rs of c upper 20s through some areas outside of the district. in gaithersburg, 36 in fret rick. and as we head through the overnight, we're looking at the low 30s. tonight, ptranquil,tly cloudy, some clearing taking place. we move into tomorrow, clouds build back in ahead of our next front that's going to bering through. temperatures tomorrow will be in the upper 40s. your sunday is going fairly mild. warmer tomorrow. we are tracking this front closely. it's very weak, so maybe some flakesreest of thelo i-81. if you live out there. this is the first dry weekend we've had in three weeks. so make sure you're out there capitalizing on it. and if you are going to be going for a run tomorrow, nice winter

day, hdry, sunday bru looking good as well. chilly to mild and skiing we'vei got great cons out there for that. now let's talk snow. we do have ahance for some snow to move in i'm taking you into tuesday. so minthat date there. tuesday at 5:00 p.m. notice how the rain changes over to a bit of a rain/snow mix. then we push further into the evening and it becom a chance for snow very widespread throughout the region. at's because temperatures are going to be falling throughout the day on tuesday. this sticksou around t the bulk of tuesday before wrapping up and moving out early wednesday morning. rain snow chance on tuesday and then dryingut wednesday. temperature trend which is really going to be the talker after tt chance for snow, take a look at the numbers, 42 tomorrow, on tuesday, when we'rt starting off rain, temperatures will be in the mid 40s. as we move thayugh tue evening, temperatures plummet into the 20s by tuesday night and that's going tosher in the rain changing over to snow.

by wednesday andsd th, the cold sets up shop and we're talking 20s to end the weeknd of course you know that means you factor in the winds and it's going to be feeling so much more colder. 10-day outlook looking at the next couple of days, dry through the top of th week, not bad. ra/snow likely on tuesday, again, that plunge really happens on it's going to be blustery out there. you know what that chmeans, win l values are going to be in the single digits and teens as we headhrough wednesday and thursday. beyond that, you know, not bad that cold sticks aroundhrough the weekend. but we're pretty dry on this ten-day forecast. i'll keep a really close eye on what is that, day nine? when they he we could see another sysm roll through. keep reminding myself it is winter afterall. i'll remember that as i sit inside my house. afternoon basketball at madison square garden, 13

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maryland taking on an unranked team. it suld be easy. madison square garden, plenty of support there. >> it should be a blowout. >> the 13th-ranked maryland terrapins had a chance to measure themselves against the best monday at michigan state. we saw why the spartans are the class of the big ten and we saw why mark sturgeon's squ continues to make strides. how they would bounce back after it their most lopsided loss of the year. a chance to get back after a 5-14 illinois team. afternoon hoops at madison square garden, maryland and illinois. maryland off to the fast start, nice ball movement finds jalen ith open for three. then it's bruno fernando showing off the touch with theice hook. maryland by as many as 11 in the firs half. but it was hodusumo went on a 9-2 run to end the half and bring the illini to within foura y second half, terps cap it

off with a wide-open three from wiggins. game tied 59-59.ma land with the ball the pass knocked loose, u i of i transition, ta kan jonesnocks down his fourth three of the game. fighting illini hand the terps their second straight loss.ence indiana's 2016 mr. basketball kyle guy back inis me state. cavaliers taking on the fighting irish. it would be braxton key to spark the offense dribble drive here gfinish str with a big dunk. later, nice ball movement by the cavaliers, finds kyle guy, open for three. he scores all of his 15 in his first half. viinia up at the half. second half. more of e same. cavaliers in transition and deandre hunter with a nice euro step and finish. uva up big, beats notre dame 82-55. the wizards took another step in the right direction last night after a tough loss at home to the wwarriors, theyt on

the road to play the magic.ch a team that'ing the wizards in the eastern conference standings. in the past that may have been a game wizards playedown to their opponent. not last night. wizards traveling down to orndo to take on the magic. looking to bounce backtrom tha loss. and som nice ball movement from scott brooks' team early. jeff green finhes fortwo. more from mr. green in little bit. fast-forward to th fourth quarter. wizards down two. bradley beale strong drive to the hoop. game tied. beale finds jeffee gr who drives and puts up the finger-roll. it goes, wizards hold off the magic, 95-91. jeff green liked what he saw night. >> it's all about playing for each other. you know making the extra pass. the right lpass. andking for each other. we have guys who can score, who can shoot. and we have guys who can penetrate. get to the rim.

get to t paint and today we found a way to do both. we held it to our advantage, made plays, maden them w they counted. >> a good game to get the wizards under their belt. nhl their game tonight starts at 8:00 on nbc. thank you so much george. and thank you for joi.ng "nightly news" is next, and we're back after the nhl all-stard ame. have a gght.

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