>> the government may be buopen another deadline looms, we'll explain. good morning everyone and weome to mon day i'm eun .ya >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. it's january 28th. first back from vacation, looking good. >> thank you,el. >> she has her eye on the road. >> and we begin with meteorology chuck bell and a whole lot going on. >> we've had good practice runs. those temperatures during they that's going to be again here for tomorrow. as the winter weather pshtern of king the system continues. nothing to worry about today. all is quiet today. temperatures upper 20s in . vall low 30s around town. it's dry and stay dry all through your monaty. tempes today climbing into the upper 30s and low 40s. so it's not today that i'm worried about, it's tomorrow, particularly the tuesday evening commute. that could be icky as rain is likely to be changing over to

snow as t suns going down tomorrow, might even have a couple of inches of s tuesday evening. that could mean tricky trouble on wednesday moing's commute. so tuesday evening into wednesday morning another shocking change to our systems, melissa. >> all right. od to know. thank you, chuck. taking a look at the beltway,an don't hav problems, everything looks good on the beltway. no road work to be worried about. silver springs disabled vehicle, we have the right side blocked this morning. rock ville 270 local lanes, left lane getting through the work zone. and prince george a county no problems. >> thank you. thousands of federal workers are raurng to their jobs. longest government shutdown in history ended on friday when president trump signed a short-term without funding for a border ll. >> now this deal reopens the government for tee weeks while

lawmakers hammer it out. that may not mean all federal workers will be on the job today. in a memo to federal agencies acting director of the office of personnel management encouraged mablgers to be fle with workers who may have ex ten yating circumstances that impact their ability nex work. rere's where we stand 800,000 federal workers expected to get back pay. free rides operated by the state including mark train. tomorrow all smithsonian museums and national zoo will reopen on regular schedules. some park employees were back on the job sunday afternoon they were amongstri ts and answered questions and made sure everything was operating smoothly t families enjoyed walking up theteps to the memorial and park workers say they arelad to be back at

work. >> dedicated men and women at the national park service are excite to be back. they have a passion for the national parks and they are thrilled to it be able to be back and telling america's story. >> other pces now back open include ford's theater and the women's equalit national monument. the clock is ticking for lawmakers to come up with a permit deal now or face anoth government shutdown and it seems neither side is willing to budge when it comes to thers control southern border wall. the white house is digging in insisting more than $5 bill billion included in the they claim the wall is not the option bec border surity is a priority. >> the end of the day the president's commitment is to defend the nation. >> what we want r support o the next few weeks is 21st century border so we are willing to invest in infrastructure particularly the

security. resident trump continues crack down on illegal immigration, there were reports of illegal immigrants working at higolf clubs. documents sho they showed false documents. some said they were fired on january 18th during the shutdown. some of the tminated workers who spoke exclusively with nbc news say they thi management at trump's golf club knew their documents were face. >> because they need employees and they don't check like very good. >> one former worker told the posada the company had a, quote, don't ask,el don't attitude toward undocumented workers. eric tmp, one of the president's sons says the company has strict hiring practices and that anyone who presents false documents will be fired immediately. tomorrow president trump's ex-adviser and f long-termend roger stone will be in court.

he's being arraigned at 11:00 a.m federal agents arrested stone on charges to robert mueller russia investigation. he is accused of m fingse statements and instructing ta investigation and witness tampering. he's been on a media blitz saying the chaes are bogus. >> i did not lie before the congress. any error i made would be an honest mistake ofemory. it would be without intent. it would be immaterial and inconsequential. >> stone was released onyo bond. u see the images here from that release. he accused the governm what he called guess topo tactic sz during his arrest. the time is 405 the district outbreak of violence over thewe end. police are still looking for includes at triple murder on saturday night. total number of d.c. homicides so far this year i up to 18. that is more than double the seven at this time last year. the violence has city leaders

pleading forlp this weekend's triple murder happened on fort davis play. two people shot dead in a car and another found dead in the street nearby. police say they don't know why the victims were in the neehborhood. bu neighbors have an idea of why the violence is moving into their area. >> police presence on decide hey so they we are going to come over here. >> police officer chief says he is workingith federal partners and task forces to take guns off the seets. news4 nicole jacobs will have more coming r- up in the next hour. >> now from an accident as th pedestrian was crossing the street. still unclear whether the victim had the right of way. police shut off the streets during the investigation. a shooting rampage that began in louisiana ends with the

suspect's capture in virginia. dakota tearo is accus of murdering five people including his parents. he then drove to hishe grandf about 90 miles north of richmond where he was arrested. they say he apparently killed d,s girlfriather and rother, before killing his own parents. suspect's father told authorities his sun shot him. the other victims families sayh what are going through is unbearable. >> my baby brother. i lost my niece and nephew. my heart is so ponned. >> i want to be here no more. i can't take the pain. >> the suspect is number of charges, including five counts ofirst degree murder. hear more from the victim's family coming up later on on "today." the jury induct boat trial will dodiberations t. the trial started in earlyto

ocr. the duck boat crossed the line. five college students were killed and others. hur given the months of complicated testimony and evidence to consider it would be sometime before they reach a verdict. >> this morning a man let himself into a marld dorm room and ended up in bed with a student and touched her. the student saidhe terrifying moment happened yesterday morning. she said the man who she did not know walked throughhe dorn om through the unlocked door. she looks in elton haul at the university of maryland. they say she yelled at the m and demanded he leave which he did. police want to hear from anyone who may have information about this case. and right now police in rockville are searching for the person behind a vandalism at a church. just take a look atheideo. this happened over the weekend att. mary's catholic church.

someone splashed red paint on the building. they say something similar happened at the church. a spokesperson is urging aone with information to contact police. this morning many parents in rockville will have to see what to do after it was destroyed by fire. investigators are looking to see what happened. it went through georgetown early school late last night. firefighters said they could hear minor explosions inside possibly from chemicals. took 100 firefighters to knock out the fire. no one was hurt. >> 4:09 happening today you could have a say to legalize sports betting in d.c.os finance will the hearing at 10:00 this morning, held downtown, at the wilson building in room 412. >> still ahead in news for your health, that time of year, a lot of people are sick, and going to the doctor. why antibiotics are not always

>>the answer. plus how the government shutdown may have put a strai on your relationship. we'll take a look at ways how to help you andgn your ure other. good morning everybody 4:10 a.m. on monday morning, but thislur oflow in the midwest that promises big changes inur that promises big changes inur weher staatrt

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were given f sicknesses that don't require that medicine. p thetial government shutdown may be over for now, but families are still dealing with effects. >> as many couplestruggle to get back on track, relationship experts give us tips how to weather a crisis like a furlough. news4 justin finch has story. >> reporter: it's a fact of life every relationship will be tested but few would g everss their tests would come in the form of a 30-day plus partial government shutdown. >> creates a lot of stress in the household. it's really like a trauma. >> reporter: a trauma far behind the conol ofither spouse in the marriage. so instead of taking off the stress on each other, well merit center in fairfax say use it to grow closer. >> e ora layer security during this tough time. external stress is something wei can't neces control, but it's how do we control the inteal processes within our

relationship and create this other layer of security. >> understand that people experience stress differently t and are going to respond to stress differently. >> reporter: he says that perhaps spouse furlough may not want to talk about what's happening, while the other wants to. that's okay. neither way is right nor wrong. >> b careful not to overload relationship. we tend to take things out on the people we love. and in this situation it might not be real good to push someone whosot a very big talker. >> reporter: instead, they suggest reaching out to a close friend or family member, someone you can trust with your co yerns. but nr kids. because in times like these, furlough families are in positions to teach and learn life lessons. >> great opportunity to show children adversity exists and this is how we get through tough times as well. >> reporter: though do check in with your kids often to see how theyoping. >> the more you get children to talk about their feelings in relation to this the better. >> reporter:ustin finch news4.

>> and this could be ongoing process. the gpeernment just rd and effects could be lasting not just financially but the emotional tol it takes on families. >> it's all slow to get back to so take your time. >> yes. >> chuck. >> i'm getting a little concerned chuck bell. ou i can see clearly now. >> yeah, another big change coming just like that to the weather. we have had two practicead runs aly. >> i wouldn't say i'm used to it. >> we're used to it. >> okay. >> but another big drop. probably in the low 40s by noon tomorrow. and rain likely to change to snow. there is a rea concern for the tuesday evening and wednesday morning commute for slipperiness. keep that in mind as you start planning things out. lay the ground work today where you may want to figure out a way where u can leave work a little early tomorrow. because rain changing to snow during the evening commute tomorrow could make that commute home very tricky indeed.

so just sort of put in the back our mind now, would i be able to leave work a little early tomorrow. today i can't get you out of work on a monday unfortunately. 34 in washington. north wind averaging 15ile-per-hour. so noticeable chill in the air. back to school p a reasonable sunshine up to eventually 40 degrees. clouds thicken up tonight. and this swirl is unlocking bitter cold air from parts of northern canada. so we are likely to be just warm enough tomorrow to start out as rain, and then change over to snow. there is aot of uncertainty with this forecast tomorrow. how fast we can get below freezing and how fast the rain gets pushed out of here are the $2 million questions. here's tonight, again nothing to worry about today. thw.k clouds tomor there is a clans for rain and maybe a sleet pellet or l twoe morning tomorrow. but eventually by midday, noon

to about 3:00, we'll beouarm around the city to change that over to all rain. notice, it could belittle earlier problem for travel across i 81 northern maryland. likely to change to snow between 3 and 5:00 p.m. on the 9 corridor. and snow quickly coming in, look at that by 8, 9:00, all the precipitation quickly coming to anne. so not looking for long duration of snow, maybe two to 3 inches of snow possible. he problem is it will be falling during the commute home tomorrow. and then bitterly cold weather rolls in here for wednesday and th. windy on thursday. win chills in the 10 to 15 degree range. and a lot of the sub bushes will be down near zero by thursday morning. melissa, just need to get your head around the idea that tuesday night could be a little slippery. >> well, that's good to know in advance. thank you. silver spring, southbound 29 at

enw hampshire , disabled vehicle. right i blocked. major delays but wanted to mention that if you'll be through that area sometime soon. inner and outer loop of the beltway looking good. no complaints there. and taking a look at 66, fairfax county parkway to thay bel on time there. 66 miles per hour gets you there in eight minutes. >> all right, melissa, thank you. as federal employees head back to work, acts of kindnes continue. we'll tell you about a meal delivery service is still helping those in nee ♪ plus mili cyrus performs as ellen denerous celebrates her birthday. birthday. you can watch

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you're watching news4 today. welcome back at 4:23 the shutdown ended but acts o kindness have not. d.c. meal delivery service is sending out free food to workers. takes us inside the healthy esh food headquarters in d.c. >> reporter: call it a labor of love. >> put it over there. >> reporter: insidehe healthy fresh kitchen working packing up 500 dinners, all of it going to

federal workers for free. >> all the customers are getting their orders today. definitely helps them out because that cob very difficult. >> reporter: the owners were once federal contractors themselves. >> so we know how it feels to, you no h you know, worry about if you could pay your rent or what you'll have for dinner. >> if w, have why not be back?o give there are so many peopleoing hungry. >> we are lucky wean dothis. >> reporter: they said the idea came to them when they noticed customerri were disappng. >> they order every single weeko and couldn'er because of the shutdown. >> reporter: after they advertised for free foodsa they hundreds of requests rolled in. >> we have good mix of food. >> reporter: they collected some donations to do the food but th are eatinghe rest of the cost. >> i hope this helps and i hope that people going through this can appreciate the community coming together at a time like this. >> reporter: and the company says they plan to off more

free meals just like this thiso if the government shut downs again. a richmond virginia woman hopes making feelings easier talking about it all ohio the word. >> creative way to help her child deal with sadness. makes the dolls using a pile of socks. you may notice something different about these dolls. every single one of them is wearing a frown. they hope the dolls will help spread her message it's okay to be sad >>sometimes. ur social media everyone is editing their lives to look like they are the happiest people on the planet and only photographing sushi not. not photographing hot dog night where you can barely scrap together dinner. >> each doll ranging in price from $25 depending how

stomized they are. interesting way helping kids cope wh emotions. still ahead the doctor issues a stark warning as the number of requests f vac natisin nations exemption arises. >> plus we are looking into the triots and rams as they both head to atlanta w dhams of super bowl gory. and good morning temperatures in the 20s and 30s where wind chills are t in low 20s. and mor

news4 today starts now.y mon morning has arrived. >> yes, it has. >> it's here, that's right. with it ato retur work for hundreds of thousands of furlough government employees. good morning everybody i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. now we do want tock che with your forecast. >> a look at the roads for us. at' turn to first chuck bell

who has a -- wha you laughing at? storm team4s -- too many ss in there. >> you are 0 for 2. do you want to try to strike out completely? >> no thank you. >>id temperatures in to upper 20s. little bit of breeze. so monday hit the road forecast near 30 this morning. near 40 at lunchtime and back in the upper 30s by 6:00 this evening. today will not be a day of any realignificant weather concerns. high temperatures around 42 degrees. but again no preparaticipitatio today. that's not the case tomorrow. likely nears 44 degr tomorrow afternoon with rain. unfortunately rain likely to be chano snow during the evening commute on tuesday. there is an 80%