couldn't have picked a worse time. instead of delaying classes er today, s school districts will be sending kids home early to give them time to get home. here's the list. in virginia, the schools are closing two hours early.ia alexancity, and fredericksburg public schools, arlington, fairfax, and stafford county schools. other schools isva spotsa and gorge county schools. >> we will keep you updated dismissals.es and now, let's check on the all-important forecast and your morning commute. melissa is w standing byh traffic. but chuck bell is here to kick things off for us. this is a tricky weather pot ea pattern for us, >> it sure is. just enough moisture. milittle chance of rain and snow. d amounts of moisture.

we're not looking for a lot of either. the problem is, it comes during the evening cosute, just this arctic front starts to slide on through.he temperatures of that, will be briefly near 40 degrees.ey ill be trying and pretreating the roads. anything that comes down as rn first is likely able to dilute or wash the chemicals offf the road. we have reports of snowshowers in northern maryland. this is not adding up to thi much morning. winter weather advisories for all of the .c.area, go up until noon. those are windchill advise is in the mountains of west rginia. the amounts in the 1 to 3 inch range. are around 30 degrees right now. your hour-by-hour planner, temperatures briefly to 40 before temperatures fall below freezing almost the minute thes sun g down. that happens at 5:00. all-snow by then.

future weather and how long the bitter cold hangs around, coming up. in chantilly, police activity right now.on the right lane is open. fairfax, westbound 66, two lanes are getting by a work zone. in leesburg. eastbound leesburg bypass, the left side is blocked by a crash there. laurel, southbound parkway between 197 and 198, a lot of potholes >> doubeing reported. inner and outer loop of the beltway, no big complaints. as chuck mentioned, we will see snowfall in a matter of >> no one is waiting for the snow to fall to take action. crews spent much ofyesterday, trying to pretreat busy roads. as usual, anyk t of snow and shoprs head to the store, too. this shows effec of the

prestore buying. the snowstorm contributed to the deaths of two people in fairfax county. the cold can affect those moat vuuserable. >> jt keep an eye out. if you see a neighbor that may appear disoriented or not dressed for the weather, to do something. call 911. it's okay to call us and say, hey, can you check on this individual? >> many people we spoke to, say they are cistaying in tonigh >> good call. breaking news, we just received video of a bad crash scene in the district. megan fitzgerald is at the live desk. >> we have calls into police tg t a better understanding to see what happened. we want to get video for you. show you the scene at 19th street and mississippi avenue. there's front end damage. badly burne damage there.

we don't know if this was caused by the crash jus yet. it's unclear if there's injuries here. you want to avoid this area, as ews work to clean up the mess and continue their investigation. back to you. right now, police are investigating how two men mysteriously died. chopper 4 was over the scene in rethe white oak last night. you can see the heavy police presence. witness told 911, a car crashed into several other parked vehicles on the road. when detectives arrived on the scene, they found two men dead in the car that struck the others. police are not saying how the men died. > today, the national zoo and the smithsonian museums will reopen for the first time since the government shutdown. if youan't visit the zoo in person, you can see the pandas. the panda cam will be open thisn mo hundreds of thousands of

government workers and contractors are relieved to be back on the job, after 35 days without a paycheck, everyone is happy they will be paid later this week. for many, the damage is done. >> this shutdown d really -- it caused a lot of problems for everybody. if not mentally, physically, financially, of course. g meanwhile, a bipartisaup of lawmakers is set to negotiate toesrrow in h of avoiding another shutdown. the funding resolution expires on february 15th. president trump is set to give his state of the union address next tuesday. here's a look at other top stories this morning. former trump viser, roger stone, will be arraigned in a d.c. federal court today. he flew in from reagan national yesterday. he faces several charges, inscludii including lying and witness tampering.

stone believes mueller's investigation is politically motivated. coming up, troacie potts has moe on what we can expttoday. officers were shot serving a warrant to a home. when they opened the front door, the suspects shot at the aufszers. a man accused of driving drunk and killing children is free on bond. he rear-ended another car on indian head highway. the impact killed 5-year-old tw twins and their 1-year-old brother. he faces 30 years in prison. a manassas man is behind bars for child pornography.

melvin williams iii was arrested on . officers found child pornography images on a twice inside his home. no word when he is due back in r the countdown to kickoff for super bowl liii is under way. the rs and patriots are in atlanta, gearing up for sunday's big game. >> last night, at one of the fun events, players took questions from the media. take a look. >> i don't know. what do we do about the haters? we lovewethem. ove them. we love them back because we don't hate back. >> what am i hiding in the beard? i have a huge pimple on my chin. >> i think she is. and my dad might have to go buy a pack of beer for me because i'm not old enough to do that. >> just a little fun before they get down to business there. >> questions from kids is always fun. >> we have more onl super bow

liii in the nbc washington of. coming up, from the car to the two men caught on camera in a road rage stando faceff again. what they had to say for themselves after this clip went viral. plus, stuck in an elevator for an entire weekend. how a won was trapped inside

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you're watching news 4 today. >> you may remember this amatic video from a road rage incide in ssachusetts. you can see a man clinging to theof h an suv, as a man behind the wheels drive down the turnpike. >> such a wild scene. nait captured natiol attention. both men pled not guilty in urt on monday. police say it started when one driver said the other driver

sideswiped him. the attorney said the driver would not get out of the suv a started to leave. his client had no choice but to get on the hood. the attorney of the other iv dr, 37-year-old mark fitzgerald, said it was his client acting in self-defense. >> he was looking to exchange information. >> mr. fitzgerald reasonably cided i need to get away from this man. >>idhat the veo does not show, is one man reaching into the car smashgrag a bottle to the windshield. bothre drivers a ordered to stay away from each other. >> you can see the windshield i busted there. >> he drove three miles with this man on the hood, sometimes going 70 miles per hour. this is crazier and crazier. >> and someone else pulled a gum on >> it's amazing that everyone got out alive. >> there's only so many things a

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it is 4:44 o a tuesday morning, january 29th. we are in weather alert mode this morning. not for what's happening right now, but what will be happening later today. and what is going to start as a rainy day could end up to three inches of snow on the ground. the timing is terrible, too. >> this winter weather is going to hit during the evening rush. several school districts will be closing early today to get kids

home safely. you can see the listat scrollin he bottom of your screen and in the nbc washington former trump campaign adviser, roger stone, will be arraigned here in washington. >> hees f several charges, including witness tempering, and obstruction and lying to congress. tracie potts has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter:ob looks liket mueller's investigation may be wrapping up soon, according to th h actingd of the justice department. in the meantime, they are starting thison prosecuf long-time trump campaign adviser, roger ste, facing seven counts of witness tampering, obstruction, and five counts of false statements to congress, all of this relating to his rolect cong the trump campaign to wikileaks, the group that hacked the e-mails. russia hacked the e-mails but they're not saying that stone

had a direc connection to russia. he says he is being set up and he iwa look f to proving himself innocent. however, he does say if asked, he may do an interview with robert mueller's team. previously, he said he wouldve do any interviews or testify against president trump. he says he doesn't know of any wrongdoing within the campaign. stone will be in a federal district court today in washington, answering the charges, as the mueller team begins to wrap up its work. >> tracie potts, thank >>you. we turn to the 2020 race for president. the former ceo of starbucks, howard schultz, isn onsidering a an independent. he posted a message on twitter. >> bot start tparties at the ex are not representing the silent majority of the american people. >> he grew up in brooklyn. he transformed starbucks from a single shop into a global brand.

"forbes" says he is worth $3.5 billion. that's more than president trump. the presidentut tweeted a schultz, saying he doesn't have the gs to run for president. mike bloomberg tweeted he is considering running as an independent. but the independent would split th anti-trump vote and end up re-electing the president. ae told youut a day care fire in rockville. a fire destroyed a building at early school. that damaged classrooms, art supplies, cubbies where kids wod hang theirvotes. the fire started in the office building and spread. damage is estimated at $750,000. we could see damage to the office area, as well. goo news for teachers in virginia. the house appropriations committee will include a 5% pay raise ints budget. >> i know. you know. virginia can do better. know.

you know. virginia can do better. >> the news comes as teachers rallied at the state capitol yesterday for higher spending o. educat governor raffle northam supports the pay raise. he says it's hard to rruit and retain quality teachers. a concrete company has to pay a million dollar in expansion of the metro system.ny a comn pennsylvania was the company. thellawsuit aes that they t falsifiedt data on the materials used. toiry is the day of several public meetings of expanding metro hours. the first is at 6:00 at metro headquarters. there will beng meeti on tuesday, in alexandria and one on thursday, in greenbe . brooks is looking toyo expa

h sports programs in the county. >> we are prince george's. >> ali alsobrooks met with people that would make youth sports part of the mission. it's part of an effort to provide more access and ensure there's adequate a facilities a system for scheduling games. word is spreading about thieves targeting cars outside of gyms in loudon county. >> the thieves hit two locations. as julie kerry reports, what you need to know to keep inmind, actually, before heading to the morning. >> reporter: a workout is always a great way to start the day. unless you return to your car and find gla andour window broken out. these photos showed what happened thursday morning outside two gyms while folks were doing pre-dawn classes. this man was coaching the 5:00

a.m. group. >> the 5:00 a.m. class was aving and one of the members said, hey, someone broke in. >> reporter: luckily the bag they broke out of his backseat, ained only lunch. but a few miles away, t thieves got five purses and a wallet, when theymashed their way into sevene ehicles. and udon county sheriff reminds, it's time to safeguard the valuables. put the bag in the trunk or take it into the gym locker. new thisrn g, a computer bug is trying to take a bite out of apple. it was found in the iphone's facetime app. the flaw allows people to hear through someone else'sne ip even if they don't answer the call. this bug seems to rely on the group call feature. apple is telli everyone a fix is coming this week. until now, turn off the facetime kp to prevent snoops.

>> thes do this. >> turn it off? don't use the facetime? >> i guess youave to turn it off in the app and turn it back on when you're using it. one more step. this nexttory may inspire you to use the stairs instead of the elevator. a woman is recoveringscfter being d from an elevator. she was trapp inside for three days. this happened inside a town house in new york city. the woman is a housekeeper. she was trapped on friday when the homeowners were out of town. a family member discovered her yesterday after stopping by the home. the 53-year-old woman was taken to a hospital but is expected to okay. i have claustrophobia. the thought of spending an elevator in a home. >> there's nmergency button. >> and she didn't have her cell phone on her. >> clearly something. >> glad she's okt'. >> t a long time. got a little snow coming, a little train first.

little >>iskey. huh? >> maybe you need that. >> i'm not in charge ofg forecasthat kind of ouaziness. what need to know about the weather today, it may start out as rain or a rain/snow mix. lbut it w quickly become all-snow, after 3:00 or 4:00 this afternoon. the evening commute was likely to te it on the chin. if you can leave early, that's the best guess. we're not talking about crippling amounts of snows. for tomorrow, school delays are likelytomorrow. windchills will be as much as minus ten tomorrow morning. and get up to 15, and turning bruld brutally wednesday night into thursday. thursday, single numbers for most of the area. belowny spots could be zero. that is crazy.

winter weather advisory, up for the 1 to 3 inc snow possibility. right now, not much of a problem. we're i the 20 and 30s to get your day started. and temperatures will be about 0 degrees by lunchtime, falling into the 30s. and temperatures in the 20s this evening. theitter cold air, the leading edge of it, is moving into parts of northwestern pennsylvania. that's where the front is this point in time. and future weather will walk you through the course of the day. here's lunchtime. a chance of a little rain, what the green is. mostly snow by noontime by northern maryland.he notice quick change from rain to snow, between 3:00 and 4:00. and snow is likely between 4:00 and 7:00 this evening. your ten-day forecast calls for it to be ferociously windy and bitter cold. windy and cold tomorrow. the coldest day will be thursday friday, enough lingering cold, where you have afternoon

snowowers to watch out for. dry werth warmer than average , melissa, back next week. >> a lot of peoplefoooking ard to that, i know. the beltway at forestville. the evening commute is going to be very, very different tonight. in chantilly, westbound 50, after sully road. policell activity, s just the right lane is open. 66 looks okay. so does 95, northbound and southbound there. in laurel, b.parkway, between 197 and 198. muiple potholes reported. and in northwest, a reminder the sinkhole situation. emergency work zone. southbound on new york, northbound on to "c" street. a new video showing a crazy pool party with uninvited guests here. >> what is happening? >> that is a group of raccoons sneaking into a back yard in texas. >> i would have to move.

>> this is what happens when the ligh go out. >> d they have beers, too? >> the person who lives outside of this house. >> the raccoons hung out until theyere spooked by a dog barking nearby. that's scary to me. >> i think it's hilarious.y >> they probalayed music in the ground. all right. today, for one hour only, you can bring home bacon for free. mcdonald's is hosting a bacon bash giveaway, from 4:00 to 5:00 ngp.m. it is g to be a freeding free bacon. they're celebrating the arrival of the pork favorite on three

items. cheesy baconfries. the big mac bacon burger. al available starting january 30th. the big mac, you don't want to mess with a good thing, but i would try that. better.akes everything you put extra bacon and butter on them. >> i justiv gained pounds. the government shutdo may over. but the effects of not having a heck for 35 days will linger for many families. >> prince george's family schoolsre making sure students don't have to think about lunch. the 10,000 meals charged started to help the studentsffected by the shutdown. now, that the shutdown is over, they will continue the program to help people get on their feet. >> prince geor's county will ensure that all of our students

receive a healthy lunch every day. >>et m green takes us inside one school that is taking the 10,000 meals challenge to a new level. shetaas s on how you can contribute to the cause. still ahead, if you have electronics piled up around the house, don't throw them out. >> we'rewoing to s you how to turn them into cash. developing this rning, two men found dead inside a car in silver spring. what police are saying when

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team 4 weather alert. >> cold weather and the threat of snow. the skies may be clear rig now. but by the evening commute, we will tell a different story. word of the weather appears to be out. bread and milk o of store shelves. and local roads and highways edll be pretre not to be slick with ice once the weather takes a turn. but the rain m wash away the treatments. good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. and school offices are preparing for rough weather, as well. >> hwe's a look at what we k so far. in rginia, thesechools are closie ining two hours early. other early dismissare in virginiapotsylvania and