slick witht to be ice once the weather takes a turn. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. and school offices are preparing for rough weather, as well. it's led to delays and cdsures early dismissals. in virginia, alexandria and fredericksburg city public schools are closing early. arlington,fairfax, prince william, and stafford county schools. spotsylvania, page, and fauquier and loudon countychls all have earlyti dismissals this morning. montgomery county schools will make a decision by 10:00 a.m. and springbrookigh school is closed for a heating issue. for a complete list of weather-related closures and early dismissals, check out the information on the bottom of ur screen or head to the nbc washington app. you.ill update that for team coverage of this

upcoming storm and the impact on you. we will look at the forecast. we'll start with chuck bell and four things to know. >> on this weather alert day, it's all quiet oside this morning. troubles begin after lunchtime today, with a little bit of rain, changing t snow, during the middle to later parts of the afternoon. could be a tricky evening commute. leave early if possible. it will turn very icy after 6:00 p.m., as temperatures fall into the 20s. right now, we're mostly in the low 30s to gethe daystarted. we'll be close to 40 degrees around launch tiunchtime today. rain, and rain and snow, all-snow, by 6:00. a few flurries in northern parts of frederick and carrollcounty. but winter advisories for all of the d.c. metro area. they go up until noon and stay

until midnight. that could impact metro, as well.>> absolutely could. speaking of metro, we have problems here right now. single-tracking, green and yellow line, between ft. totten and prince george's plaza. looking from chopper 4 here. northbound b.w. parkway. there's all of the potholes and issues from all of the weather so far in winter, as the chopper zooms out. you see people avoiding th, slowing down. chantilly, westbound 50 after sully road. have the police situation on the left side of the roadway. they are still on the scene. you can get by only on the right. and the annadale road. a crash on thelt y. volume is light. >> thank you, melissa. this is just in into the newsroom. winchester county schools will close three hours early.

winchester schooea, three hours y. >> as chuck mentioned, in a few hours, we will see snow around here. >> it is eected to hit as the afternoon commute begins. work crews wasted no time trying to get ahead of whatill likely be a mess. justin finch is live at the van dorn salt dome in fairfax county. >> reporter: good morning. a lot of activity happening here throughout the morning. vdot trucks grabbing their salt and going back out to hit the road. they have a f routine sure. a routine that's going since monday, trying their best to get in advance of the storm. the roads trheted, if hit the major roadways, going off of the secondary streets, and you may see them on neighborhood streets, as well. they are trying to get as much work done and pretreatment on our roa begins to fall.snow we have rain cooling, too.

schoins are getting of this. and they are choosing to close early in abundancef safety for students, as they get them home safely. even though the roads will be treated by the time the snow falls, vdot is trying everyone to avoid driving if they can, because they may see slick spots out there. you are asked toive them room to work and to slow down. we're live in fairfax county. i'm justin finch, news 4. >> thank you. 6:04 right now. following aeveloping story in montgomery county, where police are looking into the deaths of two men. a witness told 911, a car crashed into several parked pars on the road. when detectives arrived on the scene, they found twmen dead

in the car that struck the others. police are not saying how the men died. four people escaped a fire in a house in germtown. it was a two-alarm fire that broke out at 11:00 last night. neighbors had to be evacuated from their homes. no serious injuries here. but several families have been displaced. some of the most popular spots in d.c. that were closed as part of the national shutdo are reopening this morning. the national zoo and the se smithsonian s will reopen for the first time since the government shutdown. the national a and space museum, the natural history museum, and the gallery of art and other the smithsonian museums will open the doors for tourists. that's welcome news.ht >> my da is extremely excited. she's been waiting for weeks to go to the museum of natural history to see the big elepht they have in the entryway. >> the national arviives or the tors center are not open yet.

no word on when that will change. now, that the federal government is back open, the state of the union is back on. trump and house speaker nancy pelosi spoke yesterday afternoon. the speaker invited the president to address congress. heon red. the state of the union will be tuesday, february 5th. you can wat nbc 4.right here on as t area is getting back ho business, we're learnin much the five-week shutdown cost the economy. the noartisan congressional budget office, or cbo, says the cost was $11 million. that's what isermanently gone and cannot be recovered. the workers felt the brunt of the impact. private businesses and those who illy on workers for their business, will not recoup their lost interview.

roger stone will be in a d.c. federal courtroom for arraignment. cameras were rolling whestone arrived at reagan national airport yesterday.y, on fridagents raided his home in florida and arsted him. he was released on bond. stone faces several charges g,including witness tamper making false statements and obstruction. we want to turn to a developing story in houston. >> two pole officers are fighting for their lives after beot yesterday afternoon. this happened on the city's southeast side. the officers were serving a warrant for drug activitin a home, when several officers approached the front door, the suspect opened fire, hitting four officers.d police returre, killing both suspects. >> we are sick and tired of ving targets on our back

we're sick and tired of having dirt bags trying to take our ve when all we're trying to do is ptect this community and protect our families. >> of the four officers shot, two are in critical ion and two are in good condition. t man accused of drunk driving and killing three children in oxon hill is free on bond. he was arraigned o vehicular manslaughter charges. bond was at $80,000. police say he was driving dru after a game last month when hee reed another car on indian head highway. it killed 5-year-old twins and their 1-year-old brother their parents were also seriously injured. police say he had a blood alcohol content mor than twice the legal limit. he is facing more than 30 years in prison. >>tudents at the university of maryland are voicing concerns after a disturbing incerent a young woman was assaulted in

her s dormroom onday morning. the students we spoke with says the incident has rattled their nerves. >> it's scary coming home to that, when we just move >> it was a wake-up call to make sure i lock my doors and make sure i hav my key on me. and if anything happens, just to scream and tell them to get out. it's scary. >> university police say the suspect entered the student's door.hrough an unlocked he climbed into the victim's bed and st the suspect has been identified and campus police say there is campus.t to an arrest was made in a separate sex assault on aryland's campus. this happened sundternoon. a student was walking toward the stent union when a man put his arm around her.om the was able to get away. it's 6:09. the sihole thatas kept a portion of a d.c. street closed for nearly a weekooay be

fixed. that's according to crews tasked with fixing olit. we you about this mess on 17th street last week. a sinkhole opened not far from the white house, near d.a.r. constitution hall.ol when the opened up, the suer was damaged. that had to be fixed. d.c. officials say they hope to have anything reopened later th week. speaking of sinkholes, check out this whopper in texas. a truck fell into it. this is in euless outside of dallas. it happened in an apartment complex. you can see the whole ground is buckled. there was significant damage toe the cle and the ground. let's sticwith the theme. a driver wasn't paying r attention, droht into a sinkhole in hartford. officers say work crew on the scene there. and traffic barriers had been t up. but the driver did not pay

attention, around all that, and ended up paying the price. the driver was not hurt and neither were any members of that work crew. >> do people say the police tape igand do not enter warning are just for fun? could your aches and pains be fixed by a good night sleep, dog walk forecast time, cute cilantro here. if you hav two dogs, here's the third one for you. if not, a good starter kit. temperatures, near 30 this morning. the dest part of the day is right now. your outdoor pets will need to income ors, in the next couple of days. a bone-chilling forecast coming up. we're in the kitchen, going through the line here at allenwood elementary school. how the 10,000 meals challenge helped families affted by the

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we a in weather alert mode on this tuesday morning. right now, we're watching and a waitinystem expected to bring snow and colder temperatures to our area by tend of today. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell, putting the final touches on your full forecast. the threat of weatheis causing some schools and offices to issue early dismissals. you can find the schedul running at the bottom of your screen or in the nbc washington app. we're "working for your

calth" this morning. too much screen ti impact your child's development. >> it is a fund-raiser to make sure tha the families affected by the government shutdown are able to remain focused on school. >> molette green is looking at the challenge for schools. >> reporter: the shutdown is overoo but the s system wants to keep this going because there's so many families in need. and the threat of a shutdown looms for a lot of people. 60 kids, 60 families impacted at this school alone, by the federal government shutdown. i want to bring in one of the parents who was impacted byth . monica, tell me what you think about the 10,000 meals challenge and how it helped everybody. >> i think it was a wonderful it helped our family and so many other families trendously. we are very grateful.

>> and so successful. $47,000 raised. the principal can talk about how this really made the difference through a difficult time for so many families. >> a lot of our families were impactedel approxim 60, and throughou prince george's county, we've seen that many schools h a rise in the number of students that weren't able to get lunches. our primary goal is to make sure our students were ready to learn. without a h meal, that's difficult. we're thankful to the community members who donated $15,000, and to mgm national harbor that donated $10,000. >> thanks to all of the donations coming in. they want to keep the program going. we have a link in our website to go to. very successful fund-raiser, designed to make sure

get the meals they need to be successful in class. this is the breakfast line. and the lunch ladies are working on lunch at this hour. we'll have more on thihour, stay with us. >> important meals there. great to see the effort coming together. molette green in camp springs. weant to check back in with chuck bell for an update on the forecast. chuck? >> yes, indeed. it is expected to arrive during the course of the afternoon today. quickly changeover to snow between 3:00 and 4:00. the evening commute will be impactedn a big way. snowfall amounts in the 1 to 3 inch range for the most. we have a lot of early closures today. they're running on your screen andvailable on the nbc washington app and on the website. windchills, ten below tomorrow morning and stay in the teens

all day. and brutally cold weather comes up on thursday. could have more school delays oh sday or closures, perhaps. windchil running 10 below zero, first thing thursday morning. evs air temperatun some spots could be below zero thursday morning. a rain/snow mix and all-snow, and temperatures low freezing as soon as the sun goes down today. tomorrow, bitter cold in the morning. and the w will be gusting. plan on sub zero windchills tomorrow. afternoon highs tomorrow, barely getting up to 30 degrees. it's all part of the bigeather front. the arctic air,g spill southward. 30 to 40 below zero across parts of the great lakes. winter weather advisories are issues. that starts at noon today.

therighter colors, those are windchill advisories. and snowfall amounts 1 to 3. by 1: a, maybe cold rain around the city. here's the change line. green is een, blue is snow, and yellow is the change line. 3:00 to 5:00. that's the switchover time around here. falling temperatures today. windy and cold tomorrow. bitt cold without the win on thursday. a chance of snow on friday. if you add it up all this week, most people won't get 4 inches. >> thank you, chuck. chopper 4 working for you. outer loop after georgia avenue, is where this big guy is. b.w. parkway, between 197 and 198, also have a big pothole there that people are trying to avoid.

police were blocking the side of the road. westbound, after annadale road. 15 at raspberry driv a crash reported in northbound

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news 4 begins with storm team 4 weather alert. >> that is in effect as you wakt up ons tuesday. you take a live look outside. the winter weather is not here yet. it is on the way. when ihits, it will hit hard. just 6:30 now, on this tuesday. >> the storm will hit our area this afternoon, just in time foi the e rush. talk about bad timing. instead of delaying classes today, several school districts will be sending kids home early. here's the list. in virginia, alexandria city. winchester, fredericksburg,

arlington, fairfax, prince william, stafford, spotsylvania, page, prince george, fauquier, and warren county schools all have early dismissals toda >> in maryland today, montgomery isunty public schools plans to make a dn by 10:00 a.m., same for frederick county. springbrook high school in silver spring is closed today because of a hitting problem. we will update you throughout the morning. the dismissals are scrolling at th tbottom of screen. we want to look at your forecast and the morning commute. we begin with storm team 4 meorologist, chuck bell, to kick things off. what should we be ready for, chuck? >> be ready for anything winter weather all these warnings goes into

effect at noon today. there's wind advisories in west virginia later on today. snowfall 1totals, inch to 3 inch range. the earlier you can leave work, ffthe better you'll be. future weather, starting at 1:00 this afternoon. the change should be complete by 5:00. and between 5:00 or 8:00, that will be the best chance of ours to pick up some snow. and temperatures will fall into the 20s. we're in the low to mid 30she across area. afternoon highs, upper 30s to near 40. but the quickchangeover and the quick drop comes after the sun goes down. aook how cold we'll be, coming up. good morning, chuck. chopper 4, out over university boulevard. watch out for the potholes. we have a lot of reports all

over the place. 395 at edsall road. they're saying crash on the right side. 're seeing delays headed inbound. annadale, westbound after little river. have that accident. 66 inbound, looks okay. a little slowdown through manassas. little slowdown, as well 15 and raspberry drive. some impact because of a crash reported. >> thank you. 6:32.t's as chuck mentioned, we will see snowfall in a matter of urs. >> no one is waiting for the snow to start falling to take action. crews spent time pretreating busy roads. as usual, any talk about snow and people hit the groesry st bread shelves at a germantown store, show the effects of prestorm purchases. justin finch will have a live report in a few minutes. breaking news. r justeived video of a bad

crash scene in the district. meagan fitzgerald is at the live desk. what's going on? we're going to check in with meagan in a bit. this is happening right now. phone calls and text messages into police,rys we to learn exactly what happened. there's multiple cars involvedis in you can see in the video, they were badly damaged. this was at 19thtreet and mississippi avenue in southeast. we don't know if anyone was injured inhis incident. we'll update you as we learn more. toda the national zoo and the smithsonian museums will reopen for the first time since the shutdown.pa a cam will be at 10:00 this morning. workers and contracto are relieved to be back on the job. ter 35 days without a paycheck, everyone is happy they will be getting pai later this week. the funding resolution expires on february 15th.

president trump is set to give his state of the union address next tuesday. taking a look at your top storiesnow. 34, former trump adviser, roger stone, will be arraigned in a court he flew in from florida yests day. stone faveral charges, ncluding lying and witness tampering. fbi agents arrested him on friday, as part of the robert eller investigation, into interference. and he believes it is politically motivated. mr. police officers are in critical condition. the officer were serving a warrant for drug activity at a home. when several officers approached the front door, two suspects openedfire, hitting the officers. new de about a day care fire we told you about in rockville. a fire destroyed a building at georgetown hill early school on sunday. that started in the office area

and damaged classrooms, art supplies, and cubbies where kids hang their coats. damages were estimated at $50,000. good news for teachers in virginia. the house appropriations committee will include 5% pay raise in their budget. the teachalsed for higher spending in education. governor raffle northam supports the pay raise. a pennsylvania concrete coany has been ordered to pay $1 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit involving the r metrol system. it alleges that universal concrete falsified records to show t concrete's air content would make it likely to crack. that wassed for the silver line extension to dulles and loudon county. as a result, metro will have to put a special coating on the concrete, to keep it fromry

cracking eveen years. the settlement was not include an admission of wrongdoing. the lawyer and the marketing direor for the concrete company has not returned our calls. it may be convenience versus safety. the head of metro will say that the system should keep closing early so maintenance can be done. >> adam tuss is live at the gallery station with more of the message he will be delivered today. >> reporter: goon.morning, aa this is to continue maintenance or going back to later hours on metro and the metro general manager is going to make the case today, 100%, naat the maine needs to continue and the system needs to close early. metro used to stay open until 3:00 on friday and saturday nights. the general manager saying if that happens, maintenance won't be getting done. take a look.

this was an incident at the federal center southwest streion. you mighmber this. the sparks flying. the explosion there. this set metro on a path to do more maintenance. they started to close earlier and opening later. that increased the maintenance windows to get critical work done. e general manager is saying, ikcause moreaintenance is being done, things track fires have cut down. on-time performance has gone up. he's going to make the case today, with the mayor they need to continue the maintenance hours. this is important a to gain riders back to the system.et saying, lette keep the s running right now. if that happens and the maintenance may not get done. and w may slip back to a point where metro becomes unsafen.

ag let's see how the battle shapes up, guys. >>adam, thank you. it's 6:38. and molette green is working for you in the community this morning. >> joined by a big crowd out in camp springs, maryland. >> reporter: good g,mornuys. how you could keep a much-needed program fund-raiser going beyond the vernment shutdown, comgoin

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did you see this video? incident in massachusetts. you can see a man clinging to the hood of an suv, as a man behind the wheel drives down the turnpike. >> police say it started when one eriver said the other driv sideswiped him.

the attorney said the driv would not get out of the suv an star leave. his client had no choice but to get on the hood. this next story might inspire you to take the stairs. a woman is recovering afd r being rescom an elevator. she was trapped 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 yee erday after stopping by home. the 53-year-old woman was taken to a hospital but is expected to be okay. >> good thing someone checked. now,at your cnbc u >> good morning. i'm frank holland at cnbc headquarters. apple has temporarily disabled the gr face a security flaw. it allows anyone to call an iphone or a mac and allows them to listen in before anybody picks up.

it tricks facetime to ng it's an active call. apple will roll out a software update later this we in t meantime, experts recommend you disable facetime on your device. with your cnbc business report, i'm frank holland. good morning. very cold air by thursday morning. last time national airport wept below zero, 25 years ago. that is crazy. i d n't thinkational airport can get below zero. some neighborhoods could. i'll let you know who. and trucks the ready to treat the roads here. outer lo, and chopper 4 owing ussh

6:45 on tuesday morning. we're in weather alert mode. hnot what ispening right now. it could start off with a rainy day and could end up with 3 inches of snow on the ground. this is bad time for all of >> it is expected to hit during the evening rush today. a lot of the school distr cts will besing early today to get the kids home a fely. there't of two-hour and three-hour early dismissals today. you can find them on the bottom of your screen and in the nbc washington app. >> it will be busy day in washington. roger stone will be arraigned fn a d.eral courtroom.

it is part of the robert muellee igation, into russian interference in the election. he believeslemus investigation is politically motivated. later today, you can visit some of d.c.'s most popular places. the national zoo will open at 8:00 a.m. the meums will open at 10:00. the 2020 race for president is heating up again. the former ceo of starchcks, howardtz, is considering a run as an independent. he posted a message on twitter. peter alexander is at the white house with the latest. >> reporr: good morning. ter announcing he is considering a run for president, as an enindepe a centrist independent, he says, the

starbucks tycoon is gettingm roasted f all sides. trump was saying that schultz doesn't have the guts to run. and during a q&a session, a heckler yelled, don'tel elect trump. and there was the president, going after schultz, as well. he wants him to get in the race. goi goading him to joice this an attendee at fund-raiser here, says that the president says he wants schultz in these race bec ooh he thinks it will help him. none of this is sitting well with schultz. he would p iy spoiler 2020. you see how fierce the thoughts are in this entire ivsystem, the divisiveness that appears in our politics. i'll have the latest coming up. >> peter alexander at the white house. thanks. a story i montgomery county. right now, police are investigating how two men

mysteriously died. chopper 4 was over the scene in the white o area last night. you can see a police presence. witness told 911, a car crashed into several other pa parked vehicles on the road. when detectives arrived on the scene, tre were two men dead in the car. police are not saying how the men died. in houston, texas, police officersreighting for their lives after being shot yesterday afternoon. this happened on the city's southeast side. the officers were serving a warrant for drug activity in a home, when several officers approached the front door, the suspect opened fire,ng four officers. police returned fire, killing both suspect back to the storm team weather alert. the latest bout of winter weather to hit right around the commute, makg your ride home a big headache. crews didn't waste time

preparing the roads. people flocked to grocery stores, cleaning off the bread and milk. >> justin finch is live at the van dorn street saltity in fairfax county, with more. justin, good morning. >> reporter: good lcrning and e to the megadome here. this is where vdot crews have been coming and going for several hours, to go out and pretreat the roads. that he began on monday.if you were driving, you saw them out there, salting the secondary roads a n going to soghborhood streets. they are up against the clock here. that snow and after that, freezing temperatures,sc and th ols here in northern virginia, starting to close two hours early.vd says they are working to salt the streets, bear in mind,

you may see some slick conditions. so, back out live, they are saying, io you not have to be on the roads this afternoon, just don't do it. if you t see thecks out there, salting and brining, be sure to slow down and give them room to work. i am justin finch, news 4. back to you. >> justin, thank you. here's something to warm your spirit, as you bundle up today. be glad you're not in the midwest. the high temperature in chicago tomorrow, is negative 15 degrees. the coldest high temperature in more than 20 years. even worse, windchills will make it feel like negative 70. that's bananas. how do you survive that? >> fzen bananas. it should be illegal to go outside when it's that cold. don't do . let's turn to chuck for our local forecast. no comparison to really what

ey're dealing with. >> unlikely, we'll even drop below zero around here, especially in and around the city. some parts of the shenandoah valley have a chance to be below zero air temperatures, when you wake up on thursdain mo tomorrow morning, it will be bitter cold, but the wind will be howling. that will keep us above zero temperature-wise. next couple of days, today, what will start out as rain, quickly switching to snow between 3:00 and 5:00. 1 to 3 inches expected across e area. not a lot of us. a lot of schools leaving early today. lot may be going in late tomorrow. windchills as much as 10 belowz tomorrow morning. teens allg in the day. the wind will lay down a bit, wednesday night into thursday morning, with temperatures down close to zero, tha h coue school delays. and the windchills, thursday morning, could be as much as 10 below zero. that's a cold start. right now, 34. winds are out of the sou

this morning, ahead of the front. so, it's not so bitter cold to get your day started. we'll be briefly up close to 40 degrees around lunchtime. that's when the rain moves in. rain changing to ndsnow, quickly refreezing, as the genuine deal, the real article, the arctic air settles in here.r the forecast today, near 40, falling temperatures in the 20s this evening. tomorrow, teens to start, but sub zero windchills. highs around 30 morrow. the coldest part of the snap will be thursday morning.oo thursday afte we'll get back up to 20. another chance for a little snow on friday. and much much, much milder weather returns next week. just got to it to friday. melissa. >> just got to make it to friday. our loop at 95. chopper 4ng shohe trucks ready, lined up to salt or sand e roads. hopefully the evening commute

isn't too bad. 5 at edsall road. disabled vehicles. yearing a belay headed inbound. leesburg, eastbound 7. the right side ramp is blocked right now. inner loop and outer loop, looks okay. th volume is pretty light. little slow through germantowno ande going about 45 miles per hour. no huge complaints on my part. travn times virginia, 66 nbound, 39 miles per hour, 95 northbound, 35 miles per hour. so, a little slow there, taking a look in maryland fav the times, 270 southbound, 25 milesf the beltway, per hour. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car today. follow usn first 4 traffic on the evening commute. it will be messy, messy. guys? we know with healthy meal, students will be ready and able to focus and learn and do their best in school each day. >> the00 10 meals challenge in

prince georgeng county are d just that. a fund-raiser making sure that studentshose families are recovering from the government shutdown is able to be focused in school. >> molette green has details on challenge. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. they're making breakfast and lunch at the same time. can we get a shoutout to the cafeteria ladies? all right. this program, super successful, the fund-raiser during the shutdown, because of you. individuals and business leaders who contributed. they want to keep this going, beyond the shutdown, beyond the furlough. we wanthis program to continue, right? why rincipal can tell us it's so important to keep things going. nue donations need to con to come in. >> yes. our pryty is to make sure our students are ready to learn. andithout the donations, we're not able to do that.

prince george's county is exemely excited about the 47,000. we need so much more. >>eporter: i loveit. $47,000-plus raised during the government shutdown and beyond. can.u want to donate, you a link in our website. we will pop it up on the screen. nbc washington app. go to that and donate for the 10,000 meals chalnge. ese are the wildcats at allenwood. what happens with theld wits, principal? >> we're allenwood wildcats and we -- >> roar. >> reporter: oh, they are roaring. okay. back to you guys now. >> thanks so much. great effort. here's four things to know. now that the shutdown is over, you can n visit theional zoo and the smithsonian museums. the zooil open at 8:00 a.m. the museums at 10:00. the system has been closed for weeks no go to the nbc washington app for

more on the story. later this morning, the president's long-time political adviser,oger stone, will be in court for his arignment. is accused of makingalse statements andru obion. watch for the story on the "today" show. >> we're learning more about a bad crash in the district. this is at 19th and mississippi in southeast. you can look for updates in the nbc washington app. a lot of dchooltricts in our area are dismissing students early today, ahead of a wintry weatherry mix. those schoolsnclude prince william, loudon and prince george's schools. the full list scrolling at the bottom of your list through the "today" show. teand we have them pin the incomes washington app. and temperatures near 40 today. but falling to 23 degrees by 8:00 this evening. snow.ly 1 to 3 inches of the changeover from rain to and happens between 3:00 4:00 today.

super-duper windy tomorrow. the coldest day will be thursday. it won't be as windy. another chance for some snow on friday. t thanks for getting us ready, chuck. t's the news for today. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> the""tod show is next. we'll see you in 25 minutes. >> make it a greyb tuesday, evy. stronger is blasting her tumors...

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