you. it could be a snowy afternoon commute. theround is alrea covered to our north, this is a live picture from frosurg, maryland. a look at what road crews, hools and the federal government are doing to rep. and radar showingn light r already developing in southern maryland and more rain which will eventuay change to snow around here right around time of the evening commute. an updated forect straight ahead. and another sign the government shutdown is over and ings are returning to normal. the panda cam is up. a look at what else is reopening in d.c. toda good morning and welcome on to

orews 4 midday." thank you so much joining us. >> take a look at the storm team 4 radar behind us. rain and snowrt have s to move into our area. >> it is a weather alert day. take a look at this live picture,is thii-68. and you see there is some snow there. >> the same system dumped snow on the midwest yesterday. here is a look at rochester, minnesota. slick roads caused a semi truck to roll over. now the area is dealing wit extreme cold. the coldest conditions in more than 20 years. and chuck bell begins our coverage this morning with the latest on y'to snow prep. ta yes, indeed. what will likely out as rain around here during the early parts of the afternoon will definitely absolutely positively 100% end as snow. it is not a long window of opportunity for snow to being a

couple late, so snowfal will be mostly limited. but coming during the peak of the evening commute, a good idea that lot of schools are going home early. my advice, leave early becse ter 6:00, things could get a little icy as the polar front finally starts to reach the-95 corridor future weather carries the development of rain in here that will quickly change to snow around 3:00 and 5:00. an update on thete eratures, coming up about. and look for school buses to beg mov soon. schools are closing early today. in virgia, manassas city, manassas park, and alexandria city, winchester, fredericksburg, prince william,

stafford, spotsylvania, page, king george, fauquier all dismissing early. in maryland, george's, machiny, howard also dismissing early. and federal workers are authorized to leaveouwo earlier than normal and they can also request unscheduled leave if they need it. for a complete list of the closures and early dismissals, go to the nbc washington wep us the app. dy> shoppers are getting too hitting the store, buying up lots of bread. the shelves were half empty at the store in germantown. >> molette green is live with more on how the area is preparing for yet another blast of winter weather. good mornin good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're on annapolis road here. wetarted seeing the first

prip about 30 minutes ago in the form of rain and now freezing rain a then back to light rain. nevertheless, there are no issues right now on the roads. we have seen plenty of salt trucks and plow trucks all around the county. right behind me, tre is a salt truck, a guy named armando says he isheaiting on maryland state highway folks to give him the all clear. and then look over beside me here, there are a bunch of trucks lined up waiting to get the go-ahead. and armando says they will treat the areas along 410, 450 here in prince george's county. and maryland state -- t maryland department of transportation says they are fully stoed with materials and equipment. and they want toeep the roads, bridges, all of that as safe as possible as we go through this process again of this wintry mix coming our way, this winter

weather, we're in full winter mode now. the schools made a good call to close two hours early it give parents enough time to leawo a little early and to get people out of the way and off the roads and remain as safe as possible. back into you now. >> thank you very much. and y can bet the latest bout of winter weather will only this onepotholes like even bigger. this is video from chopper 4 this mning over thebw parkway, this is the north and southbound lanes between 197 and 198. you can see just how rough the road is. first 4 traffic of course keeping yp-to-date on the latest trouble spots on twitter. right now long time trump campaign adviser roger stone is in federal district court here in washington. stone is being arraigned this morning. >> ce facesrges in the fbi's investigation of russian

electionterference. nbc's tracie potts has the latest. >> reporter: long time adviser roger stone appears in federal court this morning. he faces sev counts of obstruction, making false atements and witness tampering in the russiainvestigation. >> did you in any way work with the russians to help with president trump? >> categorically no, absolutely not. >> reporter: prosecutors say stone washe connection between the trump campaign and wikileaks. the group tha released democratic e-mails stolen by russia. >> if anything, the indictment show --ends to show that the trump campaign was not involved w the conspiracy. >> reporter: stone said that he would neverga testify ainst trump now says that he will answer questions from special counsel robert mueller but knows of nothingil gal. >> the investigation is i tenk clo being completed and i hope that we can get the report

from director mueller as soon as possible. >> reporter: meant cohen will testify privately before the house intelligence committee on february 8 >> there is an effort to i thi launder money and i would like that from e about him. >> reporter: he is headed to prison march 6. cohen was supposed to testify publicly here onll capitol but he canceled after saying that he was getting death threatsor him andis family. tracie potts, nbc ws washington. let's take a live look at something we haven't seen for more than a month here in washington. the national zoo. with the shutdownover, our city's famed museums and the zoo are open aga forbusiness. and news 4 was there as visitors began coming back right away this morning. adam tuss is by the african-american history museum which is also reopened. adam, there have to be a lot of smiling faces there this morning. >> reporter: absolutely. and a lot of people breathing a

sigh ofrelief. a lot of people who work in places like the african-amerin history museum right here, they weren't even getting paid during the entire shutdown, but now the focus is on moving forward. at 8:00 in the morning, the national zoo back open for business. >> it is energizing. >> reporter: perhaps one of the helpiest to welcome everybody back bei bei putting on a toe. joy carter has been coming to the zoo three times a week for a while, she missed it and says bei i is a big bigger. >> he's grown. in this morning and you could tell he was up there xhuning with his fathxhun i they looked about the same size. he really hasrown. are all rig >> reporter: the he will va-- e right here. and the shuown hasn'teen

easy on staff or the animals. >> some of the more intelligent animals, you know, they did notice when the visitors are there and when they are not there, there was more attention between the keepers and the animals. >> reporter: meanwhile on the national mall, museums reopening. lonnie bun welcoming staff and visitors back to the national museum much african-american of history and culture. >> people hugging, sharing laughter, saying glad to be back. >> reporter: so for now on this day, washington getting back to normal. so good to see all of this happening. back here now live on the mall, of cou de there islar amount that is attached to all of this. hasn't exactly been figured out what wast during the shutdown, but officials here at this museum say they believe they lost about a million bucks. back to you. >> all right, adam.

now the state of the union is back on. president trump and house speaker nancy pelosi spoke yesterday afrnoon. afterthat, the speaker sent the president a formal invitation to address the joint session of ngress. he promptly responded. y e state of the union will be next tuesday feb5 and can watch it rate height here o 4. there is a developing story in montgery unty. police are investigating how two mente mously died. chopper 4 was over the scene on stewart lane in tee wak area last night. you can see there was a whole lot of police out there.d a witness t 911 a car crashed into several other parked vehicles on theroad. when detectives got out there, they found two men dead inside a car that struck thehe rs. police are not saying how the men died. sleeping,ile you were take a look at what d.c. police were dealing with. we're working to learn more about this bad crash, butou can see multiple cars were

destroyed. this is the 19th street and mississippi avenue in southeast intersection. it is unclear if there are any injuries. of course we'll stay on the story d update you as we learn more. f aily escaped a massiveir house fe in germanto t. the alarm blaze broke out just before 1:1:00 last night ad spread to nearby homes. in all three homes were damaged. luckily there were no injuries. still noord this morning on what caused the fire. we're told only one family has en displaced. a gunfight with a suspected police ler leaves officers fighting for their lives. the emotional reaction in houston. nd why a possible presidential candidate was heckled at one of his first public events.

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this morning. right now rain is moving through some parts of our area which will quickly turn to snow later on today. >> and many school districts will be closing early today to get the kids home safely. and federal agencies have two hour staggered early departure options. employees may also request unscheduled leave to depart prior to their designated mes. we'll keep bringing you updates throughout the newscast and throhouthe afternoon. and developing now, chaotic scene in houston. a wild shoot-out as undercover police officers tried to serve a warrant. >> this morning five officers are recovering from injuries after theyicellm to a horrific attack at a suspected drug house. >> gabe guttierez has more. >> reporter: this morning the city of houston is shaken after four police officers were shot serving a drug search warrant.hi the police says the suspects opened fire as soon as members of an undercover narcotics team entered.

police returning fire killing two suspects on e scene. but not before two officers were critically injured. both shot in the neck. they were air lifted to the hospital while three others weru ed by ambulance. the raid a result of a tip. >> black are tar heroin was beingealt out of this. >> reporter: rosie was driving to her home nearby when the gunfire erupted. >> i seen officer at the house, shot in the arm. and then i seen anothme officer co out, shot in the leg. >> reporter: she sheltered two of thenjured cops in her car while they waited for ambulances to swat police and federal officers flooded the area. thol head of thee union angry his officers are being treated like targets. >> we are sick and tired of having dirt bags trying to take our lives when all we're trying to do is protect this community and protect our families. enough is enough. >> reporter: one of the officers, the lead agent, 54 yearold, has now been shot

four times in his career. one has been released from the hospital, two in good condition but two others critical. gabe guttierez, nbc. ne top national security officials are on capitol hilng descrihat they think are the biggest threats to the united states. this isth a live look int annual hearing before of the senate intelligence committee. last year officialsus f on russia's interference in our elections, and this year that remains a top concern for 2020 direct are t of national intelligence dan coats spoke about the issue and why it is becoming more complex. >> i first would like to mention election security this has been and will continue to be a top priorityor the intelligence community. we assess that feign actors will view the 2020 u.s.s electionsn opportunity to advance their interests. we expect them to refine the capabilities and add new tactics as they learn from each other's

experiences and effts in previous elections. >> director coats did give a positive update. intelligence officials while teaming with social mediaiants are becoming better at screening for influence activities. ho bucks from a small coffee chain in seattle to a global brand. so he knows a little about the glare of the spotlight. >> yeah, a little bit. but now he's learning a lot about it as he conders launching an independent bid for the white house. peter alexander reports. >> reporter: this morning starbucks tycoon howard schul is getting roasted after -- o >> we need take you now to an nbc news special report.

>> reporter: roger stone entered a plea of not guilty to charges of obstruction of justice. arrive a picture of the a bit earlier. also witness tampering and making false statements. this is just days after stone was arrested in his florida home in a pre-dawn raid by armed fbi agents who also confiscated stone's computers and otherde ces. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams was in the courtroom,e's made his way out. set the scene f us. >> reporter: he arrived wearing a dark blue suit and tie and tho hearing wr quite quickly. half of the hearing at least nothing was said while he signed all the various papers, processing by the marshall before he will be released and allowed to come outside the courthouse again. hes still out on bail and the judge ordered that the same conditions that were set by t judge in florida will still apply meaning he has to stay either innhe south district of florida or d.c. here or the

eastern district of new thrk. brooklyn area. same travel conditions, no pass rt, can't apply for a new passport. and he was told to come back he for a status hearing on february 1 at 1:30 in the afternoon. he said almost nothing in awurt. hisr entered the not guilty plea for him. and about the only thing he said was that he understood the judge's orders, that he has to be aed by b the travel his ictions, and he raised right hand and swore that he would abide by the conditions of release. not clear wheth he will come back here on february 1 for the status hearing. sometimes defendants are not required to be present. i'm sure the lawyers will have something to say about that. but it was as we expected a very brief hearing and he said virtg.lly noth >> pete, thank you. i want to bring in criminalde nse and legal analyst danny cevallos. we see and know the charges as they stand. is there an opening here for additional charges as this case

continues to go forward? >> rorter: yes, the government did file a superseding indictment dow the road which if you believe that the mueller team is continuing to investigate for example a broad conspiracy but they don't believe they have enough to charge it yet, that is what would happen. a later on down the roadpe eding indictment that names roger stone and possibly other defendants depending on what is uncovered. >> all right. danny,hank you. peter alexander at the white house for us. we heard from the acting attorney general yesterday who said that the mueller invediigation is w down. is there anything inconsistent what we're seeing here with this new case and that statement? >> reporter: it does give indications inthat that robert mueller may be windinghedown. indications, the fact that the sentencing phase for michael flynn is expected to take place shortly. but even as we heard from matt

whisk wh whitaker, this morning we're m nancy pelosi and adam schiff, both saying that they don't want to hear it from the acting attorney general, they think robert mueller can speak for himself. nbc ns first to report last december according to government officials and others familiar wit the investigation that could be winding down, that confidential report robert mueller in the russia investigation could come as early as mid-feoruary. so now, we wait. here at the white house, the president has been fiercely trying toistance himself from roger stone, a man that he's been close to, a confidant f decades now saying that stone wasn't a part of his campaign, sar insisting this has nothing to do with the president and nothing to do with the white house. >> all right, peter, thank you. we'll continue to followhis and all the day's news. i'll be back tonight on "nightly news" i'mt, lester hbc news new york. good day.

and that was an nbc news special report. longtime friend and adviser to the president rog stone just pleading not giity itguilty to charges. >> we'll have more on the court hearing on news 4 at 4:00 and the nbc washington app. we'll be right back.

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more now on the weather alert. it is being described as the coldest weather in a generation. >> snow has already blanketedne chicago, molis, which is being followed by life-threatening arctic temperatur. dylan dreyer reports in the dangerous weather. >> reporter: parts of midwest bracing for yet another blast of arctic weather. a once in a generation coldout break eroected to temperatures across the region to their lowest levels in more than two decades. the life-threatening conditions likely to last for several daysn

justrous to be outside, it only takes less than five minutes to get frostbite when it is about 40, 50 degrees below zero which is what we are expecting tomorrow morning. the national weather service in iowa actually warning people to avoid taking deep breaths and minimize talking. the dangerous outbreak coming after arm winter s dumped more than 6 inches in the region. treacherous travel in north dakota and minnesota where 130 accidents happened by midday. the southeast now in the path of that same system. in atlanta, as footballbe fans n pouring into town for super bowl liii, crews workingh around clock to pre-treat roads for snow and ice. trying to avoid a repeat of the so-called snowam of 2014 when only 2 inches of snowfall completely palyzed atlanta freeways stranding motorists for hours. a dose of southern discomfort for football fans as winter

extends its icy fwrip beigrip a nation. dylan dreyer, nbc news. >> how low are we talking about? >> i think a lot of the suburbs will be down in the sink numbers air temperatures by thursday morning. >> ind what about windchil that factor? >> the worst of the wind will be tomorrow. worst of the cold will ben thursday. >> i'm just cold thinking about it. >> tomorrow the windchills will utbe a the same both days, the wind will be blowing harder tomorrow, so e windchills will be below zero tomorrow morning. theonind blow as hard thursday morning, but the temperatures themselves are likely to be 5 to 10 degrees colder so subzero chills again. today still keeping a closeye tw our changeover from rain to snow, most lisklyikely between # 5:00. tomorrow windy and cold, 0 to 10

degrees all day. thursday dgerously cold, air temperatures down in the single numbers, windchills below zero in the morning. and high temperatures thursday afternoon may barely get above 20 degrees. right n 3 it is in washington with a south wind still averaging nearly 10 miles per hour. so for now, we're still drawing up slightly milder air. 39 here in town. 37 in warrenton. the hour by hour planner, the temperature will sdrrt to . temperatures likely falling below freezing this is some of thein outsuburbs below freezings a ear as early or 7:00. the updated forecast is on our app and a lot of stuff on my soal media pages. so there is the push of moisture, the cold front will push the moisture out very quickly. so we're not facing a bighance for any accumulating snow

because of the short duration that we'll he snow falling from the sky. nonetheless, winter weather posted.ies are and the changeover here, you can see on our future weather model, rain breaking out after lunchtime and there is the change line between about 3:00 and 5:00. i'll give you the0 day outlook in the next half hour. >> layer up. >> i was about to say, do we want the 10 day outlook? >> yes, you do. and the rain and snow moving this way, so we'll have another check of the roads coming up. and someone may have been eavesdropping group chats.our how? well, there is a problem with an apple app. hear what is bng done toix . f

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our weather alert coverage continues. since very early this morning, trucks have beenng loa up at salt domes preparing for the snow that is coming our way. >> molette green has been out s there and has a look at how

crews are getting you ready. >> reporter: we're a annapolis road and the roads look good right now. lots and lots of cars on the roadway. and what we've seen in the mix there are plenty of p and salt trucks at the ready. standing by for the call to get moving to treat those roads. as you see behind me, there is a truck full ohe salt and the gentleman inside says he is waiting on the maryland statehi ghway officials tohi give the all-clear to get going. and a bunch of trucks lined up right here where we are along annapolis road her in lanham to go and treat those roads. we have seen people preparing throughout the day. once we started hearing about this on n 4, people went to the grocery stores and people started preparing to leave work a little bit early and of course the schools will close early too to prepare for all of this.

maryland's depsptment of trtation says it is fully stocked with materials and equipment to be able to treat e roads and the bridges so that youe can be s as this storm picks up throughout the day and into the afternoon and evening hours. that is the very latest from nham, maryland. i'm molette green, news 4. and reminder, many schools will be deposit miismissing ear. and if you have question he about which schools are closing, go to the nbc washington app get the full list. in the past hour, virginia governor held a news conference announcing funding for project that could improve your commute. >> one of the projects will help driver move more quickly between virginia and maryland. >> near the virginia/maryland border, the department of nd transportationrans urban just signed a project

development agreement for the final o2.5 miles 495 to the american legion bridge known asl the cap beltway express lanes northern extension. >> the governor announced a few other significant proper skrekts skrekts -- projects including the final 2.5 miles of i-495 at the virginia/maryland border approaching the american legion idge. and iaddition, an agreement has been reached for the i-95 hot les to exit 133 in fredericksburg. and finally, in wood bridge, there will be a new reversible access ramp on to-95 making it easier for people to get toma po mills. and the man accused of drinking and driving and causing that crash that killed three chilen in oxon hill is free on bond. da made his first court appearance yest thomas hawks is his name. he was arraignedn vehicular manslaughter charges. bond was set at $80,000.

police say hawks was driving drunk after a redskins game last month when he rear ended another car on indian head highway. the impact killed 5-year-old twins alexander and rosaliend their 1-year-oldisaac. hawks had blood alcohol content more than twice the leglimit. students are voicing concerns after a disturbing incident. a young woman was assaulted in her dorm room sunda morning. students we spoke with say that the incident has rated their nerves. >> kind of scary coming home to hat when we just move in. >> definitely was a wake-up call to always make sure i lock my doors and have my key on me and if anything happens like thju, to scream and tell them to get t, i don't know. finitely scary. >> university police say the suspect entered the student's room through an unlocked door.

he climbed into the victim's bed and began touching her. r off when the student began screaming. the suspect hasnteen iied and campus police say there is no threat to the campus. a concrete company has to pay a million dollars in a lawsuit connected to the expansion of thera met 178. universal conete in pennsylvania was a subcontractor for the multibillion-dollar project. the lawsuit alleged the company falsified test data on materials that they us . the materials were installed on the second phase of metro's silver linehe thinks to dulles airport andoudoun county. apple is rushing to fix a security flaw in one of its most popular apps. that apparently allows other on youro eaves drop oig iphone. >> the problem is with facetime. joe fryer hashi more on problem. >> reporter: this morning a sour

note for ale, the phone giant temporarily disabling its group face time app after users discovered a troubling bug. the glitchon allows i users to secretly listen in on the person they are calling without theip rnt actually accepting the call. the problem reveal in reports that went viral overnightg raiserious privacy concerns. launched in october of 2018, the group facetime feature allows up a 32 people to participate in single audio are are on video call, but experts say the malfunction is easy to execute. ll a year has to do is call someone using facetime, tap the add person function and then their own phone number. before the recipient has the chance to accept or reject the call, aud from the recipient's phone then strms to the caller. >> this is so weird. >> this is not okay. >> reporter: according to various reports, if the

recipient hits the volume down or power buttons thinking the call has been declined, another curious bug kicks in, the recipient's audio cuts out, but the caller can suddenly monitor the camera. pretty terrifying things for people concerned about their privacy. >> reporter: nicole says there is a simple fix. >> people should dis facetime as quickly as they c or else they expose themselves to bad actors calling them and listening in onheir conversations or accessing their front facing camera without their concept. reporter: overnight apple quickly disabled the group app saying we have a fix that will be released later this week. apple ceo tim cook has long portrayed the company as a protector of user privacy offering more secure devices than its rivals. at the recent electronics show in las vegas, apple posting this billboard th read what is happens on your iphone stays on your iphone. >> they will haveo apologize

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so give us the time line on the stchover there the rain to the snow and the time line on this we can read >> the switch occurs between about will:h 4:00 and 6:00. everything will be snow and then come e to an shortly thereafter. so again, not looking for big

snow totals out of this event, ckt the fact that it is coming with such a q drop in temperatures behind it could make getting the roads ice free by morning very challengheg. there is area of moisture that will be bringing us our rain over about theext two hours, already raining in much ry southern maryland, snow in northeastern nd. this is all coming quickly in our direction. so future weather then brings the opportunity for rain in here early this afternoon. there is the changeover line rehing i-81 about 2:00 in the afternoon. by 3:30, the cnge isetting close to dulles airport. and then 5:30, there is the change coming right through the d.c. metro narea. is down at 5:20 today. so just about the time the sun goese down,itch from rain to is snow. by 8:30, 9:00, everything quickly coming to an end. we will be dry around here for tomorrow except for a passing flurry or two. i think maximum amounts maybe as much as 3 or 4 inches in northern maryland. ill get this though somewhere between a coating and

about 2 inches. so plan on 1 to 2 incheea tomorrow's outlook, a cold start, in the teens.ch ls near zero in the morning. maybe flurries tomorrow, no accumulation the winds will really be blowing, so windchills will stay in the teens all day. futu temperatures on tuesday only getting up into the mid-20s -- i should say wednesny. mid teens the morning and then temperatures tomorrow afternoon really, really struggling tne get up t 30 degrees. even colder startmohursday ing and a colder afternoon thursday. that is the worst of it. and then as t we getards friday, maybe a little snow back to near 30. dry for the weekend. and how warm will 50s and rain feel next week. >> it will feel like a the beach. >> you got that right. given the fact that the midwest is like negative 50, i guess this is not bad. >> can't complain. well, you probably have old electronics sitting around your house collecting dust. we'll show you t how to turnm fto money. and looking a bargain?

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a lot of tolse postay sales are now over, but you have a chance this weekend to score somereat dea at the oldest running designer warehouse sale in the area. the 15th annual alexandria warehouse sale is saturday in the heart of old town. joining us now is elizabeth todd the founder of the warehouse le. thanks f being here. >> thanks for having me he. >> this time of the year people arep looking for d discounts. what kind oft items will be the sale? >> we have women's clothing and shoes of course and great boutiques. sarah campbell, the shoe hive. but we also have fitness from pacer, great eye way from eye to eye, jewelry, home, kid, wely reave everything. >> and what kind of deals are we talking about here? >> there are somat g deals. this is from bishop boutique, normally $85 and it is $25 at the warehouse sa'l.

>> take that. >> and these shoes are from bishops well, they are normally $189. they are 0. and these are normally $170, they will be $50. >> so we're talking aboore than 50% off. >> a lot of stuff is 60% to 80% of so it is great. >> and children's items as well. >> yeah, these two items from monday's child are$25. >> that is awesome. do you need a ticket to get >> you do not. the sale starts a:0 at king street and old town. so kind of first come first serve. almostam like ae saline in new york. so people start to line up sometimes at 7:00 and then the doors on at 9:00. >> solim pickings by the end of the day. >> it goes until 4:00, and if you don't want it wait this line,here is always plenty of stuff after 12:00. >> and what are continues on navigate aing this typef warehouse sale or going outlet shop something because sometimes it can be overwhelming.

you want to buy everything. >> i say come with a plannd also come wearing things so you can try things on easily over your clothes. a tank top, s you don't have to worry about finding a place to hide and try on. it is a great place to get gifts. hese unique necklaces will be 30% of and they never go on sale. get your christmas shopping done early or sto up on birthday presents. so i just say come with an open mindnd patience and also just ready to try things on out in the open. >> so you've been doing this for 15 years, this warehouse sale. what has been the secret to keeping it going? >> ihink the fact that we don't charge a fee, that it is kind of youp just lined you come and it is all local gendors. people love see all the different stores, a chance to see what old town has to offer as well. it is one time where we're all under one roof. usually we're on th streets

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