forecast. then, we will check in with f melissa our commute. give us good news. >> good news is, most areas will be way up into the 50s for afternoon highs. that is bonus material, for sure. our average high is 45 degrees.nd anything above that is considered plus territory i my book. it is a seasonably cold morning. 28 at dulles. 28 in frederick. 28 min chestwinchester, 29 prin full forecast available on our nbc washington app and on my social media pages and my instagram. pictures of the sausage sandwiches i made. after some fog around this morning, good dog walking weather around here. good time to spend some time outside with your dog this evening. the rest of the week a the

mild air coming up. the beltway, inner loop, our loop, everything looking good through prince george's county. the rest of the beltway, no problem. everything is nice aen right now. this is the roadwork that started around 9:30. t causing an issue at all. southbound, out to germantown road. you might see it in the southbound les. it won slow you down too much. the left lane is getting by that work zone. 66 into town and out of town fine. and 95ou nort, southbound, everything is clear. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. pressuring to resign is mounting on embattled virginiar go ralph northam. you look at the tweets from democrats and republicans calling for the governor to step aside. rtham held emergency meetings with his sta to keep his job.

>> this follows the discovery of racist pictures in his 1984 yearbook. it shows a person in black face standing by someone in a kkk robe. non friday, he issued apology for the photo. on saturday, he changed his story and said he was not in the picture at all. >> there's no way i've been in a kkk uniform. i'm not the person in that uniform. and not the person to the right. >> the governor said he did not purchase the yearbook a had not seen that picture until ay fr this morning, we are hearing from northam's medical school roommate. >> he says he was at the party with northam. he said noram did not wear those clothes to the party. >> was i didn't recognize that picture. i didn't recognize anyone in it. i didn't know where or when it was taken. i don't thioo it like him.

ralph was thinner than the people in that picture. >> coming up next half hour, we will hear from lawmake in the commonwealth that are calling for northam to gnre they say this could affect the general assembly in ssn. president trump says he can shut down the government again if he does not get funding for a wall at the u.s./mexico border. we're ten days away from a deadline for bipartisan lawmakers to come up with a deal to keep the government open. he says the country is being invaded by crinals and repeated the threat of a national emergency i he doesn't get the money. the deadline is february 15th. coming up at 4:45, we will check in with tracie potts who has news on this story. >> looking at our other top stories, president trump is sending 3,700 more forces to the u.s./mexico border.ey th will provide support to custom agents. they will provide surveillance

and will install about 150 milee of wire bet ports of entry. critics call the move a political ploy. the federal aviation administration is investigating a plane crash inorba linda, california. the plane crashed into a home, injuring at least two people. thefaa says the twin-engine cessna had just taken off from fullerton municipal airport. maryland officials are investigating a crash that claimed the lives of five children. it happened in bowie on saturday. the childrenwere 5 to 15. the mother of two of the kids was driving the suv when s crashed into trees. amy cho will have the latest of this situation coming up at 5:00. there's an investigation into what caused a crash in mogomery county that killed a teacher.

bran watts worked montgomery's instructional services that helps students with learning needs. for two weekends in a row, someone has robbed the same sun trust bank in rockville. now, police are trying to figure out if it's the same person. e bank is inside shady grove road. the person walked up to the teer and demanded cash. the teller believes it is the same robber. a local woman is thanking a police officer for helping save her life. the officer killed two pit bulls that attacked two women. when police arrivedunthe officer the dogs on top of one of the victims. be officer shot and killeh dogs. the women were badly hurt.'s itunclear who the dogs belonged to.

>> with those cheers, the new england patriot fans are celebrating a sixth super bowl win. the pats beat the l.a. rams in a 13-3 victory. nothing was going on for three. quarte the highlight of this game wasl gendaryge sin gladys knight, who kicked things off with a beautiful rendition of the national anthem. this is the way it was supposed to be. and the teams took the field. people were saying it was one of the least eventful super bowls ever. it was one of the lowest scoring super bowls in the ga's 53-year history. >> tre wasn't much action to speak up in the first three quarters of this game. but the patriots pulled ahead for their historic win. bill belichick tipped his hat to the playersst and coachinf. >> when we played our best football and compete the hardest, we can't say enough about them. the coaching aff, brian florice, josh mcdaniels and all

of the rest of the staff, our conditioning, moses cabrera and our strenh and conditioning staff, they did a great job. it was a great team win. >> not oy washe game of people but a lot were disappointed in the halftime show, too. you saw maroon five joined by atlanta native big boi from outkaou ast. people are like, how do you only have part of outkast. >> everyone is talking about the crazy coat. it felt a little off. i don't know if adam levine was off-key. >> he couldn't keep his clothes on. >> a people were talking about that. janet jackson had that wardrobe malfunction. but nothingn will hap to adam levine, except for the fact they are going to a roast him -- i can't imagine. >> i am betting most guys

watching the game d even see that. like, adam levine, let's do something else. >> watch him on the voice. >> exactly. he's a really good coach. the stars of the super bowl weren't all on the field, either. the best commercials. just for the record, our producer points out that the steelers have had six super bowls for a long time. and a publi appearance and a publi appearance after a brutal attack.

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the u.k. i.c.e. agents arrested him saying his visa expired 13 years ago. he now faces deportation. his attorney is working on getting him out of detention. we're hearing from "empire" star jussie smollett for the first time since an alleged attack in chicago. he performed in hollywood on saturday night. he spokenc about theent where he says two men beat him up, hurling racist and homophobic slurs at him and putting a rope around his neck. he thanked everyone for eir support. >> i'm not fully healed yet. but i'm going to. >> yes, you are. >> and i'm goi to stand strong th y'all. >> police have released a surveillance photo of the two people of interest this case. they have not found any video of the actual attack.

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you're watching ne today. >> we are a day, now, before the haate of the union. and president trum threatened to shut down the government again if he does not get funding for a wal/malong the u.ico border. >> the president is expected to lay out hisgea to congress

tomorrow night. tracy po tra tracie potts joins us more with what he is saying. >> reporter: you have to wonder if he is going to address the budget shutdown/wall situation. it is the biggest issue in washington right now. in his interview with cbs, the president sainother shutdown is not off the table. he wouldn't rule it out. february 15th, the deadline for congress to come up with a plan or the temporary funding runs out and the government workers ware once againhout a paycheck. he said he would not rule out tional emergency declaring to use existing funds to build the wall. it was a wide-ranging interview. the president talked about that. he talked about syria, defending his decision to pull out u.s. troops. he also said he will b saying more during the state of the union or shortly before, about his meeting,upcoming meeting with leader kim wjong-un,h hopes of coming up with a dealo

heir nuclear program. but he seemed 50/50, they may not strike a deal on that. >> tracie potts for us on capitol hill. thank you. a maryland restaurant owner has received death threats for an anti-president trump poster. theic m restaurant in baltimore has a poster that shows an image of mr. trump and calling him stupid. "the baltimore sun" says someone called and threatened to hurt her and burn down her nebusiss. customers rallied around her. she nearly sold out of food when people heard about the threats. el salvador has elected a new presiden heas a popular third party candidate and the formeray of the capital city of sun salvador. officials say there was a rger-than-expected turnout of younger voters. imagine growing up in the u.s. with ameriyn parents o to find out decades later that you are not anri an citizen.

news 4 i-team found it happened to tens of thousands of people. jo jodi fleisher has me on the law and a gap that congress has to >>fix. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. >> reporter: it's an oath celebratingme whatcans cherish. but the part about liberty and justice for all? >> it's ustrating. >> reporter: at age 25, joy found out she wasn't an american citizen, because her american parents failed to fill out the ight form, even though her adoption was legal. >> it's devastating. it's hard to wrapou your head that. to live your entire life believing concret truths about who you are. >> reporter: now, the truths are in jeopardy, alon o with ten thousands of other legal adoptees, like this virginia man. >> i just felt there wasn't an american, philippine, or other

culture. i just was a kid. >> reporter: he's 61 years old, marriedo an american woman with three american children. > in my own american righteousness, i was like, this is an easy fix. this is ridiculous. >> reporter: when congress fixed it in 2000, the new law granted automatic citizenship to adoptees under the age 18, leaving out the adults who grew up here. what can be done to close that gap in the law? the hat can be done for american adoptees while they? wa as we thaw out from last week's cold weather blast, en to this. the midwest had it worst than we did. this is a new low,ll lite the small town of cotton, minnesota, recorded the lowestm ature in the continental united states on thursday. it was a bone-chilling 55.9

degrees. >> what? >> that's not the coldest temperature in mi sesota. thte record was set in 1996 at minus 60 degrees. >> can you explain what happens? >> if you don't follow capital ather gang, you should. one of their writers, went from boston where he liveut to minnesota to experience that. someone that grew up in boston. >> can you believe goi out to minnesota to experience that? >> he said, it's like diving into an ice-cold pool of water because the water i so dense and thick. it will seep into every opening. he went to adjust his camera and at 30 seconds, he couldn't move his fingers. >> i want no parts of that, chuck bell.

i'm into cold weather. zero.en, there's 40 below >> then, our weather. >> the same spots that were 30 below zero, they wers mild yesterday as we were. the temperatures climbed nearly 100 degrees in five days. you think we're having pipe problems here? the nei in minnesota will be tough. the groun is frozen up solid. 35 on a monday morning. not much of a breezeut there. temperhrures climbingough the mid and upper 30s between now and 9:00 in the morning. could be patchy fog but no impacts for today. if there were june or august, you would think this is a hurricane. it's no but it's a well-desifined littl storm. tho high pressure for us, it's not going to have much of an impact.

there's no organization to it. maybe a sprinkle or two overnight. at spin will try to throw more cloud cover our way during the course of the day. it will be cloudier in southern marynnd. no r threat but extra cloudiness more nine in the shenandoah valey. clouds w thicken up after midnight between 2:00 and 6:00 tomorrow morning. a quick chance of a sprinkle or two of rain before sunshine and mild weatherreturns for tomorrow. starting off the day in the 20s to 30 degrees now. outdoor recess, temperatures closer tes 50 deg by recess. and afternoon highs getting close to 60.at is a borgen, for sure. heergs your ten-day outlook. mid to upper 50s today. 65 and sunshine tomorrow. that's 20 degrees warmer than averag mild weather hangs around all

week. there's chances for rain on wednesday and thursday. next chance of a solid rainy day is friday, as the cold air shing in. it will be typically cold in time for the weekend. >> perfe timing. thank you, chuck bell. 95 in maryland northbound-southbound, powder mill road, looking good. inner loop, outer loop of the beltway, okay. outer loop, you can see looking little slow after the turnpike. don't have anything recorded there. southbound 270, germantown road. that work is done. and looking at 95 in virginia.co quantio the beltway, 68 miets per hour, will you there in 17 minutes. >> thank you. for the first time the national hockey league will celebrate black history emonth. nhl is shifting its focus in bruary from hockey is everyone campaign, to highlight racial diversity in the sport.

it wl include a traveling mobile museum dedicate to minorities in hockey. the museum will be outside of madison square garden in new york on saturday. the capitals have had a tough time on the ice. they've lost eight of nine games. >> thought the break would help. >> that l includest night's game against the bruins. the caps take the ice tomorrow against the canucks. i >> i'm surprised to hear this is the first time that the nhl is celebrat g black historymonth. but they're getting a start. you've probably seen your story trending on the instagram feed. the post is nowevling its identity. you may have seen it. it's a picture of an l egg,e that. last night, after weeks of behind , we know who is it. according to "usa today," it was revealed last night after the super bowl, by hulu. the reveal of the sho "world record egg," explained the egg

is tied to a mental health es awar campaign about social media use. in the episode, the egg is cr k cracked and said the pressures of social media are getting to it. it makes a plea for viewers to get help. ign here. cam but a great message. >> and one that resonates with so many peyle. too meople -- i feel like young people, compare themselves to complete strangers on the internet. and some of the pictures aren' even real. they've been filtered and edited. >>nd the need for help is real and shouldn't be ignored, either. there'so denyi it, the super bowl game was for most people. >> some of the commercials made a splash. one of the most popular of the night featured nfl stars. this is our favorite. take a look. >> welcome to the 100th season of the national football league. >> marshawn lynch, emmitt smith, odell beckham, so many others.

>> jim brown. >> peyton manning. joe montana. they all starred in this ad to celebrate the national football league's 100th season. some of the players, they could name them all. >> it was awesome. ramping up at the nfl draft in april and culminating at super bowl liv, the league's 100th season will feature unique experiences, community initiatives and other exciting events. here's another ad that really pulled at heart strings last night. >> i was hit by a car going 50 miles per hour. and i promise you i wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for the first responders. >> this is the verizon first responders commercial. verizon thanked first responders for saving their lives and so many others. it's hard work they do that is so thankless, really. >> this is the head coach of the chargers. he was meeting and thanking the first responders that saved his

life. it really was emotional. >> hats off. you know valentine's day is coming up. february 14th, in case you't diknow. ten days now. >> while consumer spending is up, fewer americans are planning to celebrate this year. the national retail federation says people will spend $162 on loved ones this year. that's up 15% from last year. only 51% of americans say they will actually celebrate next week. that's downrom 55% last year. the number of consumers has trended down over the last 12 years. >> people spending morene >> that's sad, maybe a little bit. still ahead on news 4 toda virginia's governor under fire. >> the latest from richmond and ralph northam facing mounting pressure to resign flowing the

appearance of a racist photo. also ahead -- >> everyone says finding a job is like job unto itself. what steps should you be taking to make surehat you'rehe next new hire? we have an expert who weighs in.

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i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. the 2019 super bowl is nto part of hisry. if you're not a fan of the patriots and like a high-scoring game, you were out of luck - nobody expected this. >> we thought it would be a good isme. thame just wasn't. it was the lowest-scoring super bowl of all-time. the patriots bested the rams 13-3. by the half, only three-points were on the board. we'll have coverage of the game coming up in a few minutes. >> it was just -- low energy, the whole thing and halftime. >> before w turn for a check on the commute and the forecast, melissa mollet istanding by with your traffic, we go to chuck bell. he was cooking allweekend. >> we had a house full of people. yeah. a lot of cooking and aot of eating was taking place. i'll see if i can find -- i knoa there' few of my hot sausage sandwiches left. i didn't know if i h enough to feed the entire newsroom. y