to save. here's a live look at the capitol as we come on theju air. hours from now president trump is set to deliver his second state of the unio address, his first to the divided congress and country. >> we're working for you with live team coverage of what to expect tonight. doreen gentzler leads our coverage from the field. doreen. >> leon and 'mpat, inside the capitol getting ready to cover what people can expect from tonight's state of the union speech a what's still up in the air. there's a lot of stake, particularly for all the federal government workers in our region. the shutdown deadline ismi l at the end of next week. we'll be back with live tm coverage. >> good deal. >> thank you, doreen. we'll go back live to the capitol in two minutes. first this afternoon, a northern virginia family is terrifi terrified. a local mother and father tells us they don't feel safe inside their homeanymore.

they found bullets scattered throughout their home. pat collins is live. urpat, this is a quiet subban cul-de-sac, isn't it? >> reporter: indeed, leon. let me set the scene for you. it's the middle of the night, a family asleep, mother, father, two little boys. and then all of a sudden things go sideways. this is lane and deshan zahed, this is how they spent last night in their home. >> we found aammer and box cutter in thegarage, we slept with our children in our room. we listened to the police scanner. >> reporter: 2:00 a.m. mondayin morng, someone stood out here andff fired 11 shots, seven of the shots wentent into the zahe

home. one here, one over there, and then way up there. come into the upstairsthroom. one of the bults came through the nsll, through thee of the tub, the outside of the tub. through the door and then into the wall over here. be still my heart. >> my first thought was to go check on my children. i have a 3-year-old and a year-old little boy. so i crawled on my hands and knees into their rooms and made sure they were okay. >> reporte they said they asked the mountclaire homeowner's association for extra security patrols, but nothing's happened. when i went there today they said they had no comment and asked me to leave. >> i'm supposed to be able to protect my family,ou but, know, you rely on your neighborhood and your community to provide a little peace ofnd what happens when you reach out to them and they give you none? >> reporter: coming up at 5:00

we're going to hear from thece pr william county police. leon, back to you. >> that's te thank you, pat. >> reporter: unbelievable. pat to you. >> just abo h fivers from now, president trump will make the short trip down pennsylvania avenue to address a joint session of congress. his second state of the union address comes at a time ofig ened partisanship here in washington and across the country. this will also be his first big speech to a divided legislative branch doreen gentzler is anchoring our coverage live fro emancipation hall this afternoon. set the stage for us. >> reporter: preside a trump will you said, give his second state of the union speech in about five hours, and it will be a whole new ball game this timed compa to his first state of the union speech a year ago. this time he's speaking to a divided congress and we'll be seeing a newly appointed house

speaker, nancy pelosi, over his shoulder this time. he's going to talk about what he sees as the successes of his administration so far out his agenda for the year ahead. here are four things to watch in the president's snte of the unddress tonight. his theme, choosing greatnous. and white officials say the address will have a unifying tone. but it comes amid the threa of another government shutdown over funding for that border wall. the big question , he -- hbe alread answered in m some respects. tonight we know that president trump will not declare a national emergency to spend monede on a bwall without approval from the congress. that word came from his staff earlier this afternoon. it's something he's been threateningoreeks. in addition to immigration, the president is expected to focus on infrastructure spending. lowering the cost of health care and prescription drugs. a plano eliminate hiv

transmissions and national security. stacy abrams is going to deliver the democratic response to president trump's state of the union address. abrams is the former minority leader of the georgia house of representatives, she lost tight gubernatorial race andn se is ss a rising star of the democratic party. the state of the union usually doesn't happen in february. it was postponed at the request of nancy pelosi during the government shutdown she claimed there were security issues doing it during that time. now we are on the verge of another shutdown, the deadline for reaching an agreement on the border, the immigration funding coming up next friday. and as far as we'vehe d, there's very little progress. so there's a lot at stake tonight. i want to bring in n nbcews political director and the host ofck "meet the press," c todd. hello, chuck. good to see you. what are you expecting-

>> good to see you? >> reporter: what are you expecting to hear from president trump tonight? >> you know, doreen, it'll bete sting because we've gotten this preview from them. the forma losed preview, and you say we went through this 35 day shutdown. his callsor bipartisan, how well will they be received? we'll see from nancy pelosi who will give nonverbal clues, whether to clap or not clap. i think there's a few things i'll be watching for to see i they're serious about trying to get stuff passed in a divided government or if this is just the beginning of the 2020 campaign. one is, how long do they spend on the border all? an he makes his pitch to congresso give him funding to this, does he say call it a fence, does he -- how conciliatory is he? theouore hes it, the more you might want to take him at

his word perhaps. what about the other stuff, you brought up prescription drugs, infretructure? thre real bipartisan deals they could get done. is it in passing o ishere a real plan of action he announces. i think they're tryino make it seem like a traditional state of the union but this is a most unusual time to try to attempt the tradition things.e >> reporter: appreciate your taking the time to talk with us and we'll look for your analysis coming up on nbc "nightly news" and also right after the speech on nbc news coverage. thank you, chuck. >> you got it, doreen. >> reporter: and we are working for you all night. we'll have live reports. we'll be reporting live herehe from capitol throughout the 4:00, the 5:00, and the 6:00 broadcast. scott macfarlane is joining me. and he's been -- he was just interviewing newly appointed house majority leader, denny

hoyer over my shoulder. nd we'll talk with scott have more of what to expect here at the state of the union address coming up on news4 at 4:00. >> here we go. >> so much toatch and listen for tonight. >> reporter: a lot at stake. yeah. stay with us throughout the afternoon for coverage of tonight's state of the union. in our nbc washington app you can als read about the 13 guests invited to sit with thef t lady. lawmakers in richmond starting to offer reaction today to ter latest contr to hit the capital in an uncorroborated sex assault allegationgainst justin fairfax. meantime they continue to urge ralph northam to step down. julie carey isalng to lawmakers who insists the distractions are n getting in the way of getting their work done. >> reporter:edhey adjou on what was a busy day and no doubt someatching up with the news.

the governor still keeping a low pro file. we have not seen him and his staff has not put out a public schedule. but for the moment the spotlight here and nationally focussed on justin fairfax and the allegation made against him yesterday. we're now learning that his accuser has hired high profile legal representation and she's identifying herself, her name vanessa tyson. lieutenant governor justin fairfax stickin to senate business, the day after he lt the floor to address an or excorrobated allegation that he slly assaulted a woman he met at the 2na4 democratic onal convention. he said it's being made now to smr him at a time he's next in line. >> we have a fabricated story out of the blue that's meant to attack me because of where i am in politics. >> reporter: it appears the

woman ausing him could be stepping forward. she hired the law firm that blasey nted christine ford and karen finny to be her press representative. most lawmakers refusing comment on the allegation against fairfax, saying they need more information. >> we don't have all the information, but we take any allegation of sexual abuse or harassment seriously. w so we'llt and see how the information volves. >> reporter: louise lucas repeating her call thatra goverr h northam resign. last week when this yearbook page was revealed, the governor apologize then a day later held a press conference saying itwa 't him. lucas rejecting his call for more time. >> what's a little more time to do for us? it keeps all ofou right here asking the same questions until he does. it's time for him to resign and

get it allus behin >> reporter: lawmakers insist the political chaos is not interfering with their work. ate y both house and s phowing through dozens of bills. now governor rortham did put out a tweet for the first ti indays, it offered condolences to the family of the state trooperild over night. more news out of virginia breaking right now. ince william county commonwealth attorney paul ebert said he will not run for another term he said he has a health concern that he has to deal with. he's prosecuted some of the most famous andnfamous trials in virginia history. he's the longest serving commonwealth attorney in the state of virginia. there's me breaking news. bad news for the washington wi wrds. >> todare learning that john wall is going to be out for

a year because of a new injury. sherree burruss joining us from the live desk this is a bummer, what is the word here? >> reporter: john wall is expected to miss 12 months after rupturing his achilles tendon after falling at home and wall already out for the season after having surgery on a heel injury. devastating news for the wizards. kickingract extension in next season, his salary jumping from 19 million to 37.8. the team is also saying he developed an infection from the incision on the heel surgery but he's expected to undergo surgery for the ach next couple weeks. >> is it the same heel and achilles? >> it's the left achilles, i have toth check o heel. >> ouch. >> yes, it ishe same one. >> painful for him and the team. thank you. > wore woe are working to save

money today. >> susan hogan is breaking down auto insurance for you. prepare for more potholes. road crews tell us they're seeing a spike in calls where we're seeing the worst potholes today. they're everywhe. but look at this. something else that's everywhere, 60s and 70s. but the 40s to the west. i'll yupdate on.

back now with a loo we've had some record breaking warmth across the dmv today. we hit 72. can you believe that? breaking our old record of 70 degrees. as you know, good things don't always last. doug is back with when winter returns and wnou y'll his update just minutes away. >> sometimes ged things c with a downside. you may enjoy the swings in temperatures but theoads don't love it so well. >> potholesre sure to start dotting the landscape all over our region. transportation reporter adam tuss is out on pothole prol today. >> reporter: get ready, because the ground's about to be ripped over with pholes all across the region. >> you'll see more of these as

we go into the spring season. >> reporter: road crews filling the craters and with the record moisture and the swing in temperatures, make sure you keep your guard up so y and your car don't get bent out of shape. >> it's terrible. we've had to replace two rims os thehicle as a result of potholes. >> reporter: tim banks went through expensive repairs. >> one pothole m wife hit it and took out both of our tires. four tires, two rims o a year-old vehicle. >> reporter: this is a problem acss the region. you might want to call this hubcap alley. thisths military road in nor arlington, as the cars come through, they are dodging pothole after pothole and itnt inues up the road. chopper 4 showing ushis perspective along the bw parkway. e road ready over the next couple weeks. adam tuss news4.

>> hang on toour hubcaps. >> yes. no> doug, is this just a tease? >> you what today is, right? it's national weather person's day. so you know -- >> it's in honor of you. >> no.ha that's we give back. we want to give back to the people. it's record high temperaturese that's what saw across the region today. our record high today is 70.3 we're atght now. look at the numbers again. it says 72 we hit 73 today. the old record0 at dulles, 71 today. i have to check the latest because temperatures have gone up. 73 at the airport.nd out of the west at 9 miles per hour. a nice afternoon. it does not gette bthan this. as a matter of fact it's never been betr than this btoday. wet the old record by 3 deees, set in 1990 fredericksburg at 73. 74 culpepper. lo at char slotsville, 76.

it was 77 last hour. amazing warmth across theaire. no rain right now but that's goingo be changing. it's going to get unsettled. clouds't see it here, back to the west they're not doing welcoming over the untains. you see the snow towards minneapolis, look how it's connecting over the gulf, and places like louisiana, mississippi this moisture trying to make its way our way, which it will and it brings the colder air. 73 d.c., 29 t current wind chill in cleveland. noisally i show a map like this is the cold air racing in. that's not what's going to happen the frontal boundary, it's stuck here. but tomorrow about 20 degrees cooler. elis is still above average temperature around 51 degrees

tomorrow, our average high is in the mid 40s. temperatures on the mild side with the rain. here's the rain, timing iton ou our wednesday, no rain early, most of it comes in the afternoon, but cloud cover and cooler temperatures, notice by 2:00 we're still on the dry side. the evening rush just in time, here comes the, making its way in backra towarinds i-81, eresburg, frederick, and tomorrow aon by 9:00 that wave moves through. another wave moves through by thursday morning and the thursday morning rush could be a problem here. rain thursday morning and then weee thearm front come through. we go back into the 60s. you see this topsy turvy, rrool tofore we crash down on friday. 73 y. 51 tomorrow. 62 on thursday. o 59, that's kin deceiving though because temperatures by friday night, if you have dinner plans friday night i expect the wind chills in the 20s and 30s

by friday night. that's the roller coaster we have here. look at saturday. high of 39 degrees. 42 on sunday. a chilly weekend. not a terrible weekend but chilly. and watching a couple systems next week. one ofwhich, tuesday, storm watching for sure. in.er moves back >> all right. >> we're bouncing back and forth between minneapolis and miami. >> beats 15 degrees, though. >> thanks, doug. local art prompting reaction from ivanka trump. her comments today about a new exhibit that appears to show her vacuuming up whatever patrons throw her way. feel like you're paying more than ever before for auto surance? we have a break down county by county and what's driving the cost. we're celebrating black >>story month all month here on news4. nd we head to break with this reflection from malcolm x.

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first daughter, ivanka trump, installation by the group cultural d.c. is called ivankai vacu it features a model who looks like the president's daughter doin exactly that. onto ors can throw crumbs the carpet for her to cleanup. the piece created is on display at the fla point gallery near metro center. tweeted aboutrump the exhibit saying, quote, women can choose to knock each oth wn or build each other up, i choose the latter. let's turn to a story you're seeing first here on news4. a new report is breaking on how much we pay for auto insurance. >> susan hogan has the county by county numbers and all cnties are not equal. >> you bet. you are right. we were given early access to this report from the szebra. so turns out you could be pay g hundreds of dollars more than

drivers who live just over thee county lin from from the beltway to the streets of d.c. we spend a lot of time on the roads and a lot of moneyn our vehicles. one of the biggest costs, auto surance. a new report from the zoebra gives more sinsights on w driving the cost. >> where yous live a factor, and haso dohat kind of car you drive, so the asset you're shoring and how you drive. irginia and maryland drivers pay less than the national averagac in virginia is the second cheapest state in the country. d.c. drivers, they pay just under $1,500 a year. let's take a closer look at how it breaks down by county. most folks in northern virginia arng right around $1,000. check out maryland, it really varies with driversor in prince 's county paying more than

$1,600. >> so car insurance is about risk and statistics. so these companies look at, you know, males versus females,r whoeiles more claims, hat's going to be the riskier characteristic. >> if you're in the market for a new car for the family, you may be able to save by opting for the mini van overn suv. and coming up today on news4 at 5:00, we'll have a closer look at the factors that play into determining your rate and could your online behavior some day play a part? this is stunning, thisst next y coming up. >> your social media? >> so many companies are peeking at it and if car insurance companies have that same access what they would do with it and cthow it ims our rates. >> some wide disparities there. new calls for safety improvement along one of the most dangerous roads in our

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tonight, president trump will eak to a joint session of congress in his second state of the union address. >> the speech comes after the longest shutdown ever and as lawmakers have been actively working to avoid a second shutdownust ten days from now. that first one over his border wall is something we expect him to talk about tonight as he speaks to a divided congress. we'll be watching reaion over s shoulder, watching nancy pelosi. >> a lot of people will be watching her as well. we have team coverage throughout the afternoon here for you here. let's goack to doreen gentzler life on the hill. hi, the. we're live inside the capitol gettingor readyhe president's state of the union address tonight. as you said, immigration expected to be a big topic in that speech this ening.mi ation and the president's insis answer t insist answer the on a border wa are what precipitated the longest government shutdown in history.s joinings blayne alexander, she's joining us live outside

the capitol with a loserser lcl at what the president is expect to say. >> reporter: we know according to the white house the president has been preparing for this did a run through yesterday, another one expected today before he comes here to the capitol. we know the theme, according to the white house, is choosing greatness. ident trump we're told is going to be striking an opmistic tone aboutunity. that's notable given the audience he is going to beki sp to tonight, even though this is his second state of the union address, tonight's audience willew look somhat different. for president trump tonight a new political realy, a divided congress with democrats controlling the house. the white house promising a optimistic state of the union address. >> he's calling for bipartisan and unity. and more compromise and cooperation and less divisiveness. >> reporter: but the president also expected tim touch on gration and a border wall.

today the white house downpl downplaying a national emergency declaration, b making clear it is not off the table to the dismay of some republicans. >> if he were to do that, it would likely end up in litigation. >> reporter: it comes as president eump sends m troops to the border and continues to build his case for the wall among his guests tonight, the family of a couple authorities say was killed by an undocumented immigrant. and democrats inviting federal employ asected by the government shutdown as congress works to avoid another one next week >> i hope the president's legislative team is telling him, you ought to accept whatever bipartisanomise congress reaches on border security because we have to avoid another shutdown. >> on twitter a scuffle between chuck schund president trump, who tweeted i see he's already criticizing my state of the union speech. schumer calling the president's

push for unity empty. he reporter: and tonight democratic response will come from stacy abrams. she's the one that lost the closely watched race for georgia's governor. coming up in our next report we'll put the focus on local federal government employees and what tonight's speech means to them. sevin mccart scott macfarlaneoing to join me. he's been talking to local lawmakers. stay tuned to nbc 4 our coverage of the state of the union begins at 9:00onight on the network and more live coverage on news4 11:00. i'll be back shortly. leon. >> you're right about one particular part of the audience at will be interested tonight federal contractors. we know there will be a lot of

them in the house chamber. lila johnson is going to be among them. we first met this 71-year-old great grandmother a few day t inhe shutdown. since contractors don't receive ba pay, she's still behind on her bills. here's what she wants to hear from the president tonight. >> he should apologize to what he did to th american people. he shouldn't get up there and talk about no wall. >> johnson has been a federal contractor for more than two decades. v marylandenator chris van holland invited her. look for me on th president's speech here on egnews4, special coverages at 9:00. we'll be streaming the speeches live in our nbc washington app. changing lanes, whethere its drivers or the roads, something needs t changeo

make route 210 in prince george's county safer and more n effi today they sent a letter to the statesking for funding for priority construction. tracee wilkinshows us what it could mean for indian head highway. >> reporter: indian head highway is considered one of the deaes deadliest, outdated in our region. >> it's norious. maybe not because of the road itself but because of the way people drive onit, and the driving culture. >> reporter: today the prince george's county council, decided to vote to fund for improvements to 210. >> it is a graduated project. the questgn we're try to figure out is how can we speed up the major construction work involved in this and also some of the ancillary things that can help improve things. >> reporter: the highway has bumped some of th long-standing priorities on the construction list. sothing this council of members from across the county

agreed needed to happen. in december three young children were killed in a deadly wreck. soon after county officials vowed to make the road safer. >> whether the state funds it we have to work with our colleagues in the general assembly. >> reporter: today's vote is an important part of the ste to revamp indian head highway but it's not the end of this ongoing discussion. there are seven to eight intersections that need to be repaired. one underway for years. they're looking at an additional 30 years or more to do t additionintersections and it could cost as much as half a billion do i'm tracee wilkins, news4. we are working for your he th this afternoon. breaking down new research tt links too much sitting with a certain kind of cancer. plus great balls of fire. meet the local scientists who are working to save the planet

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that was nice. >> that would encourage us to get moving. amelia draper joins us with a oser look at the warming trend. good stuff. >> it is ne out there today to enjoy the warmth. surst check out the old records out there today v the new records. we set record high temperatures today atna reagan nat as well as dulles. the old record at dulles also coming in at 70. that got me thinking, i went back andmperures we sethe going to 2000. this could mean record warm days, record cold rdays,ord cold nights or record warm nights. so i lookedt temperatures in general. since 2000 we have set overmp 2 ature records. now here's the thing. looking at the temperature records, less than 10% of them were cold temperature records. theity of them were record warm days or record warm nights

and by fa i noticed the biggest increase in our record warm nights out there. so anothere thing that w seeing from this is our seasons are shifting. i know a lot of you guys talk about this on facebook and twitter. we're getting longerummers and winter is getting shorter. and here we see that winter to summer and don't have any spring. our temperatures are goingol toe on ar coaster for the rest of the work week into the weekend. doug and iill have more on that in about 10 minutes. >> all right. if it's the beginning of the end of winter, it makes some of us happy. >> nice going on the homework. >> it took me until the minute i got on tv here. >> thanks, amelia. and doug will joinli a next with how much longer this warm weather will last. they have their eye on what could be our next winter storm. first, local researchers show us the spacecraft tha could savehe entire planet from asteroids. from asteroids. a look at

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we are back now with more on the state of the union, just over five hours away now. >> for membersur of local congressional delegations and folks in our area one of the big things they'll be listening for is avoiding another shutdown. >> the deadline just over a week away. scott macfarlane is on capitol hill with a closer look at at. scott. >> reporter: good afternoon, leon and pat. there's going to be a lot of discussion tonight, a lot of variety of topics in the but so many are going to be listening to talk about the shutdown and the impact that affects our friends, neighbors, it's their childir care, t careers, their mortgage payments. we've spoken to a lot ofeople here today, and nobody believes we'll be closer to averting a shutdown tomorrow tn we are

today. both sides inviting guests with oppositef viewse border wall and the last shutdown.co anressman anthony brown says no doubt the workers will be listening closer tonight. >> i hope the government would make a commitment to not shgodown rnment. while we disagree on policy make a commitment that the government would stay open. and if he cannot show empathy, at least apologize to the federal government employees, their families who had t endure a 35 day shutdown. >> this is the first sf the union in quite a while in which there is no local republican representing our area in the house chamber. just few moments ago we got a chance to go in the house chamber. 4 the only media inside early this evening. we see members o congress already lined up to get an aisle seat. they want to be shown on television shaking the

esident's hand. scott macfarlane. back to you. >> thanks, scott. we change gearsompletely out of a science fiction movi >> researchers are developing a miile that could defend us from an asteroid. >> reporter: thi animation shows the damage that can be caused by ansteroid crashing to earth. a team led by elena adams is building a hit ance astoid in space, throwing it off course enough to miss the earth? >> every now and again when i'm feeling a little feisty i say that myavob is to the world. most of the time i say i work on nasa missions. this time i'm working on aark mission that is going to move an asteroid. >> reporter: d.a.r.t. is the

double asteroid redirection test. they're building a spacecraft to target the moon reslolving aroud this. >> it's like shooting darts. we're trying nudge the asteroid out of the way in order to be able to have it mis the eart if it's coming towards earth. >> reporter: the applied physics lab has bee designing spacecraft since 1959. reporting om laurel, chris gordon news4. good to know someone's looking out for those. >> yeah. that's kind of amazing. it's not the big ones that, you know, we have a pretty good amount of information on. it's the small ones. you see them all the time that they do make their way in. glad to know somebody is working on that.

i've seen arggedon. >> that's such a great movie. this is chopper 4 right now. look at the view. >> nice. >> that is gorgeous lookingon the potomac, towards reagan national airport, the woodrow wilson bridge behind what a great day it is. the airport as this guy is coming in for a landing. i don't know where he's coming from, but it doesn't matter. the weather ispe ect. you're landing in 74asegrees fromngton do.c., whether it's miami which is in the 70s or minnesota in the 20s. our area is a good place to be. 73 degrees and dropping, though, 64 by 7:00 into the 50s by 11:00 toght. not going to go that much cooler. it's not going to be a very cold night at all. staying on the mild side even thou we have a system making its way our way.

71 in manassas. 68 in gaithersburg. this just in we set a record high of 73 -- no. we hit 74 today. 74 degrees we hit a little bit earlier this afternoon. but we're watching a couple things here. and amelia and i have been looking at this, this is fascinating how warm we are on the east side of the country and jhow cold it ist back to the west. i just showed you this, 74 d.c., cleveland in the 20s for wind chills. really cold and amelia we are on the border and tomorrow it'll most likely bring us rain. >> yes. we'll see rain later in the day but a dry start. so my thing and creatures enjoying the warm wther today. a box turtle i saw on my run today. look how tiny h there's my hand there on the other side of your screen. just a ltle guy ere, moved him off the side of the path and continued on. maybe a sprinkle out there. i'm goingha to add after this hit. at the bus stop looking fine.

for m recesst kids will have recess outdoors. as we get towards dismissa and the afterschool activities, we're going to be seeing f a rain showers moving into the area. so you want to grabre the ua as head out the door tomorrow on your wednesday. keep it handy thursday a well. not looking like a washout by any means. on friday we are looking dryat t tempes fall throughout the day as the winds increase and as the colder a filters in on friday that sets us up for a more seasonal weekend but it is dry saturday and sunday. r average high now 45 degrees, so we're running above normal r for theainder of the work week. but quite the rolr coaster back up into the 60s on thursday, temperatures falling to the 40s on friday.nd and saturday sunday we're a little bit below normal. temperatures saturday only looking 3o stay in thes. but again, enjoying the record warmth today and reallyat tempes not that bad for

the rest of the work week. >> not at all. but don think winter is over, everybody. this is not early wespring. ave winter coming in on saturday and really it comes in on friday. rather dreary tomorrow wh 61 and rain. 65 on your thursday. 59 on friday. but let'salk about friday because that 59 is deceiving. windy.ng rather falling temperatures all day. that 59 could be when you step out the front door at 7:00 or 8:00. by the afternoon wind chills in the 20s and 30s. by saturday we're only in the 30s. storm watching on tuesday. talking a winter storm early w nek. thanks, doug. okay. right now the search for a driver who hit and critically hurt a person in the district is under way. clueshe we have about car, we learned a few things. we'll have that for you coming up in just a bit. >> why neighbors say this was an accident waiting to happen. fit, here's a look at

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speeding cars. >> a look at that suggested speed limit sign saying 15 miles per hour fs thi something neigh ld payish more drivers w attention to. they say cars constantly speed upnd down this area at all hours of the night. it's not clear if tt played a role in the overnight crash, however neighbors say it's worth noting. is victim struck by an suv, ndrk in color, close to 3:00 a.m. the driver said to have kept going. police workingd to f surveillance video and also hoping to hear from witnesses who may have seen or heard something that can help them put their investigation together and bring in that driver as well. news4.tin finc right nowt 5:00, the state of the union. >> he's also going to be orsionary and callold actions. >> after a delay, president trump is now getting ready for tonight's big speech. >> i'm doreen ntzler, live team coverage from the u.s.

capitol tonight with what to expect from president trump. >> i'm scott macfarlan we're also gathering local reactio as we count down to another potential government shutdown. surgery setback. john wall sidelined after suffering a freak injury in his shower. shree burruss on his timetable for a return. plus, america's addiction. >> no other disease do we treat people that inhumanely. >> a former narcoti officer who lost his daughter to a heroin overdose now wes a different war on the drug problem. good evening we want to the tonight with what white house is dubbing a call for unity. re later this evening president trump will be aing a divided congress and more divided country as he delivers his second state of the union. >> that speech set to start in abou 4 hours from now. the president planning to out the his administration's accomplishments and layout a

road map for the year ead. >> this comes as they're back in the corner with the threat of another shutdown loomg. we have all of the angles of the president's speech covered for you. atdoreen gentzler is live capitol hill. >> there's a lot on the line tonight for the president and for all of us as h gets ready to deliver his second state of adthe union ess. this one will be much different than his first state of the union address a year ago. now he's speaking to a divided congress. and his approval ratings have dropped lately because of that government shutdown, which went an incredible 35 days longest one ever in u.s. history. he -- we are tol that the theme of the president's speech tonight, choosing greatness. a lot of people are waiting to hear what he has to say. here are four things to watch in the president's speech tonight. he is not expected t