way to resolve this. >> and questions abouthen governor northam appears publicly again. >> news 4's live team coverage of this trifecta of troubles starts now. >> we come on the air with what can only be called a full-blown crisis rocking virginia's chain of command. >> the top three elected officials in the state all t haunted bir past. >> today it's the state's attorney general. mark herring admits he wore black face in th 1980s. >> meantime the woman accusing lieutena governor justin fairfax ofreexual assault ased a statement with graphic details about the encounter she says she had with him, and fairx revised his own new statementuct the encounter still disagreeing with her version. >> and governor ralph northam hiding out of public view. a short time ago maryland governor larryd hogan cal on him to resign. >> we have team coverage of the

cur moil at the top. we begin now with jue carey live in richmond. >> reporter:sthen i f arrived this morning there was already word a top elected official was about to admit past mistakes. just about the time came together in a session today, he released his full statement on sial media. once again the work of this general assembly overshadowed by controversy. impact of the latest revelation evident in the reaction o state senator louisianlouise lucas. she was overwhelmeds she left the capitol. she was barely able to get out a few words. the latestomhell came this morning when attorney general mark hearing met with members of the b tck caucus tell them like governor ralph northam he

once appeared in blackface. he said it happened when he was a 19-year-old college studentas and dressing up as a rapper. in a statement of apology attorney general writes although the shame of that moment has haunted me forecades and although the disclosure now pains me immensely what i amin fe no way compares to the shock virginias of color may be feeling. this conduct is no way reflect of the m i have become in the 40 years since. he did admit he once painted his ce to mimic michael jackson in a dance caucus. the black caucus just one of many groups to demand he vezine. new lawmakers willing to comment. still trying to t absorb latest shock wave to hit here. >> i'm still considering the

facts. justgo need to learn what'g on and ask people not to rush to judgment. let's settle down and try to be consistent in our approach. >> hare to set down, though, a lot of members reeling from this latest news. d we are expecting some time probably yet today, some kind of statement from the legislative black caucus. as f attorney general mark herring, he has already stepped >>e as cochair, a post he held there. hank you, julie. new to that sex assault allegation haunting lieutenant governor justin fairfa >> today fairfax issued a new statement and so did hisse ac erika gone lez continuing our team coverage. >> just this afternoon a atement was released from the law firm representing the woman lcuish virginia's lieutenant governor of sex assault. dr. tyson describes in graphic detail an encounter she says she had with justin fairfax at thec

deic national convention in boston in 2004. it began with whatcr she ded as a consensual kiss.th bu it turnled into more. quote, i cannot believe given my obvious distress that mr. fair fp fax thought this forced sexual act to be very clear i did not want to engage in oral sex with mr. fairfax and i never gave any form of consent, end quote. she says the courage of other women durinhe me too movement is part of what she says inspired her to action. earlier today the he releasof a statemenis own. while this allegation has been both surprising and rtful, i also recognize that no one makes this charge lightly. it goe s onto, quote, i wish her no harm oron humilia nor do i seek to denigrate her orer

dimensions voice. on monday the lieutenant gufblner told reporters the encounter happened before he was married and that it was consensual. >> doesnknybody t it's any coincidence that on the eve of my potentially being elevated that's when this kind of s uncorroboratar comes out? does anybody believe that's a coincidence? >> there is a hashtag right now, supporters of dr. tyson, it's called hhtag, i believe vanessa. and also on the door's twitter page she says she'll be participating in a february event called betrayal and courage in me too. we are hearing from northern virginia residents as these unfoldls continue to in arlington asking whether northam, irfax and herring can still lead the commonwealth.

>> reporter: herring himself says he's going to take a few days to consider his resignation, but let's not forget that just four days ago lee attorney general c on governor northam to submit his do you think these guys can be trusted to leave the commonwealth right ,now? >> i me no. >> yeng ii don't thin deters f him making decisions, but i think it's something that nds to b looked into. >> the chair highlights the damage this is doing to the democratic party and says he nnot understand why herring would not ait to wearing blackface over the weekend when he called for northam to resign. do you think the attorney resign?should >> from what i know right now, i am womening to accept that one's youthful tiindiscs should be measured against a lifetime of

service. >> reporgir: va senator mark warner says he is shocked to learn about all this and he's still taking someo time process it. >> our coverage of the crisis in the commonwealt continues throughout news 4 and ononhe nbc washin app. coming up, reaction to the latest revelation fr mark herring and thoughts whether governor northam should stay or go. turning now to the weather, and as you'll see there's rain on the radar, leon. >> that's right. what's the word, matt? >> rain jump coming through and look at these temperatures differences. 71 down around richmond, so 've got the cooler air coming in. here's the rai shower activity making its way through the region. parts of the evening rush will be impacted by the rain so watch out for some wet roads. we'll talk about how this rainh

movesgh tonight, what to expect tomorrow and the big crash in temperatures as winter returiday and into the weekend. much more on this back ten minutes. >> all right, thank you, do. president trump is praising his own performance when he delivered the "state of the union" address las night. whether that leads to a compromise on border security is another question. susan mcginnis joins us now as another governmt shutdown deadline creeps closer. >> negotiators so far seeo be inching closer to a deal. the question is will it be acceptable to the president. president trump todayin pra his "state of the union" speech. >> the speech i think has been very welleceived, in some cases incredibly well-received. >> reporter: his calls for unity. >> together we can break decades of political stalemate. >> reporte tested a negotiators for both parties try to beat the february 15th w

deadline tk out a deal on border security and avoid another government shutdown. while democrats have so far insisted they'llo offer money for a wall, negotiators sounded cautiously cautiously optimistic. >> we're hopeful. the tone is good. >> ipoke with senator shelby, whatever you come to an agreement on, bipartisan support. >> reporter: today the white house sounded at least willing to listen. >> we want to see what they negotiate. obviously we're giving congress a chance. >> reporter: but the president asserted deals with congress might only be posble if lawmakers stop investigating his administration. >> if there is going toea be and legislation there cannot be war and >> we are not going to be intimidated or threatened by the president to with hold any legislative advancement. >> reporter: today the preddent fi back at house intelligence chair adam schiff.

>> he's just a polzical hack rying to build a name for himself. lit's called president harassment. >> reporter: the committee is moving forward with its investigations. and president trump heads to the border on monday for a rally in el paso,>> texas. and still ahead, fact checking the "state of the union." ionbc's s political editor mark murray joins us. plus you can find a detailed look at both the presidens address and democratic response on our nbc washington app. search fact check. all right, will do. >> if you've ever gten a speed camera ticket in maryland, this next one is for you. >> yes, coming up the new report showing why some of those fines should not have been issued. plus, keeping kids fit. a new push to gets stude to ercise in prince george's county. but not everyone's onboard with this. why school officials are saying not so fast.

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covered earlier this week. d.c. pice now say they made an arrest in connection with a brazen bus stop shooting. said mer newsom officers arrested him with assault and ssession of a firearm. the chief called the crime a brazen act of violence in this city. >> and this arrest t comes as district takes a new approach toward cracking down on violent crime. hundreds of local gun cases will now be tried in federal court. but not everyone thinks that's such a good idea. >> reporter: crime scenes like this across the a district a too common. stood with mayor bowser and chief announcing the feds will take a gater part in fighting crim violent crime in d.c.

the new i planludes prosecuting gun charges known as failing in possession cases in federal court rather than in d.c. superior court. challenging cases where convicted felonn back out the streets are caught using an illegal gun. jessie lou said this is not about getting tougher sentences but invesgations on gun crimes. >> to try to find out where these firearms are coming from, how they're being used and what we can do to prevent further violence.e >> reporter: sren't sold on the idea of shifting hundreds of gun cases to federal court. >> i t ank that it's lot of drama with little effect, so itw looks like thil make a big difference and it actually harkens back to the age-old rhetoric about how we just get tough with prosecutions and sentences that'll have a deterrent effect. >> reporter: one of the biggest

advantages to having federal prosecutors involved is the ability to hav more investigators, including fbi agents working these cases. >> all of the resources that are availae to combat violent crimes will include, you know, technology, laboratory, forensic resources if needed. >> reporter: lou said as many as 300 gun cases a yea could fall under this new approach to fighting guniolence in the district. well, another concern t raid abous shift to federal courts is the burden on public defend mfrpz there are only about tenorneys and three investigators handling federal cases. that'sompare to more than 60 attorneys -- u a. attorney says she's working to address those concerns. turning now to the weather. doug, turned a little cooler today. areetting back to normal? >> it's kind of like this. temperatures still about 10 degrees above average. en though where we were 20

degrees below where we were >> but we're not complaining. >> no complaints. so far today h been an okay day. the rain making its way in right now. most of the area, though, has stayed dry most of the day. around the evening rush, right now seeing rain a lundsburg and frederick, back towards the warrinon area. right now d.c. and the metro o oe dryer side currently. this is where somethe heaviest rain is coming in. most of this is on the light to maiderate side,o there's no real heavy rain with this system. 's a fairly weak syste making its way through here. you can see the backdge of it already coming into parts of west venginia. and tomorrow we've got another system moving our way. temperature-wise 55 degrees. that wind makes it feel a little cooler. tch cooler to north.

45 haguerstown, 50 in frederick, and richmond right now coming in at 71 degrees. warm air as we push down to the south a little bit. here's today's system. this is rrow's storm making its way up, and notice where the from theoming from, south again. so that's going to push us up into the upper 50s to near 60 across our region, too. could give us a chance of a show tomorrow, but most of us stay on the dry side. 71 in richmond. you think there's a somewhere in there, even back towards the west and pittsburgh on the warmer side, and we actually see a pretty good day. staying cloudy, maybe some sun in the afternoon. 62 degrees, though, warmer with a shower possible. most of your day on your be dry, but you may want to keep the umbrella handy just in case. however, if you don't need it tomorrow or if you don't bring it, you may not even need not bad tomorrow. friday is the day.

59 degrees and windy conditions. i say 59 and you go that's not bad. t take a look. we could actually be around 62 when you wake up. but then becoming rather windy, falling temperatures, and about this time on friday the wind chills wil be in the 2s and 30s. that's why this temperature of 59 is ve deceptive. we go from 59 early in the day to 29 on saturday morning, and a much colder weekendre although nothing like what we saw. but still a fairly chilly weekend and still watching this storm right here. monday and tuesday the chance of a wintery mix both days. that's something i'll be tracking for you very closely. a little bit more on the weekend, by the way. we'lou talk more about friday, saturday and sunday. because everybody a caresut the weekend. >> oh, yeah. >> thank you, doug. >> and a lot of folks care about what's happening in the world of politics right now. there's a lot to dissect there onfrom the "state of the u last night to the growing crisis in the commonwealth of virginia. lots to talk about.

nbc news senior political editor mark murray is goi to help us unpack all this and sort it. >> first, let's take an lis to something the president said last night how a border wall c impactme in el paso, texas. >> immediately upon its building with a powerful barrier in place el paso is one of the safest cities in our country. >> mark, the president says crime fell in el paso due to its rder fence. what do the facts say about that? >> yeah, the data doesn'tack that up. it actually showed the crime is already falling in el paso and other b cities well before that wall was constructed in 09 and 2008. in fact, after the wall was being constructed crime actually went up just briefly in p elo. to me, the biggest story of all has to do with just the overall

crime rate situation in a cy like el paso, texas. it is one of the safes large cities in the country. its crime rate is much lower than other major metropolitan areas. but whe u you end hearing the rhetoric from the president of all of this crime on the uf. side the u.s.-mexico border in relation to the wall, the facts just aren't tre to back up the president. >> let's get some ofsihe big surp moments there last night, the president applauding yhe record number of women in congress, and t thanked him and made a bit of their own.of 102 women now, but 89 of them are democrats. overwhelmingumr there. what's actually happened to the share of women in the gop right >> it act went down for llw? republicans. there are now more women in the u.s. housef representatives, but they are disproportionately democratic rather than republican. and one of the reasons why has to do with president trump. there was just a slew of

who ranional candidates in the mid-term elections fired up because of trump andis presidency, and we saw that play out in the mid-term elections where a lot of these women ended up winning keyongressional seats across the country including invirginia. >> speaking of virginia, mark, three of virginia's top democrats are mired in controversy right now. what do you think this means for the party's future in the ste? and what do you think it could mean in 2020? >> one it is a big mess for democrats. it's a big mess for presidential candidates who are going to have to be asked questions about not only the governor, lieutenant governor and now attorney general, all democrats in virginia. but to me almost every day and hour that goes by seems the democrats, the status yo, you still might have ral northam as governor. you would end up having justice fairfax as lieutenant governor, mark herring as attorney general, because the threat of all three of them end up signing the next to line in

succession in virginia would be the republican speaker of the house, and democrats don't like that possibility of all.ho given thee between a republican governor and democratic governor, many of the democrats who called on s resign, probably would be happier with thetus yo than n with a republi charge. >> very interesting. can't wait to see how this all plays out. >> ands stay with throughout the evening for team coverage at 7:00. nb emphasis nightly news with lester holt brings you the latest reaction of what's developing tonight in the commonwealth. all right, speed cameras in warp zones. you've seen them and mayev been ticketed by them. >> digging into a new report in maryland that will make you

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if y ever gotten a speed camera ticket in one of those warp zones in maryland you better listen up because there may have beenome issues with that program in the past and you may want to challenge the ticket. calling for a new report that shed some lig on this problem. >> reporter: in a flash a new report detailing some

inconsistencies with maryland z one speed camera program. >> well, that's not good. that kind of annoys me zplr specifically a report from the state offic of legislative audits showing that for most ofa 2017 maryland highway administration did not adequately monitorhe maryland safe zones program vendor. now, according to this report there were 18 work zone cameras like this ouring the time that the audit wasfo ped. but ten of those sites did not have the proper inspections. >> any dealing with speed cameras is a sensitive topic. >> reporter: zucker joining us via face time, he t leds audit showing there was a lack of documentation showing requirements were being meat, like an operator beingresent with the cam rauz. during the time of this audit tens of thousands ofickets were issued. >> if drivers felt like they got faulty tickets then they could

always challenge. >> reporter: this is all the more reason to question them >> wouldou ever challenge a ticket? >> yeah. >> you have? >> yep, a couple of times. >> reporter: other states say it you don'tant a camera speed ticket, don't speed. >> we have put that full report online for you, so just get on the nbc washington app and search speed camera to read it before you challenge your all right, good luck. >> andlo down. just slow down. still ahead, our top story new chaos in virginia's capitol. >> the governor, lutenant governor, and now attorney general all engulfed in andal. general all engulfed in andal. teamsc c

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and right now at 4:30 storm team 4 tracking reason across the region. can take a live look at the radar showing a lot of shower activity out there. we'll have more from chi meteorologist doug kammerer still ahead here. virginia top three elected officials now caught up in controversy. the growing crisis in the commonwealth is overwhelming i leader virginia. the bombshells keep dropping. erika gone lez is following late developments from the newsroom. >> well, this afternoon virginia's top three elected leaders caught up in contrwiersy

attorney general mark herring admitting today he too woreblackface when he was in college in the 1980s. herring issued an apology calling it a shameful moment from his past and saying it is man he is today. today he resigned as the cochair of the democratic attorney general's association. meanwhile the woman accusing justin fairfax of assault released her version of their encounter. d fairfax released a new statement disagreeing with her versio events. meanwhile governor mark northam still plathng out o public eye. saying that northam can no longer be an effective leade but northam is getting some support today. bureau chief julie carey joinse us l from richmond coming up at the top of the hour. >> now, ts crisis in the commonwealth is day's talk

around town. thanks for can coming in to talk about this, the trifecta from richmond here. let's start with attorney general markri h. now, he's out -- coming out of the blue really with this admission he dressed up in blackface when he was 19 years old, tryingup to dresike curtis blow at a party. >> it's just not acceptelle. i will you a lot of our listeners are really absorbing this information right now like david from enarden. >> i don't know what's going on in virginia. i shouldn't be shocke though. i mean this kind of things not only goes on in virginia but lot of places, so there's no shock here. >> just keep on coming, it seems like light years away, butid ju we were talking about justin fairfax and the allegations being made against him about a sexual assault

charge -- not charge but allegations being me against him. what are your listeners saying about tha? >> ouristeners want a full and thul row investigation that either refutes or supports the claims. and of course i want appropriate action to be taken after that. here'shat mark from d.c. said about that te story. >> he should go. he should absolutely go. as i say, he's changed his story to mean times to beie bble. he's demonstrated that he is unable to lead that statend the demographics of the state and the populationbl prohas little trust in him. and now he's locked up the government where nothing can g done, so he should just go. >> all right, folks are saying that and more folks are saying that right now about governorrt ralph m. what's the talk about him? >> so there's a lot of clustration with this. and it's r, our listeners want the governor to resign.

this is not just a party issue but a moral and ethical issue. let's remember in 1984 jessie jackson was running for president. we had carl lewis who won the olympics in l.a. if if it wasn't him in those pictures, who was it? there's a big concern. demarcus who you just heard said it best how they were feeling, just didn't like his handling of ms explanation. >> well, let ask you this. your listeners have got to also be talking about what we should be doing about this. forgetpp about what s to these men in these e'jobs. >> been talking ability the importance there needs to be a national discussion s. okay, so once we get past that, there's something we can do individually today. first of all, realize each one of us has some level of unconscious biasness and we

should look at that and understand that so we should change our actions. and we need ton have friends other races and cultures so we can dispel some of these myths. and thirdly'r when youe around friends and family and they make these racist comments, you should stop them. >> no doubt this isot ove this is going to come back. taylor thomas, goodo see you. pat, over to you. >> all right. it is a difficult decion to medicate a child. when vitamins and minerals can be substitutedor prescription drugs for adhd. and it's the middle of but we're talking about pollen. amelia draper has details on these

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we are working for your health with a look at attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or adhd. many pents struggle with the decision to medicate their children or not to medicate. ortunately, parents have other option psychiatrist dr. joshua winer stopped pie news 4 to talk about things to consider when makingga very t decision. >> you know, most kids do very we with these medications. by far the biggest problem people will he is decreased appetite and concerns about weight and there's concern about blunting a personality or

rebound activity when the med kn wears off. e appetite is really the big deal. >> adhd affects approximately 8% of children here in this country. you ever wonder what 3 million boxes of girl scout cookies looks like? that's exactly whated arr today at rfk stadim. loading t into the trucks and vans, these cookies are ing to go out to girl scout troops all over the d.c. area. >> yum. >> love this time of year. >> love those coities. and warmer temperatures this week, the tree pollen, can you believe it, starting to increase. >> i can believe it i because can actually feel it. so if this is happening now in february, howit bad ind what can be expect for the next few weeks? amelia is here with more on that. >> here's your pollen report for day, not only tracking some tree pollen out there, but some

mold pollen as well. thankfully they're both coming in low, weeds and grasses still absent. here's some things to know as we'reeeing these warmer temperatures. what we're dealing with right now are the early flowering trees. now, the tree pollen levels relate pretty much directlyo warm temperatures. as the temperatures warm up we see these early flowering trees release pollen. now, when cold weather returns ehat pollen is goingo b on hold. so we're going to see ups and downs february through march. so is not like the pollen is out and now it's going to be here to stay. it's going to go up and down. and i do have to give credit to susan, a crobiologist for all of this fantastic information. looking back l at thet two years, the blue bar here is going to be an our average tree pollen. no 2018 was the third warmest february on record in washington. and look at that spike there in february 2017 was the warmest d.february on rec and you can see that spike there

in between late february and earl march. so looking at the extended forecast, our temratures for february right now run a little bit above normal according to the climate prediction center. so hopefully we're not seeing a spike like that this but there is the potential to be dealing with tree pollen for the rest of the monthbr of ry, especially with these above normal temperatures in the forecast. so something i'm going to b monitoring for you pretty much day by day if p need to. i't information on this on my facebook and twitter page. >> nice to know tse o us who notice these little things are not crazy. > there's numbers right there to tell you you're not crazy. >> the pollen is all in my head. >> tnks, amelia. a push for more exercise for cal elementary school kids. >> the maryland county looking to double the amount of time kids are moving. >> cing up next why some could extend the school day or cut down on educ aion.

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if you are just joining us os4:45 let's get you caught up with the four things to know. n jor developments in the growing crisise commonwealth. virginia's top three elected leaders nowaught up in controversy with attorney general mark herring admitting today he too wore blkfacehen he was in college in 1980. herring issued an apology calling it a shameful moment from his past and saying it is not the man he is today. today he resigned as a cochair of the democratic attorney general's association. meanwhile the woman accusing lieutenant governor justin fairfax of sexual assault released a very graphic and detailed version of their encounter years ago. and fairfax released a statement

saying he does not seek to diminish orra den dr. tyson buzz he disagrees with her version of events. d governor ralph northam is toaying out of the public eye. and team 4 tracking rain as we take a live look at the radar this afternoon. but warm weather is right behind it, so we're going to have more fromef c meteorologist doug kammerer. still ahead. stay with us for we are following a developing story from warren county, virginia. two women andog a d found dead yesterday in a partially frozen pond near front r fal. searchernd the victims after one of the victim's spouses her missing. she was last seen leaving her home with a her dog to pick up another dog at the groomers. had her vehicle was discovered at a friend's home. 69-year-old jane whitney, a short time later the victims were discovered. health officials iia

philadelphested a patient for ebola. they said the person met screening criteria for the deadly virus. but they since ebola for theav ill hness. parts of the congond central africa is dealing right now with an outbreak of the deadly virus. studies show that most kids in this country are not enough exercise. one local lawmaker is looking to change that, though. news 4 prince george's countyre chief explaining why that new bill is getting push back. >> repter: delegate jaywalker cochair of the house ways and means committee h sponsored a bill mandating at leastte 90 minu of physical education for years with no success. kids do a minimum of 40 minutes of pe a week now. >> i had people ever day, lg

gone, been long gone, but yet we're blaminghe children for childhood obesity. >> reporter: the next step is to pass it out of the prince george's house del dpagz and onto the full maryland house. >> the parents are shocked. they can't believe kids don't get pe anymore, and when we bring it to their attention l they'reng we should do something about it. >> exercise is good for everybody. >> reporter: the school system is not commenting on the pendingla legon until its board of education has an opportunity to review it in its g tomorrow. tracy wilkins, news 4. well, doug, when we were kids pe was fun time. we looked rward to it. >> oh, my gosh, that was the best. for the most part. until you have you had to put on the shorts in the 7th and 8th

grade. >> you had a problem with shorts in 7th and 8th grade. >> they were always too -- let's talk about the weather. recess today, outdoors. that's a good thing. and i really think that's going to be the case tomorrow. take a look ought there right now. show you how things are playing out. clouds, yep, but not a lot of. ra we do have it on the radar but it's falling fairly lightly. some areas seeing moderate rain but not bad. showers through about 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 tonight. then about 50 drees 11:00 tonight. again, cooler weathero the north, warmer weather to the south. not by mfeh but 5s a lot better than 50 degrees for sure. here's the rain. it looks like area wide but most of this is light to moderate side. that's gng to be thease tonight, too. this is wave number one that's

moving on through. we may see anotherave overnight into tomorrow morning, but most of your thursday is looking dry. 53 degrees at the bus stop. eratures may go down a little bit tonight and rise by early tomorrow morning. recess 60 grees, 61 by the time we're picking up the kids, so no problems on thursday. the probls arise on friday, amelia. and there are no shorts allowed on friday. 't i d know, i think this was like a generational thing. i don't really know w you're talking about either, but -- >> don't ask me later. >> we'll move past that. let's talk about our temperatu trend. as you can see as doug was saying well above normal. and friday, m saturday intoday temperatures running below normal. now coming in at 45 degrees. the hot apple cider meter, what aree really reaching for. tomorrow meterg small if anyth

at all. friday though you want a large especially later in the day. sunday probably want to grab the medium hot apple cider out there. 4:00 a.m., we're waking up early. els like temperatures around 60 degrees. so that's mild. then we go through themi orning and midday hour and look at what starts to happen. our temperatures fall and winds pick up. so we're dealing with feels like temperatures friday at lunchtime to the low 40s to low 50s across the area. we have wind chills in the 3s and 40s. friday night it is a cold one, a fire in the fireplace kind of night out there with a wend chill in washington of 34. feeling about 22 in haguerstown avd about 32 in manassas. the weatherg a pretty low impact on your weekend plans. great to head to the local ski resorts, outdoor exercise. you're going to want the winter gear eezecially with the b out there on saturday, wind chill in the 20s. definitely want to bundle up.

friday we're going to start out the day feeling like spring, and finish feeling like winter. >> look up john stockton, those are the kind of shorts that we had. 59 degrees on your friday, turning colder as we talked about, down into the 30s and 40s saturday and sunda so a chilly weekend. watching this storm right out here monday and tuesday, i'm eally thinking this is more of a wintery mix monday, early wintery mix over rain on tuesday. t a lot to watch as we make our way early next week. remember the tupper road ducks hockey team,ow about the blakes high school chorus and their trip to the grand ole opry? well coming up tomorrow checking in to see what's happened after they were ftured on news 4 today. check out their cool updates tomorrow. news 4 is working for you in the community with a needor bring.

check out your closets for those formal shoes and purses you're never going to use again. making sure all middle a g high schoolls are prepared for u theirpcoming proms and formal dances. th annual diva central drive isi happening month. but this year there's a twist. >> we have anoverwhelming amount of dresses from which the people attending the event can select. we're really focused this year in the drive to collect accessories, bags and shoes and jewelry, gloves. things that really make a formal outfit shine and sing for the person who's wearing it. >>hey, folks, these donations are tax s deductible, go check out your closets. whatever you find there, dp it off monday through saturday anywhere between anytime between 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. during the week or sunday from 9:00 a.m.00 to .m. all right, you felt them, potholes popping u everywhere.

>> oh, yeah, we felt them, but now a few fix, blitz to fix the pesky craters. the rush to get them repaired i prince george's county. >> but first here's a look what's coming your way on news 4 5:00. we've got to lot to tell you about. you want to protect your child from identity theft, right, so you freeze their credit to keep them safe. n >> except a local mother is raising some questions about the process. d susan hogan is going to explain what parents need to know before they hand over tt information. also bomb sniffing dogs trained locally anden then around the world to help other countries who are fightg terrorism. but a local whistle-blower tells the news 4 i-team today more should be done to keep them safe overseas. and boy, if you love dogs you're going to love thisan sto or to hear it. coming up the i-team finds out ederal authorities are doing to investigate the problem with this.

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for the first time today accused killer and kidnapper jake patters appeared in court. prosecutors in wisconsin say he stormed jamie's home, shot skilled her parents and kept the teenager hidden in a remote c

cabin. he'll be back in court in te detective say he held her captive for 48 days before he managed to escape. >> repair crews throughout the region are taking advtage of th warmer weather and going on a pothole blitz. these teams were hard at work today fixing potholes in largo. >> we've been seeing them all over the places lately. we're seeing more of them thanks in part to the recent polar vortex. >> reporter: it's that time of year and potholesre popping up all around the region. hit one and you could beli sh out big bucks for repairs. >> flattened my tire the other day over in i mean literally ran over the pothole and tire blew out, i had to drive on the tire to get some

help. >> reporter: in the district they've seen twice the number of pothole repair calls this month than during the same time last year. why? well, you can blame mother nature. >> a lot of it is really because of the weather. we saw heavy volumes of raid this year, and that freeze thaw cle really imbreases the er of potholes. are outter: crews making repairs but it's a big job, and new potholes keep opening up. if you see a problem, report it. don't assume it's already on the radar. >> a lot of them. like they're everhere, messing the trucks up. it's very bad on the south side, up town. >> reporter: once they know about a pothole most of the jurisdictions in our area say they can typically get it fixed within2 hours. but, again, they need to hear about it. s ourrm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kmerer and we're tracking the rain. not af lot o rain but make sure

you're ready for this during the eveningnd rush possibly tomorrow morning for the rush as well. temperatures up tomorrow and then they come crashing down friday and into the weekend. we'll have the latest for you. and we begin with the political crisis that continues to roil the commonwealth of virginia. >> referring to thi today as a grifecta of trouble. all of it unfoldver the last five days starting with virginia governor ralph northam isand the dvery of that racist photograph in his medical school yearbook. > today a new call for his resignation from next door as maryland's governor urges him to step down. in the meantime the woman who's accusing lieutenant governor stin fairfax of assault stepping forward, releasing a lengthy statement with graphic details of that alleged ntack. >> and top of it all, today's revelation from the state's attorney general mark herring and his admission while he was a student at uva, he put on

blackface. >> julie careyus joins and once again in richmond where lawmakers must be just stunned, julie. >> reporter: i wonder if this is real both a political and personal crisis. in fact, one lawmakerly bri broke down today when we tried to ask her questions about this latest disclosure. wi comes from the elected unrk herring who had already announced plans toor governor in 2021. that all now in question as he faced black caucus membersnd th mornin told them about a mistakes he say has haunted him foes dec state senator louise lucas overwhelmed as reporters surrounded her, that the attorney gleeral the maned to up hold civil rights had one time dressed up in blackface. lucas normally a strong voice for the blacks caucu members could barely get