that wintry mix d.c. is famous for, oh, yeah, coming our way into the beginning of this upcoming work . not today. sunny skies out there today. it is a little on the cold and ver.tery side though, ho we do have clouds. we will get some more sunshinee especiallyd into the afternoon. expect blue skies later on this afoirnoon. it is to be a little chilly. 29 degrees is our temperature right now. by 100, those temperatures -- excuse meer -- those teures are going to be into the low 30s. we're back into the mid to upper head into time w this afternoon. still feeling like the 20s and teens, all with those breezy northwest winds. take a look, this is a feels like factor rightw. you can see we have single digits out in the shenandoah valley elsewhere, teens, feels like the 20s in fredericksburg. a luttle chilly there. quiet and sunny today, but that wintry mix coming our way. delays and cancellations are likely for monday and possibly

tuesday. we'll show you all of that and exactly whe we warm . we have another warmup coming. that's coming our way in a few minutes. uryn, thank you. developing this morning, a second woman has come forwa accusing virginia's lieutenant governor, justin fairfax, of sexualassault. several people are calling for him to step down, including one arlington delegate. news 4's derrick ward is live in arlington with the sto. good morning, derrick. >> reporter: good morning. well, virginia politics has been nothing if no intriguing over the past few days or few weeks. of course, this all started with allegations and then admissions on the part of the governor and the state attorney general. as you can imagine, this would cause havoc on the succession question. justin fairfax is in the middle of this with his own allegations leveled against him about sexual

misconduct. this comes from a woman whom he attended duke unirsity with ck in 2000. now, of course, this has meant some virginia politicians are starting to speak out. the latest among them is delegate patrick hope. now, he believes the allations against fairfax are the most egregious. he put out a tweetre cently where he's essentially throwing down the gauntlet. he's calling for s fairfax top down by monday, or he says he will introduce articles of impeachment. now, yhe made the announcement here at the lar inarlington lib last night. shomari stone spoke to him. >> the governor and attorney general, while they'reinsensiti don't rise to the same level. >> which you called on them to resign? >> i've support the caucus' position to call on the governor to resign. >> what about mark herring? >> we have not issued a statement on mark herring.

>> reporter: so the top leadership in the state now remains sort of up in the air. if you l tk at state constitution, it does say it provides for impeachment amid mall f crimes orbe viors. it'd apply to while they were in office. it is unclear if they would apply to these actions for which they are coming up, the tension they're getting for it. apparently, delegate hope believes they do. we're live in arlington, derric ward, news4. back to you. >> thank you. late yesterday evening, meredithy watson's attor responded to the lieutenant governor's statement alleging fairfax tarted watson because he knew she was a previous sex assault victim. the statement reads in part, quote, mr. fairfax actually used the prior rape of his friend against her when he chose to rape her in a premedicated way. like he is smearing dr. tyson,

mr. fairfax is now smearing ms. waon. that's shameful. one of the new voices calling for fairfax to resign is a local politician who hosteu t nant governor at a fundraiser. phyllis randle is the chair of the loudoun county board of supervisors. quote,tatement, she said, having more information available, i can no longer stand with the lieutenant governor. i'm oheartbroken have to make this decision, but i know in my heart it' correc randall says she'll donate the money raised at her even with fairfax to the loud en abu d women'sshelter. you can use our app to stay on top of the details toughout th weekend. we'll also send an alert with any breaking news. family members and loved ones will say good-bye to virginia state trooper lucas dowell. funeral services f this hero will be held in smith county. he was killed monday night during a drug-related raid in

cumberland county. the trooper's family request donations will made to the virginia state police rg association ecy relief fund. virginia governor ralph northam is expected toattend. it'll be his first public appearance since the controversy broke last weekend over a yearbook photo. and new developments on a high-profile officerhooting in virginia. a man released from a mental hospital after he was found not guilty of the crime is now back iny. cust kashif bhashir is facing and gun possession charges in prince william county. the charges say he may have set a home on but the exact details still unclear at this hour. last summer, bhashir was conditionally released from a orntal institution. he had been there a couple of years after he was found not guilty by reason of insanity for shooting alexandria officer laboy in 2013. laboy survived the shooting. bhasr has a heari scheduled

for march. a fender bender turns into a nightmare situation for t people in the district. very scary, too. two armed men forced one of the victims into the trunk of his car, and then they drove off.ne it hap wednesday morning. a man was parking his car along shepherd road in northwest. that's when they say two men approached them, claimingheir caras hit. it turns out, that was a lie and an attem to catch the two victims off guard. >> next thing i'm hearing is, get in the dtrunk. n't see that part happening, but i heard it all happen. then i'm like, oh, hell no. i hopped out of the car, and i was screaming, on the phone with 911. >> wow. while she was calling police, the two menwi sped of her friend still in the trunk. a short time later, police tracked down the car with her friend still inside. both of those armed men are still on the happening today, a big closure for those of you who use the beltway. crews closed three lanes of highway in princ george's

county for emergency construction. that means a traffic nightmare. the inner loop between annapolis road and john hansonighway has shrunk to one lane. chopper 4 found crews setting up yesterday evening. officials say the bridge over the train tracks in the area needs repaired. all lanes should be back to normal if a couple of hours at noon. as you begin yourweekend, a note to metro riders. red linel w shut down between dupont circle and judiciary square. metro is installing lighting and needs both tracks to do the work. buses will replace trains downtown along the red line. if you plan on attding the chinese new year parade tomorrow, metro says the have youcovered. they're providing extra bus services for the crowds. thereen and yellow lines though, they'll be running normally downtown. toda you may see people in their underwear in the cold for love and a good cause. it is the cupid's undie run. the money raised will go towardi ing a cure for a genetic

disorder of the nervous system. the run s arts at noo lasts until 4:00 this afternoon. it is at penn social on e strt northwest. because of the run, there will be closures. map.a look at this this outlines where they are. there will also be several roads thaton't have parking. after the break, news 4 consumer alert this morning ah gd. throwing concerns from parents about a law that's meant to help protect children from identity theft. we'll explain cominp next on "news 4 today." for top-quality floors at rock-bottom prices,

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a consumer alerthis rning about protecting your child's add there's concerns from parents about a new law meant to help them ptect their kid's identity by freezing it. susan hogan shows how it might putting the child and parent at risk.

♪r: >> reporte in new mom ann's world with twin baby boys, everything is double.th books, the cribs, two sets of little feet and, of course, double the worry. >> we want to protect them. they're our first children. >> reporter: that protection includes something ann never even thought of until recently. >> my husband and i were watching the news, and it came up that a 2-year-old had their identity stolen. >> reporter: more than 1 milliod childrenheir identities stolen in 2017, according to a recent sdy. 66% of the victims were under 8 years old.fe thderal trade commission passed a law last year allowing rents, like ann, to free their children's credit. the law also included free credit freezes for adults. >> we froze our credit, thene went to freeze the boys' credit, e d it was such a problem. >> reporter: unlikeezing your credit, where you can do it all online, freezing a child's credit requires parents to send sensitive information about

yourself and your child by mail to all three credit bureaus. that includes copies of birth certificates, full social security numbers, any court orders that may exist due to custody cases, and your marriagf certicate. as a m, what bothered you about that? >> i don't know much about the postal service, but i assume it is changing hands all the time. the letters you're putting in e mailbox, you're trusting that somebody trustworthy picks it up, then it goes th and lots of different hands. >> reporter: news 4 contacted all three credit bureaus. they tell us they understand why merents would be uncomfortable sending these dos by mail. transunion says, the process is done via mail, givenhe rigor necessary to verify the identities of both the parent and the child. experian tells us, it is confident in the u.s. postal service and uses a secure p.o. box which, it says, isn't at risk for mail theft.

equifax is the only one that allows parents or legal guardians to fax documents to a secured server if they don't want to mail them in. this financial expert says there yo more risk to your child's financial future idon't freeze their credit. >> susan, it is worth the risk. 51 times greater opportunity for a child's credit to be invaded s veours and mine. every new baby has a social security number. we don't typically use that social security number for maybe many, many years. it takes such an effort to go behind and correct that. >> reporter: but ann is still undecided. >> i'm too scared to send it through the mail. i'm hoping that they'll find another route. to say, if you don't feel mf table doing this, then we can do this. i don't know what the other "t s" is, but i'm hoping it is something that seems a bit safer.

>> ann may not have toait longer. experian told susan hogan this week they're looki at improving the process for freezing a child's credit. guys, we have to bundle up and brace ourselves. winter weather is coming. lauryn rictts will be right

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a second chance can be hard to bycome but it does happen. news 4's aaron gilchrist met aho maryland manpent years in prison. what he did when he got out, pretty inspiring. >> reporter: in the basement of his waldorf home, christopher shannon has built his sanctuaryt >> it is theramy soul. >> reporter: drawing centers him and was there for him during the toughest time in his life. >> it was an image of many, many, many dark days that i had for so long.te >> rep this self-portrait marks the beginning of his cautionary tale and is a memory, a reminder of eight years in fedel prison. a conspiracy drug charge in north carolina was his wakeup call. today, christopher shannon is part owner of luxury cuts barbershop, a journey that ftarted after prison in 2006 and took years hard work and focus. >> got a job, started working, and then i said, you know what, barber g to go to school. >> reporter: he took his second

chance to the next level. >> i just felt the need to start trying to give back, since the first part of my life, all i as knew how to doake, take, take. >> reporter: becoming a licensed barber, then a mter barber, able to bring on apprentices and maybe offer somebody else the chance he nes. >> i hate i what i did. i hate i experienced what i experienced. i can't let that hol me down. i have to kep posit and do positive things. >> reporter: christopher tries to be a model of self-reform, as a guy who dropped out in 9th grade, ran with the wrong crowd, did time and -- >> you make that mistake, you sometimes get a secondchance. >> reporter: he turned his life around. he says, ask yourself. >> is it worth what you're doing, to put yourself at risk? >> reporter: at home, christopher looks at himself in the watercolor painting, the struggle, a reminder that every day is a journey and an opportunity to win. aaron gilchrist, news

>> that guy looked li agagenuin. story., that's a great >> second chances are great. can we have a second chance at the weather? i'm not for the snow,cold, wintry mix, whatever. >> everybody was excited last weekend because it was so nice. >> 60s.ea it was >> good-bye, good-bye. >> i know. >> we may see upper 50s to lower 60s as we hea to the end of this work week and into next weekend. efore that, we have a little wintry mix headed our way. >> oh, my gosh. >> yeah, we are looking at a m wint monday morning, possibly tuesday morning, but not today. today will be on the dry side out there. we are looking at some clouds rollg in throughout tomorrow. wintry mix possible as we head into late sunday night. you can see h theicopter in the distance, going right behind the national cathedral on your right-hand side of the screen. we have some cloud cover here i. that'll scour out. blue skies expected this oo afte

also, winter winds expected. gusts up to 30 miles an hour possible throughouthe y.bringin chill to theeens and 20shis afternoon. wake up and head outside, it'll system,ock to the especially because yesterday was in the 60s at 12:30 before temperatures most of today and tomorrow, dry. we are expecting the mix tomorrow night, mon y morning, and possibly tuesday morning, changing to rain throughout the day. no precipitation out there today. current temperatures out there right now, you can see, we ve 20 across the board right now. 29 here in d.c. 29 in warrenton. fredericksburg, 30 degrees. lmost atts up there the 30 mile an hour mark. again ai that's bringing down the wind chill. teens and 20s right now. it'll feel like the tee20 and throughout the day today. 39 degrees is our temperature. we have plenty of sunshine. agai breezy with the wind chills in the teens and 20s thie oon. if you're planning the next 12 hours, air temperatures head to

the upper 30s today but, of course it'll feel colder when settling down after dinnertime tonight. with clear skies overght, the temperatures plummeting into the teens and 20s. 42 for tomorrow, lighter wind. increasing clouds throughout the day. you can still get out and do some things. we're not expecting a mix until later on tomorrow night. what to expe l, mostely a mix to rain. monday morning and then maybe on tuesday morning i what we're really going to have to watch, the temperatures. we do expect a problem with the monday morning commute and possibly the tuesday commute. delays and closures possible on monday morning and then again on inesday mo let's start this at 3:30. again, temperatures tomorrow are s/uppeto be in the low 40 30s. we have the cloud cover. late tomorrow night, after sunset, that'shen we see this mix. looks like rain to the south for our friends in the northern neco and a southern maryland. a mix in between, mainly freezing rain with snow mixed in. also some snow to the north. warm air tries to win out through the day on domonday. n't get far. areas through maryland, you may

of snowrolonged perio and freezing rain as we get through monday during the day. now, this is monday overnight into tuesday. everybody else changes to light rain. monday overnight into esday, could have more spotty freezing rain as another punch of this sye-em, o punch, comes through. eventually, everybody changes to plain rain tuesday because we have ang warm front lif through the area. temperatures rise into your tuesday. your storm ougook, freez rain monday and tuesday morning. snow less than 3 inches a high possibility. we're not cold enough for anything more than that. alert forecast, weather for monday and tuesday, and the rming temperwaat

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[cheering] welcome back. valentine's day is thursday. time is flying by. love is in the tair, butlso means there's a lot of money going out of the pockets of men. we have some new significant numbers. bank rate.com says men expect to spend an average after $339 on their spouse or partner. women, on the other hand, no, not so much. $64. the survey also found men expect their partners to spend more than $200 on them. if the data holds up, thursday could be pretty disappointing for a lot of men. >> that's crazy. $300 some, that'y. cr >> yeah. >> i don't think i've ever. bias, but, maybe i'm it's more of like a woman's holid holiday. >> absolutely. i get valentine's day. my husband sometimes gets

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new sexual assault allegations against the lieutenant governor hours after a second woman came forward. rsmocratic lea across virginia renew their calls for

justin fairfax to resign. roadwork on the beltway could leave you stuck in traffic thl morning. weelp you avoid the weekend congestion. and reports show amazon may be gettingold feet about the other half of the new headquarters in new york. find out what residents are doing that could scare away thousands of new jobs. >> announcer "news 4 today" starts now. hello there. i'm meagan fitzgerald.oi thank you forng us. if you don't like the cold, i am so sorry to tell you, you won't like the forecast. e cold weather. we have snow coming through, a little wintry mix. i'm not the expert. lauryn ricketts is. what's going on, girl? >> yeah, we do have a little bit of everythi. a little bit of something for everybod meagan, as we head through the ten days. say good-bye to the 60s. we hit60 around lunchtime tomorrow, then the temperatures started to plummet into the n aftern a