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wisconsin avenue to bethesda. one person has life-threatening injuries. the ramp and some lanes of the w loopl remain closed. we'll keep you edinfo now we turn to that winter blast that is heading our way. good evening, everyone. we've got a lot in store for us tonight. but first, the northwest, it is a mess. a rare major snowstorm from california to washington state. 50,000 people up there without power. hundreds of flights delayed. dozens more canceled. the storm isng dum feet of snow, hing range lousily icy roads and causing dozens of acci meanwhile, back here at home, we better bundle up for a col winter's night. then a wintry mix moving in tomorrow night setting up possible challenges mor the mondorning commute. let's kick it off with o

meteorologist. i suspect you're preparing for a weather alert. >> i certainly am, tomorrow might and possibly monday a evenin tuesday. so not one, but two chances for wintry weather. let's get to the cliff notes here and let you guys know wh's up. we'll get go the nitty gritty later. as we head through theupext of days, the first wintry mix expected to move in sunday we could also see some light snow accumulating, especially north ofthe distr with this tomorrow night. it changes to rain on monday, that's because we're going see temperatures rise a bit. as we head through monday night, that temperature drops, we've got another systemhat can definitely bring us a chance for wintry mix for yr monday night into early tuesday morning. so like i said, i'll he all the details and timing and impact on this itter. going to be a cold night, so bundle up. temperature tonight, dropping into the low 20s. if you live in the superbs, we

could be talking teens. >> wasn't it just 72 a couple days ago? >> tell me about it. stay up to date on the forecast in your neighborhood on our free nbc washington app. virginia lieenant governor justin fairfax refuses to resign despite a call for him to be impeached. two women accuseal him of se assault, and breaking just minutes ago, an attorney says she is prepared to testify at any proceedings. this just hours after his second accuser said the same thing. watson says faiax raped her in 2000, while they attended duke university. tonight, fairfax insists his enkoirnlts wie encounters with both women were consensual. and some are questioning why democratic leaders areei turnin th backs so quickly on one of their own. >> we'll have our say.

>> reporter: we'll have our say. that was the lieutenant governor's message to reporters just hours after a second woman stepped forward to accuse him of sexually assaulting her when they were students at duke university. in a statement, he says both enkoirnlts were consensual, writing i did not sexually assault or rape them or anyone se. i call on all approprvete and igative authorities, including the fbi, to investigate fully and thoroughly the allegations against me. but nearly all top democratic leaders in the commonwealth are calling on fairfax to resign. democrat patrick hope even threatening to introduce articles of impeachment. >> my hope is this will not be necessary, and the lieutenant governor will heed the calls of many to resign this weekend. if he does not, we willove forward on monday.

>> reporter: but tonight, some african-american leaders areti quing the effort to remove fairfax from office. former pna president says it's echoes of the past, when n-american men were lynched for unproven sexual assaults. >> this guy's who life is going to be shot down, over allegations. >> reporter: thompson says the africaamerican friends he's been speaking with are troubled that democrats are tning on fairfax, at the same time it appears that governor northam d attorney general mark herring will stay in office, even though bothit ad dressing up in blackface. >> to have the democrats offer -- say they're going to offer up articles of impeachment on a black lieutenant governor, democratic lieutenant governor, when they couldn't put that word in their mouth o rrph northam is abhorrent. and we're not just going to sit back and a them to do it without pushback. >> reporter: that pushback coming right now on socia

media. but thompson says african-american votals will remember at the polls in november. i'm jie carey, news4. governor northam went public today. he attended the funeral of a state trooper about four hours west of richmond. dowel was killed in a shootout earlier this week. he refus a to resigner a 1984 racist photo surfaced from his medical school yearbook. across the state, voters are split on what he should do. a new washington post poll shows 47% thinke should resign. 47% say he should stay. and that same poll also shows that he's getting more support fromican-americans in the state. more than half think that he should not resign. the governor told "the washington post" today that he will not resign and he wants to focus the rest of his term on racial equity. but why did he change hisory?

first, he apologized for the racist yearbook photo,ti admit that he was the man in the blackface, then walked it back, saying i overreacted. if i had to do it over, i would step back and take a de breath. going forward, he says he wants to implement sensitivity training, both in his government roagencies and in schools virginia. issues wants to address of inequality like health care, housing, and transportation. but how does he survive this politically? and should he? two lders of the congressional black caucus join chuck todd tomoow morning on "meet the press" to talk about just that. nttonight, presirump is facing backlash on social media over a tweetom that say makes light of the horrors that native americans endured on the trail of tears. in the tweet, president trump locks senator elizabeth warren, asking if she w run as our first native american

presidential candidate. and then he says, see you on the trail. critics immediately see thing as a reference to the trail of tears when thousands of native americans tied after being forced to march across the country to reservations. no acon yet from senator warren. she has apologized for misrepresenting her native american heritage in the past. earlier, she called the president the most extreme symptom of what's gone wrong in america. police say a man crashed and died today in fairfax county. jose ramirez of stafford lost role of his vehicle this afternoon. he clammed into aanoncrete wall died there at the scene. ky a smo scene in downtown d.c. this afternoon. a car caught fire. a news4 viewer sent us this

video as firefighters doused the flims on street near north capital. witnesses see they heard an io expl that smoke could be seen for blocks arod. the fire departments say the flames spread to a second vehicle, but no one was hurt. p> coming next at 11:00, back up for jeff bezos, as he accuses the "national enquirer" of black hail, other celebrities are saying the tabloid tried to extort them, too. plus, thef timing that plus, thef timing that wintry mix

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now two more prominent figures say the were hit with blackmail threats. ami, the parent company of enquirer, threatened to publish photos of him. now, actor terry cruz is, tweeti ami tried to silence him by fabricating sries of him with prostitutes. cruz said he called their blf. and journalist ronan farrow says he was told to stop digging or ami would ruin m. he says the threats were the results of his reporting on "the national enquirer's" relationship with president trump. if the allegations are true, this could spell big trouble for the a tabloid. 's behavior here was reckless at best, and possibly criminal. >> ami said it acted lawfully in its reporting. prosecutors are now looking into the blackmail >legations.

coming up next, we're catching one a former police officer from virginia who says he's not surprised the man who shot him in the head is back in prison after getting released. >> he needs to go bacin and stk ay

former alexandriae motorcy officer is truly an inspiration. he's making a remarkable recovery after being shot in head while on patrol six years ago.be you may remthat story. today, the cab driver who almost killed him, is back if trouble with the law. news4's darcy spencer sat down

with the officer tonight to get his reacti. >> reporter: former alexandra police officer peter laboy almost tied six years ago when he was shot in the head during a traffic spot. he just learned the man whole dly pulled the trigger but later released has been arrested on new charges. you were not surprised? >> no. t >> reporte cab driver was found not guilty by reason of sa ty. he had been receiving treatment at a psychiatric facility. but mental professionals testified he no longer had symptoms of schizophrenia and the judge agreed and he was let go. >> do you feel betrayed by the system? >> yes. >> reporter: but now officials say bashir set ass fire in ma and another in bristow. he was charged with burning or tworoying a dwelling house, counts of burning personal

property and two counts of possession of arearm. >> like i said before, we knew it was going to happe sooner or later he was going to do it again. reporter: he'll never return to duty. in fact, he's permanently disablednd not able to drive. but he plans to watch the case every step of the way and hope for justice. >> he needs to go back in and stay therefore. >> reporter: for now, bashir is being held without bond. darcy spencer, news4 news4 has been follows thef r's road to recovery. all of ourut stories abo him are on the nbc washiton app. just go there and search for his name. now let's talk about the weather. be tdes polar vortex, we have wintry mix. >> we have a wintry mix, a little bit ofsnow, and cold weather. but it's winte >> you say that with a smile.

there's something wrong with you. >> you guys, i want warmth too. we got some warm air on the air. for now, we're dealing with this. take a look at the temperatures. temperatures around 31 degrees inside the beltway. we're talking 20 in manassas. 22 degrees in gaithersburg. frederick, how are you doing? 23 degrees. i'll tl you something, if you're in the 20s right now, you're going to be in the teens tonigh for the rest of us inside the beltway, probably 23 for an ni ovt low. tomorrow, temperatures in the low 40s. what you can expect is clouds to increase through your sunday. so we'll start off very nice. cold start, and then as weead towards the evening, we got to peak down that wintry weather. sonning out your sunday, waking up doing the morning walu or it is going to be cold. layer up by the afternoo pretty bright, and then by the evening, the clouds roll in. temperatures tomorrow in the low 40s. upper 30s. once the sun sets, it's fair

game for mother nature and the wintry mix will begin. take a look at future cast. 9:00 p.m., entire area, this shaded area is snow. when we go to the's pink, a wintry mix. so light snowflakes moving through the district. but that wil change over. this model is keeping temperatures a little too warm for a wintry mix, and puts a lot of rain in southern pd monday. rther north, you see that rain. by monday morning, just rain in the district. would that be great? yes, it is it reality? not necessarily. we could see a little bit more e early monday morning before it does change over to rain. by monday evening, we have a second round, and we are talking pretty much the same situation. a wintry mix, and then farther north, a chance for some snow. by friday, it's just rain and

moving out. let's talk snow totals. the district, maybe a coating, but really we're going to seehat change overo a mix. one to two inches likely thert r north you go. how is this going to impact you? your sunday plans, safe before sunset. monday commute, morning and evening, wently m lly l wintry and i'm concerned about the icy glaze we could see. the ten-day outlook. sunday night into monday, into tuesday and a rain chance at the end of the week. >> we got everything. we had h everythingappening tonight. a jam packed nht for d.c. sports. the caps and the wizards were in action. and virginia had a date wh

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okay. we've seen it twice now. but we may come to like this new-look wizards. >> toonlnighwas about the xfxs. have you ever been in a relationship and wondered, did i win the brkup? only the guy thinks that way. >> make me look like the petty one. all right. so just days after the wizards and bulls swaed ott porter for bobby portis and jabari parker,tonight, a chance for everyone to see who actually won that breakup. so we're not quite used to this sight yet, porter coming out of the tunnel for his first home game, as a bull. he had that breakup motivation

early on. the acrossover,nd the hoop. porter would finish with 17 against hisld team. bobby portis showed up last night. tonight, it was jabari parker's trade ?turn. trade this. he throws itown again. he had 20 points. wizards up 15 at the half. >> nice, nice. >> third quarter, let's not forget about bradley beale. takestnto the paint. he had 31ts poin. wizards win. andhe 's the head coach on parker's revenge game. >> when you playr against you former team, youto want , you know, py aggressive and win the game. ity that's what was on his mind. i've seen him enough now the last few yes, when he dunks, it's with power. he's an aggressive player. and he's hard to guard. i like the way he competes on both ends. let's talk about the cavs. braden holtby in net as they

take on the panthers. first period, panthers on the power play. going to beat holtby here. 1-0, florida there. 30 seconds later, keith yandle. traffic in front, doesn't tter. caps down 2-0 quickly. in the third, caps battle down. it's 4-3. nice pass, and kuzy he loves the lamp. we're goi to overtime. caps, a man down. caps lose 5-4. three weeks ago, virginia lost to duke in an instant classic. it's their only loss this season, and the cavaliers are at home, where they have won 13 straight. zion williamson and duke, the freshman sensation, made hises

prence felt early. loose ball, and he seems to always end up with it. breakaway slam. he's incredible how h athletice is. duke was up dig, and then kyle , stepback three. but duke just too much. the triple here. he had 26 points. and leon, you'll like this one. block of the year candidate. hunter fro deep. denial! that was the get out jordan peele style. zion stealing souls here. uva loses 81-71. my goodnes patrick ewing in georgetown, hosting butler this afternoon. under 5:00hoyas trailing. they need two points. but can't hit the layup.

butler with the rebound. and they close it out. georgetown falls 73-69. but what about that block. >> block of the year. that's a posterizer. one final check of the weather. >> i want everyone to know that tomorrow night, we will be under a weather alert as we do have a wiix and snow moving in and could make things icy dicey .on the ro >> be careful out there. thanks for joining us on news4 thanks for joining us on news4 at :00.11

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i'm chuck todd and still guring out my whole look. s alwa, i'm joined by t leading journalists in the world. pulitzer prize wning columni for "the washington post." eugene robinson. >> thank you for having me. >> for the "wall street urnal," peggy nguyen an. >> strategist, author and former chair of the dnc, donna brazil. >> great to be here. >> let'sh start w what's everyone talking about and a new low for journalist, the "national enquirer" was accused of black mailing jeff bezos. you are all highly respectedur lists so when all is said and done, what do you think jeff bezos' penis is going to look like? >> excuse me?>> normally high minded journalists would not talk about this, but itve inv the richest man in america and the president of the united states. so jf