leesburg at 32. that's where we could have problems connuing through the afternoon and in through the day tomorrow. that's why we har a win weather advisory that continues until 10:00 tomorrow for everybody in purple. does not include the d.c. area but everyone north and west. look at this, a winter storm warning now. this is ice related towards hardy, hamster county, this is the real area we need to watch out for guys. we'll talk about this in about 15 minutes. >> you had us at ic storm team 4 working to kees tsu about school delays and closings tomorrow and tra the latest in your neighborhood all free on our nbc washingtonp here we go again. after the longest shutdown in u.s. history, we are once again on the odge another possible, partial closu of our federal vernment. >> lawmakers are facing a fast-approaching friday ne dead and to reach a deal on spending

that will also get the president's signature. >> we have team coverage as federal workers and contractors in our area once aga face uncertainty over paychecks and bills. >> l and the president taking his battle to the southern border. >> that's ght. the issue of border security and the president's refusal to drop a nearly $6 billion demand for a southern border wall is what led to the shutdown last time around and turns out it's the same sticking point that could lead to another shutdown. right nownt the presi is on his way to el paso, texas for a rally. th data shows crime had bee falling in el paso, texas for more than a decade before construction of a fence. as the president tries to build support for a border barrier tonight, former senate and ssible presidential 2020

hopefhop hopeful hop hopeful betoe o'rourke will having >> we need a wall and all the other things are nice to have. but without a wall, it's not going to work. wean have technology, beautiful drones flying all over the place, but it doesn't work without the wall. as shutdown not the only outcome possible. we could see another tempodiry sp measure or the president could declare that national emergency he's been taing about. now ahead here in just a few minutes we'll have a live report fr el paso and get more from there. jim, back to you. haleon, you. with just four days until p anothetial federal government shutdown some of you are concerned about paying to ride metro. some local communities are preparing again to handle the . impa scott macfarlane is in the news room now to explain. >> lots of moving pieces. the metro board of directors

meets thursday. we'll s if they consider another emergency policy to allow federal wkers to ride free during a shutdown. that would be s ilar to what they approved at the end of the last month. in the meantime, montgomery owunty is expected to pass a resolution tomo approving federal workers and allowing federal workers to ride free on montgomery county buses during the shutdowns. the county council president said the shutdown impacts tens of thousands of people in th county. >> it's never a good time. definitely not a good time for montgomery county to have to address this particular challenge. >> the ve to make it official expected tomorrow afternoon in rockville. the meantime we'll keep you posted on what metro rail's board does on thursday. scott macfarlane news4. back to you. news4 is staying on top of is developing story. we put an explainer in the nbc washington app about what nieds to happen for the government to avoid a shutdown.

yourc can s shutdown and then at a 5:30 we're explaininhy flight attendants said another >>. alwn couldut y at > virginio northam still not resigning and saying he is the best person to >> the man you're looking at and talking to n row is not who i wa in my early 20s. >> we'll hear more in a few minutes. but first the impeachment against lieutenant governor justin fairfax is off the ta e the delegate planning to begin the proceedings is looking for other path tonight. >> julie carey is live in richmond. what changed his mind? >> reporter: wendy and jim, this delegate is backing off impeachment, somewhat reluctantly, because patrick hope says he believes these women and he wanto find a

platform for them to tell their story. he's not done. he's stilletermined to find a way to open up this investigation and the oer ice calling loudly for an investigation tonight, lieutenant governor himself. lieutenant govirnor justin x presiding today over a senate in which nearly all of his democrati colleagues hav called for his resignation. their demand he step down c friday after a second woman accused him of sex assault, both incidents reportedly taking place waxn fairf was in his 0s. the lieutenant governor denies both allegations and says the encounrs were consensual. today repeating his call for a full investigation. >> we have called for an independent investigation and i'm confident in the >>truth. ho would do an investigation still an open question tonight. on friday, arlington delegate patrick hope announced plans for impeachment proceedings wh this resolution that would start the process. but after discussions with lleagues over the weekend, he

tabled the idea. >> i do believe the women and that's why i took the steps i did. i'm still learning this process, it's very complicated and when you interject something into what is a political process -- >> reporter: the republican house speaker also warning about turning to impeachment, something ner before used i virginia. >> we're in a volatile situation right now. i think we need to be thoughtful, complete our work.t impeachms unprecedented. so just approaching that needs to be very deliberate a. thoughtful >>he's determined to find anoth way to launch an i testigation commonwealth, rather than in the states where the alleged sexual assaults occurred. >> there could be some state agencies in north carolina andsg hucant he i ia.margin i'll talk to my colleagues until we find a pathway to have that vestigation. >> reporter: there is one investigation, though, that's already begun. the lawhe firm justin fairfax works has hired outside

counsel too one. the chairman saying, quote, we take the allegations against justin very seriously. as a firm we believe it's important to listen to any allegation of sexual assault or harassment and to treat all persons make pg such allegations with respect and sensitivity. justin fairfax tonight has taken leaverom that law rm. back to you in the studio. >>julie, thank you. meanwhile, virginia's governor ralph northam getting support to stay in office. blackde l from several groups say northam deserves ase nd chance the governor says the state needs a strong leader at a time like this. >> right now virginia needs someone that can heal. virginia alsoeeds someone who is strong, has empathy, courage, and w has a moral compass. that's why i'mot going anywhere. >> governor northam's comments

me as virginia voters remain divided on what theou governor do. a new poll show 47% think he should resign, 47% believe he should stay. that same pole shows he's getting more in upe sport commonwealth. more than half not think he should shut down. trouble for the redskins. it has to do with the head coach's son. >> the redskins making the wrong kind of offfield news again. jay gruden's 22-year-old son, jack, w arrested over the weekend. he was charged with being drunk in public after his involvement in multiple confrontations at a familiar redskins bar. this happened at 1 loudon in ash burn saturday morning.ac rding to the report, he was arrested after a deputy separated him from arguing with one man, then the coach's son

got involved with two more customers in the area. the redskins released a statement, quote,ofe are aware he arrest of jack gruden, we are gathering more information and will notil comment u we have further details. the redskins are notrgers to trouble at the 1 loudon location, it's the same area where safety nickelson was chardith assault and battery and being dnk in public in december. we remember that too. we're just getting started on news4 at 5:00. a deadly on our roads. two separate crashes, six people killed. when we come back, the urgent plea tonight from police abo aring seat belts. d aiet supplement overhaul, from the fda to keep you safe. and tracking a lot of rain, snow, fsleet,ezing rain across our region, we have one area here, a big storm back to the west. this one making its way our way

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back now at 5:13 with a live look at the radar. most of the d.c. area i getting a break from the wet weather at iis hour. but another rou on the way. team coverage from doug and amelia i just ahead. en> our top story, the threat of another govershutdown. >> lawmakers have four days to reach a cpromise on that border security funding. weekend seemr the to be stalling and now president trump is taking this battle oirectly to the southern border. ng us live with a loo at wherek things stand is garret hake il paso, texas. we've had two weeks since the shutdown ende but we're once again running up another deadline with all the backlash over the last one, does the

white house see another viable option, other than a shutdown? >> reporter: nobody really wants to see a shutdown.'s not good for members of congress. last one was terrible for the president. he got clobbered in th polling afterwards, most of the public did blame the white house. but they want to get this border wall blt and they're running out of ways to get it done. the negotiatis in congress are continuing. there's still some talk about i thea that the president might declare ancational emerto build the border wall. i expect we'll hear it in el paso tonight what the president sees as a crisis. and we'll hear folks here saying that's not the case. so the president has convincin to do, selling republicans on the need for a shutdown or ses selling americat there's a crisis at the border. let's talk about what's goin on withbetoe o'rourke

hosting aalueling in his hometown. is that going to steal some of the president's thunder? >> i think so. 50 feet from m is thetage where o'rourke is going to speak. a rally to say to the president, stop lying about our community. they feel the president has used el paso as a symbol to build the wall across texas that they don't want.ev so yes though he didn't win, he could draw a crowd and a lot of attention. that's what he and the organizers of this counter protest are intend tin doo us. look for the latest from the nbc team there in texas and here in washington ahead on nightly news after news4 at 6:00. doug, you are talking

weather. what a busy start to the week in the storm center. >> and a nasty start. there's nothing i hate more than cold rain. that's what wee got out there today. we have cold rain around d.c. metro area ya. farther north and you're talking snow. around theea hagerstown he mason-dixon line. right now the cloud cover is out there, light rain falling around the d.c. metro region. winds out of the east at 10 miles per hour. it's a nasty afternoon, no ifs, ands or buts about . 37 fredericksburg. we're not worried about areas to the south in regard to wintery-like weather. but look at the west, leesburg and martinsburg, all of these areas are seeing sleet, o freezg ra snow. hagerstown is still reporting snow there, 34.

rain to the south around the d.c. metro area. then you have your mixing and plain snow wel to the north in the baltimore area. one thing that's not moving tn is warmer air. we have warm air coming in, but right there, just enough cold air at the surface to keep this busy to look back here. this is a large storm system tho continues bring more moisture our way. 6:00 tonight, about the same as we are right now. tonight, 10:00 more moisture starts to move our way, and by around 5:00 in the morning, rain c. south and eastward, d.c. not worried about this at all. but towards loudon county, parts of fairfax, w montgomery coun could see freezing rain or sleet here. all of our western zones are ing to be a problem tonight into tomorrow morning. here's 8:00, you notice loudon county, montgomery county have gone over to just b plain rain we think it's an issue tomorrow morning. let's talk about the impacts this has. amelia this has anpa on the

roads and many of the same areas impacted now will be impacted tomorrow morning. >> exactly. we have cold air trapped at the surface so the biggest concern tomorrow morning is going to be ice out there. snow isne thing, ice is a completely different story. the areas i'm most concerned about here are in red. p panhandle of west virginia into upper montgomery county and county. the counties in red anticipate slick spots in the morning. this will be the most likely area for delays and maybe a few cancellations. washington looking just fine for the most part. temperatures in the district staying above freezing. we're worried aboutet roads but prince william and fauquier county, maybe patchy freezing rain leading to isolated road issues down through souther maryland it is just rain for you. here's the temperatures tomorrow morning, winchester,

martinsburg,rg lees gaithersburg, this is where we're the most concerned about slick ots, on area roads and sidewalks and especially bridges ond overpasses. you want take it especially cautious out there tonight into tomorrow morning, especially north and west of the d.c. areag n, wet roads yes, we'll have some slick roads out there, doug and maybe some flooding as we track heavier rain i afternoon and evening hours on tuesday. >> we didn't get to tomorrow night. we're talking about the heaviest rain in tomorrow evening's rush. by wednesday, though, it' breezy, if not windy, winds could be 20 to 40 miles per hour. a warming trend ahead of the next storm system friday. behind the storm colder air, and that sets the stage for another set of wintery weather on saturday and sunday. how big is the storm, what kind of storm we're talking about, a few days away but could have anher system coming in like

that next week. stay with us. storm team 4 all over this for you. >> we know you are. doug, thanks. next sunday marks random acts of kdness day. we're getting a jump on it here. i brought in gourmet bags of cookies for you -- >> you did not. they wereregifted. they didn't have any taste. >> they were cardboard. >> yes. molette gen dropped by the humane rescue to surprise the folks there, briing them baskets with treats and a supplies. the alliance tells us, towels, blankets, foods, toys, leashes always helpful. they say there's another big way you can help >>them. monetary donations, financial support, we can continue to expand our reach and help more animals and people. >> if you'd like to learn more about helng theescue

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for t second time this year in prince george's county the victims of a deadly car crash were not wearing s belts. two of the women killed in this week's crash leave behind young children. tracee wilkins explains why offirs want this sad situation to be a warning to everybody who gets into a car.r: >> reporamily and friends are examining this crash scene ter a deadly single car crash killed three friends, injuring p fourth handi placa fourth. one victim leaves three young children behind. we spoke to her mother. >> she's upset because of this

tragedy. she didn't expect these three young lives to end the way they did. she doesn't know exactly what caused the accidentut she's just heart broken. >> reporter: police aren't sainng who was b the wheel of the car when the accident happened on sundayin mo us garcia's roommates tell it was her car. they knew something was wrong when shi didn't return home sunday. >> she was missing and after that we heard some of the family members that the car had flipped over. >> reporr: the car left the road early sunday morning crashing into an apartment building sign, flipping over and landg on t roof in nearby woods. police say no one in the vehicle was wearing seat belts. >> buckle up. seat belts save lives. th reallydo. >> reporter: family members have been coming back to this scene all day looking at these tracks. trying to figure out how this single car crash happened. prince george's county police are doing the same thing.

there wa y a thirdng man killed in this crash. police are not releasing his name until his family is co acted. i'm tracee wilkins news4. a road in prince george's county, route 210, is notorious for deadly crashes. tonight at 7:00, the state highway administration will be unveilg a new safety proposal. they're also expected to reveal which zip codes rack up the most citations on indiand h highway. a proposal to put more cameras onnghe road is looking at b passed. when we come back at 5:00, the medical technique that can correct your child's eyesight without surgery. plus caps k-9s h hockey player is helping some local rescue dogs.

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you're news4 at and rig still. weather alert >> yep, rain, sleet, snow, we are seeing it all out there, folks. >> let's get right to doug with a look at our forecast. in through maryland some

areas reporting freezing rain, sleet, snownd plain rain all four are being reported around this area as temratures are right there, marginal,nd right arhe freezing mark. look to the west. we have a bigger storm making its way our way. yes, some of us will continue with this mess overnight tonight into early tomrow morning. we'llda upte where we think you may have school delays or problems with your morning rush in about 10 minutes. delegate patrick hope pulling back on hi plans to start impeachment pceedings against lieutenant governor justin fairfax. ope said the process is complicated. kihe's loong for another way to investigate the sual assault allegations. we're four days away from the possibility of another partial government shutdown. dawmakers have until friday to find common grohen it comes to funding for border security.

but talks over the weekend stalled. tonight president trump is ra y rallying support for a border wall with a campaign event in el texas. a warning a fromir traffic leaders that another shutdown could lead to an unsafe situation. >> adam tuss is there live with e groups message. >> reporter: this is the flight ion, they aresoci saying flatout if another government shutdown happens, they are g ng to takeaction. they're not saying they're going to take a strike, but they say something will happen this saturday where they encourage everyone to come out to aiorts. ahead of another potential shutdown. >> this is serious stuffor regular people in america. >> reporter: emotions rning high at reagan national airport. >> we are not going to come to work in an unsafe system >> reporter: the group leading the charge here, the association

of flight attendants. they're t concernedt another shutdown could push the air travel system to a breaking point. you might remember the day the recent shutdown ended flights were halted because ofir traffic controller towers that weren'tnd fully staffed tsa agents began calling in sick in higher numbers. >> this is what we're warning of. we were less and secure during the government shutdown. >> reporter: they're not calling for a strike but rather a day of action at airports across the country. >> we're not going to see any back pay. >> reporter: she works at the national gallery of art as a contractor, still hasn't been paid since that ltdt sn and she said she stands with the flight attendant association. >> you can't go look for a job. all 800,000 government people are looking for a job. >> reporter: for now, uncertainty and frustration as

we head through the week.>> we stand with the flight attendants and we will be out ere on february 16th if, god forbid, congress and the president don't actually get to a deal. >> reporter: tensions flaring certainly. and now airports across the country are going to be monitoring the situation closely in case they have to make adjustments inhe how operate. back to you. >> adam tuss, thank you adam. if you're concerned about what might happen if there's another government shutdown we have an explainer to tell you what needs to happen to avoid one. we are learning new details about a deadly shooting in prince george's county. a young man gunned down inside an apartme complexver the weekend. news4 pat collins live near the scene where he talked to people who live in that community. >> reporter: jim, a man leaves r

there. he never makes it to the front door. gun fire, ambush, murder. what happened here at the parkway terrace apartments this weekend unnerving. this woman would talk about it, but she didn't want to be seen talking about it. scary? >> devastating. i just said, oh, my d. oh, my god, because i'm not accustomed to experiencing that. i'm not accustomeo seeing bodies of young people. >> reporter: a case ofermu the victim 23-year-old terrell coldwell shot reatedly in the stairwell of his apartment building. this appears to have been a ambush. terrell lived in this apartment with his family. it was saturday morning around 10:00. as he came out the door, gun

shots, one, two, three, four, five shots at least, he fell to the ground here. people came to his aid, b they say -- they say it was too late. this man is a neighbor. he heard those shots, and he took cover. did you look out? >> no. we didn't go near the door. no. >> what do you make of this? >> it's sad, man. the way these young -- seem like it's young ones out here killing each her. >> reporter: there's a $25,000 reward posted in this case. wendy, back to you. >> pat llins, thank you pat. we're getting a look at the reoration just completed at george washington's mount ver n vernovernon esta estate. storians, spending two years to research the parlor.

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this be a great option.e >> could a game changer. i like orthat, especially people who play sports or like the doctor said. thanks, doreen. well, let's look at our weather. what are you -- it looks like we have a messy week or another messy weekend ahead. >> at least today.da at least tu and then you're right about the weekend, saturday and sunday messy as we. so w get two nice days. >> all right. >> one nice day. thursday is okay. >> now it's down to one. >> the wind on wednesday is going to make that one -- we'll y thursday. everybody look forward to thursday. we have a lot of different things going on outside right no we have the clouds, the rain, sleet, freezing rain, snow, all depends on where you are. d.c. to the south, fredericksburg, waldorf, nothing is falling. stl seeing som drops here and there but not seeing any rain in this area for the most part. all to the north. still seeing freezing rainack

to the west around hagerstown, federick. most this is a mix. you can rain and sleet, rain and freezing rain, snow and freezing rain. it depends on the temperature profile moving up t into atmosphere. some snow mixing in around asp hill towards the baltimore area or onlen. look at this. the wider picture showing more moisture coming in here and one thing that's not doing, it's not kicking out this cold air. this cold air is going to remain and it's going to get colder areas. in some 37 d.c., no problem there. well above freezing. so the roads should be fine. leesburg, 32, gaitheocburg 32, 33ille, college park. these are the areas that drop below freezing and that's why

these counties are all in the winter weather advisory. amelia when we came up with the four zone forecast it's for a situation like this. >> absolutely. we thinknl m in the d.c. metro area this is going to be a rain-only event. washington, arlington, fairfax, prince george's.up r montgomery county, a little bit of prince william county, i can't rule out a bit of a mix of wintery weather. the biggest concern would be patchy freezing rain but for the most part the d.c. mro zone this is an all rain event. any mix changes to rain by 10:00 m. tomorrow. now back in our western zone, you're going to be dealing with some snow and sleet during the overnight hours, changing to freezing rai early tomorrow morning in spots and then changing to all rain throughout the day. derickally in parts of f county in maryland, you could see 2 inches of slushy serw ght tonight.

and everybody in our western zone could see a fewceundredths of fall on top of that. in the mountain zo, widespread slick spots with a bigger concern for freezing rain. that chance for freezing rain and snow continuing throughout the morning hours tomorrow until about 1:00 p.m. in the you want to avoid travel omorrow back around the i-81 corridor. in the southern zone, southern maryland, stafford, king george's county, this is all rain but everybody could see around an inch and that lead to isolated flooding issues tomorrow. depending on whe you are going to be a much different story tomorrow. north and west of washington that's where we're most likely going to see delays and a fewca ellations as well. >> look at the nextpl cdays. weather alert tomorrow. i was thinking wednesday, maybe, it's dry, but breezy, with 48

degrees. not the best day there. thursday looks great. 53 and sunshine. then we go right back into the rain on fri that's another storm that brings colder air again, that could give us a wintery mix on saturday and sunday. maybe snow on sunday with that stormn depending how cold. and another one, this is one to watch. 's about seven days out but we'll be watching that for you. a lot going on the next couple days and the next ten days looking stormy. swipe left? swipe right. >> wink, don't. wi >> 40 million americans are using dating sites in hopes of finding that rig one. >> this valentine's week we're working f all you single >>ople out there hoping for love. t's neat. recently we spoke to a number of singles and asked them what is the number one issues that bugs you, online dating struggles top

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and finally in maryland, ds may not be able to smoke until they can drink. >> theres a n law being debated, which would raise the smoking age to 21. >> news4 darcy spencer reports it comes asobacco use among young people is on the rise. >> reporter: the u.s. surgeon general calls e-cigarette use or vaping an epidemic among you people and it's only getting worse. 3.6 million teens reported using these products last year. >> going to the bathroom to go use these products. as well as sneaking it in class, sticking it under r a hoodie. orter: laura is with the

american heart association. the group is backingti legislaon that would raise the age to sell tobaccom products fro 18 to 21. she said research shows smokers start before they turn 21. >> by raising the age of sale we get these tobacco products out of the high school. >> supporters say older teens are buying the e-cigarettes and vape pens aelng them to younger friends and that's leading toobco and nicotine addiction. >> we're concerned on what these products are going to do to young brains, lungs, and >>hear. eporter: a coalition of supporters plans to lobby lawmakers to pass the legislation this .ye hale says it's backed by people who have seen their classmates struggle. >> peers being addicted to the products and just can't quit. >> reporter: according to new numbers just released by the cdc, about 4.9 middle school and

high school students were using some typef tobacco products in 2018 that's up from 3.6 milon in 2017. this is driven by a surge in e great use. supporters say it's failed in years past. the coalition is hoping the alarming statistics wil bolster support for the bill this year. darcy spencer news4. just over 100 hours left now until the government could shutdown again. i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm leon harris. now at 6:00, lawmakers on capitol hill get back to negotiations after a breakdown over the weekend. and tonight, dueling rallies planned on the u.s./mexico border. not going hean, virginia governor ralph northam is not going anywhere as plans t impeach the lieutenant governor move to the back burner.

t urgent plea tonight about using seat belts after a crash over the weekend. we're in weatherrt a mode again tonight. another round of snow and rain heed our way. >> this could make for a miserable morning tomorrow, folks. a lot like what w saw today, mostly rain around d.c. look here, you see herewa this u street earlier this afternoon, the umbrellas out there, the streets wet and >>ndshld wipers getting a work out. this is howard county. some people here got enough snow to shovel. and freezing rain that makes sidewalks dangerous. doug andli a start us off. keeping an eye on the rain/snow line overnight. >> we