news 4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. >> good morning, everybody. 4:30 right now. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. another day, more sleet and snow and the winter combination. aren't we ready for it to clear out and get niceweather. >> let's get to april. >> we have school delays to tell you about. >> in virginia, shenandoah county schools will be closed prince woman, fauquier, frederick, warren and loudon county schools are on a two-hour delay. >> in west virginia, berkeley and jeffersoo county s will open two hours late. schoolsd grant count will open three hours late. >> a reminder that all of the delays are at the bottom of your screen and can be found on the nbc washington app. and let's look at your forecast and theoads. we begin with chuck bell. combo.in, not a great >> this is about as ugly as

mother nature can make it. temperatures not quite cold enough to change it all to snow. but just cold enough to some of the valleys to have quite a bit of sleet, snow, freezing rain, the whole gamut this morning. northern parts of montgomery county, howard county,o the panhandle of west virginia, be on the lookout. if you're inside a circled area that i highlighd, you have chance of slippery roads this morning. temperatures are at the freezin mark here. road chemicals work well at these numbers. but it's raini steadily out there, as well. that's having the effect of washing some of t chemicals out. your planner for today, a 100% chance of a miserably cold and wet day today. temperatures are inching their way up 40 degrees as we head towards evening time. tomorrow, more about the wind and the mild weather and more o chance rain before the weekend. all that and the ten-day

forecast coming up. let'so to melissa. good morning, that rain, everything falling from the sky right now. u're seeing itn the radar. we're talking about mt. airy.st und 70 before 27. left side with a crash. that little blip here on the screen sounds like there's a tow truck on the scene. should be getting that out of the way, hopefully pretty soon. southbound glebe at 66. fire department activity blocking out westbound lanes. thehuamp to glebe is also down. that's because of an early morning house fire. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, no issues there. but it is wet .everywhe we are following breaking news in the district this morning. a man was hit and killed by a car overnight in northwes this happene on north capitol street. e road is back open now and the driver did stay on the scene. we're working to learn the name of the man who was killed. > developing this morning, a

glimmer of hope for federal workers who fear another government shutdown. >> late last night, there was a verbal agreement between lawmakers to end the gridlock. fundinth for ond of the federal government runs out this friday. a congressional committee tasked with findi iningou common on immigration reform is working on a deal. lhere's plenty of work to do. no b has been brought forward and nothing has been signed at this point. the deal includes $1.4 billion for a border barrier that will cover about 55 les. the deal does not cover a concrete wall but would allow for steel slats. if you are a federal worker you are hangingop on to that the agreement will pass. and many of the workers whoul be impacted live in maryland. larry hogan went on cnn, putting pressure on democrats and republicans to get the job done. >> calling out the president and the leade in congress for their failure to come up with a

solution that was directly impacting my state and nearly 0 200, marylanders. both the republicans and the democrats are equally at blame here. i wanto see thedivisive, angry rhetoric stop. d i want them to sit down and negotiate a bipartisan solution here. >> no one involved in last night's negotiation shared any details about the we're told staffers are working out the logistics. we have breaking news. lington county firefighters spent hours battling a large house fire. cory smith is at the live desk. on?'s going >> we just learned that no one hiwas injured ins fire. let's show you the dramatic video. you can see firefighters trying to enter this home. this is in the 4600 block of 13th street north. fire officials say this fire started in the basement, which was apparen y under correctio and spread, as you can see, sto

the rest of the home. it's not clear how this fire started. firefighters think that the house was unoccupied. buthe good news, nobody reported injured. back to you. this morning in virginia, the political standoff continues. none of the men at the center of a trio of scandals that have rocked the commonwealth app ready to step down. those who suggested impeachmentm proceedings f lieutenant governor justin fairfax have backed off. the two women who accused fairfax of sexual assault say they would be willing to testify against him. governor ralph northam and attorney general mark herring have admitted to wearing blackface but have ignorls c for their resignations. you will remember that the it started when a photo was discoveredn northam's yearbook. many universities are looking at eir own yearbooks. american universityat made a ent. it has identified 15 photos, cartoons and drawings of

concern. schoolrs leareleased a statemensa ying, quote, the reflected ignorance in these images are abhorrent. we apologize fhe pain they have caused. this is the story that has the potential toevelop more at any moment. make sure y have the nbc washington app to get the latest breaking news alerts aom informations in. a montgomery county man has been charged with rape. police say phillip kantor met the victim at chevy chase. he offered her a drink and she didn't remember what happened after drinking it. she woke upaked in his combo. after the alleged attack, he got her a cab. she went tohe hospital and found out that kantor was a registered sexer offe he is in jail and will back in court on rape and assault charges. 4:37 your timight now.

two people were seriously hurt after being hit by a car in largo. the man and woman were walking near prince george's community college. the driver did stay on the scene. we're told both victims may not survive. two men have been sentenced for a shooting at montgomery last march, four men began ark arguing. two of them were armed and started shooting. graves will serve 20 years in prison. and montavo will serve 15 years emr aed murder. details in the ongoing legal battle between jeff bezos and "the national enquirer." the brother of joseph bezos' mistress leaked the couple's text messages. the brother is supportedly a trumpuprter. last week, themazon ceo accused the tabloid's parent company of trying to blackma

blackmailing him. formerre coman john dingell's funeral will be held today.he he was t country's longest rerving member of congss. he died last week at the age of 92, following a battle with cancer. vicesresident joe biden expected to speak. the son of a skins coach, jay gruden, has been arrested. jack gruden t works for team as a video assistant. loudon county deputies arrested him at 2:15 saturday morning and grarged him with being drunk in public. en had a confrontation with another man at 1 loudon shopping area. the skins say they will not comment until they have more details. here's aajor effort under way right here in the district to end gun violence nationwide. >> last night, community members came together to make their voices hur s heard. this was the scene at a rally to end gun violence. it comes after a deadly start to 2019. there's been 21 homicides

compared to 14 murders last year. taye diggs was on-ho support the push for universal background checks. >> have to take theo steps t work on this. >> when one in five gun sales go throughun without a backg check, that's a problem. >> today, community members are eting with lawmakers on capitol hill. they're bringing 750,000 postcard messages for people w want universal background checks here in the u.s. still ahead, a hmfres congresswoman under fire this morning. >> how she is responding to accusations of anti-semitism. and the federal government cracking down on diety supplemen

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>> congresswoman ilhan omar that has faced widespread condemtion for the tw she said that, it's all about the benjamins, mebaby. jewish lawmakers said they were disappointed, cited stereotypes about stereotypes and money. she said her intention was never to offend anyone. thousands took to there sts in denver where teachers are on strike for the first time in 25 years. they are marching over unfair pay. despite the strikels offic promised to keep schools en. this demonstration follows recent teacher strikes in los angeles, oklahomand kentucky. 4:42 right now. time for a chuck check. >> a what? >> a chuck check. >> check with chuck to see what's going on. dog walking forecast time. cute talia here for adoption at the humane rescue alliance. t

another good dspend some quality time on the couch under the blanket. l cold and all wet all day long. ten-day forecast has some milder days in it. i'll shat t with you next. plus, shutdown averted? present trump pitches a border wall during a rally in texas. what has ame bipartisan agr really given him what he's asking for?

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yes! this is the good stuff™ welcome back. 4:45. it's tuesday morning and another weather alert day here on new 4 today. snow, sleet, freezing alrain falling on the region overnight. now, concerns that the morning

commute cou be slick. some schools and offices are opening late. all that information is running at the bottom of your screen and in the nbc washingto we have a drag problem over the last six, seven, ten years, like we have never had before. we can have such a big cut in the numbers, in the percentages, if we get the wall built. president trump, appearing in el paso, texas, last night. he wants congress to allocate the funding forru conion of a border wall. it was an issue that led to last mo,h's government shutdohe longest in u.s. history. lawmakers nd, the must strike a compromise or the government will shut down again. >> things were notooking promising. but late last night, word of a compromise. tracie pot joins us live this morning. nothing has been signed yet. and this is an agreement in

principle. does that mean? >> reporter: it means they have a framework. but not ever tne, includinghe leadership, and nottr president p, has signed off on it yet. he didn't know the details when night.tioned it last we got them overnight. here's what they have come up with. just over $1.3 billion for some sort of barrier athe border. fencing or steal slats, but not a concrete wall that would cover about 55 miles. much of it going through t rio grande valley. and another $1.7 billion for technology and agents and other things to secure the border. democrats and republicans both coming out last night, sayin this is the best deal they can come up with. not everyone got what they wanted. one big issue was how much detention space would be set ide for people, immigrants, arrested at the bo democrats wanted to reduce the number of beds. they didn't quthe get that. backed off. there will be a gradual reduction over the year.

it will be more than last year. more than democrats wanted, less than what the president wanted. a bit of a compromise for them on the detention space. we'llee what happensoday when the white house is asked will the president sign i to avoid a shutdown on friday. >> tracie potts, thank yosi pnt trump's rally wasn't the only political event in el paso last night. down the road, democrat and possible presidential contender, bet o'rourke, spoke to a crowd. he took the counter aument to the way that president trump speaks about imimmigrants. >> a president who describes mexican immigrants asapists and criminals, we have the chance to tell him and the country immrants commit crimes, including violent crimes, at a lower rate, tn do americans who are born in this country. >> president trump attacked rourke in his speech. he said o'rourke, quote, had

very lit you will recall o'rourke narrowly lost hisga bidst ted cruiz. the idea ofil capitol compromise preventing another shutdown is music to the ears of government workers. no bill has been signed. and t workers in air travel are not takining chances. as a tuss reports, one group is making sure their message is heard. >> reporter: could another shutdown lead to a dangerous scenario in the skies. >> we are not going to come to work in an unsafe system >> reporte emotions running high at reagan national airport. >> this is serious stuff for regular people in america. >> reporter: the group leading the charge here, the association of flight attendants. they're concethed that ano shutdown could push the air travel system to a breaking point. you mightemember the day the recent shutdown ended, flights wereau halted b of air

traffic controller towers that weren't fully staffed and tsa agents were calling in sick in higher numbers. airports across the country are going to be monitoring the io situ and decide if they need to react if there is a government shutdown. reaga national airport, adam tuss, news 4. today, the debate over whether to change theame of a local high school begins. teachers, students and neighbors woodrow wilson high school in tinnily town are being asked to weigh in. many believe president wilson was a segregationist who broctht jim crow pe into the government. jim crow refers to laws that segregated people on skin color. a debate is taking place tonight at 7:00. topping news f4 your health a look at the health of american's children. more than 16% of all kids in the u.s. have at least one mental disorder. it suggests that only half of

those children are getting the right treatment.he for first time in 25 years, the food and drug administration is planning to crack down on dietary supplement the fda says the companies that make the supplements that many of u take mislead us. 17 companies that claim its e,oducts prevent or treat alzheimer's dise cancer and diabetes, have already been sued. the fda says there's no scientpic evidence to back any of the claims. roughly three-quarte of americans take a supplement on a daily basis. you know it's cold outside when even the polar bears are heading indoors. this is in russia, where one community has had to decla a state of emergency because of a massive influx of polarth bearsn town. >> what? >> the animals are getting into buildings .apparent at least 52 bears have been reported in the community. some are even threatening a attacking people who live there. ngthorities think climate change is lea to declining sea ice,

forcing the bears to look elsewhere for food and where there are shumans, there food. >> they know it. >> today is the day the teddy bears have their picnic k >> theyw where it's at. look at that. >> that's scary. >> you know it's bad when it's too cold for the polar bears. >> put a couple black spots and they look like a panda, another deadly carnivore. >> they eat >> yeah, sure. 35 degrees here in town. northeast winds are pushing some very cold air down into the front of the appalachians and draining it into the shenandoah valley. there's areas on the freezing mark. be careful if you travel through northern maryland. that thermometer on your deckr car says 32, be careful. slipperi slippery roads are a possibility this morning. it's a cold train. abs cold as you can have it and call it rain. this cold air willur get s

on out. look at this line of heavy rain here across parts of the deep south. that's lifting in o o direction. there's zero sunshine coming your way for today. another burst of moderate rai in the evening hours. most of the travel troubles for today will be contained t the rthern and western parts of our viewing area. take it easy this morning. the pinkresents the possibility of sleet, snow or freezing rain. by 8:00 or 9:00, most of that will be sured on out of here. we'll be left with all-rain for the remainder of the afternoon. andnother burst of moderate rain in the evening time. you can get theatest forecast on our nbc washington app. find and follow me on my social media pages for the late updates. ten-day forecast time. tomorrow, nothing to worry about but ay gu west wind. another chance of a rain drop or two on friday. the weekend, this may be cold enough to worry about a wtry mix at some point over the weekend. very low confidence in that at this point in time.

so far, mostly but you have to be aware of all of the possibilities. >> i see all of thel rain f right now here. on the radar, showing you on the beltway this morning, it is quite wet, no matter what way it's inner loop and outer loop, no problems. as we look elsewhere, mt. westbound 70, before 27. this should beleing up soon. the left side blocked by a crash. we're not seeing the slowdown o the map any longer. arlington glebe at 66, fire department activity, blocking all southbound lanes. the ramp tolebe is also blocked. it's 4:54 right now. a republican candidate for secretary of state in kentucky wants to list his nickname, trump, on the ballot. karl nett says if he is not listed as the nick tim, he is taking legal action.ke ucky state law prohibits adopting a nickname. nett says that's what they

called him since 2016 and his support of president trump. opponents say he is trying to use the name to gain an advantage. mattel has announced a new barbie in a way that recognizesi bilities. the ball will use a wheelchair and has a removable prosthetic legs. mattel says itl hopes the d will broaden the definition of beauty. the doll with a wheelchair has been one of the most requested items from fans. it's good to see the inclusivity of that toy, which is iconic in this country. still ahead on news 4 today, are you looking for love r vol ti valentin ys day? whatou need to know to prevent a romance scam. maryland l taking a look at the age young adults can buy tobacco products. we'll explain the proposal next. stay wh us.

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news 4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. >> good morning, y.everyb i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. it'sru tuesday, fy 12th, 20189. the school closings are rolling

in. >> shenandoah countywi schools be closed today. prince george's, warren, fauquier and loudon will be on a two-hour delay. in west virginia,berkeley, jefferson and hardy, grant andi hamp will open three hours late. you can see the school the bottom of your screen. we'll update them in the newsro newsroom. we're tracktrg weather and fic. let's begin with chuck bell. it is art weather ale day. chuck, what's going on? >> yes. a complicated mix of rain, sleet, freezing rain and snow all across the area this morning. if you live or travel along i-81 g. in northern maryland, it's a mess this morn across, heavy, wet snow northern maryland. upwards of 4 to 6 inches of snow. nd the city, it's hardly anything but rain.

you can see the freezing mark has been achieved through most f the shenandoah valley this morning. there's pockets below freezing, as well. some of the rural areas, be careful. slipperiest traffic out to winchester, esrginia. are the spots you need to use the most caution this morning. iig higed it on storm team 4 radar. all of the pink and the purple, ice and freezing rain can be mixing in with all-rain in the area.etro forecast for today, then, a gradual improvement in ur temper. it will be a cold, wet, miserable day to spend any time ll outside. you can get the latest by following me on social media. yo p get ature of the snow or weather report there on twitter. that's the best way to get it to me. let's find out about the traffic. >> traffic not so