notice on trees in your neighborhood, on power lines as the winds pick up we could see more trees and power lines coming down. >> winds tomorrow, 25, 30 miles ok hour. let's t now. there's not a lot of rain, although there's a lot of drizzle, that continues throughout the evening hours. no real freezing rain or sleet untilou get back west and some of the higher elevations. look what's coming, you still have rain, and this is heavier rain. this is going to have to traverse across the mown mountains. this is the front, the colder air is on the backside and is so the wind. a winter storm warng continues to be in effect until 7:00 tonight. it's for whaappened with the ice and we'll continue to see the problems here. we could see more tes down, power outages, northern montgomery county, frerick unty we'll have a live report

in a couple minutes, back towards parts of west virgin just a mess. rain through midnight. slick spots continue. and watching theext winter storms. like i said last hour we're watching three of them. >> all right. got them lined up for us once again, doug. thank you. remember, storm team 4 always working for you. download the free nbc washington app to get aor completeast right at your finger tips. this is a concern for anybody who has a loved one in a healthcare facility. fairfax county police say a woer at one of those facilities raped a woman who was mentallyca citated. now they're looking to see if there's any other cts. chris gordon is in fairfax talking to people at that cility. chris? >> reporter: this is the mvle community center in springfield, virginia. they serve intellectually and develop mentally challenged people here.

police investigators use dna to charge a former staff member here with the rape of a client. a womanas sexually assaulted here at the mvle community virginia. springfield, no one knew about it until august when her family went to police. >> they learned from the doctor she was pregnant. due to mental, physical inas aty, she was not capable of giving consent. >> reporter: 60-year-old bernard betts king is a behavior specialist. he's in custody charged with rape. mvle said they are cooperating with the investigation and king no longerth works a agency. a woman who transports clients here says she's known mr. king for years. >> what's your reaction to the fact he's been arrested for rape. >> i wasshocked. >> reporter: bernard betts king also workedhere, at the

community living alternative in fairfax. >> we're focussed on the safety and well being of our individuals and as shocked as everyone else. >>eporter: ark of virginia is a nonprofit organization that supports people with disabilities and their families. they share advicep to h families protect their loved ones, from many dangers, including sexual assault. >> it's more likely an abuser is not going to be able to talk them int being abused in the first place when someone responds by saying, ,hat's a private area. >> reporter: policeheell me believe they have a second sexual assault victim that they believe they can link to bernard betts king, and they tarnk there more victims and they want to hear from the puheic. that's t latest, live in springfield, virginia. wendy, back to you. >> thank you, chris. we have an update on the man accused ofbb sg wendy

martinez to death as she was jogging near logan circle last year. anthony logan has been found not competent to stand trial. an evaluation shows crawfd is likely to bete com enough to stand trial eventually. she was a georgetown grad, engaged to be married. lice believe the attackhour was body of jo dingle arrived back here in washington where he served 59 years on capitol hill. the longest of any lawmaker. earlier hetoday, first of two funerals for the long-time chigan lawmaker where he died last week at the age of92. joe biden delivered a artfelt euology today.

he said dingell was among the few colleagues he looked up >> he believed everyone withou exception waentitled to be treated with dignity. dignity was how john walked, how john talked, dignity was how john carried himself. >> former president bill clinton is expected to speak at a second funeral on thursday. dingell will later be entered at arlington national ceremony. late lastht n a group of lawmakers announcing they have a tentative agreement on security spending that would include more than aillion dollars for border fenci butoes not include any money for a wall. scott macfarla is following developments. what's the difference? >> lawmakers have to write it down. but the deal reached includes about $1.4 billion for borderin

fe and existing technology. far less than the nearly $6 billion president trump previously thdemanded. question right now is will he sign it? the president said he's not happyith what he's heard so far. this governmentas more money for more technology and office officerers. but with the deadline fast approaching the presidentaind happening. and senators are hoping to avoid one also. >> it's not everything the president hoped to get but i hink it's a good step in the right direction. i hope he'll decide to sign it. >> the president shouldot make the same mistake he made a couple months ago when there wsa a bipar agreement and he wouldn't sign it and caused the shutdown. >> am i happy at first glance? i just got to see it. the answer is no. but am i happy with where we're going? i'm thrilled. >> the president did not rule out thebility of declaring

a national emergency over this. he also said they're looking at ways of moving money around from ifferent areas to pay for a wall this needs to pass both chambers of congress and have a signature from the president friday night. students at coolidge high had to evacuate after a bomb threat. the students were taken to the ta io tacoma recre center. nothing was found. also police loolyng into a derash involving a pedestrian. just before midnight a bmw hit man just south of florida avenue in northwest. thatedestrians was killed. we're told the driver of the vehicle stayed at the scene,o charges are pending. hall passes with racist words on a montgomery county high school. la week school administrators

scovered several people handing out pieces of paper with the n word on them. the students who were passing them out have been identified. nwe have reactrom the students, pta, and what could happen to those involved. there are signs tonight that the vginia governor will be stepping back out to some public events soon. >> he's headed a to virginia campus next week as part of what some are calling his apology tour. >> julie carey is just back from richmond, joins us with an update. whato this going look like? >> so far anyway, today, this was the first day in about a week and a half that there were not any new dramatic s velopments in these scand impacting virginia's elected leaders. it's been 12 days since this racist photo was revealed on governor northam's med school yearbook page. he apologized and then said it wasn't him, but in 1984 he said

he used blackface to mimic michael jackson. he's notin resi today we saw the first press release from his offe spotlighting the fact that civil and voting rights have been restored to 10,000 felons since he took office. he explains, quote, i believe in second chances. he believes in his own. so next thursday he'll visit virginia union university to listen in on a session titled faith, identity, and social justice, something that might get mixed reviews. >> i don't think it would be appropriate for him to show up being it's aistoric black university. i was disgusted about the whole thing. regardless if you'ra a dem or republican, i think that's inappropriate for a leader. >> kinda gottaave some forgiveness about the whole ackface situation. still i think some respect should be shown towards him, towards the governor. a virginia union press

release said theovernor wil not be speaking. he will be there to listen. >> interesting. and for optics, safe to say. anything new with the lieutenant chvernor and efforts to la an investigation on that front? >> it was reported yesterday nt with impeachmeff the table, there's no real mechanism more general assembly to do an investigation here. unlike congress they don't have any subpoena power. many voices on bothes s of the isle, the lieutenant governor himself say they want a full and some a calling for a public investigation. but tonight still no answer out thereaatuts how to do a lot of conversations behind closed doors how to make it >> hard to believe it started 10 days ago. >> it seems like it's been going on for months. >> and it's not over. >>hank you so much. metro's leaders are at odds whether or nothe system needs to stay open later. the issue revolves around the ongoing maintenance.

but thaea train will not be running late into the night or early on th weekends. adam tuss is tracking this story for us. what's the latest, adam? >> reporter: i got off the phone with one board member who told me, enjoy the fireworks. all of this is pitting d.c. mayor, muriel bowser, a inst the metro general manager, who blinks first? we should find out pretty soon. battle lines drawn over just how long metro should be running. d.c. mayor, muriel bowser -- >> iet think needs to do a little bit more. >> reporter: -- saying again and again. >> we would be basically putting our system out of business. >> reporter: that metro needs to go back to longer hours. >> we can't be continued to be asked to support system that doesn't serve the needs of our region. >> reporter: but metro'sgm is banging onng keepi operating hours shorter for another year so maintenance can be

accomplished. and metro sources saying they believe shorter hours may be needed for at least five years total to fix most of the maintenance issues. issues that in the past have led to incidents like this explos n explosion, that rocked the federal southwest station a few years back. >> we're getting ahead of the issues but we're not there yet. >> reporter: here's the heart of the issue. metro says the extra time it'sg ing fixing the system is leading to a safer system. but the reduced operating hours are forcing riders to find other travel options and riders aren't short on opinion. >> ie work lo sometimes when i come to the train station like sunday it clo downround 11:0 that inconveniences me. >> the longer it stays open, people can get around, especially friday and saturday. >> reporter: the metro boa set to take another vote on this

issue thursday. >> the last time we were at this point, metro's general manager said he would resign if he didn't get his way. no whad if threat is still on the table this time around > stay right there we're just getting started on news4 at 5:00 tonight. working for your money asfiou le for your taxes. >> what you should boing now to prevent a huge tax burden at tharend of the that's still ahead. part two of our looking for love series. tonight, a new approach to creating that perfect atprofile. o change to find a better match, coming up. nd still dealing with those problems across our region. a nasty night tonight and rain moving back in. we'll talk about that, the potential for more ice towards

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right now. weerre in wea alert mode today once again. while most of us have see the rain and fog for the past 24 hours, there are some icy ots. >> we'll check with doug in just a moment but first news4 pat collins live in damascus where things are iced over. pat? >> reporter: wendy, if i'm a little hesitant in this report it's becse i'm keeping one eye on the sky. .ou see the, it's like raining icicles out here incoming. look at this tree over here. the limbs, the branchs, all iced up. it's -- well, it's almost a thing of beauty. almost like art. well, exceptaybe for the people who live here. you see, that's only two thi ts of tree. the other part of the tree came tumbling down. timber. across the yard and right up to

the front door of the house. i'd have to go on a diet to get back there. the scene's been o repeatedr and over again in damascus, a hundred calls to the fire department for help, downed trees, transformers on fire, live wires. >> we want you to tre every wire down as if it's a live wire. but if your power goes out, call the power company. if for some other reason you eel not at ease, you have arcing, smoking, a smell of burning, call 911. >> reporter: now coming up at 6:00 i'm going to talk to a woman who decided to stay home from work today. bad decision. if you live in damascus, keep an eye on the sky. icicles are raining down ji wendy back to you. >> that's rough looking out there.

>> that's different. didn't take -- didn't go -- not far from here. >> not at all. >> we have some in our parking lot. >>e . that sets the tone here. this isev an elevation baset in that area. damascus, mount airyre 6 to 800 feet. our tower is also 200 feet . we had to close our parking lot because we had ice comingfrown the tower even though know ice on the ground at all in this area. still goingro to be aem towards that area, frederick, damascus, back towards the west into parts of west virginia th w's whyhave the winter storm warning continuing through 7:00 tonight. let's look and show y we're dealing with right now. the rain moving back in. we saw a lull but tain coming back in. not just rain but shower activity, rain, fog also drizzle out there as well. this is all part of that much gger system. you see it here coming through our region. but look up towards part of the northeast, lsthey're being put through the ringer here,

yoiladelphia, new , through the boston area, all of them have gone from snowo ice. one of those areas hit hard towards the lehigh ndvalley. jill len hall with the ice they're dealing with there today. >> reporter: take a listen. that is the sound of sleet falling after about 12 hours of snow in this region. we're seeing freezing rain and sleet.it causing slick spots on the road here. we've seen a number of crashes on our area interstate. pennlvania is having a one-two punch of weather, the first round some light snow today. dealing with ice as the ice accumulati on roads a sidewalks, part of the reason some schools in there remain closed. >> we could and will have morel pr tonight. here's the winter storm warning, this is the area that saw the ice last night into today. backar t the west towards

west virginia as well. now we're watching the next system of rain move in, that could help weigh down the trees more, the saturated ground is out there, and then we pick up the wind, winds gusting tomorrow upwards of 30, 40 miles an hour. temperatures are all coming up, 40 in d.c. 38 in culpepper. so we're above freezing in just about all locations, however if you have ice on the trees it's going to take a f while that to melt with the warmer . temperatur rain through midnight tonight for everybody. some slick

bk now a 5:30 with breaking video that shows just how dangerous the situation is in parts of upper montgomery county. >> check this out, this video into our news nroom, ice-coated tree crashes down, nearly crashes a h mane in damascus. you can see the ice shatter as it slams to the ground. this is on show barner rc. we credit telemundo 44 for the video. >> let's go to doug in the storm center. people need to be careful. even though it's rainy, it's i to the north. >> that's why we have the storm warning in effect until 7:00. we have received reports of a lot of ice in these regions, especially upper montgomery

county, areas around damascus and mown area where the elevation is above 5000 feet. that'shere we've seen trees down, power out, wouldn't beri sud to see delays tomorrow as a result of that,ou even temperatures are warming tonight and we have rain coming in. we could see more trees tonight into the day tomorrow too. there's the rainmaking its way our way. dealing with light to moderate rain still. but tomorrow it'she winds gusting 30 to 40 miles per hour and theg trackore storms for your ekend. t's that time of year where it's time to start thinking about your >> you have two months before you have to file. you may notice changes because this is the newe trump tax c taking effect. >> for a lot of folks that could mean getting back less than you expected. >> joining us now is nbc's tom costello. what are the things jumping out at people as they file?

>> two ings, let's start with refunds. if you were expecting a refund and 80% of the country is pecting a refund you're thinking i didn't see my taxes go down last year you why is that? they should have. but people shoulhave paid more for showeinsurance, so they may offset each other. the less you pay in taxes is the less you get in rend. this is the time of year people expect refunds and refunds are not ay ple as they were a year ago. the second issue, this is important f ourarea, a lot of people are stuck with a higher tax bill, writing checks to the areaecause we live in an we pay a lot in taxes. in past years you could write of state and local and not anymoret'capped. you can write off only $10,000.

we have a lot of stories of people havinto write checks r 5, , 8, $10,000 to make up the difference. >> if you find yourself owing money getting less back, what are the things you can consider tovoid a repeat next year? >> start with right now if you fear you'll owe too much this year, you cib still cone up to $5,500 in an ira that will bring your taxable income down this year. if you want to avoid a repeat, start adjusting withholdings right now, if you need to increase or dedid you them so you're not paying too much or too little next year. people say you should not give the government fe money, interest free lows. but on the other hand people s t i don't mint because i'm going to get money back next year, pay k for thes' braces, home repairs, they like the fact they get a refund.

consider checking your withholdings rj it's like your own savings. >> look for tom's full report ahead on nbc "nightly news" with lester holt starting at 7:00. we posted aink to the irs help center to learn more as you prepare to file. a woman said she was drugged and red after stranger bought her a drink at a popular restaurant b in chevy chase. the suspect is a registered sex offender. why p want this story to be a warning to anhere. >> reporter: anyone's nightmare, being drugged inside a bar before being raped by stranger. >> people say let's do a shot. >> reporter: police s h that's whpened to a woman inside collide clyde's.

they say phillipkantor slipped f into his drink before he took her to his apartment and sexually assaulted. he's a registered sex offender. neighbors who live nearby are horrified. >> i'm glad it's not me, but i do feel for the victim. >> reporter: according to court documents t victim tol police she woke up in kant's bed and she was completely naked and paralyzed. when police investigated they found surveillancf video o the woman stumbling with him to his apartment. she could be seen pushing himawhim away beforra he her and erlls her inside the building. >> i have a daugwho's 24. whenever she goes out, i always tell her t noto leave any drinks -- and she doesn't. >> reporter: police say that's great advice. nkver leaf your d unattended and be aware of your

surroundings because crimes can take plafo in the c of your neighborhood bar. >> not everybody out there has the purest intentions. we have to keep that in mind. >> reporter: now kantor did serve tim for a 2005 conviction. he finds himself back inou jail wi bond facing a second degree rape charge. >> this is frightening and that's good advice thk e. thu so much. the first day of schoolne step closer to being decided at the county level. today the maryland senate passing a bil giving school boards the power to decide when the year begins. theng vote a party lines a executive order governor larry hogan signed two years ago orderingo schools open after labor day. the change was welcome by families and the resort town of ocean the bill moves to the house. if itpasses, hogan is likely to veto it. next. it's a story we've been following for years now.

a local woman beating incredible odds to walk down the aisle. her story is gning national attention. >> he would come to the hospital

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aman frank. >> you may remember their names because our barbara harrison found them back when a difficu twist of fate almost ended their plan to spend the rest of their lives together. >> it did. i'm here to tell you the story. you probably saw some of it on e "today"show. but you know how far back it goes. was theolidays of 2014 when amanda and frank were talking about how soon they mightet married. her boys were thrilled about that idea. but with a sore throat that seemed to be getting rse, she decided to make a third visit to the doctor on christmaseve. >> we went back into the doctor's and they stillsu spected it was the flu. they checked my vitals and they realized i was barely breathing. >> she said a nurse listened to her che and told the doctor he should take another look. >> they yelled, call 911. that's the lastemy i have of christmas eve, 2014, being wheeled o on a stretcher.

call my parents this must be serious. >> by the time we saw her, she hadng tubes g everywhere, but at thahe point t weren't telling us it was strep throey, idn't know yet. theyct just said that an infen had gotten into her bloodstream. and we could see it in her. her legs wereblack, her hands were black. >> after a while, the doctor told us they were going to have to cut her extremities bthause ey weren't functiteing. >> repor so when she did wake up, february 14th, 2015, the marriage plans would be over. how long she didn't know. she only knew that unless she n,uld somehow learn to be a full person ag walk down the aisle and look frank in thye to say i do, she couldn't do it. finally that happened.st ugust the couple married. >> i still can't believe he stayed. it's so comforting toou know can count on someone as your

forever. he's my forever. >> reporter: and that's why they were on the "today" show today.v their story went national. she's working to start a nonprofit to help with sepsis awareness to help others recognize the disease and to lei doctors know they better check with it, too. and she wants to work with amputees to help with their self-image. >> she's a good role model for that >> she's a strong person. i asked her if she had put in an elevator? she said no, i want to tackle those stairs. >> good for her. >> she can tackle anything she sets out to do. frank is a d.c. police officer,r he's beeng through this whole thing. >> he sure has. >> glad to see they'r tling the world about thi >> thanks. yr

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one of montgomery county's top high schools is dishing out discip after students were ound handing out racist hall passes. derrick ward explains how the school and the pta plan to face this issue head on. >> reporter: several winston churchill high school students are going to be disafplined r they were found handing out so called n-word pses slips of paper allowing t holder to use the word without fear of retribution. but those students will be facing retribution after the incipal found out. the principal wrote, this behavior is disgraceful. a sentiment echoed. >> this is not a joke. >> reporter: students at winston churchill we spoke t said they believ the principal made the right move and it's goodshe's

addressing it. >> it's like wanting to have this -- i want to call it ivilege but it's not privilege like of saying a word that don't even need to be said. >> this has happened to me in the past a w randomte kid would come to me and say can i get an n-word pass? i don't think theyean it in a offensive way. >> i was very concerned and i am very concernri h news like this. >> reporter: bruce is president of the school sa, he says the discussions that have been happening in the wake of the incident and those that will happen can only help. he alsoch t about bias and competence at georgetown medical school. >> the opportunity to eng students and the larger community in discussions about issues like this is paramount. >> reporter: still the school policy is clear regarding its code of conduct and thein cipal said the students involved will face discipline. and there will be tha kind of engagement at a ptsa meeting next week.

derrick ward, news4. doug kammerer joins us now. tough ride home for a lot of folks out there. >> it's going to be thatay through the day tomorrow. even though the rain comes to an end by midnight, wet roadways and trees down, w tve seent in parts of montgomery county, howard county, numerous trees down in those regions because of the ice we've seen. outside, it's all rain across our region even theas a with the winter storm warning as the temperatures are above freezing and we are seeing the ice melt. however it'soing to be a long time before we see things get better up into this area. look we have heavier rain now. where we have seen issues through parts of upper aintgomery county, we're seeing the heavy at times through areas like gaithersburg, up towards damascus. heavy rain around tyson's corner. and the wider view showing mor raining with it.

this is the cold front making its way towards the st. severe weather down to the south. behind it we get coor weather, although temperatures will be around average tomorrow. it's going to feel l ae temperaturund 30 degrees because of the wind and the wind is going to be a big factor in theses. ar winter storm warning continues into the areas you see highlightedco montgomerty, carol county, frederick. this is the areas we've seen trees down, power rdtages. i've h 1,500 people without power. rain throu midnight, some slick spots north and west. not looking at too many because temperatures are above freezing. this is the issue, dry tomorrow but wind that could bring down more trees in those areas, you mentioned saturated ground, frozen tree limbs, we could havee mees down. we'll have continued reports

thro h 11:00tonight. next tomorrow, amelia kind of the same, snow to ice aga f the weekend. >> exactly, doug. we were talking about this last week it's the poo poo platter in play here. two winter storms saturday and sunday. here's our temperature trend. tomorrow through friday our temperatures go up and they come crashing down for the weekend. ir the cold is going to be here and we could see everything in play. as we forecast winters stod get closer to the event, the better we can help you plan. we're stillour to five days out. what we're seeing now, this event is looking morlikely. not just one, but two events. we're seeing different scenario gs, is it more snow? rain? ice. but two rounds of whether, one on saturday, one on sunday. both could ctain accumulating snow and freezing rain as well.

travel is likely going to be impacted over the weekend. monitor to continue to the forecast. saturday at 8:00 a.m. notice the wintery mix in place. we track snow area wide around the midday hours. it ends saturday night as a wintery mix. then we move intour nday. we see another wintery mix moving into the area. we see some rain continuing throughout the day, maybe some icing out there, a this comes to an end sunday night. doug, i don't think i'm putting you on the spot too much. the number one question we i went to west potomac high school today, what do you think the question is i gotas d? >> how much money do you make? >> they asked me that, but also said when's the next day'r wee getting off school. >> yeah, and for many of them it was today. we think there could be some delays torrow in our northern areas that had those trees down, parts of montgomery county, howard county. tomorrow with wind.

chance of storms on saturday, sunday. and then the bigger one possibld next tuesday wednesday. look at those temperatures, guys. we're talking 30s all t way through next week. >> somebody is going to be really busy th. doug, thank you. a special treat today for sometr dt and prince george's county public school students. the redskins along with the embassy of the state of qatar hosted the kids for a day of supports celebration at fed ex field. the fourth and fifth graderski part in all kinds of games, races, obstacle courses, several redskins, including chris thompson were on .hand this coincides with national sports day in qatar that encourages youth involvement in sports and a benefit of an active lifestyle. >> when i was a kid i wanted to meet pfessional footb players, professional athletes period or anybody with a platform, and i wasn't able to.

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ice clinging to the trees with more rain on the way. good evening, i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm leon harris.ut check this close call here. new surveillance camera video showing a man in damascus nearly crushed by a falling tree. tonight many more trees like this one are coming down, and we're not done with this weather. betrayed trust at a counity center, a behavioral specialist accused of sexual assault. now police a looking for more victims. breaking down the deal to avoid another shutdown. will the president sign off? >> i can't say i'mhappy. i can't say i'm thrilled. >> the president sisuld sign thill.:

>> announc news4 begins with a storm te 4 weather alert. >> there's a lot more rain to come overnight and already a n huge mesth of d.c. with up to a quarter inch of ice in some places. >> we showed you some of that incredible video. here it is again, an ice coated tree crash down in damascus. the ice shatters as it hits the ground. our news partners at telemundo 44 say the man in the video is shaken up but okay. >> let's go to doug and amelia in the storm center to let us know what's next >> still in weather alert we have the warning for areas to the north. this is a situation we've been watching the last 24 to 36 hours. you've continued to watch it