emergency. the white house referred again to a humitarian crisis at the southern border. theti declara will be an attempt by the president to take money from the parts of the federal government to fund the border wall he's been talking about. the agreement only includes money for about 55 miles offensing. mcconnell says he'll support the emergency declaration. but just a short time ago we ard from the top democrat, chuck schumer. >> this is not an emergency. president trump couldn't convince mexico, he couldn't co ince the americanpeople, he couldn't convince their elect representatives to pay for his ineffective and expensive so now he's trying an end run around congressn a desperate attempt to put taxpayers on the hook for it. >> so now we still have a vote in the house before this reaches the president's desk.

we should hear from the president before then, we'll be sure to bring you those comments. for now back to you in the tudio. n a story that was first on news4, a fist-flying taser-firing takedown on the natial mall. we obtained this video first and federal prosecutors tell us the suspect was wanted for setting the fire at comet ping-pong that same restaurant linked to a false national conspiracy. there's a lot to unpack with this one. mark segraves broke this story for us and he joins us liv at u.s. district court in d.c. mark? >> reporter: good evening a lot of different angles. prosutors did not say in court what the motivation was behind the fire at comet pizza but they said how they connected the dots. it was the blue jacket that the ect wore with the white sleeves we wore at comet pizza and both times he was arrested

outside the washington momentum. prosecutors say the man seen fighting with u.s. park police officers in this video is the same mann s in this surveillance video from inside comet pizza. 22-year-old ryan rimas has been charged with arson in connection to the january 23rd incident inside the pular restaurant in northwest. in court told rimas told the judge he didn'tave enough money for his own attorney. the judge appointed a pdelic nder who asked that rimas be released to the custody of hisp nts who travelled from south arolina to be in the courtroom today. federal investigators said the suspect went into the restaurant at 9:30 in the evening and set thurins on fire, nobody was hurt. about two weeks later, february 4th and 5th,he remisclimbed fence around the national momentum.

fought with police officers who had to use a taser to arrest him. once he was in custody he was recognized as the comet pizza suspect because of his jacket with the white sleeves. you recall in 2016 comet pizza became the center of national media attention when edwardt welch w into the restaurant with an automatic weapon. he was influenced by fake news accounts that were all false. >> reporter: the jge denied the request to release him to his parents. he's due back in d.c. superior court on the assault charges against that polthe officer at washington monument. we can tell you it was a d.c. fire departmentam pic who recognized him after he was treating him in theazing incident that connected the dots and realized he was the suspect in the comet pizza fi.

>> that's interesting connecting those dots. thank you, ma. amazo is canceling its plans to build a corporate nnadquarter in new york city. they were pg a complex in long island city in queens. in exchange it would get $3 billion in incentives despite the 25,000 jobs lawmakers criticized the incentives. so what does this mean for the hq2 location going up in arlington, will new york's loss be virginia's gain? julie carey has been talking with local leaders there and she's live with answers on that. >> reporter: there's a very shortnswer to all the questions swirling around this announcement today. here in arlington, they say there will be no change. that's how the arlington county board chair answered those questions after he was reassured

by amazon. christian dorsey was in a metro meeting when the headlines hit social media, they were dropping plans to locate hq2 in queens. >> i wanted to make sure i spoke to them as soon as possible to make sure nothing had changed. >> reporter: amazon officials quickly contacted arlington government and business leaders to assure them theew york cision has no impact on plans foria northern virg >> nothing is changed in terms of amazon's path or time line for owth. they want to grow at the same rate here. >> reporter: theroposal for what's been dubbed national landing, has amazon gradually growing up to 25,000 jobs with gradually growing to maybe 38,000 but with n york city backing out will arlington push for a bigger piece of the pie? >> not as of now.

theeel comfortable with path they've outlined and we feel comfortable with our ab tity to managet growth. i'm not interested in absorbing speculative new number of jobs. what we've discussed with our community makes sense for our it y. >> reporter: arlington's chamber of commerce president alsolu ant to speculate whether amazon's footprint could some day expand even more. her mesge today, the relationship with amazon so far, the different than what company encountered on long island. >> we've been extremely support i've of amazon's relocation here and welcome all of our members to grow and prosper here. >> reporter: amazon has made it clear they are not going to reopen t hq2 competition. they'll go with their plans here in northern virginia and nashville and other growth can be accommodated at their 17 other corporate offices or tech bs. back t you in the studio, jim. we'll have more on thi

story in the next half hour. for the second time bill barr will become attorney general for the united states. barr is scheduled to be sworn in at thea private ceremony white house. in the past half hour. the senate confirmed him earlier with a vote of 54-45. barr served as ag under the first president bush. in his confirmation hearime this he saidue theer probe should continue unimpeded. chaos, panic at a d.c. office this morning as a man walked in and started shooting, killing one person, injuring another. it began on hamlin street. chris gordon is live at the scene and spoke with a witness. chris? >> reporter: the day laborer tes me he heard multiple gun shots coming from the center soon after he left today,

killing one man inside, serigsly wound the owner of this day labor center. w, we are also told by police that they have no motive for the shthting. say it wasn't a robbery because nothing was taken. the oer of trojan labor is out of surgery after he was shot fivetimes. another man was killed here in the predawn shootings. police say the gunman was wearing a mask and gloves to protect his identity. i asked this day lorer if he has any idea why this center was targeted? at's your reaction to the fact that somebody came in and shot two people? >> it's crazy.it 's who miemt have a beef against th >> no. . he gave people work. >> reporter: police say the suspect fled on foot,di h west on hamlin street. >> he's taller in height, maybe 5'11", to 6'2" in height.

he was wearing multi-colored top with white that ran down the sleeves and down the shoulders, red in the middle. his pants were black. >> reporter: a dialysis technician who works across t street arrived just before 6:00 a.m. >> i knew it was an active shooting because my colleague called me said be careful. >> reporter: police say they mve surveillance video f a camera inside and there's also a video on an apartment building next door. i spoke to a man who lives here. what's your reaction? >> stunned. it seemeik a nice establishment. i had to idea. >> reporter: police are asking for the public's help to catch this killer. in northeast washington, chris gordon. as for the victims, police have not yet identified them. there is growing concern tonight for a missing man from

fairfax county, his family hasn't heard from him in two weeks now. they tell us 21-year-oldon bra white is severely ill and doesn't have his medication with him. police releasing this surveillance video from an exxon gas station in falls church. they believe the two men with him are the last to have contach with e. he disappeared after getting into an older mel mercedes sedan. it's been a year since a former student walked a into florida high school and killed 17 people. just ahead how t victims of the parkland shooting are being remembered today. newht details ton in the case of a coach and a school security officer here i stafford county accused of trying to pay a student for sex. we're working for your health tonight. the link between diet drinks and strokes in older women.

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storm team 4 keeping a close eye on your weekend and the weatr that could be comin our way. doug is back in just 10 minutes to break down who is going to see snow and who won't. two more underaged victims coming forward alleging that their high school track coach either attempted to or actually paid the for sex. northern virginia bureau reporter david culver in stafford with new details on the story you first saw at 4:00. >> reporter: from the neighboring community you can see colonial forge high school track. the coach behind bars tonight. >> one of my son ran track for

all four years. >> reporter: before his son graduated, he saide trained under jackson. >> he thought he wa a great guy. it surprised all of us. >> reporter: stafford county sheriff's depies arrested 37-year-old jackson wednesday accused of trying to slolicit prostitution from a 16-year-old boy. >> there were exchangesf offers for money. >> reporter: today deputies told us more accusers have come forward. >> we received two more phone calls from people who identify themselves as victims of mr. jackson. >> reporter: jkson was not only the track coach, he was also a school security officer. his job was to protect the kids. >> the magnitude of that situation is concerning that something like that is going on in the school. >> disappointing but the school acted quick.

>> reporter: comforted that the school immediately placed jackson on leave and deputies wanting other possibly victims to know. >> you're not toal coe.me forward, if you have information to benefit this person's case or a case you have, come forwardo us. in a statement stafford county schools say they're aware a membe of the staffas been arrested and charged and he is on administrative leave. let's talk about school start dates now and virginia's decades old school dominionul l be overturned. the general assembly approved a bill to lift that ban yesterday and if governor ralph northam schools would be allowed to start two weeks before labor day. it would still require labor day to be a four-dayweekend. the law would go into effect this summer. two children from maryland aredipraeang valentine's day

cheer up on capitol. they handed out roses to dozens of lawmakers today on both sides of the aisle, no doubt melting hearts along the way. wesked whyhey wanted to do it? >> because politics has so much -- i just wanto spread some positivity. >> positivity, niceness. make the world happy. >> how much do we love them and their smiles. the lawmakers tell us, it was a nice surprise and they'r thankful for kids spreading some uplifting meages. ey need it down there. >> it was hard to get the word hostility around their little children's fmouth. >>st lady melania trump celebrated her valentine's day with kids at nih, this is her second year to visit kids, the nonprofit providing housing and supportiveervices to children

who have rare and serious lnesses. these kids are in clinical trials as researchers look for cures and treatments. under t heading of, it's always something, now it's diet drinks. they're being linked to strokes. but the link is ast y. according to a large study by the american heart association. women w drinkwo or more diet drinks a day are at a higher risk ofstroke, heart disease or g early death. researchers followre than 80000. st meno pausele women ove 30 years. 23% more likely to have a stroke tinking two or more than those that didn't drinkm at all or had one a week. it's important to note the study did not show cause and effect. experts say it's impossible to know if it's because of a

specific artificial sweetener, a type ofeverage or another hidden health issue. hugs, prayers, tears and a moment of silence in parkland, florida. the community coming t together remember the victims who died a year ago. 14 students and 3 teachers lost their lives. turning survivors into political activists. today there was no politics, just shared memories of the lives so violently taken. let's take a moment now to remember the victims.

everybody thinking about the weekend coming uak >> are weg up to snow on saturday? >> let me tell you what i thought about doing last nig en i came home. i thought about finding my sleds, i said i'm going to wait a seco. woke up this morning, said sleds are good where they are. that's'rhat going to be dealing with here. not a lot to the city.th points t south, may be able to get the sleds out a little bit. but most of the s region, t not going to be a highly impactfudo event. look like a winter day. plenty of cloud cover across the area. temperatures still nice. look at the potomac, not even

moving, no wind. windre calm at the airport coming in at 9 miles an hour, though. 49 in manassas. 44 in hagerstown. always cooler this time of year especially and with cloud cover to the west of the blue ridge. temperatures t in the low mid 40s. upper 40s and lower 50s off to the east. and tomorrow will be warmer by about 10 degrees from where we were today because we have more warm air moving . ok at the cloud coverage, i was thinking we'd have some sunshine today buttl m cloudy skies all day long. the next storm system, to the west coast, look how big it is from canada to mexico. talking two to five feet of snow in the s a a, nevada range. that system moving into the planes and into on regy saturday. it's a quick hitting event and

for us it's not going to mean a lot. heading to o dinner friday night, not much going on. nice mild night. not bad at all. you'll need a jacket but that's it. 11:00 friday night. still nothing happening. you're good. i buts saturday morning. saturday morning waking up to some snow falling in parts of the area, but look where it's not falling, frederick, baltimore, hagerstown. these are the areas that got hit so hard with icing, the areas to the south that just sa rain nownow going to see rain.th has been a favorite area for snow for a couple of storms this season. as this moves out by about 1:00, 2:00, i want to show you how much know you're getting. i don't have anythingk, freder hagerstown. a coating to maybe an inch around the d.c. metro ar, if that. 1 to 3 inches to the south, including around warrington,

waldorf, mechanicsville, but that's about it guys. this is not a big storm. could this come to e north? sure. 30 miles to the north would bring that 1 t 3 t d.c. right now it's looking like less than an event than more of an event. tomorrow a nice day, 62 degrees, clouds. but nice and mild across the region. cold air comes in on saturday rning. up to 41. 40 degrees on sunday. chance of showers sunday night into theay on monday. not a big storm there. a bigger storm into next week we'll talk about that one when i return at 5:45. >> all right. we'll see you then thank you, ydoug. nk is not happy so amazon pulls out of its part of the deal for its second headquartersn queen. what this could mean for arlington and our region. the district hol firm in push to restore late night services to metro

>> announcer: you're watching news4 at 5:00. we areow back at 5:30 with our top story. the senate has passed the bipartisan measure to avoid a government shutdown. >> we've learned the president will support it but he also plans to decre a national emergency. before he can sign off we're still awaiting am vote fe

house later this evening. w this point we have not heard directly from thete house. >> but in a statement the white house said the president is kingxecutive action to stop what they called a humanitarian crisis at the border. democratic leaders on the hill say they are now reviewing their options. from moments of silence to voluntee projects. the 17 people killed in a school parkland, own in florida are being remembered today. >> and the wounds are still fresh for the familiesf those victims as you cante nbge. post his last minutes with his daughter. we have more on the memorials being held today. >> reporter: actual silence, no. but that's not the point. the hugs, the tears, honoring the 17 by being there, that's point. the project grow love garden has become an oasis for anyone

looking for solace. liam was thinking about carmen and how he lost his friendne yearago. >> it's like reliving the same kind of thing over and over and over again, but in a kind of way it getsie e but harder at the same time if that makes any sense. >> reporter: in other words, the passage of time maybe helps a little bit for this grieving co sunity. thesedents were together in the classroom where carmen died and three others were wounded. they think about it constantly and lean on each other for suppor >> there's no words to put together what we all went because there's nobody else that shares that experience with me besides my class, tse are the only people i would want to wi this day. >> reporter: on campus it was a day of service. the campus held ast breakor first responders and the superintendent spoke outside. >> the impact of this horrific

event has been monumental i in scope and its reach. >> reporter: especially for the families of the 17. linda beagle sewellman lost her son, teacher scott beigel.d aid this day is a horrible deja vu for her. >> i cannot bring scott back. i love my son. i haven't heard h voice for 365 days. t>> reporter: andre's simply no tribute, no memorial that can change that horrible reality for those 17 grieng families. at margery stoneman douglas high school, ari odzer. amazon is backing out of plans for a new york campus because of politicalopposition. it immediately raised questions an concerns here, what would that mine for the campus planned for arlington. amazon officials called local leaders here to assure them that

nothingn the original agreement would change. the tech giant still plans to bring about 25,000 jobs to the national landing narea. >> a moment cnbc reporter w kayll break down the impact. but as tracee wilkins shows us, county officials are still trying t get a piece of that tech giant. >> reporter: theit was hope wh three metro center locationsnd plenty of space to build, amazon george's county for its second headquarters. when that didn't happen. >> we were disappointed. wede thought we n outstanding presentation. >> reporter: now with news that hq2 is not going to new york, tie president of the economic development corpo is hoping to get a portion of amazon in the county. >> we made it clear to amazon that we are ready to reengag t th talk about any type of amazon presence they would like. >> reporter: he says amazon told him they didn't pick prince

george's county because of a lack of software engineers in >>e county but there's a gap to fill. hether it's amazon web services or some other type of -- >> reporter: council members say they're ready to discussin ntive packages and housing for workers. >> we put together a competitive incentive for amazon. we are open for business, we e a probusiness county. >> we believe we can a worb thos will not be able to be absorbed in that area, maybe up individuals. not to mention those who they're coming here with and the ancillary businesses. we're 6 miles away, we can do . >> reporter: spokes people with the county tell me there are conversations with amazon about a future here in prince george's county, those conversationsre just beginning. i'm tracee wilkins, news4. wh amazon officially pulling out of its new york plan, there is no clear

direction on what could come next. >> we're joined now. we saw prince george's county. is there going to be a nice d disbersment now out of new york? do they have a shot? >> amazon said it will not reopen the search. it is committed to the investment it is making in virginia and a smaller investment planned in nashville as well. but officials in virginia are ec optimisticse the incentive package allowed for a second phase for an additional 13,000 jobs and amazon has the right of first refusal on an additional 1 million square feet of office space. and the stock of the company shot up today so investors believed there could be more than planned. >> s you it rise in a matter

of hours, the excitement across the river. it's amazing, only good can come of this for our area? >> potentially. the fact the original will go through as planned and if amazon decides to grow more in the region, that is good news. ere are some who believe that the way this plays out in new york is perhaps not with amazon just backing out entirely. maybe it will expand there to the order of ve, seven, 10,000 jobs and it will do so quietly and gradually and not with the incentive package thated cre so much opposition there. >> bezos, did he need the incentive package or was it icing on the cake? >> he did a great job to get those packages, and stacked theities up against each other. you could argue that many of thes municipalities couldn't afford the packages they were offering so that was anoth point of contention as well.

in virginia tre was barely any opposition to the p kage that cagether. $550 million from the state, an additional chunk from arlington, it's been passed in the legislature, signed into law. done deal. >> thanks for coming on, kayla. still to come, there aren't any speed cameras on virginia roads at the mom but that's about to change. plus the ups and downs that come with winter temperatures much daylight.urse, to broken at the silver spring station, adam tuss news4. it has been one year since hank dieddel's tavern went up in hames. it been one of montgomery county's oldest bars with theha 00ilt housed it dating back 1 years. since then there's been an effort to rebuild. we went by earlier to check out the progress. investigators think a cigarette left out in a flower pot on the

old wooden porch is what led to the fire. you can see they still have a lot of workahead. what's it take to make a good bourbon in this town? women. women are changing the whiskey indust at the bar and in the distillerie distilleries. >> more women and young people it's not just your grandfather's drink anymore. >> this is the first distillery in our area owned by women. join me tonight on news4 at 11:00 as we taste some bourbon and learn how anoman politics found herself on the iskey trail. >> i'll drink to that. that's going to be cool. >> normally when y do stuff like that, you bring tastin. >> samples. where were they? >> i don't know what happened to them. i don't know where t went. i'll go look for them. i'll get back to you. so tonight and tomorrow, a good looking day tomorrow?

>> tomorrow is a great day, if you can't get out for valentine's daytoday, tomorrow is looking good, about 5 or 1 degreesarmer tomorrow than today. in reston we have a lot of cloud cover. we've seen the clouds just about all day long today. 51 right now, that'sbo average 44 around hagerstown, 56 towards richmond. close to 60 back to the that warmer air is going to try to make its way our way tomorrow. that why we g to the mid to upper 50s in most areas. still dthling wit cloud cover around our region. more clouds tomorrow. then we're looking way back to the west at a storm system racing across the country. as it does we'll start to see a chance for snow during the day on saturday. n thet big storm will be saturday morning, not tomorrow. omorrow is looking great for dinner. it's saturday morning. don't worry about setting the alarm. it's saturdayanyway.

stay in bed, you get up, see some snow falling around area. it's not falling baltimore, frederick, hagerstown, areas hard hit by the ice, i dou't thinkl see much in the way of snow at all. d.c. southward, around fredericksburg. but for d.c., maybe an ine. ore we look at it, the less of an impact this storm is >> we're bringing out the bread meter today. check it out. here's what i'm thinking right now. the bread mer it's going to land at go if the pantry is like doug said, saturday morning it's going to be snowing across the asea. e head into the evening hours, it's looking dr looks like you'll get out owturday evening just fine. check out the roads are going to be impacted by the snow. it's southern maryland where we could see some slush on area roads, especially if they

haven't been treated. main roads potentially okay. for the d.c. metro county and winchester, right here just mainly wet roads through baltimore with temperatures likely on the pavement at or even a few degrees above freezing. we're coming off a day weit 60 degrees for a high. around the mason-dixon line we don't think there's going to be any impact here thankfully atal so why has the forecast been changing? as we g closer to the event, it looks like the track of the storm is starting to shift farther south thas why in southern maryland you could see an inch or three of snow. also the temperatures during the event aren't super cold. talking low t0 mids. it's great if you have enough snow doing a snowman or making snowballs. but you want to stay tuned, this forecast has changed a little

bit every day this week, so tomorrow changing again. as in most a it's not a pretty snow. some light snow onrd sa. high of 62 tomorrow. 40 on sunday. 48 on monday. a couple chances of showers sunday and monday. and then late day showers tuesday, colder air moves in wednesday morning. we're watching for the potential for ice here. we'll wait and see how much cold air is here because this storm system looks like it wants to move to the west. it could be a mix t over a plain rain on wednesday. more showean on thursday. keep the showers chance in all the way through next weekend. a little unsettled as we head towards next . we why not. doug, thank you. part four of our lookilo for series. are are the ways singles finding dates and mates. >> is it healthy to date someone on a few photographs and a snap >> reporter: tinder, bumble,

they're among the phone apps where a growing number of singles are lking forlove. a swipe left is a no a swipe right isen go. >> at th of the day reducing this to imagery is shocking and a t scary thing think we're all doing. >> rorter: stacy says our split second decisions to swipe right or left based on photos mimic the second nature snap judgments we make in real life without realizing. >> physical attraction is a key component when you're walking down the street and you see somebody who catches your eye, it's because of a certain thing you might be looking for, similar to theswiping. >> reporter: stacy sees a number of clients turning to their smart phones and hoping to swipe themselves into ala retionship. her advice, boxing yourself in with long lists of must haves and preferences could hold you back. even science says so.

a there's theories out there that say y looking for somebody that doesn't meet the criteria y brin may be aware of. >> she finds that online rejection or one too many swipes left can sting as much on screen as they e on person. >> if you are not getting the feedback that makes you feel confident, you should take aea >> reporter: rigging your p profile to net enough swipe rights are we turning a search fo love into a game? >> the apps have meied it to some level but our life is age.-fied in this and >> reporter: though it's not easy, shend recommes not taking online dating so seriously, better to take it in stride one swipe at a time.

>> murphy says don't treat online dating like a job you hate. okay. moving on. thinking of it as one piece in larger strategy in your journey to find love. tomorrow tommy mcfly wraps

local students are paying tribute to the victims of the parkland school shooting, as we as to all teenagers lost to gun violence last year. this display iscen a f at bethesda chevy chase high school. each t-shirt bears the name of a gun violence victim. nicole jacobs talks to the ntudents behind the display. >> reporter: stu are making a statement today with 671 ir t- hanging on a fence in memory of those teenage victims who lost their lives to gun violence in 2018. it's part of the parklandchool shooting memorial. these students say gun violence is not only a problem with mass shootings but a problem across our nation in general. that's why millions gathered outside of the capital last year for the march for our lives. they want the message of this

memori to be we should not forget the tragic toll gun violence o takes american teenagers and they want to remember each one who died by name. >> i think about in my high tohool 671 are bigger than a grades. make up over a grade-worth of students is hard to conceptize. >> gun violence we cannot .gno the first hearing on gun violence is about to pass house of representatives and go to the senate. >> it shows the student gun violence movement has not died down. it shows we still remember the studen we started fighting for the in the first place. >> reporter: these students say it's important for them to be advocates for those who cannot. this display will be on thent fence next tuesday. in bethesda, nicole jacobs news4. >> if you want like to see that display, it's along east/west highway at bethesda chevy chase

high school. the fight over the wall is not over, but using government workers ase leveruld be soon. good evening i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim handly. the president poised to fund the government and declare a cy national emerg >> the president will sign the bill. >> making an end run around congress. >> now at 6:00 why even republicans are worried about this move from the white house. only on news4, takedown at the washington monument police tie this suspect to arson. amazon backs out of new york city. what today's bombshell means for northern virginia. >> announcer: news4 at 6:00 begins withav brettauaking news a dang row step ande terri idea, that's how democrats have

described the plan to call a national emergency to fund the bordll. >> and tonight, that's what the white house said the president will do and mitch mcconnell will support him that's beuse the specterf a february fiasco hangsla around tonighte alexander joins us with the latest developments. >> reporter: everyoment this week it seems up until now has hinged on one question, will president trump sign this bill and keep the government open or will he not and we be looking at a shutdown. in fact, the senate would not vote until they had confirmation the president was on board with the bill. after days of uncertainty, that confirmation came this afternoon. today, the senate begin w