here's what we're following for you as thousands of catholics get up f morning mass. parishioners are still reacting to former cardinal theodore mccarrick being kicked out of the priesthood. >> one of mccarrick's victims from loubdoun county is finally to seehahappened to mccarrick but the action doesn't go far enough. our coverage coinues. t new overnight, investigators are looking int possibility that "empire" actor jussie

smollett set up thettack on him. good morning, i'm adam tu i. >> and molette gen in here for meagan fitzgerald. >> any time i get to be here with mo, i'm happy. >> it's cold outside. >> i think we dodged precipition yesterday. temperatures outside sitting pretty low right now. a wintry mixn though ise way for plenty of us. >> stormeam 4's lauryn ricketts is tracking the system. took forev to warmp the car. what can we expect in the day ahead? >> in the day ahead we've got some freezing rain, some sleet and some rain. now i do want tooint this out. the national weather service went ahead and issued a winter weather advisory. however i think there is g hng to be fher elevations. most of us will see rain throughout the afternoon and in the remainder of the evening. the day liggett hours, first part of the day looking fine. again, that sun is coming up now before 7:00 a.m.

we're going to gain about 30 minutes of daylight before february is over, so that's always good news. again, we arekiust l at some cloudy conditions out there. we'll have a little bit of sunshine early ts morning, but clouds will continue to roll into the area. nothing happened on the radar right now. dry out there right nut. widenhis view. oh, yeah. this is what's coming our way. most of this is going to be falling as rain across the area, but the national weaer service went ahead and issued a winter weather advisory. this looks a little deceiving. again, thisaisy going to be a rain event with traces of sleet. higher elevations up i loudoun county, frederick, back towards the northern shenandoah valley, that's where couldave some iciness and where you could have freezing rain. we'll talk morebout this. that's all coming up in about ten minutes. >> we'll keep an eye on that for sure. thanks very much. the back to the top story this morning, the could the lick church rocked by an explosive reaction from the vatican. >> theodore mccarrick, a once beloved leadere catholic church and here in our area has

been dismissed from the priesthood a d after a vatican ribunal defrocked the for cardinal. we're getting more reaction. the once powerful archbishop of washington had been an influential player for the church. vatican officialsound him guilty of soliciting sex in the confessional and for seal crimes against adults and minors. >> both abuse and its cov-up can n longer be tolerated and the different treatment for bishops o have committ or covered up abuse in fact represents a formyf cle that is no longer acceptable. >> mccarrick is the highesthu profileh figure to be relieved of priestly duties in modern times. >> metime, reaction has been pouring in after the vatican's bombshell reaction. our darcyngpencer is get that reaction from catholics in our area. >> lex-cardi theodore mccarrick, once the respected archbishop of washington longer a priest. he's been stripped of that

title. vatican officials found him guilty ofolicitation in a confessional, since of adultery with minors and adults and abuse of power. he spoke to parishioners outside st. ma cathedral in northwest d.c. after the 5:30 mass. >> what's going on in the catholic church is a disgrace. i'm beyond upset, and i -- i feel so sad for all the people who have been so hurt and deceived overhese years. >> mccarrick served as archbishop from 2001 to 200 and he becomes the first catholic church leader to be defrocked or removed frothe priesthood because of sexual abuse, and this decision g the blessing of pope francis himself as bishops prepare together in rome next week to discuss the worldwide sexual abuse scandal. this man says he grewe up in church. >> i think it was about time. >> reporter: why do you say that? >> church needs to do the right things, and i think that w one of the right things.

>> reporter: an archdiocese statement says it hopes vatican's decision serves to help the healing process for survivors of abuse as well as those who havenc exper disappointment or disillusionment because of what former archbhop mccarrick has done. >> tbond no longer exists. >> reporter: church members held a rally demanding effective leadership in the adhdiocese an better communication with parishioners. many see mccarrick's ouster as a first step. >> i hope tha this will not just be an example because there's a lot of people both in the hierarchy that sheltered this man. >> mccarrick's successor wuerl we signed last yr becau of reports that while serving as t bishop i 1980s he did little to stop abusive priests.

wuerl's replacement could come any time now. >> many catholics are going to churchith this scandal fresh on their minds. so many questions including who will take over as archbishop of washington. stay with news 4 for continuing coverage of this developing story. read all about it in our nbc washington app. we're on top of a developing story out of anne arundel county. people are searching for people who opened fire at the arundel mills mall lt night. officers say the shooting w not random and the victim was target. where exactly theot shog happened is still unclear. as soonrns we lea more we'll mass it on to you on air and nline. a grimupdate now. police need your help in finding the gunman in what is facing shooting in northeast d.c. this was first report friday evening. this was the scene after the

shooting that happened in an alley on harry thomas way in broad daylight. d.c. police say 20-year-oldoalt tw washington was shot and takenl to the hospi where he later died. authorities are offering a $25,000 reward for anyone that provides anyone leading ton arrest. right now the search is on for two armed men who robbed a jewelry store in montgomery county. take a look here. tacoma park police say two men walked into silver spring jewelry on university boulevardt and of the men pulled out their gun and pointed them at employees and stole a amount of cash and jewelry, but it doesn't stop there. onheir way out the robbers bumped into two other men and stole their car. police are asking anyone who has more information to give them a call. >> time right n is6:07. it's a shocking twist in that alleged hate crime against actor jussie smollett. nbc news is looking into whether the "empire" star paid the two brothers questioned and later c released withorges to stage an attack against him. smollett claims on january 29th

he was attacked and beaten in downtown chicago as he walked to get food. police say that they have found no surveillance video of an attack but they continue to tloorks b look, but they also saere's been no attorney to say that this is a hoax. smollett is angry at reports he could have played a role in his own attack and that nothing could be further from the truth. president trump's attorneys are gearing up for a bitter legal battle after hed decla a national emergency to fund the border wall. the white house says they will defend lawsuits all the way to the supreme court. the aclu and public citizen have alreadsued the president. house speaker nancy pelosi and several democratic state attorneys general say they may be filing lawsuits as well. the president is snding the weekend at his west palm beach golf club. >> as you can imagine, that emergency declaration from the president is going to be a huge topic on "meet the press" this mornrag. mor chuck todd and the panel are going to break down the political fallout and more.

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when we run into this situation. i know. one person in particular rig there. i like to blame lauryn for all of it. 32 degrees. i'm ready to go to spring. we had a taste of the other day. it was very nice. we're getng teased by it. >> and i'm sure we'll get teased by it again and have another little snow storm that comes our way because that's exactly what's happening. not for today but wednesday. everybody already knows about wednesday so we'll talk about it. i'll show you the latest details. we do have a winter weather advisory. most of us will s some rain. there's an isolated mix this afternoon through this evening mainly north and west of the higher elevations. the monday and tsday are dry and then wednesday that wintry mix coming our way. current temperatures, yeah, it's cold out there. teeratures below freezing everywhere. 32 here in the district, but then you can see outside thend beltway we've got a lot of low 20s outhere. we're headed into the upper 30s to right around 40 today. dry thisotorning tong to worry about, maybe even seeing a

little bit of sunshine and sleet moving in as we head into the afternoon and evening with rain. there's going to be sleet moving in. winter weather advisory north and west of d.c. now, was in northern loudon the other dayl for a sch visit. higher elevation. it was all ice, andhen at the surface below at about the 1,000 feet it was. interesti you can see the ice at the higher elevation and that's what we'll get higher elevation, hilly hill tops -- high hill tops where we'll see the accumulation of freezing rain. rain for ussith tra of sleet, higher elevations freezing rain. nothing happening on the radar right now but this ishat we're watching to move in later on this afternoon an evening. we'll go ahead and time it out for yout starting 6:00 a.m. we're dry. through noon we're dry. starts to move in a rain. hagerstown, frederick, even the

northern shelendoah vis what we could see. some freezing rain that this is not picking up on. this hs all out ofe as we go through monday morning. monday morning will be breezy. tuesty j fine and then a look at we get into wednesday. we've got a a wintry mix snow in the morning, and it will last until t afternoon. weekend outlook not looking too bad if you're headed out to ski or car wash, hold off on that because get some rain this afternoon and also chances of rain on thursday and friday. >> thank you so muc reporter's notebook coming back up next. >> back in 15 minites more of the top stories. good morning. i'm pat lawson muse. we begin in virginia with the political water still roiling over the controversies involving the top three leaders g thernor went on national tv to explain the blackface photos in his medical school year book. still delegate backed off his

efforts to begin impea proceedings against the lieutenant governor facing two sexual assault allegations and the attorney generals lying low. joining us this morning northern virginia bureau reporter david culver and news 4's chris gordon. gentlemen, thank you for being he. >> thank you, pat. >> david, this story has revealed pretty deep divisions and opinions among virginians. what does your own reporting tell you? >> you know, it's interesting because early o i started to see what polls are now starting to show, so if we look at thein po that's coming out right now it's showing more s for governor northam when it comes from black virginians, from democrats certainly andhe p, of course, saying they think he should resign which is not surprising because initially they thought this would mean he would move out and they saw all the allegations come against the lieutenant governor, that allegation initially of sexual assault and then you had the attorney general with his explanation so i think the gop thought, okay, here's anor opportunity us. now you start to see there's more support for the leadership,

and hey areding in there. what stood out to me early on though, pat, being t downre as we saw a lot of protesters who were coming around the executive mansion. this w the day after, and they were all holding signs calling on northam to step down and two older black gentlemen came up to me and saidan we talk to you to the side and i said sure. i moved aside to the protesters who was mostly aoung group and he says we have a very different stance from them. i wanted to hear what they had to say. one was a local pastor and one was a local supervisor. we think the governor should step up, not step down. we thinkis thi an opportunity to heal and movrd fornd that's coming from a generation that's a little bit older. they werer. quotingking and felt they had more experience in the civil rights era than the younger generation. >> because one poll shows more

whites th-- more african-ameri spotting northam. >> i think the leadership may hold itself in place. >> chris, from a legal standpoint we've seen the beginnings of at least an inquiry regarding the possibility of prosecution. how might a case lik that go? >> well, it's very difficult. the first accuser -- >> we're talking begun justin fairfax. >> of the lieutenant governor justin fairfax. the first accuser wants an investigation, and in virginia that's going to be difficult because kirk cox, the speaker of the house, republican, top republican says that's a very high bar. impeachment is a very high bar and doesn't seem to wanthao go down road so what other road is there? what other line of inquiry, some sort of ethics inquiry and what would that mean? however, it now appears that miss tyson, vanessa tyson, may

be looking to boston and a prosecutor up there to make a complaint, a crimina complaint that would trigger an investigation into the 2004cr deic convention and what happened there between fairfax and tyson, and fairfax, a, has denied the charges and, ss he pucks an inquiry. >> i heard it put in a rather interesting way, the dilemma and framing the dilemma. >> yeah. >> there's pressure from the me, too movement coming from one direction, pssure from african-americans coming from the other who are demanding due process, and the a lot of elected leaders are stuck in the middle. >> you know what's fascinating to me because i look at two different -- two different tides kiin of cla together and we can't forget who motivated boast those. it was ae conservatight wing blog, big league politics, that put out both of those. and the you can look at the agenda perhaps behind that to get rid of the democratic leadership to make them all hav to ste aside and yet you have the tides collapsing and it keeps everything i s place

they are just coming against one another, but it's not generating thereaction a lot of the gop folks were hoping it would create and to chris' point you can't have impeachment with such a high standard that goes through the process. it creates more di vision within the commonwealt and more unrest. >> soy think the national tv interview helped him. did it change people's perceptions? did it offer any intight? >> i think the one response that i've heard pretty unanimously from folks is there's still some more education the would like to see come from him in this whole racial understanding, and they think there's still a way forwardn that. there was some difficult wording that i think cbs news, gayle king, had to be blunt with him about, and that's a reckoning momess. >> let's c into maryland now where washington's football team apparently won't be moving. maryland governor larry han has pulled out of talks to build a 60,000-seat stadium in prince

george's county, land now owned by the federalovernment. in december hogan said he was trying to initiate a land swap which wasti czed because of environmental concerns. dan snyderan a new stadium and would love to go back to rfk. >> dants snyder w a new stadium. attendance was very low this e you to on, but h remember that he and the redskins own fedex field and own the land it's reown. theybligated under contract to play there until the year 2027, but there is no on heligation or impetus for to leave. the deal that the governor was rking onnvolves land just north of national harbor and what i found in prince worge's counn talking to some of the elected leaders there is theyasically say this land, our people, our constituents, want better uses for it than a

stadium. we want a tech corridor. we want residential. we want a flourishing high-class environment there, so they are basically saying, dannyder stays at fedex, fine. if he leaves, fine. in theisict muriel bowser said i've always believed this is the home of thein red and when asked if the state wil subs dies she said nfl clubs have to build their own stadiums. >> why can't the field rfk stayed number. >> >> it can. knock down the eire structure, play somewhere else for a year or so. thland raiders are playing next year in san francisco their stadium is being built in las vegas because they have a dispute with oakland. of course, the rap has always been it's tough to get in and out without parking. it's not well served by metro and it hasn't been a great experience.

>> you've got to think about the virginians who are spowhs fans struggle to have to go to the games considering it an all-day experience getting up there as it is, and there was also concern early on when t training camp was moved down to the richmond area, it felt like northern virginia was losing even more of a tie to their team so it wilbe interesting t see if they can keep it any closer to the commonwealth which would obviously kp some fans happy. >> to be. >> absolutely. >> we'll take a break and we'll continue in a minute. stay with us. does your customers connecting to the wifi ever slow down your business? yes, it does slow things down. aggravating. it's a nightmare. so our gig-speed network is fast. and we go beyond fast by making it easy to create separate networks for your business and your customers and even control how much bandwidth each of those gets. so your business won't miss a beat. this is a big game changer. this is the new wave, and whoever doesn't get on, i think they would be left behind.

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taking steps to make law enforcement jobs a l eier. if phones are in your hand they don't have to worry about if you're ate distrdriver. >> what the law says you can't be texting or reading texts or doing things thatct aree on the cell phone, so folks can obviouslyo,argue, i was just holding it up, not doing arything, and now if you're holding it and the seeing it in your and they are going to say we can easily give you a fine, first offense, $125 and second offense $250. this is something though that virginia has bee very much behind the eight ball on b lause yok at d.c. and maryland. they both have had the bans in place and rginia now just getting around to that. i don't think it will be too hard for virginian to accept that. it may be something that will have a lot of support. >> so g thel of the legislation is safety. >> sure. >> the challenge is enforcement. >> that's always the challenge

with these and officers will tell you that once you obviously make that initial stop you gofo ard with that argument that's one thing and if you go forward with it and prove that that's another. defense attorneys have had a lot of sucsss and i more difficult to defend if this goes noose place. >> another interesting piece of legislation in virginia is the king's dominion law. >> right. there's a lot of debate in the virginia and in maryland this year about when school should start, before or afterbo day. >> the king's dominion law said school should start after labor day in commonwealth, and a lot of that was based on tourism and students who perha have jobs and are helping the economy in that way. we've seen that scale back mostly initiated by teachers and even students and parents wanting to start earlier. why is that? you get a head start on some of theng and preparation and eventually for them going on to college. that's how they look at it. this law would allow the school systems in the commonwealth if

it were td be ban to start before labor day so you get an earlier start. there's one stipulation that is being put in there. if we do th, we need a four-day weekend around labor day to allow for some of theon tourism to be generated. >> chris in maryland. the governor has ordered the school start after labor day. >> a couple years ago he did that. >> yes. >> but now there's a measure that just passe the state senate that gives local authorities the power to decide when they start sool. >> prince george's county state atnator came up with a bill that passed the s that said all 24 jurisdictions, schoolte s can decide on their own when to start school. it has to go to the house. however, governor hogan is so incest ent that marylanders want e later start, that businesses on the eastern shore need the extra week or at least weekend of business and ler start that

he may bring this to referendum to the voter to decide. >> let's talk about a coupl of local stories that were very disturbing this week. a local football coach suspended, accus of inappropriate interaction with a student. duval high school has placed the coach onve l he's worked at the school for the past eight years. what do we know about this case and the alleged behavior. >> at this point, it's not criminal conduct. i found out from a source that this involves conversation, texting between -- allegedly between coa longwood and a female student, and it was that that was determined to be possibly inappropriate, so he's headput on leave from h coaching job. he is also the in-school suspension supervoicer,, and he been put on leave while the school system launches an

investigation. >> what have parents been told? >> parents -- a note what is sent home from the assistant principal telling them in a very general way that the coach has been put on leave. what i'm hearing from students is a lot of support cefending thch especially since i spoke to some football players and soccer player saying he's a father figure, a wonderful coach and mentor and they dli't e that he did something inappropriate. i smoke to one parent who is concerned andas heard rumblings about this kind of behavior before, so that's where it's at right now, under investigation apparently andin rnal disciplinary school measure. >> meanwhile, david, there's an investn in virginia involving a 60-year-old man who has been charged with raping and impregnating a woman who was meant lip incapacitated at the community center in springfield. this is the kind of story that

no one has a loved one being cared for wants >> myself included, yeah, and that's what we've seen getting a lot of traction here is you put so much trust into these or caregivers andhe most part the caregivers are putting forth a lot of their time a and it's a vocation you could consider it and to have something like this happen a lot of folks start to reassess who their loveds are being taken care of by and that's what i've seen in the social media push from this particular story. >> tyidn't know until she gave birth. >> yes. bernard king is the suspect and is in the way it came to light is she's pregnant and they did a dna test. that led them to this behavioral specialist who had acces to her. the police are wondering if there are more victims. theyelieve they have found a second one, and they are trying to see if there's a dnank,

again, to >> we'll be following both of those cases. >> thanks, pat. >> that's eporter's notebook." i' pat lawson muse. "news 4 today" continues.>> 6:31 on this sunday morning. look here, mollette green. >> i'm filling in for meg hane fitzgerald who is a little under the weather. a very cold sunday morning. >> andtt lauryn ric is here to tell us that. we've got something to get forward tohis wee the kids are already marking wednesday. >> like a two-hour delay? >> i think we may have a day off on wednesday and teachers may have a day off on wednesday because we've got a wintry mix coming our way. we also have a winter weather

advisory out there, guys, and i don't think it's an issue for chmorrow. kids are offl and a lot of people are off tomorrow considering it's president's day nd we do have a winter weather advisory could be a little deceiving because this could be in regar to higher elevations within the counties that is are in this winter wet earth your morning is going to be dry but this afternoon and evening to see hen we'll start some rain with traces of sleet hand maybe higher elevated surfaces to get the freezing rain. nothing happening how much the there on the radar right now. we'll wide owen out the view. we're not weather alert and i don't believe it's going to be a widespread issue out there and this is coming our way mainly as rain event coming on this afternoon. here's the winter weatherso ad. begins this afternoon and goes into the first part of the overnight but the higher elevated services coming it through perciville and up through haer'serry and winchester, again, some. higher elevation surfaces, same inst hagn, frederick county

and carroll county, that's where you could see some freezing rain, tut main lips is going to be a rain event even for the counties shaded in purpleith aces of sleet. the higher elevated surfaces will see the freezing rain, and that's where we'll hav issues as we get into this afternoon and later on tonight. listen, it'soldut there. the temperatures are below the freezing mark so it's ast chill t on your sunday morning. we'll talk about it today and we'll also talk about it wednesday and time it all out forou that's coming up. i'll give you the latest forecast on that as well. >> lauryn, thank you so much. former washington archbishop theodore mccarrick was a mixture in the catholic church. >> hand now he's at the center of one of th biggest catholic church scandals in recent history, defrocked by the satican after being found guilty of sex crime against adults and minors. mccarrick was close to former esidents including george w. bush and bill clinton, but he's no longer a priest and he faces an uncertain future.

>> the vatican wants to send the message nobody is above the law. >>ext thursday mor than 100 bishops from around the world will gather at the vatican for a huget. that meeting will focus on the abuse of minors in the catholic church. meanwhile, reaction hasgeen pourn after the vatican's bombshell announcement. many catholics in this area remember mccaracas not just a spiritual leader but someone who had almost a celebrity status. he becomes the first catholic churchd member to be defrocke removed from the priesthood because of sexual abuse. we spoke to parishioners outside northwest d.c. after mass yesterday. >> what's going on in the catholic church is a disgrace. i'm beyond upset, and ieel so sad for all the people who have been so hurt a deceived over these years. >> now many demanng effective leadership at the church see mccarrick's dismissal as the first step.

he's been living at a religious retirement residen in kansas. it's unclear what h next move will be. >> such a big story here, on oue team of coverontinues with a closer look into mccarrick's removal from the priesthd. news 4 h been following the story since allegations against him first appeared this summer. david culver now breaking down how we got this point. >> reporter: how did we get to this point? take it back to june.an a m came forward alleging mccarrick abused him when that man was a kid and altar server. that inspired another man to come forward he lived in loudoun county and he says mccarrick was a choseen family f and they called him uncle ted. he start abusing him when he was just 11 years old. i spoke with him after he testified in front of the vatican's vicar as they investigated sexual abuse allegations against mccarrick. >> do you want to seech crimina ges coming against him? >> i want criminal charges

brout against mccarrick but i would really like to see criminal charges brought against the institution of the church. >> reporter:james' attorney tells mow they want to get ahold of mccarrick's personnel file. they are pushing hard for that, and it's possiblehat james and other victims could pursue civil charges against mccarrick and/or the church here so there's a lot more to come. >> man catholics are preparing to go to mass today with thel scan fresh on their minds. there are still several questions including who will take over as archbishop of washington. stay with news 4ith continuing coverage of this developing store to, and you can also read more about it on our nbc washington app. >> time now is 6:36. disturbing new details at the latest workplace shooting in aurora, illinois. the suspected shooting gar martin brought a gun to a meeting on friday. police say martin started shooting after being fired aft spending 15 years on the job. five co-workers were killed,

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delays the court fight because some of the money is triggered by the national emergency act or does thisnd up going through the normal motions and we get this ruling in the middle of the 2020 campaign which is probably the most likely scenario that is sometime in the spring of 2020, you know. there's this moment that thepa whole cn will stop as we find out. but this -- i think the question is what happens if the supreme court upholds his ability to do this? it would completel change how congress and the presidency work together. i think it would be that dramate . ful you he power to do this, then the next democratic would say climate change is a national emergency, and it reallypl would just ce change the way we -- how congress decides how money is spent in this country. > even though he said in this press conference he didn't really need to do it. >> when he said that phrase, everythingelse, when he said that phrase, he may have undermined his entire rationale for doing it and he may have given the legal argument k tol

it and to deny him the ability to do so. >> i wanto go to another bombshell that dropped this week and that was the news that amazon is scrapping plans for a headquarters in new york city. now you're goingav to new york mayor's bill deblasio on to talk about this. what does this tell you about the democratic base? >> that to me is what the story is. amazon wereust like -- new york city politics, we're out. it can be a complicated ed process,process, and i really get that. but when you look at it the sive voices in this the country, the second most famous member of congress these days in the world is alexandria ocasio-cortez. they pushed back on this. they won. the 2020 democratic primary is basically going to be this fight between the progressives who are pushing for a much stronger role of government in these deals, pushing back on corporate america, and sort of the more

traditional i don't want to call them centrists because this ish really obama wing of the democratic party. you have have a centrist wing and even the pragmatic progressive wick of the party saying whoa, whoa, whoa you've got to work with business. bill w de blasts to run for president. supports the amazon deal. he's caught in the middle and he's not alone and how democrats figure this out will decidey whether te going to appear mainstream enough to defeat president trump. governor cuomo obviously upset about that, too. >> he went off, but he really is a centrist democrat and he went after his own party. bill de blasio has struggledt doesn't wo attack progress i was because he feels like he is one a s they areing amazon just didn't have the stomach for new york which may be true to a certain extent, but he did support these tax breaks for him, and tt i think has put him in crosshairs with progressives. >>ascinating to watch. >> lots to talk about.

tune in to "meet the press" that 4mes up every sunday at 10:30 right after "new today." lots to talk about, as always. >> thef other h of amazon's h2 i plan going forward in arlington. how the changes in new york could affect the plans re. >> northern virginia bureau chief julie carh spoke w local leaders to find out more. >> reporter: the arlington county head was in a meeting when the ns dropped to drop an amazon hq inqueens. >> i wanted to speak to them a soon as possible to make sure changed. ad >> reporter: amazon officials quickly contacted arlington government and business leaders to ensu them that the new york decision has no impact on plans for northern >> nothing has changed in terms of amazon's path for growth ore time line for growth. they want to grow at the same

rate here. >> the proposal for what's been landing calls for amazon to gradually grow up to 25,000 jobs here with the possibility of climbing as high as nearly 38,000 some day. one.ig other questions though with amazon backing out of new york location, will arlington b pushing for an even bigger piece of the hq2 pie. >> we feel comfortab with the level and the ability to manage the growth. at this time i'm not interested in absorbing a sculative new number of jobs. i think what they have discussed -- what we'veit discussed w our community makes sense for our community. >> reporter: arlington's chamber of commerce president also reluctant to spec logan airport about whether amazon's here could some day expand even more. her message today, the relationship with amazon so far much different than what the company encountered on long island. >> i'll tell you again that the arlington chamber of commerce has been extremely supportive of

amazon's relocation here, and we really welcome all of our members to grow and prosper here. >> is that thesuncoming up? >> beautiful look over the nation's capital this morning. what we are learning is that we're starting to gain moresu ight in the morning. >> i like that. >> days are getting longer. has toss do with sething with the tilting of the earth's axis i believe. it does. i'm going to play moeshlgs isn't that right? we're getting closer to the sun. >> that's exactly right. >> and i know it's daylightw, but did you notice the big beautiful moon coming in? >> sorry, i'm fixing myself. i'm like my hair is a hot mess. you're good. >> the moon waseo go. it was all hazy and fuzzy. >> yeah. >> it was lightning some stuff up, too. >>, ye was. >> because that's when we get u at 0:dark:30.

>> it's going to be a wet idternoon. >>ou not pay attention. >> hi, so xcited to hear you voice this morning. >> fun to hang out. >> we're not weather alert because i do believe this is going to be mainly higher elevations that will see some of this wintry mix later on today. i think by wednesday we will 100% be weather alert because i think we'll have i someues on wednesday with some wintry mix and snow, and it could be accumulating snow a a wintry mix headed our way. again, here we go.om just rain this afternoon sith an isolated mix. there will be traf sleet out there, and then as we go into monday breezy.'l have some sunshine on monday and tuesday cooler and dry and then wednesday we do have a wintry mix headed our way. current temperatures out there right now 32 here in the district. we've got 20s outside of the beltway, so, again, it's a little on the chilly side out there as you make your way out the door early on this sunday morning and we're warming into the low 40s today.

the temperatures will warm. beautiful. talking about that. man, beautiful sunrise out there and, so, again, rain tthe south and west. we're dry through the morning and just some cloud cover. peaks of sunshine here and there. clouds will be overtaking that sunshine pretty quickly as weo head ie lunchtime and brunch, if you're headed to that. bring the umbrella. skiing. i know we've got a holiday tomorrow and we'll be breezy tomorrow and dry. car wash, hold off because we do have rain later on this afternoon. nothing happened on the radar right now. widen out this view and this is what's coming our way. aaded north east and headed right to our area. this is going to be a rain event for us. however, these will some of the elevations in washingtonfr coun, erick county and back off towards the northern shenandoah valley, higher elevated surfaces. that's where we could find some n.issues with freezing r i think mainly this is going to be a rain event with traces of

sleet ore as we go through the afternoon and through tonight. now, i want to show you because i did a schoolhe visit other day on wednesday in loudoun county. now, tuesday, a lot of us just got rain. look at this, higher elevated surfaces. i cot out of my and took this picture because all of this is ice. again, this is right tside of perciville. you can seat trees down here are green and right at the higher elevated surfaces. that's where we have ice and where i believe we'll have ice as we continue into the afternoon. again, most of this is falling as ryan whether higher elevation seeing some of the freezing rain. traces of sleet mixed in. we're dry aor breezy tw and dry on tuesday and then we have that wintry mix coming in as we get into yr wednesday. it will start offs snow and a mix changing over to rain by afternoon and evening and there's go delays as we get into thursday. then we continue to be unsettled. rain chances ce for thursday, friday thursday, friday a

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extra day to play, retailers ringing the register and maybe a phone that folds all in the week ahead. u.s. markets won't be trading on monday. they wl be closed in honor of presidents' day. tuesday starts off big with earnings from walmart, opening the phase of earnings season dominated by retailers. also worth watching, results from cbs health, craft, highs and domino's pizza. january housing starts will be released on wednesday and existing home sales on thursday, and finally get readyor smartphones with follow foldable screens. samsung isolding a big product launch on wednesday that's expected to show host next generation o galaxy phones, one of which is expected to have a display that foldsnd a pri that can bend your credit card. samsung may unvam a new watch

and earbuds. s >>sung phones take good pictures. >> we'll see. much more comingp "news 4 today." >> that includes an hour-by-hour look at your forecast from storm team 4 meteorologist lauryn riks saying a storm could be on the way for later on this week and later on in the day we could be getting wet. 'll check in with her on the other side of this break.

heading not 7:00 hourere on "news today." here's what we're following. as thousands of catholics are getting ready for morning massn parish are responding to card until theodore mccarrick being kicd out of the priesthood. >> one of the victims from loudoun county says he's hpy ha finally see action from the church but wt happened with mccarrick doesn't go far enough. our fallout continues this >morning. >> and investigators are looking into the possibility that "empire" actor jussie smollett staged the racist attack on him. hear what smollett's team is saying abo all that have this morning. do want to welcome you in as we get set for another busy sunday thanks for being with us. i'm adam tuss? and i'm mollette green in for

it's been a big week for news but we always want to talk about the weather. dodged a bullet, and there's wet stuff coming in later today, and it's cold outside. >> take a lte look national harbor. kind of a classic scene there as the wat is calm but you're saying somere pcipitation is coming, laury >> we've got some precipitation and rain with sleest mixedin, then a little bit of a ntry mix and freezing rain possible at higher elevations. i think this will mainly rain event. don't want to play it up too much because a lot of us will see rain because if yeou at a higher elevation, a big area to cover. if you're at the higher elevated surfaces that's where you'll get a little freezing rain and where we could have some issues. look at this, gorgeous, gorgeous sunrise picture right now. sun coming up at 6:58. we'll gain 30 minutes of sunlight. 7:00 a.m., than goodness. as we enter march, daylight

saving time begins on march 10. does it begin or end? it's march 10th, but we're gaining daylight so that's good news and, again, a beautiful view of the pink i huethe sky. temperatures of the freezing mark in d.c. outside the beltway. temperatures in the 20s and temperatures will warm on up as we go through the day and to the low 40s. nothing happening on the radar right now. your morng is jus going to be dry, but then as we head into the afternoon all of this is coming our way. we do have a winter weather advisory for some ptionsf our area. possibly wet? and we'll tk about wednesday's storm. i know everybody knows about it whatever. i'll tell you about that. >> the kids are already getting ready for that one. >> they.are re >> thanks, lauryn. back to our top story this corning. the cathohurch rocked by an explosive announcement from the vatican. >> theodore mccarrick, a once beloved leader in the church and here in our area has been dismissed from the priesthood just a day aer a

vatican tribunal defrocked the former cardinal. we're goie to get m reaction. we're getting that reaction coming in. the once perful archbisho of washington had been an influential player for the. church vatican officials found him guilty of soliciting sex in the confessial and f sexual crimes against adults and minors. >> both abuse and its cover-up can no longer bend tolerated the different treatment for bishops who have committed or covered up abuse in fact represents a form of clergy that is no longer acceptable. mccarrick is the highest profile church figure to be relieved of priestly duties in >> meanwhile, reaction has been pouring in after the vatican bombshell announcement. our darcy spencer is getting reaction from catholics in our area. >> reporter: ex-cardinal theodore mccarrick, once a respected archbishop of ashington, is no longer a priest he's been spripd of that title.

vatican officials found him guilty ofolicitation in a confessional and sins of adultery with minors andlt a and abuse of power. we spoke to parishioners outside st. matthews cathedral in northwest d.c. after the 5:30 mass. >> what's going on in the catholic church is a disgrace. i'm beyond upset, and i -- i feel so sad for all the people who have beeno hurt a deceived over these years. >> reporter: mccarrickerved as archbishop from 2001 to 2006. he becomes the first catchlic cheader to be defrocked or removed from the priesthood because of sexual abuse, and this decision got the blessing of pope francis himself as tshops prepare together in rome next week discuss the worldwide priest sexual abuse scandal this. man ss he grewp in the church. >> i think it was about time. >> why do you say that? >> the church needs to do the right things, and i think that was one of the rightthings.

>> an archdiocese statement says it is hopes the vatican's decisionerves to help the healing process where survivors aofbuse as well as tho who have experienced disappointment or disillusionment because of mer archbishop mccarrick has on. >> that bond no longer exists. >> church members held a rally demanding effective leadership in the archdioce and better communication with parishioners. many see mccarrick's ouster as a first step. >> i hope this will not just be an example because there's a lot of people both in the hierarchy and elsewhere that sheltered this man. >> the cardinal's successor cardinal donald wuerl is essentially the interimop archbi he resigned late last year following a grand jury report out of pennsylvania, and tha report claimed that while serving as bishop of pittsburgh in the late '80 wuerl did little to step predator priests. the cardinal has repea denied that claim and resigned

lali year following pubc outcry. his replacement could come any time now. >> of course, many catholics are getting ready to go to mas today with the scandal fresh in their minds. there's stiio so many que including who is going to take over as archbishop of washington. you're going to want to stay with new 4 for continuing coverage of this developing story, and you can also read all about it in our nbc washington app. we're on top of a developing story out of arundel county. police are reviewing surveillance footage aft shots were fired outside the arundel mills mall. a man was shot b.u. is expected to be okay. the incident started with an argument between two groups of people. they say it was a targeted incident and not ran do. as for theshooter, they have positively identified the person and are searching for that wt to get you an update wrson. now on a grim situation. police need your help finding

the gunman in what is a fatal shooting in northwest d.c. news 4 first reported this friday evening. take a look at this. this was the scene in an alley on harry thomas way. it happened in broad daylight. 20-year-old matthew washington s shot and taken to the hospital where he later died. authorities are offering a $25,000 reward for anyone that provides information that leads to an arrest. >> right now the search is on for two armed men who robbed a jewelry store in montgomery county. take aook other. tacoma park police say two men walked into silver spring jewelry on univers youlevard and both of the men pulled out the gun and pointed them to the employnd stole a large amount of cash and jewelry but it doesn't stop there. the wut those robbers bumped into two other men and car. their police are also -- police are asking anyone who has any informion to give them a call. >> time right now is 7:07. we have a scking twist in that alleged hate crime against actor

jussie smollett. nbc news is reporting chicago police are lookhe nothinger the "empire" star paid the two brothers questioned and later released without charges to stage the attack. th llett claims on january 29 he was attacked and beaten in downtown chicago as he walked to get food. police said they found no surveiance video of an attack there and they continue to look. they also say there's been no evidence to prove that this was all a hoax.tt smol attorneys have released attorneys saying smollett is angry at the rorts he c have played a role in his own attack and that nothing s uld be further from the truth. president trumtorneys are engineering up for a bitter legal battle after he declared e nationalmergency to fund the border wall. the white house says they will defend lawsuits all the way to the supremeou. the aclu and public citizen have already sued the president. housean speaker policy and several democratic state attorneys general may be filing lawsuits as well. the president is spending the

weekend at his west palm beach golf club. that national emergency will be a huge subject on "meet the press" this morning. chuck toddnd the panel will break it all down starting here after "ns 4 today." >> the a kidnapping case that made national headlines more than a decade ago is returning with a shocking twist. after years behind bars a man who took a teen from his home is living just a few minutes away from his victim's family. the news 4 i-team takes a closer ok at how this could happen next on ♪

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be free but it's where he's headed next that has so many people concerned and what scott macfarlane and the news 4-team found is someone need to intervene. >> reporter: it seemed lik a lifetime again but it doesn't for the mother of the victim. >> she's been through emotional abuse. >> reporter: scott tyree drove from pittsburgh with the sole purpose of kidnapping 13-year-old alicia whom he had lured online. he brought her to herndon andld heer hostage where he sexually abused her. it triggered a national manhunt. >> the feds captured tyree four days later andse ptors sent him to a prison in north carolina. seven years lat tyree looks much different andhe t news 4 i-team has learned he's weeks

away from many releasede back t public. he's now finishing his sentence in a halfway house. but the half hahouse isn't in north carolina or fairfax county 's in this building. >> reporter: it's close to where the family n live. the feds placed him and plan to release him in this community. >> there's no reason he should be our family and as long as he's here he's going to be our problem because it's terrteying. >> rep it's the u.s. bureau of prisons that decided where to place him.s therive things to consider when placing inmates, including the nature of the offense. and also the history of the . offend >> the agency declined our request for comment about the close proxity to the family. >> whose bright idea was it that they tught he should go back

and live in the community where the victims live and where the crime epoccurred. >>ter: camille cooper is with the national association te protect chi this is going to retraumatize them. >> it already is. >> reporter: the prosecutors said federal prisoners with often released to the community they were prosecuted and they notified the news to the family. thedamily never receihe news and said they learned about it from the i-team. at member of the u.s. house oversight committee asked them to explain the decision and hand over records about scott tire eye. they said placing tire eye four miles from the home of the gregious oversight. >> this is one who on ducted and tortured a young woman almost te h. you don't put that type ofan offenderhere near the victim. >> i am that 13-year-old girl who was lured byn internet

predator. >> if alicia's name sounds miliar, after herrelease she game a safety advocate lobbying for stricter laws and better funding for police to pursue child predators. >> there's so many young girls whose stories will never be heard. >> alicia's law passed in, virginhe site of her kidnapping. >> it will always be with us, and we should be able to live our life. we're the victim. we're not the perpetrator. >> hut it's now family that's feeling very much in danger. scotts macfarlane, news i-team. now the i-team tried reaching out to the scott tyree at the lfway house and received no response. he's scheduled to be granted his full release in april. to read more about thisase or send the i-team any tips, visit the nb washington app. >> that story. >> time right now is 7:15 as we take a live look as the sub is r coming up o the nation's capital this morning. a chilly start and some rain is

on the way p.plus a look at a f weatheecast later on in the week that could haveome of us making snow

7:18 is your time. all week news 4 is looking at how people are looking for lot. the most popular method we found out w finding dates on apps. >> i'm so lucky i've never had to deal with any of the p-type stuff. >> seems tough.

>> does. >> is it healthy to date someone basedn a few photos and a snap judgment? our justin finch asked a relationship councillor about that. >> tinder, bumble, a numbe of apps that singles are looking for right. a swipe celeste ano, a swipe right is a go. if that seems shallow, maybe it is. >> reducing this to imagery is shocking and kind of scary to think that we' all doing. >> relationship counselors say our split second to significances to swipe right or left placed on photos mimic tco nature judgments we make in real life without realizing. >> physical attction is a key component so when you're walking down the street and you see somebody that catches your way it's because of a serb thing you're looking for similar to doing >> stacy sees a number of clients turning to the smartphones and hoping to swipe

themselves into a relationship. her advicrs boxing youelf in with long liz of must-haves and preferences could hold you back, even science t says so. re are parer selectionri theoes out there that say you're looking for somebody who actually doesn't meet the criteria that your conscious brain may be aware of. >> she also finds that onli rejection or one too many swipe left can sting an much screen as they can in person. >> if you're not getting the feedback from the apps that makes you feel confident, you should take a break and pause it. >> choosing the best photos and making creative captions to get as swipe rights as possible, are we turning a search for off into a game? >> the apps have maybe gameified it on some utlevel, think much of our lives are gamified stom shopping to groceries to finding a theraou can use your phone to do that so it makes sense we would extend that to finding love. >> and though it's not easy, she

recommends not taking online dating so seriously. better to take it in stride one swipe at a time. justin finch. news 4. >> let's be honest. it's always been a g ke. a differed of game. like on the phone, whatever. i'm justo happy i've never had to deal with that. >> i met my husband at. a pe >> we met in college, you know. it is what it is. >> lauryn -- >> i -- i -- never had to do that, thank goodness. i was talking to mriends the other day. three of my good girlfriends are now married from people a they t on dating app. >> so it worked out. >> i know a whole bunch of people that it worked out for, but, yeah, i'm g sod. it seems like a lot of work. >> i can barely operate my phone on a regular and now i've got tt figure swipe left or right. >> what if you elmistakenly someone you like them. >> i do that all the time. swipe right, left. i don't know which way to swipe.

wayse both >> all right. >> it's a fun game to play. >> swipe right on the forecast. >> look at that. >> i don even know what that means. >> he's worked on that. >> let's try to like the forecast, how about that. >> so right is like. >> you're a the wrong person, the wrong person. >> you tell us. >> either way i don't know which way you want to swipe them. some people are going to like them and someeople aren't. a lot of people will like wednesday's forecast especially a studenta teacher or because we'll see some -- a little bit of a wintry mix. sointry weather coming our way for wednesday. >> right out there now moth. we may have peace and sunshine. they will be overtaken by clouds. we also have little bit of rain later on this afternoon and we could have freezing rain a aces of sleet so what do you need to know? we're staying try this morning so get your errands done. we'll be fine later on this afternoon into this evening. shouldn't be ald wet rain. mostly a rain for us.

highers elevatis where we could run into freezing rain. later on tonight at the higher elevations is when we could have issues with slick travel and black ice. we do have a winte weather advisory. it's beginning this afternoon and goes until the middle the a of thet,overnibut, again, mainly a rain event. there's going to be traces of sleet for in st. john's everybody but higher elevations in the counties in purpose israel is where there'srareezing . nothing happened on the radar right now. this is the system that will be come our way as we head into the afternoon and into the evening. temperatures are going to be righor around 40 degrees today, and then overnight tonight that's when we're going have some of that rain moving our so, again, some slick spots, especially higher elevated surfees so if you in the counties west of d.c. and driving around later on tonight watch o because there could be black patchy ice. again, this doesn't come into the later hours and into the evening starting as rain and the ture cast is not even pick pentagon up on the fact that there could be spotty freezing rain.

that's why i don't think it will be a huge issue but we'll have some freezing rain out there later on throughout the afternoon. it mes out quickly. breezy for your monday and tuesday looking good and partly sunny. here we go. 've got a little bit o a wintry mix and some snow. snow could be heavy at times. accumulating snow and ice possible before it changes all to rain gting into wednesday afternoon. temperatures go to 51 degrees. all rain. rain chancesn friday with chances in the upper 40s. rain bove normal and have chances getting into the weekend. possibly saturday. staking it out forow. n

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7:30 on this sunday morning. time to get up and get the day going. >> sunday morning. >> can't just sleep in bed all day. time to get up. >> we've g things to do. >> grab your could have de. thanks so much for being here with us. i'm adam tuss. >> and i'm mollette green in for meagan fitzgerald. we do thankou for joining us. get your errands run early. >>y.ai >> before the moves in. >> the first part of the day will look all lauryn?right, and the second half a little bit yet. >> a little bit wet. it's a holiday weekend so a lot of people may be out and about through the day today traveling. if y have off tomorrow. i don't think even if people had school tomorrow, i don't think there woulde any delays, but

we do have a winter weather advisory out there sohat's how i -- that's how, again, i'll try to play it down a little bit because think only certainly portions of our area will be affected by this, so let's go ahead and walk it through. day, the morning is dry. we do have rain moving in this afternoon wh pockets of vote hand freezing rain. freezing rain mainly higherat elns. this is mainly going to be a rain event for a lot of us, and this will traces to sleet. higher elevations in the viewing area. thos are areashat could see travel issues later on tonight. the monday and tuesday are fine. going to be breezy on monday and dry on tuesday. everybody knows about wednesday. we have a wintry mix that's starting early, early wednesday morning before the morning commute. starts as snow and a mix and eventually becoming all rain and we'll hav snow and ice accumulations on your wednesday. so we're going to talk more about th, and we'll talk about today and exactly why we won't know what today has in store later on today.

coming up in 15 minutes. >> all right, lauryn. we'll keep you posted. >> former washington archbishop fixture mccarrick was a in the catholic church. >> of course, and now he's at the center of one of the biggest catholic church scandals in recent memory defrocked by the vatican after being found guilty of sex crimes against adults and minors. mccarrick was close to former presidents including george w. bush and bill clinto and he's no longer a priest and is facing an reuncertain fu >> the vatican wants to send a message it's that nobody is abovee. the l >> 100 bishops from around the world will gather at the vatican for a huge summit to focus on the abuse of minors in the catholic church. >> meanwhile,reaction has been pouring in after the vatican's bombshell announcement. many catholin this area remember mccaracas not just a spiritual leader but someone who had almost a celebrity status. be becomes the first catholic

cheech leader to defrocked or removed from the priesthood because of sexual abuse. we spoke to parishioners outside of s matthew's cathedral outside ofasyesterday. >> what's going on in the catholic church is a disgrace. i'm beyond upset and i feel so sad forll the peopl who have been so hurt and deceived over these years. >> many demanding effectiveip leadert the church see mccarrick's dismissal as the first step.g he's been liv at a retired clergy retirement and is unclear what his next move will be. >> and come up next a closer look at mccarrick's removal in the priesthood. news 4 has been following this since allegations have surfaced against him. our news 4's david culver breaks down to how we got to thi point. >> reporter: how did we get to this point? a man came forward alleging a man abused him when he was a kid, an altar server which

inspired james grien to come forward. i he livloudoun county and is in his mid-60s. he said mccarrick was a close mily friend. they called him uncle ted. he sd mccarrick abused him for years starting when he j wast 10 years old. do you want to see criminal charges coming against him? charges criminal brought against mccarrick, but would i like to really see the criminal charges broht against the institution of the church. >> reporter: james' attorney also tells m they also want to get ahold of mccarrick's church personnel file. they are pushing hard for that, and it's possible that james and other victims could pursue civie chars against mccarrick andor the churchsere so ther a lot more to come. od many catholics are preparing to go to mass with a scandal fresh on their minds. there are sll several questions including who will take over as archbishop of

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d.krrks leaders standing their ground when it comes to how long they should extend metro. they voted on cutting back maintenance time so trains can run longer,y especia on . weeken >> that's not sitting well with the regio w i at a contentious meeting this we can to find out where things stand. this iat a d putting people on two sides of thee. issu do you want longer hours or shorter hours, more maintenance or less maintenance? metro'soard is carefully trying to keep things civil with this debate but there were times when there were discussions about why metro shod keep shorter hours in favor of more maintenance went a little off track. >> this is the kind oth stuff makes my mayor hand my council crazy. >> reporter: it'sle c there pe territorial concerns. d.c. leaders havereliminarily blocked the plans for shorter hours hand more maintenance. ey want longerours hand more

trains running instead, but there was immediate opposition to that. maryland board member michael goldman wondering if late night weekend service ever needs to come backecause metro figures only show about 1,000 people ride the trains during certain hours. >> i'm not so sure we do anything well moving 1,000 peopleo 2:00 or 3:00 a.m. >> what you're saying is you would never support that? >> let me -- okay. >> that's good to know. >> may i, may i. >> after theeeting, metro's leader who has said over and over again that the maintenance needs to continue. >> the last time we went through one of these things it came into light that you had said you might step away from the agency if you don't get this omintenance plan put in place? is thathing you would consider? >> i think that's not quiteow it w presented. what i've said, you know, historically is that if i feel that i'm being forced to do something that's unsafe, then that's a different issue. >> reporter: his bottom line the maintenance will get j done. t may have to shift to

ve impactful periods like the middle of the day aen gs. >> that will be a debate to follow over the next couple of weeks, indications that some people maybe willing to budge a little b on that one but we'll see it. all depends on how late you want metro to. stay op >> how late. >> yeah. >> and you say, you know, when you look at the numbers, noteo lot ofe are using it late into the hours. >> bet figures a thousand people ride the train throughout thewe region b 2:00 and 3:00 in the morning. do you want to take that time away and give it back to maintenance so canxiou keep the system? >> that's where we are. >> whereowe are. >>un. >> it is. >> metro. >> i want to say. >> you should. tell us about the weather. >> we're looking at some dry conditions out there this morning. >> right now, good. i don't think your kids wchl havel on wednesday. >> really.

>> the if the forecast stays the same, everything has been pretty >> i can't imagine. >> two days off this week. they are off hemonday. >>are off torrow. >> let just cancel tuesday. >> yes. >> hey,isn. with the school system around here maybe. let's notive them any credit for that because they may go ahead and cancel on tuesday. that's nice week for teachers. >> listen, if you did have school tomorrow, i would say go, even d likely though we have a winter weather adviry. this is mainly going to be for the areas that have higherev ions been these counties that are in purple. you're talking about being around port royal and around shenandoah national park and g chechter and going out towards frederick county and some places around hagerstown and even acound loudounty, perpgsyville. those higher eletions is wha will see freezing rain.

your morning is going to be de. thould be traces of sleet, but i think overall most of us are just going r to seen but the higher elevations will see omme freezing rain and that could create s travel issues later on tonight. now, you're try this morning. you'll stay dry through this morning. this will come this afternoon into thisvening and mainly a rain event for us, but i do want to show you this, and follow on twitter, instagram and twitter. this is a picture in perciville going up towards harper's ferryt ands is ice in loudoun county. this was last wednesday, so, again, at the lower elevation nothing. most of us got rape but higher elevations it was beautiful. ice a higher elevations. this is what i think it will be tonight into tomorrow morning, and this is why weha have advisory becauoi ice is to fall in higher elevations and that's where you'll have issues.

the area shaded in purple for the winter weatherco advisory d hook like that as we head into tomorrow morning. again, rain withraces of sleet this afternoon and this evening. let's time it out for you. the futurecast doesn't even pick up on that mix. does a little bit in westernt maryland but doesn't pick up the mix at higher elevations and do i beieve it could there. 6:30 thisma evening. inly a rain event. it will continue to the overnight. we'll cloud back up tuesday afternoon. hello, wednesday. we've got a mix and snow headed ouray before day break. we'll continue to hold on to snow and possibly ice as we get into wednesday afternoon before those temperatures start to com up a little bit and temperatures are going to be in the mid-to upper 30s byer wednesday aon and wednesday night and they are staying there, and then we'll start to take the temperatures

up as we go into your thursday. we'll have rain on thursday. if we do get accumulating snow and i think quo have accumulating snow and ice, it's likelyoing to melt pretty quickly because everything will change to rain. however, io believe there's going to be school closures and/or days. likely school closures on wednesday. this will all turn to rain. a little bit more rain hand maybg some flood issues as we get into thursday. showers on friday so the end of the week not looking like the prettiest. saturdayook the rain o and monday and tuesday are dry. again, your morning is g

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a right. time right now is 7:56. w're talking about the weather fade andre talking about the precipitation that's coming through here. >> your morning is going to be dry. t later os afternoon is when we'll start to see some rain moving n.there will be traces of sleet. don't thinkthere's a lot of areas around. upper montgomery county and points back towards i81. the higher elevations is where you'll see some freezing rain and thaes where we'll h some issues. it won't be everybody. the winter weather advisory looks deceiving and, again, it's for the higher elevated surfaces within the county. we'll continue with the sleet overnight andrs early tomorrow morning and tapering off through -- gone by

mid-morning tomorrow. breathy tomorrow and s any on tuesda low 40s and then we've got the snow/ice mix for e first part of wednesday. that looks pretty consistent and it will change to rain wednesday afternoon. hard to time that out, again, it stoks pretty cont that we'll see some rain/snow mix and have accumulating snow and ice possible. >> we'llhe b. >> we'll definitely be here. >> i'm ready to go to spring. bring on thearmer weather. >> let's dos it. >> thao much for joining us for news 4

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