meaganre fitzgerald. n a very cold morning. look at that. >> the capital wheel not moving right now, but temperatures are pretty low and a wintry mix son the way and when you want to get to the bottom of and bring in the cold temperatures. still team 4's meteorologist lauryn ricketts in the euse. >> and have mollette in the house. >>e,lap for mollett absolutely. >> so excited. >> i know were you clly this rning when you came into work. it was cold and it's still cold out there. tereeratures belowing in a lot of spots. if you wake up it looks beautifu outside right now. temperatures in the 20s in a lot of spots. look at the radar.in no happening so you are headed to church and out to get some coffee and headed out to take the dog for a walk. you're fine. it's dry. bring theou winter jacketl need it and probably some winter

accessories, hat, glove, scarf. this is coming our way and arriving later on this afternoon and throughout the evening and mainly just going to start off as rain but there could be a little bit of freezing rain and traces of sleet as well.e this may surpr you. a winter weather advisory for these counties shaded in pur te beginnins afternoon. now, we are not weather alert because i think mainly these counties and mainly everybody will see rain. it's going to be a rain event. however, highe elevations within these counties probablov 800 feet. that's where we'll have issues. i'll talk about that coming up in our full forecast coming up on wednesday. >> the kids are getting ready for that one, wor sure. t to get you back to our top story this morning. the catholic churchd roc by an explosive amountment from the vatican. >> a once beloved leader in the church here in our area has been priesthood a the

day after a vatican tribunal defrocked the cardinal. we're getting former the once powerful bishop in washington had been an influential player for the church. vatican officials found him guilty of soliciting sex in the confessional and for sexual crimes against adults and minors. >> both abuse and its can no longer be tolated and a different treatment for bishops who have committed or covered up abuse in fact represents a form of clergyism that is no longer acceptable. >> mccarrick is the highest prile church figure to b relieved of priestly duties in modern times. meanwhile, reaction has b in pourin after the vatican's bombshell announcerint. >> that't. >> a lot of catholics in our area are getting ready to go to mass today wh the mccarrick scandal fresh on their mind. our derrick ward joins us live from st. matthews cathedral in northwest d.c. with more on the

story. with retalking to any parishioners this morning andre what they saying? >> what we are talking to, a lot of them don't want to go on cameras, but they will tell you they are a bit relieved about thee, and they it as somewhat of a disgrace that the -- that the former archbishop --ow former archbishop was involved in the activities for which he was charged by the church and which led t his being defrocked. now, of course, he was the archbishop ofn washing from 2001 to 2006 and you talked about the high profile that that position carries and the way that he handled himself in that position but these charges stem from activities before he came to the archdiocese of washington utre. they putt statement saying this will help with the healing process and help when the sense of disappointment and disillusionment that many catholics may have felt and, of course, it has elicited some strong emotions for parhioners here in st. matthews. >> what's going on in the

catholic such is agr de. i'm beyond upset and i feel so sod for all the people whole have been hurt and deceived over these years. and this comes in time now for a meeting of the bishops from around the world in rome course, what's going on on the agenda inerms of how the church can move beyond the scandal. live here outside the cathedral, derrick ward, news 4. back to you. >> mccarrick's successorca inal donald wuerl is essentially the interim archbishop. now wuegn re late last year following a grand jury report out of pennsylvania. the report climbed that while rving as bishop in pittsburgh in the late '80s wuerl did little to stop predator priests. wuerl has repeatedly denied that claim and lresignedast year following public hioutcry. replacement could come any time now. >> many catholics, of course, as we sai getting ready to go to

mass today. stay with news 4 for continuing coverage of the developing story. also read all about i in our nbc washington app. >> we're on top of a developing out of anne arundel county and new information just into our newsroom. police are reviewing surveillance footage after someone was shot at amindel s mal last night around 7:35. a man walked into an areah hospital w a gunshot wound to his torso. he is expected to be police say the incident started with an argument between two groups of people, and they say it was a targeted incident, n random. as for the shooter, authorities say they have positively identified the person and are searching for them. >> time night is 9:05. we have a grim police need your help in finding a gunman in what's turned into a fatal shooting inortheast d.c. shamari stone first reported this on friday evening. take aook. th was the scene after the shooting that happened in an alley on harry thomas way in broad daylight. you might know that area from thewendy's circle there and new

york avenue. d.c. police say 20-year-old man was shot there and later died at police are offering $25,000 for information that leads to an arrest. >> rightow the search is on for two men who robbed a jewelry store. two men walked noilver spring jewelry on university boulevard. both of the men pulled out their guns andm pointed t at ploys and stole a large amount of cash and jewelry, but it doesn't stop ther on their way out the robbers bumped into two other men stole their car. police also asking anyone with information to give them a call. >> well, it's a shocking twist in that alleged hate crime in that alleged hate crime against jussie smoll pt. chicagoice are now looking into whether the "empire" star paid the two brothers questioned and later released ford this attack to stage the attack. smollett claims on january 20th that h attacked and beaten in downtown chicago as he walked

to get food and police have found no evidence of any attack on surveillance video and they say there's been no evidence either to prove that this is all a hoax. smollett's attorneys have released a statement saying in part that smollett is angry at the reports he could have played a role in his o aack and that nothing could be further from the truth. president trump's attorneys e gearing up for a bitter legal battle after he declared a national emergency to fund the hrder wall. the whitese says they wi defend lawsuits all the way to the supreme court. the aclu and public citizens have already sued the president. house speaker nancy pelosi and several democratic state attorneys general may be filing lawsuits ase well. president is spending the eekend at his west palm beach golf club. >> and as you can imagine that emergency declaration from the president is going to be a huge topic on "meet the press" this morning. moderator chuck todd and the panel will break down the political fallout and mor starting at 10:30 this morning right here after "news 4 today."

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welcome back. it was a crimeh filled w torture against a child. a local man abducted a then heldd girl and her captive. >> now the kidnapper is about to be freed but it's where he's headed next that has so many concerned a s whattt macfarlane and the news 4 i-team found is triggering calls for someone to intervene. >> reporter: cold, snowy new year's day in 2002 might feel

like a lifetime ago but it doesn't for this mother. >> apleeshia has been through physical and emotional abuse. >> reporter: that day scott s tyree droeral hours from fairfax county to pittsburgh with the sole purpose of kidnapping 13-year-old alicia whom he had lured online. he brought her to herndon and held her hostage where he sexually assaulted abused her. it triggered a nationalveanhunt. >> w all been through the anxiety and emotional abuse in our family. >> reporter: the feds captured tire re four days later and prosecuted him and s him to prison in north carolina. 17 years hater tyree looks much different and he's just now weeks away from released back to the public. he's now finishing his sentence in a halfway house. but the halfway house isn't in north caroli orairfax county, it's in this building, in pittsburgh. >> he's out of prissoned and now we are in prison? >> reporter: just mute from

where the family lives. the feds placed him and plan to release him int this community. >> there's no reason he should be our problem, and as long as he's he he's going to be our problem because it's terrifying. >> reporter: it's the u.s. bureau of prisons that decided where to place scott tyree. th provide the i-team an agency document showing five things they consider when the ng inmates, including nature of the offense and also e history of the offender. the agency declined our request for comment about his close proximity to the family. >> whose bright idea was it that they thought that he should go back to live in the community where his victims live and where e crime occurred? >> camille cooper is with the national aociation to protect children. >> this is going to retraumatize them. >> it have. >> reporter: the u.s. attorney in pittsburgh who prosecuted tyree says federal prissors are customarily released into the community in which they were prosecuted and the feds even

e-mailed notification to the family about the release but the family says theyever received it. they learned this news from the i-team. after the i-team alerted the members of the congress about this the oversight prison asked the prison to explain the decision and placing tyree four miles fromalicia's parents is not acceptable. >> you don't put that typ of offender anywhere near the victim. >> i am that 13-year-old girl who was lured by an internet predator. >> reporter: if alicia's name sound familiar.af r the rescue she became a safety advocatein lob to argue for stricter laws hand better funding to pursue child predators. >> there's so many young girls whose stories will never be heard. >> reporter: acia's law passed

in virginia. >> it should be another us. we're not the victim or the perpetrator, but now it's her family that feels very many in tanger. e news 4 i-team. >> we tried reaching out to scott tyree but he didn't answer. for more info visit our nbc news 4 washington apps >> take a look outside as the sun is beaming down on the nation's capital this morning, 35 degrees. bit chilly and rain and possibly some freezing precipitation on theay. laur has a full look at at forecast when we come

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we'll have lateay sunshine and cooler on tuesday and dry and then wednesday we've got snow to a mix and to rain possible through the day on wednesday. i know you've already seen wednesday's forecas all over facebook so we'll talk about exact hi what we're expecting here in thatre we're not expecting anything this morning so if you need to get out for church, dog walkinga all sorts of stuff it's looking good. it's on the way and this iso startingrawl into our area. it looks like snow and a mix down here in southwest virginia. that's because it is. temperatures are g wng tom to right around 40 degrees today. we'll have some rain moving into our area. however, winter wtherdvisory beginning this afternoon for these counties shaded in purple. we do have some higher elevations within these counties, north and west of d.c. pretty much over 800 ft. you can expect some freezing rain and that's where we run erto problems ln this afternoon. again, i think this is mainly a rain event with traces ofle.

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9:30n this sunday morning. want to thank you for being here with us. i'm adam. tu >> and i'm mollette green. meagan fitzgerald has the morning off. thanks foroining us, a we're getting ready to have some rain come in here, some changes going on. >> everything looks good right now. >> yeah. >> but lauryn says that's going to change in a big way, right? >> going to change later on this afternoon, guys, and through this evening. it's beautiful out there right absolutergeous. now. >> i love it. >> we're not warming up top of. ithe cold out. temperatures in the tos and low 30s. we'll warm up to 40 today so we're mainly looking at a rain event this afternoon.av however, we do a winter weather advisory north and west of d.c.? ur morning will be dry, but we do have rain moving in through the afternoon and evening, and

there's going to be some traces of sleet but freezing rain at the higher elevations in north and west d.c., ove 800 feet. that's where you're going to see some freezing rain coming down which could creatproblems, but mainly for everybody else. want to mention this at the rain event. won't mention a weather eleft. rain showers move out through your monday morning and it's going to become breezy withki partly sunny on monday and tuesday not bad. we'll be dry ahead of our next system. i know everybody noh who knows already. snow and mix in the morning on your wednesday and all rain.me some wednesday afternoon through wednesday night. but we'll have some snow and ice daaccumulations on wedn so we'll talk about the latest with this storm and show what you to expect for the res of the day today. we'll tell you about that rain coming your way and thacos all ng up in a little bit. guys? >> thanks very much. >> back to our top story. former washington archbishop theodore mccarrick was a fixture in the catholic church. >> yeah. bu a now he's the center of one of the biggest catholic church scandals inemecent

defrocked by the vatican after being found guilty of sex crimes against adults and minors. he was close to former presidents like george w. bush and bill clinton. now he's no longer a priest and faces an uncertain future. >> the message that the vatican wants to send to survivors is that nobody is above the law. >> nobody above the law. next thunday more t 100 bishops from around the world will gather at the vatican for a hugesummit, and that meeting will focus on the abuse of minors in the church. >> reporter: >> meanwhile reaction has been pouring in after the vatican's bombshellma announcement. catholics in the area remember mccarrick, not just as a spiritual leader but someone who had almost celebrity status. he becomes the first cat llic churchder to be defrocked or f removedm the priesthood because of sexual abuse. we spoke to parishioners outside st. matthews cathedral outside mass yesterday.

>> what's going on in the catholic church is a disgrace. eel so ond upset and i sad for all the people who have been so hurt and decved over these years. >> many demanding effective leadership at the church see mccarrick's dismissal as the first step. he's been living a a religious retirement residence in kansas. it's unclear what his next move will be. team coverage continues with a closer look into mccarrick's removal from e been following in story since allegations against him surfaced this past summer. our northern virginia bureau report david culver breaking down how we got this point. >> reporte how did we arrive to this point? dame you back to june. a man came forward alleging a man abused him. that sparked james grien to come form forward.

he said mccarrick was a close family friend and they called him uncle ted. mccarrick began the because when james was just 11 years old. the vatican's vicar investigated the allegations against cardinal mccarri. >> i would really also like to see criminal charges brought against the nstitution of the church. >> reporter: james' attorney says they want to get ahold of mccarrick's church personnel five. they are pushing hard for that, and it's possible james and other victims could pursue civil charges against mccarrick and/or the church here. so there's a lot more to come. >> many catholics are prepang to go to mass today with this scandal fresh on their min minds. there are many questions including who will take over as archbish washington. stay with news 4 for continuing covera story.is developing you can also read more about it on our nbc washington app. >> the time right now is 9:34ng

disturew details emerging about the latest workplace shooting at a warehouse in aurorailnoimp the suspected shooter gary martin brought a gun to a meeting on frida that's when police say martin started shooting right after he s fired after spending is a years on the job there. five co-workers were killed including the human resources manager. the plant manager and an intern. authorities say martin wounded five police officers before they him.and killed martin should never have had a gun in the first place. a background check several years ago failed to flag a prior conviction for assault. >> this morning police need youp dentifying two people killed in a fiery crash near dulles airport. it happened yesterday morning. the victims were so bad that investigators don't know who they are. fairfax county police say the o drivthe gray honda cr-v was speeding along route 28 near mclaren road near that exit when they crashed and both m died. police released this picture of the gold chain that the driver

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e idea for the pom squad while she was a cheerleader for the waington redskins. >> it inspired me to start this prog i thought that all of the life skills that i learned while i was a redskins cheerleader needed to be taught to younger gallons. >>eporter: pom, p-o-m stands for positive outcome mentor, and in four years 600 girls have danced in this program. >> five, six, seven, eight. up, up, down. >> i like that she encourages us when we're like feeling that we can't do it, that she says all you need to do is practice because practice makespe ect. >> the squad has danced at nursing homes, parades, even halftime shows for professional sporting events. >> when i go on stage, i get butterflies in my stomach and it feels really weird because i'm so nervous. >> reporter: it's a famil affair, casey's husband works creating the merchandising and her daughter hero watches her momma teach the classes. >> i'm extremely proud of her.

i tell her every time we do; n just to seatber of girls that she's touched as far as motivating them and bidding the idence in them. >> casey's in-laws nd nat her to be had a harris' hero. >> anything like this where io get show what i'm doing and create a platform for what i feel is important is a blessing. >> the parents tell us they feel like casey is the real blessing in their daughter's lives. >>au b that's what they get their foundation for a lot of things in life, and if you star at way, you're just bound to do whatever you want to do. >> reporter: no doubt the lessons and the friendships these girls are making will last forhe rest of their lives and allhanks to this hero who filled a need in her commuty. >> you love a good cheer squad. >> i do. i was a cheerleader once upon a time ago. it's really more than just the physical part, for being part of the team. >> being part of team.

ilthe pom squadbe performing at wizards halftime show next month. they are also offering a camp for girls interested in dance. >> yeah. it's low cost and scholarships are availablelo for income families as well so that's good. if would you like more information, c ock it all in our nbc washington app. >> good for them. >> okay. >>absolutely. let's take a look outside as we check out national harbor this morning. still a bit chilly out there at 35 degrees, and some rain is on the way. plus, more precipitation later on in t week that could get some school districts a little bit -- get their attention. we'll check in with lryn for au

d.krrks leaders are standing their ground when it comes to how long metro should stay hope. this week metro's board members voted in favor of cutting back some maintenance time so trains can run longer, especia weekends, and you know all about this debate. >> it's become a heated debate. 's not really sitting well with the rest of thet region. i w at a contentious board meeting this week. take a look. >> reporter: this is aebate putting people on both sides of the issue. do you want longer or shorter m houre maintenance or less maintenance? metro's board is carefully trying to keep things civil with th debate, but there were times when discussions about why metro should keep shorter hours in favor of mor maintenan

went a little off track. >> this is the kind of stuff that makes my mayornd my council crazy. he reporter: it's clear tre are territorial concerns. d.c. leaders havely preliminari blocked the plans for short hours hand more maintenance. they want longer hours hand more trains running instead but there was immedia opposition to that. maryland board member michael goldman wondering if weekend night service ever wants to come back because mroigures show only about 1,000 people ride the trains durin certain hours. >> reporter: i'm not so sure we do anything wells moving 1,000 people between 2:00 and 3:00 a.m. >> let us debate on this. at you're saying is you would never support that? >> let me -- >> okay. >> that's good to know. >> may i, mayi? >> after the meeting, metro's leader who has said over and over again that the maintenance needs to condition. the last time we went into one of these things it came into light you might step away from the agency if you don't get this

yintenance plan put in place. is that somethi would consider? >> i think that's not quite how it was presented. what i said, you know, historically is that if i feel to do 'm being force something that's unsafe, then that's a different issue. >> reporter: his bottom line thl maintenance get done it. just may have to shift to very impactful periods like the middle of the day and evenings. >> reporter: well, it's a beautiful morning out there right now. we are look at some sunshine there today and just on cue we've got a plane crossing through e area. again, plenty of sunshine out there. clouds are starting to push into the region, and we will continue to cloud up as we go through the afternoon. now, i do want to mention we've got a little upper level piece of energy of the right now we're really drynd we have a little piece of energy moving our way, and thatri could some light, light precipitation as we go through the noon hour. again, mainly our big event coming out of step see right now, hand that's going to be

pushing up into our area for later on thisfternoon and into this evening. starting off as mainly rain but could have a little bit of freezing rain mixed in with traces of sleet. so, again, this little peeves energy right here could move across the area and bring some light precipitat a snowflake and some freezing rain at the higher elevations, we're s is really what watching down here into tennessee. winter weather advisory in effect for later on this afternoon into the overnight for the areas shaded in purple. now, most these areas are going to see mainly rain. however, higherr elevations o 800 feet. there could be some freezing rain, and we could even have some slickravel, especially up here by the nmason-di line hand even into the shelter vale. keep that in mind and this is going to be a rain event with sleet.unt of areas in purple will see some freezing rain and could have a little glaze on the gund.

today's forecast is we're in the low 40s and, again, maybeliad a le bit of light snow coming through later on throughout the afternoon, and everything really arriving late this afternoon and into this evening. so for your weekendoutlook. not looking too shabby out there. brunch, earlier the better only because w chances of rain today through later on scheme, not bad. we do have snow to the north and west but if you're goinrr to it's going to be breezy. car wash would hold off on that. so, again, he we go. let's time it out for you. later on this afternoon. the that's when we start to see everything move into this area mainly startings rain and again pockets of freezing rain and traces of sleet. the aso we through tonight and into tomorrow morning we still have some rain showers out there.f it will be out here by early tomorrow morning and then we're looking at drying through the day on it will become a little breezy and through the day on tuesday we're going to be dry with lighter wind, partly sunny skies on tuesday. we head into yoursd wed. that's when things start to change and everybody knows about

wednesday. we'll have a little bit of snow with som starting before day break on wednesday which ednesdaytinue on morning just before lunchtime andrte sta to change back no some ice before it changes over rain as temperatures go up as we head into wednesday nht and rain showers on thursday. rain right around 50 degrees but do i believe we'll have some travel troubles on wednesday morning, but then we'll have school delays if the rain is on track and rain chances and taking them out for saturday and we also have rain chances a

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