northwest winds in the 20 to 30-mile-per-hour range. radar is showing the progression of rain drops. raining in parts of maryland all the way to the pay bridge and parts of souther maryland. temperatures, all in the upper 30s to around 40 degrees. no ice and snow to worry about this morning. today's gh near 48 degrees. and plenty of sunshine later on in the day, after a rainy start. but there's a whole lot t watch, as we get towards wednesday morning. th wednesday morning timeframe could have several inches of snow, before it changes over to any mix of everything mother nature can throw at us, wednesday aftnoon into thursday. more about that in the ten-day .orecast coming up. stay with >> i will. everybody looking forward to wednesday, to see what is going pe h here. 395 south of seminary, a lot of rain out there across the area. very wet. most of yourain roads app this point this morning, you can see they, belt all on the screen,

showing the radar and where that rain is falling right now. had three earlier issues that all cleared. a 66, nice clear. so is 95 of rginia. no problems through prince george's county. marc, no brunswick service. and on vre, vre is not running because of the holiday. on metro, 5:00 a.m. to 11:30. we turno the major news from the vatve ran otican over weekend. mccarrick has been expelled from the roman catholic priesthood. >> david culver has been tracking developments from the start of this story. we are hearing reaction from survivors. are they saying?

>> we sure are. there's a lot of emotion behind this for them. they are reacting to the vet can's decision to defrock now ex-archbishop after washington, theodore mccaddic. he accuse d children and adults. as removalinks in, catholics went to sunday mass. we spoke with some of the faithful at the national shrine of the immaculate conception. they said, the move gives them relief and also, a sense of detrail. >> i worry that this is going tm be nothie than the equivalent of the pope tossing a bone to placate h critics. placate the survivors. >> mheccarrick is highest-ra

highest-rankihighest-ran highest-rankihighest-ran highest-ranking catholic church to be ldfrocked. >> ce face criminal charges? >> as we were reporting on the story over the weekend, we started to see that question surge through social media. a lot of you asking that question. i put a call into two of the victims' attorney. he tells me, this is not they are looking at criminal charges. he knows the manhattan district attorney, the attorney general in new jersey, looking at criminal charges. this could rise to the federal level, if they're able to prove that mccarrick committed abuses across state lines. into. there's more tome >> david culver, live in the newsroom. developing this morning in baltimore, authorities are

investigating a mysteriousea outside of mnt bank where theve play. this happened around 3:00 onru ell street. a security guard saw the rictim on firning through the marking lot. the man collapsed and died. fire officials say they are not sure what the man was>> doing. here's a look at the other top stories. working to find out more aut a re at a home in capitol heights. fire and rcue crews were called to this house. it's not clear what started the fire or if anybody was in the home. a bowie family is mourning the loss of a father and husbd. raymond mccarter jr. was hit and kiy a suspected drunk driver this weekend. the suspect, christopher theas, drhe long way down route 32, and hit mccarter head-on. a gofundme page has been set up

to hel the family with funeral costs. this morning, we're getting ide look into the investigation of president trump. former fbi director andrew mccabe spoke to '60 minutes. he said t counterintelligence investigations was started after comey was fired. and rod rosensin offered to wear a wire when talking with the president. it w an emotional day for the aurora,no il, community. a vigil was held for five people that were killed on friday. the victims include an intern and a grandfather of eight. the suspected shooter had beenor terminated b he opened fire. six others were injured. a major development in t alleged hate crime against jussie smollett. the investigation has shifted focus. but they didn't explain what that means.

a source closehe to probe tells nbc news, the police are investigating if it was a hoax. this twist comes after two brothers werend questioned released last week. police searched the brother's home and found a black ski mask, bleach and an empire script. wone manked as an extra on the show and the other was smollett's personal trainer. eled pastor of a megachurch in prince george's county passed away this weekend. from the heart church ministries announced the death or.don cherry. he and his wife founded to church in 1981. the church's website says he died from complications due to exploratory procedure. the memorial service from dr. cherry will be held at from

the heart ministries. joe gibbs led washington to three super bowl championships. ose were the glory days. >> let that sink in. >> he is calling a feat last night, the biggest of his career. >> his racing team swept t podium at last night's daytona 500. check him out there. you may remember he started joe bbs racing with his son in 1991. j.d. died last month from a neurological disease. >> nascar honored the younger gibbs' memory during the race. it was a heated battle with a 21-car crashamnd . but winning the race in overtime was the driver, j.d. gibbs himself discovered, denny hamlin. >> i guess everybody can say, well, that just happened. i don't believe that just happened.

i l think thed looked down on us. and i know j. dshgs, ab an unbelievle night. unbelievable crowd. the whole thing was a special memory for me. it is one i will never forgetas it w the most important night of my occupational life. >> gibbs was known for his faith on the field and off. his team securir second and d place in the race. it's the first team sweepn the daytona 500 since 1997. >> denny hamlin, a really cool guy from the richmond area. it's nice t see him and all of these circumstances come together. i grew up in virginia. coming up -- i ran off aend joined the circus. >> would you jump through that hoop? >> they wouldn't let me do anything crazy. had to sign my life away.

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thisme is a husband ing his twin daughters for the first time. she wen into premature laboer andant cooper wasn't expected home to meet his little girls until the spring. he pulled ain few s and came in with a surprise. what a beautiful reunion. >> that's pretty cool. his boss heard there wereco lications and said we're going to figure this out and got him home. if you needed more of a rm p, this next story should do the trick. national spring training camp officially begins in flo da thweek. >> pitchers and catchers reported today. the full squad reports today, ahead of their first workout tomorrow. anthony rendon, trea heturner, few getting an early start. noticeably absent, bryce harper.

ryan zimmerman tried to explain whyany good players are waiting on jobs. >> i don't think it takes a genius to see that something is going on. i don't know what it is. there's too many good players that aren't on teams and this is an entertainmentt usiness. i'm going to say it's one au side's f more than the other. there's flt on bothsides. for the game and the fans and everyone who watches the game, you deserve to see t best people play.kn and i don' if that's happening right now. >> hmm. >>yeah. ere's a lot of talk of harper going to psladelphia. >>t money? >> a lot of times it is money. it can't just be money. that's a lot of money. what ryan zimmerman is regardless of what happens at the end, they will put on a great game every time. us. with news 4 on the air and online, continuing average from spring training. th.opening day is march 28 chuck bell?

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attorney general rod rosenstein stopped using the 25th amendmdmt amt. good morning. >> reporter: hi. the 25th amendment calls for the removal of a president. rosenstein was countg votes of how many might go italong. as part of a wide-ranging conversation, during a confusing time. mccabe ordered the two investigations of president trump, he says, to preserve the russia investigation and also because he thought some things seemed like president trump asking after the fact for a memo detailinghy jamescomey, the fired fbi director, was fired. and the president over the deputy attory general's insistence, insisted on putting russia in the memo, which they ended up not doing. >> tracie, turning to the president's national emergency declaration overhe border wall. how does the president plan to protect the declaration from the

legal challenges that will come up? >> reporter: legal challenges and a possible resolution coming congress. republicans are concerned this is a power grab. the president is trying to go gound them and get money that congress would ne him. if they come up with a resolution like that, his policy adviser, steven miller, was asked, would the president use his first-ever veto against it? he wouldn't say but he said the president will do what's necessary to protect this emergency declaration. now on capitol hillre the questioning democrats and republicans whether this is an emergency. >> tracie, thank you. we turno a news 4 i-team investigation. some local drivers are grabbing more than a cup of joe before hitting the road. police say they're seeing a rising number of drivers imired by marijuana. and as scott mcckacfarland and news 4 i-team reports, that has

troope alert to people using weed behind the wheel. it's difficult to tell you if more people are smoking marijuana. but police will tell you more pele are trying to drive after doing so. this driver, who asked us to call him keandrew, says he to take the edge off. >> i suffer from panic attacks. if i feel a panic attack coming on, sometimes i'll take a hit. >> reporter: a hit of marijuana, often from his vapingdevice. virginia and d.c. police don't keep data. >> we have marijuana seizures almost on a daily basis. >> reporter: but maryland police do. twice as many as the year before. and approximately 40% jump in the bumra number of tic violations. as more states move toward full decriminalization in marijuanang they're tr inin ining more troo

and officers to respond. coming e, what pol look for to see if someone is driving after being aimpaireder marijuana. and why drivers say, they do so anyh anow. for now, scott mcfarlancfarlane. showing off last night, bradley beal played on lebron james's team. he scored 11 points. and prince george's counties ed mvp with was n 31 points. he's an all-star. right now, the big apple circus is in town. major of our own had a role in opening week. >> that was me. i had the pleasure of bei the guest ring leader for the day. did you see me sitting on the lira hoop? i thoughtng was g to come down from the ceiling. they said, i could fall off.

e actual circus acts come down. andap there's flying e and all kindses of lovely things. thank you to the big apple circus for letting me live out a very fun day. coming up, molette green will ba live froonal harbor with all of the excitement. >> do you any your working here prepared you t work with circus animals? >> 100%. well, maybe the snow leopard is something you would bein ta about. you won't need a giraffe to get out o the driveway. but we will have a significant chance of a winter tomorrow herherem state tuesday into early wednesday morning. here's what you need to know about that. it will start after the sun goes down tuesday. probably not after midnight.

it willtart as all-snow and will stick right away. temperatures will be below freezi o at the onse this event. by wednesday morning, all-snow for everywhere. probably an accumulating snow on average.s and t is where it gets dicey. 2 to 4 inches, maybe more, in time for the wednesday morning commute. wednesday afternoon, what starts as all-snow is a rain/snowmix. a big impact on travel all through the course of the day wednesday. ow long it takes to scour that subfreezing air out of the valley is the million-dollar question. another chance of significant icing in high spots north and west of town. in a makes monday all the easier to deal with. 30s toeg 40 drees now. rainy across much of the area. that's coming to an end. we'll bo back sunshine later on in the day. plenty of showers around here for now. that the ends of .

we'll be dry through the day tomorrow, before we deal with that big ms wednesdaymorning. all that in mind. there's your ten-dayoo ou weather alert mode, wednesday into thursday. a break into the action on friday. more rain chances come back in for saturday and sunday. melissa mollet, good monday morning to you. >> good monday morning. seminary showing you how much rain is coming down. you can -- we are now getting a litt of a clear spot. that's good through the mclane area. as head in and out of town, 95 northbound and southbound, also looking pretty good here right now.oo taking a as we zoom in. no issues but a lot of rain. >> thank you, melissa. attentionll shoppers, it's presidents day. that means the last day of an

annual holiday sale that's been happening all weekend. henter apparel, home goods and electronics are biggest discounts you will see out there. home decor and mattrses will e the biggest markdowns. 40% to 70%. eleconics, including ts, have an average of about 30%. the sales are going to be getting bigger at payless shoe stores. liquidation happened at 2,100 stores across the u.s. the best sales are still to come. scores will be open through at least thef end march. most will be open until may. and prices will continue to dro as the weeks pass. you will have to head to a score to take advtage of those. online orders are no longer offered. >> i got a good pair of shoes from them. turns out, you don't have to go far to get a taste of the

best british bakery in the world. >> the bakeryut beat o hundreds f competitors inhe pastey championships. a pastey is dough filled with meat and vegetables. this year's competition will me ch 2nd. the owner says he has been perfecting some new recipes. >> we will have fun with it. that's for definite. i expect there's going to be a lot of good natured banter and chitchat about it. >> that's english. he said he started thinking s about his entry for tyear as soon as he won last year. they louk deli real-life drama is playing out at a bald eagle's nest. >> a bald eagle laid her second

egg of year this weekend. her bigger story, the long-time partner, justice, no longer to be found. i'll show you pictures from the nest here. how about that? the pair of eagles had been together for the last 15 years. and eaglesat typically for life. but justice left the nest more than a week ago. andewo different m eagles -- uh-oh -- have been seen around. oh, my. the managing director bieves justice was challenged we one of the new males and wasn't prepared to challenge -- are you kidding me? >> my goodness. >> justice and liberty have successfully raised many eaglets over the years. the two new eggs should hatch in more than a month. >> that's st -- poorstice. they're just going to kick him to the curb likegahat because he ed a few years on him. >> the younger model moves in and forces youout. >> wow. >> that hurts. >> disrespectful.

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news 4 today starts now. >> a rain-soaked sunday night turns into an equally wet monday morning. the rain may be on the radar today. you'll see snow falling again. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. we want to get you to that forecast. melissa mollet is standing by with a check of the roads. we're in the middle of winter. not surprising,right? >> would you feel better if i told you we're getting to the end of winter? >> yes. >> meetpr logicalg begins march 1st. we're not that far away from the begipping of t changing of the seasons. that being said, we have to get through this week first. there's an increasing cnce for big weath