helping you clear the clutter. >> going to start from up there. >> we get started with a little help from the professionals. news4 at 4:00 starts now. and first at 4:00, buckle up. get ready for snow, ice, a major winter storm. i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm wendy rieger. you kn this storm it could be closing schools, cause delays lar this week. so we're going to kick off three hours of coverage for you with storm team 4's chief meteorologistwhoug kammerer. 's out there? >> this is a major as the storm is concerned, moving in your tuesday n into wednesday. let's take a look and show you what this is looking like. this is one comter model showing it coming at us late tuesday night into wednesd wedn morning. all snow for six or seven hours and then to ice in many parts of

the area. that's the concern how much ice we get, sit sleet orreing rain? freezing rain is much worse afr that accumulating snow fall. is 's why the entire region under a winter storm watch. again, everybody in our viewing area, the only exception, calvert county, st. mary's county, the northern neck, you're not under that just yet. most of us go from a winter storm watch to warning maybe as early as 11:00 tonight but this will become a warning as we are expect ago lotf snow and ice. acoupling snow likely. ice another big factor. expecting school closes, absolutely for wednesday. and the latest snowfall map, how much can you y see inr area? i have that for you in 10 or 15 minutes. > now is the time to make sureha yo our nbc washington app. it's free, let's you see the

neighborhood our any time, anywhere. we are following breaking news at this hour in the district where a man has been rushed to the hospita after shots range out. witnses say they heard bullets a couple hours ago and streets in that area are still block off. news4 pat collins is still on the scene. >> this is a sight you don't often seen our city. new york avenue, one of the largesttreets in ourtown,ke blocd off way beyond first street up there. blocked offay beyond florida avenue over there. all of this because of a shting outside big ben liquor here at north capitol and new york avenues. we counted aleast nine shell casings over there. witnesses tell the story this y. they say two men with hoodies

opened fire here near that sidewalk. a man who was in that black car over there was struck in the head. you can s the bullet hole in the windshield right above the steering wheel. he wasth taken to hospital. police have been on the scene for hours trying to find the suspects, trying to find the motive for this broad daylight shooting. be back at 5:00 with witnesses and more on the story. i'llee you then. >> that is something. thank you,pat. as president trump is gearing up for a legal fight over his natioergency for his border wall, protesters are staging their own fight, ralli from michigan to south carolina, pitturgh to miami and right here at home. corry smith live talkingo some of those presters today. cory? >> reporter: more than 100

protesters gathered here to make their voices heard. to them the national emergency is not at the southern border, it is here at the white house. today, they vowed to fight the president's emergency declaration tooth a y see this latest move as power grab by president trump, an end run c aroundongress to get funding for his border wall. protesters are hoping congress will step up and vote to reverse the president's decision next week. >> people are taking to the streets to tell congress this is not okay. this is not constitutional. this is not an emergency. and congress needs to hold the president accountable, as well ds the courts. >> congress sai no, and the american public said no. so it's not going to happen. >> reporter: now wendy, some of those legalhallenges have already been filed. coming up at 5:00 we'll talk to an attorney who represents several landowners down in s. te they say this border wall wl

cut their taxproperty in half a they're happy to have him up here fighting for them. >> do any of the protesters, i don't know if you askedhem this, do they have faith in congress that congress will be ableo rally and push back appropriately? >> reporter: not really, wendy. to them it's going to come down tot republicans decide to do. some haveou compublically and said they are not happy that the president declared this emergency last hefriday, but the rubber meets the road next week and they have to ve on this thing, the protesters are hoping they'lle m the right decision and reverse the president's decision, but the way things go on capitol hill, they're not optimistic the republicans will stand firm and go again a man accused of driving drunk a causing a crash

killing a father of two faced judge today in anne arundel county. christher thomas faced the judge today after crashes into a cardn head o over the weekend. darcy spencer spoke to a devastated mother now forced to raise twoit childrenut their father. >> reporter: for natalie first r it was love at sight when she met her husband ray while they were in college. they got married 11 years ago and were raising a son and home.er in their bowie >> he was a hard worker. he was a family man. he was somebody you wanted to be around. his spirit was infectious, and people loved him. have toter: now she'll raise her children on her own. mccarter was killed early saturday morning when police say a suspected drunk drivervi d the wrong way crashed into his car nearly head mccarter had been at a friend's

house. >> imagine being called, i'm on my way home, i'll,ee you so i love you. and then he's taken away. >> reporter: police allege, christopher thom, of glen burnie, he's been charged with manslaughternd driving under the influence. >> i'm happy they charged him. g you should n behind the wheel. you have uber, lyft, there's another way to get home. >> reporter: her message, this tragedy is preventable. >> my children will never have their father again. he's irreplaceable. >> reporter: hisd widow s being a father was so important to him. his love donstrated when his son was diagnosed with a condition thataud his hair to fall out. >> my husband cut his hair off to say it's okay. you're not alone in this.

>> reporter: she doesn't know how she'll be able to move forward but she's tryingo stay strong for her kids. they had hopes, dreams, plans. >> he was a loving father, a loving husband, aovg friend, son, he was everything. >> reporter: darcy spencer, news4. >> that's a devastating story. there is a way you can help the family during this difficult time. pull up the nbc washington app and search mccarter to learn more. top catholic leaders meeting this week for a summit focusd on preventing clergy sexual abuse. this comes after news that pope francis has expelled arch bishop theodore mccarrick from the priesthood. it follows investigations that found mccarrick knew about sexual abuse credible. others say they hope this summit

will lead to real change. >> my hope will be that peopl see this as a turning point. it's not the end game. no o can say, there's never going to be abuse that happens in the world and the church. but we're going to do sierything respe to make sure people are held responsible. >> mccarrick is the first in story to be dismissed from the priesthood. we'll be following the summit all week and we'll have live reports thursday and friday. you can check on o nbc washington app for updates. the next interview in the jussie smollett attack case would be smollett chmself. ago police say they need to talk tohim, the "empire" star, about the act he says happened at the end of last month. said he was attacked by two men who yelled racist and homophobic slurs, last week two men were questionedut were released after new information came out. and now police are investigating

whether the actor paid tho two men to assault him. chicago police tell nbc news theyaveot heard from jussie smollett or his representative or his lawyers about showing up for a second interview. tributes this afternoon for onece of preorge's county's most prominent pastors, reverend john. cherry died over the weekend. he helped turn the church into worldwide ministry. tr >> it is the evidence of things unscene. >> reporter: this is prrtor john h. c senior at one of the many international churches he founded. hism hism his ministry began in the '80s. m>>y consider him to be the father --

>> reporter: he says cherry was annspiration to him and his parents, who were also profound. minist >> my mother and father would take me as a little boy to his church and u they would siter his teaching. i don't know if he knew that james and betty peoples were sitting under his teachin but it was so profound. >> reporter: jerry retired last year, he continued to focus on his international ministry until hisunexpected death on saturday. he was 79 years old. >> it was his integrity that grabbed pfple to be part his ministry. the fact that it grew and grew was a bye product of someone that god coulduse. >> reporter: celebrating the life and legacy, a ceremony will take place next tuesday here. i'm tracee wilkins news4. news4 is on pothole patrol

transportation reporter adam tuss is hitting the pavement to show us where some of the worst ones are. we have a big storm, talking about potholes that's only going to increase the thpotholes. next couple days we're talking snow and ice. this is a major winter storm. m this ise than just snow. see you back here in a minute. a defending world champion baker in northern virginia. the pastry wning him international recognition and why his title i at s

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way. doug and amelia give us the first look at the snow totals map in less than two minutes. badwe've been talking how the potholes are this year. you can't drivehe road without hitting a few of them. >> that's right. adam tuss has found new batch of pavement. he's in northwest with the latest. adam? >> reporter: i have a report for ddot, 22nd and n in northwest. take a look here, we have one, two, three, four, five, six -- i don't know you keep counting on 22nd and n street, take a look

as these cars are coming down here hitting the pothole after pothole. we have driven around the entire region and seen so many potholes from our area as we've shown from chopper 4. when you want toind out if the roads are gotten worse, you go a cab driver who's been dri driving around the area for years. i asked him if he thinks they've gotten worse. take a listen. >> yes. >> why? >> we're struggling with them all the time. >> struggling wh them? >> yes, you have to avoid them. when you avoid them, basically you -- you almost create an accident. horribly eople drive in the city, that's why. >> reporter: road creware still saying that you should absolutely report these when you dee them. but keep in min it's going to be ahe while before t can get to these, and the winter weather we're going to have as welng that's goi to create some n issues. so ie meantime we're dealing with guys like this.

we can probabl start to name some of these they're so bad out here. >> now we know w washingtonians drive so badly. they're weaving the potholes. >> that's it.te >> rep you have to weave in and out. no way to avoid what's coming our way now, is there? >> no. >> a another pothole maker. >> absolutely coming our way. it's a bad one the next couple days. ulking about the weather, amelia is there, white tail, she's coming up in a second. but right now oowe'reng at what's going to be happening in our area. she got the good assignment today. look how big she is out there. how you iaing, am go do a run we'll be back in two minutes.ou let's showhat's going on right now, guys. this is going to be a big impact as far as the storm i concerned. we have some cloud cover, sunshine, too. but a lot of wind.

right now we're dealing with temperatures in the 40s temperatures have fallen. look at the wind gusts, 36 mile an hour in d.c. 40 mile an hour winds in annapol annapolis. so this wind bringing air.lder it's all because of high pressure. seeing theason we're wind today is why we'll see the snow on wednesday. it's because of that guy, hig pressure, you need an area of low pressure, a storm, but that's way down to the south. this is a classic pattern in our region. the setup is called cold air damming. the cold air, high pressure sends cold air down from the north and that cold air sits just east of the mountains, it will be warmer to the west, around pittsburgh, they'll go to rain much faster than we buare. in our area, cold air settles down around the blue ridge and the appalachians across the east. that's why this is going to be snow. you go this far north back to

the west, it's all rain around areas of because of that high pressure we get into the snow with the cold air damming situation. why this is going to be snow and ice is going to be a major factor as well. let's take you through it hour o by hou future weather. tomorrow night, 6:00, no problem. if you want toth go t store today, tomorrow, no problem. tomorrow is going to be a great day. i'll be a little bit on the cool side. no problem even through 11:00. then here comes the change. 5:00 a.m. starting to see the snowg in and this wilbel all snow for everybody around 8:00 in the morning. that, of course, is going to shutdown traffic. that means rush hour is going to be delayed and that's why i think we'll be talking school closures a delays. because everybody gets this. look around noon,no stillng around the area p. here comes ice making its way to e gion. before ice, how much snow? 1 to 2 inches to the soum. going 2 to 4 around the metro area.

4 to up to the rth, hagerstown and frederick. we could get more, this is something i'm goio be tracking for you. but i like 2 to 4 in the city. aftereshe snow c the ice. look at how much of the a a sees ice oere. this is sleet and freezing rain right on through the rest of the afternoon. again this is why i think so many of the schools will justn plclose. even wednesday at 6:00 we're dealing with rain in d.c. but still seeing freezing rain back to the west. thiss going to be a nasty scenario across our region before it changes to rain as the warmer air moves in. wednesday rush hour, a mess. numerous schools closed or delayed. and ice,ye will be a major issue, especially to the areas north and west. at's why amelia is up there snow board -- that's right she's a snow border not a skier. it is going to be a mess even up that way. >> yeah, absolutely because as you were saying, snow is one thing, ice is another.

took advantage of president's day, as so many others did, up here on th slopes. you can see there's the easy rider quad taking people up there. conditions here have been great. folks here at the resort say it's been absolutely packed out here all weekend long, today being no exception. we have kids here with us. we have jasper cing in and denise from montgomery county, as well as rachel. we're here mainly because it's president's day, talk about the conditions and what your experience has been like. >> it's been really good, especiallyon cdering it rained unst night. >> how many r did you do today? >> like 30. >> snow is in the forecast, montgomery county, what is your prediction for wednesday? lot of alrdy had a school off, but maybe we'll have some more. >> exactly. that's what we'reki th, doug. we're thinking widespread cancellations o wednesday, even into thursday based on the current forecast.

>> get a few more runs in there, amelia. we'll see you again in about 20 minutes orso. 43 tomorrow. get some stuff done. you have the bread meter coming up at 45. wednesday some snow, p.m. ice and rain. and look at this, we a go from winter storm to near 60 degrees on thursday. 'll talk about what happens for the rest of the week and the weekend coming up in just a minute. i think that's a bre bread-o-meter. >> we'll go your way. the bread thing. new concerns over how much time chiren are spending in front of screens. we'll break down research showing kidsave doubled the amount of time they spent. >> the new

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if you are just joinings at 4:30 let's get you caught u with four things to know. police aren the scene in e district of a day time shooting that left one man wounded shut down one of the buzziest roads in our district. menn hoodies opened fire this afternoon in northwest. onho of thets hit a driver on an access road. no word on anyone's conditions. e demonstrators hnd across the country used the holiday to protest president trump's national emergency declaration. they said it's unnecessary and unconstitutional. a man facing manslaughter charges after a deadly drunk

driving crash in anne arundel. police say christopher thomas driving the wrong way on route 32 when he hitar another near fort meade this weekend. a father of two killed in that crash on his way home after visiting a friend. and storm team 4 is tracking a winter storm that will bring a snowy, icy mess to our area this week. doug has been watching the storm closely for days. what's the latest on it, doug? >> for over a weekve now w been telling you that this would be ednesday major storm. there it is right there coming through the area on tuesday. no problem toda just olt windy side. tomorrow no issues either. it's tuesday into wednesday. that's why we have a winter storm watch in effect for everyone in our region except calvert county and st. try's. i exp a winter weather advisory even there. everyone will see snow for the morning commute.

i'll take you through it hour by hour. and talk about ice. who has the opportunity to see significant icing out of this event. i'm back in ten minutes. we win viet you to download our nbc washington app. it's free. it's the best way to find out about school cancellations and delays because of e weather. a national debate has erupted over the presonent's decio declare a national emergency to get money to build a wall at the southern border. susan mcginnis is tracking the reaction coast-to-coast. tell us about the reaction you're getting. >> reporter: it's protests andl uits and mounting efforts to stop the president but so far he is standing his ground. from d.c. to denver, philly to atlanta, protesters natio ide spoke out today against president trump's move to declare a national emergey to

build a wall at the southern border. >> this wall is a sham. this fake emergency is a sham. >> reporter: the move allows the president tos bypass congr and build the wall using taxpayer funds earmarked for other purposes. >> presidents don't go in andcl e emergencies for purposes of raiding accounts. >> reporter: california is leading about a dozen statements in lawsuits to stop the president, accusinresident trump of overstepping his authority and claiming he's already admithere's no emergency. >> i didn't need to do this. >> reporter: the white househe stands bypresident. >> it's a humanitarian and security crisis as the president has spoken about this issue time and time again. that upport him to go route. >> congress had a vote on this and it just expressed itself. so i tnkt's a bad idea. >> reporter: the president appears ready, even eager for

the lawsuits. >> then we'll end supreme court and hopefully we'll get a fair shake. >> reporter: a fight likely to keep thess border lasting into the 2020 election. now democrats plan i toroduce a resolution disapproving the declaration. this could lead to president trump's first veto. >> thank you, susan. new calls for virginia governor ralph northam to resign. today protesters gathered in richmond's monroe park. they also rallied against a pipeline slated to be built for historical -- on historical land in that area. governor northam said he has no plans to resign. instead he wants to use the rest of his term to address and heal racial inequality in the state. we're learning more about a weekend shooting outside the mall thataused widespread

panic. anne arundel county police say kithey'reng for 16-year-old jamari hammond saying he shot a man saturday night.ay investigatorshe pair did not know each other and the victim is expected to be okay. a moment of silence today for the victim's of friday's mass work place shooting. what wve learned since then about the people who died. the main culprit in a growing amount of screen time among children, we'll break down research. nbc 4 is celebrating black history month a special over the weekend. >> it's called "she thrives". set your reminders, jn us this sunday morning right after "meet the press." we'll be right back.

there are new concerns over how much time kids are spending in front of a. scre researchers studied data from 2,000 kids and found screen time doubled for children under the age of 2. when the study began in 1997, toddlers were spending a little more than an hour a day watching

tv. fast forward 17 years, and kids in that same age grouppeing more than three hours a day. despite the changing landscape with the cell phones andhe tablets and the computers, tv is still the main culprit. excessive screen time has been linked to delays in cognitive, verb verbal, and social growth in children along with obesity and problems sleeping. this has had millions of views, you may want to share it, too. sidney cooper of kansas went into premature labor while suffering the flu. she delivered twins whileater husband ned in kuwait. then a few days ago, this happened. >> ready? >> oh, my god. >> staff sergeant skylar cooper wasn't expected to be home and meet h little girls until the

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a lot. i just focus and whatever i have to do and i do it. >> reporter: part d ofue woe fusion at the big apple circus. so stephanie is the ring master. see her get up? these special performances coming up for those with special needs are really importanto the circus? >> we love offering circus of the senses so everyone can feel included, have access to the wonders in the ring. >> reporter: those performances coming up inebruary and march, check it out the big apple circus here at the national harbor. molette greene, news4. that's a tough act to follow. news4 had an major rolen the circus as guest ring master. >> she mastered the hula hoop. she said there's nothing to secure you up there. that husband and wife team,

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learn more at appointments available now. yeah, check out what the radar could be looking like this wednesday. doug and amelia are aracking mess of snow, sleet, freezing rain, ice. all depending on where you live. we'll look at their snow totals in just a fews. minu first we are working for you, checking out aew tidying

trend. >> it's the kon marie method, it's inspired the best selling book and it's on netflix. the key, only keep items that spark joy in your life. you knowilhe dr >> this week we're putting it to the test at home and at work. news4 explains how to clear the clutter from your life. going to start from up there and hand you -- >> coffee mugs. >> we're going to go through all of these. >> reporter: where to begin, it can be the scariest par of every process, specially when it comes tong findi a way to be organized. that's what kay keyhani found when she was struggling to keep it together. >> as a single mother of two, i always had struggle staying organized.

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your life. >> we were joking that jim handly was throwing the stuff over the partion to my desk. >> there were applause when peop came to clean his desk. >> yes. incredible. >> a long-standing issue>>there. turning now to the weather. how much of the stuff are we going to can >> we're going to get a good snowstorm here wednesday morning, and it turns to ice. we can deal with snow is one thing. freezing rain, something else coletely. and some of us will have freezing rain out of this. alsoust plain sleet during the afternoon as well. here's the storm set up. this is for tomrow night. notice where the storm is. it's closer to dallas, where high pressure is over our area. that area of high pressure, t driving dow cold air from the north into our area. that's why we have snow.e all th way down towards norfolk it may start as snow where the

rain and warmer air is coming from the west of us. it stays as snow through the d.c. metro area and around this time i eect it to change over to ice. we are going to see some ice. look at the sig ificantng here. everybody in the pink, that is some signifint ice, even around the d.c. metro area, sleet and freezing rain. i think this could be more of a freezing rain event. we saw that event the other day s frederick, damascus, hagerstown, martinsburg. we saw trees down, power outages there. we could see that again with this event on wednesday night changing over to rain as the warmer air funnels in across the region. this is a classic cold air damming situation. cold air dammed up agast the mountains and that's why we have the snow to ice factor. tuesday night intoda wedn snow starts after midnight to daybreak. sticks right away, it will especially on the grassy surfaces and then the roads by morning. two to four inches or mor in the d.c. metro area. a little bit more to the north

and west. wednesday afternoon, snow to mix, t will be more likely ice. big impact on travel. ice to rain. wednesday night it chaes t all rain by late wednesday night. here's you snowfast. 1 to 2 inches dn to the south 2 to 4, fairfax, the district. about 4 to 6 to the north. sometef the latest com models keeping us colder so these could go up a little bit but so could the ice because of that. ok at the ice impacts, not much to the south here. but iels thew area, montgomery county, western, fairfax counnd the west. a major impactful event of snow and ice. a tenth to a q orter inch ice, that would really cause a lot of problems out there. one of tse area, hagerstowne

just to north of that, that's where we find amelia draper on the snow board. any falls today? i'm not good at snow boarding so i have to ask that question. >> what's your question? >> anyalls toda >> no. i have it down pat. the conditions have been pretty nice out here. i will say the winds have been blustery throughout the day da toy. we've even had a few flurries. check this out behind me. we have the snow board park there, snow borders making their way down. this is what we'll see area wide i think on wednesday. these kids have been on the snow mound all day today, loving life, enjoying the snow, and they're going to be able to do that in their own back yard on wednesday but we'll see big impacts from the storm. as you wer talkingabout, ice is our biggest concern.

and you'd want to avoid travel on wednesday, roads will be slick in spots. schools we're thinking widespread closures. government workers it's likely a work from home day. and theet bread i'm putting it up to have a two day supply. nothingalling tonight or tomorrow. that being said my photographer and i are going to pick up our stuff, head up the slopes and see y in about 30 minutes. >> you can get two or three runs in up there. pretty good skiing across the area for us. wednesday is the weather alert day. look at this, right up to 58 on thursday. think we'll see a lot of melting on thursday? absolutely. 52n your friday. another storm moving in saturday and sunday but this goes well to the west and brings the warm air. look a sunday afternoon, 68

degrees on sunday. then back downo the 50s and 40s as another storm systemme in. it it's amazing how we have the scenario with the snow and ice and then up to 60s for the weekend. ua> this week we are exploring the impact of mar in our communities. >> jim is in the news room with a look at what's new at 5:00. tonight at 5:00,ws a i team investigation into local drivers and what they're doing before they hit the road. scott macfarlane reports on the ring number of people impaired. he fin what police are doing to keep us safe from them. also ahead at 5:00 we just saw the piece on clearing the clutter, tonight we have a new story fromho susan n. if you've got a pigen and you're wanting to clean it up -- you have to see this one, folks.

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a warehouse in illinois remainslod as police investigate the shooting deaths of five people, a gunman opening fire rocking the aurora community. nbc's dan shanaman looks at how the vicms are remembered. >> reporter: they gather in aurora this afternoon. >>oday we bear witness to those lost and to those wounded in this y. >> reporter: three days after police 45-year-old garyma in opened fire at the henry pratt coany, killing five coworkers, shooting aanothe wounding five officers who responded to the scene. among those killed 21-year-old trevor waner, it was his first day.

vin sen tay juarez. clayton parks. russell buyer. and josh pinker. josh's wife writing at 1:24 i received a tex from my precious atband saying i've been shot work. >> i wanted everyone to know that was josh. and in that moment when he was hrough what he went through, he thought of me, and he wanted me to know thate loved me. >> reporter: five families now grappling with unspeakable loss and a community shattered. >> we'll not be remembered because of the tragedy. we'll be remembered because of the strength that the tragedy brought out of a of us. right now at 5:00, a winter storm watch across theea ar

we're expecting snow and ice. a major impact for your wednesday. the high stakes ofud a bng industry. >> we have seizures on a daily basis. the news4 i team hits the road with local police to find out how many people are driving high and what's being done to keep everyone safe. we're clearing out the clutter. susan hogan helping youyo organe pantry on a budget. good evening p. 's our top story tonight and probably the next three days. r orm team 4 tracking a win blast. >> a mix of snow, ice, freezing rain all coming our way in the middle of this week. >> this is a storm that could force schools to close their doors and lead to tricky conditio o on area roads. >> let's get things started with doug. >> if you have plans tonight no problem. tomorrow you'reood to if you

want to get to the store. and then wedne probably not going anywhere. here is tomorrow night at 11:00. notice we are all dry around the d.c. area. but here comes the snow makin w it up here across our region. by wednesday morning, here'sn 10:00 a.m.wednesday. notice everybody, northern virginia, west virginia, maryland all seeing the storm in as snow. it is all snow all morning long before weee the changeover to ice. look at the significant icing from the blue ridge back towards the appalachians. this is a major event before rmnally changing to plain rain. the winter s watch in effect across much of the area, notice the pink re that's the winter storm warning. i expect just about our entire region to be under a winter storm warning maybe by 11:00 tonight but definitely by tomorrow morning. i'll update you on the snow ice,