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, rain, it's all in the forecast. talk about the potential for

school closings as well in 15 minutes. if you don't have it, now is gre time to down load the nbc washington app. it's free and we'll keep you updated about conditions and closures when we're not on the air. right now president trump is in miami, delivering a speech about venezuelan but even with lawmakers off for the holiday, the focus is back here and how they'll be responding to his emergency declaration. democrats and republicans have expressed concerns abouthis move that would secure money for his border wall. some in the gop are concerned about the precedence it sets. congress hasec 15 days toe whether it votes on a resolution of disapproval. even ift did pass, it's not clear there's a majority in the event the president vetoes it. and people all over the country are protesting thaton declara

calling it a pow grab. corey smith talked to those who came out today. >> reporter: for the folks who came out toprotest, there is a national emergency but it's not on the southern border. it's much closer to home. just a few stepsth fro oval office, more than 100 otesters gathered at lafayet square. >> this is not the america we believe in. >> reporter: for these proteste national emergency declaration is a power grab, an end run around congress to get funding for a border wa. todayprotesters vowed to fight streets andt on the in the courtroom. >> there's no emergency, if there's no emergency,he esident doesn't have the authority to do what he's epdoi. >>ter: robert wise is an attorney who's suedhe administration. >> the wall will be within a

couple feet of oneperson's house. there's not support for this. >> reporter: with the potential for a ctprot court battle on the horizon, protesters aregr urging cs to act now. lawmakers will likely vote on a disapproval next week. >> they are co-equal branch of government and need to act like it. >> reporter: if it passes the government would likely veto the measure. so protesters are digging in, knowing the battle is far from over. guys, for the presters out here, this is the latest front in the ongoing battle of immigration, here in washington d.c. coming up at 6:00 we'll talk to an undocumented immigrant who's caught in the middle of this, who says if the wall had up when her parents came over from mexico, her life would be vastly different. to breaking news, a man wounded in a day time shooting.

witnesses telling usad they a barrage of bullets this n just after 2:00 near the intersection of new york avenue and north capital street. let's get to news4 pat collins live at the scene in northwest with new formation. pat? >> reporter: jim, sure it's president's day but it appears some gunan i our city didn't take theay off. let me show you how dangerous it was here. the shots were fired from across the street. not just any street. that's new york avenue. tse bul coming over wildly. one of the went through the window of the liquor store here. another grazed the side of the building. yet another went into the brick work. and one bullet, one bullet, it had serious consequences. a man shot in the head, as he was sitting in this aud car

outside the big ben liquor sto at north capitol and new york avenue. a homeless person gave the victim a blanket to comfort him until the medics arrived. theresa was that homeless person. theresa saw it go down. how many shots you hear? >> 20. >> what did t suspects look like? >> all black on >> all black clothing, hoodies, everything? >> yeah. >> two of them? >> yeah. >> were you scared? >> yeah, i hid right there. i hid right there. >> reporter: this woman, driving byts as the s were fired. >> i was in my car at the in.rsection. ye >> what was it like for you? >> it was scary. i'm notoing to lie. once i realized that people were shooting, i just immediately ducked sdown, you know that hopefully i wouldn't get hit by a stray bullet.

>> shell casings here and there. shell casings all over the place. a bullet hole in the windshield of that audi car. the shooting brought new yorko avenue a stand still. police say today's victim was conscious and breathing when hem was taken frhe scene. the motive here, still unknown. >> reporter: now violence is no stranger to this area. ll have more on that coming up at 6:00. im, back to you. >> nos not at all, pat collins. and this is not the first time, pat mentioned, we have seen violence in this section. a few years f ago,r people shot and wounded outside big ben liquor. andust las month, someone shot and killed a 22-year-old man about a block south at north pitol and m. streets northwest. wendy. a maryland woman says her husband's death could have been prevented. killed in a car accident involving a suspected drunk

driver. raymond mccarter was driving home from a iend's early saturday morning when someone driving the wrong way on route 32 near formeade hit him head on. news4 talked with his wife, who's trying to figure out how she's going to raise their two littleut kids wit him. >> my two children will never have their father again. he's completely irreplaceable. his life is gone. he was a lovingfather, a loving husband, a loving friend, a loving son. he was everything. >> the other driver, identified ashristopher thomas, walked away unharmed and is facing charges ofgh manslr and driving under the influence. it's a bumpy ride around the dmv thanks to the dreaded potholes. we told you things were going to get worse, and hav they. our transportation reporter adam tuss has bn tracing potholes ecross our region and he's live

in d.c. with th biggest. thanks, adam.ep >>ter: when you want to find out how many potholes there are out there. >> some of the str are just awful. really awful. >> reporter: you talk to someone who drives the roads every day. he's been a cab driver in the district for years. does he think the potholes have gotten worse? >> ye >> why? >> struggling with them all the time. >> you're struggle with them? >> yes. you have to avoid them. when you avoid them, basically you almost create an accident. >> reporter: it's not just d.c. we've seen craters from high in chop 4 over the roads. all the precipition isn't helping either. it saturated the ground, frozen and expanding to create huge craters. >> that affects our ability to

fill them. if it's raining or snowing we're not able toth fill em. as soon as the roads dry we t repam. >> reporter: judging by what we're seeing now we're going to be filli potholes well into the spring a summer. adam tuss news4. you might call it a green rush, thets effec of legal weed in the district. ahead at 5:00 we'll kick off what we're callingeed week with the look at the potential impact on our roads. >> with marijuana we'reki l for the bloodshot, red, glassy eyes, dilated pupils. the news4 i team finds out how police are t cracking down identify impaired drivers. a drama playing out in a nest at the national ash row tum. we talked to experts abouthe disappearance of the male eagle asal a r moves in.

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with the state police. >> we're looking for the inability to maintain a single lane, we look for a weaving pattern. >> reporter: when this car blazes b us at nearly 120 miles per hour. a trooper pulls the driver and conducts a fieet sob tests. she said she had several drinks before t getting behind wheel. officers iell the team, alcohol isn't the only thing they're checking for these days. >> we have marijuana seizures i feelike on a daily basis. >> reporter: as states nationwide look t fully decriminalize marijuana. police why maryland say they're catching more drivers testing their luck on the highway. traffic violations in maryland up about 40%. virginia and d.c. told the i team they don't keep track of arrests forf driving under the influence of mai marijuana.

but over all, it's been an increase. >> is been legal in the d.c >> reporter: this man with says he regularly drives after or while using marijuana. >> you're about to go for a drive you feel comfortable having marijuana? >> yes. not very much. >> reporter: he said he suffers anxiety and typally uses a vape device to take the edge off. he says he knows his limit. >> does it impact how you perform behind the wheel? >> i don't think it does. i el like it makes me more attentive to what's going on around me. and driving safer, i'm driving slower. d rather do that than take a na xax. >> reporter: police in colorado say they've seen an increase in people driving hignd an increase in deaths. >> in the city of aurora we saw about a 74% increase in fatal crashes between 2013 and now.

and marijuana has been a part of that. >> i haveireen imnt. i have seen what impairment does. >> reporter: mairy just said good-bye to hern son w the unthinkable happened. >> a few seconds after he left i heard an impact. and it was very loud. and i heard it and i knew. i knew instantly. it was a very traumatic death. it was a very horrific death. ad reporter: the driver who hit blake thc in his bloodstream.ic the legal limit, he served three years in prison. >> in my view there's a perception that marijuana does not impair you like alcohol does. that's not true. >> reporter: currently there's no roadside test to check for thc. back on maryland highways, more troopers are trained to identify marijuana impairment signs. >> we're looking for the red,

glassy eyes, drooping of the eyelids, slow kpaj rated movie. >> reporter: unlike alcohol there's no legally allowed milimit for marijuana. and troopers say they see smokers not just at night but in the morning. keing them busy throughout the day looking for drivers operating at high speeds. scott macfe lane. were more you to check out on our nbc washington app, including how officers are traid to conduct those tests. all right, doug, we have winter weather coming our way. tomorrow night is when it starts? >> it's overnight into wednesday. even whenwe're on at 11:00 tomorrow night we're not going to see anything in our area, bul be updating you. this is going to have the major impact on wednday. let's look and show you what we're dealing with outside right now. cld cover, the wind has been a

re, current temperature 46 that number has come down from earlier. winds out of the northwest at 23 miles per hour and gusting up to 40 miles an hour. bringing in cooler air and that with us through wince. that cold air making its wayn tomorrow night is what gives us the snow. here's the security form systto its way our way. it's because of the high pressure sitting here. it drives cold air into our region throughout the atmosphere. as it makes its way into our area we'll see the cold air in place and it starts as snow in the d.c. metro area, going to ice as the cold air is very hard to geteut of surface temperatures. surface temperatures on wednesday will be struggling to t above freezing all day. that's why ice is anothersu

future weather here we are 11:00. yes, we're on the air at 1bo00 talking the storm coming. it's not here yet. by early wednesday morning,he 50 a.m.'s the snow. by 8:00 it is area wide. everybody seeing sn. that snow coming down at a good clip here. right through the midday hour, around noon seeing and then changing to ice in the d.c. metro area. through noon, this is how much snow i expect. one to two inches to the south. two to four inches through the d.c. metro area. 4 to 6 inches winchester, rs leesburg, hawn, frederick. these numbers may be conservativeht r now there's colder air coming in so we'll have to wait and osee. two four is a good area for downtown washington. here's noon. after the noon hour i expect the ice to comein. that's when we could really have problems. it's the wednesdayight i any commute thags t's going to be at

worse than the morning because the rain and potential for ice out there. staying ice back towards the west and everybody changes wo ranesday night. what to expect. wednesday rush a mess. numerous schools closed or delayed, ice could be, and i think will be, a major issue special in the areas well to the north awest. with a little bit more. that area to the north and west, that's where weind -- loot her. look at her on the snow board, ready to golo that's a nicing shot. >> i know, isn't it so gorgeous up here. we're at the top of the speed lift. if you've been to white tail you know what i talking about. it's been breezy here, cold, snowing but it's president's day and we're enjoying these awesome conditions erday. as you talking about, doug, we're going to have the major storm movingte in so w tail expected to get more snow,

unfortunately i as well. ski patrol hopes to stay open as late as march 17th to the 25th this year. so we have a lot more skiing and snow boaingn our future. now we're starting to see the nighttime nsconditio a little bit icy out here. that's okay because it's snowy, it's winter. we are going down the mountain. we're going to do this live. dj, awesome photographer skiing down. doug, i'll see you live in about 30 minutes. >> stay her. stay on that. i want to see if she makes it all the way down. she looks good on the snow board. i never got a chance to see amelia on the snow board. i'm a skier, she's a snow boarder we talked about it all dae time. so snow on wedn thursday, 58. look what happens here. we g from 34, snow and ice, a

nasty day, to 58 onthursday. 52 on friday. and look at ae weekend. coin on saturday. just a chilly rain on saturday. and then 68, warm air moves in ahead of our next system on sunday. that stays on the mild all eyes, guys on the one winter day of the next ten, that's wednesday. 34, snow and ice. >> going to be big. coming up an alleged attack on an actor from the show "empire" now a three-week old aga filled with confusion and contradiction. ahead at 5:00, the actor's reports thaton to police are questioning his story. we have a group of local dancers getting ready

chicago police are telling to hear from actor jussie smollett or from his lawyers after he -- about showing up because they need to interview him. investigators say they need a second interview with the "empire" star because they have questions about whether the actor paid two men to assault him. smollett said the two men yelled racist and homophobic slurs at him, poured bleach on him and put a noose around his neck. but last week two men were questioned, one with ties to the

"empire" show, they told police reportedly to attack him because he was afraid he was going to be itten out of the sho and needed some publicity to keep him in. > nbc's the world of dance returns for its third season a week from tomorrow. the judges include jennifer lopez and derekhough. one of the teams competing is from northern virginia. mee cho caught up with the group at practice today. >> reporter: between the fancy footwork and fierce faces, the west springfield dance team is making all the right moves. you would never get guess this looking at them. but before joining the team, many of these girls hadever danced a day in their lives. >> this is the tricky part. >> reporr: their coaches jason king and tara perez. >> we're very proud of them. they took on the challenge.

we told them what it was going to be like. >> we trained them from the heound up. >>'s late nights, early mornings, weekend. >> i'm always dancing. i dedicate my life to this team. i don't hang out with my friends on the weekend because i'm always practicing. >> reporte it's safeo say all the practice paid off. they first tri out for the "world of dance" sho in new york. they can't give ayn spoilers, but -- >> when you want to achieve a goalou have to put every effort you have into it. >> reporter: and through the countless hours ofard work, the girls say what's kept them going through this journey, knowing they can count on each othe a >> it'says a good destress to have people so close going through the same thing. we're like a family. there's no one left out. everyone is included and it's a

great time. >> reporter: i springfield, aimee cho, news4. >> th're terrific. west springfield has always had a power house dance ogram. in 2011 their team competed on ""america's got talent ""america's got talent." so many of us need to clear out the clutter. susan hogan organizing her pantry without breaking the bank. >> yes, you do, wendy rieger plus voters get their say in a special election in virginia this week. what the outcome could tell usa t the leadership crisis in richmond. the drama playing out, the the drama playing out, the male eagle

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activists will be watching a northern virginia special election tomorrow to see if democrats will be hurt by the scandaimpacting the party's top three leaders. >> the 86th district, three candidates vying for the seat in what become a heavily democratic area. our northern virginia bureau chief julie carey looks at whether the >> c i'm running to represent y as a state delegate. >> reporter: he's a dentist, a palestinian american, whose family faced enormous struggle when his father wasro barred running to the country for years after 9/11. >> i see myself a a voice for everybody. it doesn't stop at immigrants o grginalized group. >> reporter:reg nelson also making a fst run at office, an air force veteran and eebusinessman he himself as a

voice for business people. >> these folks have worked so hard,y tnd their money to richmond and i don't feel it comes back to them. >> conche hinson is running as ade ndent. she and nelson believe voter anger over the scandals facing the governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general could turn democrats -- voters away from democrats. but samira argues he gives a chance to press is reset button. >> putting in place new leadership that has new ideas on how to move forward. >> reporter: he's had controversy of his own in this race. anti-israel statements he posted on facebook as a college student. he apologized to his atement. >> i stand fully against is anti-sem i encourage everyone to look at the statement online.

>> reporter: but nelson an the gop said he would add to the problems in richmond. he leads in campaign fund-raising, and in this district that makes him the favorite tomorrow. the special election is ing held to replace jennifer boyo, who was elected to the senate. protesters gathered in richmond's monroe park today protesting the governor and plans for a pipeline on historic land in the area . northam says he will not resign and plans to attend a race discussion at virginia union later this week. drama playing out above the disttonight. justice the bald eagle is missing. he and h mate have been living

there for 14 years now, but now liberty is alone in with two eggs -- although the nest is empty so maybe she's looking for good or something. as mark segraves reports, a new love interest is making this more intriguing. >> it's a soap opera. >> reporter: at the center of that, icju who has called d.c. home with his mateibty for 14 years. since justice was reported missing, tommy lawrence has been keeping a close eye on the eagle cam. here's what we know about what happened. >> twoda sat ago we saw justice mate with liberty on mera before hedisappeared. >> shortlyer a that, liberty laid two eggs and then another younger male eagle showed up. there's photographic evidence

that liberty while protecting her eggs watched as justice had a midair battle with those eagls.. >> there you could see it in the camera on the distance. sheatched as they went at it. >> once justice disappeared this new male, aaron bird appeared with scratch marks on hisan wor district tracking the d.c. bird population. >> i went out to see if justice was injured and maybe down. i couldn't find a sign of feathers or anything.t hopefullys just an altercation and he's okay. >> reporter: while liberty a the rest of us wait to see if justice returns, liberty continues to care for her eggs as she fends off any would be new mates. >> female eagles are larger than male eagles so she has more

power. >> reporter: so what happens to her eggs? will justice return? >> stay tune and see what happens. justice may return. he hope he does.te >> rep mark segraves, news4. the experts tell us it's too soon to tell if thosewo eggs will hatch. but they say it's almost impossible for a single eagle to incubate, hatch and race eagles on their own. so the likely scenario, if justice doesn't return, is that liberty would mate with one of the younger eagles. maybe she likes to be fought over. >> all i iay you go girl. she is something. i'm team libert >> what about justice? the sailor captured in one of america's most iconic photographs has died. the sailor kissing a woman in

times square, celebrating the end ofii world war august 14, 1945, the day japan surrendered to the united states, and that asnightmare of a world war over. the pair had never met before, and it took years before they were finally identified. mendoza'saughter said he died after a fall over the weekend at thegef 95. freedman died in 2016 at the age of92 but that kiss will live on for eternity. >> iconic. >> it's one of the simplest exercises, requires no equipment. now doctors say the pushup may have another benefit.r the numou need to do to have a healthy heart. clearing out the

working for your health. middle age men who can do more push ups may have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease according to a harvard study. they found men who did more than 40 pushups were 96% less likely to develop heart failure or artery disease than those who t did lessn 10. researchers say counting pushups can help predict your risk of heart disease. but it shouldn't be the only way you monor you heart health. a new study showing how

cteria inour gut could be linked to alzheimer's. researchers say they've discuss discovered certain microbes that can mitigate dy mensa. >> in the last couple years wee seen that basically what's happening in your gut can affect your brain. and there's this notion of got brain access where your gut communicates with your brain and brain communicates with your gut. >> this is fascinating. this type of research is still relatively new. doctors say for now you can keep your gut healthy by eating healthy and they say plt-based diets can be especially good for your gut. orm team 4 watching this winter storm heading our way. doug and amelia b

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if this year has sparked your desire to get organized, there is no time like the present. take it from me,o get started. >> all these week were working for you, showing you simple way to clear the clutter on a budget. >> who doesn't have that. we'll get to my office desk later this week but today susan hoganets ustarted with a tutorial on just how to transform your dysfunctional pantry. >> reporter: so we in my kitchen and we're with simplify you. you here to help me with what looks so perfe rightnow. >> on the outside. >> reporter: into we open it up. th. is my pantry >> so the first thing i see is that you have great shelves and some pullouts, but don't see anything in pinsbins. i don't see any labels. so i don't know how you're going

to make sure everyone in the family is going to follow along with whatever system you set >> system? i don't have a system. but with the help of professional organizers i'm aboutto. >> i'm assuming the first thing we need to do is clean it out? yes. here we are susan. we have almost everything. it's a little overwhelming. this is where people kind of like, whoa. >> you want to put it back ande foit. >> right. but this is where it makes sense. >> reporter: starting with following these golden rules.t >> consist containers, legible labels. >> reporter: do this when fillinghem up, like with like. >> we have things that are similar. we have your cold teas. wove that is the coffee. >> reporter: rouh round. >> when i know i put things on the turntable, i put one thing there and the other behind it so the inventory is directly behind it. >> reporter: square with square.

>> perfect. >> rngorter: if somet doesn't fit, she says make it fit. like my crackers that need an 11 inch clearance. >> we don't have that clharance. sos when the system breaks downright? people are like, i have to take a shelf out. >> yeah. >> it's not that big a deal. >> not only did she find me room with my crackers, i also gained a cool narrow shelf. and where i once had all my ooking oils jammed into my pantry, several steps from my stove, they now found a new home. so this is amazin >> everything is in consistent containers, easily labeled. and you have t love a turntabld, round and roquare and square you're good to go. let's close them up. >> reporter: so you will be happy to know my pantry still looks like that, really.

i was feeling so inspire that i also did a total closet makeover, on my own, as you can see i have a ton of stuff. gosh, i'm so embarrass showing it. there's no organizationsy or em whatsoever, so she gave me great ideas to getga zed. we're sharing them with you now. you can check out my before and terpictures. >> this is the before, right? >> we're impressed with the pantry, though. >> my pantry was ygood. have to start somewhere. >> you do. her system is keeping itsimple like with like, round with round. those round tables are amazing -- >> those lazy susans. >> the clearance on the shelf, i like what that did. >> you can't be afraid to move things around. >> and it was so inexpensive. the bins we got a target, you can get things at costco.

the hangers, the like hangers. >> i know what i'm doing next weekend, making labels. fun.bels are >> just label the mess. >> still just called mess. a lot of people are clearing the clutter using the kond marie method. s this week we'lw you how it works in a maryland home and here in our news room with jim handly's desk which is legendary. y >> wait unt see the after folks, it's going to be big. >> it's had an impact on everybody in the news room. >> it's a big deal. we're offering tours of his desk now. >> oh, my goodness. >> you can see it. desk.u can see the you couldn't see it before. but if you needed an extra jim had 50 of them. >> i did. >> sitting in a mound with o baloney sandwiches underneath.

we weren't sure. >> it was frightening. we have a storm coming. >> yeah, we do. >> tomorrow no problem at all. if you want to get to the store tomorrow, you can do that. you're not going anywhere onda wedn here's why. this is a classic pattern, what's called a coldir damming situation. you have high pressure to the north, in towards parts of the northeast, high pressure sitting in the northeast. you have an area of low pressure down to the south bringing in the .moistu the area of high pressure brings in the cold air andt leaves here, so as the storm system moves our way, it's trying to bring in the warm air but can't do so because the cold air is locked in place. that's why we see snow across the area for almost all morning wednesday. i the question how long is that cold air in place because the ice takes over in most locations. at 4:00, ice from d.c. to the north. this is significant ice event that could unfold here depending on sleet or freezingrain. that's the big concern right

now. or me it would be freezing rain, worse than sleet. sleet is what bounces out there. it on top of snow can give you traction where freezing rain does the exact opposite and makes things worst. by wednesday night, warmer air moves in and everybody goes to plain rain. we see temperatures rise wednesday night into thursday. tuesday night snow starts after midnight till about daybreak. sticks right ay. allorning it will be sticking to the roads too. accumulations likely 2 to 4 inches plus that's in the d.c. metro area and along6nd 50. north and west of that i'm going upwards of 4 to 6 inches in those areas. could be more in those regions, too. ednesday after, snow to mix, big impact on travel. ice to rain by late wednesday night into early thursday morning. here's the snowfall totals, 2 inches to the south.

2 to 4 around the d.c. metro area4 to 6 winchester, leesburg,rd to frederick and hagerstown. this is the same c area thld see significant ice. notice the ice impact graphic here showing you areas in the red. damascus you got crushed by ice a couple weeks ago, you might see it again during the day on wednesday. all back to the west as well. even back to the.c. metro area ice could be a problem. we'll talk about this in the next couple of days. amelia will be here with me tomorrow but right now she's up white il. >> it is i have to say really cold up here especially now that the sun is going down.bu what a great president's day to head to the local ski resorts.g talko people here, they hope to stay open as late as march 17th or as late as the 25t that snow will help them. but it's not just the snow.

it's the icehi involved in as well that has an impact on theaire. travel on probably want to avoid it all together. schools are probably going to be closed. government worke plan to tell commute on wednesday. any workerne in l. looking at the bread meter, it's stock up h a two day supply. here at white tail we're watching skiers and snow boarders trying to attemptoing down the hill. we haven't seen anything crazy yet. i think they're waiting for us to turn off the camera and they're going to makepp the mag . it's been fantastic out here today. by friday hopefully you'll seed the cons getting back to normal for people to head up here to the slopes next weekend. >> tomorrow night -- we're going to be in weather alert starting tonight at 11:00 through wednesday. 43 tomorrow, but it's tuesday night into wednesday we deal with the issues. 34 here but 58 by thursday

afternoon. a much nicer day there. a nice friday, too, before another storm moves in. cold on saturday, chilly rain. cold on saturday, chilly rain. up to8 sunday, all the

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doug tracking a major winter storm heading our way. our team coverage on news4 at 6:00 coming up in two minutes. a prominent local pastor spread the gospel across five continents. dr. john cherry died over the weekend. tracee wilkins explains how he help turn a small church into a worldwide ministry. >> it is the evidence of things unseen. >> reporter: for pastor john a. cherry jr. international ministry was a passion. hi church, from the heart, began in prince george's county and spread throughout the world. through the '80s and '90s his prince george's county congregation was one of the largest in the united states. >> one may consider him to be th father of megaministry in the community. i consider him to be someone of integrity. >> bishop joe peepls, said he

was an inspiration to him and his mother and father. >> my mother and father would take me to his search. i don't know if he knew that pastor bet peebles and j peebles were sitting under his chadings. >> reporter: dr.ry continued to focus on his international ministry until his unpected death on saturday. according to the churcher he passed aomplications from a medicalrocedure. he was 79 years old. >> there are millions of people that benthitted because o life he lived. >> reporter: a memorial service celebrating the le and legacy of dr. john cherry will take place next tuesday here at from the heart. i'm tracee wilkins news4. doug and amelia's bread meter is going to be working

overtime this we d. i'meen gentzler. >> stock up, folks i'm jim handly. here's what's coming o way wednesday, snow, ice, rain and probably a whole bunch of closings. we're here to get you ready for it. around the country, protesters take aimt what they call a fake emergency. president trump in florida defending his push for wall funding. one of the wen accusing virginia's lieutenant governor of sexual assault issued a new call to be heard in public. > first uptonight, what else, a winter storm knocking on our door again. >> this one promises to be a mess from start t finish. the only questions e bigger problem snow or ice? >> chief meteorologist doug kammerer is in the studioith for a look ahead at what's going to hit us wednesday. >> we're tking abouthe winter storm watch, it is both snow and ice, over to plain rain. and school closings definitely

likely across the region. this is going to make its way i tomorrow nigo early wednesday morning. this is wednesday morning, we're stopping it at 10:m. and you notice everyone seeing snow. i mean everyone. this i a snow event early wednesday morning just in time rush.he then the warmer air moves in, and that brings a lot of ice around our region. evenally changing to rain before this is said and done. this is going to be a big storm, the entire area are now under a winter storm watch. tht is in eff through the day tomorrow into wednesday. this will most likelyecome a winter storm warning across the region. winter weather advisor towards the south and east. i'll have more on what you can expect in yr area in about 15 to 20 minutes. president trump is returning to washington tonight after wrapping up his