fallinghis timetomorrow, chuck. >> indeed. we're 24 hours from the first flakes arriving. it will all dry and sunny today. get done what you need to getne make sure your gas tank is full in your car, especially windshield washer fluid. temperures are below freezing for many spots. 27 in montgomery. 29 in fairfax. 30 in prince george's urunty to get ay started. and you have all day today to go to the grocery store. you know, bread, milk, eggs, french toast for tomorrow. temperatures will be around 40 degree degrees. agai's this time tomorrow when snow begins. it begin as all-snow. then, it becomes an ugly mix of sleet, snow, freezing rain and rain. snowfall totals will be hard to nail down. 3 to 6 inches of snowve onge

were it all becomes rain. good morning. inner loop, before mt. vernon, left side and right sides, blocked by the crash. we're seeing it clear at the bottom of they. belt wouldn't be surprised if that clears out quickly.it nd parkway. single lane this morning. 270 at montrose road, northbound and southbound. everything isoving along nicely. into down and out of town. one person is dead and one hurt oter a crash indian head highway. chopper 4 was over the scene before midnight. three cars were involved in the wreck at accokeek. >> we brought you live coverage from acene near here few

weeks ago. a prince george's county officer was hit andnjured while manning a detour post during a crash. >> indian head higay is known as one of the most dangerous roads in our area. there's been more tha deaths in the last 10 years. five people were killed onrohe last year. in all, there were 354 crashes on indian head highway in 2018. that n isrly one every day. police say they're stepping up patrols. officers made more than 6,400 traffic stops last year. developing this we're learning about a major leadership change at the justice department. avid culver is at the live desk with the latest on rod rosenste rosenstein's upcoming departure. >> d.o.j. officials telling that tec news that rosenstein will likely being down from his position in three weeks. not a huge surprise here. rosenstein said last month, he

would leave shortly after a new attorney general was in place. that's been done. william barr has been confirmed by the is not.se tein has been defender of mueller and the d.o.j., overseeing the mueller investigation into possible campaign interference with russia. maryland and virginia are among 16 states that are suing the trump adminisemation and the gency declaration to build a wall on the border. >> he declared a national forgency to clear the funds his border wall. thousands of people from across the country took to the streets to protest that declaration. coming up, we'll check in with tracie potts to see what the congress can do to try to sp the president. the transgender

in gloucester county may be soon lifted. this comes aer former student gavin grimm sued the school district in 2015. they banned him from using the boy's bathroom when he was in high school news 4 will continue to watch this story. look at our top stories now. at 4:34, there's a call foria virgieutenant governor, justin fairfax, to publicly testify afterwo women accused him of sexual assault. meredith watson says fairfax raped her. she wro an op-ed in pthe washingtost," that willing to testify under oath. she wants the virginia general assembly to require fairfax to ddo the same. ies the allegations. voters head to the polls in a special election in northern virginia. three candidates are vying for theouse seat in the state's

86th district, which runs from herndon, to chantilly. the special election is being held to replace jennifer boysco. nearly a year to the day of their first strike, teachers in west virginia are se to str again today. they're upset about legislation that would require or would create the state's first charter schools. the teachers believe the bill would erode traditional public education. advocates of the bill say it would give parents more options. the two men seen in surveillance video on the attack hiredussie smollett says he them smollett's lawyers insist this was not a staged attack. the two men have ties to "empire." one of them worked as an extra on the show. up and out.

supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg was seen walking through reagan national airport yest fday. she wasnked by security. >> this is one of few publicpe aparances from the 85-year-old since recovering from cancer surgery in late december. >> how are you doing? everne in america is wondering how you're doing right now. >> just fine. >> justfine? >> you heard her there. she was out of chambers for more than a month but participatein the court's work while getting well. ginsburg returned to the supreme court for the first time on friday. happening today, d.c. counci members will vote for the second timel on a bil that would make sports betting legal in the district. the council committee passed a bill that bypassed the bidding praress and rd it to the same company that runs the d.c. lotte lottery. this would be the final vote before it heads to the mayor's desk. baseball fans rejoice. today, spring training for the washington nationals get under

way. the first full squad workout i happening in a few hours. one thing that will be different for the fans and the team, no bryce harper. he's not signed with the team. but nats fans are looking ahead. news 4 will be on the field this afternoon. live elly burress will be later today. let's focus on the positive. we're getting back to it. famous athletes may have a big head when it comes to their e egos. anchors are like that, too, sometimes. >> your head isn't normal. but one splayer's head i keeping him off the field. coming up, why the size of his head is lea sidelines.ck on the plus, seeking justice. an iconic d.c. eagle missing an apparent battle of the birds. an update on

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you're watching news 4 today. >> ooh. talk about a close call.ok lot this coming. that puck barely missed his face. the hockey puck narrowly missed c announcer pierre .maguire's fa it happened at a game between the tampa bay lightning and the blue jackets. he could have been kcked out cold. >> the puck went flying at the end of the first period. just missed maguire's head before it crashed into the camera lens there. almost like d hen't notice there. man. we want to tell you about thise college lacroayer who is forced to sit out because there's not a helmet bigfo enou his head. >> his head measures 25 inches.h the c at wheaton college in i massachusetts,s having trouble finding a helmet that fits him. he's 19 and wants to use his high school helmet in order to play.

but it lacks safety requirements. >> there's reasons to be on the sideline. i just happen to have a big head. >> yeah. chu i now waiting for an ncaa to approve a custom helmet to be made and just to give you an idea. this is 25 inches. and i hzee a normal look how much space there is. >> yeah. that's a big head. i'm not putting it on. dohaven't tried it on ahead of time. t want to set myself up here.ye >> ah. it's tough on everyone. i feel bad for him. let's turn to chuck bell. >> you know when he was growing up, head, down. >> look at that gargauan cranian. it must affect the tides. a good movie. nothing to worry about tomorrow. nothing to worry about tomorrow. you mayot have n t (clucking noises)

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it 4:44 now. we are in weather alert mode, as you wake up on this tu not bad out there right now. but that is going to change tonight. another round of wintry weather on the way. >> you can see the storm on t i radar maki way north. with it, snow, ice and consolation con cancellations as a result. chuck bell will have the forecast in a few minutes. the legal battle begins over trump's national emergency for the border wall. >> this happened the same day the protesters took to the streets tost rally agahe

president's executive order to build that wall. tracie potts is live with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys. this declarationfo is beinht on three fronts. in the streets, and in congress, ere they may or mayue not iss a resolution against it. and in the courts. there's 16 states being led by california, including maryland an virginia, that want to fight the president on this declaration. ey say it's unnecessary. the califortta aney general calls it unconstitutional theater and a misuse of presidential power. the idea that the presidentnt to use $3.5 billion of military construction fundsbu t d the wall. at least one republican argues that the military construction projects are behind and the money needs to stay there. >> trage potts cover it all for us. thanks. breaking the glass ceiling todayill be chief erin

schaible's day on the job. prior to the appointment, schaible spent 30 years with the fairfax.olice departme medical marijuana is legal in 33 states, including marand and the district. yet, there is no scientific proof that it works for a wide range b symptoms. >>ut don't tell that to people who rely on the drug for chronic pain. doreen gentzler has more. >>uteporter: this b queen is turning her pain into a platform to promote medical marijuana. >> it can help withlmost anything cancer. >> reporter: she was crownedca miss ameorld in 2015. she was suffering from chronic acs, anxiety a fatigue.

>> i have osteoporosis, seen in premenopausal women. point, sher: at one was taking ten pills a day and getting little relief. she turned to medicinal oils. >> i felt i had to try it. all these pills w en'tworking. i heard great things and did a lot of research. >> reporter: as business grows here and nationwide, the science has been slow t catch up. dr. kogan is the medal director at the center for integratie iie medicine. >> hopefully with time and research, we'll be able to figure out. nonetheless, the potential is big and it's there. to>> reporter: coming upght, the growing debate over the healing power of pot. as more states legalize marijuana for medical use, it's still illegal under federal law. where do weo from re? a closer look at the laws here and across the country and the road ahead, tonight at 5:00 and 6:00.

i'm davidveou here at the live desk with images out of seawutld. this is of san diego. rescue crews had to be called in to rescue more than a doz t peoplepped on a ride. 16 peoplean sd on the bayside or a gondola ride. a big gust of wind tripped a circuit breaker that caused the ride to stop rking. the 16 people, a lot of kids there, one baby and one person at officials described as partially paralyzed. seaworldt plans to inspec before they reopen that ride. we turn to new detailsbout a tense situation in utah. hiker ryan osman says he is thankful to be alive afterng spendien hours in quick sand. he was walking on a trail with a friend when his leg became stuck in thequick sand thersand there.

his friend had to leave him and rske for three h until she could get cell phone service to call 911. >> you ow, i was stuck. i knew no one was around. so, i jtt knew tha i can rely on her. i knew she would make it back to cell service. as the time went on, i got more and more scared. >> when park rangers were able to get to him, two hours later, e was suffering from exposure and hypothermia, due to the extreme cold. but he's no worse for wear. >> he is lucky to be alive. take a look at what could happen when you spill hot tea in your lap. the driver of this car slammed into a starbucks in montgomery county last night. this happened in rockville at gramercy the spill caused the driver to

lose control and crash into the building. no one was hurt. spilling hot beverage on you. if you're a starbucks lover you have something to celebrate thisu morning. n't have to worry about running late to work because you stop to get that cup of joe. >> d.c. has joined one of six u.s. cities in the starbucks delivers program. you can access this lu uber ea. and if y like to add soy in your coffee, no problem there. starbucks allows you to customize your drinks, >> your $6 care mel macchiato is now going to cost you $10. before nbc's "wor of dancreturns for its third season, we are catching up with a loc team. >> a team out of northern virginia are going to try to impress jennifer lez and derek

hough. anneo is a judge, right? >> i don't know. >> this is the westfield high school dance team. you would never know by looking at them. but many of the girls have not danced a day in their lives. they will try out inbe new york fore flying to l.a. no. spoile you have to wait to see what happens with the team when "world of dance" pmieres next week. i watched a couple of episodes on dvr, and there's some spectacular all different types of dance, whether it's tap or ballet, con tecar contemporary or hip-hop. >> and the judges are n, too. degrees. a lot holder than we were sterday. >> a lot drier, as well. it will be cold and dry all day today. it's really tomorrow. the only reason anyone wants to know wha is because of tomorrow. i misspelled the word rain.

i will get that fixed. i saw it there. but i am aware of how to spell rain but didn't do it correctly there. heo's what you need know. it begins around this time tomorrow. and it begins at all-sn at the beginning. the change from snow to some combination of sleet, freezing rain and rain, takes part around noon and 4:00 tomorrow and ends mostly in the form of rain. my biggest concern is not for the couple of inches of snow we're gng to get but for the possibility of our northern and west tn areas. any sheltered valleys, that freezing air could stay trapped at the surface for a couple of hours, meaning there f freezing period rain at the end of this for our friends in the shenandoah valley. nothing to worry about. you have all day to get stuff done. he storm is developing across parts of the deep south. that isnow and sleet across parts of northern msissippi d northern alabama this morning. cold air is entrenched tall way down into t deep south. here's future weather, beginning

this timehetomorrow,'s the leading edge of the snowg mov in. all-snow in the first half of tomorrow. around noon, the change begins. itill change first in southern maryland. most of the i-95 corridor and points east will be rain. this could be freezing rain from frederick county, virginia, to maryland. theme w air moves in. it will end as raiat wednesday night into thursday. snowfall amounts, a big range here. the european model says 2 to 6 and 6 to 9 and 2 to 5. our forecast,omewhere in the 2 to 4-inch range. maybe as much as 7 inches north and west. picking out amounts is dicey, at

best. all melts down quickly with highs in the mid-50s. dry weather on friday. more rain comes in saturday afternoon. when that raind ends, we co get a spike of mid-50s on sunday afternoon. >> mid-60s sounds crazy. inner loop before mt. vernon, that's cleared out of the way. no problems, inner or outer loop of the beltway. downtown, looking good through washington. no problemsto of the beltway, into town and out of town, everything is clinr. look at 270, from 70 down to the spur. 67 miles per hour. going to 27 minutes. in about >> thank you, melissa. thsaga continues at the national arboretum thi morning. >> look at her sleeping. snuggl k. i want tw who is in there. the bird and his mate, liberty, have been living along the

river, for more thandecade. they've raised as many as 20 offspring. but now, liberty ish alone w two eggs in her nest. as mark seegraves report a new love interest is making this more intriguing. >> two saturdays ago, we saw justice mate with liberty on camera before he disappeared. >> reporter: shortly after thato liberty laid eggs. then, another, younger male eagle showed up. and one more male eagle arrived, trying to bond with liberty. >> we have two eggs in the nest justice is still missing. >> reporter: while liberty and 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. >> something we haven't seen here. but it'sn normal the wild. when there's a new male wants to come in and take over the nest e from an older >> reporter: what will likely happen to liberty aerohen eggs? will she accept one of these new

eaglesew as her mate? will justice return? >> see what happens. justice may return. we hope he does. >> reporter: in the district, mark seegraves, news 4. >> she's not embracing the newcomers. >> it's not her fall she has, you know, all that. t>> allt plumage happening. >> i hope justice makes his way back to the nest and he's okay. >> you know. >> if they mate for life, you want them to stay together, raise their family together. break.e he needed a >> he's going to take his break and come back, like nothing ever happened. first responders often refe. >> a paramedic and his wife had been trying to adopt a baby. sunday was supposed to be their home visit with the agency.tm but the dept had other plans. >> congratulations.

>> the adoption agency, along with a dozens of firefightnd paramedics surprised the feherties with theirew son. that wasn't all. they brought them an ambulance filled with diapers for the new parents. still ahead on news 4 today, on strike. west virginia teachers once again exit the cssroom. what demands are being made. we're worki for you. helping you clearlu the ctter out of your home. news headso one local woman's house to put

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news 4 begins with w storm teamther alert. >> snow and then rain, with ice and slush. a winter storm is headed our way. now is time to get ready. here we go again. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaronis gilc we're in weather alert mode this morning in advance of all of the weather thatill arrive tonight. melissa mollet with a check on the roads. we begin with chuck bell and fourhings we need to know. chuck? >> teachers, here's your free she from to you, for what to do with the kids for tomorrow. they probablyon't be in the school tomorrow, so, give them two days worth of homework.