snow, ice and more. road crews are working right now to get ahead of a winter storm headed our way. why this storm could be a ng chal it certainly is a challenge. this is the storm right now. down just t theouth off the gulf of mexico. going to be movingo our area. the latest on what to expect coming up. also coming up, one person dead, three others hurt after a crash on indian head highway. one of the mos dangerous roads in our area. but police think it happened -- what police think happened in the latest accide h. there. welcome to "news 4 midday." i'm david culver.

>> i'm eun yang. we start with a weather alert once again. this is the calm before the storm. the sun is out and it's dry outside. you can expect things to look different at this time wtomorrow. thter storm headed our way, expected to start as snow. ur favorite. >> oh, yeah. lauryn ricketts is tracking the system and begins our coverage. lauryn, give us the latest on the forecast >> the latest, eun, said the same as overnight. that's good news. this stormsi pretty cent as we make our forecast and kind of tweak them a little bit across the area. here's the storm system right now. just start to go evolve andmo ng out of the deep south eventually it's going to head through the mississippi valley and up to the ohio valley towards the great lakes. spreading precipitation into our region. now, nothing happening right now in our area. that's the way it's going to be for your tuesday. no early school dismissa. no problems later on tonight for after-school activities. if you need to go t the grocery store at 9:00, 10:00, you can go

ahead out there. we're goingry to be all through your tuesday. it's chilly though. the mperatures only in theow 40s for highs today and then we head into tomorrow. we've got wintertorm warnings, winter weather advisories. we'll talk abouts what t means for your neighborhood. we'll break it dn hour by hour in the forecast. that's coming up in 20 minutes or so. >> a lot of anticipation for the forecast. we'll check inyou then. all across the region, crews gearing up to treat the roads onead of that snowfall. >> our coveragenues with megan mcgrath. she's t down u street corridor with more. hi, megan. >> we're down here at 15th and u. all is well here. the traffic is moving. and no problems. but that's going to change in a matter of hours. in d.c., they did pre treating overnight. they're going toring in their road crews later on tonight and similar activity happening all

around the gion. theoad crews will not only be dealing with snow but a wintry mix that ultimately turn to rain. >> at the v dot facility off the van dorn street, they're mixing soup the brine tion, making sure the tanks are full and ready to go. >> major roads in fairfax and loudoun counties were pre-treated overnight. you can see the white lines on the pavement. vdot crews will lay brine duriny the in prince williams county. if you're going to have a wintry mix, itas best to with the snow. that's what will happen with this storm. that way crews can pre-treat. when it switches over to sleet add then to rain, officials will adjust their final attack. >> when it turns to rain, that's when we have to make a judgment call to say where are we? are we covered on the ice where we need to? the roads are looking good, we'll pull back and stop putting chemical out there. it's just going to wash away.

we'll make sure any haven't been touched, we'll try to get to those. >> reporter: so the conditions are going to be changing. so the road strategy is going to have to change.wa as , people are asked to stay home during the thick of the storm sohat the crews can t out there panned get their job done if they get stuck in traffic, not a lot they can do. back to you guys. >> meg mcgrath reporting live along u street and northwest. this is a good time to download the nbc washington app. our storm team 4 meteorologists will be updating with the latest forecasts and folks staying home. maybe a realitychorls and seeing cancellations and delays. that, too, will come through the app. >> we're also following a developing story this midday. one person is dead a thr others are hurt after a crash on indian head highwayn prince george's county. it's known as one of the m dangerous roads in our area. justin finch has more on the crash and the effort to make indian head highway safer.te

>> rep that death last night on route 210 counts as thh tenth d on a prince george's county road so far this year. dian head highway known for being heavily traveled and dangerous as well. now word of yet another life claimed on this stretchf road. chopper 4 was up over the scene here last night. close to 11:00 p.m. at berry road and route 210. a three-vehicle crash that, again, left one man dead and three adults all taken to hoeiitals for treatment of injuries. of course, some staggering statistics with the one death last night. now counting among more than 60 people who haveied on route 210 over the past decade. we had five deaths here on indian head highway just last ar, including three children who were siblings killed just days after christmas. more than 350 wrecks here on route 210 last year and some 6400 traffic stops made here as

well. we can tell that you in the wak of all of this, prince george's county police have been working to make this road safer. they've had more dui checkpoints. so farhi year. they've issued thousands of traffic citations hoping to make their presence seen ando felt hereake the roadway safer. however, they also say, too,rs that dri must step up as well. and drive slower and also pay closer attention to save their lives as well as others on this roadway as well. we're here in ako keep, justin finch. a sixie person from a crash earlier this month. it also killed five children. family members deced toake cornell simon off of life support yesterday. he was riding in the passenger seat of the suv on february 2nd when it veered off route 301 and hit several trees. in five children, ranging ages from 5 to 15 were all thrown from that suv.

simon's mother is heartbrokenil that she never see her son again. >> he's my first child. he's 23 years old. he had head on his shoulders. so i mean, what's supposed going through your mind? my child gone. f over the weekend, the funeral was held the five children who died. the mother of two of the victims was the dver and the only person who survived that crash. > new this morning, former acting fbi director andrew s mccas he ordered a counteriveelligence igation into president trump. at the time, he says he felt there was enough information to suspect that the president might be a threat to national security. the "today" show's savannah guthrie asked him about the explosive claims in the book. >> why should anyone believe you when you were fir from the fbi for lying? >> two reasons. before the president startbl ly attacking me, i enjoyed a 21-year career i the fbi at every level an agent can serve

within the i. and with absolutely not a single blemish on that career. second reason, i believe very jrongly i was fired because of the steps we't discussed. i was fired because i opened a case against the president of the united states. >> mccabe wrote new book called the threat. it is out in stores now. ccabe says the president has been publicly taunting him and his family. the presidentweeted about mccabe's interview on 60 minutes.id .president wow, so many lice by disgraced acting fbi director andrew mccabe. he was fired for lying and now his story getsven more deranged. now to decision 2020. vermont independent senator, bernie sanders confirming that he is seeking the 2020 emocratic presidential nomination. sander, who is 77 has called for medicare for all, a $ minimum wage and tuition-free public colleges. here's a look at sanders' campaign video published just a few hours ago. >> we were told that all of

these concepts were ideas that never . acce well, three years have come and gone. as a result of millions oam icans standing up and fighting back, all of these policies and more are now supported by a majority of americans. together, you and i and our 2016 campaign began the political revolution. >> this will be sanders' second run for president. early polling shows sanders far ahead of the rest of the pack and trailing only former vice president joe biden in the developing 20 voters headed to the polls for a special election in northern virginia. >> all eyes are on this race to see whether democrats will be hurt by the recent scandal involving the top three elected leaders. three candidates are vying for the house dfegate seat in virginia's 86th district which runs from herndon to chantilly.

they didn't - believe the recent scandals could turn virginia voters awa from democrats. sammir a says it's a chance for a restart. >> people are really upset. theyeel things have gonna mock. >> putti in place leadership that has a lot of new ideas how forward. >> sam ira battled controversy of his own. the same right wg website that exposed the racist photo on ralph northam's page spotted anti-israel statements he made as a college student. he apologized. the special election is being held to replace jennifer boys coe. she was elected to fill jennifer wex ton's seat aer she was elected to congress. let's go to west virginia where teachers are on strike y. to it comes nearly a year to the day of the first strike which caused a nationwide ripefe

ct. here's a look at last year's strike in west virginia. they wanted more pay andetter health care. this time, they're upset about legislation that would cree the state's first charter public schools. now, the teachers believe the ll would basically erode traditional pubc education. advocates say it would give scrents more options. he's beed a creative -- called a creative genius karl lagerfeld has died. a look at his career. you might have seen this incredible video. watch closely. >> ooh! >> a hockey puck just missing an nbc announcer. nbc announcer. you'll hear how he's

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produce collections that were calledty feminine and fl his fashion shows were like performance art. giant bottles of perfume, iceberg. one fall, the entire show was in the french riviera. he would eventually be hired to design for chanel as well as a label bearing his own name. >> and that -- there's much more hope in future. >> critics and customers were attracted to his designs. sometimes wild and elaborate and otherc times chid d. sophisticate dan scheneman, nbc news. the faa has been investigating southwest airlines for failing to properly track the weight of bags checked on to the planes. the "wall street journal" said the probe found mistakes with calcthations. mistakes ranged from a few dozen pounds to more than a thousand pound above what t paperwork indicated. the issue here is that coul have caused discrepancies when

pilots computed takeoff weights. the faa hasn't said whether they're fining them for imposing other punishment. a man was found st several times inside his car near big ben liquors. a witnesses sayround 2:00 p.m., two men in black ran up and started shooti. it is unclear whether the victim was the intended target. he was rushed to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the head. his area is no stranger to violence. last month a 22-year-old man was shot and killed across the street. the nearly 30-year-old story of ravel edmond is back in the news. prosecutors asked for a reduction in his life sentence. >> one partf the story never been told until now. the story you'll only see here 4 on news jackie bensen spoke to a now retired d.c. cop o, after his third day at the police academy, went undercover with one of the biggest and most dangerous drug gangs in u.s. history.

>> you would have told me back then we would still be talking about this now, i would have told you, you got to be kidding or. >> >> reporter:safety, we're not showing the face of thean who was known as jimmy. >> i was in there for three days and got asked, did i want to d undercover work. >> he was 26 when he began living undercover as a cocaine dealer. unarmed and using only his wits, he worked closeo e top of the cocaine wholesale operation that is estimated to have netted edmo a million dollars a day in the mid to late 1980s. 30 murders were tied to the operation. >> reporter: you knew it was an organization that enforced discipline withurder. >> yes. >> he remembers shipments of cocaine delivered by the trucklitd. >> a guyng on the back with an uzi. then the thompson's face to face with edmond.

the basketball loving kingpin who ordered $50,000 to some hoyas players tbe on his playground team to leave them alone. >> he respected that. he was a big basketball fan. the 1989 bust of the drug organization resulted in charges against two dozen people. the sandstorm that covered the p nation's col in misery and bloodshed who slowly, slowly start to recede.ji y says his only regret is that many who worked so hard to bring d.c.'s drug kingpin to justice were never fullyor recognized their work. >> group 32 fm the task force. always had my back on the street and always watch me. i'd do it again. long as you can live in a city like this now, i'd do it again. >> jackie bensen reporting there. tell me tt's notoing to be a netflix series. a plea deal from edmond's conviction led him to becoming an informant. this has the u.s.at rney's office recommending a reduced sentence. shattering the glass ceiling

is the first day on the job. she's theity of fairfax first female police chief. prior to this appointment,bl s spend 30 years with the fairfax county police department. congratulations. if you've driven around the region in the past couple of weeks, you no doubt a hit bumpy stretch of road or two. potholes continuing to pop mup >> wite winter weather on the way, things may get each worse before they g smoother. adam tuss has been tracking the trouble. when you want to find outow h many potholes there are oute th -- >> some of the streets it's awful. really awful. >> you talk to someone who drives the roads every day. thee's been a cab driver in district for years. does he think the potholes have gotten worse? >> yes. struggling with them all the time. struggling withthem? >> you have to avoid them. when you avoid them, basically

.ou almost create an accident. >> it's not just d we've seen craters high in chopper 4 over the washiton parkway. hubcaps line the side of some >> dangerous to weave in and out of them. definitely a little dangerous. >> all the precipitation thissn year helping either. it's saturated the ground, frozen and expanding to cate huge craters. >> that also affects our ability to fill them. if it's raining or snowing, we can't fill them. soon as the roads are dry, we're repairing them. >> judging by what we' seeing now, we're going to be filling potholes well into the spring and summer. in the district, adam tuss, news 4. now to new details about a tense situation in utah. >> hiker ryan os mundt is thankful to be alive after spending nearly 11 hours trapped in quicksand. he was walking on the tra saturday at zion national park with a friend when his leg was stuck in thed. quicks his leg was buried up to his

knee and he wasn't able to get out. his friend had to leave him a hike for three hours until she could get cell pne service a call 911. >> you know, i was stuck. n i knew one was around. i just knew that i can rely on her. i knew that she would make it back to cell service. but as time went on, just got more and more scared. >> he was suffering from exposure a hypothermia when they were able to get to him. >> a sto t he'll haveo tell. sometimes a frontt row sea isn't the best one in the house. talk about a close call. look at that.. right the just within an inch of his face. a hockey puck narrowly misses announcer, pierre mcguire's face. this happened in columbus, ohio at a game tween the lightning end the blue jackets. >> talk about that >> the puck went flying inside

the glass, just missing mcguire's headsh before it c into the camera much the announcerar said it's all of what goes on down here. that was live. >> hazards of the job. >> right. 11:22 is your time. after the break, lauryn ricketts checking out the possible snow itals and telling us why won't be around for too long. breathe easier. >> there you go. this is how a trip to seaworld ended. ended. visitoat redfin, we chargeas. you a 1% listing fee. and because redfin.com is america's #1 brokerage site our agents get more eyes on your home so you sell for thousands more than the one next door. don't get stuck in the past. sell with a redfin agent.

doing okay after a nightmare ride in sdiego. rescue crews had to rescue 16 people, including childrenho were trapped on this gondola ride. they were above the water on the baysky ride. they were up there for like five hours. you can see dark veo of the rescue here. fire officials say a big gust of wind tripped a circuit breaker.

that caused the ride to stop working. aworld plans to thoroughly e before it's opened back up. the biggest and brightestf supermoone year is happening today. take a look at this. news 4 cpper 4 caught this view this morning at 6:30. supermoon is when a full moon appears as close as it will get to the earth during its monthly orbit. may be able t see it tonight but only a four-hour window between 6:00 and 10:00. that's a good time to go outside. >> go to dinner and go outside and look. look east ay? this is the second of a trio of supermoons. the first one happened in january. i think we remember that, too. the final one appears next month. i guess we're so busy. >> it' been crazy. at 8:00, i'm like, we got plenty of time. 8:15, i've been busy until now. toobusy. we're trying to figure out this forecast. 's not happy about this one. >> ready for spring, lauryn.

>> adam tuss w saying, he' ready for spring. i think -- i know doug is not ready for spring. he wants winter. >> there are a couple of meteorologists who like to be walloped. >> bring on the sunshine and 70s. let's talk about bringing on snow into the area as we head into tomorrow. listen, today, fine. even if you want to be out and about late tonight. midnight, good. but come home right after i don't know who kbs out at midnight on tuesday. not me anymore. he's raising his hand. >> i'm back by 10:00. >> everything moves in by daybreak getting under way through the deep south. area of low pressure going to continue to move through the ohio and tennessee valleys through the great lakes. that will spread precip into our area. dry right now with enjoy it. we're not going to have much of that the remainder workweek and the weekend. chilly and quiet throughout the

day. we're dry with temperatures in the low 40s. what t expect. this snow will move in here through tomorrow morning. it's goingimo stick diately. i think we're going to have a couple inches on the ground before ithanges over to a mix. numerous schools, likely closed tomorrow all across the area. midday, as this changes over to -- fr snow to a mix, ice could be major problem morrow. so, again, some of these start at 10:00 p.m. tonight. some at 1:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. really depending on winter storm warning in pink. our h friends downe extreme southern maryland through stafford and spotsylvaina county,r weather advisory. you'll likely see that changeover first. let me t roll youough the futurecast. dry tonight. here we go tomorrow morni. 5:30. that's when we start to see the front edge of this snow line ove into the district from the southwes pushing to the north and east. by 8:00, 9:00 everybody is seeing snow. it's going to come down at ate

modeate tomorrow morning. we'll have a couple of inches on the ground before it chang over lunchtime. now we start to see the mix.y the o problem with the map is i think some areas along the shenandoah h valley couldd on to snow a while longer. again, this gives you an idea of what's going to happen a move forward. now it's all it turns into a slushy mess by tomorrow night. rain showers continue into thursday. thursday, we're back in the 50s. a lot of this will melt anywnd. will be light tomorrow. not worried about really breezy conditions. we're going to sho you another timeline of what to expect in your neighborhood and show you the inn-day forecast c up in about 15 minutes. all right. we'll see you then, lauryn. one of the women accusing virginia's lieutenant governor of rape wants to testify in public. >>ou're goingo hear what she had to say in a "washington post" op-ed. plus -- >> president trump threatens16 veto as tates take himo t

maryland and virginia joining 14 other states suing the trump administration over the president's national emergen declaration. the president will redirect federal money to build a wall ualong the./mexico border. news 4's tracie potts reports. >> this morning aut his declaration. >> california is leading 15 other states challenging president trump'ser national ncy at the southern border. the state's attorney general calls itncstitutional theater. a misuse of presidential power and accuses theresident of robbing taxpayer funds. >> for a guy who declares a national emergency on friday and on saturday less than 24 hours later he's in florida at his resort, i'm not sure how well it plays that this is a national emergency.

>> to the wall we say no. >> the lawsuit comes amid protests around the country, including one right at the president's front door. >> is there an emergency? >> no. >> this wall is a sham. this fake emergency is a sham. >> it is abu dangerous of authority. >> allows the president to pull $3.6 billion from military construction funds to build the wall. >> our military construction dget is already behind schedule compared to where we need to be. >> some of the generals think that ts is more importan >> the white house suggests the president will veto a resolution fromess opposing his emergency. if so, it would be the president's first veto ever. but it doesn't look like there are enough republicans opposing him to override it. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. virginia attorney general mark herring responded to the lawsuit against the trump administration on twitter. he says the declaration goes against the constitution and the values ameuica was on.

it is the first time he's commented publicly since admitting to wearing lackface decades ago. there's a call for the virginia lieutenant governor, justin fairfax to publicly testify follow two allegations of sexual assault. meredith watson saysairfaxhe raped when they were students at duke university in 2000. in a "washington post" article, my privacy has been violated yet i am still willing to testify under oath. dr. vanessa tyson also offered to testify. watson writes in the op-ed article, our plea to the virginia general assembly to require the same of fairfax has been met with inaction. fairfax has denied both allegations against him. medical marijuana is legal in states, including maryland and the district. yet, there is no scientific proof that it works for a wide hange of symptoms. >> don't tell tt to the folks who rely on the drug to treat

their chronic pain. doreen genleras more. >> this local beauty queen is turning her pain into a platform marijuana.medical >> it can help with almost anything, cancer, seizures, headhes, nausea. >> santana wasroed miss maryland world in 2015. behind her beautiful smileinhe was suff with chronic aches, anxiety and fatigue. >> i have osteoporosis, commonly seen in postmenopausal women. seizure i have a pituitarby tuteu tear >> -- pituitary. tum >> she turned to medicinal oils. >> i felt i had to try it. all the pills weren't working. i i heard great things. did research. >> as business grows here and nationwide, the science has been scloe slow to catch up. >> the medical directo at the

gw center for integrative medicine. >> nonetheles i think potential is big and it's there are. >> comingp tonight on news 4, the growing debate over the healing power of p even as more states legalize marijuana for medical use, it's still illegal under federal law. where do we go from here? a closer look at the laws here and across thend countryhe road ahead tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. weather alert mode. keeping a closeye on the winter storm expected to cause travel troubles throughout the area clear tclutter. you may have heard about this method. eping what sparks joy. coming up, we're heading io a maryntla

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bogged down. >> that's where kay came in. the consultant helps clien find organization that lasts. >> going to be chaos, a big mess before everything finds its home and you create system that you can maintain. >> it's something you can do too. first kay says y need to visualize the change you want. >> i really, really would like to go back to when i was the person that had toe h organization. >> worse than this? >> yes. >>ime to get to work of the starting with clothes. never thought i'd be going through t my coats. ns out, that's a category kim knows well. >> don't go my babies. > once you see how much you own. >> i am -- >> hold each item. ly keep thehings that spark joy. >> no joy.

>> no joy. >> thank you. you were cute when i did wear yothough. go. to >> within minutes kimmy had bags of clothes ready to leave her eo home for s else's. her own closet only includes items that spark joy in her life. >> n wore it. love you. thankyou. be good to somebody else. >> all right. now look at the result. this iskimmy's closet after o te bianization thing. >> looks good. >> a >> encourages you to recycle the items. dote or givehem away and allow someone else to spark joy from the items. >> noting a particular shirt, but someone else might love it. this isn't just for home. we're bringing the method to the office. we asked kay to help us clean the messest desk in the newsroom. looking at you jim handly. sport. a good has desk was a mess. >> i was wondering the haz-mat team was doing here.

>> we don't know what that is. i think there areinrganisms grin there. >> i found ketchups in my drawer. i feel like when amelia has to find a brush. you have to go through the s tchup. >> it in the container. >> that's weird. i'm glad to see there are desks like that. >> let's tk about the snow. >> what everybody wants to talkn ab about. listen, today will be dry. or orries about today tonight. but as we get into tomorrow morning before the commute, the snow is going to start to spread into the area. temperatures in the 30s. you can see the bottom of the screen, everybody in the 30s.rt chilly s this morning. topping out in the low 40s for highs today. we're becoming cloudy into tonight. that snoway morning, is spreading in here. after about 3:00 amsouth and west of d.c. moving north and east. by dawn, by 8:00,9:00, everybody will have snow. it is going to stick immediately.

we'rve going to uick accumulations, up to 3 inches before it starts to change and just about lunchtime, it starts to chae to a mix of sleet and freezing rain and rain. snow will continue north and west. you guys will hold on to the cold a the longest. of course, you'll tack on the totals more. i'll show you the totals map in a minute. freezing rain and icing along i-81. mostly rain changing over. it's going to be pretty bad travel throughout the day tomorrow. low visibilities and tomorrow evening,ti slushy cons and sandwiched in between, we've got icy conditions. go.ere we look at wednesday. now. our know totals. 4 to 7 north and west of d.c. along the greater washington ar , 2 to 4. through fredericksburg. 1 to 3 in southern maryland. th warm air is working in from the south and east up to the north and west. i think if you are just northarp here t the mason-dixon line, hagerstown, west virgia,

ou may get 6, 7, maybe even more because you're going to be slower to have the cold air before the wm air moves in. here's a look at the timeline right now. by 5:30, it'sov start to go into maryland. into the d.c. beltway. it continues up to baltimore. again, by 8:00, 9:00, we're seeing it. lunchtime. that's when it makes a switch. you already notice in southern maryland. it's already over 1 to inches. snow accumulation, ice on top of that, then it will start to melt once we get this rain in here. temperatures tomorrow nightstre going t in the mid to upper 30s. then they start to come up to near 40 degrees into your thursday morning. so we'll have a few showers around on thursday morning as we. for the first part of the day turning into a slushy mess. i'm going to show you t weekend. you won't believe the temperatures for the weekend. might feel like summertime to me people here. we'll show that you in a little bit. >> lauryn will check in with you then. what are you watching?

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welcome back. you don't have to wait until spring to enjoy dining outdooa. local award winning restaurant is introducing a space po all diners to sample dishes in a koezi cozy setting. >> thank for havingme. >> if we get past the snowstorm we keep talking about, there is a chance for people to go and eat outside. tell us about this fire garden. >> april couple of weeks of transition ather. everyone is excited to get out. we're outfit wd fire pits and heaters. blankets, warm fondues. everything to get you out there as soon as possible. >> lauryn ricketts was talking about the weekend warmup. everyone will head t.

what do you put in yours? oc>> we use ingredients and do things different with them. instead of the heavy classic fondue, have something different. we've roasted down some bacon here with a due i can't that we make in house. the key to making the fondue simple, without running into e trouble,ve our seven sisters cheese which is amazing by itself. >> what kind of cheeseit is >> it's like a sharp okcheddar. >>. >> we mix it with a little bit of cornstarch. a simple secret to making it t coether without it becoming an oily mess. then we take oyste liquid. we deglaze that. >> not the oysters? >> just the liquid itself. >> vermouth. we're building on flavor after flavor and creating something new. >> is spicy at all? >> it adds a sense of heat with depth of flavor is what comes from this.

shallot and garlic. all these arrow matics will be sweated out and cooked together til it reduces down. a little vinegar. you can find it the farmers market on sunday. >> these are all local things you use. >> we try to highlight the farmers, the purveyors, all the artisans in the area. there's so many of them. once that comes down, little bit of cream. ourornstarch and cheese. >> how do you get it to be creamy? by slowly simmering this for another ten minute or so. once everything is reduced. and then it will come together and look aike that. >> you keep cooking it down? >> yeah. the cornstarch thickens it up and helps it emulsify and everything comestogether. like a smooth, cheesy fondue. >> for home chefs, how do you make sur it's not clumpy or oily? >> this is the fastest and easiest. any cheese, any combination of

flavors works for this. the same with the chocolate fondue that we do. keep it simple. cook it slow. it comest. out gr >> does it have to be cheddar cheese or -- >> the sky is the limit. whatever you're into. >> we have veggieshend bread. is anything you like in your fondue? >> pears,ey h crisp apples. >> in the cheese too, the fruit? >> that makes sense. >> it's good with everything. >> what else if you go to the fire garden can youtry? >> we have a lot of signature items we're presenting there. bone marrow, popular. we have melted rick let, the chocolate fondue with dessert cinnamonth pretzel we make. it's rotating constantly. always keeping it fresh. >> youdn i sho have been eating a carrot. it's loud in the microphone. how long would you keep the fire garden open would you think? in spring, do you get rid of it? >> we come up withel something . we have a couple of months left of the cold. we're trying to get people out there as soon as tpossible.

cheese fondue is yummy. chef adam howard. f than joining us. david, you can try fondue. >> i'll be there in a second. >> smells so good here's sweet video that's gone viral. a 4-year-old boy in a wheelchair here jumping up and down on a trampoline. this is in fargo, north dakota. it's been viewed more than 5 million times. he was born with spina bifida. can't use his legs. that didn't stop him fromng enjo the trampoline with the inhelp of his t there. he was able to jump up and down like everyone else. pretty cool. hard work does pay off. a virginia dance group showing off theirental

zooifrnlts frank holland the cnbc headquarters. amazon plans to shake up its movie business as it takes on netflix. it tells the hollywood reporter, amazon is saming to release 3 a year. that would be a break from amazon's habit of releaving in theaters first. amazon recently went on adi sp spree snapping up several films at sundance. with your cnbc morni business report, i'm frank holland. first responders oftenef to their co-workers as family. this weekend the anne arundel fire department sho family shows up for one of its own. ah congratulations.

>> ye >> here's what's going on. a paramedic and his wife had been trying to adopt a baby. sunday was supposed to be tir home vis with the agency. but the department had other plans. the adoption agency along with dozenssf firefighter and paramedics surprised the fehertys with their n son there. that was not all. they also brought them an ambulance filled with diapers and gifts for the new parents. >> what ane incrediow of support. that is family. that is your extended family. >> really neat. before nbc's the world of dance returns for a third season ony,week from to we're catching up way local team. >> they're trying to i mpress te judges. we caught up with the west springfield high school dance team at practice. >> between the fancy footwork and the fierce faces, the west springfield high schoo dance team is making all the right moves. you would never guess this just looking at them.

>> that little bit looked good. >> before joining the team, many of the girls had never danced a day in their lives. >> this is like the tricky part. >> the coaches, jas king and tara perez. >> gu full out. >> it's a whoop, whoop.>> we're very proud of them. they took on the challenge. we told them what it would be like. pretty ained them from much the ground up. >> late nights, early mornings. >> i'm always dancing. >> i dedicate my life to the team. i don't hang out with my friends because i'm always at practice. we're practicing our routines. >> let's try it one more time. >> safe to say all that practice paid off.ea the says they first tried out for the world of dance show in new york, then flew to angeles for the big taping. they can't giveaway any spoilers about what happened. but they can talk about the lessons they've learned. >> nothing in life is going to come easy. when you want to get achieve a certain go, you have to put everything, every efforto you have i it. >> through all the countless hours of hard work, girls say what's kept themoing through

e journey. >> five, six. >> knowing they can count on each other. >> it'ay a a good destress to have people going through the same thing. >> we're like a family. no one is left out. everyone is included. it's a great time. >> in springfield, amy shoimee news 4. it's like a full-time job on top of school. pretty cool. let's get a check of your forecast lauryn ricketts tracking some of that snow. what are you thinking? >> i am thinking the areas nor and west of d.c. holding on to the cold air the longest. this is going to move in by daybreak tomorrow. all tuesday, even tonight going to be fine. bwednesday morning, cou a mess. a snowy mess will stick as soon as it starts falling. 4 to 7 inches to the north before ice starts to come. around the d.c. area, going btok rds the shenandoah valley. 2 to 4 inches. for our friends in southern maryland and northern oneck, 1 3. you'll see that switch over to rain beforenybody elsedoes. so mainly we're concerned with

ice. not only north andest o d.c. but also west -- from montgomery and coming through areas right along i-95 corridor. just to the west with ice and rain. mainly just snow and rain down to the south and east. degrees. 34 tomorrow. temperatures actually stay steady into the overnight and rise. so a slushy mess tomorrow night. slushy and melting on aythur and then lock at sunday. temperatures in the mid-60s. rain chancesll weekend. all right. i'm liking that 65 degrees there. >> that's right. >> that does it for "news 4 dday." we appreciate you being with us. doug and amelia on the air at 4:00 this afternoon continuing to track that forecast. >> you canet the g l

three, two, one.n five, four, >> today world music. guess who is back home in america? it's meghan markle. she's here for her surprise baby shower in new york city. we spotted some pictures of her out and about having tea with her friends. >> nobody is more excited thano evans, the daily mail.com has two photos of meghan. see her there in the newsoy cap. a sideways side of her. 15 guests including priyanka is going to there, her suits co-star abgayle spencer. >> it is believed ghan's