latest scene. new bombshell from former fbi acting director andrew mccabe who says he told congress about a counter intelligent investigation into president trump. >> did anyone object? >> that's the important part here, no one objected. >> announcer: news4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. hours from now snow will be moving in time for the morning commute. while road crews prepare, schools are not waiting. >> check out the bottom of the screen, you see the scroll, prince george's county, arlington, loudon county, fairfaschools have announced they're closed tomorrow. we expect many more to follow. >> we have team coverage starting with doug and amelia in storm center 4. >> tomorrow morning we expect e snow to come in. this snow is going to last about six hours and then it's going t

go to a period of ice and eventually rain. but the traffic during the times will be different throughout the day. >> if you have to head to work in the morning, you're dealing coming home we're going to be dealing with ice in spots rj right now, clear conditions on the radar currently. this is future weather at 11:00 tonight, the snow moving into roanoke but watch how fast it moves into our region, by 5:00 a.m. i 6:00 a.m. everyon seeing it. and we're seeing good snowfallt too especially right around 7:00, 8:00, 9:00. look at the icing here. around 1:00, that's when i expect to see the snow change te ice in d.c. metro area. you can see a lot of ice here, mostly sleet early on, and eezing rain later on. that's why a winter storm warning is in effect for everybody in the pink close to philadelphia down towards charlottesville, down to the south and east. and the purple w is ater

weather advisory you'll see snow to icrain. not nearly as big a factor here. we could see a quarter inch of ice in the northwest zones. these are the same areas hit hard by ice a week ago. i'll see you back here in a few minutes. >> we'll let you pat yourself on the backecause you did call this weeks ago. >> it's true. his winter weather outlook. with all the snow, ice and rain in the forecastorrow promises to be a mess on the roads. >> transportation reporter adam tuss has been out with crews all day long. he's a keeping eye on how the roads are being treated in advance of the snowstorm. adam? >> reporter: i'd say today was probably about as perfect a day as you can get to pretreat the roads they have been out on roads like theeltway putting solutions down. they have a flatout message for everyone, stay home tomorrow.

here we go again. everywhere you go, the approaching winter weather top of mind. >> it lookst, gr but i don't like driving in . >> it's like a never ending storm this year. >> reporter: in virginia, the message is to stay off the roads. >> the tricky part is going to be when it d comesing a commute. we've got wednesday a.m. and p.m. rush that we're concerned with. reporter: all across the region the prreatment has been well under way. now it's time to brace for an early morning >> the good news is the temperatures on the pavement as well as the air tem will be right around freezing. that salt is effective at that >> reporter: the road crews you don't wait while the storm is going, you have your plows ready to go. you line them up, if you need it, you pick one up and go back on theroad. drivers in long lines to fill up the gas tank. this one extra crowded today and shoppers loading up as well.

as far as school is concerned, a lot of districts alreadyalling tomorrow off. >> we love the snow. we wish the kids would go to school a little more, i have four so we wish they would go to school more. >> reporter: so for now we get ready for another blast of winter weather. and so important to remember that you can track the snowplows now through the major websites, d.c., vdot, maryland state highway, youan do that, so be aware they will be out there. back to you. adam tuss thank you we know you'll be on top of things tomorrow for us too. stay up to date on the storm tonight and all day tomorrow by downloading the nbc washington it has updated forecast written by r storm team 4 livear and video with the maps and information you need. leon? meantime we're following breaking news in the district where it's been a violent day for young people. three people wounded in a

drive-by shooting in the forth dupont area. and another shooting along stanton road northeast. that's where we find pat collins with the latest. pat? >> reporter: leon, it's incredible, one shooting at 1:00 p.m., another shooting at 4:00 p.m. i was over covering threeou men shot inside a car on 37th place nr the fort dupont ice rink when all of a sudden we learned of another shooting, another victim, another teenager, walking over here down stanton road. the victim here, a 17-year-old teenager. shot in the street around 4:00 p.m.oday. and say he was conscious breathing when they took him from the scene. police still looking for evidence, still tt ing to find motive.

now it was just a fewut m ago we were at another shooting treet near the fort dupont ice rink. the victims there, three young people sitting in a car. ages 21, 19, and 15. shot and wounded in a drive by. i counted 14 shell casings and nine bullet holes in that car. robert irving is the uncle two of the victims. he talks about the impact of k thd of violence. >> it hurts. i mean, not even tly fa it hurts the neighborod, you know because -- i mean, it's senseless, you know. it's reallysenseless. it really is. and like i said,peou know, le don't bother nobody. understand why you gonna ce around do something stupid like that, you know? >> reporter: now one of the

victims in the car is said to be fighting for his life. the other young people shot and wounded today are expected to be okay. po are working both of these cases. doreen, back to you. >> pat collins reporting. thank you, pat. fired fbiepy director andrew mccabe told nbc news today that congressional leaders did not object to the counterintelligence investigation into president trump. mccabe says he informed the gang of eight after he opened that investigation. the gang of eight refers to the congressional leaders briefed by the executive branch on critical, classified intelligence matters. the group consists of the top leaders of the house and senate from both pares as well as the chairs and ranking members of both intelligence committees. >> did you tell congress? >> i tongress what we had done. >> did anyone object? >> that's the important part here, no one objected. not on legal ounds, constitutional grounds and not

based on the facts. >> reporter: the lack of congressional push back would be a strong contrast to ati m before the presidential tlection. president obama sfficials to brief a select group of lawmakers to update on russia's inte erence in ourelection. he was seeking for a show of support o bipartisan solidarity before voters went to the polls. "the washington post" says that mitch mcconnell and one other republican refused that question. vermont senator, bernie sanders is joining the race for the 2020 democratic nomination with a lk back at where it all began. >> together you and i and our eg 2016 campaign the political onretilu. positions attracted a lot of support wduring his battleh hillary clinton in 2016. his calls for free college, medicare for all and a $15

minimum wage pushed the democratic party ao the left now form a foundation of the party's left wing. today sanders called president trump, a racist, a sexist, a fraud, a patndlogical liar a danger to the country. new questions about a suspeccced of raping two disabled women he was supposed to be g.help both women gave birth to daughters. borough chief julie carey has been digging through court documents to see how this suspect was able to strike twice. >> reporter: 60-year-old bernard betts king is held behind bars accused of raping two clients at the mvle center.y neiled court documents reveal signs of trouble first 2017.ed in october of that's when the family of the first alleged victim discovered she was five months pregnant and notified police. then in february o 2018, the disabled woman, who is of korean

dissent gave birth to a biracial baby detectives i don't know when asked who sexually assaulted her. in november of swa re learned high impact event with the rain but the ice is the biggest factor tomorrow afternoon. >> we'll see the ice thege l along the mason-dixon line. really the areas in red we have the greatest conrn from impacts from icing, the sleet changing over to freezing rain, maybe sleet and freezing rain fares of southern and central montgomery county, fairfax county, parts o c howardnty and parts of the district. southern maryland this is a changeover mainly from snow to rain for you. for the counties in red ihink you could see some delays out there thursday morningecause of the ice.

some freezing rain starting to mix in with sleet during the early andft midnoon hours tomorrow as far as ice goes for those counties in red, loudon, parts of northern, fauqui northern virginia you could see a glaze to a quarter inch of e. and ice that accumulates that much can lead to pow outages and treacherous travel. freezingain is possible around the maryland/pennsylvania border unl:00 or 10:00 at night. so you could be dealing with slick spots not just tomorrow night but early thursday morning. road conditions tomorrow, everyone is dealing with snow in the afternoon. on thursday morning still some slush out there. sledding tomorrow for the kids, geef them oute noon, before we start to see that changeover, we have the snow stickle che, that's going to be revealed tomorrow morning so you

want to hustle out theres well. grilled cheese, tomato soup sounds like a perfect day. if we get 2.7 inches i get youh grillede and tomato soup. 3.1 i get grilled cheese and tomatosoup. >> i love when we made that bet she's like we're buying it from the cafeteria, no way i'm making it for you. i'm thinking 2.7, amelia is thinking 2.1 in d.c. at the airport and downtown that's what we'rein ng. thursday as i mentioned, a different season, 56 and sunshine in the afternoon looking nice. 52 on friday. 60% chance of rain on aytur.rd >> over here! >> bringit! >> 70 on sunday before another winter storm, le not talk about that. t's talk about this i got to go. grilled cheese is calling me. still ahead at 6:00, a new witness coming forward in the jussie smollett case giving

hicago police something new to ask about when they interview the "empire" star. striking teachers are celebrating in west virginia, the

there is hope that west virginia's plic schoolteachers will be back in their classros tomorrow hours after they walked off their job this morning, lawmakers voted down the bill teerhers w protesting. among other things that bill would have created the state's firsrter schools. the bills sporters say teachers are keeping west virginia from embracing the future of

education. the specia of hope stopped in d.c. today. the flame was lit in chicago, the birthplace of the special olympics. it arrived at the embassy of the united a of emirates in northwest. and next it travels to abbow dab bee. >> winter storms forcing schools to announc closing tomorrow. coming up why the areas tt sawce last week should be the ones to brace for it again tomorrow. aless beeian couple said they were discrimated against at their son's school after a mother's day event allowed only one mother to attend. coming up, new legislation that's being introduced in that's being introduced in maryland

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watchingcer: you're news4 at 6:00. our team coverage of this approaching winter storm coinues at 6:30, cory smith is in frederick, maryland to talk about the combination of snow and ice tomorrow. butoe want start with storm team 4 and the forecast and a lot of moving parts. >> a lot of moving parts for sure. starts with snow early, go to sleet, freezing rain in many area and then just plain rath. is a classic cold air damming situation. now what does that mean? let me show you. first off, temperature wise out there right now we're in the 30h to the n 35, philadelphia, 40 in d.c. look at this, 20s up a little

farther to the north in state colleg i high pressur dominant right now and that area of high iressure is going to continue to sink cold in across our region, by 6:00 a.m., mostly everyone will be in the upper 20s to 30 degrees. it keeps their cold in as the warmer air comes in. that's why we deal with the a slee freezing rain, and eventually the warm air wins out and this goes all over to rain. this is a typical type of event we get in our area with the snow, ice and rain. i'm going to show you the latest snowfall totals map so you can share it with your friends. snow is one thing but ice can causeerious problems tomorrow. last week in damascus we saw trees, power lines and signs coasted in ice. that's a situation that could play out in those same places en tomorrow, pally leading to power outages corymith is live

in downtown frederick with more on th. reporter: it's kind of ap a row that the lights are in the trees re. it feels like christmas but nobody will be smiling rrto. maybe the kids if school gets cancelled, when mother nature dumps a lot of snow and potentially some ice. these salted sidewalks are a pre-emptive strikgainst mother nature who's expected to dump a half foot of snow and ice on the region but for chicago native timothy airs it'say another >> i'll look outside and see what my attire is for the day. but she's taking it more seriously. is is a reminder to get her errands done today. >> i guess stay home. that's how i'm going to prepare. >> reporte our mindso travel conditio, how icy my roads are

going to be. rebut if a homeowner, there's another danger, just look up. you see these raised seams?e those seams arere the tissue is delimb nated under the weight of the orbranch. >> rr: dan's annual checkup at this home couldn't have come at a better time. >> when you have an ice or snow event that weight can mag few fie and create a situation where the strength of the wood can't support the weight and it breaks. >> reporter: that's what happened last week in damascus. yates' advice, be proactive. >>e get calls from people who put it off too long. so it's really, like you said, staying ahead of it. >> reporter: we've already had a slew of school closings across our area, but we are still waiting for frederick county public schools to let us know if classes are going to be cancelled or delayed. we'll letw you k when we find out.

>> probably just a matter of time. thanks cory. the snow tomorrow means one more thing, time for another pat collins snow stick challenge. tune inomorrow morning to find out what the challenge is, and tweet us your entries by tweeting at pats snow stick. parents say they felt singled outy their son's private christian school because of their sexual assaultity.'r now ththe face of a bill that would allow them to sue for sexual discrimination. l >> reportee any good parents tianna and her ex-wife want to make sure their 7-year-old son gets a good educatn. that's why they chose national christian academy, which is a private school in fort washington. tianna says she and her family ave enjoyed their experience but last year that changed when

they received this invitatio for a mother's day tea. >> it specified only one mother or one mother figure allowed per child. since we have two moms in our family that was cause forer co for us. >> reporter: she said they asked the school if there was an a oversight if they would both be allowed to attend. but she said the principal refused. >> we don't agree with your lifesty lifestyle. >> reporter: i spoke with the principal today who told me, quote, we didn't discriminate against them. itas close off to everyone like aunts and grandmothers that wanted to attend because wedi 't have the budget at the time, but we made a way in the end for everyone toattend. >> i couldn't believe after we had beenpo sgrtup ainnd for thr that we would still be treated that way. >> reporter: so they're now the face of a bill that the ac is backing at the state house that would allow private schools to be sued for alleged

discriminatiti discrimi. opponents say people should choose schools that align with their values. >> what i would say those who say, why would you pick a christian school? well, because we're christians, we believe in jesus, we believe in the love of christ and it shoulde extended to all. us>edom>> w a virginia lieutenant gernor justin fairfax of sexual assault is renewing her call to be heard in a publicar heg. meredith watson said fairfax raped her whenhey were students at duke university in 2000. a second woman said he sexually assaulted her in 2004. fairfax denies both allegations. watson wants the general assembly to hold a hearing so the accusers and fairfax can testify under oath. today the democratas caucus re a statement saying, quote, the lawvenforcement igation should proceed unencumbered and outside the political arena. new details about the man accused of stairing a in

d.c.'s comet ping-pongpy a it was a bizarre day as 22-year-old ryan rimas answered torson charges. his mother was seen sitting near a curious george stuffed animal during the proceedings. federal invesgators say he attempted to set curtains on fire two times last mont prosecutors say the initial attempt failed but a second one was successful. pa officials arrested him two weeks later after he jumped a fence athe washington nument. prosecutors say the jacket he was wearing in this photo is the same one we wore in the arson attempt and that's what helped track him down. weed week continues. >> tonight we talk to a beautyn quushing the benefits of medical marijuan chicago police still waiting to interview jsie smollett,us

newevelopments in the case of the "empire" actor who claims he was the victim of a hate crime last month. >> chicago police tell nbc news they are investigating a tip that smollett was with the two men on the night of the alleged attack in an elevator at his apartment building w two brothere arrested and released over the weekend after they told detectis they were hired to stage the attack. police want to question smollett again but so far he has not agreed. >> they have to reinterview him. if he doesn't submit to ng by the police, then there's going to be ed abomate questions a the voracity of his accusations. coming up a local beauty queenti pro medical marijuana. >> i felt like i had to try it. all these pills weren't working. he scientific research is limited. up next we look at the g

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our top story tonight,erhe witorm and the school closings. we'll see the closings scrolling at the bottom of the screen. f lote major districts have already closed down. doug and amelia will be here to brean the forecast in about 4 minutes.. dore now to our weed week series on news4. the growing debate over the healing power of pot.ar medicaluana is legal now in 33 states, that includes maryland and the district. yet there's still no scientific proof that it works for a

variety of symptoms and illnesses. but don'tth tell that t people who rely on the drug to treat their chronicth pain. includes a former miss maryland world winner who's now sharing her story. >> it really is the miracle drug. >> this local beauty queen is turning her pain into a platform to promote medic marijuan >> it can help with almost anything, cancer, seizures,ad hes, nausea. >> she was crowned miss maryland world in 2015.hi her beautiful smile, though, she was suffering with hronic aches, anxiety, and fatigue. >> i havos tee owe pe row sis. a seizure disorder, i have a pituitary tumor. >> at one point she was taking 10 pills a day and getting little relief. so sheurd to medicinal oils. >> i felt like i had to try it all these pills weren't working.

i heard great things did a lot of research. >> he's a believer, too. >> it worksll very >> he's a board certified anesthesiologist who left his job in traditional medicine to openreen health docks with six clinics across maryland. >> i felt like i was part of the problem with prescribing opiates to patients and it wasn't helping. >> 71 dispensaries are open ino maryland and five in d.c. with more coming soon. maryland is not leg in virginia, but dispensaries selling cbd oils are set to open laterea this as business grows here and nationwide, the science has been slow to catch up. dr. michael kogan is theic m director at the center for integrative medicine. >> there's a lot of unanswered estions hopefully with time

and research we'll be able to figure out. ut potential is big and it's there. >> last year the food and drug administration approved the firstrug derived from marijuana to treat two rare forms of epilepsy. >> there's a lot of medications used in had what's called o label, meaning they're approved forbu a certain indicatio we use them for other things because we've seen hebenefit. >> scientific studies may be limited right now but for syanne and others it's not hype, it's the first step towar healing. >> i've experienced firsthand what the benefits are. feel inclined to advocate for it and be a voice forho people are too scared to come forward and share theirex rience. she's been able to cut back from the pills she was taking and she's hoping to reduce it even more. there's an unexpected public health consequence, too.

m search has shown death f opioid overdoses dropped by 25% in states that legazed medical marijuana. that's important because so many opioid addictions begin with chronic pain. >> and we've come to admit in this country that is a national crisis. >> it certainly is, >>ah. nbc 4 and telemundo 44 are working for you with a job fare in the district. wmata andus d.c. police are a couple of the many eloyers who are going to be there. our molette green is going to be there live so come out meet ploir a employer molette. let's check in with doug and amelia. they're watching the storm coming in, it's going to be a

messy day tomorrow. >> absolutely. ne have one big mess of a day on your wednesday t things get bet e. it starts as snow early tomorroc then the icees in. it depends on where you live the impacts you have throughout the day. >> we see sleet mixing in throughout the midday hours and freezing rn the afternoon hours. north and west we could see icing issues. >> that's goingo be a big problem. the same areas that saw icing last week may see it again with this storm. >> here's the storm here, look at the moisture pumping intoe places l tennessee, the carolinas. beach mountain seeing some good snow. for us, nothing tonight, no problem. you have plenty of time to get to the store if you nee to. 5:00 a.m. snow area wide and enveloping the region by 8:00 p.m. right through 100, 11:00 seeing snow and then transitioning to sleet. it will be sleet first and then

freezing rain. remember sleet boureesing rain is rain that falls and freezes on contact. by tomorrow night most of this is on the rainy side across our region. the timing, wednesday morning, snowegins before dawn, accumulations up to 3 inches, this is inside the metro area. mix of sleet and freezing rain, snow north a west. once again, let's take you zone by zone to see where you really live. where you reall live, maybe amelia has a better chance. >> for us we'll be livin in upper northwest washington ay throughout theomorrow we'll be in studio. i'm starting you with the four zone forecast. 5:00 a.m. in the metro zone,in george's county, anne arundel, as well as the district. you'll see snow srortingd 5:00 a.m. between noon ande 3: p.m.e sleet mixing in as

well. maybe a brief period of freezing rain. by about 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. we're seeing plain rain out there as temperatures warm to above freezing for the most part. now taking you back to the western zone, this is frederick, loudon, fauquier counties culpepper counties, through orange. you'll see snow starting between 4:00 and 6:0a.m. by 11:00 a.m. we're seeing sleet mixing in. a we could see prolonged period of sleet and then freezing rain with freezg rain becoming a concern between 1m.0 and 2:00 by 5:00 it should be rain. taking you back to our mountain zone now, hagerstown, martinsburg, back through cumberland you'll see snow beginning betwe 1:00nd 5:00 a.m. in the afternoon hours dealing with sleet and rain.zing in the mountain zone you could

be dealing with freezing rain as late as 10:00 tomorrow night. notice this, it's heavy snow area wide throughout tomorrow morning. you down in southern maryland your snow starts at 5:00 a.m. by midday a chance for some sleet, not huge threat for freezing rain. by the afternoon in the southern zo it is all rain out there. south and east of washington this is where we're noto going see as big of an impact compared to locations north and west of tout. north and west could have delays thursday morning. even in the southern zones, starting as snow. that's why we eayect d or cancellations there too because it will be snow. 1 to 3 inches of sno in southern maryland that's by around 8:00, 9:00. 2 to 4 in the d.c. metro area. 4 to 7 inches farther back to the west. and four to five, four tck six that way. some of the higher elevations could get up to 4 to 7 inches.

56 on thursday. much nicer conditions. 52 on friday. 46 on saturday with rain likely. and then look at sunday. hello 70. we like to see that. some sunshine -- or rather clouds, morning rain on sunday, and getting out of here, sunshine in the afternoon. sunday is goingic to be a day. we have to get through one mess of a day tomorrow. >> all right. you're helping us get ready. thank you, doug. coming up, w failure is a coming up, w failure is a word the nationals are

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his is the xfinity sports desk. we have dave johnson with us in the studio tonight. >> i'm the lucky one. >> before we get to him let's get to sherree burruss. she's down in west palm beach, florida at nats spring training. >> she dropped the sunglasses i see. >> the sun went down so i had to. actually, i'm a little chilly,

but the team starting a new season today and the nationals nottanting a rep of last year. they're putting the disappointing year of not making the playoffs behind them. so a fresh start today as the players coming out of the clubhouse here in west palm beach. it's a fresh start, the first full squad workout for the team today. and they play their first training game this saturday. the skipper hoping to improve from last pyear's secondlace finish in the division and missing out on the playoffs. the disappointment is now motivation. >> not making the playoffs is a failure for us. it's a good place to be. we've come a long wayo where we're expected to make the playoffs everywhere, that's the kind of organization you want to be involved with. >> i think failure is one of the more positive words in the and we had a lot of nary last year.dictio i think everybody h thinks it's going to be a better

year. a push forward because of how we struggled and how we can get out of it and moveorward. >> reporter: the big breaking news today former oriole and dger manny machado signing a edly with san diego, repo agreeing to a 10 $300 million deal. the news wcomed in the nationals clubhouse, seeing a town not like new york or l.a. land such a star. >> you have smaller market teams being ae to play in the deep end of the freol agency po that's a good thing for the game. >> it's an entertainment business. if i'm a fan, i want to see the best players on the field. unfortunately over the last ouple years i think some of those guys haven't gotten jobs. we need to do a better job player wise and owner wise to get thoseuys on the field. >> good for him. i'm sure he'll have aea nice house. >> many beach houses. >> yeah. as many as he wants.

>> reporter: so making that great point there. now all the attention turni to bryce harper. where is he going to sign next? after talking to mikezo r and some of the players, they are preparing for life without so we are going to keep our eyes to seef maybe he'll showp here in the coming week or so. >> we heard you say you're chilly, you better get inside and warm up. >> much appreciated. >> get inside. you're making us jealous. sherree burruss in west from the beach to the lights of la, alex ovechkin, 42 goals this year, only 7 behind the season total from last year, which was the caps hoisting the stanley cup. his coach knows a big reason why he's playing so well this year. >> i think he really liked the celebration part, and he said i

want to do that again. he got a taste of it and he's worked and sacrificed and committed for so long. to start the year he came in amazing shape to srt the season. it was the lightest i've seen bm in the five years i'veeen here. that just shows his determination for trying to go aftef that goal winning another one. i want to swim in a fountain again. wild video, blue jacketn ing game. the puck send towards the benches, pierre mcguire, i think they called that buzzing the tower. pierre almost with what they would call in hockey, an upperu body i but he's okay. it does make you flinch. i sure does. >> i don't think they pay him enough for ethat. >> share

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