unimaginable scale. >> the massive stockpile of weapons fnd at his maryland home along with a lengthy hit list targeting well-knownan politi and journalists. things going from bad to worse for jussie smollett. theempire" star now officially a suspect in his assault case. charged tonight with setting up his own attack. cannibis oil for your k-9. it's a new trend to p helpets who may be anxious or in pain but is it safe? tracking tomorrow, some schools planning to start late because of tonight's weather alert and the potential for a commutes morning >> we have a team of reporters workingor you across our region tonight covering all of tonight's big breaking stories. we begin tonight with new reaction to ay, shocking st local coast guard lieutenant accused of plotting a major attack and compiling a hit list of high-profile democrats and media personalities. >> prosecutors accuse him of planning to kill innocent civilians, familiar names on

what they call a scale rarely seen in this country. take a look at the people on at list. house speaker nancy pelosi, some prdaidential cans and some well-knownis journ and tv personalities. >> news 4's jackie bensen is live in silver spring tonight with more onhis alarming arrest. jackie? >> reporter: well, doreen, court documents describe this man, a lieutenant in the u.s. coast guard, e as haviremist views. prosecutors allege coast guard lieutenant christopher paul hasson had a hit list of media personalities and liberal politicians. they submitted this photo of items seized from his basement apartment to show that he also had a lot of guns. court documents claim hasson is a self-identified white nationalist who called for focused violence and dreamed of ways to kill almost every last person on earth. prosecutors submitted a box of vials of human growth hormone,

inspired by the far-right terrorist who murdered 77 people in norway in 2011. hasson is charged with illegal drug charges and weapons, butpr ecutors say that is the proverbial tip of the iceberg, adding the defendant is a domestic terasrist. hasson been assigned to u.s. coast guard headquarters in d.c1 since but previously served in the u.s. marine corps and army national guard. s internet searches included most liberal senators, where do most snators live d.c. and are supreme court justices protected? now, in a somewhat unusual way, this was not reported by a press rease initially, but by a story done by george washington university's project on extremism. hasson has art appearance tomorrow. live in silver spring, jackie bensen, news 4. >> thank you, jackie. no the story that has impacted so many of you today, the weather alert, and it is not done with us yet,s. fo

>> it continues tonight across the country. americans are going nowhere fast. ith million people dealing this major winter storm. heavy snow, sleet and torrential rain wreaking havoc on commutes in every single state east of the mississippi. in some states it's breaking records. airlines racking up thousands of cancellations and delays. at reagan national airport alone, some 200 flights wereda cancelled >> and tonight we've learned there have been more than 800 crasher in virginia o the past 24 hours. and while the storm has shifted, we are not out oyethe woods just slush is turning to ice overnight, meaning kses on tconn the roads are not getting any better. >> it's going to freeze over. that's what i'm concerned of. >> we're concerned about the refreeze. e trying to push as much snow off of the road.to we don't want ecessarily melt a lot. when you melt a lot, it's going to freeze. >> crews are working overnight to prep the ros but some area

schools don't want to take any chances -- >> storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer is in the storm center tonight tracking those conditns. >> doug what should we expect when we came up tomorrow? >> inn montgomery that list, too. all due to the fact we're going to see some ice as m wee our way through the overnight hours tonight and probably early morning especially in areas that still have snow on the roadways. a lot of the major roads are okay but it is those secondary roads. look, we still have some freezing rain falling north of d.c., south a east of i-95. right here, east of i-95, we've got rain. west of i-95, we've got freezing rain. same thing down to the south, freezing rain well bthk t west but rain around fredericksburg, once again seeing that rain continuing to move on through the region here but not whole lot behind it. we're almost done. but notefore we've picked to

up to 0.2 inches of ice. in bethesda two hours ago, plenty of ice on area trees. h coule some power outages back to the north and west as well. now take a look at the temperatures. it's on dependent on the temperatures. 35, d.c. there.lems annapolis, 37. look at everybody else. still at or below freezing. that will be the case early tomorrow mornin too, for some areas. please watch out early tomorrow morning. we'll have mucore on this throughout the day and i'll talk about those temperatures comin up in jus minute. shomari stone outside right now. shomari, even in arlington where temperatures are above freezing still a lot of slush on those roads. >> reporter: that's right, doug. main roads are relatively clear, but ice in some spots. secondary roads like this right here, north 9th street here in arlington covered in slush, as yee can this is exactly what you've been talking about doug. now, it's important p tont out that people who live in this community tell me that they are concerned is will freeze ernight.

as cold rain falls over northern virginia, you can hear the sound of cars driving on wet roadways in leesburg. ali nazarafs concerned about it freezing overonght. >> i d like that. >> reporter: he made a right turn on to this road, but that's already icy in some spots. >> i mean, i wouldn't drive on these kinds of roads. crewsorter: vdot tells us will continue to plow and treat the 16,000 roads in northern virginia overnight. some are slick, even thou crews already plowed. because of th mix precipitation and temperatures are close to freezing. >> when the snow fallry we t to clean up as soon as we can. >> reporter: this guy plows a parking lot in arlington. he says ice could freeze under the snow. >> because we don't want to have like the freeze later on and we

tried to do it quickest. >> reporter: beverly sayshe ice and snow is perfect while she walks chica. >> it's kin of calm and, like, the snow makes it like a little bit, like, ainter wonderland. >> reporter: and for those who don't like it -- >> it's just the weather. you can't really prevent anything about it. >> reporter: that's right. but we can prepare. make gure youe yourself plenty of time tomorrow for your morning commute. live in arlington, i'm shomari stone, news ok4. >>, shomari. thank you. i'm corey smith in montgomery county where tonight the trn biggest conces are the rain and the roads. some of it is slushy, some of it is slick. either way your morning commute will likely be impacted. thanks to late night hard labor, he should have no problem walking out of his door on thursday. >> glad you got it done before the freezing rainrt s? >> yeah. >> reporter: with the rain and temperatures falling overnight, driver m intgomery county

will likely have to contend with icy roads thursday. as for the mning walk to the bus stop, it will be a little crunchy as the rain-packed snow hardens. he will be to greet the kids, though. it's his job after all. he's a susooldriver. >> it's difficult because we have so much r ponsibility for the kids on the bus. >> youroa mainl obviously is to keep the kids safe. >> safe, exactly. >> reporter: montgomery count crews will continue to work throughout the night. school is on a dtwo-hourayed start. be sure to watch news 4 today for all you need to know on your road conditions. in montgomery county, cory smith, news 4. and more breaking news. >> that's right. actor jussie smollett, who claimed to be the victim of a hate crime, now charged with isourth-degree felony a being called a suspect in his own attack. they say he made the whole thing up. news 4's leon harris is at the live desk tonight with the new adevelopments. ot of people not surprised after this many weeks have

passed, leon. ut yeah, what a twist here, as ji gm, tonight, jussie smollett is officially just that, a suspect. he is n charged with filing a false police report and expected to be in cou afternoon to face those charges. the bombshell coming after smollett claimed to be the victim of a hate crime. he claimed two men attack him last month yelling racial and putting alurs and noose around his neck. police tell nbc news that officers havelyssued r a dozen search warrants looking at smollett's phone and bank t records link those two men to the attack. surveillance shows these two men who happen to be brothers buying red hats a ski masks. the brothers say smollettem pai o stage the whole thing. >> fraud by mail. lying to police. terrorist threats byl mail. of these things are up in the air. >> it's not just the chicago issue tonight. smollett's attorneys released a statement saying they intend to

conduct a thorough investigation and mount an aggressive defense. but tonight the fbi is als looking into smollett's claims that he received this death that you see here, but there was a drawing. he got this he says in the mail. if it turns outd that he l about that, he could also be facing federal charges. if convied on theelony disorderly conduct charges, smollett could be placed on probation for up to y threeears. we'll keep you posted. jim, back to you. >> all right. leon, thank you. for potential fireworks a week from today when wchael cohen spills the beans on his timeorking for the president. mr trump's former personal attorney will testify publicly before a house committee next week. he's expected to dish on the president's alleged payoffs, finances, business practices and more. cohen tweeted tonight that he's ready for the american people to hear his story. earlier today, judge delayed cohen's prison sentence for several crimes, including lying to congress. h> the special counsel could wrap up russia investigation

in the next week and president attorney his new general will decide how much, if any of it, will be made public. government officls tell nbc news that robert mueller'srt repo is nearly done, but federal rules say the report is ential. it does not have to be released to the public or even to congress. during his confirmation hearing, attorney general william barr suggested he could release a summary of mueller's report. only on news 4en this g, the d.c. elementary ihoolteacher hit in the face by a stray bulle sharing his story. he wants to show his city howen vi in the district impacts innocent victims. quinton nuevo was sitting h in car on north capitol street monday waiting to turn on to neu york ave here when he heard gunshots. a bull flew through his windshield, ricochetted off his hand and lodged in his cheek. he thought he was going to die. >> i was asking the police officer, could he get my phone, just in case i can make that one

last phone call to my mom. >> webo hopes to return to the classroom soon. first,urgeons have to remove the bullet from his cheek. police don't have any formation about the gunman. you'd do anything to ease the pain of someone you love. what about your pets? next at 11:00, growing research is suggestse marijuana may able to treat pain, anxiety in animals. 'll be working for you to decide if it's right for your pet. tracking r thed as road crews prepare for your morning commute out there. it is expected to be an fher icy one,olks.

before the freezing rain started this evening, kids took full advantage of all the fluffy snow. we saw some great snowball fights throughout the day, but one girl here in montgomery county showed our smari stone just how to make that perfect snow angel. taking him step bygh step throu the process. in just two minutes, doug will join us with the full forecast. doreen? cbd, tse three letters can be found in countless products from lattes and lot makeup and baked goods now. well, now some people are using cannibis oil to help their pets. ugey're hailing its health benefits even t the products are not approved or regulated by the food and drug administration.>>

come on. come on, cal. >> reporter: when people see nina's dog playing -- >> sit. >> reporter: -- they find to hard to believe she's 11rs yea old -- >> down. >> reporter: -- and fighting cancer. ns good girl. >> reporter: iad of choosin chemotherapy or radiation, nina decided to feed her dog aaily dose of cbd oil. >> i wouldn't give her anything else. she's eating. she's playing. she sleeps well. >> reporter: cbd comes t fromhe extract of a hemp or marijuana plant, the parts that don't make you high. there's no science to suggest it will cure your pets' ailments, but it may improve their quality of life. it can be use for everything from arthritis and seizures for dogs and cats to simply helping ease theirne es. dogs calm their pets so who have noise aversion or a little anxiety, it seems to help fwith. a lot people are using it for pain management. >> reporter:d is legal in 47

states including maryland, virginia and thend district soelt at specialty pet stores, whole food, stor natural food stores and online. but buyer beware, it's an unregulated industry with littlr ght into what's actually going inside the product. sot's up to companies to police themselves. that's not stopping some from buying in. >> now that i know about it, she has to have it. >> down. >> and that's all i can do is give her the best life i can while she's here. >> there are a lotduf ps on the market for pets, but, remember, the health benefits and the side effects are still unclear and t studies so far pretty limited. if you're thinking of trying cbd old for yo oil for your pet, it's important to talk about your veterinarian, but you have to bring it up because vets are discouraged from starting the conversation. but they can, however, answer the questions you have. >> one side effect, that wagging tail there. >> wouldn't you want to do anything you could to help your

pet? >> exactly. >> of course you would. t so hard to watch them suffer. they can'tl you what's wrong with them either. >> right. >> so were all going to sleep tonight wondering what's -- what are we goi to wakep to. >> yeah, it's kind of interesting. most of us, especially d.c. metro area south and east, not going to see a problem. temperatures risn most areas, but if you live up to the northwest, a, we saw more snow, st, b, the colder side. storm team 4 radll tracking areas of rain. most of this is on the light side. annapolis across the chesapeake bay, a littleie he and fredericksburg a little heavier. this is where we are seeing soms arf freezing rain still down around the culpeper are frederick county, maryland. this is an area that is prone to ice. and a that just a week half ago, as a matter of fact. but that's really about it. we're not seeing much more. now, we've already seen a coating out there on many of the trees.

a lot of trees are weighed down right now. we could see downed branches ernight tonight and into the day tomorrow. heads up for that. we saw a lot of problems with that last week. as the storm system moves out, there is much warmer air back to the west. we're in the 50s here but it just can't cross over the mountains. we stay on the cler end of things. a dismal look at the airport night. over 200 flights cancelled too. 35 degrees. winds out of the north at 6le an hour. as long as we have that northerly flow, we're going to stay on the cooler sose a our region. otice 32 gaithersburg, manassas, down towards leesburg, 32 degrees. 33 in culpeper. look at huntingtown, also towards cam springs, both at 32 degrees. we have some ice somehow issues out there and that's why i really think tomorrow morning the impact is still gng to be back to our west. if you live south and east of d.c., really low impact of ice. we have seen a coating already in the areas in yelw.

to 1/4 inch in the red areas. maybe a little high towards 2/10 is what we're seeing so far. either way, this is the area you may have problems tomorrow morning. this is the area most schlols ared or delayed. widespread ice around those areas, especially the secondary roads. the main roads, no problem. most of thosen have b just fine all day, but especially north and west, t we'll continue to see the issues tomorrow. how about these temperatures tomorrow? 40s to.he nor we will see some sun as well as some clouds. but 50s to the south, 54, d.c. 56 frederitysburg. prig temperature range, 46 to 56. still much nicer than it has been acrossur region today. take a look at the next couple ofreays. 52 d and a chance of shower on friday but mostdr of 70% chance of rain. it's a cold rain, chilly rain, 46. we actually warm to 68.

colder air tries to move in but 68 during the day on sunday. the rest of sunday pretty good. 52 monday. 50 on tuesday. next week, a couple of chances, a small chance wednesday for a chance of rain and snow and possible bigger storm as we make of the into the middle next week. february and march, much lower temperatures during that timeframe. we're not done just yet. more? >> just wait. >> just one at a time. >> exactly right. >> tell us about the next one when eget throu this one. >> this one's almost over. >> thank you, doug. coming up, thels nationa itching to play their first game, plus a crazy play for college basketball's best player that could change everything in march. hey, guys. hoda kotb is my guest tonight. plus we have david diggs. and free styling with the roots.

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these guys living the good life there. >> i'm just trying to get you in the mood here. we've been freezing all day. let's talk baseball. pass the peanuts and cracker jacks. life in the fast lane. pitc crs andchers just reported on monday. manny machado signed with the padres. bryce harper, bad example. he still doesn't have a team. there is a momentum building in baseball, genuine anticipation because of all the fun of fundamenls, the week will end with real games where sherree burress is in well pm beach. reporter: the nationals will be putting all this practice to use saturday in their first game of spring training. away. three days but for some of the players it's not soon enough. >> it seems like it gets faster and faster each year. the games are sooner and sooner, but, you know, we're excited. we're puttingor the in and we'll be excited to see it pay off. >> first part of spring training is for the pitchers to get re iy. after whaaw the first two days, they're ready to compete and the boys areey excited. 're down here. the weather's great.

they're itching to go. >> baby steps. it's not a sprint. we're not sprinting out of spring training. just gradually get better and work into it so by the time we get intohe season we'll be ready. reporter: they host the houston astros who won't be traveling far because they practice just over here in the same facility. in west palm beach, sherree burress, news 4 sports. >> i d that fast.herree was all right. >> working hard down there. >> to college hoops. georgetown hosting 17th ranked villanova. why not take a three? mcclung had the touch going early. later in the half, go to that mcclung guy again. 21 points for17 mack. of those in the first half. second half, through the legs and knocks i down. he had 21 points. georgetown upsets 17th ranked villanova 85-73. all right. pay attention. president barack obama in the

building. all eyes on zion williamson, the nation's most exciting playe just seconds into this game, zion goes to plant on his left foot, his shoe falls apart. awkward slide, his foot bursts through his shoe, hurting his right knee. did not return to the game. huge injury that might change the collegeasketball landscape. depending how serious the injury. north carolina upset duke 88-72. as we watch him limp off, we're not doctors but we're hoping it's not an acl situation. it's an mcl, it's better. >> right. >> at this point the severity. >> that was tough to watch. >> it was tough to watch. >> it's tough to watch, you know, after he got out of it. tough to watch the rest of that game. >>y tough. >> don't you want to know what kind of shoe it was? >> well, it was a nike -- it was >> it was a big shoe. >> a big shoe that didn't hold up well. not a good promo for nike. hey, listen, i didn't stay at a certain chain last night.

despite buying the storm team 4 souvenir pencil on ebay, i'm not a weatherman. we just saw sherree burress sleeveless in floeda. whe are child, the nationals are just chilling. i'm not a fan of cold weather. i'm not a fan of snow so i'm definitely happy i'm not up there right now. >> i kind of like being down the here. i feel bad for the people back home, but i'm glad i'm in sunny florida. >> tryin to drive on 395 seems like a disaster to me. it's already bad enough. adding snow to that mix can't be gofun. >> theto come back. >> come back and hopefully bring the weather back with them. >> exactly. to>> this team 4 pencil -- >> i would have sold one. you didn't have to buy it on ebay. >> i had to outbid several people. someone named a. draper tried to

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