meeting with the north korean leader kim jong-un. it will take place this morning. the two lead lers talk about the country's nucleeapons program. at the same time right here in washington, president trump's former attory michael cohen will testify against him. he's allegedly planning on telling the congress the president ordered him to commit a crime. this morning we're covering both events for you. we want to begin with melissa mollet with a check on the roads in your first 4 traffic but s let'srt with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. what can we expect for weather, chuck? > nice and quiet weather. we are keeping a very close eye on some snow chance one coming up on friday morning, just two days from now and another one coming up next monday morning as a significant change in the weather pattern is going to make march start off a lot colder than february will right now this morning, temperatures are in the 20s and 30s. most of the shenandoah valley down to the mid 20s this morning. the nearby suburbs, 28 in dulles

and 28 in clinton, maryland. dry weather. temperatures will climb into the upper 40s with a mix of and sunshine. more cloudy in the morning, few fmore peeks sunshine in the afternoon. today's high, only one degree cooler tha erage, 49 degrees today. we'll talk more about the snow chances and potential for amounts of snow, which melissa don't look as good today as they dadid yest >> all right. we'll keep an eye on it. thank you, chuck. rockville, northboundeorgia avenue belprin roadblo lanes. we have conflicts information about whais exactly shut down and what you can use to turn to get around it. inner loop, outer loop of th beltway, no problems. two different water main breaks in d.c. and wisconsin and pa tomic lanes

anocked there. right le blocked and eastbound two left lanes getting by the zone. eun? >> melissa, thank you. we begin with a breaking news story in silver spring. right now georgia avenue is shut down at bel pre road because of this fierycrash. you can see from the traffic cam rarks the car was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters rived last night. it happened around 10:45. four people wereurt and taken to the hospital. no word on what caused the crash. this could have a big impact on the mning commute and melissa will have updates throughout the morning. this morning, aaby girl is back home with her parents after a terrifying ordeal. >> carjackers left her on a street i corner d.c. and took off. yesterday afternoon the baby's mother left her in the car while she ran inside a gas station right on the d.c./maryland line. seconds later, two people jumped in the car and took off with the baby inside. the carjackers left her mile away on a street corner in

her car seat. two women working at a nearby funeral home saw the car take off and heard the baby crying. >> everything. >> yeah. >> flew down the steps. i probably missed five or six steps. >> her eyes were cled. 're like, what's going on. when she got in the funeral home, she was like, okay, she was warming up. >> our cameras were there when one of the women carried the little girl to a waiting ambulance to be reunited with her mother. the carjacking suspects are still on the loose this morninea we'reing new details about the body found in bethesda monday night. they have released pictures of the items theictim was wearing in hopes someone can help identify the person. the perso had on this necklace and a rosary and police say the victims hispanic male in his 20s or 30s with severalos tat also in those photos. his body was found wrapped in a bag on oldrg gown road

monday night. today may wind up being one for the history books. president trump's former describednd self fixer michael cohen will testify publicly before congress. he's expected to pull no ftnches. a dra of his opening remarks has been leaked to several news niganizations, and this m nbc news is still working to authenticate them. accoing to the document, cohen is expected to call president trump a racist, a con man and a ke cheat. goes on to say he ordered aem criminal s to campaign laws in regards to a hush money payment made to porn star stormy daniels. he will show evidence in the form of a signed check from presidenttrump. he alleges the $35,000 payment was part of the reimbursement he s.ceived for paying dani cohen's testimony will begin at 10:00 a.m. nbc will c lry ite in a special report and broadcast its entirety. bars across the city are opening

up early so you can watch. right now on the nbc whington app we have where to go. the u.s. house gave the president a stinging rebuke. the measure would block the president from shifting billions of dollars from other federal agencies to cover the cost of building a wall on the u.s./mexico border. democrats say the president is abusing his powers by an emergency. 13 republicansan broke r and voted with the democrats. the republican-controlled senate is expected t take up this bill in the coming days. if the bill makes it to the president's desk, the president is expected to veto it. now to the president's nuclear summit with north korean leader kim jong-un in vietnam. it's the second time the two are holding a high stakes meeting. they're expected to sit down for a one-on-one meeting around 6:30 this morning in hanoi.rl r president trump met with vietnam's prime minister and ngoke about how well the u.s. economy is doi and how much trade the two countries hav done since his last visit there.

meanwhile, experts warn that kim can't be trusted when it comes to ending his nuclear weapons program. >> let's recognize that kimho giving up nuclear weapons immediately is about the same chance as the mexicans paying for the wall. n >> theth korean leader promised to work on denuclearization at their first summit, however, the president's own intelligence officials warn that k has not given up his nuclear ambitions. fw, stay with news 4 throughout the morning the latest developments as they happen. fdemer vice pre joe biden may be inching closer to making a bid for the 2020 presidential election biden says his family has given their blsing to a presidentialn. >> just had a family meeting with all the grand kids, too. and there's a consensus that i should -- they, most important peoplen my life want me to run. >> biden says he wantso make sure he can fund the campaign on his own terms without the

support of a super pac. >>t's now 4:07. the reward for the so-called h beltway bandi doubled to $10,000 overnight. the thief has robbed 20 banks ross virginia, maryland and the district the last year. take a look at these newly released surveillance pictures. the most recent case hapthned this mn arlington. he always passes a note demanding cash, wears a disguise and leaves the bank on foot. in some cases he's pulled out a handgun. ll police 23 you recognize him. police also need your helpn tracking dhe driver who hit and killed a man yesterday morning. this was the scene along leesburg pike on the ramp to the beltway. 72-year-old shandra was killed while he was walking home from work. he just finished the overnight shift at a nearby gas station. s weke with another worker at that gas station about his former co-worke >> he is very nice. he,ou know,ery gentleman.

very gentleman. you know, my heart is broken. >> police have very little infondation about the make model of the car involved in this crash. they're asking anyone who may have seen the acc to give them a call. three people are dead after tworains in new york collided with a car. witnesses say last night the driver oedthe car t to beat the crossing gates that were lowered with flashingts li the car collided with an eastbound train and then into a train coming from the oppite direction. all three people inside the car were killed. seven train passengers, the train conductor and engineer were taken to the hospital. one person is dead after flood waters caused a 111-year-old bridge to collapse in greece. you can see the relentless rushing water here and then the bridge just gave out. >> wow. >> this happened during a live newsroadcast and you can hear people screaming in the background there. other buildings andro bridges f the island were also damaged by flood waters.

> 28 years after desert storm veterans of the war are finally getting their own memorial on the national mall. a site dedicationem cy was held yesterday at what will soon be the national desert storm and desert shield war memorial. the final location is just steps in the shadow of the linco ial memorial. it's expected to open on veterans day on 2021. one of the richest men in the world may soo be held in contempt of court. federal regulators aresking to punish tesla ceo elon musk for what they call a, quote, inaccurate tweet. musk violated a settlement agreement when he recently posted how many cars the company will make this year. in a court filing regulators say sk did not get preapproval to publish that tweet, which was part of the settlement. 4:09ight now. a question any of us who have chosen -- to u pick a prescription from the pharmacy before, whyourselves

are prescription drugs so expensive. this week congressal lawmakers asked that directly to big pharma executives. seven ceos were grilled all acknowledged their companies could play some low in lowering prices, but they added the system is complex and they place some of the blame on insurance companies. lawmakerdisagreed. >> i think you and others in the industry are stone walling on the key issue, which is actually lowering list prices and reducing those list prices are the easiest way for american consumers to pay less at the pharmacy counter. so, jt how bad is the problem? well, according to the consulting firm rx savings solutions in just the firstwo months of 2019, the prices on more than 650 products have increased an average of 6%. some of them went up as much as. 9. digital devices may not only be bad for your eyes but for your skin as well.

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suicides. 169 nations were rairnged lifestyle, life expectancy. oprounding out the five are iceland, japan and switzerland. i think we need to be doing better, the united states. 35thms s low considering how much money we have. 4:12 now. still aahead d.c. mode of transportation celebrates a milestone. and we all know college is expensive and no one likes paying back those student loans. colleges heard the complaints. the new alternative some schools are offering to help finance your degree. chuck? >> and good morning, everybody. chilly and dry weather coming your wayor hump day today. little chance for some rain drops after the sun goes down tomorrow. that could lead to a little chance for wet snow on friday morning. more about that little chance more about that little chance

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getting more and moresi exp and the amount of stude debt continues to rise. >> but there maye an alternative to student loans. purdue university is one school offering something called an income sharing agreement. that is when the student finances their education by offering part of their future salary post graduation. if the graduate doesn't work, th don't pay. if they do really work well, the total payments are capped. so is still too soon to tell whether this is the way everyone will pay for college in the future. the programs are unregulated far and still leave graduates with an obligation similar to student loans. >> or leaves the universities, you know, wh nothing if you don't get a decent job. >> if you don't work. you're banking on the fact that we'll provide you with a high class education that you'll find a job. h otherwis else are you going to live? >> okay. we'll see if it works. give it a few years. from its tocky startee years ago, the d.c. streetcar has now bece something people

in northeast d.c. relay on to get around. >> adam tuss has a look at where d.c.'s streetcar is headed next. >> reporter: a birthday party filled withll baoons, cake, plenty of smiles, but this wasn'tra a celebtion for a person. thisas a celebrationor the d.c. streetcar. >> yum, yum, yum, yum. >> d.c. mayor muriel bowser praising the system on its third birthday. >> today we can look back on that da three years later, and see what a success the d.c. streetcar has been. >> reporter: but, while there are plenty of streetcar jokes to go daround, i shoul know, i was pretty involved inne where i beat the streetcar on foot. >> i walked here faster. >>reporter: talk to a lot of people riding the streetcar. >> three years, happy birthday. >> reporter: and they say it's working for them. they actually want to expand. remember, it is still free for now, but on this, its third birthday, streetcar keeps on

rolling. in northeast, adam tuss, news 4. >> a species of tortuous once for more be extinct than 100 years is actually alive. >> this makes me so happy. >> take a look at this girl. scientists found the female tortuous on sunday on the galapagos islands. there could be more of her species on the islands. she is more than 100 years old. crews moved her to a giant tortuous breeding center. scientists they the species died more than 100 years ago after a volcano erupted. the berlin zoo is showing off its new polar bear cub with this new video. come on. what a cutie. >> he will eat you for lunch. >> the 12 week old girl, lrk at rolling around with her momma. this is really cute. and this cub is extra special because the mom's last two cubs died within months of the birth and that's very sad. zookeepers caution mortality rate for young polar b rs is

quithigh, 50%. that's pretty sad. she doesn't look real. she looks like little stuffed animal we could take with us. >> here we go with that again. >> don't you want to hug her? t>> no. look at mouth. she's practicing. >> she is so adorable. thank you, producers. all right, chuck. what are wen for today? i know yesterday turne out to be pretty decent. >> not a bad day at all. >> not a bad day at all. >> yesterday we ended up at 53. northern maryland never got above the mid 40s and fredericks burg got to near 60. big range yesterday dependingiv where you or traveled. today will be much the same, although i don't think we'll ve that much of a spread in afternoon temperatures today. most everyone today will be closer packed up together mostly in the upper 40s to near 50. right now, it is a chilly33 here in washington. northeast winds averaging 8pe milehour. that northeasterly breeze is going to be a little bit of equalizing factor for today.

temperatures are below freezing for most of the suburbs this moowing. 27 n in front royal, 24 in warrington. 28 in gaithersburg.ne plfor today, temperatures in the upper 20s and low 30s for the next couple hours. i sun up just before 7:00. ftilly day but more than enough brightness in thenoon to bring afternoon highs into the mid and upper 40s. i sun down at 5:59 today. sun is down at 6:00 tomorrow. te days j keep on getting longer. tomorrow, we'll start off with a little bit more sunshine than today but end up with a lot more clouds. there will be a little chance for rain drops after the sun goes down tomorrowe here is futeather to help you sort of get a picture of it in your mind. thsday 5:00 dry. thursday 11:00 a night into midnight friday morning, maybe a chance for a rain drop or wet snow flake, but it looks a little less impressive today than it's looked o few days.t chance for little wet snow around here early friday before we dry out friday afternoon.

and then justhe in time for weekend, oh, yeah, more rain for saturday. that will continue through at least the morning hours. sunday may start dry and end with anoeer lithance for rain changing to snow into chance orning, but that also for snow lovers looks like less, not more. dag gone it. i hate it when that happens. it is march, melissa mollet, what can we expect? >> what are you going to , right? northbound georgia avenue at bel pre road, northbound lanes still sh down because of the earlier crash. we have a reporter on the way out there to show us what's going on. so that investigation is blocking those lanes. you can get around it by taking connecticut toind of get over to t lsure world area. 270 southbound 70 to the spur, 67 miles per hour right now, so that's going to takeou 27 minutes. northbound, no issues there on 270. inner loop, outer loop of the beltway looking fine. northbound 95 before fairfax

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us. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm ee yang. we h busy day of news ahead, and we'll make sure you're prepared with everything you need to know. that starts with a check of your commute and forecast. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell ita here to things off and then we'll check in with melissa. chuck, what can we expect today? >> pretty good weather for february temperatures right around average. no rain to worry about, no snow to worry about. sounds like a win to me for wednesday. temperature now 25. 28 in montgomery llage. 30 degrees in leesburg. 23 in charlestown, west virginia. 36 in annapolis. your wakeup weather then, sun sun is up at 6:44. temperatures will climb out of the 20s and into low to mid 30s by 10:00. toery's high teure, 49 degrees, one degree colder than average. we can deal with that. tomorrow, little bit warmer, up to 50, but a little more of