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now comes with apple music on us. and $300 off our best phones. only on verizon. now at 11:00, a critical night in president trump's bid for history in hanoi. >> a lot of things are going to be solved, i hope. >> overwhelmed by the spectacle here in washington. >> michael cohen slamming his >> i am ashamed because i know
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what mr. trump is. he is a racist. he is a con man. and he is a cheat. >> sending shockwaves throu washington. >> we are so much better an this. plus, potential risk on our roads. news 4s g undercover. >> i'm actually susan hogan from nbc 4. >> to expose an illegal practice that could bng putti i your famidanger. and a potentially harmful viral challenge that has parents all over the country sounding the alarm. news 4 at 11:00 starts now. we begin tonight with some big changes in our forecast. good evening, everyone. i'm doreen gentzler. >> and i'm jim adlai. don'trite off winte just yet, folks, we have got more in store. take a look at stormeam 4's future weather outlook. it's showing snow that could lead to a day off for some students and teaers here on
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friday. >> chief meteorologist doug kammerer joins us now with a look at the ti tng and impact it could have for us. doug? >> the closer we get to this, the bigger the impact looks as we continue to gin more and more rmation in. byorhis time tw afternoon, we're going to be watching this. by tomorrow night, the snow will be moving all across our area. look what happens here by about 5:00 in the morning. everybody seein snow. i do think everybody will see it, even down to the south, yledericksburg, parts of southern md. it will be all snow from d.c. area to the north and west. what are we h expectinge? i do expect fully that we will see plenty of snow for the mortgage rus morning rush. delays and may even schoo cancellations. i've got the latest snow map coming up. not much of change from what i saw earlier, but it is a little different. we'll talk about that. january moving back in. what do i mean by that? how about 20s andor 30s high
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temperatures? much more on that, guys. see you back here in about ten minutes. >> thank you, doug. a developing story out of virginia's capitol, this time it's governor ralph northam's wife who is accused of being racial insensitive. "the washington post" reports that pam northam handed out cotton to two african-american studentsto during a hcal tour and asked them to imagine being slaves and having to pick cotton. pam north am released a staple saying in part that she use artifacts and aicultural crops tollustrate rginia's painful past. she says she regrets she upset anyone. her husband governor ralph northam refused to resign after admitting he wore blackface years ago and racist photos appeared in his medical school yearbook page. ho a deadlying in broad daylight just blocks from an
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elementary school. a fight escalating to guire today near harriet tubman elementary. 4's jackie bensen standing by live with new information about the gunman. jackie? wereporter: well, jim, fir want to show you where the shooting happened. this alleyas the giant supermarket on one side. condominiums on the other side. buts you said, the investigation area for this took up several blocks. d.c. police searched the bushes around a building for evidence, possibly a discarded gun, after a broad daylight shoing left a man described as being inis late teens or early 20s dead. investigators say there was an argument involving a group of young men around 3:00 p.m. one left and returned with a gun. he was wearing distinctive garment. >> the shooter in the case was wearing a hooded jacket with fur around the hood of the jacket. >> reporter: d.c. police statistics sw the columbia heights neighborhood where the
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murder took place has seen a significant reduction in crime after a disturbing series of shootings and manders in 2016 2017. at the end of this alley is the area where the giant keeps its dumpsters, sort of a loading dock aa for those. there are cameras there and police have been to a bunch of other businessen the area looking for video that may help them ident the suspect in this murder. live in northwest, jackie bensen, news 4. >> all right. jackie, thank you. now to two unprecedented moments ing history happen either side of the globe today. >> take a look at this extraordinary split reen. president trump spending today in vietnam withn north kor leader kim jong-un trying to make history by convincing him to givep his nuclear arsenal. >> at the same time, the president's former lawyer andr fi delivering an explosive nablic takedown of his ex-boss to congress and thon. >> my name is michael dean
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cohen. today i am here to tell the truth about mr. trum >> michael cohen is lying. >> mr. trump is a racist. he is a con man. and he is a cheat. >> the first announced witness for the 116th congress is a guy is going to prison in two months for lying to congress. >> lying for mr. trump was normalized and no one around him questioned it. he asked me to pay off on adult film star with wadm he an affair and to lie about it to his wife, which i did. >> michael cohen is a known liar. >> that was my job. to stay on message. always defend. >> high drama on the hill today. michael cohen making iter clear he is done defending the president. >> we have team coverage tonight on today's spectacle in washington seorting with harris in our newsroom with the four things you need to know about today' testimony. leon? >> doreen, it was quite a day, a
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whirlwind seven hours. the man who said he would have taken a bult for donald trump once now calls him a racist con man who had no intentionf leading this country and won't leave peacefully if he loses in 2020. one big takeaway is the potential legal jeopardy for the president. cohen says tt he knows of criminal conduct by mr. trump but he couldn't talk aboutt today because federal prosecutors in new york are investigating conversations that trump or his advisers had with cohen aftai an fbi in april of 2018. according to cohen, roger stone told trump wikileaks would dp embarrassing democratic national committee e-mails to damage llary clinton's campaign. those e-mails were dumped an hour after mr. trump's infamous "access hollywood" tape surfaced. cohen said the president lied abt the moscow trump tower project and urged cohen to lie abt it as well. that's because cohen says trump never expected to win the election, a he could have made hundreds of millions of dollars on that project inco m finally, cohen presented a check
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he says proves president t mp personally reimbursed him for hush money paid to adult film star stormy daniels. that would be a campaign finance violation. cohen shared the spotlight today with members ocongress, ecolluding several local democrats. news 4's scott macfarlane spent the day trailing them and he continues our coverage now. >> raise your right hand. >> reporter: as michael cohen raised h hand inside the hearing room, cameras, crews and spectators jammed the office building outside. even the overflow viewing room required a seat reservation. on this stage local democratsed defehe star witness against republican criticism that mr. cohen has already lied to congress. >> our colleagues are notpset because you lied to congress for the president, they're upset congress for the president. >> reporter: inside this massive caras and reporters is congressman gerry connolly from northern virginia. it is local members of congress getting a bright spotlight here
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today. we eventually ducked inside the scrum to ask this. >> does any of this feel a little bit like a spectacle? >> well, i think the republicans are trying tooo make it that way. >> reporter: and though she can't vote on the house floor, d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton has seniority on this committee and was among to question cohen, asking about his yments to the "national enquirer." >> my own constituents are very much concern that the presidente doesn't tell truth. >> reporter: west virginia republican congresswoman carol miller said today the hearing was a media circus. tmichael cohen back herorrow before the house intelligence committee, but that one is behind closed doors. no media allowed. on the hill, scott macfarlane, news ow rightn vietnam, president trump is meeting again with orth korean president k jong-un. it is the second day of nuclear talks between the two leaders. mr. trump said tonight there is no rush on an agreement with the north. the big headline so far is that
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the u.s. has dropped its demand that north kea disclose its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.en prestrump will speak to reporters about this overnight before flying back to washington. doreen? new at1:00, a disturbing case of misconduct at the hands of a localpi massage the. the man arrested after a woman says he touched her inappropriately. that man also licensed to give private massaging in people's homes. news 4's shomari stone has new concerns from police in montgomery county. >> reporter: good evening. people who pay for massages here at hand & stone massage and facial spaell me they're surprised by this arrest ntesident tonight we talked to montgomery c police and they tell us they are concerned that there may be more victims. this is the suspect, 36-yeaold joshua johnson. he's a massage therapist who worked at hand & stone massage and facial spa in gaithersrg, maryland. tonight he's charged with sexual assault. montgomery county police say he
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touched woman inappropriately during a massage inside here december. the woman filed a police report. detectives investigated andst ar him last friday. police say he also worked as a private massage therapist out of people's homes. ile they investigate, customers tell us they're glad officers made the arres >> well, i'm glad he was caught and i hope he's brought to justice, but i've not had any experien like that. all my experiences have been very good here. >> reporter: a manager told me johnson no longer woro here. we dros home and no one was there. in gaithersburg, shomari stone, news 4. >> next at 11:00, consumer reporter susan hogan going, undercov exposing odometer fraud. >> concerned for car buyers who are laying down thousands of dollars for these cars that may be worth half as much. >> theal practice that could be putting your family in danger. ps a warning for parents about the latest viral challenge that could have your kids totally freaked out.
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our consumer reporter hogan working for you tonight, protecting your money and your safety. >> reporter: there's something you need to see, something that happened so fast it can turn back time. with an inexpensive electronic device, odometer fraud is easier than ever. >> it's certainly a concern for car buyers who are laying down thousands of dollars for these cars that may be worth half as much. >> reporter: it didn't take long to find a numberf cars for sale in our area with potential odometer rollbac. >> was just calling to inquire about your 2002 ford explorer. 2007 lexus -- it was the 2008 lexus lx. it's on sale on your website. >> reporter: and when we called the dealers, they ensured ushe mileage was exactly what their adsim c. but when we check the carfax report, wes found thi 2008 lexus
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tid a pot odometer rollback of more than 19,000 miles. this 2002 ford explor advertised with 160,000 miles shows 39,000 miles may have been shaven off. and here's another one, a 2007 lexus with 76,000 miles. >> no accidents. clean carfax. >> reporter: actually, it's ne. carfax shows a potential odometer rollback a year before the dealer bought it at auction. 132,000 miles down to 68,000. >> driving around to see if we find it. >> reporter: news 4 wend undercover to that dealership. >> how did it suddenly go from that down to 68,000 miles? >> that's why there has been a mistake. >> they made a -- >> a mistake. >> a 60,000-mile mistake. >> reporter: a closer look at the carfaxhows 12 odometer readingsorted between 2012 and 2018, but the salesman kept
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insisting every single one of them was a astake. >> iually susan hogan from nbc 4. >> no problem, ma'am. >> reporter: at that he offered to get the owner of the dealership who asked us to stop recording, so we did. the owner, though, invited us into his office where he told us they actuallon't use carfax reports despite advertising they do. they use autocheck instead and that report shows no odometer problems onhe vehicle. take a look at this, thereno we odometer readings reported at all between 2009 and 2018. so what can you do to protect yourself when used car shopping? the ask the dealer for both a carfax and autocheck report. if they want your business, they'll run both at no cost to you. be sure to have an independent mechanic inspect the vehicle first. it will cost you between $100 and $200 but it wil buy you peace of mind and could save you thousands of dollars down the road.
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now, if you do suspect odometer fraud, you should contact your state's d. they'll investigate. back to you. >> as susanme ioned, carfax offers a free odometer fraud check forrs consu we've got a link to it on our nbc washington app. just search "odometer." as susan mentioned, a full report is the best way to vet a car's history. or> we're working f you tonight digging into a form of cyber bullying getting renewed interested online. it's called the momo challenge starring this scary looking chacter named momo. the concept is you have to follow a series of directions or momo will come for you and your family. mo roots in a japanese statue called mother bird that has a distorted face and a bird's body. momo challenges are sentn video share through social media. some tasks are goofy but others are dangerous. there are unconfirmed reports a
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child in argentina took her life last year because of the momo challenge. >> the one tngs that it not reversible is suicide. you wantut to talk aow there are people out the in the world who might try to convince you td do things and you know you don't want to do. >> facebook and youtube releaset ements saying they encourage people to report videos tha could cause a user to hurt themselves o someone else. scary stuff on that internet sometimes. >> yeah, sure is. so our has picked up some momentum, hasn't it? >> yeah, it conties to do that. that's the good thing. a couple of weeks agoe had a system that petered out over the course of 48 hours. this one is going the other wayn lo like more snow in here early friday morning. still not a huge storm but something to watch for. a chilly nightft out there what was a cold day today. the flag kind of blowing in the wind down towards the iwo jima memorial. the clouds kind of clearing
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after a very cloudy and cool day across our region. a great shot. thanks to our ptographers for tting that earlier this evening. current temperature right now 36 in frederick, 32 in manassas. it's a chilly night tonight. going to be anoer chilly morning tomorrow. you don't need the umbrellas and the snow shovels tomorrow night until we get to friday morning. talk about that i a second. first off, though, you can see what's happening here. one storm toth our n one storm to our south. nothing in between. we will stay dry tonight. our next storm itoactually down he south. you can actually see it starting to make its way our way. not too organized now, but by the time it gets here, be a little bit more organized. tomorrow night, 8:00, no problems with theh evening r or dinner tomorrow night if you've got any plans tomorrow eving, no worries. watch what happens by 11:00. by this time tomorrow night, snow moving in towards parts of our area, especially west of i-95 around winchesternd
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leesburg. by 1:00 a.m., snow just about everywhere coming on down here. by 5:00 a.m., maybe even heavier bursts of snow. i think this is where we pick up the most accumulation right around 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 a.m., a time many of us are getting up and heading to work. by 8:00 a.m. starting to wind down but still snow showers out there. this will be a big impactful event for the morning rush o friday. that's it. after that, i think we'll be okay. here is what to expect for your friday morning. expect delays and cancellations for schools. hereally do think we're going to see them because t roads are going to be a problem on friday morning. light snow accumulation is expected. okay. how much? this is the map i showed you a little bit earlier. coating of an inch down to the sorgh. fredericks leonardtown -- 1 to 3 inches, waldorf, baltimore, over towards hagerstown and winchester. the difference is ing was tel you 1 to 2 inches, but now i'm
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thinking closer to 2 to 3 inches, so add an inch to what i was thinking a little earlier. still looking like 1 to 3ar -wide, but maybe some areas closer to that 3 inch mark. chuck bell will be with you at 4:00 a.m.r a bet day tomorrow with sunshine. 43 on friday with that snow earl 53 saturday. chance of showers but most df the day. the rain and snow moves in again on sunday. i'm thinking this is mostly rain. could be snow in our northern zones, but that's something we'll be watching for you. it is just plain cold, guys. freezing and cold. i t tnk you know whatt means. winter moving back in. janugy-like temperatures com in for the first week of march, and it does look like it could be two weeks of rather cold temperatures. >> what? >> our average high is 50. i've only got one day above that number. >> not just one but two weeks. >> wrong direction.
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i like that sherree said the wizards actually won tonight. >> yay >> you watched the start of this game, it was a little like, o, what is happening. you know what? new look wizards tonight. a-n muded win after losing 7 of their last 9. a tough test for the wizards since they are a team currently sixth in the eastern costerence andings. bradley beal averaging over 30 points a game in the month of februarynd nets out to a 10-lead early. thg wiz battl tight back at 18. bradley beal gives the wizards their first lead, they're up 20-18. more from beal. ins, steps back, goes off the glass and in. beal with a game high 31 points. wizards up by five. later, still a five-point game. ball gets inside to bobby portis. oh, yeah, putting him on a poster. two defenders, no stoppingpo
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rtis. skipping ahead late in the game, wizards putting this one away. johnson's three off the mark. tomas satoransky, yes, wizards back in the win column. they take it 125-116. bruno fernando and the 17th ranked marylandisiting penn state. the terps stayed in their shells for this one. first half down 15, anthony cowan'sop alley attempt shut swn. pennte up 22 at the break. uh-uh. second half, nittany lions still up big. pass to lamar stephens throwing it down. stephens with a4 game-high 2 points. aryland 78-61.ts this 17-point loss, the lgest deficit maryland has lost by this season. yeah, ouch. but let's roll over to capital one arena. hoyas hosting depaul. our intern kate ivy finding this awesome video. best thingl see all day. first half, georgetown with a
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two-int lea step back and hits here. game high 26 for uim. hoyap four. now, later in the half, i a nine-point georgetown lead. mac mcclung with the steal. if you have not seen this kid yet, you need to. mcclung with the rever slam, play of the game. he had 15 points. two 10s from the announcers for that.ea georgetown b depaul 82-73. let's head toharlottesville, second ranked virginia hosting georgia tech. first half, a surprise georgia tech leading. no flong, though. deandre hunter throwing down a slam. he was fouled. hunter with 18 points in the game. uva taking the lead. the pas inside to ty jerome. room.some jerome with 19 points in the game. second ranked virginia beats georgia tech big 81-52. georgia tech big 81-52. also, american loses to
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restaurants in the district are showing what they're made. 20 local chefs, restaurants and bars are semifinals for this year's prestigious james beard awards. morgan's the line hotel stands out. it nabbed several nominations for its restaurants, including best new restaurant for spoken english. also in the running for best new restaurant, elle in mount
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