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taylor swift katie perry collapse. this is a big one, we come on the air with a blockbuster deal, the bryce harper era in washington is officially over folks. within this hour there have been multiple reports that ther forme national's outfielder agreed to a deal with the philadelphia phillies. yuck. sherree burruss is going to join in a few minutes. she'll give us the breaking details on that. first at 4:00, o we are whether alert.pa i'lawson muse. >> i'm leon harris. >> we're talking about an inch or so of snow but it's the timing that's the problem. >> let's get to doug and amelia in the storm center. the timing is the problem. >> that's true. just like all the storms this season. >> this onewe're not talking about a lot of moisture and temperatures just behalf freezing. >> let's show you how this is
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going to move in. right now the rain, snow making its way to the west, making its way our way. c as you see here, now watch as it moves into the colder air, is snow by 1:00 in the morning just about everywhere around our region, you will see it by 1:00, bnoti5:00 snow area wide. doesn't look all that heavy, could be some areas of moderate snow and we expect to see some problems on area roads. it moves out fairly quickly, though by 8:00 it's all over with. this is a winter weather advisory through 10:00 p.m. toght through 10:00 a.m. friday, and it includes the areas in purple. kind oed surpr we have it down here, i don't think we're going to see much to the south of washington,y but i have new updated snowfas total map, amelia and i have been working on this hard. snow likely early.pa s for the morning rush, we could see school deys, already have a couple of them, maybe
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some closures. we're back in ten minutes. back to today's breaking news. whethe is reportedly now a philadelphia phillies, sheee burruss joins us live on harper and his big new contract. a lot of people saw this coming. >> there was speculation, pat. but it s 13 years, $330 million, that's what it took for bryce harper to the philadelphia phillies. harper drafted by the nats as the first overall pick in 2010. now he heads to the division rival as $330 million becomes the record for dollars in an mlb deal. harper and the phillies visit nationals park on tuesday, april 2nd. we'll have much more coming up on news4 at 5:00 and 6:00. we're going to see a lot of him in the wrongrm unihis year.
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it's going to stink if they start winning. you know that. deloping now, days after a state delegate used a racial slur toe descr a prince george's county she is now facing ce mary ann lisanti is expected to be formallyeprimanded shortly. tracee wilkins broke this story on twitter this n,aftern and tracee talks with one delegate who says he heard the offensive comments maden during afterhours gathering in annapolis. >> reporter: srces tell me they have encouraged mary ann thenti to step down after racial slur she made. now we're told the house will be taking a vote at 5:45 for possible censure of the delegates, as we talked to one of the delegates who was there. >> that put mewk in anrd situation. >> reporter: he said the slur he
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heard floored hi >> what she said has been said and it's inappropriate to say the least. >> reporter: he said he was having cigars with a few colleagues when mary ann lisanti used the n word while describing walker's predominantca afamerican district. >> the i question had she been drinking that night? i would guess she probably had. lisantiter: walker said ter apologized. since then there's been calls dr her to resign including from her ownocratic party and the governor. yesterday she said s has support from her district. >> my constitnts are helping guide me through this timehe >> reporter: vote to censure her is set to happen at 5:45 unless she agrees to step down. >> keep it here, news4 will have
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coverage from annapolis. virginia's first lady pam northam defending ciming she tour.a racially insensitive she handed out cotton to the people on the tour. some lawmakers are questioning "the washington post's" report and coming to the first lady's defense. >> ls than a month after a racial photo emerged in governor northam's yarbook today it's his wife accused of giving an insensitive tour.l the young g detailing the episode in a separate letter saying the first lady asked the girl and another african-american child to hold cotton and quote imagine being an enslavedperson.
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>> it's probably an overreaction. there's a lot of peoe with a lot of hurt feelings. >> reporter: his daughter was part of the group taking part in that tour. he said that the cotton and tobacco were passed around to everywhere. >> we've been hearing it for the last two t decadest people want to see virginia's history acrately portrayed, which is why they've been changing the exhibits to make people more aware of what life was like. >> in atatement mrs. northam telling us i have provided the same tour to executive mansion visitors over the past few months and used a variety of titifacts and crops illust a painful period in virginia's history.st michelle thomas feels the history needs to told but she should have called on others to elthe history. >> take the action able steps to
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make sure thisn doesn't hap again the way to do that is education, partnership and to work towardsquity and dismantling systemic racism. w have more reaction to the controversies involving mary ann lisanti and pam northam in just a few minutes. tracking two political headlines on thursday after a day of fireworks on capitol hill yeerday. long-time trump lawyer, michael cohen is back on the hill for his third day of testimony. today's session behind closed doors. plus an abrupt end to the summit between president trump and-u k jo >> today it was the house intelligence committee's term to question the president's long-time fixer. the testimony comes on the heels er thelo wasstck b bu getting a lot of atepn .
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cos asked if he knows of any other wrong doing or illegal acts regarding the president. hen said yes, and suggested the southern district of new york wasg. investigat today house speaker nancy pelosi talked about that and the prospects that the hearingth la ground work for impeachment. >> as a witness said that other issues that he was aware of were under consideration by the southern disrkict of new so let's see what that is. but again, impeachment is a divisive issue in our country. and let us see what the facts are, what the law is, and what the behaviors of the president -- >> the presidentn'alled co remarks lies. but he did note that cohen said he saw no evidence of ollusion wissia. let's go to the abrupt end of the vietnam summit between president trump and kim jong-un. negotiations to denuclearization the north broke down the president says the stickg point was sanctions. north koreaanted all sanctions
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dropped without giving the u.s. everything itnt . u.s. negotiators do say that the north agreed to avo any more missile tests. back to you guys in the studio. >> anks, erika. d.c.sa policthey have made an arrest connected with a bar assault and shooting in northeast. howe swed you thisid v surveillance video of the whole thing going down on h street. first a fig and then one of the suspects fires a gun. the melee continues with an assault before a woman is seen cking up a gun and leaving. police say they've arrested 26-yr-old delonte rouse. they're still looking for the ndnman in the center of your screen the woman to the right. the man accused of killing five employees at the capital gazette newspaper was back in court today. lawyers for jarrod ramos asked the judge to grand a mion for information from the prosecution. and the they're considering
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having jarrod ramos plead criminally not responsible because of his mental state at the time. new today, metro won't be stay g openlater. >> the board voted to keep the current hours of service. >> adam tuss has been following the debate from day one, he's at the gallery place station right now with more. adam? >> reporter: that's right, pat. this vote sailed through without much opposition at all. what all of thismeans,ore maintenance. on its face, you could have missed this supposedly controversial vote if you blinked. >> all ifavor signify by saying aye. the >>te is 7 to 1. eporter: that's how the board glossed over what's been a contentious is a vote that keeps the same hours of service that closes early a night and closed on the>>weeken.
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restore the hours needed in our region. >> reporter: justs d ago, leaders made an argument that reduced hoursd shot continue. >> we continue to be an outlier among major cities closing the system down at 11 atnight. >> reporter: but those closures will continue. these are the hours that metro will continue to operate for another at least year, closing 11:30 on weeknights, 1:00 a.m. onriday and saturday nights and 11:00 p.m. on sunday> e still need more time to, how do i say it, fix the backlog that we inherited years ago. >> reporter: this is a win for a metrer general man that has not shied away from controversia decisions. >> we all want to be in the same place, we want more service. we want to get there as quick as
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we can, bute want to make sure it's safe when we do it. >> rorter: for now more of the same from the transit agency. guys, one of the things we don know in all of this, is this just for another year? soces have told us this might be a five-year maintenance plan in total. so we' have to wait to see how long it goes on, but no one isi pu a timetable on it. >> five years, that's a long run. >> boy. >> thanks, adam. me> con reporter susan hogan going under cover exposing odometer fraud. >> still ahead the illegal practice that could be putting your family in danger. >>ar ang for parents about the latest viral challenge that could have y kids totally freaked et. we working for your health with the science of slee howp. g
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as a look at what's to come our way. storm team 4 tracking snow starting just a matter of hours from now. niat that could mean for school delays tomorrow m coming up just ahead. fans and costars of luke perry are asking for prayers after he reportedly suffered a stroke. his publicist confirms he's in thehospital. tmz is confirming he had a stroke at his home yesterday. his costars from "90210" are asking for prayers.s
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perry 52 years old. if you think someone is having a stroke, you should act fast. think of the acrow anymore for fast. f for face. a for arms, ask the pern to raise both arms does one of them drift wado. s, for speech difficulty. ask them to repeat a phrase, is it slurred or strange? and t, time.e it's t to call 911, if you see any of these signs or symptoms. your risk of stroke increases with age but, of course, it can happen to anyone. four more letters for you to be aware of this evening. we're looking at a creepy form of cyber bullying. this scary looking character, the character is called momo. if you hear your kids talking out the momo challenge, stop what you're doing and listen. >> the trend has resurfaced and
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it's prompting some kids to do dangerous or harmful things. >> what's importa is that this is now in the spotlight, it'sian social m feeds and it is not something to play around with. it may soundnnocent but the momo challenge, this is not for fun, this is not for kids. it shouldn't be out there. you may ageady be seet online. here's what you need to know. cartoonoks like a character but there is nothing kid friendly about it. this is the face of the so-called mo challenge. >> i was up till 4:00 in the morning researchingec thisse i was freaked out by it. last tially surfacing summer there's reports that it's growing again and parents neede to be in know. >> i said do you know who this is? he was like don't show don't show me. he knew who it was, he's seen it before. >> the scary looking avatar allegedly uses messaging
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platforms to challenge children to perform dangeus or harmful things and share picture proof of of the it, things like taking pills, stabbing someone or ending their own life. a handful of suicides overseas are allegedly linked to this, if children don't comply allegedly threatens them. >> momo stabs y whenyou're sleeping. >> in a statement to nbc news, youtube saidas it h found no evidence of the challenge on its site but i violates policy and would be removed immediately. facebook says w don't allow the promotion of self-injury or suicide and will remove it when what should parents do? >> address something with yr kids. >> experts say talk to your kids. >> something like there's scary things that pop up on phones and tablets, if you see that, get
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me. >> make sure they know this is cyber bullying and it's potentially dangerous. >> here's something we want to stress. have not heard of anybo reporting this to us of something happening here. i think what's important her o s so a warning, right, for parents to beigilant about this and like the doctor had said, talk to your kids about there's a lot of things online and some of them may ask you to do things you should not do so come and talk to mom a dad. like she suggested, having these proactive onconversa >> this is not something that someone sends to your kid, right? no, it's not. the difficult part of this case is trying to pinpoint where is this coming from? how is it embedded in the videos that are seemingly for children. so who and what's behind it is still knjun. >> there's so much for kids to
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avoid on the internet. >> and the rabbit holes, you click on one thing, that's fine for five minutes but then it spi spirals to something else. it's ano encouragement parents to be vigilant. our storm team is being vim la vigilant watching for snow. >> this is all about the timing. that's why we have a winter weather advisory in effect for parts of the area. i said i you have date night tomorrow night should be okay, no take the umbrella, tomorrow morning snow, tomorrow afternoon rain a nasty looking friday. here's the winter weather advisory in effect from 10:00 p.m. tonight until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning for the allreas in purple in our region. it's not goi m to beh i don't think south of d.c. but to the north i think this will have an impact. nothing on the radar no
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here's the storm making its way our y, you can see it's almost all rain right now but it'smi through at the perfect time, overnight that allows temperatures to cool without the day time heating, i aows for snow. how about 1:00 a.m., that's when it comes in awia . right around the 1:00 a.m. hour. it starts coming down good in some locations, especially north. by 5:30 stillheever, maybe a mixture down to the south,ic fredburg and leonardtown. watch by 8:00 it's out of here. but by noon still seeing some shower activity and then more rain moves in during the afternoon and we stay with some snow. no more accumulation up here,t ou may see snow in the afternoon around parts of the area around frederick andto hage. kind of a nasty night for sure. here's the snowfall forecast, this is less than we were showing you earlier. coating to an inch around warrentown and d.c. andwa en.
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1 to 3 around the frederick area. this is going to have big issues for tomorrow morning. still talking about the chance for schoolay d or closures. >> of course. with that we have to bring out the homework meter. w where do i think it's going to nd. it's not amounts, an inch of snow not that much but when it's coming down and kids are getting on the school bus it can be tricky. we think a delay is the way to go. frerick county already coming in with that. that being said i think some schoolts distright hold off to see what's going on. you need to tune in to news4 today. kids pjs inside out tonight and fingers crossed if you don't want to take those exams on your friday. i think a lot of us will be in school just a few hours later th normal. as we move towards 8:00, 9:00 a.m. we see rain mixing in, so a
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rain/snow mixture temperatures around 35 degrees at that point. recess likely indoors with a cold raint 37 degrees recess. by pick up tracking rain showers, it's damp, cold, bone chilling cold with plenty of clouds and a high tomorrow of 40 degrees. tonight, road conditions, no problem. tomorrow morning we are dealing with slush, especially on secondary roads and especially north of town. the evening hours we're still dealing with wet roads. it's a nasty day overall, at least the weekend kind of a 50/50. >> we're not going to see much on saturday, maybe an isolated shower on rdsa, up to 53. sunday 80% chance of p.m. rain. this comes during the evening hours, late afternoon hours on sunday. some of you to the north, hagerstown, maybe frederick, a little snow l sunday.
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buk at next week, it's a cold, frigid week as we head into the first week of march coming in like a lion. really, coming in like january. >> that's what it looks like. >> spring is coming sooner or later. thank you. let' t talk aboutngs warming up here in this case. it seems like taylor swift and katie perry's bad blood may be over. pluson wenue to follow the breaking news if you're just joining us, bryce harper is officially leaving washington. he signed a record-breaking deal he signed a record-breaking deal with
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was about all of the survivors. i'm excited about my future. ntlearn more at cancer.com/philadelphia. did taylor swift just respond to those rumors from fans and is she and katy perry burying the hatchet. taylor swift just posted these photos, fansere like is this a count down? the producer of her 1989 album posted palmn trees the top of
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his twitter. leaking more speculation the katy perry posted palm trees as well and flamingos. trying to find connections, i could see how it could easily happen though yesterday taylor swift responded on instagram with her thoughts on all the conspire rumors. that's not a no though we all feel like that cat. if there's any truth to theseri rumors i'll them to you as soon as they break. i'm tommy mcfly, news4. do that. i think tommy gave me a headache trying t did you know that one of stafford county's finest played a small part in an academy award winning film. >> we're talking about "green book." this is jim cluck, he plays an actor in hollywood but he also works part time as a stafford county deputy sheriff. >> he played a police officer in the sheriff's office
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congratulated him onracebook fo playing a, quote, difficult character that opened the audience'so eyes prejudice that existed in that time in america. under fire. ir a new controversy in vnia involving the first lady this time. plus a maryland delegate faces punish in the next hour for racist remarks. breaking down both stories. plus reaction from you. no deal president trump's high stakes nuclear talks suddenly break
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right now with 4:30 storm team 4 tracking some winter weather. >> snow moving in just in time for the morning commute. >> let's get to chief meteorologist doug kammerer for the latest oov that. >> mg in by early tomorrow morning. here it is right now back to the west. future radar showing this rainmaki its way towards our area, moving into colder air which means snow. here's 1:00 a.m. snow area wide. around 4:00, 5:00 a.m. that's when we'll see the most accumulation from this. everybody picking up at least a little bit we think. especially from d.c. northward, that's why the national weather service has a winter weather advisory from 10:00 tonight to0 10m. tomorrow morning. andnother storm coming on sunday. a lot to y talk about inr weather today.
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back in about 12 minutes. now to the high pro file collapse of the nuclear summit with north korea. president abruptly cut the summit short and headed home. blayne alexander is tracking it all tay. north korea's leader is not walking away empty-handed, saying?what people are >> reporter: officially this was good for kim jong-un because having such a big meeting with president trump really raises kim'se prof on the world stage. for president trump there was no win on denuclearization but experts sayt could have been worse. president trump headed home ahead of schedule his talks with m jong-un fallingapart. >> sometimes you have to walk. and this was just one of those times. >> reporter: the president leaving the tableliterally. a planned lunch scrapped. president trump said the regime ed to at least partial denuclearization. but in exchange.
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>> basically they wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety. that.e cn't do >> reporter: president trump not getting anything from kim but not promising anything either. enough to draw praise from even some of the president's harshest critics. >> reporte >> it's good the president did not give him anything for the little he was proposing. >> reporter: when asked about otto warmbier, president trump believing kim jong-un that he knew nothing aut warmbier's death after being hd in north korea for more than a year. >> i don't believe he would have allowed that to>> happen. eporter: experts say it's impossible kim would have been in the dark. >> he's responsible for what happens in the country, and the president should have stood up for the memory of otto warmbier and his parents. >> we shouldn't be naive about this regime.
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>> reporter: as for another summit president trump says no plans yet. kim said he has committed to no more nuclear testing. that's according to president rump who says he takes kim at his word. >> we'll see. blayne alexander, thank you. as we round out black ur history month region has controversies involving race. virginia's first lady is under otton to handing out african-american students while discussing the horrors of slavery. and a maryld lawmaker is apologizing for using a racial slur to describe partri ofe george's county. rac tom ha rachel thomas is here. we know virginia has been facing issue with the blackface scandal with the governor and then the lieutenant governor and now we see the governor's wife, pam northams caught up in her own trover. she said she's upset about
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upsetting people. what are your listeners sayin abou this one? >> many feel she was explaining her actions versus apologizing. with what being said. ourte lrs believe she should have known better. we know that slavery w an important and big history -- part of historyn heree united states. but for african-american black history didn't begin with slavery nor did it end with the civil rights revement. f the story needs to be told where it's intertwined versus 28 days of the month. this listener stacy from brandy wine weighed in on what she felt. >> it's unbelievable in this day and age that she thinks handing out cotton to kids is -- is teaching them i don't understand it. >> that's not thee. only
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we have the other cases here, the black history lessons gone wrong of late here. a school in loudon county had kids reenacting the underground redirect examinatiil ad, and then another school had a skit with a kid whipping another kid as a what do they say about this? >> it was unbelievable in the district of columbia and questions of wh where. let' listen to this listener, marcus, how he weighed in on this matter and how it should be handled. >> history of african-american leadership in washington d.c. at the mayor's level and the school system level and that i just no place or excuse for that kind of behaviorul there sbe some immediate disciplinary action and corrective training and policies written to make sure that never >> here's another one, finally a
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maryland delegate, mary ann lisanti, facing censure after using the n word to describe prince george's county, right now we're waiting a vote that she might get punished because of that. she's apologized but some say she should resign. >> every listener that called in and sent us messages says she needs to go. ey do not accept her apology. this listener, sheummed it up like many of our listeners. >> i don't really care what your apology, you need to go ahead and resign. you know, becausehere is no -- you can't make apology, that's who you arw so people s you who they are believe them. so you can go ahead and gnsi, we're good. >> they're frustrated. they're other it rig now. the prince george's county chapter of naacp is prepari hold a news conference yesterday g for her to resign and nothing less.
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right during the morning rush hour frederick county schools announcing a two-hour delay for tomorrow already. bryce harper making big news to headed thrth. ere are multiple reports the fats all-star is t headedthe philadelphia phillies. the deal is worth $330 million at 13 years. if true it would be the largest deal in baseball history, he made his major league debut in 2010. lawmakers are excted to formally reprimand delegate mary ann lisanti. she's apologized for usihe n word referring to a district in prince george's county. if the censure votese p she would not be able to hold any leadership positions . a man is targeting gym goers, the police said he's
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targeted people at gyms stealing their keys and breaking into their cars. this has happened three timesonn the of january. pat and leon, back to you. still ahead an alert for anyone in the market for a car. >> mileage readings, are those numbers accurate. susan hogan uncovers odometer fraud. >> there's no trace the odometer has been tampere with. for tomorrow we'll be dealing with snow and then rain showers and another storm system impacting yr sunday, will that lead to some delays on monday? we'll be talking about at, plus taking a close look at tomorrow, when does the snow in move when does it exit? ♪ we buy any car dot com ♪
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you're taking a look at what's to. come tomorr doug and amelia are tracking snow and some school delays just ahead. a consumer alert now about a potential dangere roads. >> new tahows more than 26,000 vehicles in the d.c. region have had theirle odometers r back. >> it's not only illegal, it could also put your family in danger. >> consumer reporter susan hogan working for you to protect your mone your safety in this case. >> when you're looking for a used car you think ofrice and mileage, probably the first two things you consmaer. sone spending your hard earned money on a car only to find out it's worth thousands of dollars less and may be plagued with hidden issues. there's something you need to see. something that happens so fast it can turn back time. with an inexpensive electronic device, odometer fraud is easier
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than ever >> it' certainly aor concern car buyers laying dowho tusands of dollars for these cars that may be worth half as much. >> it didn't take lon to find a number of cars for sale in o p area withential odometer roll i was calling to inquire about your 2002 ford expler, the 2008 lexus, and when we called the dealers, they assured us the mileage was exactly what their ads claimed. >> good condition, mileage 00 74,0 > when we checked the car f report we found this lexus a had potential odometeroll back of more than 19,000 miles. this 2002 ford explorer advertised with 160,000 miles shows 39,000 miles may have been shaven off. and a 2007 lexus with 76,000 mile >> noaccident, clean car fax.
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>> it's not. the car fax shows a potential odometer roll back a year before the dealer bought it at auction, 132,000 miles down to ,000. >> news4 went under cover to that dealership. >> how did it go from that down to 68,000 miles? >> that's the mistake. that's the mistake.e >> they mad -- >> they made a -- >> a 60,000 miles mistake? >> a closer look shows 12 odometer readings between 2012 and 2018, but the sales person kept insisting every one of them is a mistake. >> h'm susogan from news4. >> at that point he offered to of the dealership who asked us to stop recording so we did. the owner inviteds into his office where he told us they don't use car fax reports
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despite advertising they do. he says they use auto check instead. and that report shows no odometer problems on the vehicle. but take a look at this, there were nodometer readings reported at all between 2009 and 2018. what can you do to protect yourself? ask for a car fax and auto check report. if they want yourbuness, they'll run both at no cost for you. be sure to haven independent mechanic inspect the vehicle first. it will cost you between one and $200, but will buy you peace ofc mind and save you thousands of dollars down the road. ou>> if suspect odometer fraud, you should contact your state's dmv, they will investigate it. car fax offers a free odometer fraud check for consumers. we have a link for you right now in our nbc washington app. search odometer. as we mentioned, a full report
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is the best way to vet a car's history. >> that'sbrazen. that's bold. nine straight years missing in reportne >> that's why you should ask for both reports. have all the information you need. >> buyer beware. >> yes. what time does the snow start, doug? >> 1:00 m.done around 8:00 a.m., that's six, seven faurs of sn. now we're talking about delays and cancellations. >> i'lav that map in the 5:00 hour. it's not like we're dry the rest of the day after the snow stops. we're dealing with rain then. >> weught this was looking at snow early then dry. but now a lot of rain tomorrow night into early saturday. first off, it's the winter weatherdvory from 10:00 p.m. tonight into 10:00 a.m.
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tomorrow. nothing around our region r'rht now we going to continue to watch as we move through the next couple hou as the snow moves in. right now it's rain back to the west. you see it here. that's snow. once it gets here, it will be al talking about accumulating snowfall early. tomorr 1:00 in the morning, area wide snow fall, most of it on light side but seeing some darker purples that doesay w would get in the more moderate snowfall. 5:30, light to moderate snow area wide. nothing too heavy. not expecting heavy snow, meaning most roa should be okay. secondary roads we could see a problem. by 8:00 still snows in parts of the region. then watch this, the transition into rain in the d.c. metro area by noon. still snow flakes falling to the west. but look at the rain by 6:00. by 10:00, 11:00 it's a nasty
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night. we have a lot to talk about here. the latt snowfall map for you. one to three inches really from d.c., fairfax county, loudon county to the north. a coating to an inch up to d.c. and points to the south. it's alle storm but about timing and tomorrow morning that's when it's on. >> thabsolutely. that we have to bring out the bread meter to give you an idea where we are with the storm. as doug was tsaying,s is not a lot of snow in the forecast. but if't you c live without your toast in the morning and your pantry is empty, go grab some bread. but by the afternoon hours it's just wet, damp and soggy and a gross end to our work week. here's a look at the road mpacts tomorrow, the main roads, especially the d.c. metro area, just wet. up around theason-dixon line, the main roads could get slick. the secondary roads some slush, again mainly north of
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washington. same for the sidewalks. if they're not treated they could be slushy. temperatures area wide above freezing by the afternoon. school delays likely tomorrow especially north of washington. maybe a few isolated cancellations. tell commute, i would say if you can, you should do it. that way you're not on t road in the morning hours w dealingh snow. coming home you'd be dealing with rain. a nice day to stay off the roads if if that's an optionou have. as we look at other impacts while we talk about flight lays out there. if your flight is taking off before 8:00 a.m.,av you might some issues. but it's going to be a delay on, not a cancellation. that being said you want to check with your airline before ading to the airport. delays likely with our school districts, maybe a few isolated cancellations. s the day rolls on, it's
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dealing with a cold rain. you may be dusting the snow early in the day and ung the windshieldnd wipers a umbrella later in the afternoon. saturday better going for dry conditions,3 degrees. 42 on your sunday. good chance of rain area wide. could be snow up to the north and west on sunday. we're tracking that for you. that brings in colder air as we head towards next week. overnight low temperatures in the teens and 20s. arctic air ming in time for the first week of march. >> and just in te for the weekend again. thanks, doug. still ahead, restoring the past. >> after decades of work, a local car buff buys a ruste out 1927 ambulance and gets it fixed. >> why this vehicle is an important piece of history. >> first a look at what's all new with jim at 5:00. we're following two big developing stories. ahead at 5:00, the latest on the
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effort to censure a maryland lawmaker for using a racial slur to describe prince george's county. and he's out of here. bryce harper signing a big, big moneyeal for philadelphia phillies. it's a long-term deal too. we'll have reaction from the fans out there. plus doreen gentzler reports on new privacy concern marrounding home dna kits. how the infon gathered could be used against you. nte'llduce you to the local bartender mixing up awird ing drinks. erika and i may even get to sample a couple. after all, in six minutes it's 5:00.
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mor than 90 years ago detroit became one of the first ties in the country to get an ambulance. >> the 1927 packard was a one of a kind historians feared had been lost t history. >> but as mark segraves shows us a team in srling virginia has completely restored the past. >> reporter: it made headlin back in 1927 when a local philanthropist donated the ambulance to the detroit fire department. in the 1950s it outlived its
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usefulness. in 1974 a young doctowh found was left of it and bought it. his plan was to taket me and restore it. but life got in the way and he never got around to it. >> in the interim, all tpise es were all over my house. >> reporter: a few years ago he decided to give it one more try. with the help of a team at sterling hotro , doc went about rebuilding his dream. today he's driving a one of a kind piece of history. >> i'm loving this. this is a thrill. >> reporter: ansforming the rusted out ambulance took nearly three years and thousands of hours. doc takes pride in o how muchf the ambulance is original. >> fenders are original, warels original, bumpers, radiator, radiatorhell, the bell not original. inside we have a lot of original pieces, the steering wheel is original. dashboard is iginal.
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>> tom sweeten who's restored hundreds of cars gets emotional thinking about this one. >> i'll never forget when it started, the smile on his face -- excuse me, i get tmotiona alut iso -- was i. >> reporter: cheryl fo a retired detroit firefighter chronicles t history of the department. she couldn't believe the ambulance was in one piece. >> i was jumping up and down like a kid, so excited.a it's sucique piece of detroit fire history. that particular ambulance is a one of a kind. >> reporter: while doc is happy to tell you he bought the ambulance for $2,000, he's treluctant tol you how much is into restoring a it. >> lot. i wouldn't want to say because my wife is probably going to see >> reporter: in sterling, mark segraves, news4. so much to get you caught up
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on this busy afternoon. we want t begin tonight with that weather alert. >> storm team 4 watching a system that's going to bring snow just in time for theco morning ute. >> doug kammerer in the storm center with the latest timing on this. when? it moves in overnight tonight. once again a perfect the storm, making its way overnight into early tomorrow morning and not a ton of moisture with this system, bute we'r continuing to track it for you. look right now. you can see where the rain is currently, put this into motion here, this is future weather. here 1:00 ,a. area wide snow. rain to the south. 5:00, 5:00 a.m. everyone seeing snow. mayb mix towards fredericksburg, st. mary's but snow just about for everybody. we have a winte weather advisory in effect from 10:00 p.m. tonight through 10:00 a.m. tomorrow mornin not expecting a ton of snow but theim
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