24 at dulles. 23 in winchester. and 23 in montgomery village. not a big breeze, but a little one lowersnt windchills the teens and 20s. dog walking forecast today. this is dutch, an older dog, shepherd mix. a low-impact member to add to your family.g- lking weather, it will be cold today. temperatures in the mi20s and the mid-30s by midafternoon. cold, sensitive dogs, hot house flower types, might want to put their jackets on. >> i would say so. o maybe some hat something. alexandria, northbound 395, between the beltway and edsall. on right lane getting by. that's the only thing we have. northbound, 270 after cloper road. one lane getting by. the beltway getting by okay.

right lane is getting by a water main break will probably be there as f as repairs go, through the morning commute. after the commute, things o shod clea of the way. laurel, reminder, b.w. parkwayn northbnd southbound between 32 and 197, rough pavement the speed limit is 40 miles per hour through that area. >> thank you. it's 64:31. we're lg about a death investigation on west virginia avenue northeast. our cameras there when the forensic team poarrived. ce aren't saying how the person died. today, the man o suspected carjacking a vehleith a child inside is expected in a d.c. courtroom. matthew walker is accused of ealing a parked car on monday. tamara richardson tells news 4, her 2-year-old son sat in the

backseat. she walked outside the car to adjust his seat belt. that's when o walker tookff with the kid. with help oft witnesses t followed the car, police found the car and the child unhaed. thi morning, a man is behind bars aused of a creepy crime. >> she snuck into a woman's home in the middle of the night, went into a bedroom and with a kiss on the cheek. he was able to get inside the apartment through an unlocked door. even though he's been arrested, neighbors worry about their safety. >> that is disturbing. that should not happen. >> when you live in the you need to take extra ec prtions. >> the victim texted 911. when police arrived, the were able to find dayton in the building. the woman wn'turt but shaken up. a portion of the clara

barton parkway will be closed today for pothole repairs. th e road isected to reopen in time for the evening commute. metro is considering bringing back an old systemto ou to your destination faster. our news parter the, wtop reports, that metro has expanded testing of an automatic door system. right now, you wait about five seconds before manualing opening rsthe d to confirm doors ohm on the correct side of the train. metro wants to shift to s tomatic door openings t year. under a week from today, yot can expect see overnight lane closures on memorial bridge next monday, through the fall, two lanesl bepe on between 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m and for 15-minute stretches,l traffic w be down to one lane

in and out of c d.c. thnge will allow for workers to installne pa. the bridge's sidewalk will remain open. your time is 4:34. here's a look at the other top stories we're following this mornin montgomery county police have identified the man whose body was found near a bethesda bus stop lastweek. hed is 25-year-ancisco dela o de la cruz. police say they're not sure how he died. a baltimore man and stepdaughter are wting to be returned to maryland. they were arrested in texas. they were trying to escape the country. without being held bail. today, ethan ind lindenburg will testify before he was the teen who vaccinated

himself. he said he grew up without being vaccinated because his parents believed in ti-vaccine conspiracies. he started to question their stance and research the issue on his own. a record number of americans are dying from drugs, alcohol and suicide. a new report says 150,000 people died from one of the factors in 2017. researchers say much of the increase has been fueled by synthetic opioids. overdose deaths rose 45% in one ear. meanwhile, purdue pharma m be headed to bankruptcy. >> the company is hundreds of lawsuits and accused of contributing to the opioid crisis. 1,600 lawsuits have been filed by individuals and hospitals in 27 states. with the prospect of having to pay billions, purdue is looking

toile bankruptcy. that would allow the company to negotiate with a judge and not face the families and hospitals. >> they're saying they don't want to have to pay tn up their mess. we're dgoing to fight to make sure they do. >> pdue wouldn't comment on its strategy. president trump may be facing an uphill battle against his own party. 'll tell you why. plus, he survived the bullet from an ak-47 to the head., coming hear from the survive himself. for 50 years, cracker barrel

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>> this morning, a truly incredible story of survival. there are lot of people who can take a shot from an ak-47 in the back o the head and live to tell about it. but staff sergeant steven mcqueen wcan. he wearing one of the new combat helmets when he was attacked in september. the army presented his family with that helmet on a plaque. >> the helmet works. >> i want to kiss it, i want to hug it. i want to hang it in my house. >> wow. >> mcqueen says, from now on, his soldiers will never be without a helmet in a hostile en enviro >> you look at the condition of e helmet, incredible. as> five years ago, a colorado woman w struck by lightning.w, she is describing what happened and the lasting impact it had on her>> health.

barb stumpel was returning to her cabin and the sky above was clear blue. that's when she says her life was changed forever. >> i don't know how to explain it. i didn't see a flash or hair standing up, ceboom. i was wn in my driveway. and being electrocuted, i thought, well, i'm being electrocuted. wonder if this is what it's like to die in the electric chair. >> the lightning struck a power pole at the end of her property, and reached here. she lives with the disabilities like memory and hearingloss. we head to break, checking in with chuck bell. >> four things you need to know about the next fr days, all about the cold. sunny and cold today. freezing col tomorrow. cold and dry on thursday. how about that chance for rain

and snow on friday? we'll update that withour ten-day forecast. a couple of work zones hanging around. we'll tell you what to avoid, coming up. plus, the president surrounded. new details about the democrat-led investigations into president trump and the trouble he faces from members of his own party. the time right now, 4:41. news 4 today continues in a moment. for 50 years, cracker barrel

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you're watching news 4 today. >> with any major construction projects, work crews are bound to fe a few setbacks or two. >> a half-completed parking garage is anything but ordinary. as adam tussexplains, the work is sinking into the ground. >> a lot of people living next to this troubled parking garage had no idea at one point it was sinking. >> i did n know. that's a problem. >> reporter: but now -- it's getting back on the right foot. thoject leaders now tell newsig the green l is in place to resume work on this $52 billiongarage, which unexpectedly dropped about four inches into the ground.bl and the p had to do with huge foundational supports for thegarage. the exact cause why the structure sank is under investigation. fairfax county officials tell us

those support structures weren't put in properly. the contractor response nl for this garage, manhattan construction, was also beagecti a g at the herndon station. this is likely headed for a .egal batt along the silver line, adam tuss, news 4. right now, a white house ou sued. on one side, democrats turn up the heat on a series of investigationsnto the president's businesses, taxes and conduct in office. on the other, republicans begin to show signs that not all members support a national emergency. tracie potts joins us live this morning. let's begin with tmocrats. this week, we're getting a better idea of what questions they wantanswered. >> they want to know about hush money payments. they want to know about decisions befe and after president trump took office, going after what they said is a

corruption and abuse of power. they are asking 81 trump associates, including the president's son and sister-in-la son-in-law, for documents. they have received the request and will respond. e president says he will cooperate. others said they will not cooperate without a subpoena. >> tracie, let's talk about the national emergency declaration. what can the president do? >> four of fothem. is all they need to send this rejection to the president. bottom line, there's some republicans who want the wall but the don't like how the president went around congress to get fundso build the wall. rand paul is one of them. mitch mcconnell is going to allow this vote to go forward with 51. they can send this rejection of the emergency topr the esident.

he will veto it. he sai hewill. and it looks like neither side, the house nor the senate, have the votes to override that. symbolically, it'sme a sta that not all republicans are in lock-step with the president when he goes aroun congress to get the money. >>rae potts, live for us this morning. asylum anyone seeking the border, finding a place to stay can be difficult. for young migrants from the lgbtq community, it's more challenging. to help, casa ruby is stepping up. it's hsing 15 lgbtq people that arrived there this week. the migrants arrived with a caravan last . they told our partners that i.c.e. contacted them because no other groups would take them in. john hickenlooper, the fo former colorado governor, announced he is running for

president. he says he will take action on key issues, such as guns and climate change. he touted bipartisan efforts during his time as governor. weste one person not running, eric holder. he was attorney general under barack obama. he said heti will ce to try to end gerry gerrymandering across the >untry. the food and drug administration is calling out 15 retailers for allegedly selling tobacco product to kids. walmart and walgreens and other chains are on inside. government officials went undercover and found that retailers sold tobacco more than $1 million. th agency is targeting 40 companies that may have introduced e-cigarettes into the market. hollywood continues to mourn the loss of luke perry.

perry gained national attention in the '90s, when he took the role of dylan mckay on '90210." he recently worked onhe show "riverdale." many of his friends and fans tweeted condolences. powerful wind helped fue this fire that destroyed a motel near the north carolina coast. 14 different fire departments, off-duty firefighters. no guests were in the part of the hotel that caught fire. it was under rennlatiovatirenov. chuck bell is here to talk about frigid weather. >> four of the last five marches had equally cold days. ut they were just one day at a time. it wasn't going to be three days in a row this cold. not unprecedented but very, vy

cold. if you plan to spend time outside today, you need the winter codes again. 28 at nl airport. because the breeze has stayed up overnight, t theperatures are uniform. in the 20s just about everywhere this morning. lower 20s in the shenandoah valleys. mid to upperro 20s i-95 eastbound to the bay. g this e is below freez morning. a little wind has windchills down to 16 in montgomery county. 8, the windchill in hagerstown. 6 in cumberland. >> yourforecast, sunny and cold. windchills in the 20s all d lock today. afternoon high, 38. for tomorrow, an even colder start tomorrow morning. theil winds lay down this evening. plan on teens to get your day arted tomorrow. afternoon highs tomorrow, noticeably lylder. 30 to 32 degrees. the cold air is down in t deep

south. snowshowers across north carolina. we'll be cold andry for the next couple of days. here's a look at future weather. nothing to worry about for today. a cold start tomorrow morning. a couple of clouds across northern maryland tomorrow. on thursday, we will start off with aecent amount of sunshine and become mostly cloudy on thursday afternoon. that leads us to the most interesting par of the forecast. that will be friday. friday morning, starting off with a lot of heclouds. and's a little wave of moisture going just down to our south. notice with the colder air, a rain/snow mix. rain for the d.c. metro area and points south. it could be a significant rain/snow mix on i-8. and we dry back out in the second half of the weekend. nice and cold the next couple of

days. the rain/snow chance on friday. inday, rain. h of rain on sunday. notice, melissa, temperatures back to march levels over the weeken >>hen the 50s look warm. right lane getting by a water main break. this will last through the morning commute. you will be a little slow this morning. gaithersburg, northbound 270 after sloper road. laurel, remindhere. b.w. parkway. rust, pavement, potholes there. alexandrex dria, northbound 395, a work zone, with a right lane getting by. it is 4:52 right no a new national poll shows that manylder adults are lonely.

one-third of adults said they lacked companionship. and one-quarter said they had social contact once a week with someone they didn't live with. the women surveyed were likely to feel more lonely. >> that's too ba we need more mayneighbors and community members to reach out to each other. >> has to be a way to make connections. this morning, we are working for you with word of new hope of anyone suffering from depression. >> the fda is expected to approve a new treatment. the drug is called esketamine. it comes in the form of a nasal spray. the treatment will be administered in a doctor's office and works quickly, otowing benefits in a couple of hours. r antidepressants can take foureeks to take effect.l

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thousands of frozen eggs and embryos were destroyed at fertility centers. an nbc news investigation has vealed that no government agency has authority over storage tanks that house embryos. the tanks are notel led as medical devices. that can leave fertility centers and tients in the dark with the potential problems with tanks. both clinics are facing lawsuits. nationals fans, this video may be tough to see. that's bryce harper rockin' a phillies jersey. it appears they love him. >> for now. >> fanatics reports that harper's new jersey sold more in 24 hours than any other sport ever. >> you know, he made that little

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chuck bell is here with your forecast before we check in with melissa and your traffic. this is the stime of year i wan to put my winter gear away, chuck. >> it's almost that time. i would wait a couple of before i put the winter coats in the moth balls. cold weather is back. 15 to 20 degrees colder than avere here, forheext tlae d three days in a row. we have a chance for a rain/snow mix on friday. it will be dry between now and then. istemperatures in the 20s morning. 24 in falls church. 26 in upper marlboro. bus stopeather for the kids, sun up at 6:35. there will beut sunshine cold this morning. outdoor recess, only if you'rew ing your coat. after-school activities inhe