news 4 today starts now. >> thursday is here. >> finally. >> that justre means w one day away from friday. good morning, eveone. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm molette green. we have to start with the forecast. that's on our minds. >> i think we needet to to warm weather just so chuck doesn't have to hear from us. melissa, u, too. >> i am over it. >> i stopped listening months ago. >> he doesn't take complaints>> never -- i was never accused of being aood listener in the first place. temperatures in the teens and low 20s on a thursday morning. another layer up event for today, for sure. 21 degrees in clinton, maryland. 21 at ft. meade. 25 at national airport.

wake-up weather, plan on temperatures in the low to mid-20s. as you get outside and get your day started. it won't as cold as yesterday. today, we're going up to 42. you'll want to keep the puffy c coat around. wete's a chance of rain and snow maybe a slushy inch maybe the ass. it's cold enough to get the wet snow. not cold enough to stick to paved surfaces. >> i'm looking forward to 66 degrees on sunday. westbound 66, between the beltway and gainsville. a mobile work zone. vienna, eastbound 66, between nuttily and the beltway. silver spring, outer loop of the beltway, between georgia and connecticut avenue again.

the rest of thet beltway, do have any problems right now. on 270, northbound and southbound, near montgomery village avenue, lanes blocked by a work zone. we've been tel you, it will be a bitter cold day in our area today. it was cold when a worker was trapped 120 feet in the air on a radio tow in northeast d.c. chopper 4 captured the entire rescue. the man was experiencing c.hypothermia. ire insists he wasn't in any iediate danger. it took crews 3 hours and a 10foot laddero get to the ground. that makes mezy d thinking about all of that up there. >> incredible to wch unfold. we're learning about the

troubling and hateful graffiti inside an elementary school. >> aou swastika was in a boy's bathroom on tuesday. there was a cose word next it. the bathroom is i the hallway, where fourth and fifth grade students take classes. the school tells news 4, it doesn't know how many stunts saw it. but it has been removed. in a statement, the principapri says, this doesot reflect the values of the school. now, students will have to sign out to use the bathroom and will check theathroom every hour. >> found at an elementary school is terrible. a search is on for the driver who hit and killed a man in northeast washington and left the scene. this happened on tuesd we learned that willie williams died. he was crossing rhode island state when he was killed by a minivan. police are looking for the

driver of a gray minivan whatac bike rack on the top. the montgomery elementary ho schoolteacheras charged with pornography is out on bond. was theym teacher at ashburton elementary school in bethesda. he was arrested on monday, even though police and fbi agents raided his town home last year. >> it's h troubling that was in the school. but i have faith in the admierstrators in this school, and in the county, they are looking out, as best they can, for the kids. >> the detectives do not believe the child pornography involved students in the school system. he has been on administrative leave since january of 2018 when his house was raided. president trump's national golf course in loudon is being cited. the citation is for illegally cutting down trees without the

correct zoning rmit. e feetntly, 31,000 squ of land was altered. ation 0, the trump organ faced criticism to clear hundreds ofrees to get to the view of the river. the operators owe $6 h ushg$600. we have breaking news from ntgomery county. a car crashed into a home. what happened? >> the story is scary and cmuld have bee worse. want to show you the scene there. this car crashed intloa home on epdrive. this happened just after midnight. imagine sleeping and you feel and hear the impact of this. no one inside the home was injured. there was one person inside that car. no word on what may have caused

them to crash into the house. the american red css is helping the family. that's the latest. ck to you. here's a look at the other stories fe'reollowing this morning. ronald hamilton is expected to be sentenced the life in prison. he is the man convicted of h killin wife and a rookie police officer in 2016. a judge imposed a life sentence for hamilton after the jury wasr deadlocked ove the death penalty. two other offers were wounded. police are looking into the shootings that two in the same waldorf neighborhood could be connected. a wa23-year-old man shot sunday evening. he survived. early tuesday, just after midnight, walter eugene thomas was gunned down walking home from a friend's house. police found his body near a bike path. r. kelly is back in a chicago jail cell. he was taken back into custody yesterday after failing to pay

more than $160,000 in child ymsupport ts. his arrest came hours after an unsettling and emotional interview withle gking. kelly is facing ten counts of abusegast four women years ago. thoughts, prayers, well-wishes continue to pour in for alex trebek. he has been diagnosed with stage 4cr ptic cancer. pat sajak was one of the first to tweet positive issues. there's no one i know that is stronger a moredetermined. trebek explained to his fans that it would be a tough battle, one he plans to ght. >> pancreatic cancer is the third-leading cause of death of cancer in the u.s. 35,000l americans w be

diagnosed with thatce c each year. tremendous debek is in stage for early detection is key. most people don't have sptoms until the tumor has grown and is in the advanced. stag >> we wish him well. he is a legend on tv. >> he h three more years on his contract. still ahead, sentencing for paul manafort. it has arrived. >> what happens in the courtro toda may impact if president. plus, changes are coming to what it means for how you communicate with yr friends communicate with yr friends ouan for 50 years, cracker barrel

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that's a moose on the roof of a carport in canada. >> cra . >> justcasual. >> a mom's husband heard something change and noticed the animal above. look at that thing. >> is it coming off of the roof? >> how did it get up there? how did it get down? no word on how the moose end up on the roof. he was able to get down and r away. the things you see. >> why get up on the roof of the thing? ask the moose. we told you there were more dollartores in america than walmarts or mcdonald's. >> we have learned that one of those franbrands, family dollar will besi c 400 locations. dollar tree bought the company in 2018 and almost immed struggled to increase sales. family dollar sells items for a dollar or less. dollar tre sells everything for a dollar.

15 years after he created it, mark zuckerberg says hece i changingbook. the future of his company is in private messages. people want to connect online the way they would in a living room and lessik than a town square. the changes will happen over a period of years and will mean more communication by private messages that are encrypted by the company. this is why the kids like snapchat because the messages are private. let's check back in with chuck bell. >> good morning, everybody. teies are clear. eratures are in the teens and 20s. and 20s. there's a hint of a warmup for 50 years, cracker barrel

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ou'reatching news 4 today. >> happening today, a former member of president trump's inner circleill learn his fate. >> in a matter of hours, paulfo mana will stand before a judge in virginia. he's been convicted of multiple financial crimes and facesp the 20 years behind bars. >> tracie potts joins us this morning. this is one ofte two sie ining days for manafort >> that's right. another one next week. none of this has to do with his work on the trumpcampaign. but it had to do with consulting for the crukrainie ianian gover. the judge found him guilty of ing. he's looking at up to 24 years today, possibly, plus another

ten yearsex week. the judge will decide if that is consecutive, he has toettle em time-to-time. and we are watching michael cohen on capitol thill. thtimony that he has produced documents accusing the trump lawyers of trying to change his public testimony on the trump tower they were tryin campaign.during the trump's lawyer denies that. >> tracie, thank you. it's not only robert mueller'sga inveson and the manafort sentencing keeping the president busy. his administration is conrnuing to ans questions on how migrants are coming into the country. homeland security secretary kristirstjen nielsen urgedhem t support the border wall.

democrats blasted her for the pain and chaos causedam byy separations. >> are we still putting children in cages? >> to my knowledge, cvp nev put child in a cage. >> i want you to admit that the cages exist. >> sir, their not cages. >> secretary secretary. the controversy surrounding ilhan omar. we told you about this yesterday. she's under fe for second comment to some are sur serving about anti-semitic. democrats are divided on how to best deal with the situation. speaker pelosi has suggested voting on a resolution condemning the b remarksause democrats are not sure they would.upport it it's not expectedo name congresswoman ar. progressive democrats say it

should go beyond cdemning anti-semitism to include other forms bigotry. another emotional moment on capitol hill. martha mcsally, the first female fighter pilot to ply in, comb revealed she was raped in the air force by a superior officer. >> the perpetrators abused their profounds of power in ways. and in one case, i was preyed upon and then raped bysu rior officer. like so many women and men, i didn't trust the system at the time. myself. i was ashamed and confused. and i thought i was strong but felt powerless. >> senator mcsally served in the air force f 26years. the disclosure cameuring a hearing in efforts to prevent sexual assaults in m theitary and improve the response when

they occur. doctors tell usimll the about the benefits of eating fruits and vegetables. >> oh, yeah. and a new study finds they can recuse yoduce your risk of hear diseases. researchers found adults who eight more whole grains, fruits isd veggies lowered their risk of heart dse by 10%. researchersn china say a low-carb diet could be bad for your heart. htthose who e fewer carbs were likely to develop a condition known as afib. aet balanced dif storarchy vegetables and whole grains may reduce your developing the disorder. sweet potatoes, whole grain

rice, not cupcakes and cookies. >> the stuff we have in the newsroom. the university of maryland wants to make changes to its alt l athletics. the decision came after the death of jordan mcnair. >> and nothing is off of the table here, as tracee wilkins explains one mentioned how cirque du soleil keeps its performers safe. >> reporter: the university of maryland is working to improve its sports program after the tragic death of one of its football players. it's learning best practices in placese the military and cirque du soleil. now, coaches at the university of maryland will have to get used to the university taking greater control of coaching across all orts. today, the board overseeing how the university would do that met for the first time. lastsummer, jordan mcnair died

of aparent heat stroke during actice. it was revealed the coach's staff fostered a toxic environment and was prepared for health eneres. rod walters has prepared a list of 20 rommendations to make athletics safer. 18 have been implemented by the university so far. >> it looks like a lot of work has been done. i think in terms of due diligen diligence, weill need mor of these items. 1 timeurn our attention back to the forecast, chuck bell. >>yes, indeed. a check on the status for the seasono r. first inch back on november 15th. since then, national airport, about 2 1/2 inches above. dulles, almost 6 inches above.

and anything that's going to come our way tomorrow, is really going to be slushy. while there's a highest chance for snow. right now, it's 25, with a 18.dchill of the current temperatures are in the upper teens. it feels like a winter start to a march morning. dog walking forecast, look at this ppy dog. funnel cake here, an 8-year-old mixed breed dog. very small, playful. you can go to huma humanerescuealliance.org. temperatures way below freezing this morning. afternoon temperatures will peak around 40 degrees today. and thatachance of snow ss omaha and st. louis, that's the weather system that's coming our way.

not a lot of moisture. that wl be have fight the strong sunshine. and mostly sunny. and by tomorrow morning, maybe a few flurries in the shenandoah valley. it will probabl be noontime or later. since it's coming in the middle of the day, itd may be c enough to support the snow. even with the cloud cover, probably not going to be able to stick to the ground. student rule o couldn't rule out the wet snow on grassy areas. ten-day forecast. mostly dry saturday. rain showe on saturday evening and early sunday. sunday afternoon briefly mild and temperatures close to average for most of next week. >> almost good evening. i'm looking at the sunday, 66. i like that. green belt, outer loop, have a crash blocking the right side. not seeing much of a delay.

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sure you have the t coats and gloves and the scarves and everything else. is coldut there. 26 degrees out of our studios in northwest washington. and it feeven colder. we're still in winter mode, i guess. >> still here. >> i'm eun yang. >> i'm molette green. aaron is o thismorning. heads-up before we get back to this forecast. really important. rockledge elementary schoolkid in prince george's county and the bowie area, that school is closed. the school district announced there is a sewageha blockage is forcing them to shut down the school. rockledge elementary school in prince george's hcounty, youe the day off. we have to get back to the forecast that we he to keep bugging chuck bell about. >> more mr. bell?orecast, >> seat heaters on