i'm chris laurence. >> i'm mette green. happy new year. we're glad you're starting 2019 with us today. a calm art. look at that picture there. we are thankful to be done with the wettest year of the d.c. area has ever seen. >> yeah. here's to some der weather in the year to come. hot's check on the forecast with amelia. is it looking out there so far? >> we need a break. i did wear myts rain b into work just in case. >> you did not need to rare them in. not only is dry out there, but it is mils well. i am tracking breezy winds. it will be breezy throughout the day. here's the latest check of the radar. utall of the rain of the area. this pushing off to the east. n'll be dry today for the first day of the year. happy new year. check out our temperature right now. hard to ss. 63 degrees right now. those winds outf the southwest 14 miles per hour helping to pum p in that milder air. we'll have slowly falling temperatures today, all inll it looks like a mild tuesday. generally temperatures hanging out where they're currently at in your neighbo

i'm chris laurence. >> i'm mette green. happy new year.re glad you're starting 2019 with us today. a calm art. look at that picture there. we are thankful to be done with the wettest year of the d.c. area has ever seen. >> yeah. here's to some der weather in the year to come. hot's check on the forecast with amelia. is it looking out there so far? >> we need a

ye i'm chris laurence. >> i'm mlet greene thank you for starting the year with us on news 4. it's a calm t startthe day. we're thankful to be done withte the w year the d.c. area has ever seen. >> it's been crazy. >> let's check the forecast with amelia a do we get break from the rain today? >> need a break. >> we do get a break from the rain, not only today but tomorrow on your wednesday. by the wa hap new year. i hope it's off to a great start. here's the lates check on storm team 4radar. all dry across the area. we'll be dry today from start to finish. you will nice the winds. look at the mild air in place. d.c. coming a in 62. 66 in hunting town. you get the idea it's mild out there. especially around gaiter er herg around theerstown t in 40s. we'll see temperatures slowly falling rohout the day today. i'll have more on the cold air that will ben place on wednesday and morehe on rain in a little bit. ♪ o >>ut with the old, in with the new. the rain did not stop the party in new york city. tens of thousands of people from all over the world showed up in timesnquare to ring

ye i'm chris laurence. >> i'm mlet greene thank you for starting the year with us on news 4.artthe day. we're thankful to be done withte the w year the d.c. area has ever seen. >> it's been crazy. >> let's check the forecast with amelia a do we get break from

i'm chris laurence. >> i'm molette green. happy new year. we're gl you're starting 2019 with us today. a calm start. a little windy out there.l we're thank to be done with the wettest year the d.c. area has ever seen. >> yeah. i have to tell you, when you walk out the door this morning, you might not believe it's the 1st o day january. >> the temperatures today are 61. >> i know, i w lovehen we have these mild mornis i winter, especially heading into work, you're not dealing with bitterly cold air. so it's not only mild out there, but it's kind ofs breezy well. winds subsiding a bit now compared to the last hour. out of the southwest at about 7 miles per hour. i'm tracking plenty of crowds across the area. that temperature, 61 degrees, that's where temperatures will stay throhout the day today. it's a mild start to january. f stormthe latest check team 4 radar. yesterday's rain pushed off to the east. we'll be dry not only today but .omorrow as we a high temperature today around 60es deg near steady temperatures throughout the day. clouds wi

let's bring in chris lu, and a senior fellow at the miller center and boyd matheson and laurence lessig, harvard law school professor and founder of equal citizens. he's also the author of "america compromised." we have heard the debate about whether this president can ask for a state of emergency, a national emergency, so that he can potentially end run the debates that are not quite -- excuse me, the negotiations that are not quite working out the way both sides want at the moment. and whether this would be possible. what's your reaction to that? >> over the past two years, the president has issued a litany of threats against private companies, political opponents, other countries. and to me it was a throwaway line in response to a question. i'm sure there's a lot of lawyering going on right now. in the end he'll realize he can't do legally what he wants to do or it's not worth the political success. as we saw over the last two years, this president had to scale back his travel ban several times in order to pass muster with the courts. i think in the end this is a lot of smoke. >> boy