just because the precipitation is going to l take atle while longer to get in here. you can see, we're not seeing anything right now, just the cloud cover. if you have things to do this morning, we're y. looking good. however, i widen out this view a little bit,hat rain is still down, well south and west. it hasn't gotten into -- well, it is gettigi into va right now. hasn't moved into west virginia yet. all of this has to continumo to up to the north and east. it is going to head right into our area. what t expect, mainly cold rain, i think, for a lot of us. there could be a little bit of a wintry mix north and west of d.c. i'mng really not sehat much right now for that. 1 to 2 inches of rain possible with flooding. the main story will be tomorrow night and monday, when we'll have bitterly cold winds. howbout negative wind chills? we'll show you that in the ten-day coming >> negative wind chill. oh, my gosh. >>> okay. today, the 2019 women's march. demonstrators are expected to pack freedom plazan a few hours. this year is kind ofn put controversy. news 4's derrick

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. >> i looked atl as a great high-level division iii basketball player. the last name doesn't matter en you have those kind of epskills. >> rorter: the turgeons have ne always been ccted through their love of basketball, but that doesn't mean being a coach's kid i easy. >> you know, you get a lot of crap from fans on social media and fans in person. like your dad shouldn't be here, blah, blah, blah. thankfully i fell in love with the game tham,s to hi so our relationship has been very strong through sports, which i'm very thankl for. i'm hoping that i can do some things over the next four years here and make him very proud. >> let me let you in on something here, right before the end of her interview with coach tu geon, she says that a little choked up talking about his son's accomplishments. coach asked that we not sho that part of the interview and we are respecting his wishes, but clearly you can tell just how proud he is of his son, for good reason. >>> now, as we mark teen cancer awareness week, we want to introduce you to a cancer survivor who took

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well, it's not anl big deals you're a kid and school is cancelled tomorrow or perhaps you go l in atle bit late. we're going to continue to update that. f course on the nbc washington ap now to find out more about road conditions in fairfax, let's go to news 4's chris goon. >> reporter: this is chris gordon in frfax. v dot trucks are now plowing, they're spreading salt. the rd is wet and come morning that could prove to be a dangerous for driver t >> anythint lands on the ground and is wet overnight is going to freeze into ice, so ice issing to have an tomorrow morning. >> reporter: the extreme cold could also create a danger of hypothermia or frostbite. if you don't dress appropriately wearing layers. that's the latest from fairfax. back to you. >> chrisordon reporting. thank you. today's winter weather is already responsible for a deadly crash in fauquier county. a 22-year-old man from woodbridge died when he lost control on sowego road right near the prince william william stafford county line. some crashes in the first 90 minutes of the snowstorm in fauquier county. >>> new tonight

. >> i speak regularly with peoplw atl street. this is something people have been seeing coming for a good long while. it's one reason why -- you could go back and look at my tv clips in december i was saying yes the chinese economy is slowing one of the reasons why markets y responding the way te is that people are downgrading folks witorecast for a lot of business in china. >> as you know, trade tension between t u.s. and china are high right now. and adding to the economic strain today was a travel advisory from the state department saying that americans need to exercise increased caution when traveling to that >>> well, even if you don't own apple shares outright there is a good chance that you own some in anxchange traded fund or index fund o in a mutual fund. van guard is the largest institutnal shareholder in apple. mostly through the index funds and etfs. ack rock and state street also among the top holders in apple. in fact those three firms combined sufferedosapers of about $10 billion just today. >>> and remember, warre

respects thousands defied barriers and roadblocks to gather in the hometown of rebel commanders in atl islam he was one of the two men killed in a gun battle with government troops late on saturday as you know there. was a. zenith all islam was a pious muslim and one of the greatest fighters what compulsion made zenit to pick up arms these young men are taking up arms because of the ongoing oppression from india on the state of german kashmir from one nine hundred forty seven till now it is this oppression that is compelling people to take up arms i but a police spokesman described the rebel leader as a terrorist who carried out attacks against security and civilian targets thousands of people marched in his village to offer a few prayers as the government suspended train services and reportedly blocked internet access in the region. kashmir and muslim majority himalayan region is controlled by india and pakistan in parts and claimed by both inform some kashmiri groups have been fighting for independence from india or for unification with neighboring pakistan dorsetshire pari al jazeer

respects thousands defied barriers and roadblocks to gather in the hometown of rebel commanders in atl islam he was one of the two men killed in a gun battle with government troops late on saturday as you know there's you know it was and there are your thoughts xeno still a slum was a pious muslim and one of the greatest fighters what compulsion made zenit to pick up arms these young men are taking up arms because of the ongoing oppression from india on the state of german kashmir from one nine hundred forty seven till now it is this oppression that is compelling people to take up arms. but a police spokesman described the rebel leader as a terrorist who carried out attacks against security and civilian targets thousands of people marched in his village to offer fuel prayers as the government suspend the train services and reportedly blocked internet access in the region. of kashmir and muslim majority himalayan region is controlled by india and pakistan in parts and claimed by both inform. some kashmiri groups have been fighting for independence from india or for unification with neig

for osack atle later on in the morning. later on in the morning.ast center, >>> it's friday, january 4, 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." shutdown showdown, the house where democrats now hold the majority passed a plan to reopen the government, but without funding president trump's border wall. >>> investors hold their breath after another steep drop on wall street. so far global markets are mixed. >>> and a sketch of a suspect has been released in the search for a gunman who killed a little texas girl.

between now and sunday about a million people are expected to flock to the atl.y will be greeted by an outdoor art project called off the wall. dana jacobson takes a look. >> the atlanta native said she was the kid that always drew on her parents' walls. today she is putting the finishing touches on an entire building's wall in her hometown. >> the connection of arts and civil rights marry together beautifully. >> her mural is an homage to the neighborhood once considered the most prosperous african american community in the early 20th century. it's one of the more than 2 dozen murals around the city expected to be completed by next week to greet the more than 100,000 visitors for super bowl liii. >> what do you hope they take away from it? >> how amazing atlanta is. the contribution that it's given to this nation, and how can they contribute moving forward. >> her panorama is steps from many civil rights landmarks. the martin luther king jr. memorial site which includes his boyhood home and the baptist church where he preached. roads bearing the names of pioneer

. >> atl, georgia. what do we do for you?n have my own flavor and swagger about doing it and it will be accepted the same way because they're one of the first ones that came with their own type of style. it felt new, it felt fresh. >> lil jon started screaming all over these records and the world started to know atlanta for bei being krunk. >> when "the proposal movie" came out and they were singing "get low" sandra bullock was singing the words to "get low" with betty white, that made be say wow. >> i believe what makes atlanta special is the fact that the majority of us really just want to see each other win. the relationship runs far deeper than the music, and i think that's what keeps the culture really, really special. when people come here, they can feel the love. >> that's why atlanta's on top right now as far as music and a few other things, just the sense of community and the sense of like brotherhood. >> it's a different energy from any other place in the world. everywhere emulates our swag and our culture. and you'

. >> starting today, your wallet will feel l atle lighter. the main toll is going up by 75 cents is that the ramps are ing up 50 cents. so up to $1.25ach way. that money will go toward maintenance and building the silver line extension of metro. this has been a pretty controversial toll hike. some people say airlines should have to pay part of th burden. highway officials say they hope to not raise the toles again until at least 2023. news4. >>> if you're looking to get out of town this year, you may want to consider booking the plane ticket pretty soon. january is the cheapest month to book airfare. ifou can't make a decision that fast, february and august are also good mon s tobook. you can save the most money by booking a flight that leaves very early in the morning. if your flight is domestic, mree o book two to three weeks ahead of time. for international kflights, boo two months before your trip. although for 60-degree weather, you don't really nee to go to florida. >> exactly. we're talking aboutplanning. what we need to wear tomorrow

a live look atl reagan natio airport for you. according to flight aware, it had 8 delayed a flights 55 cancellations this morning. dulles, 8 delays and t dozen cancellations. and bwi-marshall has two delays and four consolations. chk your status with your airline before you head to the airport. >>> this is your cnbc business report. >> i'm frank holland at cnbc headquarters. sears will holaua bankruptcy ion for its assets today. those proceedings will happen at a law firm here in new york city. last week eddie lampert ubmitted an offer that would keep sears and loyees open and 50,000 e workin it's unclear how that bid stacks up against other which are mostly from liquidation firms. if lampert's bid is possible, the brands could live on. with your cnbc business report, i'm frank holland. >>> first traffic alert on i-270 involving a montgomery county police officer. northbound 270, the local lanes before montrose road. we just spoke with montgomery county police. e officer is okay. there's other injuries. we're shut down. northboun

be looking atl the actual inflation data.f it does that, people will see there is no great likelihood or rates anytimee soon. i think with respect to the balance sheet, it is usually a mistake when you are a policy as a to signal anything kind of absolute commitment that is not open to being changed as circumstances warrant. wererrent facts, if i advising the fed a i would not change the balance sheet policy. but i would not signal that the balance sheet policy is inviolate, and not subject to change. i would be showing openness on anchoringe sheet, monetary policy discussions in the need to achieve a symmetric 2% inflation target. i would be making clear that i was very aware of the importance of avoiding a downturn, because of the difficulties in containing downturns when you are starting at there he low interest rates. that would be the posture i would be taking. for --ou david: thank you for your time. we turn now to mark crumpton for first word news. >> president trump is still considering declaring a national emergency

they atle angels that left from this earth, he says. the devastating loss happened sunday night.e family headed home tal f church. investigators believe the driver of the pickup truck may have been drinking before slamming into the car, crushing the backseat, killing the three children. there is no explanation for pain we are living the pastor says. it is a pain compellin strangers to do something. since monday, morehan a thousand people donating tens of thousands of dollars to a gofundme. the pastor asking for prayer knowing they will need a deeper healing to live wiout that innocent joy that once filled their home. as far as the driver in this case, a lot of questions about why he'sot charged. police are working on the investigation. they are gathering as much evidence aspsko >>> an all too frequent scene i the district. crime scene after crime scene, shootings leaving innocent victims dead or fighting for their lives. that's how 2018 ended and 2019 began. one person shot and killed on barnaby roadsoutheast yesterday evening. around lunchtime new year's day, shot rang out on ke

you are watching "cnn newsroom" live from the atl.eorge how will with the headlines we're following for you his hour. >>> in venezuela juan guaido is intensifying his push to oust the current sitting president nicolas maduro. on sunday he called for new protests and also told "the washington post" that the opposition is in secret talks with military and government officials about driving maduro out. >>> u.n. human rights experts are set to arrive in turkey on monday to investigate the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. khashoggi was killed inside the saudi consulate in istanbul in october. u.s. intelligence has concluded that the saudi crown prince directed the murder. saudi officials deny that. >>> u.s. president donald trump says another government shutdown is, quote, certainly an option if he doesn't get funding for a border wall he wants. in an interview with "the wall street journal" mr. trump says he's skeptical lawmakers will reach an agreement by the next funding deadline. that deadline set for february 15th. >> now to the

the upper 30s and low 40s across all of northern virg lia, atle colder in maryland now. 32 in frederick northern frederick county, washington county, into the panhandle of west virginia, there might be one or two patches of ice. that won't last too much longer. temperatures with enough sunshine to ph temperatures in the upper 5s to near 60 today. if we get into the eveningho s, there will be a 40% chance of a line of showers going through. right now, it's dry around the d.c. metro area. there are rain drops across the northern neck and southern parts 'sof st. mary county. that rain will not be lasting too muchlonger. even southern maryland will get a drier and milder day today. this area of storminess in the behind it, it is unlocking the cold air. and tomorrow will be a very different weather d here.nd temperatures will be in the upper 30s and low 40s all day. a northwest wind at 20 tomi 30 s per hour tomorrow, will keep windchills down near freezing all day. as we get into the weekend, things could be mor interesting. saturday morning starts dry. there's an cincreasince for snow here.

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the finger at president trump, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell directed the blame right back atl pelosi. >> so here we are, day 24, becauseay the speaker of the hoe has decided enforcing our own laws is now immoral. because she's decided it's better to prolong this partial shutdown than invest more than one dollar that both parties agreed was a good idea until about five minutes ago. >>in so the government shutdowns continuing to also have a real world impact on millions of americans. at the hartsfield jackson international airport in atlanta yesterday many travellers had to wait for up to an hour and a half in security checkpoint lines. a spokes warm for the airport told the "atlanta journal constitution" that mondays are always busy adding quote but today we did feel the impact of the federal shutdown more than we have thus far. republican senator susan collins of maine tweeted i talked to a waitress in bangor this morning whose his wax for tsa. they had to gate loan to pay their mortgage. this is just wrong. >> the commandant of the u.s. coast guard admiral carl schultz expres

you are watching "cnn newsroom" live from the atl. i'm george howell. >> i'm natalie allen.e are the top stories. republican and unionist leaders in northern ireland both say there is no place for acts of terror there. they're condemning a suspected car bomb that exploded in londonberrlondo londonderry, known as derry. police did not name a suspect and no one claimed responsibility. >>> in chile, a earthquake struck saturday night. it rattled buildings and forced people to rush out of their homes as you see there. the officials say the earthquake left some 200,000 customers without power. >>> democrats have rejected a white house offer to end the government shutdown, saying it won't pass congress. president trump proposed temporarily lifting the threat of deportation for about 1 million undocumented immigrants in exchange for his border wall. >>> the u.s. president characterizes it as a crisis on the u.s. southern border that only a wall can fix. he's even threatened to declare a national emergency if congress doesn't approve his funding. >> the reality along the border hard

stafo know how to deal with these kind of disruptive behaviors, but this seemed to suggest they went atleond the pale. we don't have a clear grasp of what kind of actions are acceptable, at this point. we dknow that the local sheriff's office initially looked at this and decided there wat nothing here thaally rose to a criminal standard, saying that these are basically -- basically suggesting these were somewhat accepted practices. they reversed that position or their higher-ups did after we accomplished these videos over the weekend. >> we should point out the county prosecutor there is lookvig into reing these videos to see if there is something that rises to theve of criminality, but criminal behavior aside, i thinu it's dif for anyone to see children in the care of the u.s. government being treated this way, a this one company, southwest key programs, i want to ask you about them, because they are the nation's largest operators of shelters for migrt children. they have some 5,000 migrant children across all these shelters, and the re children removed from these shuttered shelters were

it l been atle dull drum in the beginning of januar y hereou are again ready to celebrate the best of e best, which is pie. >> so you have all the fixes .laid out here tyson is lea wngh the crust. this is the crumb topping. we're going to make, what? what are we making here? >> we have got apple and strawberry rhubarb. the strawberries from our farm last spring, too. >> avis,alk to us abouthe sweetness that you're thinking of furloughed federal workers on this day as we enter int another day of a lot of folks ng paid. >> we would like to offer a sweet deal to the furloughed workers. a lot of them are our customers. a lot of ts particular area is workers, f furloughed which is -- it's upsetting. but we are happy to have the first five furloughed workers that come in, please come in, pick outhe pie of your choice to take home on national pie day and weheope it's beginning of the end. right? >> the beginning of the end. >> that's what wewant. >> all right. oh my goodness. and it is delicious. okay. we got apl sg of that apple before the mayor jumped in on it. so we're going to b back lat

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you start to get into the place with atl, big airport, dfw, all of the transportation grid and some combination of weather and enough people not showing up to work, could shut down the air travel in the united states. the minute that happens, the poll numbers will behave in a way that i think will compel mcconnell to act. that's to me the most likely outcome. not anyone's heroism or bravery or anyone's principle. it will be as it often in is america, climate and weather will drive the end. >> a tragic state of affairs you always refuse to weigh in on cardi b. >> i weighed in! >> seriously, that it will be something so dire. that our government is so far gone, it is so far gone that you're talking about some kind of calamity. you're talking about a catastrophic weather event. pathetic. pathetic. vote them all out. heidi przybilla, thank you for spending time with us. when we come back, crazy like a fox or just plain crazy? rudy giuliani claims he never, in a million, zillion years said that the trump administration didn't clollude with russia. does he know something we don't know or did he pick

atl me about this weekend bob's. who is bob? >> the founder of go daddy.rth about $2 billion right now. he's not the first golf addicted billionaire to drop a small fortune on a golf course. luckrchased a down on its country club in scottsdale, arizona. by the time it is finished at the end of this year, he will have dropped $3 million to renovate this golf course. right now, it is the setting for his golf club. he's making his own equipment now. couldgolf clubs, you spend $850 on one of these drivers. he's using the course as a place for addicted golfers like himself to come and test out the clubs and spend a weekend. a set of clubs, cost $6,000. it's not that they hit the ball better. as well as the ball you do with the clunky clubs, but they look like the pros. >> a writer who went, he's been writing about call for decades, he said one of the biggest differences, if you get measured and custom fitted while you are there, that makes a huge difference. david: which they better do for $17,500. david berkowitz has a brownstone on sale on the website. he pai

. >> before the teams took off from mecca, took off for atl.heir fans gave them big send-offs. >> thousands of rams fans showed up for a rally in what will be their new stadium and the coach sean mcvey said the team is going to atlanta to check off its last goal for the season. >>> in the meantime, 35,000 people showed up at gillette stadium in foxborough, massachusetts, to wish the patriots well. tom brady ended by leading the crowd in a we're still here chant and finished with a mike drop. >> or toss. >> that looked more like a toss. >> both teams will speak with reporters tonight at super bowl opening night as the big event, the nfl used to call it media day. when he threw that mike, let's hope he doesn't throw the football like that. >> yeah. >>> tom brady will be among those at the center of attention. he's already spoken with espn about the inevitable. >> any chance that this is your last game? zero? >> zero. >> say it. >> zero, yeah. there's zero -- >> what would stop from you playing? >> that's a good question. i'm going to know when th

. ♪ to the atl, yeah. >> welcome to atlanta!tually say stuff like hello, good morning, how you doing, how's your mom and dad. we very much are a small town masquerading as a big city. >> we talk about the culture. we talk about the love. the part i think makes atlanta most special is the food. you're not born and raised in atlanta and not been to beautiful. >> there's a lot of opportunity in atlanta. so our city is really growing at a fast rate. >> it's a place where you can afford to have a house, raise a family, and at the same time pursue your entrepreneurial dreams. it is to me wakanda. ♪ >> from the way that we dress, the way that we speak -- it's all reflected in the music. ♪ >> we don't try to be like anybody else. we do our own thing, and people copy us. and our culture and our swag just -- everybody wants to just eat it up. >> let's go. >> like gumbo. flav mix is putting their >> one of the things don't acknowledge is atlanta was the underdog. ♪ they definitely would, you know, kind of tease us and laugh at the way we t

the crowd atl le rowdier than th usual.ff action. we've got a big pep rally on the plaza this morning. the crowd decked out n in hats thanks to new era cap. look savannah guthrie, there's an eagle. >> oh, my god. >> we're looking forward to the big games incding theolts and chiefs here on nbc. especially thep match've been discussing between -- >> who cares? >> my saints, who dat and savannah's eaes. >> guys, look who is here. swoop flew in for the occasion, the eaglesh- ma. high, swoop, you're looking reat. he's feelinggood, too. >> dear savannah, i would like to personallyhank you -- it's a long letter. >> this is from the owner of the eagles. he said enclosed are hats and shirts for entire production crew at the "today" show. >> oh, my gosh. >> thank you, jechry lord. did you get a lette from the owner of the saints. >> what's the saints moss cot? >> it's a saint. >> he we go. our mascot couldn't make it. it's easy to sweep in from philly. they did send me a bunch of black and gold to represent the who dat nation. so on

>> atl, they're not in the super bowl, but they're going to host, as we know. >> not in the super bowlin it a couple of years ago. didn't go that well in the end >> you guys mentioned stanton lee, black and decker, a bunch of calls out of retail, goldman takes gap to sell. cowan cuts pvh the journal saying jcpenney has a year to figure it out. >> negative. calvin klein is doing well gap stores, uniquely mall. uniquely mall is just bad. you look at high end, whether it be tiffany with the disappointment, whether it be ralph lauren -- i knew ralph lauren is doing well, gap stores chronically underperforming and nothing is different there i continue to think that retail is a very split world. the winners are tjx, dollar tree, which i don't think has the dollar tree is under pressure to change things, but i think that they're doing quite well now in the last quarter dollar general doing very, very well. >> cowan says it takes pvh to market perform for the first time in eight years. >> yeah, i thought -- i love the cowan analyst, very smart. pvh, i think doing a remarkable job. he's address

. >> it's cold there in the atl but not inside. >>> but first, we begin with the extreme life-threateningold. in the midwest, they're facing record subzero temperatures and even colder windchills. >> you're looking at chicago. snow starting to come down there and they've already declared states of emergency in wisconsin, michigan and alabama, thousands of flights have been canceled over the past two days. sam champion is in for ginger and starts us off. good morning, sam. >> good morning, george. we're not only investigating record low temperatures but the coldest temperatures ever reported in some of these areas. we're going to be very close to that particularly for chicago and minneapolis. look in wisconsin this morning, we're showing you snow, 15 inches of snow, state of emergency in the area. that just to show you there is some snow involved in this, but the real issue is the cold. so massive is the system more than 35 states are involved in just the cold weather warnings alone. if you were to measure from that wisconsin, western wisconsin border all the way to the tip of maine, we're

if you're going l atle bit fast and you hit an icy overpass or icy bridge area, you need to be able to understandha the road conditions can do to your vehicle. so if you slow down, give a good following distanc between you and the car in front of you and stay out of way of plow trains i think you'l be good. >> because this is really the first big snowfall this year, you know, a lot of times we'll treatment the roads over and over again with chemical and solution and ttuff hasn't had a chance to set in. does that play a part in all of this today bause this is really the first big snow storm? no. so we treated the road with brine which is 70% water and30% solution. the road that you see going along in the storm and as we go through the day you'll see the salt situation in order to help with the melt and treatment and we always try to be good stewards of the envir and make sure we're applying as little salt as we can. if we don'to have salt w an't but what we will do is continue to sal remove the snow from the road and we'll continue to watch it and see what wo need do in terms of salting

that's all from me here atl later. - more breaking news from northern ireland, they have confirmed theyturday night. the police service of northern ireland have issued a tweet saying that at a proximate li 1:45pm a delivery driver's vehicle was hijacked by four masked men, one of them reported to have a gun. to depends of the band were ordered to drive it to a specific road and leave it there. and cordons are being put in place there. this incident being taken very seriously, particularly following that explosion in the city centre at the weekend. i believe there is also a remark being treated by the leader of the dup and the first minister, arlene foster. we will bring you that when we have it. china has announced it slowest growth since 1990 — it's significant becasue remember it's the world's second largest economy, so it's sparked worries about a wider global slowdown. it grew by 6.6% in 2018. the official figures were released today. sports direct founder mike ashley has placed a bid to buy music chain hmv. the music retailer collapsed last month, the second time it's gone into adm