bao bao. b >> sometimes we take theometim cameras and we're in a windowless studio and it takest t me by surprise. there's the sunshine that ie nshi thought we would be waiting beaiti long are for but we got it.ot what a gorgeous gorgeousou morning.in that is an awesome start to awert the day.the da okay, so the rain that camet ca through last night you can seeouan that storm system way up intem waup i new england long gone, a g a couple of snow showers across a western pennsylvania and westnsnia virginia but clearly we have rid -- we've seen the cloudslo move out so we've got some g som nice sunshine in store for youreor y today. should be pretty mild, too.oo. it's already fairly mild. mil 43 degrees in washington rightashing now. up are 30's to low 40's. everyone well above freezing fez and our whole area only saw rain from that storm system.stm syst pretty unusual for january 15th but i haven't heard too many complaints yet.many temperatures, though, across cough, acros the nation 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system towards our south soo anyone southeast of washington washington watch out for that.tch otherwise it's just some just s flurries here. fl we do clear out by sunday s night and then the cold aird air comes rushing on in. in. it's high pressure meaning it will bring us sunshine but arctic high pressure and highressure temperatures monday, tuesday struggling to hit 30 degreesde so we are going to be very be v cold despite the sunshine. sin winter will be back but just b jus temperatures, no snow at leastnonow not quite yet.. 51 degrees for today. beautiful. skies clear, it's mild andr, it'ld a breezy west wind gusting tong 25 miles an hour at times.im 39 tomorrow.omor much colder. ch sunday is very different is ve different because it's cloudy.us we'll have e some snow flurrieslu much. watch for snow to our south sth 39. very cold monday martin luther king day, high of just 30ly 30l it's breezy, too so windtoo so w chills all day in the 20's. ie 2 29 is it for the high on tuesday. tues we'll moderate a bit towardsit tar the end of the week watching ach chance for some snow.eno that's on friday.rida but that's still as much days out. so, we're watching but we're not confirming anything justing ju quite yet. we'll have more coming up in ae bit. that's your seven day.at's y now let's go back to annie. >> thanks so much caitlin.aiin >>> well sad news to pass on pass you to. there's more sad news for singer celine dion. dio days after losing her husbandg ba to cancer her family says her ss brother is also battling the disease. her brother is reportedly battling throat tongue andt tongu brain cancer and likely hasncer a just days to live.iv he's currently being treated treat at a hospital in montreal. montrea on thursday celine's husband hband rene passed away at the age of age 73 after a year's long battle with cancer. cce very sad news. n certainly we pass along our alo very best. bt. >>> meanwhile we are wakingakin you up to the steps of stepf ste africa. rica. take a look. l all right now. n thisologicalthis will definitely wake youou up.up. you don't want to miss why w they are in our studio. sdi work it. work i we'll be right back. patients across the country have spoken. they recently rated their care experience at over 3,500 hospitals nationwide in a survey conducted for the centers for medicare and medicaid services. fewer than 6% received 5 stars. among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. learn more at cancercenter.com slash eastern. cancer treatment centers of america. care that never quits. appointments available now. >> welcome back. you are in for a treat this f morning. we've been teasing themor all a morning long and its it's it' finally time.ll >> we did see them going to gng break earlier. eli step africa joining us in the us in loft. as they get ready to honor martin luther king jr. thisr. this weekend. we >> we're excited.>> we're exc we've done things with you allou in the past. p >> yes.>> yes. >> you're such a big presenceig presence in the dmv. t for over 20 years you've been wowing crowds across the country. >> we are step africa based in d.c. and we have a big showve a big s coming up tomorrow at therow t strath more. m it's a showcase where we are hosting six diverse step teams in the area. in t >> wow. when we say big we mean big, b that it's sold out y'all okay sold out but don't freton'tre because there is another showere coming up at the end of thef the month. >> that's correct. that's monday january 25th atry5t the malcolm x community centernity cen in southeast. it is free, open to the public. please go to our web site foror more information.ormati. >> mark your calendars nor day. we're looking at some video. veo >> yes. >> yes. >> caitlin and i we wanted to know -- we've seen stepping,pp we've seen the stepping teamsgea at football games and thingsnd thi like that but this is a real -- this goes back in i history and there's a deepera d meaning to this. >> yes it started in the early e 19 hundreds with historicallytorica african-american fraternitiesic fra and sore rots are and it's and i grown over the years so we'vee've taken stepping and we've beenng really innovative with it. we stepped with video and multimedia, with orchestrasrchest and jazz musicians so it's an harder form that's foreveror growing but it has a richich tradition rooted right here inro h the united states of america.tates of a >> what are the actual steps or the dance moves based on? ased on? what would you -- how wouldhow wo you actually describe it?cribe >> well, it's usually based on our pride and our love for our organizations. so it starts out as something simple and develops with music dev and influences of military and marching bands and pop and p culture. >> it really gets the crowds cro going no matter where you are.re >> very energetic. >> full disclosure when i waslo asu teenager i wanted to be on a a step team but i didn't have it in me. in me. dreams might come true today.trod maybe you'll teach me a few steps.steps. it's using your body as an you instrument. >> that's correct. >> and really creating hottho beats. >> that's correct. >> enough talking. let's see them do their thing. caitlin and i will step out ofp the way and take it away, guys. guys >> every time we do a show all the people want to know. the beats go like this. >> (clappingclapping and stomping). >> get low. >> step africa is back. (applause). >> that was so awesome.so. >> i love this when you do d the -- [laughter] >> what is that, annie? >> okay, now, let me show you this one beat i learned in learned in high school 'cause i really rea wanted to be on the team.eam. they taught me this one beat. ready. >> (clapping and stomping). stoin >> that's all i know.l i kno i brought it.t i i brought my game. okay thank you so much. that was great, guys. was >> yes, it was. yesit was >> i'm come to go that show in january. all right the one tomorrow isomorro sold out.so not surprised there. they have been doing their dng t thing for over 20 years y'all in the dmv so thank you so much guys. so, the show once again comingom up at the malcolm x community cmu center right. >> that's correct.>> t >> the date. >> january 25th on a monday.y. >> mark your calendars. calen >> two opportunities.rtun >> that does it for us here at 7:00. bye. let's do another one.do another >> one more. o >> o >> one move. mov >> okay. so first let's learn l attention. any time you hear me say attention bring your arms up up to your chest and say h uh-uh h. >> good annie. >> welcome back on this saturday. it is 8 o'clock as we take we this beautiful live look outside. outside. >> gorgeous. g >> gorgeous. and the good news is caitlin n is bringings good news guys.uy she's telling us it's going tos going be a pretty good day, right.y go >> it is. that's a beautiful shot off oftff i believe our tower cam. tower you can see the low level fog but then that blue sky above skybo it.it >> as long as we see the sun.s we >> we will totally.otly >> welcome back i'm annie yu. >> and i'm caitlin roth.aitlin r let's get straight to thatt straight to check of our forecast for our saturday.tuay. improving every minute becausemi we had the rain lastnu night n heavy at times and that has has cleared out pretty remarkablyy remarkably overnight. you can see that massive colorsiv up in new england.n ne that's our storm system thatrm brought just rain to the dmv.mv. just rain to philadelphia, newlphia, n york. now boston. you have to go way up into newin england to even see some snowow showers.ows. january 15th this came throughcame tou yesterday veryerda uncharacteristic the middle ofstic t winter you don't see any snownyno in our area but temperaturespetu were way too mild.wereay t we have cleared out.clead o we're just seeing someeein s mountain snow and rain showersn swers right now and we do have some s patchy fog out there a few a clouds but as you saw from our tower cam shot a lot ofhoa lo sunshine and we should seed partly sunny skies laterly sunny today. s visibilitys are low where we we have dense fog. d out at dulles down to an t a quarter mile visibility, sameity, sam in culpeper. culper. if you're about to head out onut the roads it might be a littlee a wet and you might have thickav thi fog in your neighborhood.ighb temperatures very mild.at 41 inur baltimore.timore everyone well above freezing freez so aside from some mountain mount flurries this afternoonri really not going to see mesuchseeuc in terms of precipitation.pita. that's all long gone with theg go wit rain last night.in lt ni what to expect for saturday? atury? sunshine and high pressure h p building back on through. tou that storm system well offwell towards our north and eastounort bringing rain to parts of newf england and possibly even affecting the football gametb g there tomorrow in foxboro but the actual cold air behind cold a this front is knotter arriving until tonight so sunday looksks much colder.der. 51 degrees for today, partlyay, partly cloudy skies, 39 tomorrow andes sunday, . sund snow showers are in the forecast. basically south of us is theh ofs is best chance to see some snow. s even down into the eastern eas shore maybe coating the roads t r but probably just flurriesust here in d.c.here i.c still much much colder forolder f sunday. hey, the cold sticks around.ks aun we'll have that in yourl have seven-day forecast stillda ahead. annie.. >> ♪>> ♪ >> well, developing overnight orn three jihadist killed and 126 people have been freed after extremist seized a hotel inurkina faso.kina fas 22 others were killed and neard and n two dozen others injured inured i this attack. route now it's unclear if more i mor people are still inside thatid hotel. this is the same group thate gro claimed responsibility for ansibilior a attack at a hotel in mali last mali last clear to killed 20 people. k >>> the search continues thistinu morning for the remnants of two marine corps helicopter helic that is crashed off thecrashed off hawaiian island of oahu duringahdu a training mission.i >>> the fate of the 12 crewf e 12 c members on board thosese helicopter center city stills is still unknown. >>> new this morning, howardning county police say the peopleeopl that shot at a vehicle after vle a the driver was trying to ramam his car into officers ins ellicott city last night thatlast nig man was not injured. injed this happened in the 3100 3 block of fergus mill way. police arrived to the sceneo for report of a burglary.urar the suspect refused to guiltyil out of his car and drove and towards officers.towas officers. its man is in custody andcustdy a could face charges.ce c >>> secretary of state john joh kerry in vienna discussing the landmark iran nuclear deal i with the nation'ras foreigns ministry and the europeanopea union. leaders are waiting to hearai from the un as to whether iran has met those commitments under the agreement.r under the deal made in july of last year iran agreed to limit programs they could use tould us make nuclear weapons in return for an tend to sanctions.end >>> d.c. police investigatingng alleged -- an alleged attackeged by a group of teens.ns this latest incident caught on caugh surveillance video at a convenience store.conv it shows the seven people of ppl interest coming and going fromngro mike's market on benning road. at one point, police say three t of the young men attempted toemed steal candy from the front counter. the group then leaves buten returns with other ls allegedly assaulting the clerk. he went to the hospital and says he needed eight stitchest st on his head.ead. >>> and our area is beamingea with excitement today at theitem national zoo.oo. panda cub bei bei will make his first public debut it's aut it's very big day.ay. fox5's megan dice is theree ihere with more on how you can sayan hello to bei bei and bao> reporter: hey, goodor morning, annie and good morning to all of you. well, the gates are officially open.op. so this little guy has been has b kept largely under wraps onlyraps o to be seen on the panda cam panda until today.ti now, his name, bei bei, meansei precious treasure. treasure. he was named by first ladyad michelle obama and china'shina first lady. l if you'll remember he was born wasorn back in august and the panda pan in fact is listed as an endangered species. spe bei bei turns five months old. the cub will be sent to chinato c to live after he turns fourns fr years old. years ol now, everyone is welcome todaycome t for the debut.eb the gates are already opened.pe the panda house will open at 9 o'clock. those interested should enterd at the asia trail entrancee, that's ac crass from the ac cr visitor's send center. c you can tweet us at fox5 d.c. or on our facebook page.k p when his sister bao bao made b m her debut a few years back over 5,000 people comingple cong throu

his sister bao bao was born in 20-13. bei bei s starting to nibble on bamboo and in the next few weeks he )ll be allowed outside. when he s four he will head to china to father new baby panda cubs. first at fou >> dylan: so, uh... good place? >> chelsea: we are in a good place. we're in a great place, actually. >> dylan: except the fact that he's missing. >> chelsea: yeah, except for that. >> dylan: and that's why i have to ask the questions i don't want to ask. did you guys have an argument? was he upset?

bao bao made her debut two years ago. so we're expecting aot of folks to be here at the zoo. so if you're planning to come and visit, keep that in mind. here are some tips for you if you actually plan to come and see bei bei. first of all the began house is open from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00. you're going to want to enter using the asia trail entrance. 7:30 in the morning, that's when they'rev2e'u7" they'rev2e'u7" >>> a special our cosmetics line was a hit. the orders were rushing in. i could feel our deadlines racing towards us. we didn't need a loan. we needed short-term funding fast. building 18 homes in 4 ½ months? that was a leap. but i knew i could rely on american express to help me buy those building materials. amex helped me buy the inventory i needed. our amex helped us fill the orders. just like that. another step on the journey. will you be ready when growth presents itself? realize your buying power at open.com >>> welcome back. an investigation into the death of man in police custody. police say the man was cooperative but complained of chest pains after he was handcuffed. he died. police say no officers used force. there is an autopsy scheduled today to find out what caused the man's death. >>> he'll check out the school's new building, which includes a media center, a bigger gym, and a cafeteria with a stage. that facility is part of a $29 million plan to add space and accommodate more kids. >> 5:11. time for "weather & traffic on the 1s." i'm just going to focus on the warmup part of the forecast today. >> let dees that. ite goes doing be nice and warm this afternoon before the clouds move in. the weather and your plans, no problems at all with whatever you're going to do outside this morning. it's not even really all that cold. clouds will be rolling in. your friday evening, yes, indeed, raindrops aplenty. moderate rain at time do. plan on a wet dinner. that's when the rain began moving in. a look at the whole weekend in 10 minutes. 66 update now from miss melissa mollet. >> good morning. an update. we had molette green describe by there. she says it's cleared. >>> taking a look, two miles south of there, just got a report, westbound leesburg pike at 50, all westbound lanes shut down because of a bad crash in that area. trying to get more information on that one. 270 north at middlebrooks, it's cleared out of the way. i'll see you in ten minutes. >> thank you, melissa. >>> it's a disease that could have the cc issuing a travel warning as early as today, especially for pregnant women. >>> you saw the heroic rescue here on nbc 4 live. now hear from >>> we have an update on breaking news. a car slammed into a tree and was towed away. police say there are no injury. we're working to find out what cause thad crash. >> all right. fire is coming out of that door. something just exploded. something just exploded. >> first response facing danger as a prince george's apartment building goes up in flames. we're now hearing about the dramatic rescues at the adelphi apartment building from firefighters themselves. once they saw a couple on the balcony, they immediately started a ladder rescue to the top floor. >> i grabbed him and grabbed him on the ladder. i told him if you feel comfortable, come down the ladder and i'll start with your wife. >> investigators are trying to pinpoint a cause. now they say they have not found anything suspicious. >>> new surveillance video is bringing questionable policies or police actions to light in chicago. a white officer shot and killed 17-year-old cedrick chatman in 2013. he was shot and killed while running away from police. no weapons were found on the scene. >> this actually does not change anything in the city of chicago. they're still not being transparent. we're still not hearing details of how they're going to change. >> an independent police review said the use of deadly force was justifiabl justifiable. chatman's family is filing a wrongful death lawsuit. >>> a new investigation you may hear about in this weekend's democratic debate. it centers around former governor martin o'malley. they say he bought furniture from the governor's mansion at a discounted price. "the baltimore sun" say he paid $10,000 for what taxpayers paid $66,000. he's calling it a bogus political attack. >> you could be a millionaire. there are still two mi million-dollar tickets unclaimed. >> manager at wawa said she didn't say much. >> a local customer came in to verify the ticket. a very excited lady. she didn't say a whole lot. kind of speechless as most people would be if they just won a million. >> d.c. sold two tickets worth $50,000. you have to check those tickets. >> a nurse in california was told she had won the lottery. but it turned out to be prank played by her son. workers at the health care center in pomona started celebrating the big win when they were told it was all a big joke. the nurse's son went so far as to send her a picture of what he said was the winning ticket. the owner of the scepter had bought tickets for patients at the nursing home. three winners will share $1.6 billion. the california lottery says no one has claimed their share in the state. the two other winning tickets sold in tennessee and florida. >>> and word is there's a big red mark on the back of his head where she slammed him. >> why would you do that to your own mother. that is mean. i have family in california. i'm still hoping to get a phone call. >> good luck with that. >> i know. right? >> 43 degrees outside our studios right now. a nice comfortable start to this friday morning. >> chuck bell, what do you think we're looking at for the forecast? >> i think you're going the like the first half of the day today and most of the second half will be already too. but unfortunately your friday night plans will be impacted by raindrops in a big, big way, so keep that in mind. here's the high resolution model that shows the clear skies. watch what happens with time. by 2:00 or 3:00, the clouds come racing in. here's 3:00 we're stopped. this is the opportunity for a little light rain, but i think really the steadier rain are in these darker greens. that rolls in here about 5:30, 6:00 tonight. so your friday night plans will be rained on for sure. keep that in mind. nothing on "storm team 4" radar for now. the sky is clear. it's already raining at hartz filed jackson airport in atlanta. if you're changing planes today or in charlotte or raleigh, the rain is coming down heavy and in the southern panhandle of florida. that's the way our day is going to go. chilly and sunny and nice this morning. increasing clouds during the early parts of the afternoon. by 5:00, rain likely south of town, but by 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, moderate rain coming into the forecast for the metro area. so what umbrella will you need today? the big one. steady moderate rains at times. could get half an inch of rain in about a two- or three-hour period. take the big umbrella out. then for tomorrow, the rain will be over. everything will be wet first thing in the morning and the day will be done. increasing amount of sunshine and nice breeze coming into the picture. your seven-day forecast, 50s today with the rain late tonight. breezy, still near 50 tomorrow. much colder weather settles in here starting during the day on sunday and by the time we get toward monday, it's going to get really cold. the feels-like forecast, single digits and teens feels like all the way through monday. that cold air sticks around into the middle parts of next week. we'll boil that down into the four things you need to know about the weather. that's at 5:31. here's melissa mollet. a crash. trying to get more information on that. again, problems on eastbound and westbound have cleared out of the way. you don't have to worry about that any longer here this morning. rolling road and old king road a crash there. outer loop and inner loop rolling along just fine. no worries or complaints and coming out of frederick going down 270 to the spur going ta take you 27 minutes northbound. southbound you're looking quite good. i'll see you back in a new minutes. >>> 14 people dead in a bus crash in japan. it was carrying about 40 people to a ski resort when it went off a mountain and crashed. >>> a northern virginia man is behind bar this morning charged with sexual battery on a child. david schwartz is accused of assaulting an 11-year-old girl. police say the child told her mother about the abu and she immediately contacted police. swartz was a family friend. >>> parents express their outrage over the sexual assault of basketball players last month. the teams are charged with rape and sexual assault. the coaching staff is also accused of failing to report the incident. >>> it is 5:23. today is business as useual at a day care center in arlington. a suspicious odor forced them to evacuate yesterday. officials say it was a natural gas leak and no one was hurt. >>> the nation's heroin problem is getting much worse. from 2007 to 2013 hear win use went up 83%. overdose deaths involved heroin quadrupled. states with jumps also saw increases in prescription opioid deaths. >>> today is wikipedia's birthday. the website is 15 years old. can you believe that? it's published its most edited articles of all time. they include jesus, michael jackson, president george w. bush and britney spears. all together those four have been idiot itted about 125,000 times. the entry for wikipedia is also in the top 15. wikipedia remains a mystery to me. relatively accurate. you did the research. >> i did a story on how the information gets there and the gatekeepers. there was a controversy with the founder because he posted something and one of his fact checkers deleted it. and he was like, dude, why are you deleting my stuff and the fact checkers did the right thing. >> i've seen weird stuff. bizarre. >>> 5:25. debate for the lead ore the free world. an easy interview. why some say the moderators went too easy on the candidates. >> and new developments in the search for a chairman. the chairman who just dropped out. >>> take a look outside at national harbor. it's dry out there now, but chuck says the rain will return. a closer look at when at 5:31. okay. so right now, everyone is saying, "hurry! you gotta get fios." but why? well, because there's never been a better time to get a great deal from fios, the fastest internet and wi-fi available. only fios has speeds from 50 to 500 megs. because your devices run better on a better internet. and for just $79.99 a month online, you can get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for your first year. plus with a 2-year agreement, fios gives you $400 back, and all of the premium movie channels for a year. this is your last chance. offer ends january 16th. get out of the past. get fios. >>> now at 5:30 the rain returned. it could impact your friday night plans. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. >> and good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. welcome back to "news4 today." i guess we need to get some answers about this thing. >> we really do. you know who has answers? "storm team 4" meteorologist chuck t. bell. >> you know, you can't put anything past you guys, at least not after 5:00 a.m. outside it will be dry. that's the good news. here is the bad news. it h be a rainy friday night. rain likely to move in at 5:00, 6:00, 7:00. if you're going to be home late from work, take the umbrella. it will be dry till at least 3:00 or 4:00. the cold returns sunday night. there will be some flurries. today won't be a problem. we'll start out with sunshine and clouds will increase. it should make it to tupper 40s and low to mid-50s. that's how the day ended. i took the dogs out by the lincoln memorial. that's still one of the prettiest approaches coming down. >> you're right. >> i like that dress. the zipper -- >> i don't think they work. oh, they do, they do. >> don't unzip it now. >> and we sort of match. >> got the lavender going. >> taking a look at the issues. westbound, we still have all lanes blobb blocked here. 270 at montrose road, northbound, southbound, don't have any problems there. we can see some of that volume building this morning. that's totally normal for this type of day. taking a look at prince george's county, nice and green. we don't have any slowdowns headed into town. pennsylvania avenue, everything nice and green and rolling along quite well. coming up in ten minutes we'll take a look at travel times. i'll see you at 5:41. >>> well, there was some boos last night as candidates started to hit harder against the iowa caucuses. many felt like it was a three-man race between donald trump, ted cruz, and marco rubio. tracie potts is live on capitol hill for us. tracie, good morning to you. what impact is this going to have for voters heading to iowa? >> well, eun, one thing you have to remember about iowa, they're caucuses, not primaries. people get a lot more involved in their candidates. they want to know more than just where you were born or what the latest attack was. they want to know your position on issues. they got quite a bit of that last night and some of the attacks too. so as we take a look at the poll numbers in iowa, donald trump admitted are driving his latest attack on ted cruz, we get some sense that things are closing in. cruz has been surging in iowa. that's what the people in iowa are taking a very close look at those issues. >> and what about social media? it always seems to light up during the debates. bernie sanders and then hillary clinton. >> of course, the democrats have to have something to do while the focus is on the republicans. we saw clinton. 2 1/2 hours on this? she said. imagine four years. bernie sanders had quite a bit to say, tweeting about donald trump. he had a message for him. he said, i have a message to donald trump. no, we're not going hate lat ins or muslims wchl're going to stand together. >> let's talk about jeb bush. he's been struggling to gain traction. he criticized str ed trump on w ban against the mug limbs entering the u.s. >> the kurds are our strongest ail lice. they're muslim. you're not going to even allow them to come to our country? >> did he make any headway with that, tracie? >> we saw a few candidates differ with donald trump on this. their point was if you ban them even temporarily, you're certainly going to defend those very countries that we need to help fight isis. >> tracie rn, let's talk a litt bit about the moderators. there was some criticism there wasn't enough follow-up. >> the candidates ate up some of that time. look how many times they jumped in as soon as their name was mentioned in a response. the candidates would say, wait, wait, i get my minute or minute and a half. even ben carson when his name wasn't mentioned. he said, everyone. that includes me. you can tell it's getting closer for people to vote because they were fighting to get their time in. >> tracie potts on capitol hill. thanks for your insight. >>> the three you didn't stee during the main event. the candidate did not attack each other much. they focused on hillary clinton and they said policy on isis and guns are flawed. >>> last night hillary clinton was on jimmy fallon. he gave her a faux presidency interview. >> how did you learn about the position? >> fourth grade social studies. >> it wasn't all jokes. she said the republicans have a big job ahead of them. >> it can be whoever the republicans put up and try to get your folks who support you to come out. i find it exciting. >> the democratic debate a seth for this sunday night. clinton, senator sanders and former governor martin o'malley all expected to be there. >>> it's now 5:34. it looks like there's a new race for a leader of metro. jim corcoran no longer wants to be involved. he bowed out thursday. he said he doesn't have enough time for the job. now d.c.'s jack evans a contender for the top position. >>> how would you like 16 weeks of paid family leave? that is the proposal here in the district. the officials say the plan will cost too much money. at a council meeting, the chief financial office said a proposal for a 1% payroll tax wouldn't bring in enough cash. if you live and work in the district, you get 16 weeks for the birth of a child, a medical condition, or if you're carryin for a sick regularive. >> the bill as it is currently structured has a lot of unknowns. >> we can do this. we can afford it. we can do it. and our residents really deserve it. >> the district will have another public hearing on the issue next month. >>> there is a warning against pregnant women traveling to brazil and other countries and it ee all because of a months key stow born virus. 's called zika. >> symptoms are pretty mild. the symptoms go away usually within a week. >> there's novak seen for this virus but one is in the works. >>> a maryland man is now on trial because of a drone. thaddeus shorts planned to fly a drone into the prison with counterband. he claims his pickup truck was searched illegally. investigators say there was also a handgun. shorts is the first of three defendants to face trial. >>> good morning, everybody. i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk. oil prices falling down below $30 a barrel. this after the stocks slipped. the dow looks like it's going to have another triple-digit fall. we're going to keep an eye on this. back to you in the studio. >> thank you. >>> the marine corps marathon has a new design. runners gave them feedback and said they wanted to make registration easier. the 41st marine corps marathon will be held on the 30th. chuck bell will be running the race. >>> why they're worried about gang members recruiting students. >>> new details to keep a church from opening a rehab center. what maryland is doing to stop it in its tracks. >> chuck bell will let us know if the kids need >>> listen up. drivers in arlington, you're going to see a change the next time you make a left turn. vdot is putting in new lights with yellow traffic arrows. they're already on other roads in virginia. drivers understand the flashing arrows rather than a traditional circular green and yellow lights. >> something unusual happening now. there's a hurricane in the atlantic ocean. >> a what? >> hurricane. here's what's so uncommon. there's almost never a hurricane in january. there hasn't been one since 1955. >> that is odd. "storm team 4" meteorologist chuck bell knows what's going on. what's going on, chuck? >> our average first named system of the year usually doesn't happen until july. to get one in january and the fact it hasn't happened since 1955 proves the rarity of it. for us this morning, hey, it's not too terribly cold. there are a few spots. manassas, 25, but in others are in the upper 30s. your school day forecast, 37. recess gets an "a." it will be cloudy by the time kids come home from school so they'll need their jacket, maybe their hat. if they're going to do after school activities, take the umbrella. rain is on the way. i'll let you know who's going to get the most and when it's going to get here cing up in five minutes. melissa mollet with the traffic. good morning. >> good morning, report of a new crash. also this, rolling road and old keen mill, crash there. 270 southbound looking okay. and the top of the beltway rolling along. we'll see you in a few minutes. >>> we're following the latest developments in flint, michigan, where the governor is calling on president obama. president obama. what he's our cosmetics line was a hit. the orders were rushing in. i could feel our deadlines racing towards us. we didn't need a loan. we needed short-term funding fast. building 18 homes in 4 ½ months? that was a leap. but i knew i could rely on american express to help me buy those building materials. amex helped me buy the inventory i needed. our amex helped us fill the orders. just like that. another step on the journey. will you be ready when growth presents itself? realize your buying power at open.com >>> in egypt, three activists detains in downtown cairo. egyptian authorities are rounding up activists a couple of weeks before the fifth anniversary of the january 25th uprising that led to the uprising of hosni mubarak. one says they were also banned from living the country. back to you. >>> cloudy skies. cool and dry. temperatures in the 30s. but, oh, it's going be raining on date night. a complete check of the forecast coming up squoo and right now westbound leesburg pike because of a crash and a crash on the left side of the roadway. that one popped up as well. >>> i'm megan mcgrath live at the national zoo where visitors are going to be able to see the baby began live at the zoo. a lot of excitement. he made his media debut last month. take a look at that event. absolutely adore aboutle. but tomorrow bei bei is going to make his public debut here at the national zoo. visitors are going to be able to go inside the panda house for the very first time since he was born and be seen in person. expect a very large crowd tomorrow as people line up to go inside the began house and take look for themselves. of course, pandas are a big deal in this town. and baby pandas, well, that just sends everybody over the top. expect large crowds. visitors came. bei bei's sister, baoao, when she went on display, had her public debut. more than 5,500 people turned out. it is going to be crowded. here are some tips if you plan on coming out this weekend. first the began house opens at 9:00 a.m. and will stay open until 4:00 a.m. you're going to want to use the asia trail entrance. that's the most convenient to the began house. the pandas typically have access to the outside of their exhibit area starting at 7:30 in the morning until 2:00 in the afternoon. keep in mind it's their choice. they can go in. they can go out. they also havelile areas that are off limits to the public. they can go there if they want to get away. it's up to the pandas what they're going to be doing. they're very active in the morning when it's feeding time, so that's always a good time to come out and take a look. but absolutely adorable. and bayei bei's getting bigger. 25 pounds. we can't wait to see him. unfortunate unfortunately, eun, the live cam is down so we can't get a dplims of him t

bao bao made her debut. over 5,000 people showed up. this was bao bao's debut. you can see all the excitement as people turned out to see her. we're expecting a very similar situation. take metro, the woodley park metro station is the closest. also be aware of pedestrians. there will be a lot of foot zwroosk the region will be discussing violence. >>> 16 weeks of paid family leave. that's tell proposal in the district. officials say that will cost too much money. yesterday the chief financial officer said a proposed 1% payroll tax to pay for that program wouldn't bring in enough cash. if you live and work here in d.c., you would get 16 weeks of paid leave for the birth of a child, a medical condition, or if you're caring for a six relative. some business leaders and council members support the legislation. >> it looks like there is a new leader in the race for metro chairman. according to the "washington post." jim corcoran no longer wants to be considered. he suddenly bowed out for the position on thursday saying he doesn't have enough time for the job. now d.c

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bao bao. here for bei bei. >> reporter: why did you do that? >> it started off watching the cams. it was a little bit of here and there and now it's a full on -- >> looks like we lost surae there. this is a huge moment. >>> now to a developmenting story out of western africa. a terror siege has come to an end but 126 people were freed as many as 22 killed. this all began last night when militants set ofexplosives and took over a tourist hotel there. security forces along with french soldiers from neighboring mali traded gunfire with the attackers. witnesses reported seeing bodies lying in the street. >>> the search continues this morning off the hawaiian island of ohau for the remains of two missing marine helicopters. they went down during a training mission thursday night with 12 crew members on board. investigators still haven't identified what caused the crash and haven't said if any of the service members survived the crash. news we are looking out for this morning. >>> from our prince george's county bureau, a child is dead allegedly at the ands of her mother's -- hands of her mother's boyfriend. kareen bryant is charged. it happened in a landover apartment last week. cause of death blunt force injuries to the baby's head and chest. we learned bryant was just released from prison last october after serving time for amped robbery. -- armed robbery. angela alsobrooks will discuss this case and others like it. >> i have to say we as parents have got to do a better job of being careful about who we bring around our children. >> this is the fifth time in the past two years alone a boyfriend has been charged in a child's death. keep in mind that's just in prince george's county alone. >>> two students at a dpk charter -- d.c. charter school have been expelled for sending a fake bomb threat. they used the e-mail account of a muslim student to sent it. it went out to 600 former and current students at the washington latin public charter school. two seniors were behind this who were on track to graduate. the head of the school says they didn't hack an account. the students actually attempted -- or the student they attempted victimized forgot to log out of his e-mail on a school computer. >>> a student bus aide in fairfax county is in jail charged with soliciting a minor. 24-year-old morrice stephenson was arrested. the student claims stephenson sent at least two inappropriate pictures of himself the last couple of months. he's being held without bond. >>> the supreme court has agreed to hear the case of former virginia governor bob mcdonnell. the justices will review lower court rulings which upheld his corruption conviction. a jury convicted he and his wife for accepting loans in exchange for help from the governor's office. mcdonnell responded to the decision with an e-mail in it saying he inmained his innocence and asked the court to reverse the convictions. >>> turning to wall street now, it's still off to its worst start in a new year on record. the trend continued yesterday. the dow closed out the workweek down nearly 400 points. the loss for the year now stands at more than a thousand. investigators -- investors took their cue from the oil market after prices slumped below $40 a barrel, the lowest level in 12 years. >>> back in the district mayor muriel bowser said she's blood bad over walmart's decision to pull out of to planned developments east of the anacostia river. it's part of the plan to close 269 stores nationwide. the sites at capital gateway and skyland promised to bring jobs and retail options to ward 7. >> it's an outrage that walmart would cavalierly simply walk away from this. >> the hill crest community has been working on this project for over 25 years and we will continue to push forward with it. >> just to keep in mind, this move does not affect d.c.'s other three walmarts but the company says based on their experience, they have a fully view on building and operating stores in the district. the city is now weighing its legal options against the company. >>> still to come an 80-year- old man actually spent 30 years of his life trying to prevent people from repeating his mistake. >> plus, federal doctors release new guidelines for breast cancer screening. >> it's breezy and a little chilly out here. you can see it's a little foggy too in the district. however, this is nothing compared to what we're going to feel next week. i'll come back after the break with all the details. 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keep i must give it away to someone else. >> reporter: for the last 31 years he clocks out and rushes to d.c. helping men and women struggling with alcohol addiction. >> when i hit rock bottom i started hemorrhaging. i ran to the hospital through the grace of god. i feel good about myself. this sharing with somebody my experience. >> reporter: jenkins' impact as been felt all over. many of the clients didn't want to go on camera but one man off camera called jenkins a blessing. his work was also recognized by the d.c. city council where they named july 15 mr. jimmy day. >> it's very rare. there's not very many people like him anymore. >> reporter: while jenkins appreciates the acclimates, he's more concerned about making sure people who need help get it. >> if i help one person, i'm grateful. >> reporter: larry miller, wusa9. >>> we're starting with patchy fog. as we can see the low level cloudiness. as we pan across the district, you can see the clouds and fog across the region. the fog will disappear as we head into the afternoon the sunshine comes back and that will help us warm up. close to 50 degrees. it's going to be feel very nice for january. but we have to get through the low-level clouds in the form of fog. visibility down to half a mile in manassas. that's where it's a little dense here. a quarter mile in culpeper and orange so be very safe if you're in our southern suburbs and heading out early this morning. the good news, the rain is heading out of here. we had heavier rain last night and now the skies will begin to clear out very slowly but we will see good sunshine this afternoon with temperatures approaching 50. it will be a bit breezy so it might feel cooler than 50. tomorrow an arctic front arrives. we see a few snow showers with the front. at the same time an area of low pressure to give us a few snow showers as well. then the arctic air mass arrives as we head into monday. temperatures struggling to get out of the 20s but feeling like the single digits. >>> procrastinators even though you may not deserve a break, you're getting one. the final enrollment dead line for 2016 coverage through healthcare.gov is now january 31. if you miss this deadline, you'll likely have to wait another year to sign up for health insurance and you may be required to pay a fee when you file your federal income taxes so get on it. >>> on monday the u.s. preventative services task force issued its final recommendations on breast cancer screening for women between the ages of 50 and 75. to arrive at their recommendations, the panel considered the science on the benefits and harms of screening mammography and a detailed review of input received from the public and health care professionals. the panel concluded that women should begin screening mammography at age 50 and continue every other year unless there is a family history or genetic component. check out our website at wusa9.com and our mobile app for more information on both of these stories. i'm andrea roane. have a great weekend. >> thank you. >>> checking some other health headlines right now, remember how the world health organization just declared an end to the ebola outbreak? not so fast. a woman who died in sierra leone has tested positive for the ebola virus. the virus has killed more than 11,000 people, mostly in west africa. >>> meanwhile researchers in australia say regular exercise may reduce lower back pain by about 35%. doctors looked at more than 30,000 people and they found patients who exercised and also added back pain prevention education had even better results. >>> still to come this morning, flint michigan residents voice their anger at the conditions of their water system. who they're calling on to step down now from that position. >> and some students at one d.c. high school are working on a potentially life saving phone app. we'll tell you all about it we'll tell you all about it wh wha...before the sugarcane.af was discovered... and everything had fewer calories. truvia. life with less sugar is just as sweet. >>> welcome back. the water contamination crisis in flint michigan, the governor is asking for a federal disaster declaration. flint residents are calling for the governor's resignation. the problem with the city's drinking water began after the city switched its water supply to the flint river in spring 2014. since then corrosive water stripped lead from the pipes and kids in the city were found with high lefts of lead in their blood. health officials are investigating a spike in legionnaire's disease. there have been # 7 cases -- 87 cases of the pneumonia-like disease since the switch and ten people have died. >> indeed it is true that this can be linked to the water system. there's a pretty strong likelihood. yes, unfortunately people will have died from this disease. >> fema says they'll respond to the governor's request as early as this weekend. the move would unlock federal funds to repair flint's water system and help residents. the national guard began distributing bottled water to residents earlier this week. >>> a botched clinical drug trial in france has left one man brain dead. five others are in the hospital. neurosurgeons say three of them could have irreversible brain damage. france's health minister say the men were among 90 research volunteers who had taken an oral painkiller in the first phase of testing in a french health clinic. they have launched an investigation into this. >>> they want your smartphone to become a life saver as they win a national competition. some d.c. students could get their way, a real life tragedy spurred their idea for an app called g-fire. mike hydeck explains. >> i went in my cousin's room. they didn't know till they got -- till it got big. >> reporter: a scary situation for kenneth's family is leading a group of mckinley tech students to create a high-tech solution they believe will save lives. >> whether everyone heard kenneth's story, they thought this would be a great idea. >> reporter: they're designing an app called g-fire. your smoke alarms connect to your phone through blu tooth and when there's a fire. >> it's going to tell you that you're going to have to exit your house in a certain manner and how to get out, like which exits are blocked off by fire based on the smoke alarm data and then which exits are safe to exit from. >> reporter: their project is part of the verizon app challenge. their team has already won for d.c. and now they take on the rest of the nation. if they win, students from m.i.t. will come to mckinley and build the app for them. the big boost for their education but their goal is even bigger. >> i still have my family but a lot of other families lose a family member to fires. >> reporter: they need your help to win the challenge. text gfire 2 to the number -- [ inaudible ] stem is cool in school. mike hydeck, wusa9. >> how sweet is that. that's worth repeating. text gfire 2 to 22333. if you have a cool stem story of your own, contact mike hydeck on his facebook page. >>> studts at cw harris elementary on 53rd street in southeast d.c. got their pick of new double layer coats this week all thanks to care first, the nonprofit agency partnering with harris elementary is part of the adopt a school program. some of the winter's coldest temperatures right around the corner. these coats could not have arrived at a better time. >>> new this morning, iranian and u.s. leaders focus on completing an internationally approved nuclear deal. the maker of a popular action camera is facing an uphill battle. we'll explain. >>> it's a bit of a chilly start and also low visibilities due to fog in some areas. current temperatures into the 40s here in the district. i'm already noticing sunshine and blue skies in northwest d.c. after the break, i'll come back with a look at your detailed forecast, including an arctic blast next week. >>> happy saturday, everybody. it's a big, big college basketball saturday. maryland looks to rebound from its loss at michigan when they host ohio state at the xfinity center. georgetown could use a quality win and villanova would be that. the cats come a calling to the verizon center. and west virginia fresh off its upset win over kansas, they've got to travel to oklahoma. we'll have highlights of all acose and n.f.l. tionelas wl. we'll have it fo >>> taking a live look outside at reagan national. the rain has passed the area but fog still seems to be hanging out to start our saturday as we welcome you into wake up washington. the saturday edition. again alongside daniel johnson. i'm nick giovanni. we're on panda watch. there are all right people outside. >> a lot of people. we saw that with surae's live shot. >> if you're going to be joining the line, bundle up. >> bundle up for sure to at least start the day but by this afternoon, take the jacket off. temperatures getting close to 50 degrees but it doesn't last. we're talking about a major arctic blast, the coldest air we've had to deal with all winter. panning across the sky at reagan national. low-level clouds in the form of fog. if there is fog in your area, be advised. add extra time to your commute. be safe. 42 in springfield. and 41 on the east side of 495 at andrews. so overall not that bad of a start for january. it does feel a little bit cooler when you factor in the winds. feels like 39 in d.c. 42 in college park and 35 at andrews. here's the rain. it's heading out to sea. we're going to see clearing skies as we head into the afternoon. so our planner calls for cloudy skies early and then sunshine as we head into the afternoon and highs topping right around 50 degrees. a little breezy today. tomorrow colder, 41 with a few snow showers and flurries. then the arctic blast arrives by monday. highs in the 20s. >>> i don't know what uf' been doing the last -- you've been doing the last five months but we've been watching the national zoo's panda cam because that's been the closest we could see bei bei till today. they're about to unlock the doors to the panda house. surae, you're thought alone. people have come across the country for this moment. >> reporter: that's right. we have about a dozen people in line and people are obsessed with the panda cub. all of these folks have woken up really, really early. we left off with nicole who traveled 3,000 miles to see bei bei. why did you do this? >> actually i came in 3,000 mice to see baois is my second panda experience here. i just love them. they're cute. they're fun. they're just happy. >> reporter: you have a few pandas on your side of the country. >> it's a baby cub. the adults are absolutely adorable but the cubs are so cute. they just make me happy. i check in on them daily. it's the first thing i do when i wake up in the morning is check to see if they're up and playing around. >> reporter: obsession here. and you're not the only one, right? >> my friends think i'm crazy and i'm totally okay with that after a couple of years now. >> reporter: we have people from ohio. we've got people from west virginia. have you been looking forward to this day? >> yes, i have this time. nicole is staying with us. she's my god daughter. and it's -- i'm going oh, my god, i hope it's not raining but they are beautiful. >> reporter: they are. cuteness off the charts. gates open in about half an hour. the panda house in an hour and a half. live here at the national zoo, surae chin

the daughter bao bao did the same but the snow was too deep for bei bei. maureen: ahh! leon: yet to venture outside. doug: so has bunion manner and the gardens cleared with snow yet? all done? maureen: everything is fine, thank you. doug: i was worried about you. we are almost finished with the snow melt for the day. we melt a lot. but the temperatures will plummet we talked about. serious risk of a refreeze tonight. icy spots, sidewalks. then it will warm up. get through tonight and tomorrow night and then the refreeze fears really going to go away for five or six days. maureen: excellent. doug: good stuff. let's get started here. a time lapse. arlington, the army-navy country club. 37. but through the night the skies will clear like this afternoon and the winds will diminish and everybody will be below freezing and some areas will be in the low teens. hard freeze, too. temperatures officially are 48 degrees. 38 the morning low. 44, 29 the averages. another day of above average temperatures. given the snow on the ground, that is a good thing. 36 in leesburg. 32 in fred

here's what it looked like two years ago when his sister bao bao went on public display.ore than 5,000 people showed up for her debut. if you're planning to go this weekend, remember doug's forecast, dress warmly and be ready to stand in a long line. gate s open at 8:00 in the morning and panda house at 9:00. he's five months old and already up to 25 pounds. >> he could not be any cuter. we can't see enough pictures of bei bei. >> what date did you say it was? >> tomorrow. >> okay. tomorrow's fine. if it was monday -- >> the question is, do we get our panda hats ready or umbre a umbrellas or both? >> the panda hat tomorrow is just an accessory. you won't need it tomorrow but put it on for fun. you will need it monday and tuesday, when the cold air comes in. this is real cold air. let's look and see what's going on across our region. you see the rain coming in. we've seen it just about all day. some heavy right through the district, right along the i-95 corridor, baltimore towards fredericksburg, lining up right about perfect with ikc-95, but move though east here. let's z

. >> bao bao, bei bei. >> the best video of the day. >> how happy am i? thank you national zoo for sharing that video with us. >> happy as a pig in slop or panda in snow. >> or a meteorologist in a snowstorm. >> we have doug and tom in the weather center for us. we know obviously the dangers that exist with this type of weather. we see you get pretty excited about having to work and handle this type of forecast. >> you know what i was most excited about this morning? >> what's that? >> 6:00 a.m. i wasn't supposed to wake up at 6:00 a.m. i woke up to thundersnow. >> that was awesome. >> i was outside, saw a bright blue flash in the sky. uh-oh, is that the transformer in then i waited and heard the thunder. okay, let's go back to the panda. we're done here. can we roll that repeatedly for the next three hours? >> they're going to love it. we'll get another couple inches for sure. leeds look at the radar. there is by the way, a major, major situation going on toward the jersey shore. they are seeing flooding that is higher than hurricane sandy up there. it i

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as he greets the public for the very first time.when bei bei's older sister, bao bao made her debut in 20- 14, more than four thousand people stood in line -- some for hours -- to see her.we can keep track of bei bei right here in the tri state.the smithsonian is running a panda cam online.we have a link.. on local 12 dot com. 3 a "supernova" 3 is trending this morning. astronomers say they captured the biggest and brightest one *ever* observed.the stellar times brighter than our sun! the blast produced light 20 times brighter than all the stars in the milky way galaxy *combined*!it looks just like a white blur because it's in another galaxy, nearly four billion light years away from earth.scientists from ohio state university helped with the discovery. 3 a big red 3 documentary.coming up at five thirty.. local 12's perry schaible will tell us how fans can take part in a reds kickstarter project. 3 plus, the s- p- c- a needs your help.coming up at five thirty.. we'll tell you how to join in on our adopt a pet telethon happening this weekend. a customer tweets "bank fees make me physica

he still can't get enough of the panda mania and he saw bao bao.did not see cold temperatures overnight. we did not have a refreeze. we melted a lot yesterday, we melted some today and now tonight we head into the teens and 20s. where you have had snow pack it will likely be icy in the morning so we want to encourage you to watch your step. especially that first one heading out the door your driveway or sidewalk could be icy. afternoon temperatures should be lovely. we're going to moderate back into 40s tomorrow. not as warm as we were yesterday. the sunshine gets back the solar power definitely helps as well. still at 39 here in the district but you can see gaithersburg down to 32. hagerstowne're headed again down to 25 in the district. we'll likely drop to closer to do r 20 degrees. tomorrow after the told time in the morning we should rebound in the afternoon to about 42 degrees. i just wanted to mention that there is a systethat's passing well out to sea but it could be close enough to maybe drug a couple of shores closer to southern maryland a

bao bao's dad. >> anchor: tweeted 100,000 times of the i could watch this all day. really could. >> anchor: bao bao did not like the snow. he went back inside. >> anchor: give him a few years. >> anchor: next up on 7 news "today in new england." storm force coverage continues. >> history look at scituate. waves are turning high tide in a matter of hours we will be back wow. the internet is crazy fast here. i know, right? it's so nice to have everyone over. hi hey. mmm. i just laid an egg. does anybody want it? joey, you want some gasoline? yes, please. mom, guess what? i married a clown and we're having tiny little clown babies. mhm. i just bought a hammer. with internet fast enough for everyone, your guests might get a bit carried away. get out of the past. get fios. our cosmetics line was a hit. the orders were rushing in. i could feel our deadlines racing towards us. we didn' t need a loan. we needed short-term funding fast. building 18 homes in 4 months? that was a leap. but i knew i could rely on american express to help me buy those building materials. amex helped me buy the inventory i n

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here's what it looked like two years ago when bei bei's big sister bao bao went on public display. more than 5,000 showed up for her debut. if you're planning to see the panda cubs this weekend, dress warmly and be ready to stand in a long time. the gates open at 8:00 and the panda house opens at 9:00. bei bei is nearly 5 months old and weighs 25 pounds. >> too cute. >>> several events are happening across the country to honor the life of dr. martin luther king jr. many will dedicate part of their holiday weekend with a day of service, both today and monday, volunteers with the rock creek conservancy will clean and beautify locations in the district as well as montgomery county. you can find information on our nbc washington app. >>> residents in the capitol hill area say they feel as they though can rest easier after the arrest of two men. we're been monitoring a series of robberies as well as sexual assaults in that neighbored. 25-year-old melvin latney and 21-year-old antoine pitt is potential. here's what especially bothers neighbors. latney began his crime spree within hours o

bao bao seemed comfortable enough to climb a tree with the ball in his mouth. the snow was too deep for bei bei. >> we did lose revenue from folks visiting, parking and buying meals and stuffed pandas. cheryl: zoo director dennis kelly said the animals were able to go inside if they were uncomfortable in the cold. thee couple from california is out of the hotel. >> we lost a couple of days of sightseeing. cheryl: the national mall and the memorial park open at noon. the family from the west coast hoping for tickets to the washingtonian monument. field trip for sam in montgomery county who are spending another day out of school. northwest washington, cheryl conner, abc7 news. alison: looking good. one more note here about the school closures for tomorrow. we heard from arlington county. once again, schools will be closed in arlington tomorrow. leon: well, get back to what we saw with the zoo and the memorials downtown that may be back open today. main stay may be getting ready to close. washington business journal reporting that it's up for sale. the restaurant

because the zoo posted this video of boo bao bao eating sugar cane on sugar. leon: the red panda there enjoying the lunch outdoors. he has no problem staying warm. alison: he is a rascal, too. the one that escaped. finally murphy the i i kimoto dragon stayed in the warmth of his eninclude sure. leon: they are not accustomed to the snow. some folks were stuck inside all weekend long. they tried to escape it as well. but some stayed inside too long. alison: oh, boy. jeffrey perez recreated tian tian's now famous video. wearing an old halloween costume. at one point perez challenges the giant panda to a snow battle. perez plans to take the family to the zoo when it reopens. yes, he plans to wear the panda suit. leon: yeah. and he tried to put his foot in his mouth just like tian tian did and now he is in traction. alison: yeah. leon: suburban hospital right now. after trying to pull off that move. alison: not as flexible as tian tian. leon: no. [laughter] alison: very funny, though. these are people with lots of time on their hands right now. leon: they got nothi

overcrowding, but two years ago, more than 5,000 people went to the public debut of bei bei's big sister bao bao cute! cute! >> we can't get enough of him. bei bei. he's not going to want to go outside much in the days ahead, is he? >> tomorrow will be fine, but after that, no. inside, but so cute. what a destressor to just look at bei bei. yes, this evening we're talking about rain. temperatures, though, not bad and that's what i like that even as we go through the day tomorrow we'll see some of the highest temperatures. >> and areas between 9:00 and midnight and moderate rain moving on through and it wraps up around 2:00 a.m. and here it is right now with the storm team tracker and it's just on the back door right now. some of the moderate rain heading to the north and east and same over to quantico and there's a pocket of the heavy rain headed up toward annapolis and toward 50 there in the next few minutes, but mainly east of 301 now and mainly east of i-95. the pockets of moderate and heavy rain. it will continue to overspread the area, though because it goes down toward raleigh and north ca

expect some big crowds if you want to go because when big sister bao, bao made her debut, make it by 3:00 if you want to see little bei bei. >> a panicked mom wants answers after her child didn't come home from school. the boy got on the bus after school for the first day of a new bus route. we'll tell you where he ended up. >>> staff sergeant petertown was killed last month by a suicide bomber in afghanistan. everything stops. it feels sur reelz. it's hard to breathe. >> coming up at 6:30, >>> a plummer in california is thankful to be alive after he got trapped in a trench for 13 hours. the man was doing some work on a sewer line when he fell 17 feet down, got stuck in mud up to his waist. that space was so small only one rescue worker could get in to help get him out and even then that worker had to use a vacuum and hand tools to free him. the man is expected to be okay. >>> talk about terrifying. a mother in wisconsin had no idea where her son was. he never showed up at day care because the school bus dropped him off at the wrong spot. the mom is now demanding some answers. >> not

when bay bay's older sister, bao bao made her debut in 2014, more than four thousand people waited in line ... some for hours -- to see her.if you don't want to stand in line or you're not planning to go to d-c, you can keep track of bay bay online instead, watching one of the smithsonian's panda cams. 3 (bill and 3 samantha)>> we'll toss it over to meteorologist tim 3 for today look for slick roads this morning...snow ending as we speak from north to south.3 right now in reno...cloudy skies and beginning to dry out...chilly temperatures and temperatures are 3 seasonably chilly to start the day once again. here's a look at the current temperatures. the back edge of the storm is pushing through right now...meaning an end to the snow from north to south.snow will end over the next couple of hours for our southern zones...then it's a mainly dry day before our next push of moisture arrives overnight tonight into tomorrow morning...and that's not the end of it...there's more on the 7 day forecast.a winter storm warning remains in place in pink with a winter weather advisory in purple. with

when bei bei's older sister (bow - bow) bao bao made her debut in 20 - 14... more than four line... some for hours... to see her.if you don't want to stand in line or you're not planning to go to d - c... you can keep track of (bay - bay) bei bei online instead... just watch one of the smithsonian's panda cams. 3 3 3 3 the last time these two met... iowa knocked michigan state from the number one spot. they couldn't do it again at michigan state... could they? chris is next with sports. 3 "you're watching siouxland news at sunrise, with jacob heller and meteorololost cat taylor" 3 28:54 i was only 35 and i 3 was in the best physical condition of my life.molli graham has never smoked a day signs, no symptoms. so when she was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2012... it was devastating news...29:41 lung cancer is deadly, and that was my first instinct, that i was going to die.molli transfered to huntsman cancer institute... where she started working with doctor wallace akerley...55:04 nats you can see the more recent scans here. who is leading research into non smoking lung cancer...6:38

one of his keepers says he is bigger and better behaved than his sister, bao bao. going negative.gton. >> it's just want to scratch the belly right there. bei. bei. >>> peyton manning and tom brady going to the afc championship game once again. coy wire has more in the "bleacher report" this morning. >> good morning, guys. thanks for making john berman take off his patriots jersey this morning before he came to work. what an awesome weekend of football. the patriots, cardinals punched their tickets to the conference championship game saturday. the panthers and broncos did the same yesterday. with that broncos game, peyton manning, he gets the start for the broncos. just like all season long, broncos dominant defense, look at bradley roby, knocking the ball loose in the fourth quarter. it didn't take long. peyton manning strikes back, wastes no time. third and long, finds a teammate for the huge gain which would set up the go-ahead touchdown. the broncos win 23-16. setting up john berman's tom brady and the patriots versus manning and the broncos, round 17 next sunday in the afc ch

bao, paws. good. good girl. but he'll be trained like his big sister bao baba they may lookokike tricks, (martie deie, giant panda keeper) we use the same techniques you would use for your dog at home. but these serve a serious medical (martie dearie, giant allows us to take our animals without using anesthesia. this little ball of fur has already taken d.c. by storm mildly. bei bei's social game is strong, with around five-and-a-half million views so far cam. when it t mes to trying a glimpse of bei bei in person... (martie dearie, giant of people standing in just to see bao. and with bei. so get ready, "panda-monium" starts january 16th. in washington, dianne gallagher reporting. jessica rae scott: adlib scott:we've got a cold friday in siouxland. a front passes with a chance of light snow. then it'll be even colder on just over 0. we inches of fnow to come through on snow forecast model shows about a half inch to an inch and a half of snow occurring saturday night and into early sunday morning. today's high is 20 with gradual clearing. tonight's low is 2. your high tomorrow is 12 under mostly cloudy skies with late snow. let's get a check of the full 7 day forecast. through tomorrow with a chance of light snow. then it'll be even colder on sunday with highs just over 0. we expect about 1 to 2 inches of snow to snow forecast model shows about a half inch to an inch and a half of snow occurring saturday night and into early sunday morning. today's high is 20 with gradual clearing. tonight's low is 2. your high tomorrow is 12 "coming up in our six o'clock