. >>> the retirement of senator barbara mikulski did not last long. johns hopkins university hired her as a professor and adviser. she was the longest serving woman in the history of congress when she retired and barbara mikulski is 80 she starts her new job next week. >> good for her. >>> if you were wondering just when that work would restart on metro, we now have an answer. work is expected to return starting february 11th. metro has released its newest safetrack work schedule. it will begin with a two-week shut down on the blue line. just about every line will see more work at some point. all of this work will run through june and metro's general manager says some of that work will happen on lines where crews have already been. >> something that we've done differently, i think, is when we find things, we deal with them.. we're not pushing them off. so as we've gotten out there and find more things, we are dealing with them now. >> metro leaders say the work has made a difference. it will give you information about how to the avoid those delays abo

in a classy touch, barbara mikulski and ben cardin escorted van hollen to that ceremony. once inside the old senate chamber, vice president joe biden extended a warm greeting and smiles to van hollen, his wife, their children and extended family. biden jokingly stating, "chris, you decided you wanted to do this again?" with his left hand on the bible and the right hand raised, van hollen officially embarked on his freshman term in the u.s. senate. following a photo op, van hollen talked with us for ten minutes, first declaring that transportation improvements are vital for maryland. on his list, upgrades to the baltimore harbor, relieving i-270 congestion, metrorail reliability and construction of the purple line. the 57-year-old kensington resident underscored promise to repeal obamacare. >> the affordable care act is not perfect. we always said we can reform that legislation. but the reality is there are 400,000 marylanders who have help here today because of the affordable care act that were denied healthcare before. it is reckless and irresponsible to tear that up or

the now for taking over the seat held for 30 years by barbara mikulski who is now retired. both van hollen and mikulski are democrats. maureen: new developments in the search for the killer of democratic national committee staffer seth rich. republican lobbyists jack burrman is now paying for adds to raise aware -- ads to raise awareness of the crime. rich was walking home in july when he was shot to death in the bloomingdale neighborhood. today would have been his 28th birthday. $130,000 reward is offered for information leading to an arrest. jonathan: the murder of a 16-year-old girl in her bedroom may have been random. that is information we get from police as we learn her killer. police today say 16-year-old sean crizer broke in charlotte zaremba's home on saturday night, shot and killed her and took a shot at her mother injuring her. she is okay, though. crizer turned the gun on himself. >> as you can imagine, the victim's family is in shock. our hearts go out to them. we do everything we can for them. jonathan: police believe crizer broke into at least two other homes

barbara mikulski retired at the end of last term. anthony brown replaces donna edwards who gave up her seat to run against van holland for senate. members of the naacp are staging a sit-in at the mobil, alabama office. protestors say they'll stay put until sessions remove his name from consideration or they're arrested. naacp says sessions has a long history of opposing several rights causes. a have painted a false picture of his record. >>> vice president-elect mike pence will be on capitol hill tomorrow, talking about the incoming president's agenda. singling out general motors for sending a mexican made model of the chevy cruze to be sold in the united states. gm's rival ford is citing this for 700 jobs in michigan instead of mexico. >> all of these factors, obviously have prompted us to invest in flat rock and canceling a plant in mexico. they released a statement saying all of its sedans are built in a company in ohio. but the company said it does build the hatchbacks in mexico with a in this country. >>> donald trump -- upsets

the long-time congressman succeeds barbara mikulski who joined van hollen's family at the swearing in. van hollen admitted he has big shoes to fill. >> i will remain in regular touch with senator mikulski. i will welcome and cherish her input. >> there are two members. the one taking over chris van hollen's old seat and anthony brown now represents the fourth district. larry: in annapolis today, governor larry hogan laid out the priorities for the coming year. brad bell reports among other things the governor would love to see you driving car. brad: larry hogan is rolling out his priority list. today focusing on the environment and a package to make the state a healthier place. >> all the proposals i'm talking about today are common sense, innovative. forward thinking solutions. >> this puts money in jobs and solar energy and other renewable energy. he is pushing what he calls the cleans car act of 2017. which increases the cash available for tax credits for those who buy electric cars and doubles the rebate for installation of the charging stations like this. >> to ensure that maryla

alison: life after the hill is taking former senator barbara mikulski to baltimore. johns hopkins university. they announced that the 80-year-old is joining the faculty next week and teaching pub his policy. today is great outside. but a change is coming. doug? doug: a few more hours it will be mile. but it will turn colder and saturday we are back to wintertime with snow, sleet, freezing rain. 69 in baltimore. 72 in annapolis. it's gorgeous out. getting windy out, too. warm winds set the high today at reagan national airport officially for washington at 72 degrees. that was 4 degrees short of the old record of 76. existing record set in 1890. we tied the record for baltimore today from 1890. record of 70 degrees. so the story is a cold front is coming on the way to pass through overnight with a few showers around turn progressively colder today and tomorrow night. late tomorrow night the front will be south of washington. little disturbances will develop along the front. cold air coming down from eastern canada and voila! you have the recipe for wintry mix of snow,

chris van hallen takes over for barbara mikulski who served for 30 ar vice president joe biden will swear in van who willin at 2:15. >>> d.c. police say a man rammed into several parked cars, including a prince george's county police cruiser. the man not identified, started to drive erratically after he thought police were chasing him. they say everything started on 8th street northeast after 1:00 this morning and ended on benefitting road. police have not said if the suv the man was driving was stolen. >>> first on 4, crackdown more and more people are getting caught on metro, trying to skip paying fares. news4 transportation reporter adam tuss shows us what police are now doing about the problem. >> reporter: this is actually a problem across the metro rail system. people who don't want to pay either jump the turnstiles or go through the emergency exit gates. but metro's crackdown may be paying off. time and time and time again, we have seen it. riders simply getting around paying by either jumping t behind other riders and slip through the system. fare evasion is a continuing problem o