culver scholarship. in 2008 he was presented with the borlog lifetime achievement award for public service. in 2010 he was presented with a congressional joint leadership foundation's leadership award for his work encouraging young americans. he received six honorary degrees, and in 2010 simpson college in indianola, iowa, partnered with senator culver to launch the john c. culver public policy center. the nonpartisan policy institute is designed to educate and to inspire participation in our democracy. it seeks to encourage young people to consider public service as their life's work. john's life reminds all of us that a life spent in service of others is a life well lived. john's tireless efforts to serve his country and the people of iowa will be long remembered and serve as an example to all who honor his memory. barbara and i extend our deepest condolences to the entire culver family. may god bless them in their time of bereavement and may god bless senator culver. i yield the floor and suggest the

northern virginia bureau reporter david culver has more. >> reporter: fairfax county is working on a programato incorp drones into many operations. officials want to use drones for search and rescue, t assess flood or disaster damage, manage traffic and assess fire and crime scenes, among other things. >> we want to do investigations as far as, you know,rode an incident commander what's going on and even officer safety. we're doing a tactical entry someplace. having thatne up there, it's a lot quieter than a helicoiter. we can there and watch. >> reporter: officials admit kiey're a bit envious l at other jurisdictions in virginia that use drones. we've shown you some of t success stories. in stafford county they have used drones to track down criminals. in loud on county they used it to find missing people. right now a chopper has to be used forsurveillance. not only is that more expensive, but choppers cannot fly as low. >> instead of the helicopter which is restricted at 1500, uav we en 500 feet, the can drop down to 50 feet, 100 we have get close in so a lot better perspective of

reporting in stafford, virginia, david culver, news 4. >>> 4:48 now. maryland governor larry han is laying out his priorities for the people of maryland. he's the second republican re-elected governor in state history. he says his priorities include tax cuts, accountability in schools, redistricting and a commitment to bipartisan leadership. >> i come from the get to work and get things done poortics. i'll with anyone who wants to do the bupeople's ness. newe will present his budget in annapolis later today. >>> we have breaking news overseas. a renovation wk is being blamedor a giant fire in lyon in france. the fire is under control. butem three people have minor you see an explosion from the roof. they had to evacuate the entire campus. since the fire seems somewhat under control, the evacuation order has been lifted. fire crews will be there all day. no word on how the renovation work caused the fire or how. > chuck bell? warmer now than this time yesterday? >> yes. nowhere near as cold. isn't that nice? >> i think it's lulling us into a false sense

i'm meagan fitzgerald in for david culver. welcome to saturday. sthe weather therting to take a turn today, and we could be ending the weekendith some of the coldest temperatures we've seen in almost a year. ricketts, say it ain't so, girl. say it ain'the so. >> we go. hi. yeah, almost in a year. it is going to be bitterry co l. we're ott onnot only tracking td air, but we're also tracking wintry weather. as you know, and as you've been hearing about, this winte c weatheld really impact a good portion of our area. now, we do have winter weaer alert day out there. winter weather advisory in purple rig now. those are areas that are going to have a smaller impact compared to areas in pink. however, the forecast has changed a little bit from last night. 's going to be something we're talking about. the biggest icing concern is going to be north and west of d.c., well north and west of d.c. if you're areas to the south and east, it'll mainly be a cold rain for us. i'll throw tnot out current temperatures, something is'll have to keep a keen eye on toda

for nbc 4, david culver. >> we're wnking for you the community. molette green is stopping by a barbershop, putting on a cut-a-thon for furloughed workers. >>> i'm meagan fitzgerald at the live desk, following breaking news for a police officer in shreveport, louisiana, has been shot and killed. her name has not been released. investigators say she was shot four times, including once in the head. officials say, she was preparing to go to work when s was shot late last night. police are questioningomeone but no arrests have been made. we're following the latt on another officer-involved shooting. this one, in raleigh, north carolina. officials there say two suspects are in custody aft an officer was shot late last night. the officer was kweinvestigatin the report of a suspicious car when he was shot. he was rushed to the hospital. but at this,ho it's still unclear of his condition. back to you. >> all right. thank you, meagan. >>> now, to a disturbing story from arizona. phoenix police are investigating a arlong-term facility after a wo who has been

in percyville, virginia, david culv culver,orews 4. >>>ng for your health this morning.raines that begin later in life could be a warning sign for something more serious. a new study found that people diagnosed with migraines were twice as likely to have a stroke. >> however, researchers say migraines without aura are not linked to stroke regardless of when the headachesstart. >> a new study says older women need to stay awayri from food. researcher found that eating one serving of fried food a day increathe risk of early death for postmenopausal womch by as mus 13%. the worst culprits were fried fish and fried chicken. is it worth living if youan't eat fried chicken once in a while, though. >> anythin every day is no good for you. >> even chocolate cake every day. >> wait a minute now. >> chocolate cake might be good for you. >> around my birthday, i think i eat chocolate cake straight for a month. my y birthday in june and husband and my kids in july. we go through stretches of chocolatecake. >> whenever i want it, i jus make one. >> you can bring one in. someone left

morning.saturday i'm david culver." gunfire overnight ends with police finding a body in the district. this morning, investigators working to figure out what led up to tha shooting. >>> volunteers are on the water at this hour. it's taking on a big cleanup job only made worse by the ckvernment shutdown. >>> lauryn ts, it is going to be a clear one, right sf. >> iis going to be nice. today finally quiet out there today. we do have a big change on the way for tuesday. we'll talk about snow chances coming back to the eac. >> uh-oh. >> that's coming up in a few minutes. >> stick around for that. all that and much more. we have a busy saturday morning around here. we will see you back here on air in about 60 seconds. your favorite restaurants now it doesn't matter dash. where you are. ♪ it doesn't matter what you're hungry for. it doesn't even matter how many you are. ♪ restaurants come to you. delicious at your door. download doordash. first order, $1 delivery fee. wbut did you know you could be saving even more?. with the

that's good advice. >> you're a true m for others, david culver. must be your jesuit education that you go and help people t. >> it's that gonzaga. >> quoting the motto of gonzag >> put a little more effort into it. >> what i will say here, david, you don't have wry about adam tuss. y >> whatever t call you, tulver, coming out there and piing on you today with any of the ice cream or klondike ba. >> he's safe today. >> meagan, keep him away from me. >> i'm trying. >> that's all i ask. >> david, thank you very much, buddy. we'll check back in with you in a little bit and we're keeng an eyen conditions across the-year. >> we are indeed. right now i want to cthck in courtney ward from prince george's county public works. thanks so much for joini m us thning. talk to us a little bit about what you're seeing in your county. >> guys, do we have courtney? >> all right. seems like we're having a little trouble getting courtney up, but we're goi tell you the neighborhood streets, they are going to be a little bit tricky. >> right. >> also want to tou as we'

virginia bureau reporter, david culver is live outside offa fal church high. good day to be without heat and parents did not want their kids in the classrooms. >> reporter: not a good day. one of the coldest days of the year. students, despite having the delayed two hour start, they come int school here at falls church high school and ey're freezing cold. some had to a gatherund the window so she couldeel the sun's warmth. lls church high school digital markey without words.ch thel tweeting before 9:30 this morning that they were out of power. the outage map shows more thant 1,000 crs impact d. being in the dark is one thingt bu battling the cold from within -- >> what's it like to be in a school with no heat? >> not pleasant. >> reporter: this student telling me how she kt warm inside. >> the only heat source was the sun so w stayed towards the window. >> a lot of people were saying it's ridiculous to be here. they texted their parents to go home. >> reporter: she felt there should have been more than a delay. >> they should have closed, this isn't safe for u

david culver is live where thep ents are recovering. you just spoke with their or pacorrect? >> reporter: i did a short time ago. he said the family, the extended family had beent the hospital since sunday night's crash. they are trying to comfort relatives. they are destroyed. th are here and praying for the recovery ofles and waugh kn -- juanita. we are looking at the lovehey have. on alexis' page, you get a sense of the love he had for his wife and kids. here he is teaching his 5-year-old son soccer. >> good job. good job. >> reporter: the family pastor r says the is no explanation to give for the pain. he just spent sunday with the family, they were devout. juanita teachesda s school. her kids with her for the classes. the pastoray s they are like gra grandchildren to him. he hugged them good-bye sunday evening, then learned of the horrific crash. you can see the front end of a pickup truck. dthe truckver was drunk and slammed into their car. the impact killing the three young backseat passengers and seriously injuring their parents, alexis and juanita. at a loss for word

david culver,s 4. >>> a violent start to the new year in d.c. up next, the mayor reacts to the shar increase in murders last adar as she looks to the future. >>> the long to recovery and the treatment that nursed vigi back to health after a devastating kennel fire. >>> i'm adam tuss. are you a crimina if you go too fast in your car? well, inne part of the >>> >>> a violent s art 2019 in the district. a victim is an innocent bystander shot in the head out with friends on new year's day. mark segraves has reaction from d.c.'s police chief and the mayor as she gets sworn in for a second term. >> reporter: a fequent scene, yellow tape and police lights ct leaving vms dead or fighting for their lives. that's how 2018 ended and 2019 began. a teen shot on barnabyt. southw shots rang out hire onennedy northwes an innocentbystander shot in the heed. the chief says a group of people wererguing whe a person took out a gun and opened fire, hitting an intentbystander. >> i don't want to leave the impression it happened but i want to illustrate how it is to u

news 4 reporter david culver has the story you'll see only here on news 4? this is the photo now associated with mumtaz rauf, showing the man accused of secretly reco ing several wome >> hard to believe. >> reporter: friends with him for asany as to years. rich thinking he news him as fun loving guy. >> playing disc golf, snowboarding, phenomenal dad taking care of his daughter. >> reporter: the news of the arrest is shocking for those who knew him in alexandrai they sau him as a friendly familiar, popular bartender. the a allegationsinst him opening up questions about this alleged double life, something they knew nothing about. case. is a massive >> reporter: late thursday fairfax county police officer says they believe rauf is behind hidden multiple camera recordings. this one at fair oaks mall. >> inome it appears mothers with their daughters which is just awful. >> reporter: polic say they found 100-plus videos on rauf's phone and the videohows more than 60 victims and investigators believe most of th videos were recorded between december 15th and christ

i'm david culver. >> and good morning. i'm meagan fitzgerald. you're waking up to a chilly start to the day. we want to get right to lauryn ricketts to try to find out if things are going to warm up. >> what's going on, ricketts in. >> i do things will warm up in the ten-day forecast we've got warm temperatures on there but not this morning. we're starting out on the cold. you're absolutely right. temperatures out there in the 20s at this point in time. again, thatun i coming up just about 7:20. let's go ahead and show you right now our maps out there. beautiful start to this morning we do have some cloud cover out there early on this sunday morning. got that temperature coming up to right around 30 degrees, and you can s that in your bottom corner there. 30 here in washington and 20s elsewhere. a little on the cool side out there, and, again,e'll continue to have cool temperatures throughout the morning but a lot warmer than yesterday. yesterday topped out at 42 degrees. looks like we can top that a l

david culver looks at the addede struggle thatare facing without a paycheck and without a daily routine. >> reporter: postcards hanging on fred picket's wall, places he dreams of visiting. a furloughed governmt contractor, he's instead been spending most of him time a home, online, in front of his tv. work. he was back at >> are you hopeful, fred?>> es, i'm hopeful so i can get back to work. >> reporter: any gen day you would find him here reporting to work at the ronald reagan building in the epa mail room. he's been here 27years. >> what do you miss most about not being at work? >> i miss serving the public. i miss my daily routine. i missmy, you know, co-workers and also, of course, i miss my paycheck. >> get our people back to work. mark haul is with service source, the company helps place people with disabilities into jobs. >> many of them have been with us for styears. like fred, they're home, nervous, ntanxious, they wa to go back to work. >> reporter: they have now launched a cans for contractors campaign, a food drive for more than 100 employees with disabilities who are off th

david culver, news4. >>> tonight we're happy to share some great news about someone we featured in ourseries about mental illness. nner marshall just w washingtonian of the year award. she was diagnosed bipolar a a young mother. she wrote anonymously about it on a blog and decided to go public. back then she was worried they wouldn't bee a to sell any tickets, five years later, my reds have shared theirs stor brave shows are nationwide. >> nearly 700f them who have shared their stories of resilience and hope in our 55 shows to date across the u.s., i'm accepting this honor on their behalf.s thisy brave wouldn't be the organization it is today without them coming forwar >> more than 700 people have shared their stories. working to bre down the stigma associated with mental illness. jennifer and her team areoi strong with ten more shows in the works, two in australia. d plans for college campus shows in the fall. we're still going strong in our coverage of mental health. if you want to see more,gi sear ch minds in our nbc washington app. im we remember her. what an ct she has had. >> hug

i'm david culver. it is the 12th of january, 2019. as you step outside this morning, the frigid weather not bthe only sign we'll seeing of winter in a few hours. we'll start to see that snow starting to fall. we're going to put down several inches possibly in the d.c. region. the man who has been tracking it all since early this morning, clay anderson, joining usrom the sto team 4 weather center. clay, it is all about the timing right now. what are you thinking? >>david, good morning, everyone. we'veeen talking abo it all weekend long. we've been in snowstorm mode, but now we have a storm watch. yes, we do see it moving into our area, just hours away. picking up hig snow, now in west virginia, southern portions of virginia, as well, as it moves into the area. ve t large stormt is going to be going across the region. ell of us will be affected with that. national weather service has given the washington metropolitan area, we will be under a winr storm warning. a winter storm warning. it starts at 00 this afternoon and continues until t

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i'm david culver. just ahead how the students kept warm on what is the coldest day of the year. > after this deep freeze comes the law. and the water company is preparing for what could be a very busy few ds cancen won't wait for appoin to open up, test results to come back, or treatment plans to start.ce at ctreatment centers of america, we make time for cancer patients. time to answer questions, relieve worries, and turn indecision into good decisions. because cancer won wait, and we don't think you should either. ca or go online anytime to set up an appointment with our team of cancer experts. cancer treatment centers of america. tappointments available now.h our team of cancer experts. this is drone that goes over lake michigan right a portions of chicago. look how cold that looks. but this is showing the cinolteraction bet air t and is, aifferent body of water. this is actually the hudson. ice b wakerse out on the hudson earlier today, breaking up the ice so that, yeah, they could continue to trav

david culver shows how coast guarg spouses are maktheir plea to lawmakers. >> reporter: used to making sacrifices on the home front, tonight these coast guard family members going door to door on capitol hill. taking the frontes lin of the shutdown show down. >> are you family members? >> we ve a future coast guard mom. >> reporter: her 19-year-old son undergoing boot camp, for a life in the coast guard. >> he's 19. what 19 d has a savings? he went from high school to boot camp. so it's going to be on mom. so i have to mbe have to work more hours to help him out. >> reporter: katyrove down from new jersey pushing for coast guard pay to be reinstated. the family membersth tell me 're not looking for an r or d, they're going to any door that will receivethem. >> we know what it's like to be through the thick and thin and made the sacrifices but we never thought we'd have to make the sacrificeut wit paycheck. >> my husband is active duty and i work fua the coast as a civilian. >> who's getting paid in the family? >> neitherne of us. none of us. it's tough. >> reporter: jada livesn springf

as david culver says, small business owners are also feeling the pressure. >> when times are tght, you mi think a consignment shop is a place people flock to, to get a deal the owner tells me they're feeling the impact too. >> down 35% from last. ye that's a big drop for a local small businesslike this. >> only a few shoppers at relove it. a recent surge ofopeful sellers. folks dropping off items. >> you have a warehouse. fullwo warehouses >> full? >> full. items aren't selng on the floor, so we can't replace them right now. >> he had to cut down on his >> i'm honest with people. i'm not going to lie and says businessfantastic. the shutdown, do you think it's the shutdown? i know it's the shutdown. >> small businesses struggling with big losses. in percyville, virginia, david culver, news 4. >>> we've had a lot of peoplebo asking how they can help, what are ways to help the furloughed workers. you are in luck. >>etails on a rolling food drive when we come back. don't go away. >>> amazon testing a new way to deliver packages by robot. the amazon scout is a self-driving device that will

david culver, news 4. >> we're ten days into the partial government shut down and weill end t new year that way. some lawmakers may be moving their way toward a bill. they will vote on thursday to fund all of the departments through the end of next year except for homeland security. they will be funded through february none of that money is targeted for the border wall that president trump says he wants. tonight he told fox news that his administration is not giving up on that demand. >> i'm ready to go. it is very important. a lot of people are looking to get their paycheck. i'm ready to go any time they want. no, we're not giving up, we have have border security and the wall is a big par of border security. >> storm will be the last day you can visit the smithsonian museum and the zoo until t government reopens. >> the bigger newveyear's party. about a million people expected to flood times square again. as we get closer and closer to the ringing in of the new year, we have crowds also o in the elements here as well. >> those elements are worse up there it looks like. >> downpours in

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that's my only conce with that. >> david culver, news4. >>> there's a public meeting on the schedule about the program tonight a 6:30 at the south county governmental center on y.richmond high for the locations of other meetings and more information about the drone program, search fairfax county drones in the nbc washington app. >>> the biggest h win ofis career. >> new overnight a hung win for a prince george's county native in the australian annative. s tiafoe beat kevin anderson in four sets, biggest upset of the tournament so far. he moves into the third round where he'll face an italian, an dray as seppe tomorrow. >>> the washington wizards are already wking on their game on their biggest roadrip of the year. the team is in london for a game against the new york knicksey th had some flight trouble getting out of washington, but eventually they were ableero get the. >> they are looking to bounce at after an overtime loss home this weekend. luckily the knicks are on a four-game losing streak right now. last night the team received a royal welcome at kensington lace. these are some

i'm david culver in for adam. >>nd good morning to you. i'm meagan fitzgerald. little bit chilly. we want to check in with our girl lauryn ricketts to find out what is the r

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i'm david culver. we're following this morning on what is a storm team 4 weather alert day. crews in our area gearing up s before thenowstorm moves in. they're loading up trucks with salt. th've got roads being pre-treated in d.c., maryland, and virginia. today, you're going to notice the trucks parked along the major roadways. they'll start to plo t once snow builds up. in virginia, plows are ready, and v-dot warns therucks are big and slow. they prefeou stay inside while tha snow is coming down. >>> happening right now, major interruptions to a couple of o linethe metro. all of this because of scheduled track work. blue and yellow lines shut down cuts off reagan national airp t airport, the pentagon,entagon city, and crystal city, closed all weekend. an express shuttle will run between the airport and lafont plaza every five to ten minutes. >>> we'llw see the s start coming down in a few hours. clay anderson is tracking how much you might see. right now, the best internet meets the best things to do

i'm david culver. weant to start off with lauryn ricketts, joining me from the storm team 4 weather. cent for folks headed out, it is cold out there. there's also icy patcs? >> definitely icy patches, david. we've learned from our partners at wtop. be careful as you make your way out this morning. yesterda the temperatures, with the rainfall rather warm, the temteratures m some of the snow out there. then again, we saw a re-freezing on the roadways. let's take a look at r thear right now. not much going on, thank goodness. looking good across the area. current temperatures, in the teens,specially throughout t shenandoah valley. 27 degrees in the d.c. ar. outside the beltway, it is on the cold side. everybody below the freezing. ma be careful making your way out the door. as david was saying, icy spots out there this morning. listen, we have a quiet weekend ahead. this will the first weekend out of three weekends we've had dry conditions. changes come we have some rain changing to snow. talk about that

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i'm david culver in for adam. >>nd good morning to you. i'm meagan fitzgerald. temperatures thisorning are still a little bit chilly. we want to check in with our girl lauryn ricketts to find out what is the rest of the week looking like? >> it's going to be a roller coaster the rest o this week. >> icy spots possible tomorrow morning, gu, and the tuesday, we've got some snow in the specifically tuesday evening and tuesday night, so let me go ah d and start saying this. tuesday evening commute. you'll have to pay attention to this quite a bit because it will stt off asain and change over to snow. it will be a little bit dicy and weesday morning willikely be icy out there, so, again, want to go ahead andno say that. today though. we do have the isolated icy spots out there wnly because had the snow that melted yesterday with temperatures in the low 40s, and that ran off into the road and with temperatur 20s early this morning, that's when we got the refreeze. elevated surfaces be careful the cloud are moving our way with a weak frontal system. gaithersburg alread

david culver, news 4. >>> to hr more about james' nbory, head to our website, that's ashington.com.f you want to find more coverage, you can find it in the nbc washington app. >>> it's a mild start to the new year. check out current temperatures. 62 degrees in washington. 65 in quantico. cooler in frederick and hageiltown. still for this time of year. these are future temperatures at 9:00 a.m. this morning. check it out. still very comfortable out there. temperures anywhere fro around 52 in hagerstown to 60 in the district. 58 over in annapolis. as we move towards the midday hours, 1:00 p.m., temperatures still pretty m th wherey're at right now, in the mid to upper 50s. as we head intohe evening hours, 7:00, this is when cold air finally starts to move into the area as winds subside around 7:00 p.m. at that point we're tracking a temperature of about 49. 45 in frederick. 48 in culpeper. as we loo to tomorrow morning, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 a.m., temperatures will start off in the 30s to low 40s. a big cooldown in the overnighth to a high temperature today around 60 in the metro area. a h

i'm david culver. there's a lot happening in the area, even as we get ready for theto winter that is a few hours ago. right now, there's no stopping the nbc 4/telemundo 44 health and fitness expo. it is hpening now at the washington convention center. doreen gentzler joininghs w a few friends. hey, doreen. >> reporter: yeah, david. people who watch the"t ay" show will probably be familiar with sunny, the puppy with a purpose. 're going to talk with his handler and hear about what that's all ou coming up in a few minutes, in another preview from the expo. clay, what's up with this weather? >> outside right now, on the radar, we're starting to see some signatures of some snow across the area, as we go to thr radar im the snow is not reaching the ground. again, a loft of moisture continues to moisten up as the storm system moves across our area. as a result, we're starting to see some of the signs of things to come across our area. that oincludescourse, as we'll show you, more ildeta about that and the fo

david culver spoke to a man who worked in the epa mail room for 27 years. >> what you do you missou most not being at work. >> i miss serving the public. i miss my daily routine. i miss my cowoers. and also of course i miss my paycheck. >> right. service source which placed picket in his job just launched aans for contractors campaign. the food drive is for the more than 100 of the employees with disabilities who are out ofwork. sear f cansor contractors in the nbc washington app to lea more. >>> metro may follow maryland's lead and give free r federal workers. mayor larry hogannnounced allstate transportation would be free for federal worker working without pay. .the shutdown is impacting 150,000 maryland workers. they could allow federal employees to ride free starting merchandise. louding county transit and the fairfax connect ner virginia are also offerin. free rid metro may also consider cuttin back service as this shutdown enters week five. the agency says it's losing about $400,000 every week bay from low ridership during the shutdown. the metro board chairman says local governmen

. >>> from tysons to springfielda to arlingtond culver has been making the snow round since this morning. >> and he woins ush how many of you spent this first snow day of 2019., david. >> reporter: hey, erika and leon. you look behind me and see a dash of snow in thela v. it becomes nice and scenic. a lot of folks taking in what was a tranquil,nowy sunday. some inside enjoying it. others venturing out to work, and someo play. scraping up and piling high, snow banks filling parking lots across our area. these vdot contractors gearing up for a long night ahead. >> it's so cute. >> reporter: south carolina student devin wraing up her winter break with a taste of the season, heading back to school. >> i just ride 9 t whole way. hopefully that will be cle >> reporter: zach going back north to new jersey. >> this is no big deal. a light dusting. >> reporter: inpringfield, joe milligan making progress, learing driveways, several o them. he's not getting paid for it, just paying it forward. >> this isow i can contribute on a day like today. >> reporter: a family-fun outing for dozens. she invite

news 4's david culver spoke to one man who has worked in the epa mailroom for ths.past 27 ye >> what do you miss most about not being at work? >> i miss -- i miss serving the public. i miss my daily routine. i miss my, you know, co-workers and also, of course, i miss my paycheck. >> reporter: servicesource, which placed fred in this job, just launched a cans for contractors campaign. the food drive is for the more than 100 of its employees with isabilities who are now out of work. search "cans for contractors" in the nbc washington app if you want to learn more. >>> it's been the toughest days of my whole entire life. and i think at night what happened that day. what could we have done differently? but weid everything right. ha's been so rd to grieve. so hard. the guy who did thisha to us wi -- even if he's behind bars, they will have somewhere to go visit him. we will never have that with our kids. >> last month juanita and alexis ' amily of five unexpectedly became a family ofctwo. >> a sus drunk driver slammed into the couple's car, killing all three of their children. tonight, th

they're going to get back to us about the prospect of military bases in brazil human rights lawyer done culver lake though he believes trump on both sonando are united by a common hostility towards left wing governments in latin america it's very clear that in our at the new president is in lockstep with the trump administration in wanting to militarize latin america and wanting in particular regime change in countries like venezuela nicaraguan tube it's a very concerning situation both in our and trump share in a right wing at the odyssey they share antipathy towards the left wing governments of latin america so clearly balls in our own we've done work very close with trump he will try to do his best to partner with the united states but i think the u.s. has more bases throughout the world than any country should and i mean they just don't need a military in terms of national security so i don't see why the u.s. should have a base they are i think it could only be viewed as an aggressive stance again towards countries it doesn't like like venezuela. political pressure is putting a major u.s.

between the two countries and china itself continues to detain two canadians former diplomat michael culver and a business consultant michael spiral now in terms of robert schellenberg he has ten days to appeal the sentence and his lawyer has said today that they fully intend to do so joseph chang is a political analyst he says china is trying to exert pressure on canada. we don't know enough about the details of the court case but we understand quite clearly that the judiciary in china is not independent it follows the guy nine sort of party on the important cases and in this case the chinese leadership certainly takes into consideration our son luke a need in relations in general and especially the detention potenza saw the extradition of one one to the top a top executive of war way technologies one of the very beating firms of in public communications in china apparently the chinese leadership believes that canada is toeing the line of the united states of the donald trump administration trying to exert pressure on issues including trade and protection of intellectual property rights an

>> they said they would be expanding in culver city, l.a., and san diego as well as a new secondary campus in austin, texas. cook said those plans will be affected by the reductions. showingave a chart employee growth over the past 10 years. 2018, they grew by 10%. how significant is this in the --text they have so many people. it is unclear whether they needed to keep hiring at the pace. make sense for them to pause and see where they need people. they might not need as many people in iphone software. there wererted smaller meetings with different executives to walk them through the plan. way apple isthe organizing it, there is a group of lieutenants, senior vice all of them, they have their own lieutenants. those senior vice president totings discussed the need up innovation. this is the opportunity to evaluate going forward how apple could be more innovative as a company. >> why ai? it is important for apple today as well as the future. it is going to become the heart of the iphone. inre are a lot indicating -- as to getting -- investigating. executive fromp google several months ago. t

. >> public works crews say they have been working hard to gore up for the weather event culver. so everything is working like it should. at the same time we're monitoring everything. >> it's winter. we have been through this before. we'll do okay. again, slow and steady. >> folks who live in flood prone areas say they're nervous. but ready. >> make sure i have gas. a a andgenerator. and movies. >> we are back here live. we're at the express way. you can see the public works crew. came out. this is one of the problem spots. typical problem spot. you can see it looks like road closures. and flooding signs. again closely monitoring this situation. it is raining hard. the wind is whipping and folks are nervous. >> thank you. woef a mud slide now. north of the golden gate bridge. it snarled the morning commute. southbound 101 passed spencer avenue. >> a rush to make it home. commuters worried about the storm. left work early today. >> live from the ferry building. jessica, just to let you know ferry service is not cancelled here. some commuters didn't want to take the risk of dealing

i'm david culver. we have storm team 4's lauryn ricketts standing by in the weather center. lauryn, for folks headed nt, we've balking about the icy patches, and it is still here in northwest below freezing. >> a lot of our area, david, still below the freezing mark right now. absolutely right. pleaul be car headed out on the roads. isolated, but they're all around the. ar all the snow melt that we had ih re-frozen o roadways, considering the temperatures dropped into the teens and 20s lagh we are slow to recover early this morning. beautiful morning out there though. have a mix o sun and clouds. temperatures right now at 31 degrees. 'll continue to take those temperatures through the 30s throughout the day today.ag now,n, a mix of sun and clouds, but at least we'll be dry. temperatutes will top slightly in the low to mid 40s for daytime highstoday. now, we are dry out there, as i said. any snow showers thrgh west virginia will actually stop at the appalachian mountains. we are expecting some very nice conditions around here.ra veryuil conditions around here. quiet this week

in alexandria, virginia, david culver, news 4. >> taking aive look at the sunrise here as we get set to start another sunday in the nation's capital. beautiful day on tap. beautiful day on tap. lauryn will right now, the best internet meets the best things to do on the internet. switch to fios, the 100% fiber-optic network, and get a year of amazon prime and an amazon echo on us. already have prime? we'll cover another year. it's all yours when you sign up for fios gigabit connection, plus tv, plus phone, all with a 2-year price guarantee, all for just $79.99 per month with a 2-year agreement. with fios and prime, you can stream prime originals in 4k, get free games with twitch prime, and get fast, free shipping on over one hundred million items. switch to fios gigabit connection, plus tv and phone for just $79.99 per month with a 2-year price guarantee and a 2-year agreement. plus, get a year of amazon prime and an amazon echo on us. only need internet? no problem. get fios internet for $39.99 per month and get a $50 amazon gift card when you switch. 100% fiber-optic network. 100% p

authority say that chase began around 11 am in culver city. please try to stop a man suspected of assault with a deadly weapon. he refused to stop and managed to escape four maneuvers by police who were trying to lock the car. the driver was finally arrested two hours after the chase began. the man riding the scooter was taken to the hospital to be treated but is expected to survive. >> prosecutors in florida have dropped domestic violence charges against linebacker ruben foster. he was arrested in november at a hotel in tampa where the 49ers were staying for a game. the allegations involved the same woman who had said foster hit her back in february. she later recanted those allegations. even though foster has been legally cleared, the nfl said they are still investigating the matter. >>> the man accused of sexually assaulting a 99-year-old woman in san francisco entered a not hilty play a court today. prosecutors say howard broke into the woman's apartment in chinatown, robbed her and assaulted her on new year's eve. police released surveill

the newsroom, david culver, news 4. >> to hear more about james' story, head to our website, that's nbcwashington.comt to find more coverage, you can find it in the nbc washington app. >>> we kick off the new year on a mild note. right now at 55 degrees in gaithersburg. 63 in washington. 60 in manassas.ty plf clouds out there right now. clouds will give wayng to increaunshine today. here's your future temperatures. 8:00 a.m. around 60re d still. as we head throughout the day, we'll have near steady temperatures around lunch time, 11:00 a.m., noon, still in the mid to upper 50s. still comfortable out there. the cold air starts to move in tonight. tonight at 6:00, the suburbs i the 40s. manassas in the 50s. tomorrow chilly start, temperatures in the 30s and 40st ill be cooler tomorrow, but looking at the ten-day forecast, which you'll s in a moment, most every day running above normal. normal n 44 degrees this time of year. here's the latest check on storm team 4 rada no rain out there. yesterday's rain off to the east. we started off this year as the wettest yn record. we'll be dry out there today and

david culver live now in ashburn where theyhared their personal stories. what are they telling you, david? >> reporter: it's desperation and then you combine with the uncertainty, not knowing. today you had those louden county businesses representing verything from local hospitality to consignment shops, venting some of their frustrations to virginia senator tim kaine. they explained the immediate loss they've been feeling from the shutdown. they also wept into greater detail to say town is not only impacting their businesses but also their community. >> it trickles down to the smallest of our businesses. even ifad to cut my employees hours about 20%. t so nowy have less money to spend on other businessese >> reporter:pend a good part of the day going to some of those businesses edimpa some of those who took part in that round table. and you heard there, pat, from michael. he was the owner of that consignment shop who we spoke with. he says he's seen several people who havehown upt his shop not to buy things but drop things off, desperate for cash, hoping

david culver looks atbothides of this debate. >> reporter: a crowdms demanding action. >> it should nota party line, it's common sense. >> i see a public health crisis exploding in front of our faces. >> reporter: a regular churchgoer, mary has lived in irginia her whole life, but mary does not believe a bill allowing guns in church services make things safer. >> people go to church for solace, comfort toay get a from trauma. >> reporter: those who support the bill sayis doesn't mean everyone who shows up for worship services will carrying a gun. >> i think there's fear it'll turn it ito the old west. >> reporter: troy is part of the safety ministry in haymarket. b ieves the long-standing ban shoulbe repealed, in part because of the wording. it prohibits carrying weapons to a place of worship during a service unless has one good reason. >> my good aci suffient reason could be different from your good and sufficient reason but who says mine is less valid than your:. >> reporte troy says if specific churches want to prohibit weapons,ey can do so without the ban. >> churches are private pr

and david culver is nowin goingo oduce us to a few people trying to go from the government jobs to the front of the class. >> reporter: you're looking at a room filled with whais probably going to be the most qualified group of substitute teachers to step into fairfax unty schools. >> i thought if i can't make money doing the thing i do, i'm doing to make doneyng the thing i used to do. >> reporter: she taught third grade more than a decade ago and then took a government i.t. job. but she was furloughed with the shutdown. >> i thought money iasid this goes on a long time, i don't want to be puttering arou the house a day. >> a chance to use our talents instead of sitting at home ng clea >> has that been frustrating? >> yes. >> reporter: hannah is a geologist ready to share her knowledge. >> just trying to work out with your mortgage company what's going to happen february 1st. w individuals have expertise in various areas,ed wl ated as well and can contribute to our instructional epprocess. >> rter: in loudon county, leaders announcing several plans to easehe burden o federal workers a

he shared his story with david culver. >> reporter: do you go to a lot of news websites?sometimes i do. >> reporter: furloughed frois contractor job fred has been spend ago lot of te on his computer and in front of his tv. >> do you get bored? >> yes, i do. >> reporter: on any given day you would find fred reportingo rk here at the ronald reagan building, he works at the mail om in the epa. he's been here 27 years. he says not coming to work has not only leftho him w a paycheck but left him without his day-to-day >> that's part of my independence going to work and earning a payeck and paying my bills. >> what do you miss m not being at work? >> i miss serving the public. m i miss daily routine. i miss my, you know, ercowo and also, of course, i miss my paycheck. >> we want our folks to work. that's the solution. get our people back to work. >> reporter: mark haul ih w service source, the company helps place people with disabilities with jobs. >> many have been with us for years, they want to go back to >> reporter: they have launched a cans for contracrs campaign. a food

david culver is outside falls church high scho. that was a rough day for those kids. >> reporter: the timing was not great for this to happen here at falls church high school, and three other schools within the county. despite t the hour delay, students come here, they start, walk into cold classrooms. some of themell me in orde to feel somewhat comfortable they would gather around the windows just to feel the sun's warmth. falls church high school's digital markey without words the school tweeting this morning they were out of power. doeminon energy's power outage map showed more tn 1,000 homes area.ut power in that >> what's it like to be in asc hool with no heat. >> not pleasant. >> reporter: not wanting to show her face, this student told me how she kept warm inside. >> the heat sourc was thesun. >> i saw people come to school with blankets and big coats. >> a lot of people were it's ridiculous to be here, they want to text their parents and go home. >> reporter: she went to class despite t cold. she feels there should have bee

. >> david culver, news4. >>> we have a follow-up tonight on a wking for you story we told you aboutrrollton woman says she's been allowed back into her apartment building to retrieve her things four months after an arson fire there. she saidhe was repeatedly denied permission into her apartment even though it had not been seriously damaged by that pafire. the c that owns the property said it was too dangerous. franklin said it was a nightm e nightmare. >> i've notad a good night's sleep since thisppened. i have been robbed of my home, of my possessions that i wked so hard for. >> franklin says she was let back in right after our storyre she thanks news4, the new krarlton mayor, the police chief and council member. >>> leonarris here with breaking news at the live desk. another democrat iso jumping i what is going to be a crowded primary field. kiersten gillibrand said she is running for president in 20 the 52-year-old won reelection in 2018 after being appointed to fill hillary clinton's seat. she's been vocal leader of the me too movement. she announced she'sormed an exploratory co