just north of washington, d.c. state police say he was walking along the side of a highway when it happened. new developments on the water crisis unfolding in flint, michigan. the regional director with the u- s environmental protection firestorm. also today.. more than 200 pages of emails were released showing top state officials initially tried to pass blame on the lead-tainted drinking water to local officials.. claiming critics were just playing politics. meanwhile.. the governor is seeking more federal funding.. but many residents say it's too late and want him to resign. the fight continues to raise nevada's minimum wage. a judge in carson city has ruled a ballot measure to raise it to 13- dollars an hour can move forward. supporters are trying to get 55 thousand signatures so the an hour.. or 7-25 if the employer offers health insurance. under this proposal.. wages would go to 9-25 in 2018.. and increase to 75-cents an hour each year until it reaches 13-dollars an hour. coming up... who's most likely to live longe

abcs stephanie ramos has a from view from washington, d.c. states! in office, president obama will deliver his last state of the union address to congress. instead of trying to persuade the joint session to work with him in 2016 on a legislative to do list, the president is expected to deliver a speech with a slightly different tone. in a video released by the white house, mr. obama previews what you will -- he will say tonight. this state of the union address. just the remarkable progress we made, not just what i want to get done in the year ahead, but what we all need to do together in the years to come. >> reporter: expect to hear about the economy's recovery. >> seven years ago, auto sales hit a 27-year low. last year, they hit an all-time high. >> reporter: the affordable care act. >> we have brought more than 17 million americans into our healthcare system. >> reporter: and foreign policy. he's expected to touch on the gun violence epidemic and the legalization of same-sex marriage. >> if it does become more of a legacy speech in terms of defini

starting tomorrow night more than 2-feet of snow is expected to dump on washington, d.c. states of emergency have been declared in 5 states. thousands of flights have also already been canceled. kurtis: good evening, it is already a huge storm. right now most of the activity is rain. we're starting to see some ice and snow in arkansas. along with being a big snow maker, it will be a big icemaker as it tracks up to the northeast. the highest accumulations of ice in north carolina and virginia. the system will slowly move up and. parked off the coast for the weekend. look at the snowfall totals -- west virginia, and maryland. feet. when you get to higher terrains, some locations might be pushing for feet of snow. four -- feet of snow. breaker. if you are north of highway 20. it might get around .75 inches. it will fall apart down south. possibly a trace before sunrise. at noon, 23. 6:00 p.m., 21. 8 day forecast takes you right through the weekend. the details coming up. stacey: new at 10:00 -- the iowa department of transportation is testing out at tool that will warn you when the

states of emergency in washington, d.c. and five states. ices in the nation's capitol closing at noon today. more than 4500 flights canceled this weekend. meteorologist maria molina live in washington, d.c. the heart of it, i suppose, maria, are you ready? >> yeah. we are ready out here in d.c. we are anticipating, we're excited. i'm sure a lot of people are worried about impacts coming up with the storm system. it is already underway in some states like arkansas and also kentucky and the carolinas. we're seeing storms rolling through parts of the gulf coast. in florida we're seeing some tornado warnings issued because storms with rotation and possibility of putting down some tornadoes. that will be a big concern as well. let's head toward the winter side of the storm. we have significant ice accumulation possible across places like north carolina. potentially more than half-inch of ice. that will be bringing in some very dangerous conditions. that goes for parts of south carolina. a pretty widespread area looking at heavy ice accumulation.

and by the time it's done, up to 2 feet of snow in washington, d.c. states of emergency in five states and the district of columbia. schools and government offices closing early today. and people clearing out the snow shelves as the northeast gets a big blast of winter. >> winter is just starting a we're handling as business as usual ordering merchandise. >> john: the blizzard is exppted to bring high winds, and dangerous white out conditions. thousands of flights already canceled, including some flights at oia. we have a live look at the big board at oia right now. if you are going to we beck, a -- quebec, and virginia, and salt lake city on the ground. we get you up to speed right there. that's a weird change for them. you can imagine how this will impact things throughout the weekend. >> luanne: we'll keep you updated throughout the morning. swreghting what led to the drowning of a 3-year-old boy. >> john: at a home on elderwood court in pine hills. office, the little boy wanderinged into the back yard and fell into the pool. when the deputies arrived, th

a richland two school counselor washington d.c. state at the white house. leroy york loves his job of interacting with students as the director of counseling at kelly mill middle school in blythewood. that's why a coworker nominated him as south carolina's middle school counselor of the year. counselors from the other 49 states, meet the president and first lady and celebrate at a black tie gala. "when i first started out in education 17 years ago, one of my aspirations was to be a school counselor. started off as a teacher and then went to counseling, so to actually get to the point where i'm acknowledged as a state representative for the career of my choice, that's really big for me." to see york and the others be recognized, you can watch the white house stream live on wis tv dot com at 11 a.m. thursday. coming up on wis--things are warming up in the midlands. we'll check in with meteorologist ben tanner to see if things are cooling down. plus--a seahawks fan's petition a look now at your first alert today, mostly sunny, warm highs clearing by friday the

we'll show the map, 5 states and washington, d.c. have declared states of emergency. here's our national correspondent. >>reporter: this is the beginning of a blizzard. we've gotten not that much snow compared to what we're projecting. i'll show you only the ground here, maybe an inch or two getting up to 2 feet of snow. they've said stay off the roads and the sidewalks and yet we saw two joggers, not sure why, you can't take a deep breath. you can see the snow is horizontal. on the roads, i can give a look behind me, some people are able to walk through, that's about all you're going to see as far as traffic. some drivers, still driving way too fast and they're probably taxiing or uber drivers. and they want to make money. they're going to be in business here, the mayor said this was a life and death situation. most certainly, some people will die whether that's because of crash or the cold, they haven't determined yet. don't let it be you and that's up and down the eastern seaboard. you can see in any number of cities. inches. it's about safety and we're getting rea

six states and d.c. have all declared states of emergency as the storm moves up the coast. maryland and d.c. already have national guard troops on standby to reach people who may get trapped in the massive snowfall. >>> jurisdictions to keep routes clear for the blahs, maryland's will go into effect across the esta estate -- state at noon. several cities declared snow imagine in manassas and falls church at noon. >> this coming storm is already grou grounding a lot of flights. united airlines says no flights will be leaving d.c. after 4:00 p.m. tomorrow. delta and jetblue have canceled dozens of flights as well. american and southwest canceled a handful. reagan national airport and washington dulles, bwi and marshall have canceled flights for the weekend. >> you might still be able to get out amtrak as of now. as of now they're set to run on modified schedules with fewer trains. amtrak says keep an eye on its website if you have tickets for saturday and sunday because there could be changes. one definite cancellation, the auto train between lortolorton, virginia and sanford,

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. >> reporter: with five states, d.c. and several counties in georgia under a state of emergency, more than 1,000 flights are already canceled. in washington, rail and bus service suspended this weekend. worries gas will run short, food is flying off the shelves. shovels and snow salt >> i've never seen the line this long. maryland's governor issued a warning, stock pile food. >> not just to last for the weekend, but enough to last up to an entire week. >> reporter: from north carolina to the jersey shore, high tides and strong winds, dangerous combination for an area hit hard by superstorm sandy. >> we are planning for the worst, hoping for the be. >> reporter: tonight, a scramble to prepare, a race against time. tonight it is cold but dry outside of washington, d.c. i want to show you a live picture from our helicopter outside along the beltway. there is a lot of traffic. it's a nightmare again. hopefully in 24 hours it will be a different scene and there will be less vehicles, but plenty of snow on the ground. meantime,

d.c. where the president plans to deliver his final state of the union speech. it might be different than what we expect. interview of the notorious drugpin is released. wheel see we'll see what he says about death and freedom. a reminder, we're back at 9:00 ikin the evening for the state of the union address. we'll head back to you. >> we'll have complete coverage of tonight's state of the union address rrght here on nbc4 starting at 9:00. at 11:00, we'll have big moments and wrap-up for you. >>> a stunning claim tonight for a whistle blower who worked on the new world trade center. he said his boss billed millions in unused labor hours. chris has the story. chris i? >> they financed the construction of the world trade center site. tonight an engineer who helped build there said two construction teams used that money to pay for workers who were often not present. working on tower 3 and tower 4. >> magna usef said he was proud to help rebuild the world trade center. between 2006 and 2009, he was a structural engineer working first for tishman construction and th

think it's going to we shut down for half an inch of snow so it's going to be bad.ter: with five states, d.c. and several counties in georgia under a state of emergency, more than 1,000 flights are already canceled. washington, rail and bus service suspended this weekend. worries gas will run short, food is flying shelves. shovels and snow salt hard to come by. >> i've never seen the line this >> reporter: maryland's governor issued a warning, stock pile food. >> not just to last for the weekend, but enough to last up to an entire >> reporter: from north carolina to the jersey shore, high tides and strong winds, dangerousation for an area hit hd by superstorm sandy. >> we are planning for the worst, hoping for . >> reporter: tonight, a scramble to prepare, a race against time. it is cold but dry outside of washington, d.c. i want to show you a live picture from our he there is a lot of traffic. it's a nightmare again. hopefully in 2 it will be a different scene and there will be less vehicles, but plenty of snow on the ground. meantime, we are at a salt barn, the largestt of the mississippi.

state of emergency ahead of this storm. they are in good company with virginia, maryland, d.c. and kentucky, all states which have done the same thing, declaring this state of emergency. they are all ready and expecting the impact of this storm to be major. again, we have been talking about it with bonnie schneider and we will continue to follow these models about the storm predictions and when to expect this wicked weather to come your way. we'll have that for you in this hour. >>> but we turn our attention to politics and ted cruz is wrapping up that four-day tour of new hampshire in manchester. the first in the nation primary state. then heading back to iowa for a series of campaign stops over the weekend. the republican race in iowa is basically a coin flip right now. we have 11 days until the caucuses and donald trump is ahead by just one point over senator ted cruz. they are going back and forth. this is according to the latest poll. one positive for cruz, though, he has a four-point lead on trump among evangelical voters in that state and a 15-point lead among those who i

nine states and washington, d.c. in states of emergency, and this storm is far from over. more than two feet possible by later tonight in d.c. three lives in two states. >>> and in kentucky, right now desperation on the roads as drivers are stranded for hours without food and water on interstate 75. they're just sitting there, no end in sight. the storm, which has dumped already more than 18 inches on that roadway, has crippled emergency efforts. and the snowstorm is not stopping the small group of soldiers who stand guard at the tomb of the unknowns at arlington national cemetery. sentinels from the army's 3rd infantry regiment guard that tomb 24 hours a day, 365 days a year regardless of the elements and we do want to salute them this morning. it's a stark reminder of the selfless sacrifice of our military and serving, no matter what happens, they're there to serve us. >> it's going to be a tough morning and night for them, and we do salute them, as you said. >>> also coming up, we have one nonweather story to tell you about. so much outrage right now over the lack of div

d.c. the state lending out theequipment as the nation's capital digs out two feet of snow. we asked who is paying for the equipment and the workers they told us the tax bears in -- taxpayers in dc are footing the bill. >> i think that's boston's way of being we have about there and we have your back. >> nice. i think it's a good thing to do they don't have as much stuff as up here. weather to watch you guys. above average temperatures the next couple days beginning the february. starts on monday and it will be very mild a few rain and snow showers coming into play tomorrow and weekend is looking good. looks like sunday is the pig if you like -- pick if you like milder temperatures. upper 30s on saturday and well into the 40s by sunday afternoon. now, temperatures right now are about 15 to 25 degrees colder than this time yesterday. it is 27 in boston right now and 18 in taunton. 21 in nashua. a lot of spots in the upper just a slight breeze so the real feel is colder not too bad a feels like 1 in worcester and 18 in taunton. skies are clear too. so, we are in for bright sun

. >>> the appeared has left at least 18 people dead, states of emergency have been declared in washington, d.c., and other states. as jennifer johnson continues, it's going to be a long dig-out for millions of people. >> reporter: the first blizzard of 2016 is making its way north after burying major east coast cities inasmuch as three feet of snow. it shut down all travel n pennsylvania and kentucky, thousands of drivers were strand. >> what have you been doing to pass the time? >> sleeping. eating, and playing games on my phone. >> reporter: washington and new york city were buried, enjoyable for pandas, and children who the snowboarders who couldn't get to a mountain. i'm pretty sure it's not legal. >> reporter: the blizzard slammed over 70 million people, hundreds of thousands loss power, and now there's widespread flooding in new jersey and other mitt atlantic -- mid-atlantic states. >> we have shelters open in every county of the state. they are ready to keep people. >> reporter: many airport runways and roads will remain closed while plows try to move the snow. officials are begging peo

what have been the incidents where this turned out to be not so good for the state? >> d.c. had -- >> armstrong: we are talking about virginia. >> concealed carry holders. >> armstrong: we are talking about open. >> open carry people are responsible. >> armstrong: that is amazing. >> it has been common the virginia a long time. >> armstrong: what about the laws in maryland? >> maryland again, it is a may issue state. you can apply, no open carry per se in maryland, in the since you need a permit. if you are issue add permit to carry, you'll be able to openly carry or concealed carry, you must have a permit to carry in maryland. >> are we saying when you have open carry, anybody can carry a >> i would think so. it has been a law since day 1. it is common place, nothing new they have to exexrience. >> would you agree, if the district of columbia were not predominantly black they would have similar laws and others who feel insecure with a lot of people in the city predominated by young black youth to give them the same open carry like in virginia. does race and socioeconomic ba

d.c. i'm operating under a state of emergency in the district as well. >> reporter: and d.c. is not alone. at least five states reported getting at least 30 inches of snow. new york city has lifted its travel ban and schools are open. but many people in the outer bow rowgs are finding it slow going. this 89-year-old has a message for city officials. >> come down my block once in a while. >> reporter: at the airport flights resumed and there's limited service in new york, baltimore and philadelphia. >> people should be expecting larger than usual crowds. >> reporter: more than 12,000 flights were canceled. airline officials say it will take some time to get everyone back on track. craig boswell, back to you. >>> it looks pretty clear for the -- most of the week, right? >> it looks dry for most of the week. the sunshiniest day will be on wednesday. right now if you want someone, we have to take to you levi stadium t -- take you to levi stadium stadium. the raiders won. jim plunkette was mvp. let's check in with the weather watchers. i want to share with you a couple of things. l

drive. >>> team coverage of this weekend's snowstorm and our maryland, virginia washington d.c., declared states of emergency. >>> d.c. expecting the highest snow totals from this storm. don champion joins us live from washington with more now. don. >> good morning die diane, expecting 30 inches of snow, schools have been canceled for the day and as you can imagine transportation will be affected greatly by this storm, airlines have canceled autoof the airports and region across the ground amtrak announced it will through the weekend and most significant cancellations for residents in the d.c. area metro will shut down at 11:00, it is the second largest behind new york even though much of the system is under ground there is a real fear of power outages how they could trap passengers. >> we cannot risk putting customers out there and leave them stranded in the conditions that we're all expected. >> and officials here hope to have the metro system backup and running by monday or so we're told during the storm a rail way car will be stored under ground and the head of metro here says that will help

five states plus parts of georgia and washington d.c. are already under states of emergency. federal aufrss s offices are expected to close early ahead of the storm. the d.c. metro has canceled service starting at 11:00 p.m. some drivers on i 495 decided to test the ice when their cars got stuck. all baltimore schools closed today and nearly 2500 flights have been canceled for friday. thousands s s more have already been canceled or delayed for this weekend. now, the storm is starting to make land fall on some states in the south. this drone footage shows footage? stead of fans pile nothing to the football stadium. and at least five fatalities have been contributed to icy road conditions p. sconditions. what should we expect? >> the high impact portion of the storm. and tomorrow morning this time is when we'll get the blizzard conditions in baltimore and d.c. we're waiting for them to be posted in the philadelphia area and even new york. snowing hard and the ice portion of the storm has begun. so, the snowfall forecast overnight has not changed too much. a little further to th

five states plus parts of georgia and washington d.c. are already under states of emergency. federal aufrss s offices are expected to the d.c. metro has canceled service starting at 11:00 p.m. tonight through sunday. some drivers on i 495 decided to test the ice when their cars got stuck. all baltimore schools closed today and nearly 2500 flights have been canceled for friday. thousands s s more have already been canceled or delayed for this weekend. now, the storm is starting to make land fall on some states in the south. this drone footage shows footage? stead of fans pile nothing to the football stadium. and at least five fatalities have been contributed to icy road conditions p. sconditions. what should we expect? >> the high impact portion of the storm. and tomorrow morning this time is when we'll get the blizzard we're waiting for them to be posted in the philadelphia area and even new york. and little rock it's been snowing hard and the ice portion of the storm has begun. so, the snowfall forecast overnight has not changed too much. a little further to the north we've n

east and northeast as the low rockets away and it begins to dump the snow over the mid-atlantic states, d.c., northbound to the new england states and a snowy mess and call ahead and monitor the latest in regard to any, maybe flight delays and airlines will be spinning, like chickens with their heads cut off. over the weekend. that is bad. have you ever seen that? i have not and hope never to. windy weather, friday and saturday, highs the 50s and lows sunday morning back to the mid and upper 30s, that es your forecast. here's gina with traffic. >> happy thursday, all the crashes we had earlier, most are cleared up but i want to take you to marion county, i-95 southbound. causing significant delays there and use caution if you are coming from marion county. i want to take you to the metro area and we also have this crash on apopka vineland road, partially blocked at buena vista roads boulevard. use caution there and looking at drive times, everything is really slow this morning, i-4 eastbound from john young parkway to downtown, 8 minutes and i-4 westbound from the 434 to fairbanks, 11 minut

states. they do have a blizzard watch in affect for baltimore, as well as d.c. so if you have travel plans down into the middle atlantic states on friday, might want to rethink that because it's gonna be pretty much a no go. then it comes off the eastern seaboard and like yesterday, there are two possibilities but i'm leaning on track 2 once again today, a more southerly track because high pressure is nt allowing that storm to come barreling up into new england. so the storm timeline during the day on saturday shows a slow northward progression to that snow, meaning that the risk of heavy snow, i think it's confined south of new england. there's the slight chance of some heavy snow i think probably from plymouth over toward and southwest of there. but boston north, i think it's not looking likely that we're gonna have a major event. what is likely? well, i'm thinking probably 1 to 3 inches of snow in the lighter shading of blue. a coating to an inch in the gray up here. and i'm leaning towards 3, 6 and maybe one more band. p. and 7 on 7 forecast, so some patchy l

five states in washington, d.c. are under a state of emergency as people try to get last minute supplies before the storm hits store shelves in many cities are bare as people stock up on milk, bread, water and other essentials. thousands of flights have been cancelled with airlines across the nation feeling the exact. in the nation capital all government offices are shutting down at noon so workers can get home before the worst part of the storm hits. d.c. mass transit system will shut down later this afternoon. >> turning to orange county where precautions are taken at florida hospital. right now, a deep clean is under way as the germ that causes the illness was found in the water system. legionnaire is a type of pneumonia. the germ that causes it is in water. it can be dangerous for patients with weak immune systems. staff members taking extra steps to prevent vulnerable people. it can cause high fevers, chills and a cough. you have to see this one. police in minnesota stop a distracted driver who had a novel excus

d.c. the state department and whole of the administration must be rather satisfied that this awkward incident seems to have been sorted out rather quickly. >> that's right, martin. they are very pleased that this incident has been resolved after about we estimate between 16 and 20 hours. the crew was picked up approximately around 17g.m.t. on tuesday, but that's an estimate because we don't know exactly what time they were actually picked up when they reached farsi island in the gulf, an iranian controlled island. the as he can of defense is thanking his counterparts at the state department for his diplomatic engagement and secretary of state john kerry is saying that as a former sailor, he was very much interested in trying to resolve the situation quickly and then at the end of his statement, he noted that this is why diplomacy is necessary. it's just as essential, he is saying, as using military might to resolve disputes. now we know that the 10 sailors have been transferred from iranian custody to u.s. custody. they were first transferred to a navy vessel and then taken ashore. we don't k

legalizing medical marijuana is contentious issue here in florida, but its gaining momentum. 23 states and washington, d.c., have approved the drug for medical use. 4 states legalized it for recreation. i'm digging into how all of us here in the bay area feel about this. 10news asked for your opinion on this controversial issue. i'll let you know what folks around here said at 5-30. sarah hollenbeck, 10news wtsp could hillary clinton be indicted over her email scandal? former u-s house majority leader, tom delay says it's a good possibility. he says if the justice department does not hand down an indictment, the f- b-i would likely go after her. clinton has faced scrutiny throughout her campaign when it was found that classified information was sent to her personal email. if indicted, a federal grand jury would be needed to bring charges. as we head into tonight's g-o-p debate, questions remain about what will happen without the party's front- runner. donald trump is skipping out on the iowa debate. he'll instead host his own event for veterans and wounded warriors at the same time. and his decision is ca

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. >> there are now 31 zika cases in 11 states and in washington, d.c. all state health departments will be reporting those cases to the centers for disease control. >>> a grocery store owner to protect his business on wednesday in a market on essex street in paterson. as the suspects tried to break in the cash register with a hammer, the owner pulled out a machete. the owners took a -- the robbers took a look and scrambled out of the store. >>> in brooklyn police are searching for one of three suspected robbers following a police-involved shooting. police say they shot an armed man that impaled out of a getaway car that crashed. the suspect is recovering in the hospital. another was arrested at the scene. police say they chased the car after the suspects robbed workers at a wireless store in bensonhurst. >>> time is 4:36. good news for commuters. in a few hours, uber cutting fares in new york city. not everybody is happy. eyewitness news reporter mallory hoff is live at penn station with who is not happy. mallory, good morning. >> good morning to you. dr

d.c. mayor muriel bowser. she's declared a state of emergency for d.c. and a snow emergency for tomorrow morning starting at 9:30. d.c. schools will be closed tomorrow as well as the d.c. government closing at noon. the mayor also apologized and said that the response yesterday for the snowfall was inadequate and she said she would be better prepared for the storm that's coming our way. "news 4 midday" starts right now. ahead. "news 4 midday" starts right now. >>> good morning, everybody. if you are just now joining us, d.c. mayor, murial bouser has declared a state of emergency. tomorrow, a snow emergency at 9:30. parking restrictions starting tomorrow at 9:30. because of this blizzard watch that we are now under, d.c. mayor, murial bouser declaring a state of emergency. >> parts of southern maryland and the northern neck. the difference between the two. if you are in green, you are not only going to be dealing with heavy snowfall but windy conditions that will lead to reduced visabilities, blowing snow and blizzard conditions. friday night on into satu