. >> i'm meagan fitzgerald here at e live desk. new and historic overnight video.ope francis has departed abu dhabi for vatican city, after maing the first trip ever to the arabian peninsula. he paid a visit to st. joseph cathedral in abu dhabi. and then, a mass at a stadium. that's the largest christian worship in the ld of islam. they hope that one of the effects will be permission to build more churches on the peninsula. >> meagan fitzgerald, thank you. trump is expected to call for bipartisanship cooperation during tonight's state of the union address. >> hise aides say will offer what they are calling an inspirational and visionary path for the u.s., despite his fight with the congress. tracie potts is live with apr iew of the speech. good morning. >> reporter: will it inspire and will it be more than just words? those are questions this morning, as we get ready within hours for president trump's first speech before a divided congress. democrats on one side,an republ in charge on the other. president trump laying out a vision of what the white house says willo

so it was much more efficient to say "let fitzgerald do the love scene, let parker do the comedy scenemake sure it's structured properly." just monkeys on a typewriter. but they were clever monkeys. that's what happened in "casablanca," ...at least, as i understand it. there was this fellow who wrote the play, everybody comes to ricks. then the epstein brothers got involved in rewriting it. then howard koch got involved in rewriting it. and out of this potpourri came this marvelous movie. ♪ you must remember this ♪ a kiss is just a kiss ... ♪ a sigh is just a sigh ♪ (narrator) "casablanca." one of the greatest love stories ever told was made in 1942 in consummate studio style. at least six writers worked on the script. the cast included 34 nationalities. but what truly engaged audiences in "casablanca" was not the dialects, but the way it was directed, lit, photographed, acted and edited. hollywood filmmaking at its height, so effortless, so masterful it's invisible to the audience. ♪ ... as time goes by ♪ sam, i thought i told you never to play -- (richard sylbert) the way i was broug

i'm mean fitzgerald. ahead on "news 4 today," resign or be impeached. justin f tax o fairfax out of office by monday after another woman comes forward with new sual assault allegations. >>> this man avoided prison after shooting a police officer because o his mental ate. now, years later, he's been arrested again. this time, charged wit arson. more on that strange case just ahead. >>> and more strange weatherom ng our way, although this is more seasonable type of weather. it is cstilly and by out there this morning. a wintry mix on th way to start your work week. we'll talk about the timing coming up. >> thank you, lauryn. >>> all this ahead in a few minutes. we're back to start "news 4 today." >> announcer: "news 4 today" starts now. >>> hours after new sexual sault allegations against the lieutenant governor, a state senator issue an ultimatum, step down or be impeached. >>> roadwork ontw theay could create a traffic night tre for drives morning. we'll help you avoid the congestion. t>>> moren five years ago, he shot a police officer, but we wasn't se

working with the greats, including ella fitzgerald.dy... # i could have danced all night # i could have danced all night...#. for which he received one of his four 0scars. good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to another television concert by the london symphony orchestra. he was also a tv star, recognising the small screen's potential to broaden the appeal of classical music. well, he was an amazing person, a great talent, a wonderful pianist, a wonderful composer. he always pushed you so you could do your very best. andre previn was born in berlin before moving with his family to paris in the late ‘30s to escape the nazis. and then onto america and hollywood. his wit and charm and enthusiasm made him attractive to studios hiring musicians and to women. the film star mia farrow was the third of his five wives. tonight, she tweeted... say hello to mr preview. ah, mr preview, how are you? he achieved celebrity status in 1971 with a now legendary appearance on the morecambe and wise show. you're playing all the wrong notes. lau

the "uss fitzgerald" sliced open by a massive cargo ship off japan. this never-before-seen video shows the cargo ship pulling away after the crash. the $1.8 billion destroyer spinning out of control. seven sailors lled. two months later, another collision ainvolving the "uss john m" ten sailors killed. both captains releef releefrn -- relieved of command. admirals fired. now a propublica investigation finds the navy had ignored warnings, postponinit al training and repairs. >> both ships were being pushed past their capacity. run ragged. crews were exhausted. eir equipment wasn't thworking right or ey didn't know how to use it. >> reporter: the "fitzgerald"'s radar system unable to see all the other ships nearby. with the cin sleeping, officers on duty didn't understand the nautical rules of the road, cluding the young officer in charge, who steered the fitz directly into the path of the cargo . sh the helmsman had never been touched the navigational controls.th crash happened at 1:30 a.m. with water quickly filling the crew's sleeping quarters. darro

news megan fitzgerald spoke with one of the boy's mothers today abouthat led t all of this. >> like any good parents, tee yaw na hawkins and her ex-wife anisha want to make sure their 7-year-old son gets a good education. at's why they chose national christian academy, which is a private school in for washington. tiana says she and her family have enjoyed their experience, but last may that changed when they received this invitation for i amother's day a. >> they specified on the invitation only one mother or one mother figure allowed per child. so since we have two moms our family, of course that was cause for concern for us. >> reporter: tiana says they asked the school for there was an oversight and would both be s the d to attend, but s principal refused. >> we don't agree with your lifestyle. >> reporter: i spoke with printepal andrewrt today who told me, quote, we didn't discriminate against them. it was clod off to everyone, like aunts and grandmothers that wanted to attend because we uddidn't have thet at the time. but we made a way in the end for everyone to attend. >> i coun't

meaganre fitzgerald. n a very cold morning. look at that. >> the capital wheel not moving right now, but temperatures are pretty low and a wintry mix son the way and when you want to get to the bottom of and bring in the cold temperatures. still team 4's meteorologist lauryn ricketts in the euse. >> and have mollette in the house. >>e,lap for mollett absolutely. >> so excited. >> i know were you clly this rning when you came into work. it was cold and it's still cold out there. tereeratures belowing in a lot of spots. if you wake up it looks beautifu outside right now. temperatures in the 20s in a lot of spots. look at the radar.in no happening so you are headed to church and out to get some coffee and headed out to take the dog for a walk. you're fine. it's dry. bring theou winter jacketl need it and probably some winter accessories, hat, glove, scarf. this is coming our way and arriving later on this afternoon and throughout the evening and mainly just going to start off as rain but there could be a little bit of freezing rai

she is proud of us already for what we'r doing. >> reporter: in annapolis, megan fitzgerald, news4. > right now at 6:00, a locd coast gufficer accused of plotting an act of terror. >> it's a very significant threat. >> the warning from prosecutors held behind ed bars. >>> roger stone silenced. th strictrder from the judge he targeted in a controversial instagram post. >>> hate crime hoax. >> i'm offended by what's happened, and i'm also angry. >> the wild scene outside a a chicago courtfter the arrest of jussie luollett. >>> outcries of anger. >> i defended our country. >> activistsushing for the ual rights amendment see their rights hit a dead end in virginia. >>> a judge a says coast guard officer is so dangerous he needs to be locked up now. so lieutenant christopher hasson will remain in jail for now. >> t shocking allegations against him, include the amazing of a cash of weapons a plotting to murder innocent civilians. but the defense said he fes nonviolent charges and the government is overhyping the case. >> chris gordon is live outside the courthouse in greenbelt with

>>egan fitzgerald. thank you. >>> a former church youth leader pleaded guilty today to inappropriate contact with two more girls. jordan baird was the youth worship leader and music teacher at the life church in massas where his father is senior pastor. he has previously been convicted of five counts of indecent liberties, he faces up to five yes on each of those counts. he'll be sentenced in may. >>> d.c. firefighters say an electrical overload caused the fire at a row house in colombia heights. an appliance was plugged into an extension cord. crews were able to get the flames under control. appliances, air conditioners, heaters, they need to be plugged in directly to an outlet. it is highly dangerous as we just saw to put them on an extension cord. >>> scary moments in laurel after two people were trapped inside a burning home.pr ce george's county crews were searching for one man theyd knew to be i when they found a woman there unconscious. both victims taken to the hospital, they're in serious condi

. >>> it's-2ñ thon sunday,fáry februa 10, good morning tot( # i'm meagan fitzgerald.straight to some of the headlines we're following this morning. new video thatfá shows multiple shots being fired betweençó two groups of people in the district. police say gunfir!d erupted alog fifth street and northwest onxd thursday afternoon. once shots were fired, two groups immediately need the area. right now police are searching for several suspects and a car at the scene. anyone with information is asked to call police. plans including attending the chse]tv new year'sarade today,lp here's a metro reminder.th part oxd system fáremains metro is installing new lightind between dupontt(fá circle andt( t)p)y square. ( providing extra bus service to handle the crowd, but thelpxd g d yellow lines will be runningt( normally. and we're expecting a wintry woman 1: i had no symptoms of hepatitis c. man 1: mine... ...caused liver damage. vo: epclusa treats all main types of chronic hep c. vo: whatever your type, ask your doctor if epclusa is your kind of cure. woman 2: i had the common ty

we get have an earlier trouble spot at fitzgerald but that is being cleared out. the nimitz freeway northbound 880 looking good just past the coliseum and southbound doing okay with traffic bunching up a little bit south of where the camera is in the hayward and fremont this morning. keep that in mind working way toward the san mateo bridge and ns delayon the 101 itself. on the bay bridge no metering lights but that is probably going to change in the next couple of minutes. traffic is backed up just past the 880 overpass so getting slow-and-go. when you get on the span of the bay bridge traffic looks pretty good into the city. so far westbound 580 we have that track for the super commuters out of tracy pretty slow, backed up to the mountain house off of 205 with stop and go conditions continuing through north plan. when you past that the traffic will light up past the dublin interchange with 37 minutes from 205 to 680. you can always skip the roadways and use mass transit with everything on time this morning. >>> it is chilly outside. >> it is a cold start to the

megan fitzgerald explainsow local faith leaders plan to move forward. >> our slogan is ope hearts, openrs. >> it's been a longtanding moto and for some congregations you don't have to look far to see where they stand. like here at foundry in northwest d.c. banns representing the gay community drape the sanctuary. after tuesday's vote with more than 800 delegatesm fthin the religion from around the world, things have changed. >> game together in st. louis to vote on issues to the inclusion of lgbtqi people. >> she was there when delegates voo tighten the ban on same-sex marriage and o dan ordaining clergy. >> it's heart >> reporter: dr. david mccal ster wilson is the president of westerly seminary. he was watchin the vote closely. >> it does not mean that they are not welcome as members of the church or to be involved in the various ministries of the ur . >> reporter: but some for the ban say they want to remind the faithful tha gays and lesbians were never allowed to be ordained and get married in the church in the first place. . mccallister wilson said he fears the vote will further di

i i'm meagan fitzgerald. >> and i'm david culver. feel underaccomplished, three published books. weather alert day here. very strong winds o the way. >> that's right. it's not going to be a good hair day. just heads up for you. lauryn ricketts is keeping an eye on the changing condition good morning, lauryn. what's it looking like? >> right now just wet and soggy out there, but as it continues roughout the day it's wet and windy. we'll dry out pretty quickly. got about an inch of rain last night. that won't be good as we get t in really strong winds because we might have to watch for some power outages later. can you see some fog out there right now as well creating low visibilities. wait for the rain to get out of here. a pretty surady rain dg the overnight and that's continuing to push off to the atlantic. we are seeing itac clearing off to the west. soua evey this rain will move rate ight on out of here a we'll get sunshine later on this afternoon but not this morning. 39 degrees our a temperature we'll stay in the upper 40s aroun

meghan fitzgerald covered the case from the very beginning. she is in the courtroom and will tweet out the sentence as soon as it happens. >>> a d.c. teacher is out of the classroom afterlledly choking a student. jarvis teaches language arts. he was arrested a charged with second degree child cruelty. he's expected to make his first court appearance today. surveillance video apparently shows the incident with the student. the principal sent a letter home to parents saying that masonburg will remain on leave duringhe investigation. the news 4-team said he's been with the school since 2004. >>> roger stone will be in federal court in d.c. the 66-year-old pleaded not guilty to seven counts incding lying to congress and witness tampering. stone is the sixth trump associate to be charged in connection with robert mueller's investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election. prosecutorsnc ann yesterday that they had seized hard drives, apple icloud accounts, email accounts and financial records from stone's home. the evidence could be discusse

. >> megan fitzgerald covered thie rom the beginning, and has details from an emotional day in court. >> to do what he did to four people, including a 10-year-old y, i think is just beyond words. i can't imagine what those parents were going through. >> reporter: it's been a long and emotional f journey family and friends of the victims. but today theyut walked of court for the last time with justice. >> hopefully this gives them small measure of closure. >> reporter: the family gathered behind the lead prosecutor moments after the judge sentenced daron wint to four consecutive life sentences without the possibility o release. more than 3.5 years ago, he held stage, tortured and brutallymu rdered amy and savvas savopoulos and their son phillip and housekeeper veraliciz figueroa. before the ruling, the savopoulos's daughter, spoke about her grief. she stood before the court and said, quote, on july 24th the man of my dreams proposed to me. at that moment iy realized parents wouldn't be there. my family will everyone meet my fiance. her words didn't seem to phase daron wint, who sat emo

i'm meagan fitzgerald. good morning to you.cond woman has come forwardi accusing virs lieutenant governor, justin fairfax, of sexual assault. meredith watsonclaims she was raped by fairfax while they were students at duke university in 2000. this com after anothewoman, vanessa tyson, claims fairfax sexually aaulted her at the 2004 democratic national conventi convention. fairfax flatly denies both allegatimss. he clai this is all part of an orchestrated smear campaign, and he is refusing to resign. >>> listen up, metro riders. the red line will be shut down between dont circl and judiciary square this weekend. metro is installing new lighting andsays it needs both tracks to do the work. buses will replace trains downtown along the red line. if you plan on attending the chinese new year parade omorrow, metro says they're providing extra metro bus service to handle the crowds. the green and yellowes l will be running normally downtown throughout the weekend. >>> and if y haven't had your flu shot yet, you may wa to reconsider. ac

and as news4's meagan fitzgerald reports, he joined the ranks yesterday. >> reporter: t aren't wordso describe the bond a dog can provide its owner. but pictures do some justice. to explain the love george h.w. bush had for his companion in the days and months after his wife passed away. ev sicily was the president's personal >> ki tell you how much that dog provided so much love and care and suppor >> reporter: sully was by president bush's side and below his casket. thist picture w viral and brought attention to the service dogs like sully can provide. >> do you wan to shake? >> i do. sully, shake. >> reporter: he even appeared on the "today" sho meeting his namesake capty sully sullenberger who landed in the hudson river after ted engines fa. but it was president bush's wish that after he died, sully would go on to walter reed and provide the wounded warriors with the same love he received. >> today w paypecial tribute and say welcome aboard to a truh patriot, sul. bush. >> reporter: so today in an official ceremony at the facility, sully was welcomed as a service dog by t directo

now i understand. >> reporter: meagan fitzgerald, news 4 >>> a high school nurse on the eastern shore is facing child sex offense charges involving four students. nairld state policeell us the incidents date back to march of last year but did not happen on school property. instead investigators sayd 33-year-mantha marsh picked up students in her van outside of chrisfield high school and academy in sommerset countyve then she dro them to other places for sexual inkounlters. marsh is in jail tonight without bail facing a total of 19 charges. >>ll an regton man pleaded guilty today to a massive fraud and ponzi scheme, bilkingst inves out of millions of dollars withse promi of development near the silver line. federal procutors say todd elliot misled investors in a bid to build a uifive-story bing near the new permanent metro station on the silver line extension to dulles. it resulted in those investors losi about $20 million. he's going to be sentenced in june. >>>, if you're guilty of messing around with your phone while driving youould be facing tougher laws around here soon. virginia

. >> we' talking about the uss fitzgerald in june of 27, seven sailors died. then two months later the uss mccain. we saw ten sailors killed there. and what's interesting is there's common threads through all of this. according to our reporting partners at propublica. critical pieces of equipme had failed, including radar. they couldn't even see all of the ships surrounding them, and this is one of the most critical and busiest shipping zones in the entire world. they didn't have enough people onboard. they only had 270 sailors. they needed0. they didn't have enough sailors onboard to hold watch on both sides of thesh . as a result one sailor running back and forth between both sides of the ship trying to keep watch. the junior officer was the ship officer on the deck at the moment. because it was 1:30 in the morning the captain was asleep.g she accor to the report did not understand basic nautical rules of the road, and when this happened when she saw a collision ntimmi she failed to call the captain, she ran back and forth on the bridge saying we're effed, w

i'm adam tutuss. >> and i'm meagan fitzgerald. that sums it up.s head to lauryn. >> tying a nice little ribbon on that. >> that was

. >> i want them to know about duke ellington and i want them to know about ella fitzgerald. them to know where ray charles came from. >> reporter: she said she was born to sing. it dawned on her as a young girl in mississippi when her grandmother would take her to the beauty salon. yer you couldn't tell you lt whe from under the hair dryer all the adults would be giving me money. >> for nearly 20 years she ran after after school program called music in the community that taught thousands of east bay children, helping them understand how today's young stars trace their musical heritage back through the decades. >> actually, if you like michael jackson, michael jackson liked james brown. james brown liked count basy, and we could just keep going back like that. ♪. >> reporter: today through a grant from the city of oakland's cultural funding program, another 600 middle schoolchildren are attending ms. bay's black music through the ages concert at yoshi's in oakland. >> i thought the music was good. >> she's teaching us how to be respectful to others. >> we'll learn things out

i'm meagan fitzgerald. we continue to follow the developing news out of virginiah major backlnd calls for governor northam to resign over this photo on your screen. it was taken more than 30 years ago and has suddenly resurfaced. the governor admits he is in one of the two people seen there. oneaied in blackface. the other in a rokkk hood and . the picture appears in northam's medical school yearbook from 1984 he's now apologizing for it. we have a crew on their way to richmond right now. continue to wil stay on top of this story and pass on developments as they come in. >>> new this morning, a deadly crash is slowing traffic in princeungeorge's . the crash happened just after 4:30 on crane highway, just south of pointer ridge drive. ate police say this is a single car crash, but beyond that, not muckn else is n. right now, several lanes of traffic are shut down to letig inveors do their work. news 4'ri derck ward is heading to the scene now. we'll bring you the latest up te. >>> and it is a chilly saturday

meagan fitzgerald. >> lauryn isxdi] saying get you wh ng>> not expecti a lot of snow. >> not a lot ofow or ice,ok but,gain, it's going tonig typing. overnightok leading into our monday morning so that's where we'll seeome issues for the the more north and west you are which generally seems like the rule around oure1 area with som ofhese storm systems. let's go ahead and show you outside because it's beautiful andxd gorgeous. he clouds are starting to increase for areas west. overtake the sun as we head through the remainder of thisrn g and into the afternoon and all ofjf this is notlp arri st@ntil later on>4&night. after 5:00 and could be late evening until we get to the i-95 corridor. you can download the nbc up we are in a winter weather advisoryq starting at 7:00 p.m. tonight until tomorrow morning. through chaes and st. mary's, a northern ne stafford and others are not in this winter weather advisory. >> just rain down there for speaking of teachers, we'll talk aboutt( cancellations and delay. 40 degrees for today.e1 rythat wi mix arriving later on tonight. weod get some snow. ppl

. >> news 4's megan fitzgerald shows us the four things to do to protect your car. >>> plus dating app dangers. what to know befe you go on that first date with somebody you met online. >>> nbc's m lester holtting with students in the district. >> people and kids in particular need to be armed. they need to be armed with critical thinking skills. >>ow he's h ♪ ♪ ♪ rhythm is a dancer ♪ it's a soul companion ♪ you can feel it everywhere ♪ lift your hands and voices ♪ free your mind and join us ♪ you can fe♪ oh in the air soy, we were running late. no problem, come on in. ♪ >>> back now and almost 5:15. clear skies now but storm team 4 tracking not one but two storms coming our way. our chief meteorologist doug kammerer has the snow for your weekend. that's coming up in just a few. >>> there is more new information now on that january confntation at the lincoln memorial. it sparked massive social media and of course a firf storm national debate. a third party investigation finds there is nof evidence o any racist or offensive behavior by they kentuck catholic school students. the video sh

looks like traffic could be slow as a result on this one also near fitzgerald. here is 880 at the coliseum with no delays in northbound traffic moving okay. southbound traffic moving pretty good in this area as well. taking a look at the bay bridge, no delays out of the east bay into san francisco. traffic looks pretty clear from oakland into the city, 15 minute drive time. the same wind advisories. traffic in the south bay off to a good start with no delays on one no one, good through san jose into 80 at san jose off to a good start. the drive times and the south bay are all in the grain. the guadalupe parkway and 85 are off to a great start. it is business as usual and yesterday no delays for the altamont pass due to the holiday but not the case today. we are stop and go out of tracy, slow at north flynn road. if you get past the pass it looks much better at the dublin interchange. we have more volume on the prolate but the speech okay from here to the 680 dublin interchange. >>> the newest battleground in new jersey and the state is considering r to --adop st

i'm adam tuss. >> f,ñ good morning to you, i'm meagan fitzgerald.>> brr, xdbrr out there. >> if youi]lpçó like warmtemps won't mind. >> and we'rexdfá talkingut a freezing appropriate tan. everybody on pins and needleh >> and ik itfá will be a little bit of everything. we'll have rainçg7ç and she, sn across the area. we have a weatherÑiok advisory % egins tonightrand goes until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. north of d.c. you'll want to pay attention to thpa fenwa/dÑik. today will beok dry. we're notxdçó expecti thise1 toe in untili] later onxd this even. you widen this out and it's coming our way. 40 degrees today. a little onq the chillymy temperatures raising into the 20s and right around 40çó degre this afternoo cloudy andg7? dry. precipitation begins st beforez tonight. we'll talk more about the timing andxdñr exactly what you can se your neighborhood coming up inÑa few minutes. >> thanyou. >> it the latest development in a series of scandals swirling around ñrvirginia'sçóxd democra leadership. pressure is mounting on the lieutenant governor tot

meagan fitzgerald is at the live desk with new video. >> the video is unbelievable. take a look. you're going to see massive flooding in townsville, greensland, australia. home there's are now completely uninhabitable. we found this picture in the national archives showing the 2006 federal triale flash flood. you remember how many damage 9 inches received in two days. it gives you an idea ofuc how damage prolonged flooding can cause. back to you. >> thank you so much, meagan. >>> happening toda ivanka trump will unveil a new effort to help women in low and middle income nations. the president previewed the women's global initiative as union the state of the address. >> as part of our commitment to improve community for women everywhere, we are launching the first government-wide initiative focused onomen in developing countries. >> it will provide job naaining, ial help and legal aid to femalehe entrepreneurs in developing world. >>> melania trump will speak at theational harbor. it's part of the community of anti-drug coalitions of america leadership form. the event starts at no

meagan fitzgerald will be in the courtroom later today. >>> two men were shot to death in a car and teens are in jail. the two men wern a car that crashed into several parked cars in montgomery coty. w, investigators believe their deaths were part of a drug deal gone wrong. police say hunt and barnette me of the men and were trying to buy marijuana. hunt is charged with two counts of murder and barnett isin f a drug charge. >>> now, to the other top stories. a teacher is on leave for allegedly coaching a student. jarvis massenburg teaches language arts. he was arrested and charged with child cruelty.rv sullance video shows him with the student. he is going to make his first court appearance today. >>> the clock is ticking for a bipartisan group of lawmakers to come up with alan to avoid a government shutdown. the deaine is two weeks from today. president trump insists any plan must include funding to build a wall along t u.s./mexico border. house speaker nancy pelosi says there will be no funding for a wall. coming up, we'll talk to blaine alexander about the meetingn betwntelligence chie

i'm meagan fitzgerald in for david culver. we are covering a lot of news this morning. before we get to want to check in with lauryn ricketts. temperatures are going to warm up, ain'tt, that ri lauryn? >> a big warmup out there today, meghan. tomorrow, warmer than today. monday, a lot warmer than sunday. tuesday is going to be the warmest day we'll have in this stretch. we've got two stretches of warm days on that ten-day forecast. we'll show you that coming up. first, let's go ahead and show you what's going on outside. beautiful looking view. listen, this weekend, looking fantastic.be going t absolutely beautiful. plenty of sunshine this quiet, finally, this weekend. temperatures starting off a little on the cool side. good, we have come up out of the single digits. for a long time ther shenandoah valley, you were at 9 degrees. didn't budge all morning. everody coming up. temperatures still below freezing. have icy patches out there from the snow we got yesterday. be very careful. there's been a few accidents according to our news partners at wtop because of slick ndi

i'm meagan fitzgerald. thank you so much for joining us.aking up to t a retur winter this morning. temperatures have been falling overnight. after a nice springpreview this ,

meagan fitzgerald will have more coming up at 5:00. >>> we spent the majority of w thk below freezing. the cold weather isn't just dangerous to your health, but damaging our roads. >> hhways and back roads have been treated for ice all week long.ct the efi iviveness of treatments is determined by how cold it . according to the maryland department of transportation state highway association, rock salt is less effective below 20 degrees. the bri and wat is an ice melter until the thermometer hits 6 degrees belowro magnesium chloride is used ormostly in theern and western part of the state. >>> the condition of the roads is why parents have accepted the school districts cancelling or delaying classes this week. in one week, parents had to juggle early dismissals and delays that eventually turned into cancellations. they're grateful local leaders are putting safety first. >> i think it was the best decision that the county was able to me. safety is number one. >> it's a j toughob for the county. myk kids w to school. it's a tough job. >> schools haveed del classes to let heaters turnn and

. >> and i'm meagan fitzgerald. that sums it up. so let's head to lauryn. >> tying a nice little ribbon on that. >> that was perfect. >> let's go home. >> is that's it, done. we do have a warm-up coming. we also have some rain chances coming our y. ande also have a wintry mix possible. i have it on the 10 day forecast. so somethingor everybody on this 10 day forecast. but a beautiful view out there ght now. ah, we have the cloud cover in some portions of our area, but we don't have the wind out there. let's take a look at the current temperatures. so we have come up dramacally the last hour. we had bn in the 20s and 30s. so we're warming up rather quickly. after lunchtime, the teeratures will soar into the low to mid 50s. and the temperatures are in the upper 20s this frederick county, but prettmuch everybody in the mid to upper 30s right now. so we have the super bowl pa ly, it wilk good for that if you are prepping for that, exercise, comfortable out there. and brunch, chilly, but dry. we'll talk about the next chance of rain and

meagan fitzgerald is at the live desk with details. >> reporter: i want to mention that prosecutors have arrested a woman who may be responsible f the horror you're about to see.t eigh people are dead and dozens are injured, including rs firefigh it took crews several hours to put out this deadly fire. doz dozens of families forced the climbout. this is happening in paris. th woman in custody, her identity is not revealed yet.id but she live inside that burning building. >> meagan, thank you. >>> we'reg learn new details in the deadly plane crash in southern california. >> the five people, including the pilot, died, when s all aircraft broke apart in midair on fell into a neighborhood sunday. look at surveiance video, showinthe plane falling out of the sky and into the home. the homede expinto flames. the plane flew ten miles before the tail and wings broke off.e cockpit ended in somebody's yard. >> when i came out of the door, my neighbor sa, there's stuff coming from the sky. but i hadn't put two and two together that it could have been an airplane. >> reporte . >> the ntsb is looking

. >>> i'm meagan fitzgerald at the live desk.eachers in denver may plan to strike on monday,inue to an oncompensation dispute. it would be the first teacher strike since 1994 they made the announcement yesterday. colorado's governor, jared polis ides are close to aea dand hopes that a strike can be avoided. public schools says it is going everything it n to prevent a strike. they vow to keep all schools open through any walkouts. this would be the latest teacher's strike. the others include oakland and los angeles. back to you. >> thank you, meagan. >>> new video this morning of a construction worker hanging on for his life from thef ledge a six-story building. >> just look at that. okay. a scaffolding collasied o of dallas. the worker was tethered and pulled h the roof.afety from the debris of thet caffolding woman. >>> melania trump will speak at the national prayer eakfast. he i supposed to make an anti-abortion pus during his speech there. he is supposed to continue the theme in front of evangelical leaders. expect delays in

. >> i'm mollette green in for meagan fitzgerald. it is a beautiful cold morning in washington. beautiful out there. if you look at the picture, nice. >> the sun is shining down. >> but there's alws a t. >> a wintry mix could be headed this way for some of us. storm team 4 meteorologist lauryn rickets is here o tell us more about that. what do you say, lauryn? >> i do say a bit of a wintry mix could be headed for t uss afternoon and then as we get into a wednesday we could see a wintry mix, some snow and changing into a wintry mix and changing over to rain. i know a lot o people know about wednesday but let's get through today. it's a beautiful morning out there right nownd things are about to change. we could see a little light precipitation, light stuff early this mornin before noon, but really the main event is coming in later on this afternoon, and i had to add this light precip. i thought we'd be too dry and i'll show you what we mean here in a sec. mainly a rainor event us into this evening and higher elevations could see freezing rain and that's north and west of d.c. at

i'm meagan fitzgerald. >> we're in weather alert mode. it looks like a h or miss. today it's 68 degrees, warm and comfortable. >> we love these temperatures. >> andhen here comes gusting winds. apparently these winds that are going to be ptty intense. >> right, lauryn ricketts? >> we'll see pretty strong winds. 50 to 60 miles an hour, guys, so, yeah, temperatures will be in the 60s today. we've got to get on uphere. i think by noon the temperatures will be in the 50s. we're in the low 40s right now but once the skies start to clear that they are doing in the shenandoah valley and rains are gone then thes temperature going to go up a little bit. there goes the rain and it's be pretty quick. it utbooingied on o of here. clear, e clouds temperatures go up. winds go up as well, but the winds are coming out of south and west and that will be aump temperatures up. any rain that we had. i thought that le would go through and that would die at the mountains. it's dying at the mountains so we'rery looking atonditions for the remainder of the day. any more rain today,, but c

. >> and molette gen in here for meagan fitzgerald. >> any time i get to be here with mo, i'm happy. >> it's cold outside. >> i think we dodged precipition yesterday. temperatures outside sitting pretty low right now. a wintry mixn though ise way for plenty of us. >> stormeam 4's lauryn ricketts is tracking the system. took forev to warmp the car. what can we expect in the day ahead? >> in the day ahead we've got some freezing rain, some sleet and some rain. now i do want tooint this out. the national weather service went ahead and issued a winter weather advisory. however i think there is g hng to be fher elevations. most of us will see rain throughout the afternoon and in the remainder of the evening. the day liggett hours, first part of the day looking fine. again, that sun is coming up now before 7:00 a.m. we're going to gain about 30 minutes of daylight before february is over, so that's always good news. again, we arekiust l at some cloudy conditions out there. we'll have a little bit of sunshine early ts morning, but clouds will continue to roll into the area. nothing happened

. >> i want them to know about duke ellington, count basey, ela fitzgerald.i want them to know where ray charles came from. [ music ] >> she said she was worn to sing. it dawned on her as a young girl in mississippi when her grandmother would take her to the beauty salon. >> and when you got under the hair dryer, you couldn't tell you were singing loud. >> because of the hair dryer is so loud. >> and whenever i would come up under the hair dryer, they would be giving me money. >> for nearly 20 years, he ran an after school music program called music in the community. they taught thousands of east bay children, helping them understand how today's young stars trace their musical heritage through the decades. >> actually, if you like michael jackson, he liked james brown and james brown liked count basie, and we could be going on like that. [ music ] >> today through a grant through the city of oakland's cultural funding program, another 600 middle schoolchildren are attending her black music through the ages concert in oakland. >> i thought the music was good.

meagan fitzgerald is at the live desk be more. what's going on? >> four people are without a home this morning after a fire ripped through their home jus after 11:00 last night. i want to show you pictures from the scene. this is the 1300 block of southeast street right near watkins elementaryschool. it took crews several hours to try to kno this out. the good news is no one was injured. back to you. >> thank yo >>> a heated debate over proposed back lines in the dupont circle neighborhood in d.c. has grown hotter last night during a meeting, a public crash with city leaders. it was suggested to set themp on 20th street. some argued the lanes would impact busin ses in thearea, others said biker safety should be a top priority. >> more than 30 people die every year just going on trips in the district. and if we build a protected bike lane network in d.c., it's goi to make a big cut into that. >> trucks that serve these businesses a restaurants, they really do need to make deliveries. what are they going to do? slough it off and say they'll learn. t

the wom included pbs "newshouams"hal sin door and nbc's kristen welker and our megan fitzgerald moderated the panel. they discussed their journey to white house, the importance of getting it right and their respecial for each other. >> we all admire each other'srk o much. and learn from each other and grow from each other.ea that's a thing, and i just want folks to know that. >> you can find o h to celebrate black history month in d.c. on our nbc washington app. >>> so, will tom brady be headed to the white house to celebra the patriots' super bowl win? >> hey, tom, do you have plans onr oing to the white house a celebration? >> next question. i mean, god. >> noncommittal here. you can tell brady not exactte inrested in politics right now. he has shown suppoid for the prent in the past. wearing maga hats. but he notably did not visit the white house after the team won in 2017. some other patriots players have already sld they w skip a white house celebration. >>> some sad news today in the baseball world and in our area. hall-of-famer and former nationals gm frank robinson passed away at

. >> and i'm meagan fitzgerald. and you have your little -- >> this is like the biggest one. >> why hide it. we'll need it. good morning toyou, lauryn ricketts. lauryn doesn't need coffee. she has like this drank coffee, would jump through your scene. >> and youefitely want that hot drink this morning because it is a little on the cool side. but we are looking at big warm-up coming our way. and it started yesterday and we'll continue to warm up today. that sun coming u a atut 7:15, clear skies out there, it is a beautiful start to your sunday morning. as we go through the day, 29 t degrees tperature right now, and through the middle part of the day, those temperatures will warme into 40s and in fact we'll be in the mid-50s for ytime highs today. but still watch out for a few icy patches out there this moing. all the melting that we got yesterda could have more icy patches early on this sunday morning. what to wear? you need the light jacket. no jacket for your monday and tuesday as we'll get rather mild around here.

. >>> i'm meagan fitzgerald here at the live desk with bizarre new details from sunday's deadly southernn california. investigators say the pilot's law enforcement credentials found on scene were fake. antonio pastini described as retired chicago police officer, butca c police confirmed to nbc news that pa nini waser a member of the force. the badge they found had actually been reported lost back in 1978. ntsb officials say s pastini wa commercial pilot. four other people on that fght were killed. e cause of this crash here is still under investigation. aaron, back to you. >> bizarre indeed. thank you. >>> 4:49 right now, family and frnds are mourning the deaths of five children killed in a crash in prince georges county. they held a candle lightigil at the morningside town hall municipal center last night. they released balloons in the child's honor. derek sims said h is not only morning his son, but all of the children. >> i'm not onlyin mou my son, five children that lost their life in the accident. it's god's will, god's purpose and never question him. >> sims set up a gofundme page

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you can see some of the names there, unique cure rising about fitzgerald anter saying they would be the next acquisition target in this space. bird rising today. a lot of optimism back in this pace that was pretty space that was pretty beaten down over the past few months. it seems that some of the of ise at least in the eyes some investors are back in the market. scarlet: breaking news. on the : sticking biotech scene, a good day for not a goodfter hours sage therapeutics. for stage ve sale therapeutics. of deals, peaking dennis, trade negotiation deal is pending, it doesn't seem like any going to get resolution anytime soon necessarily given that the deadline was extended by the president. the market seems to be ok with watered down a watered down deal? dennis: watered down deal means status ". live in a tail risk associated with a new way globally."siness and i guess eals sort of president trump's unique tweeted deal-making, he earlier asking opec to make it easy, what does it tell you that firming?s have been is that a demand story? dennis: yes, it's consistent with markets in gener

arizona cardinals receiver, larry fitzgerald with some touch on the 16th hole. defending pro-am champ will not be playing tomorrow. >>> toby keith on 15 with a long one. a nice moment, but keith will also be watching tomorrow. here is wayne gretzky with just the right touch on a putt on the 13th hole. but he also did not make the cut . but this guy did, actor and comedian larry the cable guy putting at 13. larry who every amateur in this tournament dreams of, making the cut. nice shot on the par to set himself up for

and i'm mollette green in for meaganre fitzgerald. n a very cold morning.capital wheel not moving right now, but temperatures are pretty low and a wintry mix son the way and when you want to get to the bottom of and bring in the cold temperatures. still team 4's meteorologist lauryn ricketts in the euse. >> and have mollette in the house. >>e,lap for mollett absolutely. >> so excited. >> i know were you clly this rning when you came into work. it was cold and it's still cold out there. tereeratures belowing in a lot of spots. if you wake up it looks beautifu outside right now. temperatures in the 20s in a lot of spots. look at the radar.in no happening so you are headed to church and out to get some coffee and headed out to take the dog for a walk. you're fine. it's dry. bring theou winter jacketl need it and probably some winter

meagan fitzgerald isdet the live with details. >> fnchfficials have just arrested who may be responsible for the horror you're about to see. eight people are dead, including rerefighters. it took several hours to put this out. this blaze is less than a mile away from where the french open is played. dile crews were on the front lines,ens of families were jumping out of windows to try tv e. police have not released the identity of the woman they have arrested. but prosecutors say she lives inside that tbuilding. ba you. >> a scary situation. meagan, thank you. >>> thisg, morn an important vote on the fate of funding for the ft. dupont ice arena. >> megan mcgrath tells us that the mayor wants t take money for the ice rink and use it towards epschools. >>ter: people have been skating at the ft. dupont ice arena for decades. an plans were made to double the capacity. $20 million were setside to do just that. now, the mayor wants to spend the $20il mon on emergency renovations at d.c. public schools. people that use the ice arena, a they aresking the mayor to go forward with renovations here.

you.morning to i'm meagan fitzgerald.et straight to some of the headlines we're following in silver spring, firefighters pulled a woman from a burning home alive. the fire broke out on holman avenue in the forest glen community yesterday. fire officials sayer there hoarding conditions inside the house that made it difficult for crews to get in and find her. the woman is expected to be okay.ec there is a sond person who had beenn the home as well. they were able to escape. >>> the family of white house senior adviser jared kushner i in the new land -- the new landlord of thousands of homes in maryland an virginia. "the wall street journal" reports kushner companies paid $1.1 billion for a portfolio of 6,000 apartments. the company's dealings have draw more scrutiny because jared kushner is president trums son-in-law. you would like to learn more about this, go to our nbc washington app. >>> and it's a weather alert day. tturyn rickes will be back does your customers connecting to the wifi ever slow down your business? yes,

. >> megan fitzgerald joins us live at the scene. megan? >> reporter: doreen, i talked to this man's coworkers the day and they're absolutely devastated. they say he alwaysalks down leesburg pike to get home. but today his journey ended he died rightind me here at theon mp of 495 south. >> my heart is broke. >> reporter: it's been a tough morning for employees at this shell gas station. he says his friend and coworker chundra worked the overnight shift for nearly a year here. he saw him beforehi he left morning at around 5:45 remembers their last conversation. >> he told me morning mr. ali, can i have some i told yes, okay. you can take. i pay. >> reporter: then chundra started to walk home as he does every but about an hour later police showed up atob his >> the officer came here toictut was accident and died. you know, he was so sad. >> reporter: sometime after 6:15 police say they received a call that a body was found near then crosswalk route 7 near the onramp to 495 south. it was chundra, a man in his 70s who coworkers say moved here f