so the icc is a good option for you.er working for montgomery county and getting on the outer loop at old orgetown road. that will alleviate a lot of your day this mornin melissa, what else do we have going on? >> brad, good advice aut where to get on and off here. inner loop after 66 is our major sticking point. our second major sticking point here ts morning, talking about the express lanes that was shut down. it has reopened. that's good wenews. till have about a four-mile backup through that section. mclean, 123 at the the c.i.a., turning people around. colesville crash there. orange line, single tracking right now. chuck? av thanks, melissa. we don't anywhere near that much trouble in the weather department this morning. it's all about theld it's been dry overnight, so all the stuff that melted out yesterday has refrozen this morning. side seweets and sks are probably going to be the trickiest part if you're getting out and getting goi this morning. 15 now in gaithersburg for temperate, 15 in prince george's county.

he was the first former head of state to be tried at the icc.om his alleged role in post-election violence which began when he was defeated at the poles in 2010. he refused to concede to his election rival and 3,000 people were killed in the violence that ensued. the evidence, including 82 witnesses and the files of thousands of documents, the court said the prosecutor failed to submit sufficient evidence to demonstrate the responsibility of him. with the acquittal, there are reports he's hope of making a comeback, but for now he's still locked up in the hague pending appeal. thank you for being part of my program this week. i will see you next week. >>> bombshell or buzz kill? i'm brian stelter and this is how the media works, how the news is made and how we can all get better. anthony cormier and buzzfeed's ben smith are here. how the white house's favorite media mega phones are stoking fear. and what nancy pelosi and ann coulter have in common. that's interesting. we also have carl bernstein standing by, jeffrey goldberg and much more. first,

westbound icc at georgia, center lane blocked by a brown van. we have delays on the icc.e a break and check your forecast when we come back. stay with us. >>> good morning. the sun is shining in washington. fare are snowshowers across northern maryland. the real issue is the upperills, in the mid and teens now. windchills will stay in the low and mid 20s all day today as the northwest winds reach near 40 miles per hour. still keeping a close eye on a chance for snow over the weekend. >> all right, chuck. thank you. now back to the "today" show. show of hands, who's a future comcast business customer here? i think we all are. yeah, definitely. sign us up. yes. two hands. two hands. yay. double hands. for a limited time, get fast reliable internet for $49.95 per month. just one more way we go beyond for your business. and now you can also enter for a chance to win $10,000 from comcast business toget your year off to a fast start. there's a new $10,000 winner every day in january. go online now and enter for a chance to win. comcast business. beyond fast. >>> 8:30 >>> 8:30 n

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former president of which of these countries was acquitted of crimes against humanity charges by the iccvory coast, bosnia and her skblrks egovina and serbia. >> you can sign up for a free trial and watch gps anywhere that you can watch youtube. and don't forget we are always on cnn go. >>> the answer to the gps challenge question is b. on tuesday lauren bagbo was cleared of all federal charges by the court. the charges stemmed from his alleged role in post-production violence which began when bagbo was defeated at the polls in 2010. he conceded to his election rival and 3,000 people were killed in the violence that ensued. in spite of 300 court days dedicated to the prosecution and the filing of thousands of documents, the courts said the prosecutor failed to submit sufficient evidence to demonstrate the responsibility of mr. bagbo. with the acquittal, there are hopes that bagbo will make a political comeback ahead of the 2020 elections. but for now, he is still locked up in the hague pending appeal. thank you for being part of my program this week and i will see you next week. \s. >>>

we went to the icc, international criminal court. i testified in front of the u.s. senate and as women worked in this network, created synergies to break psychosocial support, economic assistance, sorry, and above all, the medical care. women paid a heavy price of this repeated war. they deserve to be praised for the tremendous capacity of resilience. after this imaging, interviewing a woman, after the description of the horror, i couldn't even imagine that she could show me a smile. they are strong enough, they are strong and they continue working hard. they never give up., and that's why i have hope, because of this work of young women, that are on the ground to make change happen , the work of justine, and i remember when started working with us and she was 16 years old she was very young. she gets trained and now i'm proud she's the one whose leading today, even she's leading the women's right. i have hope, because there are people who are doing external work to save lives. not only he saved my life because i was almost dying from a complicated pregnancy, but al

sportation planning board says that along 270 from 170 and frederick and shady grove the connecter to the icc, it's gone from 49 minutes tonu9 s. guys, that's cutting 20 minutes off the commute along the 270 corridor. some other places seen significant increases the bw parkway, 66, even the beyoway. who drives around this area willl tu anecdotally they have seen the traffic on our roads the last couple weeks. are you getting to work fast, you are but because more people are staying home. interesting to break down the numbers and see the exact impact it's having here on our road network. don't forget, metro is also feeling t pinch here. they stand to lose millions and information from them is going to staomg out about how much revenue they start losing because people are staying home. >> adam, thank you. >>> each day goes by in this partial government shutdown, several federal empyees are working without a paycheck or at home on furlough. >>ithis close to home for the news 4 family. here is a personal story. good morning. >> good morning to you guys. my cousin is one of the many fekeral govern

september september, argentina, chile, colombia, paraguay, peru called on the icc to investigate venezuelaman rights watch held the move saying into crackdowns in 2014 and 2017, venezuelan security forces committed systematic abuses against critics, including torture. human rights watch research shows they detained more than 5400 people between april and july 2017. members of the security forces have beaten detainees severely and torture them with electric shock, sexual assault, another brutal techniques. >> that is part of the show. you can compare the human rights of with these other countries that are doing manipulation, using them to attack venezuela. toare waiting for bachelet visit venezuela. amy: the former president of chile, a torture survivor herself. >> and we're waiting for to come to venezuela and see the situation by herself. theourse, this is part of warfare against venezuela. but as i told you, this is going to be part of the past, amy. right-wingnments, governments in latin america, are going to be over. some of them this year, some of them next year. in venezuela is going

he was the first former head of state to stand trial at the icc.his acquittal follows similar failures of prosecutors to win convictions against in recent -- against other african leaders in recent years. in brazizil, newly inaugurated far-right president jair bolsonaro signed a decree tuesday making it easier for people to keep guns at home. critics say the move will worsen brazil's murder rate, already one of the highest in the world, with more than 60,000 homicides per year. the world food program has cut aid to palestinians in the israeli-occupied west bank and gaza, citing a critical lack of funds. the wfp said this week more than 25,000 palestinians will no longer receive aid. a further 165,000 palestinians will see their food aid slashed by 20%. last year, the trump administration eliminated more than a half billion dollars in aid to the palestinians. aid groups are warning further planned cuts threaten new projects, including a playground for gaza children and new infrastructure to provide clean water to gaza homes. the house of representat

our own country's national climate assessment as well as the governmental planet panel on icc. what they both reported was alarming. they give us a brief overview and a major finding of the report, we first have bob, president the president for climber energy solutions. for those of you who may not know was a former deputy and acting administrator of the environmental protection agency is now partnering with us for our alliance sustainable future work. bob has agreed to give us an update on both reports. >> bob? >> thank you mayor. it is an honor to be here. i like baseball. i will try to quickly go through the high level implications of the science that is contained in these reports that came out late last year. it was sort of a double hit continuing with the baseball analogy there. quickly so you know something about the center for climate energy solution. we are an independent nonpartisan nonprofit. we work with businesses and mayors and cities and on climate change issues. i will know we are having our climate leadership in baltimore in march. we will cover many of the subj

judge that's icc versus railway : engineers. mr. stern that's exactly right. : and this is not a case in which the agency is being circumcision arrived -- agency is being circumscribed like sort of a substantive statute. there's no question nobody thinks that the ina in some respects could mandate the secretary to maintain daca. this is pure prosecutorial discretion, and the fact that the secretary, instead of saying nothing, said something doesn't , make it reviewable. and what the secretary said was , if the court were to get there, is reasonable and certainly under andy sort of recognizable review, assuming there's review, it's sort of certainly adequate in a case like this one. judge: isn't it true and perhaps ironic that there's less going on than meets the eye. that is to say supposing we , agree and say you're right and reverse the preliminary injunction. two things. there are still two nationwide preliminary injunctions that are in place, and nothing happens. and second of all this is just a , preliminary injunction. the cas

. >> that's icc versus railway engineers. >> that's exactly right. and this is not a case in which the agency is being circumscribed by sort of substantiative statute. there's no question. nobody thinks that the ina, that in some respects could man date the secretary to maintain daca. this is pure prosecutorial discretion, and the fact that the secretary said nothing instead of saying something, doesn't make it reviewable is probably if the court were to get there, is reasonable and certainly under any sort of recognized -- assuming there's a review, it's certainly adequate in a case like this one. >> isn't it true and perhaps ironic that there's less going on that meets the eye, that is to say, supposing we agree with you, 100%, say you're right and reverse the preliminary injunction, two things. there are still two nationwide preliminary injunctions that are in place or nothing happens. and second of all, this is just the preliminary injunction. the case isn't gone, it still goes back down for a decision on the merits. so -- >> well, as to the firs

i will tell you to take the icc instead on come d 95 inside the beltway and work your way across east-westp truck versus car.an all are shut down. >>> melissa, thank you. we'll take a break and check your forecast next. stay with us. >>> it is a cold start this morning. everybody is still below freezing. watch out for patches of ice around. we will be above freezing this afternooh a high near 42 degrees. there will be a chance of cold rain mixing with wet snow later on today and tomorrow and tomorrow evening. a lot of rain over the weekend which wil likely endith snow and a big drop in temperatures sunday night. >>> chuck, thank you. get the latest news and weather any time in the nbc washington app. haveat day. >>> from nbc news this is today, live fromdi s 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and a good wednesday morning, everyone. welcome, thanks for sticking around, craig here along with al rok roker, dylan dreyer, sheinelle jones. >>>>ood morning. ood morning to you as well. have you ever seen one of those ads, typically on ssoial media fothing fake, something that's not real? >> the challeng

to suffer impacts, heat related deaths, coastal flooding, infrastructure damage, and in light of the iccscientists, the federal government scientists, that range from the united states military to your very own agency, the compelling, the overwhelming science of this, there's this urgency to move as quickly as possible. but yet, it seems in the light of this, that the consistency of the different regulatory changes you're making fly in the face, and i know my colleagues have brought this up, but you know, when it comes to the clean car standards, according to the epa's own analysis, of your-- of the proposal, you estimated over time your recommended approach would result in 7.4 billion tons of additional carbon pollution. do you not agree with that? >> what my career staff have told me is that it's a slight incremental increase from what the obama proposal was and i think a lot of people don't understand on the obama numbers, they offered a number of exemptions so the number itself would be-- >> sir, i'm pulling from the epa analysis and slight, 7.4 billion tons of additional carbon poll

they made history by making it the first case where an entire state has been referred to the icc.nd mr. president, we stand shoulder to shoulder with the united states in saying the national assembly and is president juan guaidÓ are best to theto lead venezuela restoration of its democracy and its freedom. therefore, we believe that juan guaidÓ is the right man to take venezuela forward and we will recognize him as constitutional interim president if new elections are not announced within eight days. we should today all stand together against the tyranny of nicolas maduro and his support democraticmate forces in venezuela. venezuela can and must recover from the depths of its current despair. end too, it needs an tyranny, and in to corruption, and an urgent return to freedom, democracy, and the rule of law. this security council must make it clear and urgently help pave the way to a brighter future for a venezuela