. >>> could a law legalizing marijua in the district of columb be put on hold? the meeting taking place right now to sort throu the wishes of lawmakers on capitol hill. >>> and a deferraling story. the arrest of a high-ranking ste departmt employee. up a sting operation to nab a suspected child predator. you're watching "news4 midday i'm barbara harrison. > and schools close bawd of a latest winter storm as colder air plunges southward delivering ice and snow and already a tough week for parts of texas. monday and ice storm knocked out power to thousands of homes, caused hundreds of traffic accides and prompted more than 1,500 flight cancellation there's. u can see the storm on radar right now. it's still a long way frt could cause us problems tomo morning. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck be is in the weather center with the latest on the timing for the storm. good morning. good morning, barbara. winter weather advisories go into effect late this evening for southern maryland, northern neck of virginia fredericksburg d points sou of us. those advisories may be

je and her mom had to movee colorado where they cod y use cannabis oil, the d mal marijua without a hi. i wt to thank the motherss -- with on signatu from the go t no longer need to li far from home. >> okay folks. its n law. >> but the family isn't tone their l oil right here in nor legally transfer it out of another state. so they're taking their fight to the u.s. ca try to convince them to because it's the rit t to do. t the states want. it what the people wan and e servant people. >> for now, jennifer gets to he back to norther d legally use her struggle. >> incredib. >> in richmon >>> so have your kids ever d you this -- dad, what did u do? how did you survive before the in? >> yep. >> well folks ia fou out yesterda co cell phones 911 sy atms, all of them std worki hours as a large part of the state. st at northern arizona were said to be near s when they we told no one cod tn the internet back on. can you imagine? wer maps on local tv had no temps on them. >> what? >> goodness. bee they couldn't -- i'm near tears, chris. >> you're in the fetal position. the rn for all of this a g

marijua b legal in the dist at 12:01 a.m.sparked a showdown between city leaders and members of congress we are live to show us why. jackie? well, the original plan cald for everybody to light up at midnight, but it turns out they cannot do that because is bar is not a private reside still a lot of conf >> as the band played on stage on 1 northwest, membs of the d.c. chr of norm got ready for midnight wh possession of a small amou of pot will become legal district. we're celebrating a huge victor there h been lots of obstacles overcome. that's part of why initiative 71 is so great. obtained a copyl orders. it includes a sarp l of notice of violation for a civil infrac. earlie the d.c. mayor addrd threats from house repueing her could go to jail if the measure goes into effect have a lot of things to do here in the district of me being in jail woul be a good thing. e prepared to implement and 71. >> r nancy pelosi reacd a statement in which she said she found it very troubling that they would threaten distri officials. this d.

. >> the purchase and sale of marijuan the use of marijuana in public spe and the use of marijua by juveniles remains illegal. >> you also can't smoke pot and driver or have it anywhere on federal land like the national mall and so many other small pieces of land of all over the districtf you can and can't do under the new law on nbcwashi >>> in maryland a group urging lawmak vote against the bill. th gro sent a letter to the delegate e revenue act was introduced it would regula and tax pot like alcohol and rules for manug and sales. opponents worry it could lead to addictio use dangerous drugs. >>> later today president oba heads to miami for an immigrn town hall. the event puts more pressure on deadlock lawmakers here in washingt. th battled over weeks now over the president's immigration policy using dhs funding as leverage. but the president himself could face tough questions today. miami has a large immigrant populati and democrats have crit for n delive on his campaign promis for immigration reform. >>> 4:35. on the hill this morning, congre will reevaluate the nation's food stamp progr

midnight on wednesday, adults can possess up to 2 ouncesf marijua a gw re rna plants their homes. if d.c. take away your pot because you cannot prove that you're of age, you can pick it up within 21 days as long as you bring some sort of i.d. you cannot smoke or possess marijuana in any fer pli housing or oferaro you can be arrested or evicted from federal housing for that. voters approved the ballot measure last november. >>> a warning this morning from the department of education. why a local school system could lose out on $3 billion. >>> the head of the v.a. forced to apologize for misleading statements. we have new reaction from a top military group. >>> i'm meteorologist chuck bell. we have warmed up a little bit from our record lows early this morning. still plenty of snow pack on the ground. that's what's allowed us. there may be fresh snow as >>> congress is poised to pass a new version of the no child left behind baalaw that could serio costrie ors un s. the department of education says a lieu would taren $2 million federal dollars from that district. the new version of

how the big news is causing some confusio wi the recreational use of marijua on its way to being legal in the district tonight, in a little less than eight hours in fact we want to know if congress has the right to stop it. >> it's our nbc washington flash survey of the day. during the break, sound off by calling or texting the number on your screen. you can also cast your vote on the nbc washington fa >>> two days after we told you about a new study involving peanut allergies, parents are raising new concerns and asking new questions about what it do with this new information. a study discovered exposing children to peanuts early in life can help prevent allergies. dr. jackie a grar i, a family alleri joins us with advice and caution. yo getting a lot of phone s from parents on this study. what a they asking you? >> so they're basically coming in completely conflicted. if they've talked to their mom or grand mom or pediatrician, what they've heard is keep your kid away from nuts. that's exactly what this study isn't saying. that recommendation actually changed yea ago, but it hasn't r

. >>> good news for proponents of medical marijua in virginia. both the house and senate have passed bills allowing derivatives of the plant to be used to treat epilepsy. the oils used for treatment don't gave high. difference the two bills have to be worked out. governor terry mcaulif has expressed support for medical marijuana in the past. > we're tracking a developing story out of california right now where they're dealing with a lot of heavy rain. residents living in a community north of san francisco are stranded right now after two bridges washed out. take a look. these are the only two bridges in and out of their neighborho. only get out using a precario footpath now. some residents say this is the worst flooding they've seen in the 40-plus years they've lived there. >> came off the mountain so fast just in sheets. it was like a river running downhill. we're stranded. i have no automobile on the other side here. and i need to be at work. i'm a nurse. i have animals that need to be taken care of. >> it will cost about $50,000 to rebuild tho

in virginia, go mcauliffe will sn a law allowing medical marijua ie common wealth. it's oc f marijuana f very spec patients. you may r when david culv intervieweds young girl and her family she has epilc seizures. and sometim hundreds a day. and the only treatmt is a spec type of marijuana oil extrt that doesn't give that high. and th what is being legad today. we now know what caused this frigg explosion at a new neighborhood. invests believe gas leaked from a cracked steel pipe overt collecting in the base and appliance in the house then ignited the gas. 15 people were injured and the home was leveled. gas service was shut off around 300 homes. it is now back on. >>> i'm richard jordan at the desk following a developing story. the securit team for the turkh ambassador in afghn came under attac by a you suicide bomber. all happening in cairo. suicide bomber packing a vehie with explosives rammin to it a turkish embay vehicle. there two turkish soldiers in. one died, the other was seriouhurt. happening just outside the gates of e iranian embassy which is next to the

. >>8 hours marijua set to become legal in d.c.. the threat members of congress are making to d.c. leaders. >>> plus why chris brown's recent legal problems are forcing >>> welcome back. developi right now a high ranking feder employee is charged with soliciting sex from a minor. news 4's richard jordan is live outside of the state department now wi how he was arrested. >> repor44-year-old daniel rosen the director of counte here at the state department and the fairfax police dt says that he's the man they arrested yesterday in this undercover sting, that arrest happened here in washin at the suspect's home. t this was a fairfax county police investigat and it was a fairfax county underc detective that was posing as an underage girl online and apparently having communic with rosen, again all of this happening online. that arrest happened yesterday. now the state department acknowleg tt one of their employs was arrested, but not identi employee. they did release a statement saying that the employee's se clearance has been suspend and that that screw process. richard jordan, news 4p

. >> prosecutors say hernandez would give him money to buy marijua marijuana.s made with marijuana, said tloob supplied by hernandez. sources tell cnn aaron hernandez also used angel dust and that could have made him paranoid. one says he felt he was a target, that people were coming after him. >> the combination of those drugs, depending on the long-term use of the drugs, and the amount of drugs, can cause someone to become violent, could cause someone to become very paranoid, could cause someone to overreact to a situation, appear to be more impulsive. >> that kind of behavior doesn't describe the aaron hernandez many remember growing up in bristol, connecticut, where his family was celebrated as a local sports dynasty. >> i don't think there was another family that is more familiar in bristol. aaron was our golden boy. he had the family traits. his father and uncle were stand-out athletes. >> his older brother d.j. was a sports hero too. bob montgomery covers high school sports for the bristol press. ♪ >> aaron did track, football and basketball. he was desc