but maryland has continued to lead. we launched what has been called one of the most aggressive efforts in the country to protect the insurance exchange from collapsing. we pioneered a total cost of care medicare model contract were the only one of its kind in the nation. together, we enacted landmark rent legislation to stabilize the individual marketplace and to create an innovative reinsurance program in our state. thank you for rising to the challenge and working together with us to stop the 50 percent increases in insurance rates to instead, achieve lower rates for the first time in a decade and to protect the coverage of hundreds of thousands of marylanders. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, the problems we have faced and will continue to face are not easily remedied. but we have already faced and overcome more daunting challenges before. as individuals, as a state, and as a nation. my experiences, over the last four years have blessed me with optimism. not burdened me with dread. and i know from personal experie

i thank my colleague from maryland, mr. cummings, for his sponsorship of this bill and for his leadership and commitment to protecting interns who work for the federal government and urge all members to support the bill. i urge my colleagues to support it and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from north carolina reserves. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. cummings: madam speaker, we have no further speakers. i yield to the gentlelady. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from north carolina is recognized. ms. foxx: thank you, madam speaker. i have no further speakers, either. i urge adoption of the bill. again thank mr. cummings for his work. yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yield back. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. cummings: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cummings: h.r. 136 is a commonsense measure that would close a

the gentleman from maryland. mr. cummings: i reserve the balance of my time, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. hurd: madam speaker, i'm going to continue to reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from maryland. mr. cummings: madam speaker, i yield my distinguished friend and gentleman from the state of maryland, mr. rass conditions, two minutes. -- raskin, two minutes. mr. raskin: thank you very much, mr. chairman. 800,000 american workers, 800,000 workers in our federal work force have either been sent home and furloughed with no check, or told to report to work with no check. with no payment. i have got air traffic controllers living in my district, mr. chairman, madam speaker, who have had to take money out of their kids' 529 college funds, have had to take money out of their own retirement funds, in order to pay their family bills. there is a 10% penal

i'd yield to the from maryland. >> madam president? >> senator from maryland madam president, leader schumer has pointed out, starting today 800,000 federal workers are missing their paycheck. in this region there's 140,000. senator bennet hole and i representing maryland, senator warner and can represent virginia have made the point of what this is going to mean for families in our community. this shutdown is outrageous and dangerous, caused by president trump, workers are not going to their paycheck under going to be at risk. our whole country is at risk. let me put this in perspective if i might. it'se like at&t, apple, lockheed martin, google and exxon mobil laying off their entire workforce at one time. that's the impact we have now with the 800,000 workers not receiving theirir paycheck. kevin hassett was the chair of the white house council of economic advisers point out that this will cause a a $1.2 billin per week hit on our economy. america is being held hostage by president trump, held hostage over his desire to have a wall

the gentleman from maryland. mr. cummings: i reserve the balance of my time, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. hurd: madam speaker, i'm going to continue to reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from maryland. mr. cummings: madam speaker, i yield my distinguished friend and gentleman from the state of maryland, mr. rass conditions, two minutes. -- raskin, two minutes. mr. raskin: thank you very much, mr. chairman. 800,000 american workers, 800,000 workers in our federal work force have either been sent home and furloughed with no check, or told to report to work with no check. with no payment. i have got air traffic controllers living in my district, mr. chairman, madam speaker, who have had to take money out of their kids' 529 college funds, have had to take money out of their own retirement funds, in order to pay their family bills. there is a 10% penal

and i agree with the gentleman from maryland on that. but i guess maybe the question i have is, the experts have told us it's going to cost $5.7 billion to build that physical barrier. how much of that $5.7 billion is the gentleman willing to support? and i yield. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for his comments. the gentleman, of course, voted against funding for the department of homeland security as did your colleagues. you proudly said that all of your colleagues -- and not all of your colleagues voted against it, but you voted against opening up the department of homeland security. you voted against paying the personnel at the department of homeland security, yet, you cite them as experts who have given us advice and why don't we follow that advice, but you don't have enough, mr. speaker --, the minority party doesn't have respect for them to open up the government, open up the department of homeland security , pay the people who are protecting our border, pay the people who are processing paperwork for those border security guards

and i agree with the gentleman from maryland on that. but i guess maybe the question i have is, the experts have told us it's going to cost $5.7 billion to build that physical barrier. how much of that $5.7 billion is the gentleman willing to support? and i yield. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for his comments. the gentleman, of course, voted against funding for the department of homeland security as did your colleagues. you proudly said that all of your colleagues -- and not all of your colleagues voted against it, but you voted against opening up the department of homeland security. you voted against paying the personnel at the department of homeland security, yet, you cite them as experts who have given us advice and why don't we follow that advice, but you don't have enough, mr. speaker --, the minority party doesn't have respect for them to open up the government, open up the department of homeland security , pay the people who are protecting our border, pay the people who are processing paperwork for those border security guards

colombia, maryland, 13. damascus, 12 th washington county, boonsboro, maryland, 7.9. hollywood, maryland, 8 1/2 inches of snow. a lot of snow t there. there's a cnce of winter weather coming up. 30 degrees in washington. most of the suburbs are in the mid to upp 20s. thers a little breeze out there. you can use your nbc app to stay ahead of the weather and the changes coming up in the week. if youave a snow report or a pic, tweet it to me. hit the road forecast for today, in the 20s this morning. a lot of melting and sunshine later on in the day today. you need the checklist today, at heate on high. ice scrapers and snowbrushes for sure. make sure you get all of the snow offf your car before you take off. it's a big danger to people behind you on the road. there's your five-d forecast. a little chance of rain late thursday that could lead to a wintry mix on friday morning. >> we'll be ready forit. looking at the roads. first 4 traffic alert. southbound 270 here after shady grove road. take a look here. chopper 14 sees somebody sli off to the right this morning. this i

host: a few minutes left with andy harris, republican from maryland. andy has been waiting in maryland. caller: thank you for taking my call. you guys have total control of congress for two years, and you did not pass one dollar. the same dollar you accuse nancy pelosi of not paying for the wall. you do not pass to build a better wall. if it were that important for you and your followers and donald trump, you should have passed some money to pay for that wall. the second thing is if you want to spend $5.7 billion on a wall, -- you have seen the suffering in maryland, baltimore city. i am sure there are a lot of poor white people in poor black people in this country who are suffering, who do not have food

now, to schools in maryland. montgomery, calvert, st. mary's, charles, prince george's, annear del, and frederick schools are closed. >> easier to tell you what's open. in west virginia, grant, hardy, miner mineral, hampshire, morgan, berkeley and jefferson county schools are closed, as well. >> now we want to check with our team coverage. melissa is monitoring all of th them. >> chuck bell is here to explain what's happened so far. another round of way this weekend. >> i thought you were going to get throughhat whole list of closings. >> just barrel through. >> the 80s guy, the commercial, the world's fastest talker. i'll get it up on youtube. you have the snow, we'll see it. you can tweet it to me at chuck bell 4 o twitter. i will be showing a lot of retweets to share the pictures. the last of the snow, coming to an end. lingering snowshowers there. the accumulating snow is done. temperatures are below freezing. it will be a cold day today. your commute, below freezing. we willave sunshine this afternoon. there

but maryland had an answer.owen with the shot clock winding down. 21 to give the terps theck lead ba. shot doesn't go and maryland holds on for a 64-60 win, their seventh in a row. >> evybody's saying you've got to start games better. i'd rather finish them better. i just told our team after the game just because there'smb a er in front of our name now doesn't mean that we just conquered everything. this is one heck of a league. it's a great league. you know, just tet another one is terrific for us. >>> to football, the redskins defensive coordinator is still greg manusskas at t for the moment. williams the defensive coordinator under joe gibbs from 2004-2007. the deal is not done and the redskins are hopeful to meet with him. stay tuned. >> very interesting stuff. all right. thank yo u, -we're doing karaoke later, and you're gonna sing. -jam, this is your house? -i know, it's not much, but it's home. right, kids? -kids? -papa, papa! -[ laughs ] didn't tell me your friends were coming. -oh, yeah. -this one is ti

southern maryland, up into parts of frederickcounty, maryland, under 2 inches but still minorul accion is possible. in addition to that, roads are already a mess across the area and as temperatures drop overnight tonight, any slush or water will be ice out there tomorrow morning. heres the latest on storm team 4 radar. th brighter blue coloring will be where the snow is falling heavier. you can see that in southern prince george's county, charles county, parts of nthern an anne arundel county and even intoarts of frederick county, maryland. now we saw an additional 5 or even six inches in some spots this evening. that increased our totals. snow will be coming to an end overnight tonight and we're mainly dry for the work week. look at 11 inches in bethesda. 12 in gaithersburg. this just in, 13 inches in columbia, i'll have much more on how this storm will impact the rest of your week and a potential for a wintry mix next weekend coming up in my full forecast. >> boy, unlucky 13. boy. thanks. we'll check back with you in a bit. if you're counting on metro bus service tomorrow, you might

the chair: the gentleman from maryland reserves. members are reminded to address their remarks to the chair. the gentleman from north carolina is recognized. mr. meadows: mr. chairman, i'm glad that you made this admonishment because some of the comments that were just offered actually seemed to be directed at me from a standpoint of respect and i would remind the gentleman from maryland, both gentlemen from maryland, that this is one of the individuals who has actually worked in a bipartisan fashion on t.p.s. and a number of things. andle majority leader knows that well. i would also -- and the majority leader knows that well. i would also say if he we make broad sweeping statements that impugn the motives of individuals, it needs to start with the previous president of the united states, bram. because when he -- barack obama. because when he froze the federal work force, three different times, i didn't hear the outrage on this house floor, mr. chairman. i'm hearing today. it somehow always one side of the aisle's fault unless it h

on maryland soil might cause maryland to flip, to join the confederacy. other states such as kentucky and missouri might follow suit. the confederacy would be enlarged and with it would be its chances of victory. and yet one more thing, which occurred in this -- occurred to the confederates as a possible outcome of winning a battle on union soil is it would be terribly demoralizing to the union, and then meanwhile robert e. lee's army would be in northern territory, free to range, who knows where they would attack next. there were letters that came to light after the civil war that showed that lee was thinking about if he won antietam, he would have attacked next harrisburg pennsylvania which was a vital transportation center where four railroads met. vital for conveying union troops around the union. vital for, you know, for conveying material. but who knows. so this was a scheme on the part of the confederates. if they could win a big battle in maryland, it could be to the confederates advantage in so many different ways. however, old abe was no slouch,

and maryland state -- t maryland department of transportation says they are fully stoed with materials and equipment. and they want toeep the roads, bridges, all of that as safe as possible as we go through this process again of this wintry mix coming our way, this winter weather, we're in full winter mode now. the schools made a good call to close two hours early it give parents enough time to leawo a little early and to get people out of the way and off the roads and remain as safe as possible. back into you now. >> thank you very much. >>> and y can bet the latest bout of winter weather will only this onepotholes like even bigger. this is video from chopper 4 this mning over thebw parkway, this is the north and southbound lanes between 197 and 198. you can see just how rough the road is. first 4 traffic of course keeping yp-to-date on the latest trouble spots on twitter. >>> right now long time trump campaign adviser roger stone is in federal district court here in washington. stone is being arraigned this morning. >> ce facesrges in the fbi's investigation of russian electionterfer

host: a few minutes left with andy harris, republican from maryland. word has been waiting. -- warren has been waiting. go ahead. please don't cut me off, i have to point. the first thing is, you guys have total control of congress for two years, and you did not pass one dollar. the same dollar you accuse nancy pelosi of not paying for the wall. you do not pass to build a border wall. if it were that important for you and your followers and donald trump, you should have passed some money to pay for that wall. the second thing is if you want to spend $5.7 billion on a wall -- you have seen the suffering in maryland, baltimore city. i am sure there are a lot of poor white people in poor black -- and poor black people in this country who are suffering, who do not have food and do not have a lot of stuff that they could use for themselves. you can use that money to create jobs in these areas for these people and help them. instead, you want to build a $5.7 billion or however much it costs to spend on a cause which you know, in your hearts, does not work. t

second quarter, maryland down seven.three. 12 for her on a 7-0 run. but the spartans took over in the second half. nita on the drive gets it to go. 16 f her. michigan state outscores maryland, 42-26, in the second half, they win it, 77-60. special visitors at capital's practice today. members of the arlington police and fire departments as well as the sheriff's office getting a chance to meet the stanley cupp chll of this inpa anticition of tuesday's first responders night at capital one arena. alex ovechkin making a four-legged friend. can't blame him with that one. a unique honor. ey have one of those -- what is it, the tools that break the gl ts. i don't kn technical term. you see it right there. they named it after tom wilson. >> aptly so. >> and then just a couple of minutes, prince george's county native playi in the australian open. >> i'll be watching until 3:00 a.m. o time. -these people, they speak ♪ g [ telephone ringin -whoa. [ indiinct talking ] -deductible? -definitely speaking insurance. -additional intere

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out in western maryland, oakland is 9 below zero, not including the wind. windchills are not so extreme because the winds are light. but still, you'll need to bundle up. wichill, minus 1 in montgomery county this morning. forecast for today, sunny and not too terribly windy. afternoon highs will only reach the low to mid-20s at most. and for tomorrow, we're tracking a chance of snow around here, could be a inch in some spots. timeout for you when the snow is going to begin and end, coming up in a few. >>> let' go t first 4 traffic and lauren bacall. >> it's back ain. every time it gets a little too cold for my little throat, here we go. inner loop, outer loop, no major issues. nothing happening there. and today's commute, very likely going to be delayed like it does yesterday. 66, fairfax to the beltway, going toake you eight minutes. no problem in or out of down. leesville,evergreen mills road knot of shreve. and 95 at fairfax county parkway, no problems. >> thank you. >>> today, as you tak precautions to keep yourself safe and warm, don't forget about you

maryland beats minnesota on the road, 82-67. 4-1 in the big 10. >>> maryland women on the road visiting nebraska. kyla leading the way for the terps. second half, off the terps miss, there for the rebound and the. put-ba team high 19 for her. maryland goe ono beat nebraska, 81-63. career win number 500 for head coach brenda frese. in the locker room afterwards, the girls did a silly stringbr ceion instead of dumping all that ice water on her for a thinkation, which sounds a little more -- >> a video of that tomorrow, maybe. k> we'll wor -we're doing karaoke later, and you're gonna sing. -jamie, this iyour house? -i know, it's not much, but it's home. right, ks? -kids? -papa, papa! -[ laughs ] -you didn't tell me your friends were coming. -oh, yeah. -this one is tiny like a child. -yeah, she is. oh, but seriously, it good to be surrounded by what matters most -- a home and auto bundle from progressive. -oh, sweetie, please, play for us. -oh, no, i couldn't. -please. -okay. [ singing in spanish ] -please. -okay. and the army taugh

scalise: i thank the gentleman from maryland. i appreciate the kind remarks and would return those as well. you're well versed at this process. a noble battler in the debate, of ideas. i look forward to having continued conversations about not only the areas where we may have some differences, but how we can find common ground and you are very good at working with both sides to find common ground. obviously right now we're in the middle of one of those differences that hopefully can get resolved. as we've been in these meetings at the white house with the other leaders, both house and senate, republican and democrat, the unfortunate thing is that we've been at an impasse. the president, through his department of homeland security, has made a formal request and a detailed request for the amount of money it will take to secure our border. to properly give our agents, the people that are risking their lives to keep our country safe, the tools they need. it requires a lot of things it. might require more border patrol -- things. it m

maryland is among several states with hh flu activity. the cdc says it is one of nine states that is seeing increasing flu numbeia. health off are warning people to take precautionsin heinto the new year. >> i know a lot of people are not believers, but the data rely shows that getting the flu vaccine is probably the most important thing you can do to help reduce the accidence of flu. >>fficials say pregnant women and young children are at high risk for flu complications. coming up on the "today" show, whatxtra precautions you can take this flu season. >>> and w we'king for your hef health with new information about price hikes mak g your medication more expensive. >> 60 companies raised the prices on nearly 300 drugs in the first two days of the new year. most prescriptions wentp6%. oxycontin went up over 9%. that's nrly three times the rate of inflation. the group patients for affordable drugs says these price hikes are just about making more money fch already companies. >> people are hurting, and they want the elected officials in this

maryland state highway crewsir getting tnow fleet ready. attaching salt spreaders and plows to their truck. salt is loaded onto the trucks which will then be parkelo a state roads tomorrow afternoon. thousands of gallons of anti-ice salt brine being spread over the roads to melt their snow that falls. >> basically puts a layer of salt down and helps the bottom layer from freezing. so when we come back with the plow strikest's not ice. eenreporter: virginia has preparing for snow removal for the past two days. >> we're wrapping up b ning operations and converting to plow operations. >> reporter: motorists are gassing up before the storm. >> i think it's going to be a 2 to 4 inchers. a little shell of what i hope is a 16 or 18 incher in february. >> reporter: shoppers are getting ready for a snow day oo ith a shopping list that necessity.ll the >> the milk, the eggs, andut that's ait. -- and bread. as long as i hav those three essentials, we're fine. >>eporter: now coming up at 5:00 we will share a new app with you made ailable by the marylan

clinton, maryland at 33. frederick maryland at 34. we call ieanably cold. a passing flurry or two today but the best chances to see that will be north of the mason dixon ryan. so not a big impact. dog walking fecast time. bronsite good looking dog, 10 years old. low impact, low energog. bronzite would be a fine addition. go to hue mane rescue alliance.org and add the little guy to yr family. >> the forecast not anything to worry about. the short walks before the rain. get the extra mile or two today. ten-day forecast and the polar plgeoming up. >> thank you process, chuck. >>> 4:32 now. todayus tds of federal workers will miss a second paycheck. >> it's been more than a month since the friends and neighbors whoovernment workers have been paid. as expected two competing senate bills to reopen the failed yesterday. but after the votes senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and minority leader chuck schumer had a meeting to discuss the possibility of a stopgap bill. it that measure would give lawmakers three weeks to work outer a dea border security while reop

schumer: would my colleague from maryland yield. i would just say flee words to my friend from, the majority leader -- open the government. it is in your hands. i yield the floor. mr. mcconnell: so, madam president, i ask -- through the chair, i have a question of senator van hollen. he's going to propound -- i'm sorry, he's going to propound a consent agreement. mr. van hollen: thank you. madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. van hollen: madam president, i think we all know that the constitution of the united states under article 1 says that the senate and the house of the united states are separate and coequal branches of government with the executive branch. we are now seeing more and more americans hurt every day by the government shutdown. americans losing access to services. we just saw that the food and drug administration has stopped routine food safety inspections of seafood. we just saw that the e.p.a. has halted one of the federal government's most important public health activities, the i

i thank my good friend from maryland. mr. connolly: i thank him for his leadership on this amendment which i support. the secret service do put themselves on the line and the studies my friend from north carolina cited had to do with bad management. bad management. and bad working conditions that really affect morale and product tevity at the seek -- productivity at the secret service. the gentleman's amendment is designed to try to help that situation. the idea that be a across the board of cost of living -- across-the-board cost of living doesn't distinguish between productivity and nonproductivity performance and nonperformance would also apply to the military. my friend has no objection to an across-the-board increase for the military. but apparently on the civilian side, that's different. and we're making the opposite argument. we're making the argument that pay parity is the right thing to do. especially after this reckless shutdown. i congratulate my friend from maryland on his amendment and support it. the chair: the

the gentleman from maryland. mr. cummings: i reserve the balance of my time, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. hurd: madam speaker, i'm going to continue to reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from maryland. mr. cummings: madam speaker, i yield my distinguished friend and gentleman from the state of maryland, mr. rass conditions, two minutes. -- raskin, two minutes. mr. raskin: thank you very much, mr. chairman. 800,000 american workers, 800,000 workers in our federal work force have either been sent home and furloughed with no check, or told to report to work with no check. with no payment. i have got air traffic controllers living in my district, mr. chairman, madam speaker, who have had to take money out of their kids' 529 college funds, have had to take money out of their own retirement funds, in order to pay their family bills. there is a 10% penal

you have maryland playing the michigans. wolveri kayla robins will have to see what happens, of course. but, hey, the ♪ is here. pretty good during the wintertime. >> you had to sneak in a wolverines reference. you michigan guys are too sneaky. get out o here, man. we'll see you in a bit. hi> folks, stay with news 4 and our nbc wton app for complete coverage on the snowstorm. we're going to have extra crews out there on the roads this weekend keeping a close the weather and all the conditions. for updates, just open up our app. jim? >>> breaking right now, a bombshell new report tonight revealing that mitchel wasin stigated by the fbi while in office over whether he was secrly working for russia. according to "the new york times," law enforcement officials became so concerned abt the president's behavior in the days after he fired jame, cohe fbi opened a counterinteliggence inveion to determine if president trump was working on behalf of russia. against american intests. that was back in may of 2017. "the times" report agent

leahy: madam president, i appreciate what my colleagues from maryland haved.

i yield to the senator from maryland. >> matter president - - madam president. as the leader pointed out, out, 800,000 federal workers are missing there paycheck. for this reason the senator and i representing maryland and warner and virginia have made the point what this will mean for families in our community. this shutdown is outrageous and dangerous cause by president trump workers will not be receiving a paycheck and will be at risk. our whole country is at risk i will just put this into perspective. at&t apple lockheed martin exxonle mobil lay off the entire workforce at one time. that is the impact we have now with workers not receiving there paycheck. the chair of the white house counsel economic advisers points out one.2 billion dollar per week it on the economy and america is being held hostage by president trump held hostage over his desire to have a wall built. it's not about border security we have appropriated funds for border security and we are prepared to continue to protect our borders. this is about president trump and his wall. we should open

maryland by as many as 11 in the firs half. but it was hodusumo went on a 9-2 run to end the half and bring the illini to within foura y second half, terps cap it off with a wide-open three from wiggins. game tied 59-59.ma land with the ball the pass knocked loose, u i of i transition, ta kan jonesnocks down his fourth three of the game. fighting illini hand the terps their second straight loss.ence >>> indiana's 2016 mr. basketball kyle guy back inis me state. cavaliers taking on the fighting irish. it would be braxton key to spark the offense dribble drive here gfinish str with a big dunk. later, nice ball movement by the cavaliers, finds kyle guy, open for three. he scores all of his 15 in his first half. viinia up at the half. second half. more of e same. cavaliers in transition and deandre hunter with a nice euro step and finish. uva up big, beats notre dame 82-55. >>> the wizards took another step in the right direction last night after a tough loss at home to the wwarriors, theyt on the road to play the magic.ch a team t

but, look, i'm focused on maryland. i was sworn in last week for my second term and that's where my focus is for right now. i'm flattered that people are talking about that as a possibility, but it's not something i'm focused on. >> you're not ruling it out. >> who knows what's going to happen two years from now. you never know. >> i have no aspiration for -- >> are you -- >> i'm -- i'm the gatekeeper. i invite anyone who wants to run for president, come on and sit in the office. i saw michael bloomberg the other night. we don't have the same political ideals. new hampshire is a unique place. anything we can do to help people understand what new hampshire is ability. it's not about big money. >> i'm going to come see you right after iowa. >> everyone is invited. >> what should -- that's a perfect jumping off point for my question. what should people who are watching what's been going on in washington and thinking i sure hope this isn't the way things are going to be for the indefinite future. as i look at all these folk

president, the senator from maryland. take this ident, i time to support what senator van holland has said. underscore when i'm ere with senator warren and mccain, we have the honor of representing so many federal underscore want to one point that senator van holland made about the two bills our calendar. these are not democratic bills, they are bipartisan bills. passed this s that body just a few weeks ago by unanimous vote to keep the overnment open as we onto to negotiate on border security. deal with appropriation bills that pay the appropriations committees, in in one , unanimously, case it was all but one senator voting for it. bipartisan bills that have been sent over to us from the house that have already this body once. now we can pass them, keep the government open for most of the agencies, in the case of omeland security, a continuing resolution. mr. president, this shutdown aused by president trump, is a disaster. it's hurting peep. this morning in the sun paper, article about an important economic development

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in parts of western maryland. download the nbc washington app and giv me a follow on social media to stay ahead of the weather. >>> good idea, chuck. looking at first 4raffic alert. big problem for folks here headed intohe district or out of the district on 16th street. 16th street, at colesville ad, wires and a traffic light this point this morning, brought down by a dump truck, closed through the morning commute. we're seeing backups and delays. justin finch is out there on the scene for us this morning. kind of looking at things and letting us know what is going on. how are things looking out there, right now? >> hey, melissa. this now, we're seeing progress crews have arrived. they're looking at the downed wiresnd the clipped power line up there, as well. also, that knocked down traffic light, too. also part of the scene .here we're told a d.c. dump truck came through here at 16th street and colesville road. it's caused the damage re. now, the shutdown befieen. traf is moving around the area at eastern avenue.

northern maryland not going to get near 60 today. around the city, mid-to-upper 50s and some spots will touch ss today. chance forwers rolling in this evening. that's the cold front coming by. it's breezy after midnight and tondy and cold morrow. more about that coming up, aaron. >> chuck, thank you. >>> developing now, there's still just one lane getting by after this accident on the dulles toll road. this is happening westbound near wolf trap. we're told the driver h a guardrail but was not severely injured. keep an eye on the app for when this is all clear. >>dl it has been a d start to 2019. police have had to investigate seven homicides in sevenys the latest happened on v street. 25-year-old damon dukes was shot. police are offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information that leads to an arrestnd conviction in this case. >>> and there are new details this morning about a navy corps.man accused of murder. he stabbed a man to death in an apartment onve wisconsine on sunday morning. potter enlisted in the navy in 2010 and was st

. >> in maryland it was a remarkable campaign.eally quite similar to the obama campaign and that thousands of people came out. mostly young people to hear his message. we would have to keep getting ever larger venues to accommodate the crowds that turned out for him, and even though we got into the campaign three weeks before the primary she won the popular vote in maryland. the popular vote didn't amount to delegates to the convention but it was a victory, and jerry brown can went back to california, to welcome him back, at the big welcoming party. he stood up and declared that nancy pelosi was the architect of his maryland campaign. my father, the former mayor, my brother, former mayor of baltimore, had many contact inside maryland, said ted their the county executive had an organization and that was the beginning of the campaign and many others. many others joined in and jerry brown was magnificent, and so any, that was my transition. >> why did you have the hsu sub title "a message to america's daughter." >> guest: it goes wit

maryland senator ben cardin met with aviation workers. the haven't been paid since shutdown began. cardin warns that is dgerous for all americans flying. >>> right now, day 25 of the shutdown. ite frustration from lawmakers like cardin, there's no ends in sight. republicans and president trump are taking most of the blame for the longest shutdown in history. >> 56% ofhose surveyed blamed the president and congressional mpublicans. susancginnis is live on capitol hill with the lahest of whatresident is saying about declaring a national emergency. r: the president said ust yesterday, he will never back down. that's the latest news. day 25, with no sn of areak in this deadlock. the president does seem to be moving away from the threa of declaring a national emergency, saying he doesn't want to do that. but he did reject the short-term fix that was suggested by lindsey graham, that wanted the government open for a few days to resume talks. and the president says he is not doing that. he wants his way. the democrats are not budging,h saying t are not providing any funding for a wall. th

. >>> some breaking news from the university of maryland. president wallace lo willa not stepping down at the end of this academic year. what's behind the change of heart. >>> and teachers working withoue es. we have an update. >>> and we're ein for some dangerous cold overnight again, folks. presence george's schools just announced they're also on a two-hour delay and doug is b ac [music playing] (sashimi) psst. hey, you! the one with the designer dog collar. wond ing how i upgraded to theet pad? a 1,200-square-foot bathroom, and my very own spa. l i had to do was give my human "the look".ls with wargo's 3% down payment on a fixed-rate loan and a simpler online application,in gettin my dream home was easier than ever. get your human to visit wellsfargo.com/woof. what would she do without me? >>> a plea today from maryland's republican governor to democrats. let us cut your. tac governor larry hogan state of the state address inol ann today he proposed a half billion dollars in tack cuts. news 4 cis gordon with more on who could get the tax

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

our crews found a ushy mess taking up several blocks in maryland. cars were still sliding all over this stretch in montgomery county. it's been keeping at least one tow truck driver very busy. >> i see three or four cars lined up the road hitting guardrails. it's been nasty. everybody, please be careful. >> tt's a lot of work. he's sitting in the snow. >> busy time of year for him. >> they parked on the street in this area and they think they'll get around the ride share rather than dig their cars out from the snow. also warning to risk -- not wanting to risk losing that parking spot. that's what happened to me. nally dug out my priu-s. news 4 has youn covered the air and on your phone. latest weather forecast and traffic conditions with your free nbc washington p. >>> 16 days into the new year and already d.c. police are investigating 12 homicides, the latest happened yesterday afternoon in broad daight. 22-year-old williams was killed on north capitol street near the new york avenue playground. mpd camera captured pictures of the suspect. this inc

we start in maryland.omery, prince george's, anne arundel, and charles county a,hools on a two-hour delay. we stay in virgihere fairfax, loudon, prince woman, woge, shenandoahwarren county schools are on aour delay, as are clark, frederick, manassas, manassas park, alexandria and winchester schools. >> in west virginia, schools on a two-hour delay. >>> we are working for you this morning as you head back to your morning routine. ou crews are across the region to give you an idea of how much ex na time youd to leave yourself to move around today. >> we'll check in with all of them in a first, we want to talk to meteorologist chuck bell about is forecast. all right. tell us, atchuck. whbout the cold and ice? >> oh, yeah. temperatures are far enough beloo freezing put a real skip in your giddyup this morning to get out of the driveway. temperatures in some spots liken manassas, do 4 degrees. martinsburg, west virginia, down to 8. rrington, 11. dulles, 14. ancot of p george's county, in the upper teens to arou

along the maryland-pennsylvania border, that maso dixon line.een most of our wintry weather as expected.u farther , just rain. let's take a look at the areas that are still under that weather advisory as a result of the snow that we saw earlier as well as sleet, freezing rain. it wasust pretty nasty the farther north you went. areas in the dker pink there are actually under a winter storm warning, okay. so this winter weather advisory wraps up at 6:00 a.m. we are through theworst of it. frederick county, maryland, starting to see some improvements as it changes just over to rain. now the other advisory i want to brief you on is the wind advisory. that doesn't go into effect until tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. it will stick around all day until about 7:00 p.m. ith that wind advisory, some of the winds could be damaging. we're talking gustsut of the northwest at 15 miles per hour. t will also add a bite to the temperatures, meaning windchills will be below zero tomorrow ni t. as far as the winter weather advisory goes, like i said, wrapping up, we're on