good morning, doreen. >> goo morning, meagan and adam. we hope that people will come down a join us in spite of the snow. we're open for business. no long lines here this morning. th fancy green cape. check it out. what do you think? they gave me this because i'm an organ donor. i signed up when i got my beenr's license and have doing that. every driver's license that i can remember. the my family does the same thing. if you've considered it. come down and talk to the people from the washington regional transplant community. they have got some prize to give away a they have got some people here with their own personal stories. come on in and join me, mark. we've doneng a lot of interes stories over the years, medical stories about organ dona yons, and are -- we have donor families and recipient families. your mother got a lung transplant. >> that's right. about 12 years ago she receive a left lung, and a young lady, unfortunately, passed away and gave probably the best gift that she could have given anyone. our family was reallylessed. my

back to you. >> meagan, thank you. >>> newdetails in that possible hate crime. icago police hav released surveillance images calling people of interest. the people areressed i black. the police want to know if the two were involved in thettack or would have witnessed it. officersed have examundreds of hours of video, but none of it shows the attack. smollet said two masked men beat him up and hurled racist words at him. they threw a substance on him and put a rope around his neck. >>> in capitol hill, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is working to prevent a government shutdown. they're rolling out a border security plan that does not have a dime for president trump's border wall. the plan includes new cash for customs agents and aircrafts and border.or police at the border barriers are part of negotiations. there's a sense of urgency here because government funding expires on february 15th. >>> today, most of the federal workers furloughed during the partial government utdown should have the full back pay. congress passed legislation guar the workers missed two p

meagan, what's going ? >> reporter: guys, i can tell you this startwood a death investigatn here along indian head highway in ac kaek. and that we are told that the person who died in the incident is a law enforcement office although the agency they work for, that has the not been release the at this point prince george's county police having gotten that call, theyon red here to indian head highway with, making the decision to shut down thi way in both directions here while they investigated that while that was happening, a princegeorge's county police officer was in a uiser, manning that detour down here by pi drive. an suv traveling southbound hit thatnd cruiser he went off the roadway. the officer is said to be in stable no update on the person driving the suv. we have two incidents here.he one involving death of a law enforcement officer. another that injured a prince george's county officer. back to you tp. >> all right m meaganrath live in accokeek. thank you. >>> and indian head highway ish among mos

i'm adam tuss. >> and i'm meagan fitzgerald.l, andcontinues to it will continue to fall throughout the afternoon. it looks pretty. >> yeah. >> but driving in it, it's a different story. >> there's onet place where feels like the sun is shining though, and we're talking about the washington convention center, of course, because she is a beam of sunlight right here. >> who doesn't love doreen egntzler, thed herself. good morning, doreen. how are things look out >> reporter: i don't know about a beam of sunshine. ou guys -- you guys are the cheery once at this hour of the morning, but, hey, we are ppen, anple are starting to trickle in. if you can safely get downo the d.c.hi convention center ts morning, we have the cure for cabin fever. our friends from urban evolution have set up a ninja warrior course. check this out. this is the women's tennis tea from howard, and i thought they were going to be demonstrating the ninja course for us. maybe they wl. anyway, urban evolution is aoo pretty organization. they are in alexandria and a

our meagan fitzgerald is at the live desk. y meagan,ou know when schools are closing in chicago, it's bad. >> i'm telling you, 's the unimaginable. poor justin looked like he was freezing. in is just the seconds-coldest day in history. and the frigid temperatures will continue today. if you're catching a flight to the midwest, check with your ni airline this m. this polar vortex is causing a lot of flight delays and cancellations across the u.s. there's more than 1,400 flig cancellations at chicago o'hare's airport alone. outside of the airport, residents there, are having to deal with unbelievably cold es temperat i have on leggings, pants, two jackets. >> it feelterrible.is my face burning. >> and just to put ts even more iperspective for you, crews tried to use fire to keep some of the train tracks from clogging. on train tracks yesterday, it was quite the sight. these are the four things among the list of the complete shutdown today in chicago. all amtrack midwesiccorridor se to and from chicago. all united states postal s

h inspired people to give back and volunteer each year.4' ne meagan fitzgerald talked with one localer who explifies that spirit all year long, helping others as she heals from the incredible string of tragedies in her own life. >> reportees for dec the united planning organization, or upo, has been a helping saving lives. >> we serve t underserved population in washington, d.c. >> reporter: aiann is the director and volunteers here. she knows firsthand the impact her organization has on neighbors, who are struggling to survive. >> we provide child care, an early learning department, job neacement, job training. >> reporter: but particular volunteer provides more than just food and resources. >> my name is wanda. >>he is someone people can relate to. >> reporter: her name is wanda dudley, andiv she ges hope to people who feel like life has dealt them annbearable nd, because she once felt that way too. >> my husband actually passed away. well, he was killed in 2015. and my oldest son, he died in june of last year, 2018, from pneumon pneumonia. nt reporter: just last her youngest son,

news4's meagan fitzgerald talked with one local volunteer who exemplifies that spirit all year ng, helping others as she als from the incredible string of tragedies in her own life. >> reporter: for decades the united planning organization, ob upo, hn helping and saving lives. >> we serve the underserved population in washington, d.c. >> reporter: ianna is the director and volunteers here. she k firsthand the impact io her organizatn has on neighbors, who are struggling to survive. >> we provide child care, an early learning department, job placement, job training. >> reporter: but one particular volunt provides more than just food and resources. >> my name is wanda. relate to. omeone pple can >> reporter: her name is wanda dudley, and she gives hope to people who feel like life has dealt them an unbearable hand, because she once felt that way too. >> my husband actually passed away. well, he was killed in 2015. and my oldest son,e died in june of last year, 2018, from pneumon pneumonia. >> reporter: just last month, her youngest son, richard,as gunned down on elvins road in southeas >> it

she was just 15 yearsol >> meagan fitzgerald is live for us. you spoke with their cousin who is alsthat car. >> that cousin, just 18 years old. she of course with other family members absolutely devastate tonight. this crash happened just behind me here. these girls live about a mile away from that scene. >> we didn't have any control of the car. >> it was 24 hours ago on st. charles parkway in waldorf. it still feels like bad dream. she's still in shock. but the girls never arrived. she was in the front passenger seat ondthe car her 21-year-old cousin was driving. nadia's 15-year-old sister was inhe back seat. the charles county police say nadia lost control of the vehicle. sliding down the embankment a >> they' re not responding to m. >> i was in shock. i didn't know what happened. >> y she said thesengsters are far fromag avere. she was afr hman in high school who dreamed of becoming a forensic scientist. her aister is senior at elizabeth town college in a kind woman who wants to attend law school so she can help people in need. >> she was l

i'm meagan fitzgerald. temperatures thisorning are still a little bit chilly. we want to check in with our girl lauryn ricketts to find out what is the rest of the week looking like? >> it's going to be a roller coaster the rest o this week. >> icy spots possible tomorrow morning, gu, and the tuesday, we've got some snow in the specifically tuesday evening and tuesday night, so let me go ah d and start saying this. tuesday evening commute. you'll have to pay attention to this quite a bit because it will stt off asain and change over to snow. it will be a little bit dicy and weesday morning willikely be icy out there, so, again, want to go ahead andno say that. today though. we do have the isolated icy spots out there wnly because had the snow that melted yesterday with temperatures in the low 40s, and that ran off into the road and with temperatur 20s early this morning, that's when we got the refreeze. elevated surfaces be careful the cloud are moving our way with a weak frontal system. gaithersburg already up to 40 degrees. our way to surpassing daytime highs

meagan, you covered ts trial from start-to-finish. tell us what you know. >> it's been a very long 3 1/2 years for the families of the victims. totomorrow, federal prose wi is ask a judge to send darren went away for four life sentences. they say wint's greed drive him to holding the family hostage 2 for more tha hours. then, he tortured them, beating andtabbing the victims to death, leaving behind what one family member described a a graveyard. court documents outline exames, dating back to 2005, of wint being physically aggressive with his family members andfriends. stabbing them on multiple occasions. wint, though, thoughte was smarter than everyone in the courtroom and had beenci prac his story to prove he was innocent. that included versions where he pointed theinger at his own brothers. one of the most chilling we read in the courtis document ow he apparently bragged to other inmates about killing the family. wint's sentencing will be scheduled tomorrow. i will b in the courtroom tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. it will certainly be an em

thank you, meagan. >>> now, to a disturbing story from arizona. phoenix police are investigating a arlong-term facility after a wo who has been in a vegetative state for a decade, gave birth. she is 29 years old. she's in this facility right here.r police are gatg dna from all of the male employees at thatfacility. it's not clear if staff members were aware of her pregnancy until she wen into labor last month. the woman's family does plan to care for the baby boy. >>> more than 100 people die every day from opioid overdose in the u.s. now, an app is developed that can detect breathing problems after drug use. it's called the second chance app. it uses soundsu waves to m breathing and calls for help if there's an issue. 19 out of 20 times, the app correctly identified shallow breathing. there i acatch. the app does not work from inside of your pocket. >>> now, to w a stove been following. police arrested a homeless veteran in thes infam gofundme scam. he failed to appea in court in new jersey and police picked him up in philadelphia. in started wit

. >> and i'm meagan fitzgerald. >> yesterday afternoon was very nice, lauryn, after the rain ended. we wut and shot some hoops, myaughter and me and we can go out there and do that again. >> it was gorgeous yesterday, one the rain passed. they cleared rapidly which i knew was going to happen but just didn't know how long it was going to take. all the rain was done by 3:00 and those skies just followed suit. the clouds went with the rain andght bned up the skies with some sunshine hand now we have clear skies overnight and it was chilly overnight manned now we have l clear skies andk at the temperatures responding. you can see in the bottom right corner of your screen. temperature already up to 53 degrees so it's wonderful out there right. however, the only cav vat is we've got these winds. we're going toe h winds out of west northwest at about so to 20 higher gusts and even with mild temperatures it won't feel that bad out there, but it will be a little bit on the breezy side and these are the gusts right now. look at that. leesburg. a little on the windy side out there at times. li

. >> thank you, meagan. >>> if you have to be outside, be suru have the nbc washington app to download to your phone. you can find out up-to-date forecasts and information on delays and closures.>> breaking news now. seven people are in the hospital after a fire in a home in glen burnie, maryland. three have life-threatening ju es. one of them is a child. it's not clear what started this fire. >>> now, to a developing story in charles count we're learning more about this horrific crash, involving five people, including two children.r chopper 4 was he scene. you can see the impact of the crash here, scattered debris all over the road.sa investigator the buick crossed the center line and collided head-on with the nissan. everyone involved was flown to local trauma centers or treatment. no word on their contion this morning. >>> a bizarre investigatwan is under in prince george's county. >> two men were found shot to dead next to a running car in bladensburg. this happened near an apartment complex on7th avenue last ght. the car that was running was towed away and is being examined for ev

meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >>> it is 4:36 now. here's a look at the other top stories this morning. a i15-year-old critical condition after being shot in home.ead inside a landover police say he was hanging out with another teen when a gun officers are still trying to figure out whether the victim was playing with the gun when this happened. >>> the cold weathers being blamed for three deaths in fairfax county. twoom elderly who wandered away from their assisted living centers were both found dead in the last week. a homeless man's death is believed to be weather-related. authorities are asking the public to keep an eye on their neighbors, eecially those w are elderly. >>> a sinkhole that opened up on 17th strhet in district likely will not be repaired until next week. repairs will continue on the hole near d street today. it's not clear what caused it to open up. 17th street between c and e will ay closed until it's fixed. drivers should avoid that area. >>> 4:37 now. the caps are starting a much-needed brk this morning. they lost their last seven games. last night, two of the best

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meagan fitzgerald is at the live desk with more. meagan? >> difficult news this morning. according to multiple sources, "the washington post" is sourcingwo people familiar with the situation. and according to "the post," representative miller recently started treatment at johns in hopkuniversity for prostate cancer. he apparently received the diagnosis shortly after the christmas holiday. one of "the post" sources describes it as aggressive and advanced. "the post" reports the 76-year-old will discuss his cancer diagnosis when the senate meets later this morning. miller is a democrat from calvert county that has served as senate president since 1987. he is the longest serving senate president in the cou we have reached out to his office for a comment but haven't heard back yet. back to you. >> thank you, meagan. >>> lawmakersegan the new year by banging the gavel. irginia have nd long to-do lists. in maryland, the focus is education funding andng the minimum wage. and larry hogan is determined to work with theat legie. he wants maryland to be a model for how congress shou

so for adam and meagan, i'll toss it back to you. >> thanks, clay. our first team coverage of the major snowfall of the year continues. >> that's right the dmv have blanketed making for a pretty sight, of courbu, treacherous roads. >> our derrick ward is live in northwest d.c. what are you seeing out where you are right now? >> reporter: it's kind of a tale of two road surfaces a we're looki wisconsin avenue now. some plows came through on the far side. if you look at the northbound side, that's completely clear. plow train came through there less than five minutes ago. on the southbound side, the side closest to us, they came by a little bit earlier so you're t seeing surface starting to be changed a little this is what it looks like on some of the side streets and many so of the residential roads in the area. they may have been treated ie earl but there's been a lot of snow coming, so they have got a bit of a coating on them. now this is sort of powdery. t too hard to drive on or to walk on, but you do have to watch your speeds because of stopping

meagan? >> difficult news this morning. according to multiple sources, "the washington post" is sourcing two people familiar with the situation and according to "the post," representative miller recentlytarted treatment at johns hopkins university for prostate cancer. he apparently received the diagnosis shortly after the christmas holiday. one of "the post" sou describes it as aggressive and advanced. the 76-year-old will discuss his cancer diagnosis when the senate meets late their morning. miller is a democrat from calvert county that has served as senate president since 19 i. the longest serving senate president in the country. we'll have more on this coming up. >> thank you, meagan. >>> arlington high school could get a new name tonight. >> officials have been working on a name for washington-lee high school for a year. an announcement could come tonight. we go live to the high school. megan, what are you hearing? >> reporter: we are expecting e vote later tonight. this could change the name here. washington-lee high s

back to you. >> meagan, thank you. >>> following some breaking news overseas. u.s.tary of stateeo mike poust made an unannounced stop in iraq during his tour of the mideast. mpeo toured the region amid some growing confusion over conflicting stements by president trump and senior u.s. officials about a.s planned troop withdrawal from syria. now mr. pompeo was in jordan yesterday. expected to be in cairo later today. president trump made an unannounced visit to iraq back in december. aaron? >> chris, thank >>you. 5:48 now. we turn to a story you saw first on news 4, the district is sng the local gym chain the washington sports club. d.c.'s attorney general accuses the gym of deceptive cancellation and bling practices. he says the gym and its owner town sports international told customers they could cancel thei a memberships at time for free. however, according to the lawsuit, the gym actually requires a six-week written cancellation notice and it does arge cancellation fees. >> they were verballymisleading consumers. so consumers would ask, hey, what's then cancellat

meagan fitzgerald at the live desk. >> good morning. t we're learnint someone was found dead inside a home in hyattsville. we want to show you some of the video we shot from the scene this happened on hamilton street near 37th avenue. hyattsville police tell us this is the home where the body was found. to givou some context, this is down the street from thet b way supermarket and hyatt park. it is unclear if police have .made an arre of course we'll stay on top of this story and give you updates as weearn more. aaron? >> thank you. >>> the office of personnel management says most furloughed government workers will receive paychecks by tomorrow. the national zoo reopened yesterday as did smithsonian museums including the national museum of african-american history and culture. the director lonnie bunch personally welcomed back visitors as they arrived. >> people love what the do her and they almost feel like, yes, not getting paid was horrible. but being taken away from being able tongage the public, to share the stories theyou care has

meagan? >> thanks very much.ou back here in just a few, but for now back to the "today" show. >> earlier thiseek you said you didn't understand why furloughed government workers nighted food assistance because they could, equote, t out low interest loans instead. >> right. thatas silly of me. i meant that there are other ways of getting money. they could have liquidated some of their stocks or sold one oei paintings. i mean, even if they sold a lesser pick so that's still going to get you through a week or two of maintenance. >> "saturday night live" kate mackinnon break out an imitation of wilbur ross, smoking hisen co about furloughed ployees and meek mill making his "snl" debut. >>> and when i say william h. macy you think of "fargo" or "f"shameless." g o'"is the cohen brothers oscar-nominated movie that put macy on the map and "shameless" is a show where he spends a man playing, well, a complete man. so much more to man whose career has spanned half aro century the big screen to tv.ll wim h. macy is here to t

meagan talked with people who said that curve is dangerous. >> reporter: this cobbler shop has been here almost a decade. and it hasat a g view of the road. which means owner has seen quite a t. >> i've seen guys on a motorcycle one timeet just hit and wind up in the parking lot. >> reporter: he said he's seen dozens of accidents. but sadly the latest one was fatal. just up the road on new years eve, a 15-year-old girl died when her sister lost control of the car. slamming into a tree. the sister is still in critical condition. in the last five years, they've investigated 26 crashes o or near the parkway. the traffic safety committee will be investigating the roadn conditore closely and will like you make changes toak it safer. that's good news. five months ago, jer wiah in a bad crash right near this car wash and almost died.>> i was driving along, i noticed the light was red. i hit the brake to slow down and my car slid into all the traffic. >> reporter: emhe's gteful to be alive but hoping changes will be made on this road soo soo one else has to die. >> sad to say, other lives had to

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i'm meagan fitzgerald. i'm with you this weather. >> pretty warm. >> ande d the sun. >> ricketts will tell us more about the sunday forecast. i'll give you a gold star. i was out shooting rain. >> after the rain ecame. >> o that was gone. >> yeah. >> i knew there would be rapid clearing yesterday b i didn't quite see how that sunshine came out. came out pretty quickly before the sunshine went down at 5:00. that was good we had the sun. more sunshine out there. i know if you want to be playing hoops but know you'll be watching the eagles game. if you want to play hoops it's going to be beautiful because not only will we have full sunshine and we'll be dr those temperatures are going to be a lot warmer than yesterday. today we'll reach the mid t upper 50s. some areas around 60 degrees, and you can see a clear night out there. look at the beautiful vancouver our nation's capital. clear skies. temperatures fell last night. in the 30s and 40s but you can see starting off this morning just absolutely clear skies,

meagan fitzgerald is at the live desk. what's going on? we're going to check in with meagan in a bit. this is happening right now. phone calls and text messages into police,rys we to learn exactly what happened. there's multiple cars involvedis in you can see in the video, they were badly damaged. this was at 19thtreet and mississippi avenue in southeast. we don't know if anyone was injured inhis incident. we'll update you as we learn more. >>> toda the national zoo and the smithsonian museums will reopen for the first time since the shutdown.pa a cam will be at 10:00 this morning. workers and contracto are relieved to be back on the job. ter 35 days without a paycheck, everyone is happy they will be getting pai later this week. the funding resolution expires on february 15th. president trump is set to give his state of the union address next tuesday. >>> taking a look at your top storiesnow. 34, former trump adviser, roger stone, will be arraigned in a court he flew in from florida yests day. stone faveral charges, ncluding lying and witn

i'm meagan fitzgerald. you're waking up to a chilly start to the day. we want to get right to lauryn ricketts to try to find out if things are going to warm up. >> what's going on, ricketts in. >> i do things will warm up in the ten-day forecast we've got warm temperatures on there but not this morning. we're starting out on the cold. you're absolutely right. temperatures out there in the 20s at this point in time. again, thatun i coming up just about 7:20. let's go ahead and show you right now our maps out there. beautiful start to this morning we do have some cloud cover out there early on this sunday morning. got that temperature coming up to right around 30 degrees, and you can s that in your bottom corner there. 30 here in washington and 20s elsewhere. a little on the cool side out there, and, again,e'll continue to have cool temperatures throughout the morning but a lot warmer than yesterday. yesterday topped out at 42 degrees. looks like we can top that a little bit. you can see possibly some snow showers later on this afternoon, especially for a

you made it until sock in t:0 i morning. >> i'm adam tuss. >> and i'm meagan fitzgerald. >> yesterdayernoon was very nice, lauryn, after the rain ended. we wut and shot some hoops, my daughter a

meagan? >> reporter: yeah, police say this officer andpe the s got into some sort of confrontation before that spect was shot and killed. then they taped off the area just behind me here as they tried to figure o if this guy had a bomb. this wasn't the scene anyone expected to see while trying to get to work this morning in downtown silver spring. >> i guess crazy things happen. it sounds like something from a movie. >> i looked up and i seen so many police officers coming down. 11:00 when dozens of montgomery county police officers surroundedain avenue, blocking off parts of coalsville road after a gunman tried robbing the bb&t bank. >> walked into the bank manager's office, stated he had a bom in his backpack, he alsop liftedis coat and displayed a handgun. >> the assistant police chief says the suspect demanded $20,000 in cash. but the manager managed to hit the panic button to alert police, and the suspect took off. chopper 4 was flying above the ene moments after the suspect was spotted

meagan, john, andre, yoyo, brittney. sophia and last but not list iowena. you ladies and mellouli have been incredible. and john. you guys have been incredible. you have propped me up. you have given me talking points. and you've given me talking point i have not read. i want to say thank you. you have made working in this building fun. and sometimes you've made it painful, too, but i have loved every minute of it. we have accomplished so much. the legislation, like, we really left our fingerprints on san francisco. i get accolades for it. of course i take the heat for it, too, but the work, the work is done by the folks that stand with me not behind me, not in front of me. but they're standing with me. you know it's real love when you take a hit and your team is mad. ready to throw down. i had to call them off on you, supervisor kim. they were ready to come for you after basin. i want to warn you. they were ready to come for you. mandelman, you, too. you threw a surprise punch in there, too, that caught us off guard. but i love it. because here we are, we

i'm meagan fitzgerald.ear's women's march gets underway in a but hours. some big changes in the last year will have it looking different from the last two years. we'll have the latest. >>> police hope this shocking video after an elderly woman being assaued in broad daylight will help them catch the masked attackers. see how you can help. e also watching for a little bit of a wintry mix moving into our area. and some cold rain. not only that, but wind chills in the singl digits. yeah, that's coming. we'll talk about wind in just ai little >>> all that in a few minutes when "news 4 today" >>> it looks much different this weekend once the storm hits. >>> the special counsel's office issuing a rare rebuttal after a report about president trump telling cohen to lie to co ress. >>> we have temperatures plund ng. are yoady for it? lauryn ricketts is tracking all of this on this weather alert saturday >>> good morning and happy saturday. i'm meagan fitzgerald in forda d cull vkuculver. the weather is going to take

meagan? >> reporter: that police officer ended up shooting that suspect in an alley and then they ended up taping off the entire area because that suspectaid he had a bomb inside his backpack. scary moments unfolding in the middle of dntown silver springs just before the lunch hour rush. this was the scene after montgomery county police say an armed gunman walkedth into bb&tnank on w avenue and went straight to the manager's office. stated he had a bomb in his backpack, he also lifted up his coat and displayed a handgun. >> he says the suspect dammed $20,000 in cash, but the manager was able to hit p theic button to alert police and the suspect took off. chopper 4 was flying above moernts after the off spotted the suspect who was heading towards the silver spring metro station. >> at which point he was nt conf by a montgomery county police officer who observed the suspect with the backpack on. there was a confrontation. the suspect was then rshot. >>eporter: buildings were evacuated, then sur

i'm meagan fitzgerald in for david culver. welcome to saturday. sthe weather therting to take a turn today, and we could be ending the weekendith some of the coldest temperatures we've seen in almost a year. ricketts, say it ain't so, girl. say it ain'the so. >> we go. hi. yeah, almost in a year. it is going to be bitterry co l. we're ott onnot only tracking td air, but we're also tracking wintry weather. as you know, and as you've been hearing about, this winte c weatheld really impact a good portion of our area. now, we do have winter weaer alert day out there. winter weather advisory in purple rig now. those are areas that are going to have a smaller impact compared to areas in pink. however, the forecast has changed a little bit from last night. 's going to be something we're talking about. the biggest icing concern is going to be north and west of d.c., well north and west of d.c. if you're areas to the south and east, it'll mainly be a cold rain for us. i'll throw tnot out current temperatures, something is'll have to keep a keen eye on toda

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. >> reporter: in the district, meagan fitzgerald, news4. >>> new york firefighters braved the bitter cold, rushing to save okderly woman trapped inside a home. at ice left behind after the firefighters sprayed down the house. got woman out safely but wasn't easy. frozen temperatures and her being bed-ridden. >> female with dementia. basically telling the -- firefighters grabbed bedding, sheets and allnd brought her out. >> hats off to the firefighters. woman isoing okay but significant damage to her home. ikely still iced over tonight, makes the investigation even more challenging. >> want more ice? check out frigid temps on maryland's eastern shore. snapped these incredible photos today. >> wow. >> sea spray off the chesapeake bay froze, turning boating dock and pier into ice. water that froze caused massive icicles to form. this folks is what an arctic air mass will do. arctic art we're calling that. looks like another planet. >> and salt water, freeze easily. beautiful but scary stuff there. more coming? >> yeah, we do, not nearly as much wind, but even a little bit cuts right thr

oday she spoke with meagan fitzgerald. >> she put her head on my shoulder. i wasn't sure. >> this is an ongoing investigation. so the charles county sheriff's office wants to hear from anyone o might have seen that crash. right now as a falls church husband and wife recover from a recollect in oxon hill, the community is remembering their three children that were killed. it has broken so many hearts. in4 hours, more than 0,000 has been raised for the victims' family. >> reporter: dozens of family, friends, and fellow church pmbers turnince george's hospital center into a place of prayer and remembrance as they mour three young lives taken. a family photo showing smiling innocent faces. tonight the mom and dad are recovering. they will soon be pnenning ral services for their three children. two ins, 5 years old, and their 1-year-old, all kled after a drunk driver killed them friday night. the family waseading home from family services. >> everyone is devastated. they we special people in the church. it is tragic. how three innocent lives got lost. >> reporter

meagan?er: eun and aaron, good morning to yo j yet a couple days after this incident police released this sketch. they're hoping that the public guy.help them find this we want to show it to you. take a look. this is what they say this guy looks crlike. they de him as a man between 30 and 40 years old. he's about 5'5" to 5'6" tall with a heavy build. they say it was saturday evening at these two sisters were walking to take out the trash. one 11. theeather 13 old when this man, allegedly touched the 11-yr-old and tri to touch the 13-year-old before she fought him off and he ran off. but neighbors in this community are still shaken up. >> shocked. i know this isn't the best neighborhood, but it's still scary. i feel like i can't come out at night. and for it to happen to two ttle girls, it's awful. it's awful. >> reporter: now again police say if you know this guye or looks familiar, they're asking you to contact them right away. back to you. >> thank you, meagan >>> 6:34 now. now to story you

. >> meagan fitzgerald jus arrived at the seen. what have you learned? >> reporter: i can tell you it's a veryctive scene here. over a dozen montgomery county police officers on scene here and atf agents. no a they have cre perimeter, as you can see, a very far perimeter from the ene. what wenow is that just before 11:00 there was a call for an armed gunman who walked intoba in the area here right near wayne drive here in silver spring. that suspect then fled the bank. what's unclear is that the dspect was shot. we't know exactlyt who s the suspect as he was making his way toward the metro but we do have chopper 4 video moments above he was put sinto an ambulance andaken away. the reason why officers tell use they have pusd the perimeter further back is because there was also a call for a suspiciou package thas found in the area. that call was made at the same time as the call for the armed gunman that walked into the bank, so right now officers are trying to determine what exactly is in that package and if it is a danger to the community, which is why t

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meagan, thank you. 6 sack right now. tax season starts today. refunds will be a bit delayed because of the government shutdown and a new study sho a many of not ready to do our taxes. this is the first filing season whereou'll see the full effects of the new laws that took effect in 2017. taxpayers still don't understand the changes anly half of americans were aware that a tbi had been signed into law. >>> many parents are thinking twice when comes to treating their children with opioids. according to a new survey more than half of those questioned said they worry their child uld become addicted. nearly two-thirds felt opioids e the best w to manage their child's pain after surgery or a broken bone. >>> we've all experience it had at se poin coughing, headaches, runny noerksz ase,to sympms that go along with the mmon cold. nobody wants to feel sick and a doctor may prescribe antibiotic. some worry it's not necessary. antibiotics are sort of become an expectation among patients even though what they are suffering from may not actually require ant

meagan mcgrath live i akake. k thank you. >>> we reached another friday which should be a payday for 800,000 federal workers but day of the government shutdown brings little promise of a compromise. >> two senate bills that would have ended the shutdown failed yesterday. the good news both received sossoverport. and president trump appears to be reten lenting on his demand for a fully funded planned to build a border wall. he signals as long as he gets downpayment he would consider signing a bill to reopen the government. house speaker s nancy pelosis she is not convinced it's a serious offer. after the failure of the republican-backed senate bills arks flew in a closed door meeting for the gop. the "washington post" reports that senator johnson of wisconsinapped at majority leader mitch mcconnell at one point telling him thiis all your fault. >>> the shutdown isn't only impacting the paycheckings of federal borks it may be impacting the safety of anybody on airplanes. that is according to the air traffic control

i'm meagan fitzgerald. a look at the headlines we're morning. for you this d.c. fire says a woman was rushed to the hospital after another houseme erupted in f in southeast d.c. it happened overnight on pope street. this is not too far from a deadly firee told you about yesterday morning on eli place. firefighters foundhe woman in the front of the building withr seous burn injuries. she is expected to be okay. >>> and the vatican wants to try former cardinal theodore mccarac ely as this coming week. "the wall street journal" reports that pope francis wants vatican officials to act quickly so the mccarrickcandal does not overshadow their summit on sexual abuse. the summit is set for february 21st. mccarrick is the former archbishop of wasomngton. >>>g up, we'll have a look at what's looking like a really and, of day forecast course, all the headlines. stay with us. we'll be right back. right now, the best internet meets the best things to do on the internet. switch to fios, the 100% fiber-optic network, and get a year of amazon prime and an amazon echo on us. alre

i'm >> and i'm meagan fitzgerald. thanks so much for joining us. we want to get straight to lauryn ricketts. we'ren weather alert mode as we've been reporting all morning long. dangerously cold wetter. >> temperatures will take a deep dive. lauryn, what can you tell us about theiming of all of this. >> already starting to see that start right now with the winds picking up.al the fro system is bisecting our area, and it's moving from west to easto we're starting to feel those effects in the western suburbs. it'sfnly a matter time before we start to see them east of i-95. look at the radar right now. you may see a flake or twou and ay see a few light rain showers hand this is the end of it. this is all pushing through to the east and behind this, pretty breezy conditions and a big temperature drop. we do have some flood warnings out there around bull run. those are just because of the ave and snow melt that we out there. just be careful if you're driving around out there. don't drive across any flooded roadways. temperatures in the 20s and 30s and fe

i'm meagan f fzgerald. than joining us. temperatures are not as bad as they are about to get. we're going to take a deep dive. >> yeah. temperatures are going to go very, very lo >> way, way down. >> what is this, dangerously cold temps? >> absolutely. i realized my monitor is not on. dangerously cold temperatures. it's going to be very, very cold out there as we go through the afternoon. now, temperatures out there e right now in 40s to right around 50 degrees in some areas, but then you head west. temperatures in the 30s, but we're going to take a major dip and tumble in the temperates as we go through the day today. nake a look at the radar. rain through southaryland and going up through the eastern shore right now. that's continuing to lift up and out of the area so not really worrying about tt. few snow showers and maybe some light, light frozen precipitation. we're talking about freezing rain in some of these low-lying areas, but, again, just use caution, especially around these areas that got a little bit of rain and ice. as far ashat our temperatures are looking at, li

meagan is at the live dk with details. >> this is difficult news this morning. "the washington post" is sourcing two people familiar with the situatn. according to the post, representative miller recently started treatment at johns hopkins university hospital for prostate cancer. he received the diagnosis shortly after the christmas holiday. one of the sources describest as aggressive and advanced. the 76-yeaold will discuss his cancer diagnosis with the senate when it meets later this morning. miller is a democrat from calvert county that's served as senate president since 1987. he's thegest serving senate president in the country. we have o reach to miller's office. we'll update you afo we get ation. >> thank you. >> wishing him the best. >>> lawmakers in our area are ringing in the new year byg bang the gavel and general assembly sessions are under way in myland and virginia. >> they are looking at education funding d raising the minimum wage. th are trying to work with the democratic legislature. he wants maryland to be a model for how congress should work t

park >> meagan fitzgeraldhe spoke wi cousin. >> in a split second, an innocent heef was ended. a family's world was side down. >> i remember going to the trees. that was the last thing i rememb i. >> reportewas 24 hours ago on st. charles parkway in waldorf. but she is still in sho wishing the crash was just a bad dream. >> it's been -- >> reporter: the girl never arrived. she was in the front passenger seat of the car. her 21-year-old cousin nadia was driving. nadia's 15ear-old sister was in the back seat. charles county police say nadia lost control of the vehicle. liding down the embankment and colliding with a tree. >> they're not responding to me. >> reporter: she was rushed to the hospital and fighting to survive. zayneb died on the scene. these youngsters are far from average. she wa a freshman in high ahool who dreamed of becoming forensic scientist. her sister nadia is a senior at elizabethtown college in pennsylvania. a kind woman whoantso attend law school so she can help people in need. >> she's she's not leak a normal d. she wanted something more for her high of. r

i'm meagan fitzgerald. here are some of the top headlines we're following for you this morning. vehicles crashed on the road in oxon hill, kil tngee children and injuring their parents. the service will be at 10:00 at natikal memorial p in falls church. more than 60 people died in crashes on indiana head highway in the past 11 years. >>> also happening today, lthousands of people w take to the streets in d.c. for the women's march. protesters are expected to pack freedom plaza in northwest. if you're driving,ec exp several road closures and delays in the area. we have a full list of traffic and parking restrictions posted on our nbc washington app. we will have a forecast when we come back. forecast when we come back. stay with .us there are at least three ways to lower your novec electric bill: you could live off the grid. you could set your thermostat de no higher than 68 yoees in winter.ff the grid. or, you could follow the ways to save tips on novec.com. you'll discover how installing and using a programmable thermostat can save you about $330 a year! novec helps you save en

meagan fitzgerald takes a look at what crews are going to be doing and how long the cleaning processto take. >> reporter: classes aren't in session at the university of m.d.maryland. >> it's winter break right now. >> reporter: but concerns are running high. >> we are conrned about that. >> reporter: students and staff are scared they might contact theno added virus, which can cause symptoms similar to the common cold, and is sometimes mistaken for stuff but can beou dang for people with weakened immune stems like olivia, who was a freshman and died from the virus. university officials say a deep eaning is under way. frequently touched surfaces will be disinfected to try to present illnesses from spreading. students and faculty members say that makes them feel more comfortable. >> hearing that makes me feel more conscious o that myself. >> reporter: this process is expected to last several days but we're told it will be completed by january 28th, t start of the semester. >>> several democratic lawmakers travelled to the southern border day as they look int the death of a little boy i

. >> thank you, >>meagan. so where we are with this government shutdown? today a bipartisan group of lawmakers had lunch at the white house. at this point no signs of any real movement. but it is the 26th day. house speaker nancy pelosi is placing some new focus on another major washington tradition. we have team coverage tonight a includinew effort to help the furloughed workers. but let's start with stt mcfarland to see where talks between the white house and congress nowstand. >> yeah, wepdy, good evening. that bipartisan group of lawmakers you mentionedre called the problem solvers cottess and include abigail spanberger. in a series of tweets she said she went in as a former cia officer to impress upon the white house the importance of reopening the government. she said she'd join any t conversati make that possible. and white house press secretary sarah sanders called the meeting constructive and said they'd look forward to more conversations. but that's essentially where it stops. house speaker nancy pelosi sent a different messageth twhite house thi

i'm meagan fitzgerald. temperatures thisorning are still a little bit chilly.auryn ricketts to find out what is the r