our megan mcgrath is that way. we'll update you as we learn more. back to you. >> thank you, meagan. >>> developing this moing, two shootings with six victims. ioc. police are investigating a rash ofnce in the district. that in one case, left a little girl hurt. >> one shooting happened at a crowded bus stop in southeast. news 4's justin finch is live at headquarters with details on the shooting.ju justin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. at this point, we know that four men were shot andne elementary school-aged girl was injured, likely by broken glas a d.c. police commander in that area reports hearing between four and six shots fired. the scene, a bus stop at pennsylvania and minnesotaav ues in southeast, at the height of rush hour. when news 4 arrived at the scene, a bullet off of a bus stop on pennsylvania avenue in southeast. that area is roped o by police tape. detectives say between 20 and 30 people were at the plbus stop a the time when a man opened fire into that crowd. and when asked, if this could have been worse, here's what the

megan mcgrath looking around she is on westbound 70, headed towards hagerstown. ckspots, megan is seeing a lot of rain and wet roads through frederick unty. taking a look, southbound on 270, you can see some delayshe ed to urbana. as you get into clarksburg, other than that, it's not terrible on 270. all of this color here, the pind an the green looks pretty. we have something falling from the sky. inner loop anduter loop of the beltway, nice and clear. brandywine, before cedarville road, left lane blocked by a crash. 66 inbound, and 95 northbound, pretty normal. listenou to wtop when hop in your car. >>> still ahead, we get a sneak ek at the newly renovated mt. vernon estate. the parlor room opens to the public this weekend. we have your first look. >>> stick around for ""ellen at 3:00, followed news 4 at 3:00, followed news 4 at by 3:00, followed news 4 at by (music throughout) so you finally got fios, huh? yep, and wanna know what the best part about it is? nope. gaming with less lag? nope. watching movies in 4k? the best part about it is, right now, my mom is

back to you. >> megan mcgrath, le fors in potomac. thank you, megan. >>> we're getting a bird's-eye view of another fir clarksburg on brick haven way. ore e working to get details on this. but fire officials say the home may have caught fire because of an electrical isire. the spread to the home's siding. everyone inside at the time made it out safely. nody was hurt. ra> we've spent the majority of this week with temres well below freezing. local leaders fear the cold weather is not only dangerous to your health but damaging to our roads. >> highways and back roads have k en treated for ice all w long. and no doubt, you've been struck behind the trucks laying down lt nd brine to keep the roads manageable. the effectiveness of treatments is determined by how cind it is. accoto the maryland department of transportation state highway association, rock salt is less effective below 20 degrees. the brine and water is an ice melter until the theer hits 6 degrees below zero. >> we going to justin finch now. where ru r you and how are the roads

back to you. >> megan mcgrath, megan, thank you. stay us as the weather alert day continues. we'll continue to see snow falling in all these places around the ygion. do have to head out, download the nbc washington app and find o full forecast and warnings about any crashes or trouble that can pop up o the roads. and you can watch uelive. what m could you want? >>> 4:37 and here's a look at our top stories this morning. new details on the latest deadly crash on indian head highway. we brought you this as breaking news yesterday morning. the victim is 59-year-old juan castillo after a car slammed into the back of the car he was riding in monday night. the drivers of all three cars were hurt and oo wordn what caused the crash or charges will be filed. >>> teachers in west virginia are strikg forecond day today, even though statepp lawmakers d legislation the teachers opposed. that would have created the state's first charter schools believe that would ha traditional education. teachers are staying out another day to make sure that legislation isn't revived. >>> virginia elected

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back to you. >> megan mcgrath, live for us in crystal city. thank you. >>> president trump is expected to sign a bipartisan spending bill today, avoiding another government shutdown. >> paychecks will continues nd nothing en closed but the deal includes $1.4 billion to build 55 miles of fencing.oe itnot include language of a concrete wall and falls short of the $5.7 billion the esident requested. >> along with signing that bill, the president is expected to declare a national emergency at the border. this would allow him to bypass congress and find funding on his own. the idea sparked outcry from democratic leadership. nancy pelosi promised to fight it. and other democrats suggested drafting legislation to prevent him from doing it. the idea has more support among republicans, but the gms wary of endorsing the idea. >> i've been clear about my concerns of the president declaring this as an emergency. >> i think he has all of the legal authority in tld to do this and i will stand behind him. >> right now, it's unclear wh her president trump wil

megan mcgrath is live on the county.stanford >> we are headed south on 95 and we just started to see the snow here just light snow. it began to fall about ten minutes aauago. we have seen a lot of roadourews there and parked alongside the road and filled with salt when this starts to accumulate. at the moment i was seeing the pretreatment putting down. as the light snow started to fall, just hitting the road and melting. so we're just seeing wet conditions right now. again, this snow just started within the last ten minutes or so. we are expecting it will get heavier here as the morning wears . periods getting rather heavy and we're going to see quick accumulation. so, we'll continue to head south. righ we're not seeing any problems, but we are seeing the beginning of this snow storm move into this area. ep a close eye on things out est and give you the l conditions. back to you. >> megan, thank you. >>> this morning as our area is getting ready to deal with snow other parts of the country is at the snow clean-up stage. >> new snow in the midwest. good ing. >> let's consider this a g

. >> megan mcgrath joins us from right near i-95 in fredericksburg to continue our team coverage. megan, what are you seeing? >> hey, guys. we're on plank road here in the fredericksburg area. l take ae look here because we are seeing it start to accumulate on the roadway here. ju can see all of the white there andt the tire tracks down the center of the lane here. everything else is white. we're defin seeing some slick conditions out there right now. ow, we are making our way to 95. we're stuck at a red light here. so, let's go to some video that we shot a little while ago in the downtown area and see some of the snow that has been fallin in the very beginning just st k sticking to the grassy sreas and thrted to stick on the roadways, which have been pretreated. that gives you an idea. we're right around 32 degrees here. so, the freezing mark. so, we are starting to see thatc mulation even on the roadways. talk to a man a little while ago who has been out and about driving and hescribed the conditions for us. >> there's black ice, definitely. starting to get colder now. so, i'll b

. >> megan mcgrath. thank you. >>> 5:02. there's a glimmer of hope for federal workers this morning. congressional leaders have reached a tentative agreement to avoid a government shutdown.ed >> they've rean agreement in principle, which means it's not final yet. it comes three days before the temporary funding runs out on friday. here's what we know right now. the deal funds fencing but not the concrete border wall. rdout $1.4 billion is for barrier enhancements. it will be limited to the rio the e valley section border. the department of homeland secuty would get $1.7 billio for technology upgrades. there's no cap for the number of beds for detained migrants. and lawmakers emerged last night from the meeting sounding optimistic. >> we reached an agreement in principle. between us, on homeland security and the other six bills.as >> i was pwed were able to work together and come to an agreement. and our staffs are working out the details.he >>greement must be signed off by the president. so far, he has nen made any co. >>> w

megan mcgrath is outside of mt. daniel elementary school where it happed. megan? >> reporter: that's right. if you look behind me here, yca see the playground here at mt. daniel elementary school. you can see a number of shade canopies. but you can see an empty fra ere. the discovery was made by a h teachere at the school. someone had slashed the fabric canopy on the playground. one set of cuts was in the shape of a swastika. the canopy was taken down and parents were notified. the police chief areleas statement, saying the city of falls church takes actsf anti-semitic vandalism very seriously. our community will not stand fos unacceptable crime of hatred. now, it's unclear exactly when that canopy was slashed. but it's believed to have happened some time on friday. february 22nd, around 1:30 -- between 1:30 and 12:30 on, mondebruary 25th. anyone who may have seen something suspicious during that timeframe, you're asked to call investigators because they are searching f p theerson responsible. back to you. >> megan, thanks. >>> take look a the violent winds that f

megan mcgrath will have the latest information live from the scene for us in a few minutes. >>> more breaking news. a virginia state trooper is dead after an officer-involved shooting in cumberland thcounty. is a picture of the fallen hero. lucas doll was shoot while helping to execute a search warrant late last night. the suspect was killed but that man has not beenfi iden. >>> two shootings, six victims. d.c. pice are investigating a rash of violence, in one case, left a little girl hurt. e shootingappened at a crowded bus stop in southeast. justin finch is live at police headquarters with details on that shooting. justin, good morning. >> reporter: aaron, good morning. now, we're hearing t injuries appear to be nonlife-threatening at this time. that's really go news.is happened during the evening rush. this was between five cars on pennsylvania and minnesota avenues. people were f gatheringor the bus, when a man came by and opened fire and fled. news 4amera here on scene, as an ambulance pulled away. ir investigation here, locking in on a bus stop, off of the23 block of pennsylvan

. >> megan mcgrath has the latest on what happened here megan? guys, this : well, was a tough fire to put out. it was intense for a while. i'm going to step out of the way. there were 75 a firefighter the scene. the bulk of the fire has been put out. you can see we still have smoldering sections. extensive damage here. a portion of this home collapsed. the broroof is gone. a difficult situation for firefighters because of the extremely cold temperatures. everything they put on this fire, all the water they sprayed, it's just frozen rock-solid at this point. we don't know the cause of this fire. but maybes say they believe the homeowner was not here. they believe the house was vacant and firefighters went off of that assumption here. we don't believe there are he injures on t scene but a lot of damage. k we don'tw the cause of the fire. mentioningrth but this time of year, very active inerms of fires. we had quite a fewst day. m d one of those was caused by an electrical probth a space heater. people are reminded to be careful. something elswore w

megan mcgrath is tracking the problems in southeast d.c. e joi us live with what we're learning today. megan, good morning.y, >> reporter: ood morning, guys. we're on southern avenue, so we're right on the line between southeast washington and prince geges countyhere. and this is a particularly rough stretch of road. we're trying to pull out into traffic here in just a moment, but you're going to see as we roll over this section that the whole truck just shakes.u' yore going to notice here in a moment the camera just is probably going to start shaking here. pretty rough stretch of road.we e seeing this all around the area, not just here in d.c. but all aro the jurisdictions because of the weather that we're having, the freeze a thaw and that sort of thing. now, some of these potholes are very deep. if you hit them, they can really cause some serious damage. in d.ad, they have twice as many calls to service to repair hot holes this month as ty did the hole time this time last year. now, what's going on? the experts say it's this weather we've

back to you. >> megan mcgrath, live for us in falls church.we're tracking some breaking news out of oregon. more than 180 people aretuck on an amtrak train that hasn't moved in more than 30 hours. the train was traveling from seattle to los angeles when it a hit a tree thafallen on the tracks. this photo from passengers shows e area the train is stranded in. amtrak kept everyone on the train because power is out i the nearest town. a intenance crew is not expected to arrive until 90 this morning. we're told there is food on the train. passengers are being fed. we'll keep you updated as we get information on this. >>> today, house democrats will use their new majority to stop the president's efforts to build a wall on the u.s./mexico border. the house will vote to block the president's emergency declaration. it is expected to pass the house. we'll check in with kristen welker at the white house as the president's former lawyer is expected to testify before congress. >>> it is 36 now onhis tuesday. a look at our other top stories. jorge ramos an

megan mcgrath is live in crystae city, w amazon is set to move. megan, what do you know about e plan forthern virnia? >> reporter: it looks like the jobs that will be coming to our rea because of the headquarters, looks like those jobs are safe. but when amazon pulled out of the new york deal, many wondered what the f of the headquarters were in crystal city, what the future would be. 25,000 jobs will gradually be brought to the area with that headquarters, with the potential for up to 38,000 jobs someday. but will that change now theve pments have happened in new york? after the big announcement yesterday, amazon reached out to officials in arlington and everything is still on track. >> i spoke directly with the folks from amazon before the anno and they reiterated their commitment that this does not change the plans for arlington and for virginia.l >> wil arlington push for a bigger headquarters? the chair of the cou doesn't think so. he says what is being planned now is appropriate for the community. amazon has said they will not reopen the hq2

. >> and that's where we find megan mcgrath who continues our coverage live along river road in potomac. megan? >> reporter: just the words that there's now a snow emergency in effect in montgomery county. we've been seeing the snow cong down a little before 8:00 this morning. we're here along river road. the road itself looks good. it's been treated. you can see this gentleman owa the si. enough has fallen, enough has accumulated where there's a cleanup job to do. in less than an hour, potomac was blanketed in a thin layer of snow, enough toe require ice melt on the sidewalks. enough to j promptessica schneiderman to walk with care. >> it's a little slippery. i'm trying to be mindful of how i'm putting my feet on the ground. >> reporter: snowplows were out saltinor the roads thisng with temperatures in the teens, any untreated surfaces are at risk for freezing. for many it's a hassle. >> i'm over it, but what c i say? >> reporter: schools in montgomery county opened on time thismoing, although other jurisdictions in the region opened late olosed completel completely. >> this is fine. o

megan mcgrath on what is expected to happen today. megan, good eprning. >>ter: good morning, guys.ould learn the fate of onlineer betting in the district. we could learn the name of the company or learn what company would get the lucrati contract. rlier this month, the council fast tracked betting. that would bypass the bidding process and award the contract to the company tt runs d.c. lottery. if sports betting -- if it were to be delayed, that would cost the district millions of dollars in lost revenue. dhe opponents don't believe the contracts shoul be awarded like that. they think that competitive bitting makes sure that d.c. gets the best deal possible. the billwl nar passed on first reading. we'll see what happens later today. they are expected to vote on this legislation, the committee as a whole, at 11:00 a.m. >> thank you. >>> baseball fans rejoice. today, spring training for the washington nationals gets under ady. the first full sorkout is happening in a few hours. one thing that will be different nfor the fans and the tea bryce harper. he's not signed with the team. but

megan mcgrath news4. >>> we've just gotten word that fairfax county schools will be closed tomorrow. make sure to keep it tuned her folks and stay up tonight for an update on the storm atews4 at 11:00. doreen and jim will make sure you know about any other school lays we hear of. >>> now for a new wrinkle in the ussia investigation from fired acting fbi director andrew mccabe. he said he briefed top members of congress and that no one object objected after opening an investigation. >> reporter: he made some new revelations on the "today" show this morning, talking about the elvestigation into the president andng congress about it. in his first live interview nce being fired. former acting fbi director andrew mccabe revealed to nbc's the "today" show, he opened a counterintelligence investigation into president trump back inid 2017. >>ou suspect the president might actually be working for russia? >> we thoug that might be possible, yes. >> reporter: mccabe launched the obe after the president fired fbi director james >> why would any president of the united states not want the fbi to

. >> our coveragenues with megan mcgrath. she's t down u street corridor with more. hi, megan. >> we're down here at 15th and u. all is well here. the traffic is moving. and no problems. but that's going to change in a matter of hours. in d.c., they did pre treating overnight. they're going toring in their road crews later on tonight and similar activity happening all around the gion. theoad crews will not only be dealing with snow but a wintry mix that ultimately turn to rain. >> at the v dot facility off the van dorn street, they're mixing soup the brine tion, making sure the tanks are full and ready to go. >> major roads in fairfax and loudoun counties were pre-treated overnight. you can see the white lines on the pavement. vdot crews will lay brine duriny the in prince williams county. if you're going to have a wintry mix, itas best to with the snow. that's what will happen with this storm. that way crews can pre-treat. when it switches over to sleet add then to rain, officials will adjust their final attack. >> when it turns to rain, that's when we have to make a

news 4's megan mcgrath is in fairfax county. megan, what have we learned now? >> reporter: well, they are still looking for information and they're looking for potential witnesses. this is eastbound route 7 that youee behind me here. and the body was found right beyond this pedestrian crosswalk here, which actuallyuts through the ramp that leads traffic down on to 495 south. it's aricky area for pedestrians and the striking vehicle in hethis, driver, did not stop. it's a difficult crossing for pedestrians,alking along route 7 in tysons. to continue heading straight, you have t cross the on-ramp to the beltway and pick up the dewalk on the other side. the crosswalk is in the middle of that >> because it's a difficult area. there are no pedestrian signals righhere. so pedestrians have to cross, be very vigilant of motorists. >> reporter: it was some time between 6:15 and 6:45 this morning. someone in the area called 911 and reported a body along the side of theroad. investigators don't have much to go on. strikingr of the vehicle did not stay on the scene. withou

megan mcgrath isive outside in northwest. >> reporter: later today, we could leahe fate of online sportsetting in the district, and also what company will get that contract. the council passed legislation to fast track sports betting in the district. it would bypass the bidding process and award the contract to the company that runs d.c. lottery. it would be delayed t long if the district put it out for competitive bid. any delay woulde millions in st revenue. opponents say to make sure that d.c. gets the best deal possible. the bill narrowly passed on the fist read. we'll s what happens later today. that vote is scheduled to take place here later on this morning. back to you guys. >>> david culver at the live desk with images overnight from seaworld in san diego. rescue crews had to be called in last night to rescue 16 people trapped on a ride. 16 people stranded on the bayside or a gondola ride. a big gust of wind tripped a circuit breaker that caused the ride to stop working. of the 16 people, several children there, onrsbaby and one that officials described as partially paralyzed. se

megan mcgrath is at the white house with a closer look at the issue. >> reporter: you can see behind me here that the groups on the move. they finished up the rally here in front of the white house and they're now makin their way down to capitol hill. the men and women here have been gally living and working in the united states, some for decades. they'veeen granted temporary protection statuau bec they come from countries either recovering from natural disasters or a edconflict, but the trump administration wants to end tps for c severalountries which means hundreds of thousands of people could be forced to leave and in some cases, leavid beh their american born children. now we spoke to a man from el salvador, he has three american born kids and he's calling on the administration to continu the tps program to allow him to continue to live and work here in the united states. >> been herear 20 definitely will impact my emily beca'm already established here. i have a job, family and a house. pay taxesar every i'm attached to this culture. i'm established and this will have a big impac

. >> megan mcgrath with more on all these pothole problems. hey, mer:n. >> reporyeah, it can be very rough on your car. it can be make for difficult driving. we're here onestern avenue in northwest. 've got oneothole right here, another one a little bit further up the road and then we have these ruts in theoadway ere the asphalt has just given away and it's that freeze and thaw cycle and we haven't seen the worst of it yet. it'sf that time year and potholes are popping up all around the region. hit one and you could be shelling out big bucks for repairs. >> it flattened my tire the other day over in southeast. literally ran over the pothole and tire blew out, i had to ir drive on the to get some help. >> reporter: in the district they've seen twice the number of pothole repair calls this month than during the same time last year. why? you can blametu mother . >> a lot of it is really because of the weather. we saw heavy volumes of rain this year and that freeze/thaw cycle really impts the roads and increases the number of potholes. >> reporter

. >> megan mcgrath has been there all morning. what are you seeing now?he >> guys.e're starting to see that accumulation. if you look over here at the grassy area,ou can see we've got an accumulation of snow. it's not anything major, but everything is coated with white and quite beattiful. am noticing is that it is starting to get slippery. they have treated the roads and things are starting to get a little slick. i'll make myay back to the live truck and we'll start to drive and show you what the roal conditions looe. actually, not terribly bad. a little bit of slush starting to accumulation there because it's been coming down for an hour and a half now. let's take a live look a that road there. you can see the conditions that we're deang with here not a lot of traffic out right now. that's always good news we haveen a ton of road crews out there this morning. they are loaded withsalt. many of them were standing by the side of the roadway just kind of lined up waiting. at this point, not a lot they can do. we do have accumulation on the grassy areas, but really not

. >> this morning, news 4 megan mcgrath is t trackin problem in northwest d.c. s live with what she's seeing out there. hey, megan. >> reporter: yeah, hey, guys. we have moved on to alexandria. we got a report that there was etty rough pavemenhere, potholes on north howard street. so we're looking for that area at this po but, it's been a really difficult time for potholes. lots of drivers have encountered them. lots of people have experienced damage. and it's probably only going to get worse.ll now, the rain that we've had, that frigid temperatures and thenhe swing to swing-like temperatures, that's what's s using the problem. the water just ginto the cracks and the phalt, it then freezes and then thaws and that causes the potholes to form. and so that's why things e so bad right now.u an really damage your car when these get deep. aan just paid hundreds of dollars to havear his fixed. >> flattened my tire the other day overn southeast. literally ran over the pothole and tire blew out. i had to drive on the tire to get som help. was nuts. it really was. >> repor