scott macfarlane has more from the live deskht ton scott? >> jim, the military says the i member lance corporal riley kuznia. we are going to show youct es from facebook. in a post, his mother says we lost a loving son, cherished brother and dedicated marine. the military confirmed he wa shot and killed at the barrac ngs in southeac. struck by a discharge from another marine's apon. the marine corps has not released the circumstances, but say it was not self-inflicted. at the live desk, i'm scott macfarlane. >> thank you. >>> growing questions tonight over russis arrest of an american accused of espionage. his name is paul whelan. whelan was in moscow for a friend's wedding. two former cia officers with decades of experience say its inconceivable that whelan was spying for the u.s. from the secretary of state today was notably restrained. >> the detention is not appropriate, we will demand an immediate return. >> adding to the mystery, paul w whelan's background, he was court-martialed on chars relate to larceny and received bad conduct ther

news4 scott macfarlane has learned the house oversight committee is going to investigator why the decision was made and by whom. scott reports local house members are running that powerful committee and they expect many local issues to be front and center. >> reporter: we're inside the hearing room of the u.s. house over sight of government refm committee. for our local members this is ocere the muscle is. there are five democrats on the committee, including the chairman. ubere are zero local rcans on the committee. but this year, this term, it's democrats in charge. they con committee that is likely to be investigating the trump administration and trump administration policies. this is the seat for local congressman jerry connay of northern virginia he'll chair a cub commiee that will investigate the backlog of security clearances, the call off of the fbi headquarters and other issues. >>e have a constitutional job to provide that because we are serate but coequal branch of government. we got a man date in november to do just that. the public clearlyants checks and balances on this presid

. >>> our team coverage of the tonight deal continues with news 4's scott macfarlane. s on the minds of many. we're working for you with the answers. >> white house officials tell i nbc news would be less than a week before paychecks, the old paychecks are sent to federal workers. the next set of paychecks will beeleased on pay day. the next but how do we get from here to there? the u.s. office of personnelnt manageould send out a notification that the furlough's over, the shutdown's ove workers are expected to return. records show in the meantime there will be to-do list for each federal agency. the priority is getting the word out to workers that the furloughs are over. you remember, so manyederal employees had to surrender their work cell phones orer shu their work e-mail accounts so getting the word out is a little bit more difficult than you'd think. federal workers in thet pasave been advised to monitor media reports and check government websites during previous the larger federal agencies with more regional offices might be sler to restart, slower to get the word

scott macfarlane joins us from the news room with the latest. >> todayard the start of getting back into a routine for hundreds of thousands furloughed since december. check out this tweet from the official u.s.epartment of agriculture account. saying they're really, nine times, happy to be back at work. while people are happy to be back on the job, some economic effects are becoming permanent. the nonpartisan congressional budget office said the economy took an $11 billion hit over the past five weeks. 3 bilon they say is not recoverable. and now in three weeks trying to reach a deal or declaring another shutdown or the president declaring a national emergency. >> we don't want another government shutdown. we want a deal that border security. it seems so simple. we need it, ntwe're in agree there's a problem, so fix it. ar sanders said the best way to get the fix is legislatively. meanwhile, museums and parks will be opening on a rolling basis and back pay for the workers should be o this week. >> government workers are happy toack on the job but for many it's going to take a while to r

scott macfarlane news 4 i >>> by february of next year, bronze statues ofair yet tubman and douglas will have a home in the state house. they were both born in maryland. this week they approved a contract to fin the statues within 390 days. the contract was awarded to a company based in sterling virginia. >>> police in florida do not know why that 21-year-old man allegedly walked into the bank yesterday and killed five women. the s zephen xaver is being held with no bail. investigators say he walked into the bank in central florida, killed five people then called 911. he p surrendered afterice crashed an armored vehicle through the front door. >> we believe that it is a random act. we do not believe anyone was specifically targeted. >> police say they also don't believe that he had any intention of robbinghe bank. >>> one of the most popular brands of flour is under recall. general mills wants you to check your pantry, gold medal brand is under a recall because ofib po contamination of salmonella. it was discored during product sampling but no one is reported to be sick. it covers five p

and as scott macfarlane reports, there is no end in epsight. >>ter: three quarters of a million federal workers start the day without the promise of e paycheck and leaders who could put them back to work started the day without plans to negotiate. president trump has no scheduled meetings with members of congmess today and b the top democrat in the house. >> while many democrats in the use and senate would like to make a deal, speaker pelosi will not let them negotiate. >> reporter: the president grounded today's overseas trip by the speaker and temrats which included a secret visit with troops in afghanistan. in a letter aree wrote i sorry to inform you your trip to brussels, egypt and afghanistan has bee stponed. >> this is an inappropriate action. this is obviously directed at the speaker. anfa we think aas we can tell this has never happened in the annals of congressional history. >> reporter: the white house says the president is scrapping his own trip toor davos f the world economic forum citing the shutdown. meanwhile throughout the nati

on capitol hill, i'm scott macfarlane news4. back to you. >>> nbc news political director chuck todd joins us on news4 at 6:00 with a look at the week in politics and more on the fallout from the shutdown. >>> the man who used to lead the virginia republican party is now challengingn county's board chairman. he stepped down from his post last summer. current boardhair phyllis randall was elected a in 20 was the first african american elected as board rmch. he's been critical of her because of the proposedn lan the green way. on a story you'll see only 4. why a federal report is critical dials to a rponsof . to a oassiveire at a senior citizen apartment complex. >>> sick of ♪ -morning. -morning. -what do oe got? -keep an ethat branch. might get windy. have a good shift. fire pit. last use -- 0600. i'd stay close. morning. ♪ get ready to switch. protected by flo. should say, "protected by alan and jamie." -r when you bundle home and auto... run, alan! ...you get more than just savings. you get 'round-the-clock protection. >>> havi

as scott macfarlane reports, the cases are difficult to crack, even though the bad guys are suspected of operating throhout our region. n>> reporter: atht in the heart of d.c. so many people, so much action. it's easy to miss something that might not look right. like this car and a young girl, just 15 years old in the lobby of a d.c. hotel. surveillance images captured her walking in an upstairs hallway with multiple men. >> this could be happening in hotels, in rs. >> reporter: this is what some human trafficking cases look like, s blocks from the white house. it's an affluent area. >> reporter: t fbi helped shut down this week. the fs said these two men met the 15-year-old girl at a relative's house and then pulled her into a trafficking ring. advertising her for sex on back page.com. >> they move them up and down the east coast. generally it travels through richmond, d.c. and baltimore. >> reporter: both men face 11 years in prison. the hotels near i-5 corror, a magnet. it's an age-old crime, ineasing in frequency, as technology makes itr eas to match seh maellers with buyers. we a

scott macfarlane joins us in the studio to break it downfor you. >> glad everybody will go back to work. thank them for their service. >> we get a check. i'm excited. >> that's all we care about. >> that's all we care about. that's all we care aboutt this a z34hcz z16fz y34hcy y16fy >>> we're backat 6:30 with our top story. a deal making its way throug congre reopen the federal government and get workers back on the job. >>su this m is temporary and it does not include any money for a southern border wall. >> the plan funds agencies currently affected by the shutdown for three more >> during that time the president said lawmakers from both sides will come together to discussor solution border security. >> i think we have a good chance. wi're going to work the democrats. and if we can't do that, then we'll o, obviously we're going to do the emergency because that's what it is. it's a national emergency. >> we have teram cge and a closer look at when federal workers can expect t get those paychecks and why some say they don't want to return. >> we want to bring scott macfarlane back in, &

scott macfarlane news4. >>> you can watch the i teams undercover investigations into pat parkigram by visiting our nbc washington app. you can also send them any tips there. >>> let's take a look if you're about to head out. this is the soww coming right now in fairfax, i-66 at the fairfaxounty parkway in front of you. westboundli traffic cr. first 4 traffic said it's taking more than an hour to g from the beltway to centerville. it's pretty too look at, but i hope you have some good tunes to sten to, because it's going to be a pain in the butt. >> yeah. >> the timingouldn't be worse, right? we've been through this before. >> that's why the government said, leave two hours early, the schools closed two hours early. that's a great call because we knew it was coming in right before the rush and create some problems. one thing we've seep across the d.c. area. weaw a good bout of snow then to lighter snow anlook outside, it's really coming down. we have an area of snow coming through. till rain down towards most o southern maryland, parts of charles county, waldorf rightn the rain/snow li

scott macfarlane from our live desk.s so much. >>> as we know the impact from the shutdown is having a ripple affectrycross the cou a day after airlinet personnel st a stark warning about what they're gointhrough. we're hearing from some of the workers directly. tim kaine and mark warner met with workers at reagan airport today and they told them, the flying is putting the public at risk, a risk which can't be calculated. senator cane said people who keep us safe shouldn't worry about where their nexteal is coming from. themy would you want worried about a mortgage payment that might be missed, a tuition check that should be written. why is the country t doings to these people? the president said he would do it and he was proud to do it. >> in addition to working without pay, airraffic controllers say they're working at 30-year low staffing levels that means long hours and six day weeks. >>> larry hogan toured the checkpoints atbwi marshall, at least one checkpoint close because of lack of staff. governor hogan blasted l

scott macfarlane has a look ate what res are saying and the fight against widening the highways at all. >> reporter: sam el oh witch's townhouse sits in the shadow of i-270? rose farms neighborhood. perhaps no one is more closely watching the's govern proposal to ease traffic on one of the nation's most clogged highways. >> i'm really grateful that governor hogan is on record saying that no homes or property will be demolished. we intend to hold himha to pledge. >> reporter: more than a year ago, the governor announced the state wouldnnounce ambitious plans to ease gridlock on the montgomery stretch of the beltway. 15 alternatives have been considered including reversibl lanes and widening the highways. hundreds of people have sent comments to the state trying to sway the decision. using the freedom of information act, we asked for those e-mails and received them. we found an overwhelming number ex those notes in opposition to any lane nsion, including dozens from people in rockville. one writing, major tffic ngestion won't be solved by any widening. another, i have many neighbors and

live in washington, i'm scott macfarlane. back to you. >> it's a tough time for a lot of people there, scott, thank you. >>> california governor gavin newsom is extending a hand to tsa agents hit hard by the shutdown. he's pledging to provide benefits including state unemployment as long as that shutdown continues. bay area furloughed workers are invited to share their stories today on the peninsula at representative jackie speier's office in san mateo and silicon valley leaders are organizing a food distribution today for a family of service workers furloughed. at the same time, furloughed nasa ames workers also plan to hold a protest march today to the ground outside of moffatt field in mountain view. >>> happening today a final farewell for a rookie davis police officer gunned down on the job. today officers from across the country will attend a memorial in honor of natalie corona. she was shot and killed last week. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live in davis where no doubt thousands will gather. simply a tragic story

scott macfarlane. >>> fire is finally out in an upper marlboro warehouse. firefighters have been working to put this out since noon. it caused more than 5 million in damages. no one was >>> still to come, a car crash survivor. the moments before impact. t >>>ight the tragic ending on a wet road in maryland. >> and b it hn a soggy start. we're tracking the next round of rain. se >>> i guess we can call it a late christmas present as we started out the new year. ta a good look at these temperatures. it is not as warm as i would like it to be. this is january 1, everybody. we're normally 44 degrees for a high.oo when you'reng at temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s, we should embrace that. futurecast, future temperatures in motion. the umbrellas will not be needed. no rain is forecasted for tomorrow. rain will not be a ftor in th metropolitan area. but rain chances do increase as we ten through the week. thursday, friday, particularly saturday. it looks leak saturday will be the wettest for tomorrow. breezy and cooler but seasonal. the forecast over the ne

scott macfarlane is at the live desk to tell us what we have learned. scott? >> this service member is lance corporal riley. his mother posted ar pic on facebook. in the post, she said with broken hearts, we lost a loving son, cherished brother. yesterday, the military confirmed he was shot and killed on the barracks in southeast d.c. he was struck by an accidental discharge from another marine weapon. they have not released the circumstances of theg.shoot he was awarded an award in s terrorim. >>ack to you. such a tragedy. thank you, scott. >>> right now, rain is moving into parts of the area. taking a live look at the radars you c it's at the bottom of the screen.t t blob is moving in our direction. amelia draper has more on who in could be ge more on this when it gets here. >> if you live south of washington, there's a high likelihood you are dealing with sh tonight and tomorrow morning. a chance for rain in the d.c. metro areahe and to north. around the mason dixon live, you stay dry. this is going to push in, just clipping the aasa. e check it out with fu

. >>> scott macfarlane explains. >> he had an admitted history of crim and stalking, he's being theld broough the security barrier and told officers he wanted to deliver two bottlesf crown royal to the president and wanted to seek the president's help finding a wife,too. a judge ordered him to appearn tuesday o a federal trespass charge. no comment from his lawyeryet. >>> meanwhile, another person crossed the police line on a aibike. he i will not stop. >>> a news4 i-team investigation reveals an increase in breaches. to see the names, the streets and the that he can you'll laters. . -- to see the peculia. thin you can go to our website. >>> months and years. gat's how long the president said theovernment may be shut down. >> and the ripple effects are spreading. corey smith has the human toll. >> let's begin with susan mcginnis. >> reporter: good even the talks today were not fruitful. the two sidesre not giving up. vice president pence sentencing the invitation to congressional staff. attacks today went nowhere. >> the white house discussions wend the two sides no closer to reopenin

scott macfarlane has the latest from police andthe girl's mother. >> a tragic situation.woman was out with her daughter sunday morning. a pick-up truck pulled up and a she didn't know started shooting. >> i turned around and my w 7-year-o shot in the head. told everybody to get down in the car and i reached over. my oldest was next to me. the shot came through my window and broke mygl ss. i don't know how my baby got shot. she is an outgoin fun-loving child. we were going to get coffee. coffee. and my baby lost her life. >> her daughter was killed in the shooting. she begg whoever shot to come forward. >> our priorities for me, personally, is to bring justice for jasmine. we are going to continue to do every effo possible to bring closure to the family and also that we get the killer off our streets. >> police also released this surveillance image of the truck the suspect was driving. possibly a white man with a beard in his 40s. itpears the attack was unprovoked. at the live desk, i'm scott . macfarla >>> deal or no deal? now at 6:00, the high stakes meetng in the situat

on capitol hill, i'm scott macfarlane, news capital. >>> we're at the metro stion in southwest d.c. we'll get reaction for you ahead. >>> d.c. police are investigating an overnight hate crime. >> chris lawrenc l is at thee desk with that. >> we spoke with d.c. police on ge phone not l ago. they tell us hate graffiti has been found at shalom tire andep autor. here's a map nowing where it is. it's on brentwood road in northeast d.c. there's a giant and home depot across the street. police got the call and found anti-semitic griff feet gra fren front of that store. >>> 6:36. this weekend, despite the wintry weather, thousands are expected to attend two big rallies happening here in the district. today, d.c. hos the march for fe. traffic and parking restrictions will be around the capital one arena. on saturday, the women's march will begin at freedom plaza. these are cause big crowds on the roads and on public transportation. >> weather may hamper participation. we don't have concerns about supporting them. >> metro will have normal service today and saturday. this year, organizers had

scott macfarlane joins us now to explain new at 6:00 tonight. >> if thi bill becomes law, independent investigators would be called in to review deadly police shootings in montgomery county. investigators who are not directly affiliated with the county pice department. as it stands now the county police department investigates nts own officers for fatal shootings and the hands over the findings to the prosecutor tin howard counto reew. the councilman who offered the bill said he did so because of a shooting last summer. the officer was cleared of chargesut they're concerned the county police department led the investigation and never made the results >> you have justifiable bri community concern, why did that happen? what happens in the investigation? why weren't charges filed? that cas in particular exposed serious deficiencies how we conduct ourselves as a county in these investigations. >> the montgomery county police told us they have not reviewed the bill yet. but the entire council agreed to co-sponsor the bill today at a hearing. > when we come back tonight, neighbors warned ab

. >>> scott macfarlane, more breaking news add the live desk. eks after d.c. council had to push a law to deiminalize pushing a fare on metro, he said it would exacerbate public saty concerns and would encourageawssness on metro. the d.c. passed this bill ng overwhelmi. d.c. metro rail has put out a statement saying we truly appreciate mayor bowser's position on the issue. >>> we are learning more tonight about the american killed in that terror attack in ken. claimed r group has responsibility. at least 21 people were killed there according to kenyan officis and one ofhe dead has been identified as 40-year-old jason spindlerto of ho he was fresh out of college and work as an investmentanker on wall street when the 9/11 attack happened.e friends saidan in to pull out victims that day, and his ther said it changed h life. >> he wanted to do things for people so he joined t peace corps and went to per t anre he did some really fantastic things. >> jason spindler was in nairobw to workh an investment advisory firm. he would have turned 41 on monday. >>> tonight p

as scott macfarlane reports that man has also become a major part of a p localice department. >> reporterrvice, at christ lut ran church might haveme s like any other for those attewoing. >> whad it be like if god would just tell us very clearly what we are supposed to bewi dog th our >>lives? eporter: but for the pastor, this weekend always feels different. memories of a tragedy three decas ago remain. >> the phone call came in the middle of the 1986 and pastor adams' first month serving as police chaplain for the aviation unit. >> they could not find the wreckage. >> reporter: a polic helicopter which just rescued a gun shot victim crashed. bother troaboard died. and the new chaplain was called to the scene. >> what was it like when you showed up that day? >> i knew carey and greg, i needed to be there to support them and lead them and guide . >> reporter: a tough task when he spoke to carrie'ss usband, who so her colleague, a pilot in the same unit. >> it's a good thing he was heere because he was a basket case. had this way about him that calmed me down. i was feeling like my life was

. >> w beg with scott macfarlane at the live desk in the news room.nment tha's not going to happen immediately. >> definitely not quickly. first things first, esess confereand votes are not final, the president must sign a bill into law for the government to reopen, the empyees cannot return and offices cannot reopen until then. h coupen tonight. u.s. office of personnel management will issue notices to workers.e but beca so many workers returned their phones and shuttered their e-mail accounts they're advised to check media alerts and websites for updates. there's a to do list when the government reopens, update the website, it priorityizes notifying the thousands of employees affected. larger agenes may be slower to start. a late night vote and signing could delay the opening of agencies by a full business day to give notification of e-mails. after the 2013 shutdown, they were declared noto declare any victories a cabinet members were to greet the employees for with standing a long furlough. >>> the news came as some government workers at prin georg

in the news room, scott macfarlane, newst >>> jet me know if i can expect to go outside and see tomorrow what i saw today, a frozen newspaper. >> his newspaper was frozen. >> in my driveway. frozen in a block. >> from the rain on sunday and the col air on monday. >> boom. >> that's what happens man. i thinkl you w see it again tomorrow we are talking about cold temperatures early tomorrow morning. below freezing everywhere. we didn't get above freezing any locations across our area. out there right now, look at the numbers, we're sitting at 21 degrees, winds out of the northwest at 16 miles per hour. that giv us a wind chill in the single digits in the city. look at the cgurent wind s. you notice here, wind gusts still 20 to about 30 miles per hour in our eastern zones but nothing to the west. that shows things are really starting to calm as far as the wind is concerned. even a 5, 10, 15 mile an hour wind is going to make things cold tonight. 1 degree below zero in gaithersburg martinsburg cing in at 1:, a cold night tonight and a cold start tomorrow morning. radar, nothing to show. inte

. >> as scott macfarlane shows us a new law could crack down on those profiting off ofd.c.'parking squeeze. >> reporter: circling for a spot in the district, you might have spotted these pking passes stuffed into dash boards, cars. people who live in d.c. can obtain these permits from d.c. police stations from their guests. they have to be renewed every two weeks but there's no limit ew getting one. and we found that's led to abuse. >> we're not talking one extra car? >> no. we're talking seven. >> last year we heard from frustrated homeowners about neighbors using the passes over and over for their own vehicles for months at a time. >> how much? >> 30. >> reporter: weven found this man profited off the program. >> calle at the last date and i'll get you a new one. illegally selling the passesdo thetown area. >> the idea is not to make this a small business selling tickets. >> reporter: after our redrts, pam s things in improved in her neighborhood for a while. >> a fewks w there were people who you had identified, they kind of like disappeared. but then i guess when the hea

at the live desk i'm scott macfarlane. >>> potentially wcome news the there. >>> this however not soh. video of a car running towards a car etting out of his own in prince george's county county. >> we froze the car before impact. tonight the man said police aren't doing enough find the man responsible. >>> tracewilkins tried to get so answers today. >> he was laying here from over there. >> reporter:er brother is in the hospital recovering after a violent hit and run that happened inth front of e family's adelphi home two weeks ago. police and the family thought it was an accidental hit and run. now after reviewing securityra ca video, the family thinks it's something else. >> somebod did it intentionally to hurt my brother. it did hurt him. >> reporter: surveillance video shows her broer getting out of the vide the vehicle strikes him. it's too violent to show. ikthe sg vehicle never stops. his girlfriend runs to help hi mily soon follows. >> when my dad ran to him, he wasn't breathing. my dad said he wasn't breathing. and between my dad and my cousin, they picked him up and that's

. >> this is impacting southwest airp let's go to scott macfarlane at the live desk with what we kw right now. >> we're told many southwest airlines flights are grounded at bwi.marsha the airline had been having connectivity problems with its ctwork, it caused problems with ticketing andck in. video shows planesarked at the gate. no other airline is impacting. the connectivity problems just resolved. this is happening at many airports areit dealing long lines at checkpoints because so many unpaid tsa workers have been calling inn sick during th shutdown. >>> two days after 2019's first winter storm, the dmv is still digging out. >> our team has been all over the region today. while streets seem clearor the most part there's been one common thread. >> it's the side streets and the sidewalks that have been the big concern today. >> looking behind me up the reet here, the sidewalk here rtually unrecognizable. hidden beneath a blanket of compacted, white ow. >> the morning commute proved to be a tricky one. this is a fairfax county public school bus that g o stuck an icy street. th> with sub

live in washington, i'm scott macfarlane. back to you. >> we'll keep monitoring. thanks, scott. >>> california governor gavin newsom is extending a hand to tsa agents hit hard by the shutdown. he's providing benefits including state unemployment as long as the shutdown continues. silicon valley leaders also fie protest on the field in mountain view. >>> in a few short hours, teachers will be protesting in the east bay, holding a one-day strike. teachers from several oakland schools, including skyline high, oakland tech and fremont high, will hold a sick-out this morning. the teachers say they are striking for livable and competitive wages to keep teachers from leaving the bay area, and also for smaller class sizes to benefit those students. we spoke with a teacher at skyline who says that she understands the impact this could have on students but he believes that everyone will benefit. >> i would love things to be fixed. i would love for us to, you know, approach education and our students with the best intentions and with a vision that knows you need to invest mon

. >>> scott macfarlane with break news at the live we've learned the fbi has just arrested a jo mgeorgia man who say was plotting to attack the wh e housetomorrow. he was potentially plotting to tack the washington monument and the lincoln memorial. they gave him a weapon inactive this morning. >> had his alleged intent was to attack the white house and other targets of opportunity in the washington, d.c. area by using explosive devices. >> under arrest and likely to fa charges in the u.s. district court for the northern district of virginia -- in the northern district of georgia, i'm sorry. >>> and developing tonight the prince georgia's county government, claims of prisoner abuse. under fire in a lawsuitin all prisoner abuse. the suit filed last week in federal court says during ms. he er's detention at pgcc was targeted, attacked punished and subjected to mane and dangerous conditions by the defendants. the suit goes onto name officers and the jail sing ms. carter was unjustifiably placed in four int restraints by correctional officers, physically attacked by another and forced trite