they need a dozen moro make it happen. >>> tracie potts for us this morning. tracie, thankeou. >>> sf you who are furloughed are turning to your church for lp. one norjs county church offered more than just a warm meal yesterday. chris gordon explains what it meant to some of the workers who attended an appreciation brunch. >> the city of praise in landover started with a service to raise the spirits of these furloughed federal workers. ♪ >> the church asked who needs help paying for utilities or housing. more than 30 people got up. sme received check for $500, including march kit a payne who fears eviction if shes mis her next rent. >> february rent is due and they're not being understanding. >> the church served a buffet filling their bodies andhe souls. >> i don't know if i'm going to get a check. bill collectors calling my phone. >> reporter: some of the these federal workers leave uplifted with a renewed hope and faith that thi federalshutdown will end soon. reporting from prince george's county, chris gordon, news 4. >>> now, the help for federal workers

news4 tracie potts has more. >> there is a effort under to feed furloughed federal contracts living with disability. david culver spoke to a man who worked in the epa mail room for 27 years. >> what you do you missou most not being at work. >> i miss serving the public. i miss my daily routine. i miss my cowoers. and also of course i miss my paycheck. >> right. service source which placed picket in his job just launched aans for contractors campaign. the food drive is for the more than 100 of the employees with disabilities who are out ofwork. sear f cansor contractors in the nbc washington app to lea more. >>> metro may follow maryland's lead and give free r federal workers. mayor larry hogannnounced allstate transportation would be free for federal worker working without pay. .the shutdown is impacting 150,000 maryland workers. they could allow federal employees to ride free starting merchandise. louding county transit and the fairfax connect ner virginia are also offerin. free rid metro may also consider cuttin back service as this shutdown enters week five. the agency says it's losin

news 4 tracie potts joins us ive with details on these proposals. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: well, it's movement, eun and aaron. good morning, and good morning, everyone. the senate expecte vote on the republican plan and the democrat plan. of course, the republican plan following the president's offer ofry tempo protection for a million immigrants in exchange for money for the border wall. the democrats reopen the government temporarily for about two t weeks andn negotiate on border security. here is the thing, neither of them is expected to pass because they both need support from the other side to doo and right now it's not looking like that's going to happen. so we'll see t votes f first time in the senate to reopen the government since the shutdown started. but without support from the other side,th n is likely to reopen the government and get these folks back to work. >> tr i want to ask while we have you, the president looks like is going to go ahead with his plan for thetate of the union address next week. how will that impact shutdo

"news4's" tracie potts joins us live with the latest. all right. ac tracie, what is yuliany now saing and why is the time line so important to the president's case. >> he's walking it back saying it's an hypothetical, based on any conversation with the president and the time line is significant because if whatiu gliani initially said is true, these negotiations with russiao ry to build a business deal were handing throughout the entire campaign all the way day.gh electio now they're saying that was emphasizing and that whatever deal they were working on was just the initial stages. so very quickly changingat t story. >> okay. tracee the president is also dealing with thewnshutd entering its secd month. they may try to vote on it. does it have a chance of working out this week? >> no, not really, because the democrats need to sign on. no, it's not expected to happen in any way, shape, or form. we'll bring it up today, the president's plan. they will vote on it sometime this week, federal workers are o bracing lose their second paycheck on friday. >>

for the latest on this, let's get ove to tracie potts joining us from washington d.c. tracy, good morning. still nof signs compromise? >> no, no compromise here but we are goi to see phillip, the first senate votes since this shutdown began 33 days ago. we have two votes coming up hetomorrow, one on president's plan that would exchange protection for a million a dreame refugees for money for his border wall and then the democrats plan will also get a vote. that was not originally the plant but they w to reopen government temporarily for a couple of weeks until february 8th and then deal separately with border security. but here's the thing. both sides need supportrom the other side to get it passed and so the bottom line is both of these plans up for a vote fail. ow are expected to >> all that needs to happen is our democratic friends agree it's tim to puthe country ahead of politics andote to put the standoff behind us. >> the president had to make a proposal to try to shake things up it was not a good faith proposal. it was not intended to end the n shut >> there's st

tracie potts is live on capitol hill. tracie, what happened during that meeting? and what does the house plan to do today? >> reporter: the meeting tha took only about 20 minutes -- the president said they could wrap it up in 45, it was less than that. the white house said he walked in and was ready to work things out with democrats. but when he asked if they would pay for the wall and nancy pelosi said no, he walked out. and the president confirmed that on twitter. she said no and i said bye-bye. it looks like this is an absolute stalemate. today onhe capitol hill, democrats will try to reopen the government piece-by-piece. yesterday, they approved the irs. the senate won't look at that. today, they will look at the agriculture department, which affects farmers andeople who get food stamps. we're expecting demonstrations here in washington today. federal workerand others affected by this shutdown, who may get backpay when it's all er. but we don't know when that's go >> tracie potts on capitol hill. thank you. >>> today, the pnce george's county school board will

nbc's tracie potts joining us from d.c. with the latest. tracie, good morning. so the president has threatened to resume the shutdown on february 15th if he does not get funding for the wall, correct? >> exactly, phillip. so we've got a three-week reprieve here for the president anemd he would not do. he reopened government without a promise to fund this wall. and the white house says even though he doesn't want to do it, a national emergency is still on the table for the pentagon to pay for it. democrats say they've always been for border security. they are willing to talk about some sort of barrier, but it's a lot more than that. how and when these negotiations resume, we don't know. but we do know that one of the president's closest allies, roger stone, an early campaign adviser, is now speaking out about his arrest last week. >> so that show of force which cost the american taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars was designed to pick me as public enemy number one, like the og. i'm not el chapo, but they sent more men after bin laden. it's a gestapo tactic

we'll get the latest from tracie potts who has been following the story for us. >>> wallace lowe is staying one at leastore year at the university of maryland, while the school searches for a new president. yesterday, loh tweeted this, saying the board of regents wanted a smooth transition of leadership. and they agreed on a retirement date of 2020. he was scheduled to retire of the heat stroke death of jordan mcnair. the board met in baltimore to discuss the next steps in that search. >> the type of searches at flagship campuses and major research institutions often take up to a ye l or more. >>ast year, mcnair's death led to a major shakeup at the school, including t firing of head football coach d.j. >durki. a day before sentencing, we learned new details of the man convicted in the d.c. mansion murders. 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 fam

tracie potts, nbc news, washington >>> overnight, air suspect in the mistakenstonas in a cro aft manhunt. they arrested 20-year-old eric ed a tip. he admitted to driving the vehicle during the shooting and was person. evictim, 7-year-old jazmine barnes was killed while riding in the car with her sisters and per mom her mom was shot. >>> a slow explosion setback for ford. ford has had no report of injuries. >> this is the latest piece in what has been a massive and huge recall. the largest ever in the auto industry. we're a long way from seeing this problem resolve in terms of bad takata air bags worldwide. >> reporter: the recall includes some, but not all, models of edge, ranger, fusion, mustang, mercury, milan and mkx and mkz from 2010 to 2014. an tonya gonzalez plans to get hers replaced. >> did you get a notice in the mail? >> yeah. i got about three or four them. >> go underneath the glove box. we will be able to swap them out no problem. >> but the problem is parts. each new air bag must be ordered separately to match the make, model, interior color of each car. >> it is not like w

coming up on news 4, tracie potts will have more on the bipartisan meeting taking placeu to help keep with this matter. >>> praying after a devastating crash left three children dead in prince gorges county. yeerday more than 100 people prayed for the media family. someone slammed into their amily's car on indian head highway. their parents are still covering in the hospital. police think the driver may have been driving drunk. >> everyone is devas tted becausy were special people for us and the church. and it's a story that's really sad. tragic. >> nothing can bring back those children, but as of thisaorning go fund me page to help the family has raised more than $55,000. >>> we've also learned a teenager was the victim of a deadly crash in charlestown. she's in the hospital fighting for her life. three girls were in the car when a driver lost control onsaint char parkway. the car slid down an embankment, smashed into a tree. 21-year-old nadia natage was driving and was rushed to the hospital in critical itcoion. a 15-year-old died at th scene. her cousine was in car. >> going into t

tracie potts has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter:ob looks liket mueller's investigationwrapping up soon, according to th h actingd of the justice department. in the meantime, they are starting thison prosecuf long-time trump campaign adviser, roger ste, facing seven counts of witness tampering, obstruction, and five counts of false statements to congress, all of this relating to his rolect cong the trump campaign to wikileaks, the group that hacked the e-mails. russia hacked the e-mails but they're not saying that stone had a direc connection to russia. he says he is being set up and he iwa look f to proving himself innocent. however, he does say if asked, he may do an interview with robert mueller's team. previously, he said he wouldve do any interviews or testify against president trump. he says he doesn't know of any wrongdoing within the campaign. stone will be in a federal district court today in washington, answering the charges, as the mueller team begins to wrap up its work. >> tracie potts, thank >>you. we turn to the 2020 race for president. the former ceo of s

tracie potts has the latest on the investation. >> reporter: good morning. robert mueller's investigation n may be wrapp up, according to the acting attorney general. we don't have a firm date. he says they are nearing an end. a big pt of that investigation now, is long-time trump campaign viser, rogerone, facing the seven counts from a federal indictment. he will be in a district courtroom today to answer for that. stone says he has done nothing wrong. he knows of n one that did anything wrong on the campaign. he is accused of being a link between the campaign and wikilea wikileaks, the groups that t leaked democratic e-mails that were hacked byrussia. that is what he will befo answering stone, who said he would never testify against pre says he may testify in the russia investigation. but he is aig supporter of the president. >> tracie potts, live for us this morning. thank you. >>> we turn to the 2020 race for president. the former ceo of starbucks, howard schultz, is considering a run as an independent. he posted a message on twitter. >> both parties at

news 4 tracie potts joins us ve with tails on this. tracie, good morning. >> hey, guys.morning. a bit of a different approach here. these are the nancy pelosis or the mitch mcconnells we see all the time. they're politicians but they're rank and file members and their job is to come up with something that democrats will sign off on, republicans will sign off onth d president eventually, of course, will sign off on. some of them skilled negotiators. they've been involved in immigration issues before. their first publi meeting is happening today. meantime, the president says if th can't come up with a compromise on the border wall, he'll use the pentagon to pay for it by declaring a national emergency. but, this is reining, three of his top intelligence chiefs just told congress yesterday the biggest threat facing the u n. righ is north korea. they didn't mention the border. >> tracie potts live this morning. you, tracie. >>> 4:47 now. still no speehfic motived the deadliest shooting in u.s. history. ral investigators concluded in the 2017 massacre in las vegas. th fbi say

coming up, news 4's tracie potts will have more on the efforts to reopen the government sooner rather than later. >>> in th meantime, federal workers can get free food for theirets during the shutdown. the humane rescue alliance is offering federal workers access to pet pantry. >> it's meant to help in emergency situations and just really hope that people who are in that situation right now through the shutdown are welcome to stop by our adoptn center. >> i think this is the agency that's here in d.c. any pet owner who wishes to receive food for their animal through the pet pantry has to complete an enrollment form the first time they come to picp food. proof of d.c. residency is the only requirement. >>> as trash piles upti on the naonal mall because of the federal trashle colctors being furloughed, d.c. public works is stepping in. our ceras captured them on the job picking up garbage last night. news 4 is following every development in the government shutdown. keep it here for continuing coverage on air and in the nbc washington app. >>> 4:34 now. developing this morning, a man has

>> all right, tracie potts live for us in washington this morning. tracie, thank you. >> long-time trump advisor roger stone is due back in court on friday after pleading not guilty to charges stemming from the russia investigation. he is accused of a slew of crimes from lying to congress to witness tampering. nbc's pete williams has more. >> reporter: roger stone was surprisingly low key at federal court in washington. pushing his way past demonstrators for and against him, his lawyer entered a not guilty plea to charges of lying to congress and intimidating a witness. in a radio interview, stone blasted mueller's case. >> they know they have to take me down in order to take donald trump down. >> reporter: meantime senate democrats questioned monday's surprise comment from acting attorney general matt whitaker. >> right now the investigation is i think close to being completed. >> puts a cloud over the investigation and, again, yesterday's comments were exactly the reason why he should have recused himself. >> reporter: but even if mueller finishes,

. >> nbc's tracie potts joining us itnow from d.c. the very latest on this. tracie, good morning. this shutdown now the second longest in history. >> right, fellowshp.phil we're in day 19. two more days it will become the longest shutdown that we've ever seen, andan y, we didn't hear a lot different last night from either the president ors democrats they sit down again today to try to come up with some sort of compromise on this wall or barrier, as the president put it last night. the fact checkers wer busy last night with some of the facts the president thring throughout. some of them were true, some of some of of context, and them seemed to have no basis. one thing he honed inn are crimes by immigrants in this country. >> how much more americanlood must we shed before congress does its job, pass a bill that ends this crisis. >> the symbol of america should be the statue ofrt li not a 30-foot wall. so our suggestion is a simple one. mr. president, reopen the government and we can work to resolve our differences over border security, but ehis shutdown now.r: >> reporheir next oppo

tracie potts has more on the president's visit to the border to drum up support for his wall. good mor:ing. >> reporhe president went down to texas to try to use the border as a backdrop for support for this wall that democrats refuse to build. now, he's looking at a national emergency declaration, possibly within days, to get that money to go around congress and get that money from the pentagon. in d.c., the president said there is still room for compromise with democrats. but he may consider this declaration within days. last night on fox, he saido thee is backing off. there's no compromise here because we need to build the wall. it's not clear where he's going with that. in texas, he was at the border,w he talkedh border agents and he tried to make the case that the focus here should be on crime. an it should be on the levels of immigration, the levels of immigrants coming in this country. however, democrats here, we've seen this around the country with demonstrations, are focusing on the people affected because they're caught up in the shutdown in this showdown over the bo

nbc's tracie potts joins us from d.c. with the latest. tracie, president trump has a message for lawmakers, tweeting, quote, let's make a deal. >> reporter: deal to be had. this is a complete showdown over the border wall,wants, the $5 b democrats now coming in to take over give to president trump. he's having some of the top leaders, democrats and republicans, to the white house today to talk about that border wall. the white house calls it a briefing. democrats, according to one aide, are skeptical that the president's ready to negotiate over this. and democrats do plan a vote tomorrow. they have two different plans. neither of them would fund the wall. both of them would reopen the government for these 800,000 workers who are either working without pay or not working at all. we're also hearing from mitt romney, who is criticizing the president and wondering whether or not this is something that they might be willing to work out. in a new op-ed, he raises that question. but again, as he slams president trump saying that his conduct over

coming up in 15 minutes, we'll talk with tracie potts about the democratic t response to president rightow. >>> we know many of you are struggling without a paycheck and we're making sure ynow all the ways you can find help. fair fax countyublic schools are holding a hiring event for furloughed employees friday afternoon in falls church. we have more informationbout that in the nbc washington app. students in the county will be able to receive school lunches regardless ofyhether t can pay. unpaid balances will beri allow the shutdown. several other school districts proposed freeor lunches students. stay with news 4 on air and in our nbc washington app for the very latest developments on the coming up in the next hour, we'll have more y tips to helpou during the >>> 4:34 now. today the leaders you elected to maryland and rginia's general assemblies head back to work to start new sessions. maryland, a lot of talk about passing a $15 minimum wage statewide. prince gege's county is pushing for new tax credits including new grocery stores building new in so-called food desert in virginia, the

>> all right, tracie potts for us. tracie, thank you. >> more ratifications of the shutdown showdown are being felt across the country. during thisudget standoff, lawmakers faile t reauthorize the a violencgainst women act. adds thera shutdown on, nonprofits that serve women impacted by violence could see their funding dry up. this stalemate is also holding up breweries in the u.s.. the alcohol and tobacco tax and trade bureau says, due to the lapse infu ing, they will not be reviewing applications for labels and licenses for new beers, wines, or spirits until over.hutdown is this means beer lovers may have to wait for the release ofis summer b this year. >> new developments in houston overnight, authorities have released a sketch of a suspected gunman wanted for killing a 7-year-old girl. along with new surveillance video, and they're not ring out the possibility this was at ha crime. nbc's gabe gutierrez has more from houston. >> he's going to tn himse in. er reporter: jazmine barnes's family believes death is racial

nbc's tracie potts joining us now from d.c. with the very latest on this. tracie, good morning. it looks like this compromise is going to hit a wall with democrats? >> reporter: well, it seems like the compromise to nowhere, phillip. the senate will vote on it tomorrow. but house democrats have already said they are not giving any money to the wall. and they think what the president is offering for immigrants is simply not enough. it's temporary. president trump's offer to reopen the government goes up for a vote in the senate tomorrow foreperson. >> this bill would reopen the government. >> reporter: he's offering temporary protection for 1 million immigrants, refugees and dreamers, those brought here illegally as children in exchange for $5.7 billion for the border wall. >> straightforward, fair, reasonable, and common sense with lots of compromise. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi and other democrats call it a non-starter. >> it's outrageous. he is just playing politics. this is a bad deal. >> it was i think an effort to prop up the president's sagging poll numbers. >>

the national zoo and the mareums closed. >> news 4's tracie potts is live it c hill. we know congressional leaders are coming to capitol hill. is the meeting with the president a done deal? >> reporter: not necessarily. the meeting with the president today, chris and eun, is supposed to be about the border it's being billed about a briefing on the border wall. not a meeting or negotiation. a democratic aide is saying they're skeptical that the president is not ready to negotiate. this could be a l or a lecture. democrats say when they take over their halfs of congres tomorrow they have a plan to reopen the government but will republicansn the other side go along which they don't think the president will sign off for? neither of those plans include any money for the wall. >> tracie potts live for us on capitol hill. thank you. it> coming up next hour, aimee cho will be live more on the smithsonian and national zoo closure affecplng more p as every day goes by. >>> in the day ahead, u.s. catholic bishops will gathero discuss the ongoing catholic church issue. at the tim

tracie potts for us. thank you. >>> trouble brewing this morning for former starbucks ceo howard schultz over his possible presidential bid. democrats say if schultz runs as an independent, it would only help president trump win a second term. the head of the liberal think tank center for american progress even threatened to organize a boycott against starbucks in protest. nbc's andrea mitchell has more on the growing backlash. >> reporter: billionaire former starbucks ceo howard schultz could be brewing trouble for democrats in 2020, announcing he is considering running as an independent, tweeting -- >> both parties at the extreme are not representing the silent majority of the american people. >> reporter: the lifelong democrat tells "60 minutes" -- >> the american people are exhausted. their trust has been broken, and they are looking for a better choice. >> reporter: schultz, who grew up in brooklyn public housing, transformed star bucks from a single seattle coffee bean shop into a global brand. 30,0

go now to tracy potts in washington, d.c. and try, it seems like the president -- he con stooed pelosi on the ad mess. does than we might get a little closer toned the shutdown? >> not necessarily. this was sort of a power play on both sides. and while it s ams to be long war when it comes to the shutdown, nancy pelosi is clearly won this battle. the present conceded afterhe sent a follow-up letter making it clear tt schett would not authorize his visit. in other words, she has that wer on capitol hill to prevent him fromor appearing b the house chamber. so pelosi making it clear the president would not be welcome. there have been questions about whether tte house was looking for another venue so the president could still make his eech on the same day. but now president trump has tweeted not only would he not come to capitol hill, he couldn't without pelosi saying it was okay. but he also says he would not seek an alternate venue because the president put it there is no venue that can compete with the history, the tradition a

tracie potts, live for us on capitol hill.nk you. > today, the prince george's county school board will consider a proposal to pay school lunches for sdents bein affected by the shutdown. a member of the school board is requesting free lunches for all students in prince orge's county until the government is reopened. the school stem would have to foot the bill by itself. but the county government, state, rinonprofits,te businesses could pitch in to help. >>> this shutdown is affecting federal workers in more ways than you can imagine. >> this morning, we are working for you in the community. news 4's molette green is live inls church. she has details on what they are doing to help furloughed workers. >> reporter: good morning to au. they're calling shutdown cutdown. getting haircuts, all part of the plan to do something to pport the community. this barbershop is embedded in the falls church community. and the customers are feeling the imact apact and so is the barbershop. we have furloughed workers here. the tax assessor has t

tracie potts thi morning. thank you. >> it's 5:46. metro is oking to join the dwreing list of agencies trying to help frl workers. >> its board molds a emergency meeting that cld bring good news for furloughed work. justin finch is live in fairfax with the story. justin, what's happening. >> reporter: hey there, aaronia essey free rides on the table here. as we all know the expense of a daily cmute is a hardship right now for a lot of furloughed workers still going into work. so this measure if passed could lift a really heavyurden. so back on thursday just yesterday maryland gofrp larry hogan urged metro t h followis state's lead right now in maryland just announced that furloughed workers traveling on state transportation will see fares waived. commuting and paychecks a linked in more ways than you t realize. a lot of metro workers -- rather metro riders are furloughed workers with smart benefits which are set to expire for january soon. no word if the benefits will be disbursed for given the furlough is not ending any time soon. th

tracie pott nbc news, washington. >>> and right now more help for furloughed federal >workers. new resource center is opening near the navy memorial. it's called chefs for feds, and that's whe we fine amie cho leave this morning. >> they have potatoes, vegetables, bread, you name it. this is put on by chef jose andres where they've been serving up hot meals for federal workers. this is a one-stop shop to make ewre they have enough to eat. >> reporter: thisresource center hoping to help federal workers one at a time. she knows how they feel. she's furughed too. >> to have someone welcome us unconditionally to us, it really makes a difference. hopefully they'll open it back up soon. >> reporter: michelle blackman is furloughed from the smithsonian. she said she had a little money saved up, but still -- >> i still get up at 5:00 each rning and do what i have to do with the knowledge that i have. >> reporter: they need to make sure they have food on the t fle and their fury friends too. >> i've been pretty much overjoyed with it since i first started. it feels really good. >> repor

here is nbc's tracie potts with more. >> the most direct allegation yet that president trump may have committed a crime. buzzfeed reports the president told his former attorney michael cohen to lie to congress about the timing of negotiations to build a trump tower in moscow. nbc has not confirmed that report. buzzfeed's source, two federal law enforcement officials involved in an investigation of the matter. >> if he told michael cohen to commit perjury, then certainly that's going to go into the whole discussion we have about whether or not he, the president, should continue in the office. >> cohen is lying to reduce his jail time, the president tweets. categorically false, his attorney says. >> i'm not going to give any credence or credibility to michael coen who is a convicted felon and an admitted liar. it is just ridiculous. >> it is not just cohen's word. buzzfeed reports special counsel robert mueller has proof. >> e-mails. text messages. collateral views , interviews o others and presented it to michael cohen and said we know what you did, and michael cohen apparently said ye

news 4 tracie potts is live on capitol hill now with a recap. good morning. >> good morning.lled it all a steel barrier, something that democrats may be more willing to accept. but he did not call it a nation it was the thing we were waiting to hear. the president had talked about that. n but he did declare a national emergency, which would allow him to take thatoney from the pentagon instead of waiting for democrats to come to some agreement. the president focussed a lot on danger at the border for women and children and formmigrants who crossed into this country crimes.ing he's headed to the border tomorrow following this speech he hopes of getting things moving. l meet today with democrats and republicans at the white house in hopes of coming to somd agreement ending the shutdown. >> while we're talking about the other side here, congressional demondats did res to the president's address last night. what did they have to say? >> so democrats took a completely different approach obviously. there was nothing knew on their side either, but wha they said was we got to separate

>> tracie potts, thank you much. >> we'll see what happens next. thanks, tracie. >>> it is 6:06 right now. we have 20s and 30s on the map today. if you were hoping for a bigger warmup into the afternoon, we're not going to really get it. our daytime highs will be rather cool, topping out in the 50s. san jose 57 degrees for your daytime highs. morgan hill 58, milling and oa topping out at 54 degrees. some of our warmer spots but not really warm, concord at 58 degrees. along the peninsula, we're talking mid to upper 50s, in through san mateo 56, half moon bay 58 degrees. if you're headed into san francisco, it's still going to be cool, so even though it's clear, we've got a lot of sunshine. we're not going to warm up by much. ukiah 59. santa rosa 59 and enjoy these dry days, because once we get this dry system that's been keeping us kind of cold, but at least clear, move out, we're going to have another system that will move in, and that system will bring with it some pretty good rainfall totals. forecasters are always excited to track the rain. >> i

only six ofhose were immigrants. >> o tracie potts the hill this morning.nk you. >>> there are empty booths and tables where federal workers once gathered. usually bustling tables here in beltsville stay empty. the same is true at mosaic cafe in rockville. this shutdown is having a big impact on sm l businesses all over our area. federal employees worried about when they will see the next e paycheck, dining out is first thing to go. >> people come in during lunch, dinner, around our bars. right now, you see, all empty. so far, we had three customers. usually we have a lot more than that. >> restaurants say they're worried they can't recover from the last revenue because of this shutdown. we'll have more on how the shutdown is affecting federal workers and their budgets coming up at 6:00 a.m. >>> we're learning about information about a crash that killed a volunteer. zachary fry admitted he drunk when he ran into a woman, killing her. lauren mcdarby was walking inve sville last week when she was hit. the crash w near the church where she volunteered for more

tracie potts joins us live. good morning.t is giuliani saying and why is the time line important to the president's case. >> n, he's saying it was hypothetical, the october/november time line he gavd not based on conversations he had with the president. however, he'ssihe pnt's personal attorney, so people took his words literally asmi y t expect. in terms of the time, eun, and the reason the time is significant is his former attorney said the discussions with russia, the business deal they were trying to work, building the tower, iere do january. then he said no and lied to congress saying they were still going on in the summer. now rudy giuliani is expending the timeline saying the president's company was trying to build this throughout the entire campaign all the way to the election day and the prnd his children who were working to him were well aware and getting regular briefings on it. >> the president alsot dealing the government shutdown which has now entered its second month. the republicans may city try and vote on it

tracie potts is on capitol hill to break it down for us. >> reporter: it's the most direct allegation yet that president trump may have committed a crime. buzzfeed reports the president told his former attorney, michael cohen, to lie to congress about the timing of negotiations to build a trump tower in moscow. nbc has not confirmed that report. buzzfeed's source? two federal law enforcement officials involved in an investigation of the matter. >> if he told michael cohen to commit perjury, then certainly that's going to go into the whole discussion we have about whether or not the president should continue to be in office. >> that alone? >> cohen is lying to reduce his jail time, the president tweets. categorically false his attorney said. >> i won't give credence or credibility to michael cohen who is a convicted felon and an admitted liar. >> reporter: but it's not just cohen's word. buzzfeed reports that special counsel robert mueller has proof. >> e-mails, text messages, collateral interviews of others. then they presented it to michael cohen, they say we know what you did. micha

. >>> the partial government shutdown extending into the new year tracie potts joins us now with more on day 12 of this partial government shutdown. >> dom, good morning democrats say when they take over half of congress tomorrow they have a plan to end this but will republicans on the other side go along? it's not clear at all this morning that their plan can actually get people back to work smithsonian museums and the national zoo closed for the first time today as the partial government shutdown continues. it's a showdown over president trump's border wall with mexico. democrats refuse to give him $5 billion to build it. >> this is all a crisis that the president has manufactured he's dragging republicans into it >> reporter: today he's inviting top republicans and democrats to the white house for a briefing on the wall. democrats fear it's a stunt and doubt the president is ready to negotiate. they're planning a vote as soon as they take over the house tomorrow >> the house will be in order. >> reporter: they have two plans, both would reopen the government, neither would fund the

we'll speak to tracie potts in washington sorry about that ahead of nancy pelosi's white house meetingwhat did members of the white house leadership say about the shutdown as they took control of one half of congress >> they're saying that the wall money that the president is demanding, the $5 billion, that will not happen. nancy pelosi, the new house speaker in charge of the house of representatives, says it's immoral to build the wall between the u.s. and mexico. and that she an her party are not going to give the president one dollar to do so. so that is the tone as they head into the meeting today it's not clear with both sides digging n president trump saying i won't reopen the government without the money. nancy pelosi saying you're not getting the money. it's not clear where the negotiation begins caught in the middle are 800,000 government workers who are not getting paid right now and they're starting to feel that squeeze along with millions of americans who don't have government services, can't visit national parks and things like that the politics of all of this is what has

tracie potts joins us live with the latest on the negotiations. >> reporter: good morning. the negotiations are getting to work in earnest, behind the scenes. democrats saying they're willing to put more money in border security, more agents, more judges, and more, what they cl technology, to try to keep drugs and illegal immigrants from coming across the border. but not a wall or a physical barrier that the president says is necesry in order to make this deal. democrats say that will take money awa from other things that work better. democrats say we need a comprehensive approach, but i needs to include a wall. that's where they are as discussionsnd get way. they hope to have a plan in place by the end of next week, next frida to get it done before the february 15th deadline, to avoid anoth shutdown. >> tracie potts, thank you. >>> university of maryland president wallace loh is staying on the job for at least one more year. megan mcgrath on loh's decision to delay his retirement. megan? >> reporter: that's right, guys. he was supposed to retire this summer. wallace loh is

tracie potts has more details on pl two votes and no solution. for anybody to be proud of. >> reporter: tomorrow for the firstime since the shutdown the senate votes to end it. republicans will pitch the president's plan, temporary protection for a million immigrants if he gets money to build a border wall. ot why are democrats supporting the president's proposal -- >> reporter: because they have their own. reopen government for two eks, then negotiate border security. without support from the other side, both pla are expected to fail. >> people are saying, isn't there a way out o this mess. >> reporter: right now, there's just finger pointing. >> it's nancy pelosi. >> the speaker's position seems to be that she demands the unconditional surrender of the president on every position involving the . shutdown that's unreasonable. it's ill logical and irrationalv >> you cannot the president every time we have an objection to say i'll shut down government until you come to my way of thinking. f >> reporter: t says the shutdown is making america less s

tracie potts has the latest. >> there's another meeting happening at the white house today between democratspublicans and president trump. but with no one budging on the big issue, money for this border wall, it's not clear if that meeting will achieve anything or really where the negotiating even begins. today's white house meeting is the latest attempt to break the gridlock over president trump's demand for taxpayers to put a down payment on the border wall he said mexico would pay for >> i have never had so much support as i have in the last week over my stance for border skurtd tich security >> he's going head to head with nancy pelosi who refuses to pay for the wall she says it is immoral >> this is not a wall between mexico and the united states that the president is creating here it's a wall between reality and his constituents >> the bill is passed. >> reporter: last night the new democratic house of representatives approved a plan to reopen the government, but with no money for the wall, republicans in the senate who passed something similar last fall now refuse to consider it >> i

we're joined by tracie potts from nbc news in washington. so democrats take control of the house on thursday when a new congress is sworn in what are the two sides, the white house and house democrats planning to do this week to end this shutdown? >> as you said, the white house, the president specifically has invited leaders from both sides over to talk about his border wall it's being billed as a briefing on the border wall, which is the issue that has the government in shutdown he wants 5 billion to build the war, the democrats say they won't give it to him the president wants to invite democrats to the white house to talk about the wall, democrats say they think it's a stunt and they're not sure the president is really ready to negotiate when democrats take over half of the house tomorrow, they say they have a couple plans that will end the shutdown. while it may pass the house, republicans are still in control of the other side, it's not clear they will send anything to the president unless their suy'e sure he will sign it while they sa

tracie potts reports. >>useporter: thece department is asking a federal judge to protectensitive information in the russia investigation after a twitter account taced to rus boasted, we've got access to the special counsel mueller's probe database as we hacked russian server. you ca view all the files mueller had about the ira and russian collusion. enjoy the reading. the ira internet research agency is one of 13 russians mueller social media si to influence the election. >> they're using this information to altering this information to really spread lies about the special counsel's office's investigation. >> reporter: it revealed some but not all of mueller's evidence. concord's owner has close tiesre to russiandent vladimir putin. the company says they were never hacked but prosecutors revealed in court wednesday that at least one person has admitted stealing the documents. >> they n do want this investigation to proceed, because wn this investigation concludes and there is a report, it's going to be and

shutdo i'm tracie potts. more on that next. >>> and i'm storm team 4 chuck bell. the winds aave shifted the temperatures are falling. there's more where that came from. look at the weekend coming up. >>> news4 midday starts now. >>> thanks for joining us. i' chris wrence. >> let's get right to the storm team 4 forecast because we're talking snow this weekend. chuck? >> we certainly are. the chances for snow remain very high. confidence is increasing as wea get t the weekend. get prepared for what should be least a shovable amount of snow the area. anning past the washington monument. skies are partly sunny to mostly cloudy at times. you probly noticed the wind has shifted directions, the wind will get stronger and stronr as we go through the rest of the day. strong winds all tonight and through the day tomorrow, falling windchills as well. not much of a wind chill yet. windchills are t likelybe down in the 20s by early this evening. there you can sen radar thator persistentwest flow. i couldn't even rule out a few snowflakes across the northern shenandoah valley a

tracie potts begins our coverage. >> reporter: is president trump ready the negotiate? keep many mind, he's willing to do whatever it takeses. >> reporr: the federal vernment reopens today for three weeks with $5.7 billion for a border wall still on t >> we are building the wall right now. a portion of it. we have to go. >> reporter: despite nancy the i refusing to pay f wall, democrats say they have always been for securing the border. >> i don't support any wall funding, but i do support border security. >> we have supported as you know enhanced fencing. that's p reasonable and should be on the table. >> reporter: keeping the government funded and open for the rest of the year could come down to this. what does border security look like? >> it's going to be a combination of physical barrier, technology, morel border pat agents, more iigration judges. more sensors. it's got ton ab all of the above approach. >> reporter: with presdent trumob approval upside down in the latest nbc "wall street journal" poll, the white house says he does not want to declare a national eme

tracie potts is live on the hill with the president's trip to the border that was supposed to drum up support f thewall. >> reporter: there is some support for the wall, like where lindsey graham says president should use the emergency declaration to get the pentagon to build i and go around congress, given this roadblock with democrats. on the other hand, you have some republicans who say the toorwith them down at the immigrantsing into issues of th cntry, crime committed bys immigrants country.no says he it emergency declaration. white house lawyers ang wor on the legal justification for that now,he president sayse could doing that within days. tomorrow, this becomes the longest government shutdown in history. >> tracie potts on the hill this morning. tracie, thank you. >>> now,eveloping this morning, despite past denials, the vatican h confirmed that cardinal donald k wuerlw of misconduct allegations against the theodore mccarrick a decade ago. >> reporter: the archdiocese of washington knew that donald wuerl new ofmisconduct against theodore mccarrick. and he knew about the allega