highsy in the low to mid-40s on wednesda with a strong northwt wind. windchills down below freezing all day wednesday and thursday . aftern and cold weather settles in for friday. that might lead for a chance for snow over the weekend. >>> fairfax eastbound, left lane ocked. also on the beltway, two things cleared. one is sticking here. joint base arews. the right lane gets by thator w zone. any of the earlier roadwork. 70 southbound from p 70 to the spur. going to get you there in 28 minutes. 50, at church road a live look in town and out of town. no big issues. >>> still ahead, making a splash in china. >>> later on "ellen," jesse tyler ferguson stops by.hi >> is what i know how to do. >> right. >> i mean, shes p on a fantastic show. >> she has a great voice. >> it's fine. >> did he have a seizure? >> he was imitating somebody. >> okay. if you want to know who, the divas trying to imitate, you have toune in for that. >> lady gaga, celine? >> i have no idea. we'll be rht back. >>> you're watching news 4 today. >> look at this mess in a water main brea

reporter: on wednesda president trump will welcome congressional leaders from both parties the white house. this will be the first time the president has met with leaders from both partiesince the shutdown started december 22nd. the standstill is felt by 800,000 federal workers who haven't been paid. the shutdown eecting national parks. yosemite in california has closed campauounds b of trash and human waste. >> it was kind of smelling bad down ndthere, i don't know how it's affecting the park. >> reporter: at joshua tree national park, volunteers like rand abbott are working to keep the park clean and encouraging visitors to help. >> out for a hike? >> yeah. >> you guys see anythi, pick it up, please. >> absolutely. >> reporter: the national parks have warned visitors aarkess could change without notice. dan sheneman, nbc news. >> the smithsonian museums and our national zoo are closed until th government reopens. smithsonian officials say they've been using pryor year funds to stay open to t public until now. some tourists say they're frustrated that the political stalemate is mess

now they're making a com those storiesnd much more tonight on "nightly business report" for this wednesda >>> good evening, everyone, and welcome. it was all aboutto earnings y. a batch of strong results from some of the world's biggest blue chips helped stabilize the market even after a downwar blip midday. ibm led the way with a nearly 9% gain following its solid quarter we told you about last night. the focus on america's bottom line is a reminder that earnings still matter, a lot. even as concerns overba a g economic slowdown mount. and with the partial government shutdown liming the release of some economic reports, there's even more scrutiny being place on what corporate america says about the economic environment. and with that, the dow jones industrial average rose 171 po ts to24,575. the nasdaq and the s&p 500 both added 5. >>> and soe start tonight with results from procter & gamble.on themer products company reported habetter-tn-expected earnings and sales and raised its outlook for the whole year. that sent the stock higher by more than 4.5%. seema modyas more on what's going

. >> good morning and thank you for being with us on a wednesda. morn in a moment we'll hear for the first time the other side of the story i this confrontation that has just gone viral between that young man right there and a native american elder. so many people are talking about it. >> we've heard from the native american elder. it will be nice to hear from the other side of the story. >> we'll get to that in a moment. but we'll start with the government shutdown. >>> two votes tomorrow that could potentially end it.l that wil be too late for federal workers and contractors who face a second week of missed paychecks. 'll start with nbc's tom costello. hey, tom, good morning. >> reporter: we're at the federal triangle in washington, d.c. thousands of people come her every day. people are working at the epa, the irs. if you go through these columns, you go all the way back to a custom border protection. most of these workers are coming without pay or the are furloughed, this at a time when some of the top ces are saying this is unbecoming of the u

we see more sunshine on wednesda mostly sunny skies in the forecast on thursday and friday, but highemperatures only in the upper 30s. about five degrees now bel normal. with the winds we'll have wind chills on thursday and f in the teens and 20s. and then potwtially some s over the weekend. >> here we go. >> bring on the sunshine. >> thank you. >>> federal workers worried about paychecks, mortgage payments and other bil. >>> coming up at 6:30, that's nmt the only bill g. ov >>h shutdown, doest make sense to offe free school lunches in ? i'm tracee wilkins coming uppr news4, something the school board is considering. >>> also ahead, new scrutiny for clergy accused of sexual abuse. >>> protecting you and yourm family fe flu. which really works better, the vaccine or the i'm a veteran and the army taught me a lot about commitment. which i apply to my life and my work. at comcast we're commited to delivering the best experience possible, by being on time everytime. and if we are ever late, we'll give you a automatic twenty dollar credit. my name is antonio and i'm a technician at comcast. we're wo

snow out there tomorrow night and still maybe out there on roads, especially secondary roads on wednesda we have wind chills on wednesday, in the single digits d teens, and brutally cold for wednesday night, into thursday morning. thursday, the wind chills not improving at all, thursday is going to be the coldest days with wind chills anywhere from ten below zero a to tenve zero. so it's going to be the coldest air we've felthis season. that could lead to schools being impacted again on thursday. future weather tomorrow at 8:00 a.m., all dry. between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. we see snow showers with rain ming in north of washington. lunchtime, notice rain along east of i-95 with snow mainly to the north and west, including north of i-66. 4:00ti.m. we're tracking rain and snow but the colder air moves innd we see it change over to all snow. so slick roads for sure tomorrow night. 10:00 p.m., still trackingsnow. it doesn't wind down until about midday. your school y, 30 degrees to start at the bus stop, going to be dry. but then tracking wintery mix of rain and snow at recess. temperatures for

now they're making a com those stories and much more tonight on "nightly business report" for this wednesda >>> good evening, everyone, and welcome. it was all about earnings today. a batch