Massive fire that tore through an area business. The gifts have been delivered and opened. Now its time to return them. What you need to know before you head out to the stores today. 5 01 right now. Good morning everybody. Im aaron gilchrist. Im eun yang along with meteorologist chuck bell here. So youve probably heard it over the holidays. Powerful winds ripping through our area. Some people woke up in the dark on Christmas Day after wind knocked out their power. Look at how strong the gusts were. It was so forceful in bethesda, is caused a tree to fall on to a house. It damaged a gas meter too. No one was home at the time. But the family wont be able to return this week unfortunately. Were hoping now the weather is settling down a bit. Its still cold. Are we still going to see these winds, chuck . Its nowhere near as powerful as it was. Yesterdayds Miles Per Hour at all three area airports. I was out at the beach yechltd winds were howling at the coates line. Windy and cold. The wind
We told you about this one a little bit ago, now seeing some delays starting to pick up here this morning. Also, green line delays to green belt here this morning, hearing about Something Else as well. Talking about the blue line, orange line, silver line, singletracking between foggy bottom and Mcpherson Square. Pardon me for stepping away and reading the screen. Road closures starting for the papal visit. First big one northbound massachusetts avenue shut down in front of the Vatican Embassy. Back with more in a couple of minutes. 6 01. Today is the day pope francis makes his first trip to the u. S. , first stop right here in our area. The nations capital. The pope is wrapping up his visit in cuba. He is celebrating mass before making his way to the states. Pope francis will land at joint base andrews around 4 00 this afternoon. Well bring you that historic moment live on news 4 at 4 00 and stream it on the nbc washington app. President and mrs. Obama will greet the pope. From there,
We hit High Temperatures today of 95 degrees. But thats just the start of what could be one of the hottest streaks so far this year. Here at the live desk, were following developments in illinois where police are using everything they can to bring down three men suspected of killing an officer and stealing his gear. Helicopters in the air above fox lake, an area about an hour north of chicago. All investigators will say right now is theyre looking for two white men and a black man. Tonight a memorial is growing outside the police department. People have been coming by to leave messages and other mementos outside the station. Lieutenant Charles Gliniewicz was married with four sons. He was just about to retire. He was chasing the men this morning when he radioed in for backup. Another officer rushed to the scene, but when he got there, the lieutenant had already been shot. The suspects got away with his gun and some of his other gear. Now officials had locked down a local high school. B
News in a high profile murder and the victims mother will be in washington tomorrow as a guest of the president. Our next storm system and chance for snow. The latest data coming up right now. Plus papal predictions. Who could rise into the top spot in the Catholic Church and who locals would like to see. First tonight a father speaks about the death of his baby girl. The person arrested for killing her is her 14yearold brother. It is a heart breaking case worked by the top prosecutors. Reporter that father will have to lay to rest his only daughter this wednesday as the disturbing details of what happened here in this apartment complex begin to unfold. In an exclusive interview this man who will identify only as mr. Sanchez tells me he took these pictures of his daughter the day before she died. Never thinking it would be the last time hed ever hold her again. Last friday, sanchez says he arrived at 7monthold larisas mothers home toting toys for his baby girl. [ speaking in other lang
Good morning. Im mara schiavocampo. Weve got two major stories this morning. President obama is telling supporters he needs their help to make the changes he proposed in his state of the union address. Republicans say they oppose higher spending and tax increases. But first, the latest from california on what may be the fiery end to the huge manhunt for accused cop killer Christopher Dorner. Nbcs tony chen is in big bear with the latest. Tony, good morning. Reporter morning, mara. Good morning, everyone. Let me tell you the last 20, 21 hours have been absolutely incredible. I want to give you the latest information. We just got this within about the last hour, hour and a half. That that cabin that was burning that Christopher Dorner was believed to have been holed up. Investigators just recently went in there and they have found human remains. At this point, they will not verify if these remains are that of Christopher Dorner, 33yearold, exlapd Police Officer who apparently started thi