Announcer news4 midday starts now. Im barbara harrison. Im eun yang. Everybody is getting ready for changes. The cold arrives first. Saturday, we could see a mix of ice and snow. Road crews are getting ready. Ddot has already started antiicing treatments. More from storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. Hi, tom. Only hours away now. A live view on capitol hill. Were basking in sunshine. Enjoy this while you can. Big changes are on the way. Temperatures already up to 44 at reagan national, low to mid40s around the chesapeake bay. Its hovering in the low 40s as well in the shenandoah valley. The cold air is still pretty far away from us. It will begin to move in. Hour by hour temperatures for the rest of the afternoon, well be hovering in the mid to briefly upper 40s by 3 00. Then it starts to drop by, by 6 00 back do then by dawn tomorrow, well be down into the 20s with windchills near 10 degrees. Ive got the timing for snow for the weekend. Thats coming up in a few minutes. All right,
Look at the preparations. The Task Force National capital region. Master Sergeant Aaron lovely introducing reporters to a giant 60 by 40 foot map used to stage inaugural practice to guide logistics for 15,000 military personnel. New on the map this year, the new trump hotel at 12th and pennsylvania. Yet another site that could see protests. Clearly at this point the biggest concern are the number of potential protesters. Reporter the military personnel dont do police work but can if asked. Back up to secret service, d. C. Police and other Law Enforcement. If something goes bad, its up to the Law Enforcement agency to make the first move, if you will. And only if needed will they call on the national guard. Reporter none of the milton the street will be armed. Their job is crowd control and ceremonial events. We try to instill in them historical significance of this peaceful transfer of power in our democracy. And it represents to our country and really to the entire world. Reporter nea
Tonight, with extensive fog the hills. Clearer skies are times. Eastern scotland and North Eastern england, touch of frost here. But temperatures mostly above freezing. Another fairly temperatures mostly above freezing. Anotherfairly dull temperatures mostly above freezing. Another fairly dull day. Extensive low cloud and craig first thing in the morning, patchy rain and drizzle. A Few Cloud Breaks East of wales, north east england, east of scotland, but for most, stick with the cloud. Wetter in Western Scotla nd the cloud. Wetter in Western Scotland later on. But once again, temperatures above where they should be for the time of year. As for the weekend, prepare forsomething be for the time of year. As for the weekend, prepare for something more winds to re. All in all, it turns colder. Not quite as cold and snowy as Eastern Europe but some of you may see some snow by thursday. See you in half an hour. Hello, this is bbc news with nicholas owen. The headlines at 8. 30pm. Labour has a