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WRC News4 At 6 February 27, 2015

Executive amnesty. In a showdown house vote 51 republicans said no to their speaker and the threeweek plan failed worrying gop moderates. The biggest danger is if somehow dhs closes and we have some sort of terrorist incident and then people blame the republican party. Reporter democrats are already calling republicans reckless. You dont like an executive order, oppose it. Do not undermine the safety of the american people. Reporter but a dhs disruption now looks inevitable. Speaker boehner told house members to stay in town. Senators are still around. But what they can or will do before or after midnight remains unclear. Im Steve Handelsman news4. Meet the press Moderator Chuck Todd zwroins s joins us to explain. What does this mean . Its not midnight let yet. I think the house leaders have said prepare for more votes tonight. They dont have a plan c, though. Plan a was to try to jam the president , that didnt work and jam the senate. Plan b was the threeweek extension, which i unld what boehner was trying to do buy time to find out what are the courts going to say about the executive action. You would think that he would get the trust of enough members of his own so not to get that is embarrassing. It is. House democrats are being gleeful and said were not helping you, good luck buddy. Two things could happen. They could bring the same threeweek extension at 11 55 tonight and you suddenly see 20 more democrats say, okay well pass this now, and then fight you harder in three weeks. Or does boehner totally cave and put up the senate bill which would be almost all democrats with a handful of republicans. The problem for baner is fe this does that tonight, i think his own job could be in jeopardy and thats why hes been trying to walk this line. Everybody says i cant believe he cant control these 50 guys. You know what he could find himself out of a job. Thats why this is so much tougher. That is very important to them up there. Do you think theyre going on the messing with the d. C. Marijuana legislation . Do you think thats now going to just kind of go away . Funny you say this. I think they have to be very careful, the Congressional Republicans, because here in the first 60 days theyre being known for what theyre being against, not for what theyre for. So theyre trying to stop this the president on this with Homeland Security. Theyre personally attacking the mayor over marijuana. Look at loretta lynch, cant get her confirmation done in the senate. I think there is a new Congressional Republican majority here taking over Congress Needs to be careful. Theyve wanted to shake the obstructionist label. Theyre not doing a good job of it yet. They have cpac up the street. Which is another problem for boehner because you have a bunch of activists who are, like go get the president , dont capitulate dont surrender. I think thats why he cant bring that clean bill up tonight. Interesting. All this drama. All this drama. We like weekend drama on meet the press. Yes, you do. We like weekend drama. Late live and local. Right here. A lot to talk about on sunday, so tune in. Today mayor Muriel Bowser says shes done all she can on the districts new marijuana law. But opposition could still take a toll on d. C. s budget. Some lawmakers say the new pot law violates federal law and they could reduce the amount of federal funds that flow into the district. At this point mayor bowser says she has to work with the city council to clarify the rules for marijuana specifically when it comes to private clubs. This law takes effect just in time for an event this weekend focused on marijuana. A group called Comfytree Cannabis Academy is hosting a conference at the holiday inn near the capitol on c street southwest teaching people to grow pot safely and navigate some of the marijuana taxes and policy. It kicks off tomorrow morning and runs through sunday. We may have to get to another bit of Winter Weather before we get to folic in the warmth, right, doug . Theres that word frolic. I tell you, were all going to be doing that come wednesday when temperatures get over 60 degrees in parts of the area. Tonight, though a very cold night. Talking 60 wednesday, talking 16 tonight. Look at these numbers. 32 in d. C. But only 16 in elkins 15 in pittsburgh, 25 in hagerstown. Some very cold air moving back into the area as we move through the night tonight. Most of us will be into the low teens tonight. If youre heading out downtown yeah this is one place youll need a coat, youll need it everywhere. Cold cold cold down to 24 degrees by 11 00. Well talk about how low temperatures go could be near records in parts of the area an a little about the warmup too. And developing tonight, in southeast d. C. Police looking for the person who shot a young boy. This was on naylor road near the d. C. Scholars charter school. News4s Jackie Bensen has learned that the boy could be as young as 14. We are working to learn if he was a student at that school and his condition. Tonight a man who raped a local college student. We put the sketch up on the nbc washington Facebook Page so you can help spread the news. She says he attacked her in an apartment complex in Silver Spring just off New Hampshire avenue. Police think the same man exposed himself to another woman nearby. He was last seen wearing a black puffy jacket with pockets on the sleeve dark jeans or sweat pants and black sneakers. This is a case that left a huge hole in so many hearts and it cast a shadow over the districts largest homeless shelter. This week marks one year since the disappearance of a little girl ralisha rudd. A vigil is planned for her on sunday at 2 00 in the afternoon at the mt. Per ron Baptist Church on k street in southeast d. C. She was last seen in february of 2014 with khalil tatum, a former janitor at the d. C. General swlerlt rudd had been living with her mother. Police believe tatum shot and killed his wife before he killed himself just weeks after rudds disappearance. A Senior State Department official is a free man tonight despite being charged with soliciting a child for sex online. Daniel rosen spent three days in jail first in the district, then in Fairfax County where hes been charged. Northern Virginia Bureau chief julie carey was in court and had the first chance to ask him about the case against him. Reporter with the help of his bail bondsman he tried to avoid our camera today. He was released from jail directly into the courthouse but we caught up with him as he left to get into a waiting car. He remained silent as he left the county courthouse. A bail bondsman and his attorney at his side. He was arrested at his d. C. Home on tuesday, extradited to Fairfax County jail thursday. We picked up the arrest warrant that shows hes charged with computer solicitation of a child. Police say rosen was actually communicating with an undercover officer poezing as a girl. Rosen declined to answer my questions about the case. Mr. Rosen, what do you have to say about the charges . He briefly showed his frustration holding up paper to block our lens. Earlier before appearing before a judge, rosens attorney asked for bond saying his client has been in the area two decades, married for eight years and has Strong Community ties. His wife was in the courtroom watching. Prosecutors wanted the judge to wait till monday to set bond but the judge set it at 25,000. There are also conditions. Rosen surrendered his two passports. He may not have contact with minors and he cannot use computers. His highprofile defense attorney told news4, were pleased the judge under the presumption of innocence gave him the benefit of the doubt. He deserves it. Earlier this week a state Department Spokesman says rosens security clearance had been suspended and he was placed on administrative leave but his attorney assured the judge rosen will be able to continue to do state Department Work while he awaits trial. I. E. Mailed a state department spokeswo that conflicting information. She said she is still doublecheck bug does not believe daniel rosen will be working for the state department while he awaits trial. Hes tu back in the courthouse on may 4th for a preliminary hearing. Julie carey, news4. Our transportation reporter adam tuss broke some news earlier today about the search for a new general manager of metro. Adam reported that all three finalists dropped out of consideration after ininquiries were made by news4 about the hiring process. Now metro has to start that search all over again and there are conflicting reports as to why. Sources tell news4 that officials from the district rr not happy with the three candidates. Other sources say the three finalists for that position did not want their current employers to know they were applying for these jobs. Metro released a same saying it wants to ensure it identifies the right candidate. The assistant general manager for bus service jack requa is serving as interim gm and ceo. Now that the isis executioner has been publicly unmasked a british man, Mohammed Emwazi there are new questions about how he got to syria to join isis. Emwazi was wellknown to British Intelligence services on their radar since 2009. Prime minister David Cameron defended British Security Services Today and said they do an impressive job but he didnt mention emwazi by name. Nbcs keir simmons has new developments from london on nbc nightly news after this broadcast. First at 6 00 support is pouring in for a local mosque that has been vand lilted twice in a matter of days as the investigation picks up momentum. Is Montgomery County going to get out of the liquor business . New tonight, the options that the county is considering after a news4 iteam investigation. And he may be a president ial frontrunner but jeb bush got a mix of boos and cheers today. Jeb bush at the Political Action conference. For the first time emerging as a front runner for the republican president ial nomination he had a chance to defend his record which some say isnt conservative enough. He specifically addressed his support for a pass to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. There is no plan to deport 11 million people. We should give them a path to legal status where they work where they dont receive government benefits where they dont break the law, where they learn english and where they make a contribution to our society. Several other big names took to the stage toding marco rubio, rand paul and rick perry. Montgomery county is launching head sfwooirs possibly deregulating alcohol sales for the first time in nearly 80 years. Today the county council met in a special committee news4 iteam investigation found some Serious Problems inside the countys department of liquor control. Tisha thompson was there and shows you why change is coming to the countys alcohol business. Reporter Montgomery County councilman hans reamer created the Ad Hoc Committee because he says the government should no longer control the sale of every bottle of alcohol to county restaurants and stores. Were the only county in maryland and i believe the only local government in america that has a monopoly on wholesale. Reporter the committee was created to decide the future of liquor control including complete le deregulating sales or only controlling the sales of hard liquor. This is the first time the agencys director George Griffin has spoken publicly since our investigation, which caught employees drinking on the job and accusations of internal theft from beer trucks. Were not sitting here saying everythings great, dont change a thing. Quite the opposite. Reporter griffin proposed giving his agency even more control over employee hiring and major financial decisions. I do think if youre going to operate a business, which the liquor control is you have to operate it like a business and i dont think were there at the point of really operating it truly. Reporter everyone on the xhit committee was concerned about a Council Report which found 61 of restaurants and stores surveyed said liquor control isnt giving them what they need to stay in business. Restaurants have been and remain so terribly unhappy with the quality of service they get. Im sure you are aware. I had a restaurant own erer i think about seven days i ordered 45 cases of wine. I got five. Reporter theyre also worried people are going to surrounding counties who dont regulate sales to get their alcohol. They are actually voting if you will with their feet. They are purchasing product elsewhere. Reporter if deregulation happens both sides agree it will be a very complicated process involving changing state laws possibly laying off county employees and potentially hiking taxes. Next week the Committee Plans to look at some of the Security Problems we exposed in our investigation. We will be there and keep you posted on what happens. Tisha thompson news4 iteam. If you see something that news4 needs to investigate, the iteam wants to hear from you. 2028854444 or email us at tips at news4iteam. Com. Another rough weekend for travelers. Dallasft. Worth, police blamed slick conditions for this mess further north a pileup that involved 40 cars and trucks. Hundreds of flights out of dallas have been canceled or delayed causing a Ripple Effect for air travel nationwide. If youre heading out of town check your flight ta sta us the. That Winter Weather advisory is going to last through tomorrow night. The south is just getting it. Yeah. The south really its like a ribbon from denver towards the south towards texas and right across our area as a matter of fact. Weve got a chance that same storm could come here during the day on sunday. Thats what were watching. Tomorrow we have nothing except for more cold air and tonight will be a cold night. Thats a beautiful shot. Look at that. Amazing shot in the Washington Monument the bridges crossing over the icy potomac river. Lit not stay icy much longer. Thats some good news. 32 degrees the current number, but look at the windchill, down to 23 right now. A very cold night. If youre going out and about, especially into the city with the wind going through the buildings, it will be chilly. 27 gaithersburg and baltimore, 33 fredericksburg luray at 32 degrees. Look back to the west. This is where the cold air is coming from. Cumberland at 23 petersburg West Virginia at 24. That cold air moving in. Look where we are tomorrow morning, 18 in d. C. 11 in manassas 13 in leesburg 12 in gaithersburg the record tonight at dulles is 10 degrees and we could come close to that maybe tying or breaking that record if we get just cold enough. Another cold one, the outdoor impact forecast tomorrow 7 00 a. M. Cold. Wait until 9 00 or 10 00 for jogging. 24 by 11 00, 32 degrees by 3 00. We are talking a little bit of wind tomorrow too, so windchill may be a factor. Nothing on the radar. Well stay on the dry side. Look where were talking act back towards dallas. More snow. Look more snow down around dallas today, more snow into oklahoma arkansas places that dont normally see it. Memphis is going to see some of that snow. That system will move to the east and as it does it will pick up a little more moisture and i think sunday could be a little bit of a problem in some areas. Future weather, 8 00 a. M. Tomorrow just cold. All day tomorrow just cold. Thats all were going to see p with more cloud cover throughout parts of the day. A little bit of sunshine but the cold weather will dominate. On sunday sh around 3 00 a. M. Notice the snow back to the west trying to move the here. This may start as snow in many areas. Around 7 00 a. M. You can see that snow. Its not widespread. Its not heavy. This is not going to be a big storm. We could see more snow and maybe some ice early on sunday before switching over to some rain. It just depends on right now how these models will continue to handle this situation. I do think we could see a little bit more than this during the day on sunday. So stay tuned. Bile on again tonight at 11 00 with some of the latest computer models chuck bell tomorrow morning. High temperatures tomorrow 30 in gaithersburg, 32 in la plata, 34 degrees down towards fredericksburg. A cold afternoon. Your impact forecast tomorrow on the low side just because of that colder air. Next couple days 40 degrees on sunday with that ice possible early, 41 on monday and then a mix switching to rain on tuesday with a High Temperature of 40 degrees. And then we get into some warmer temperatures. I told you the ice on the potomac may go byebye and this is why. 43 on monday and we stay above 40 all next week. How about, that staying above 40 still 10 degrees below average but 62 isle take that any day. Right now on nbc washington Facebook Page weve got information on a local tribute to leonard nimoy. How the president , eve nan is a reacting to his death. And what it took for firefighters to rescue this dog from the frozen waters of a local pond. Tonight theyre im jim handly at the news4 live desk. A sendoff for outgoing attorney general rick holder. The president was onnon hand today. The portrait was unveiled at the department of justice as the first africanamerican to hold the job, holder hoped to make civil and Voting Rights a part of his legacy. President obama just spoke at the ceremony and thanked him for his service. With him as americas lawyer weve become a better country, which means say googd bye is bittersweet. You have done a remarkable job. Its hard to let you go. I tried to t

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