Week for parts of texas. Monday and ice storm knocked out power to thousands of homes, caused hundreds of traffic accides and prompted more than 1,500 flight cancellation theres. U can see the storm on radar right now. Its still a long way frt could cause us problems tomo morning. Storm team 4 meteorologist chuck be is in the Weather Center with the latest on the timing for the storm. Good morning. Good morning, barbara. Winter weather advisories go into effect late this evening for southern maryland, Northern Neck of virginia fredericksburg d points sou of us. Those advisories may be expanded up to include pards of the metro area. Watching thi carefully. For now though cloudy and still cold outside. Theres the advisories that include st. Marys county spotsal vaini county. No advisories as of yet here in the metro area. Periods of snow arriving between 2 00 and 5 00 tomorrow morning. Predawn and more snow farther south of the d. C. Metro. That doesnt mean we couldnt e snow here in town. Could get one to maybe much as two inches of snow in and around washington. One to two maybe four inches down to the south. Again, where advisories are for now. Wh all the snow is say cross parts of little rock, arkansas shrevepo louisiana, all the cold air and moisture coming in our direction. For now temperatures just above the free mark. Chilly today. Temperatur up into the upper 30s, near 40 for a brief time this afternoon and drop down below freezing this evening. The reason snow chances are on the up and up for tomorrow. Before i see you next detail snowfa amoun carefully. Chuck, thank you. Were staying on top of a develo story now and learni how a state depard accused of trying to h sex with a minor. News 4 Megan Mcgrath live at the Fairfax CountyDetention Center wi more on the undercover operatio megan what can you tell us . Reporte daniel rosen curreny in Police Custody in washin thats where he was arrested at his home in northwest. But when she extradited hell be brought here to the Fairfax County adult Detention Center of where he will fise a charge of trying to elicit sex with a minor. Police list dl rosens job as director of counterterrori for the state department. He was arrested without incident on tuesday afternoon. Now, we visited the Fairfax CountyChild Exploitation unit this mornin this is the unit responsible for the undercover work in this case. D this is the video you see of their offices. Were told that one of the detect with the unit first had contact with rosen several months ago online. Gue with the undercov detective was on and off, not daily, and continued until they had enough evidence to move in and make an arrest. The commander of the child exploi unit says the scenario tha played out was very similar to what happens i. This case played out as a typical case. Where ultimately in these cases our detectives are pretending to be little boys and girls, or te they allo to talk about they want to teach the kid to do. And once that become as violatio beyond a reasonable doubt you know somebody doing resear for a College Paper or somethg like that then we go ahead and do what we can to make the arrest. Thats what ha repor now in a Statement Issued by the state department on tuesday, a spokesperson says the department is aware that an employ has been arrested and charged, but because of personl and privacy issues they cannot identify that their security clearan will be suspend and put on admini leave pending the outcome of a judicial proceedi. Reg live in fairfax, Megan Mcgrath news 4. Thank you. Right now the mayor, the d. C. Council, and several city leaders are in washington working to determine what to do about the law that legalizes pot. The measure is set to take effect at one minute after midnight tonigh that happens, the House Oversight com says the mayor could go to jail. Some members of congress roomed against d. C using any money to enforce the law, causing these irishs now. Well break down what the law means for you coming up in the next half hour and let you know on all platforms as soon as the this just in montgome county police tell us they arrest add man for the murder of a 95yearold man inside a Senior Living facility. 60yearol eric dyson killed 95yeard dan long belvin. Was found dead in his apartmt at the Randolph Village compl in silver spring. Say the two men were neighbor the secreta of homeland securi made a big pitch this morning to get lawmakers to fund before the money runs out. Following that from the live desk. Angie . Hi barbara. Yes. Frustrat s jeh johnson turning to the private sector to on lawmakers pointing out whats at stake if a deal isnt reached by friday is pretty big. In these challenging t about te isil al qaeda in the arabian peninsa a so forth, were e midst of harsh weather, it is even absurd to be having this conversaon is even absurd td a very very large part of my workw paying o repor bec he says if the shutdown happens about 30,000 will be furloughed. Up to 80 have to work without pay starting saturday. Contracts won be paid and disast relief halting and the list goes on. Despite the threat, johnson will remain optimistic that a deal will be reached. Well see. Barbara . Thanks angie. In the past hour we have also hea from speaker of the house john boehner on funding for the department of Homeland Security. D in just a few minutes well have more on where both sides of this debate stand at this hour. And new this morning, were workin find out the conditn of a man shot bike a Charles County sheriffs deputy. The shooting happened just before 11 30 last night at a home on waldorf saying deputy responded to a call about a man threatg a woman with a gun. When the man walked outside an officer shot him. Investigs found the gun on the scene. Next week is national telework week. Launching a telehub sav to figure how much you could save working from home. On average, if you live in d. C. And telework save more than 14,000 a year. The most savings nationwide. Pe who live in maryland can save more than 11,000 a year by telework so are you teleworking right now . I posted the results of this su obn my facebook page. Search bd let know how much you save or think you save working from home. Today the Supreme Court is hearing a case that puts the hiring practic of a popular apparel sto in question. Plus new information on ground planes. What southwest is doing get planes that were overdue for. And legalizing marijuana in the district of columbia. Wh it means for people who live and work here. Stay with us. Today the Supreme Court is hearing an employment discri case involving a muslim woman and abercrombie fitch. E woman shez was turned down for a job in 2008 because she showed up at her Job Interview wearina b headscarf. The case explores when an employer mus take steps to accommod the religious beliefs of a worker or a job applican abercromh since changed its policy on headscarfs and settling similar lawsuits elsewher ts mor we are hearing from the mother whose son was shot and killed along with american sniper chris kyle. A jury convicted eddie routh of murderg chris kyle and chad littlefid at a gun range in texas. Chris kyles autobiogr was turned into a hit movie america ch littlefield waited to talk about their son to help their case. Look out for us because we t because we didnt want to jeopardize e so now it we wantno talk about our prec littlefields mother says during a change of venue request, they had to remind the court that two people were killed that night. Not many people knew their son chad and she says that George Zimmerman will not be going back to court for killing trayvo thr years ago. The u. S. Just it department now says theres not justify eviden to sue him in a civil rights case. Attorney eric holder said the department was considerg civil charges after the killing happened in 2012. Zimmerman was found not guilt any a criminal case unique rs ago. N showing his next move. Why the speaker of the house is in a wait and see mode as a deadli approaches th could end with 30,000 government workers furloughed. Plus the recordbreaking snow in the boston area hits a whole new level, and one man and im storm team 4 meteort chuck bell. A little sno sti on the ground in northwest washington and a little bit more snow on the way, but just to get your thursd morning started. An updated snow forecast map coming u right now crews at southweso complete overdue safety inspections on its planes. The airline made a deal with the faa to keep some planes in the air whe it finishes up this work. Ne 4 Richard Jordan is here with what the problems are. Richard, whas going on . Repor barbara, 128 planes grounded. Th is 20 of the southwest fleet. Resultin all of those cancels and delays over the past two days. Southwest admits it did not inspect the rutter portions on those planes. The boeing 737s hydraulic system used to control the rut fer the main system fails was overlook. Sot says when the lapse was realized federal regulators immed notified and the planes pulled. One southwest flight passenger whose fligh was cancelled this morning. A text at 2 00 p. M. Saying my flight was cancelled. Immediaty g on the phone. I knew everybody else would wake up and do the same thing and booked me on an earlier fligh. Repor the faa agreed to allow Southwest Airlines to dplinting t planes that missed inspecti but the planes must be checked in the next five days. Its not the first time southwt failed to inspect planes. Backn 2009 the airline was fine for overlooking cracks in the fuselage. It was a 7. 5 million settlement that time. Thank you, richard. New today, take a look at this slid yoo showing nasa as knots venturing outside. A second walk in five days. Ad wk scheduled for march 1st. A developing story. Learning kidnappers of an americ missionary in nigeria are demanding a ransom of almost 300,000. The reve fill ib sorts sorties abduct at her work in nigeria. The kidnappers are probably crimins ratr tn terrorists because they only took sorter. The Extremist Group boko haram does not generally operate in that area. We have new information now on a story we first brought you on news 4 yesterday. Just before this frightening exn at a home in new jersey gas crews responded to reports of a leak in that area. The blast was caught on this police dashcam. It disintegrated the home. Decimated that is. Hundreds los power in the cold and 15 people injured, including o are in Critical Condition this morning. 75 people in the area had been evacuate before the blast, as workers tried federal investigators say they are trying to determine why a pickup truck driver drove on to the tracks and abandoned this truck causing this train crash in the ntsb says the truck was not stuck or bottomed out. The 54yearold driver found a mile from the crash site in oxnard california arrested on suspicn of hit and run. 30 people were hurt in yesterdas crash. At least four are in critical. Lets get you caught up on this developing story on capitol hill. Lawmakers he been using the depart of Homeland Security budget to leverage in a battle over immigration. Now senat republicans a separati the two issues and taking vote. New objections fr both senate democrs a House Republicans may stall that plan though. This comes as president obama heads to miami today for a town hall where he will press again for a solution. Congress only has until friday and then Homeland Security money runs out. For more on what happens next joined by a Political Writer for nbc news. Good mornin gg to you. House republicans just met and Speaker John Boehner had strong words afterwards for the republic senate. I dont know what the senates cap of passing and until i see what theyre going to pass no decisions been made on the house side. Does that mean the house wont pass the clean bill . We didnt lea a lot from what john boehner said today, said its up to the senates a wait and see mode. Boehner is facing a lot of pressu from inside his party. Under no circumstances allow the presidens executive actions on immigratn to go forward. They say the strategy put forward by se republicans, by Mitch Mcconnell to separate and dhs funding a cave to the white hoe and this is a constitu cri and they have to address it. So could we see senate vote anytime soon . It is possible. Most Senate Republicans seem to be in favor of Mitch Mcconnells strategy to separate the two votes and hold two separate votes, but the way the senate works if a single senator objects to the plan g they cant stop but can slow down the process and some Senate Republicans ag up very vocally about this and could drag it into saturday or sunday. A lighter moment in politics. This exchange between hillary n and the woman intervie so i interviewed president obama last week and im very eager to interview another thats good. All right. People are finding all kinds of ways of asking her, is she going to run or not. Was that one of the more clever ones . This i mean was a compel interview, that was done with Hillary Clint at this convenient in silicon valley. Hillary n littered the speech with comments that seemed to be pointing towards a presid run, but for her a lot of people around her have been say, including terry mcaulie clo to the clintons whats the hurry . The republicans are fighting amongst themselves in the headlines is there a benefit to hillary n jumping in and having a big target on her back the minute she announces . A good point. Well continue to watch. For the rest of the Political News Team check it out on firstrea marijuana will be legal in d. C. At this time tomorrow if everythi goe as planned. Will and will not be aloud. Plus the vatican doing control after the pope is accuses of breaking news for you now. Part of m street is closed because of a building fire. Well go straight to news 4s Zachary Kiesch joining us live from t scene. Whats happening out there right now . Barbara, heimeer at 31st and m street here in georgeto ste madden there. Steve madden right next to michael kors and it is in flames. Can see the fire ladders up there. An this is something that were just trying to pug tote now. I was actually able to find and employee of steve madden. This is virgil. Did you see when you walked into the office . How did this play out . I went into the basement. It was smoking. I went into the basement to check the furnace, we had a heating problem or something. There waes coming out. We got outside o were problems with heat in the past . In the past maybe a little smoke will come out of the furnace. Got it fixed. I thought. What time did this all happen . What time is it now . Happened around 9 50. Down to the basement sme smoke, see flames. Headed out. If i didnt see the flames wed proba still be in will. R unbelievable. Virgil employee at steve madden. Street closed as far as we can see east here. Hopes back up on wisconsin. The reporting live in northwest d. C. Zachary kiesch news 4. Thanks zach. And a showdown now over your right 20 smoke marijuana in the districtn yang tells us what you need to know for when the drug is set to become legal tonight marijua is set to become legal at one minute after midnight tonight provided the d. C. Council goes forward with its plans. Were watching the back and forth closely. The House OversightCommittee Says the mayor could go to jail if the law goes through. Congress prohibited the d. C. Council fro spending money on the law. So the council chose not to regula it saying that would let the law pass legally. Now mayor Muriel Bowser says the city will defend the will of the people. E representativ responded, though saying even in this scenario s would be in willful violation of the law. If it does go through, heres need to know about it. You can have up to 2 ounces of marijua and even grow it up 200, up to sexx plants a share it as well. However, can not sell the drug to anyone or use it public at all. No public use and also still totally illegal on federal land which makes up more than a. Right now police in paris are on alert after a drone was spotted flying over city planned mark ps whats being done to track down a mystery drone in a city already on edge. Plus we to you about the snow arriving early tomorrow. Should be quickly out of the area. Storm team 4 meteorologi chuck be will bring us up to da right now the city of boston hit a big weather mileston more than 100 inches of snow havelen on boston this winter. Y know boston has been pummel by several storms in recent weeks, and in a unique twist a man in northern massacs is now selling snow to people out of state. Creating shipped snow. For 89 hell pack up and ship you six pounds of snow. Not sure anybody around here wants to buy any since we have more coming our way. I guess you could ship it. Couldnt you . Packed tightly enough . He estimates enough for 15 snowball wow. Pretty good. Yeah. Plenty to sell up there. I know. We have our own. Still have free snow outside for more. Free to use snow coming on the way for tomorrow morning. Doesnt look like a big storm but its the timing of the snee that could impact your thursday commute rathe substantially. Outside now its becoming mostly cloud pip a little sunshine earlie now fading away behind a veil of clkoud cor promising to thicken thr the day. Wakeup temperatures, on e cold side. Believe it or not, another record low temperature fell at dulles airpo this morning, down to 6 degrees. That makes ten cold weather records this month alone at dulles airport. A crazy, cold month. Weather impa on the remainder of your day, relatively low. The suns