Team 4. We want to update you on the latest closures and delays. In fogg Montgomery County. That includes Montgomery College will open at noon. Charles county department of recreation, and tourism canceled activities. A good day to have the app and have the latest list of the closures. Welcome back to news4 today imism david cull remember. Im meagan fitzgerald. A wet start to the day. There are some locations who might be able to see ice. Tom, youre monitoring that for us, right . Hes outside too. The Storm Team Weather deck in continually town. You can track the radar on the nbc washington app. We have light rain falling in northwest washington now. Thats pretty much the story around the region. Its light rain. A cold rain it is. The temperatures in the mid30s. The metro area from the west headed east. The blue line in the upper right of the screen. The cold air aloft it located. There is wet snow in northeastern maryland. Another surge of rain into the ohio valley from the west is moving in later this afternoon. Between now and then, were going to stay with wet roads. Noon, 3 00 p. M. , 6 00 p. M. Into the evening. Road temperatures are above freezing. Theyll stay just wet. That includes areas that may get sleet and wet snow north and west of it. Thats going to be later in the afternoon and into the evening hours. Shenandoah valley. Panhandle of West Virginia. Western maryland, it is at or below freezing. Including frederick, hagerstown. Martinsburg, in the mid30s. New hour by hour timing in a bit. Well checn thanks very much. On the roads, depending where you travel. You may run into some of this weather tom was talking about. Storm team 4 Lauren Ricketts is live with the drive camera. Lauren, how is it looking out there . Reporter we just passed over the bridge from leesburg into maryland, thats where tom was saying that temperature is below 32. Weve seen a lot of trucks out here getting ahead of this storm. I really think thats the name of of the game. We started to down play it yesterday. Even coming up to a stoplight now. Not a lot of ice on the roadways even though it is hitting our windshield. Were getting a little bit of freezing rain. Since the road temperatures are above that freezing mark, they got ahead of this storm as they were treating roads yesterday. Really not that bad. As we continue through the afternoon, of course, well have to watch the road temperatures closely. This event will continue throughout the day. There could be a few problems spot through maryland where sleet at this point. Of course, download the nbc washington app how im keeping updated with where were seeing freezing rain and wet snow. For the most part, especially through virginia, just plain rain. Well continue in Frederick County, maryland, well let you know whats happening up there in 30 minutes. Guys . Thanks, lauren. As theyve showed us, around here its not that bad. Weve got to show you the damage caused by a wild storm crossing the country. Ice is coating power lines and trees. Cars just going right off the roadways. Nbcs blake mccoy has more on the dangerous storm. Hes in st. Louis. Reporter hello from st. Louis as we begin day two of this threeday ice storm. You can see the ice forming here on bushes. Were seeing similar things around trees in st. Louis. The big concern, of course, is all of this ice, as it builds up, its so heavy that it can topple trees and power lines. The biggest impacts so far has been on numerous slideoffs reported from oklahoma into missouri and kansas near wichita overnight. There was a 20car pileup as a result of slick roads. So going forward, the roads are the big concern and then of course, this ice buildup and the potential damage that can cause. For st. Louis where i am, the major ice threat has moved out. Its moving into oklahoma and kansas. You can still see clouds lingering here on the gateway arch. Were not expecting much more ice in st. Louis. That threat is shifting west as the afternoon progresses. Guys, back to you. Blake mccoy in st. Louis. If you want to track what the local weather has in store for us, the nbc washington app keeping you updated all day. Going to politics. A lot of work lying ahead for republicans. They took major steps to repeal the Affordable Care act. The Senate Passed it on thursday. The tricky part now is finding ut anything at all. 20 Million People currently receive Health Coverage through the 2010 law. The Affordable Care act has been president obamas signature bill and something hes proud of. If you missed it, the president sat down for an exclusive interview with nbcs lester holt. He reflects on his eight years in office. He said the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School was the worst day of his presidency and says failing to do more about gun violence his greatest disappointment. This has to be a catalyst for some action by congress. I didnt expect that youd see some Huge Movement on gun safety legislation, but i thought, well, theyre going to have to make some effort. You can watch more of the interview on datelines website. President obama will hold his final press briefing at the white house on wednesday. Congressman consider trump a legitimate president. For that reason, hell skip the ceremony next friday. It will be the first inauguration hes missed since getting elected to congress 20 years ago. I dont see this president elect as a legitimate president. You do not consider him a legitimate president . Why is that . I think the russians participated in helping this man get elected. A short time ago dwup tweeting out about congressman lewis. He said he should spend more time on fixing and helping his district which is in horrible shape and falling apart rather than falsely complaining about the election results. We should tell you, you can watch chuck todds interview with congressman lewis tomorrow morning on nbc4. Your time 9 07 on this saturday. As you look at storm team 4 radar, a busy and c many of us seeing rain and sleet. The temperatures in your neighborhood is key. Well check in with tom. Watch out for slick spots on the roads this morning. Storm team 4 is keeping a close a mom and two children remain in critical condition. A lot of you saw this video. Katie malone and her two children survived but six children died. A father is grateful for the love and support theyve received. A go fund me page has already raised more than 200,000 for that family. Even though its not clear yet what caused the fire in baltimore, there are some things to keep in mind to protect your family. Potential dangers include space heaters and smoke detectors that dont work. Most of these fires occur in the middle of the night when people are asleep. They think theyre safe in their homes. When the smoke alarm goes off, you have a short window of time. The maryland state fire marshal says all families should make a safety plan and practice before a fire breaks out. Roads are wet and the temperature just above freezing. Tom is updating the forecast with how soon the sun will dry things out. Kitchen counter drawing to an audience of thousands. The unique badge d. C. Police will wear on Inauguration Day and the special tribute from the creator. Well be right back. We thweather alert. Temperatures are above freezing. Radar showing all of this passing from west to east. May stop a little bit by mid afternoon around more light rain. This is for the d. C. Metro area. Light rain through the rest of this saturday. But a cold rain nonetheless. Have an umbrella and a warm coat. I have timing and a look at Inauguration Day. Thats in a few minutes. Tom, well check in with you again. Speaking of Inauguration Day, who is putting mas the national mall. The tape covers the name don johns. Its a company in West Virginia supplying the toilets for the inauguration. A spokesperson for the company says that sometimes event organizers will ask them to cover the name but that was not the agreement they had for this inauguration. I think some of the question over that is Donald Trumps initials. Something theyre looking into. Well update you. If you look closely, you might notice something about d. C. Police officers uniforms. It happens every four years when a president is sworn in. The badge is special because of who designed it. A story youll see here on news 4. Kathy bannon has been married to a d. C. Police officer for 45 years. Her son has been on the force for 15 years. Its been by sometimes worry, especially nowadays. Its been hard. But its been good too. The Police Department has been good to us. Both kathys husband and son worked every inauguration since they joined the force and both will be working next friday wearing the badge kathy designed. Were very proud of her. The tradition started in 1981 with the swearing in of ronald reagan. Every inauguration since, d. C. Officers have worn an inaugural badge which they get to keep. When john saw a notice that the department was looking for designs, he urged kathy to give it a try. He said how much time do i have . He said i have to take it back tomorrow. It was literally a half a day to play with it. I didnt ask her if i didnt think she would. I didnt know shed do this good. Shes been an amateur artist since college. She does all her drawings at her kitchen counter. Thats where she put pencil to paper a than the past inaugural badges. All of his badges that ive looked at have been the capitol. I thought it would be different to put the white house and with the campaigns and all, they were all racing for that white house. Kathy wanted this badge to reflect the men and women of the metropolitan Police Department. She included a badge within the badge. The most important element is the badge. It represents our metropolitan police and what they go through each and every day with their families and my husk in the Police Department 44 years and i have another 15 years with my son, it means a lot. That was Mark Segraves reporting. When your wife asks for ice cream, you listen, right . Doesnt even matter if youre the next Vice President. Mike pence joking on twitter that when his wife wants ice cream, he gets ice cream. The Vice President elect tweeted out after the Washington Post reported that he was spotted in a neighborhood. The po says its not clear what kind of ice cream he picked up. You can bet theyre going to look into that. Mint chocolate chip is my guess. If youve had a scoop of custard after the the dairy godmother in delray. This might break your heart. The owner closing the store for winter break but has posted online she wont reopen this spring. In 2009, even president obama took his family there. They have a chair where he sat there. Davis says the business is for sale if you want to buy it. A local boy got to fulfill his dream to help protect and serve as he faces a tough battle. Elijah young became an honorary Prince Georges CountyPolice Officer yesterday morning. Hes 7 years old and battling stage 4 brain cancer. His mom said hes always wanted to be a Police Officer. Prince georges county office him the ropes. Just seeing him riding a motorcycle and seeing how being able to move about and be a child today, that means so much. Elijah got to meet the canines and checked out the squad cars and he even took a ride on the back of a motorcycle. Turning to sports now and bryce harper getting a raise. A big one. The Washington Nationals star set to make more than 13 million this season. Last year he only made 5 million bucks. His big payday coming after the 2018 season when he will become a free agent. The fourtime allstar is reportedly looking for a deal with the nats that would last ten years and total 400 million. Thats a nice little raise there. It sure is. A lot of folks hope to keep him here. Want him to stay in washington. Not baseball weather today, though. Not at all. Wet up, all of that. Back to you. There iis. You can see it behind us. A dreary start. It is cold rain, too. You need a warm coat along with the umbrella and rain boots. Not a lot of rain. Just enough to make everything wet. Our road temperatures are well above freezing. Radar showing this rain across Northern Virginia. The pink zone, our nearby suburbs. In d. C. , its all rain. But farther north and west in the pink zone, it is sleet. The blue line is the line where the colder air aloft is. That moisture crossing that and changes over to snow. They are getting some of that in delaware and northeastern maryland. More rain in West Virginia is coming in another few hours. Theres even more coming from the midwest in indiana and ohio. Thats arriving here this afternoon and into the evening hours. Temperatures above freezing in the metro area. Farther north and west, its at or below freezing. That may be causing icing on elevated surfaces there. Just immediate metro area staying in the upper 30s. 37 or so. 38 by Late Afternoon with light rain off and on. That continues into the evening hours. Weather advisory continues off to our north and west. This Winter Weather advisory until 6 00 p. M. It has been canceled for the metro area as the result of the possibility of some more icing there and maybe a little bit of sleet. Mainly rain. A little bit of sprinkles and drizzle. 3 00 more of the same. But then that next surge of rain from the midwest. That will be around 5 00 p. M. , continuing into the evening hours. Much of it is done by 11 00 tonight. Then we dry out after that. So some sleet and snow and rain in the blue zone, Northern Virginia, the metro area, much of maryland. Mainly all rain in the southern part of the Eastern Shore and virginia. Up to our west, a little sun back with a high near 50 for dr. King day. Mid50s tuesday, cloudy wednesday rain likely. Nice after that. Sunshine in the 50s on thursday. Inauguration day and into next week yechbld thats the way it looks tom, with that nice weather, you would head out for a run or a stroll on a popular spot. This morning, well tell you about the new warning from u. S. Park police after two armed robberies and well look into if its connected to a distu they need your help. Help them solve two armed robberies. They happened along a popular spot where people like to jog and bike. Near the georgetown waterfront. Most disturbing is what park Police Say One of the suspects was carrying. A leisurely stroll on the capitol crescent trail. Ray parker and enjoying this part of the park. Pretty, cool. I like it. Its a really nice place. When they found out what we were doing here. Thats wild. Where did he get a machine gun. You heard her. A machine gun. Thats what one of three suspects held to rob a victim last week. This past wednesday a second robbery. This time two suspects. Two men armed with a machine gun and handgun. Related. Two Police Detectives scoping out the area. At first looking closely around the potomac boat club. We noticed cameras. Did they capture anything . Police havent said. Instead, theyre hoping some of you o who use the trail saw something. Its a hef live traveled area. Its likely you saw something. Park police investigated several guns found in a violin case. The response shut down part of canal road. We con derd if it was related. They do not appear to be related. We met two gw students. This freshman was filled in on what happened. Its scare its going on in our neighborhood. Harris miller hadnt been here before and may delay a return visit. That was my first visit and probably my last for a little bit. Park police say that the victims were not hurt. Both theyre hoping though to catch them before things could escalate and we can say that park police gave us a description of the suspects and you can find that on it its a lot to put out there. Go through it if you travel that area and you want to see it. You can check it out on my twitter page. Its a wet start. You cant even look through the camera because its covered in drops. Tom is updating his forecast. How soon were expecting to dry out. An Early Morning homicide in glen mom, i just saved a lot of money on my Car Insurance by switching to geico. I should take a closer look at geico. You know, geico can help you save money on your Homeowners Insurance too . Great geico can help insure our mountain chalet how long have we been sawing this log . Um, one hundred and fourteen years. Man i thought my arm would be a lot more jacked by now. Im not even sure this is real wood. 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Be sure to keept nbc washington app close. Well keep pushing out the latest on the closures and delays. It will update you throughout the morning. W