His reputation. Hes asking for a jury trial and retraction. 4 31. Time for weather and traffic on the 1s. Relief is in sight. Chuck bell with weather and traffic on the 1s. Yes, eun. Finally, a little break in the cold after a couple of chilly mornings out there. Another bundler. Most neighborhoods in the teens this morning but without the wind chill to worry about. 100 sunshine. Next chance for rain shows up on friday. Well be talking a little bit more about that. The timing of it could maybe have a little bit of freezing rain threat this morning. Bigger rain threat issue on sunday for the playoff game. Right now it is a cold start. 14 in frederick, maryland. 9 in mart continuesburg, west virginia. If youre headed out for an Early Morning walk or jog, heavy jackets required as temperatures will stay in the teens and low 20s through 7 or 8 00 this morning. Should be up to the freezing mark as we get towards lunchtime today. Afternoon highs up close to the 40 degree mark in nose neighborhoo neighborhoods. More trouble for melissa mollet. Its hump day. Things should be getting easier. We have a couple of problems here around town. First of all, southeast, northbound southern avenue at suitland road, we have the northbound lanes blocked because of a crash. All traffic using southbound lanes. You are getting around it, its just a little bit slow. Big look at the beltway, inner loop and outer loop. 270 at clarksburg road. 121 looking quite good. One in done kirk andrew was talking about, 4 southbound still shut down. Sounds like the northbound lanes are fine and open. Olney, we have a crew to give us a break. Olney on mill road at islander street. See you in a couple of minutes with a live look at 66. 4 33 right now and new details today in a deadly accident involving a Montgomery County ride on bus and a 67yearold pedestrian. Police tell us that a woman died at the hospital last night. The bus hit her yesterday morning during rush hour on old george road. None of the four passengers on the bus was hurt. Now to a violent attack during the evening commute, this time on metro. An Agency Spokesperson tells us that someone fried to rob a passenger sleeping on a train. It was headed from Georgia Avenue to u street. He slashed a passenger in the ear when he refused to hand over his belongings. Prince gorges county fire investigators hope someone will recognize these two people. Take a look. Theyre suspected of starting a fire inside a metra train monday night. It was bound for the district leaving the addison road district to the capitol heights. Developing story in oregon where the occupation of a wildlife refuge enters the fifth day. This happens in eastern oeg high desert country. Tonight the sheriff will hold a meeting to answer questions. The groups leader says they are doing the same thing that rosa parks did during the civil rights movement. Standing up against bad laws that destroy freedom. The group wants the federal government to give up control of the refuge land. Assisting the people of harmony county and to get the farmer back to farming. I do not feel that my Community Wants these people here. The group has said it would leave if the community asked. That could happen at tonights meeting. It is now 4 35. Today a friend of the San Bernardino shooters accused of killing 14 people expects to be formally charged. Police say Enrique Marquez bought the two assault rifles used in the attacks. If convicted he could face up to 50 years in prison. 22 people were also injured in the attack back in december. A live look now at the capitol at 4 35 where members of congress return to work today. The house, the gop gearing up for several fights with president obama. First up, president obama is sending a message to congress with his executive order to tighten gun laws. Coming up, nbcs tracie potts will let us know how the gop plans to push back against that action. Republicans will also start the new year with a new effort to repeal the Affordable Care act and to defund planned parenthood. No break for prince gorges county lawmakers during their annual retreat. Today county Council Members will look at the rewriting of the countys zoning ordinance. This all according to bureau chief tracee wilkins. They should be in annapolis through friday. Virginia governor mcauliffe am should be on his way home from a trip to cuba. Mcauliffe says the agreement makes virginia a leader in trade relations with cuba. A firsthand demonstration in social media safety. D. C. Attorney general carl racine will launch social social media accounts for his office. Racine will be at Deal Middle School in northwest washington. Students are encouraged to walk them through best practices for a safe online practices. Who wants to be a millionaire . Just about everyone. You have time to buy a ticket for the powerball jackpot. You have a chance to win 450 million. Wouldnt that be nice . It will be the biggest lottery win in a year. Three winners shared more than 500,000 last february. With the big jackpot possibly coming tonight. We have a question for you. Would you rather win the powerball tonight or see the redskins win the super bowl next month . Hm. You can text or call with your answer. See, youre an easy answer because youre not a lifelong youre an easy answer, too. Im not going to say what the easy answer is but, come on. You can also reply on social media. Well have the results all day night. I do love the skins for the record. Yeah, we all do. Many of us. But i love 4 37. Going to be another cold one at the bus stop this morning. Another look at current temperatures. Well get them up for you. Chuck will do that and let you know if the kids shut plan on having recess inside or outside today. 4 41. Speaking of the kids getting off to school, when does getting to class late constitute an absence . And were learning about an incredible rescue in prince gorges county. The f should missing more than 20 of a school day count as a tardy instead of an absence . Yesterday the Council Approved a temporary extension of the proposal. The measure undoes the 80 20 rule which says High School Students are considered absent if they miss more than 20 of a day. Grosso tells the Washington Post it would reduce the number of students truant meaning fewer of them will be referred to court. 4 41 your time. Weather and traffic on the 1s. Not quite as cold as it was this time yesterday. Chuck, it will still be one of those days. If you dont like cold, this is another problematic morning. This is a chilly 10 degrees in manassas. 12 at dulles airport, 12 in gaithersburg. 18 in college park. By the bay, 23 in annapolis. Reagan national at 22. Kid does will need all the layers once again. Recess gets a b today. It will be filled with sunshine. Thats the up side. Still a little cold though. Temperatures just barely above freezing. Coming home temperature today right around 40 degrees. Look at the whole seven day forecast which includes the mention of rain drops and playoffs. Thats coming up in ten minutes. Heres melissa with traffic. We have a problem in olney. Water main break. Not sure how severe it is. Near belmont elementary school. Olney road at islander street is where this is. Ill let you know in the next couple of minutes. Northbound southern avenue at suitland road. Lanes blocked in the northbound lane all traffic using southbound lanes because of that crash there. In dunkirk 4 south shut down. 395 at seminary, have a report that we have the road work hanging around here. Only two left lanes getting by until an estimated 8 00 a. M. See you in a few minutes. Melissa, thank you. Just in to the live desk, were getting word that the office of the german chancellor has been evacuated. Apparently a suspicious package was viewed there. Angie goff has the information. The gloves come off at least in Donald Trumps developing now out of germany. The office of chancellor Angela Merkel is sealed off after a suspicious package was found from what were told an investigation is still underway there. Theyre looking at four plastic yellow postal crates. Now the chancellor is Still Holding a Cabinet Meeting that was scheduled. Shes just doing it in a nearby location. Aaron. Angie, thank you. 15 before the hour. Members in the house return to work with a long list of things to accomplish. First up, president obamas executive order designed to tighten gun laws. The gop says it will fight back against the president. Want to go to nbcs tracie potts now with more on the push back and some other issues on the agenda on todays session. Good morning. Reporter aaron, good morning. New gun restrictions the president wants to put in place where hes going to have a big fight with congress. Certainly that. Also, obamacare. Yeah, its coming up again. The 62nd vote in the house. The difference this time is that it looks like they have the senate on board and this could actually get to the president s desk. No way hed ever sign it. Democrats are saying its a moot point. Hes never going to sign it. They should move on. This is significant, stripping funding for planned parenthood. This is republicans, particularly the more conservative wing of the party. Democrats are pushing back against that, but it may all be futile because even if that lands on the president s desk, hes not signing off on repealing obamacare, hes not signing off on getting rid of millions of dollars of planned parenthood. It makes a statement as the president and Congress Gear up for not only a fight over gun control and the budget but the budget is coming up. Reaction is pouring in to the president s proposed gun law changes. News 4 spoke with local Police Chiefs to get their take. Here is Montgomery County chief tom minianger. I will tell you that the nations Police Chiefs do believe these are longneeded steps that put us in the right direction to reduce gun violence and in fact keep our community safer. Hes president of the Police Chiefs association. Hes added he does not think this will prevent all gun violence. Unique perspective says gun users need to be mentally prepared for the legal consequences of firing their weapon. Research kant out from mount st. Marys university in emmitsburg, maryland. If they want to carry a gun for selfdefense must pass Certified Training programs. Now to decision 2016 at 4 48. Republican president ial frontrunner donald trump is not backing off his attacks against the clintons. Trump continues to take aim at former president bill clinton. In an interview on msnbcs morning joe trump said that Hillary Clinton is running for president so her husband is fair game. It is absurd that he says i have an inclination. When she said that, your husband is campaigning, its open season. Earlier this week he called the former president a woman abuser. On the campaign trail, Hillary Clinton said she refuses to engage with trump. She refused to answer a question about trumps recent attack. She said, quote, i have a new years resolution. I will not respond to his personal attacks. As for the rest of the president ial hopefuls, marco rubio, ben carson and ted cruz are hitting the campaign trail hard in iowa. Rubio and carson will hold town Hall Meetings in iowa. Cruz is on a six day tour of iowa. If you live in the district, you could be asked to take a poll this week. The Higher Ground pac is asking residents which city officials they favor and which they dont. Its not directly linked to it is directly it is not directly linked to former mayor vincent gray but some of his supporters are helping to fund it. Gray to use the information to decide who to run against in an upcoming election. Overdose death could hit an all time high. They have a new weapon in attacking that. The new weapon is naloxone. Theyll receive training to administer the drug. In Fairfax County residents also have the chance to become overdose lifesavers by getting the same training. Many of those attending the classes have seen a Family Member overdose. This is a great tling for Family Members. It gives them something they can do, they dont quite feel so helpless. In Loudoun County its being started with deputies who arrive on scene before other emergency responders. D. C. Businesses and homeowners in high crime areas can receive rebates for installing security cameras. The dc Council Passed new legislation for cameras in high crime areas. Homeowners, businesses and nonprofits could be eligible for 700 to get the cameras. Both the council and the mayor say it will help deter and solve crimes. If you bring any visitors to the National Mall over the next couple of months, you may see an empty reflecting pool. Theyll start to drain that on friday. Theyre giving the pool its annual maintenance and cleaning. The job could take up to 60 days. People dont think about that, you have to clean it all out. You have to clean any pool. Right . Need to get the thing with the hose, put it down there. Park service, i cant imagine the things they see people put in the water. I cant you know. Remind everybody, if anybody thats visiting our fair city this time, dont be flipping coins, especially into the world war ii memorial. That clogs up the filters to keep the thing going. It looks like litter because they have to clean it out of there. Yesterday down along the National Mall walking the dogs out there. Still water in the pool yesterday. I was not going for any swims. No siree, bob. Too shallow and too cold. Teens to greet you outside the door this morning. Thats the bad part of the forecast. Teens to start. The good part, all sunshine. The best part, not much of a breeze. That wind was tough stuff to deal with yesterday. And yesterday was a very cold day, you know that. It was 11 degrees colder than average yesterday. Thats our coldest day when compared to average since october the 18th. Thats how mild our pattern was all the way through november and, of course, that crazy warm december. Right now though were back to the cold. 9 in martinsburg, 10 in manassas, 22 now in washington. Hourly temperatures, teens and 20s through 7 or 8 00 this morning. Should be near freezing by 11 00 a. M. And near 40 degrees with highs today with plenty of sunshine. Nothing on storm team 4 radar today. Traveling north to boston or south to atlanta, no problems for you at all. A couple of problems in southern florida. Sunshine delays, thats all we have for local conditions. Dry within 500 miles. As long as your plane isnt going to or coming from the west coast, you probably dont have much to worry about. For tomorrow, another relatively nice day. We will get a little bit of sunshine in the front part of the day. Clouds will start to gradually fill our skies in the afternoon. That will lead us to our next rain chance which comes into the day on friday. Another coming up at 5 01, the friday rain chance it looks for now the rain will wait until after lunch. If the rain drops get here a little bit earlier we may have a freezing rain threat. 5 01, the best chance for rain comes up on playoff day for the packers and the redskins. Take a look at the northbound southern avenue at suitland road in the southeast, the north bound lanes are blocked. The southbound lanes are taking twoway traffic. Update for you, just got that one in for a couple of seconds ago, dunkirk, 4 south was closed. All lanes are now open. We dont have to worry about that as far as road closures now this morning. Olney mill road in olney, islander street near belmont elementary has that water main break. Have a crew on the way out there to see how bad that is and what might be blocked. 66 here at compton road, dont have any problems there. Right now 95 quantico to the beltway, 18 minutes. No major issues there. Looking pretty good overall. See you back here in ten minutes. Melissa, thank you. For just about 20 minutes yesterday it was legal to use pot at a private d. C. Business. Why is it once again illegal . Its the day all of you tech lovers look forward to. The Consumer Electronics show. Were getting a sneak peek of what gadgets to breaking news out of north korea this morning. The country says it has tested a hydrogen bomb. What the u. S. Has been able to confirm so far in just a few minutes. Only home grown. Only home use. That is the message here in the district. The d. C. Council voted yesterday to dissolve a ban on marijuana use in private businesses. Minutes later they changed their mind. Why . Well, d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser made a few phone calls to Council Members. Some say the mayor has too much influence on the council. She argues that police are not yet able to enforce marijuana use in private clubs. She makes a valid point. This could be the wild west if it doesnt get taken care of. Several members realized that that actually was a problem than they had realized on the initial vote. This morning smoking marijuana in public or in cars, restaurants, bars, and coffee shops in the district remains illegal. Today some pretty Incredible Technology will be on display in las vegas. Part of this years Consumer Electronics show. Some of the gadgets are under ar march headphones that track your vital signs and coach you through a workout. Or a refrigerator with a camera that transmits to your smartphone. Coming up, Nbcs Jay Gray will have a report from the show with futuristic accounts. Figure out what you need at the Grocery Store . I have no idea why. At the Consumer Electronics show, big news from volkswagen. They say environmental regulators should have fixes