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WRC News4 Today At 5 January 4, 2016

Today layerup. Windchills only in the teens to near 20 at 7 00 tonight with air temperatures down below freezing and starting off tomorrow morning even colder still. Downtown temperatures down to about 21 tomorrow morning, but widespread teens in the suburbs and kind of blustery weather around for the day. Well let you know how the windsoing to affect your commute coming up in a few more minutes. If youre heading out, youll need to layer up. Highs in the 30s. Commuter impacts in ten minutes and a look at the weekend at 5 21. Melissa mollet right now at first4 traffic. We still have this problem. All lanes blocked because of the water main break. Police directing traffic. Also getting reports between l street and 18th and 20th. We have lanes blocked because of a police investigation. We have that popping up as well. Inner loop and outer loop, no major problems. 95 at lorton road looking quite good. Northbound and southbound Prince Georges County also moving along quite nicely. When were back in a couple of minutes, more problems and the one well have in northern virginia. See you guys then. Thank you, melissa. The Washington Redskins will take on the Green Bay Packers for the first playoff game on sunday. The team goes into the game on a high note after beating the Dallas Cowboys yesterday. Today youll have your chance to get your hands on tickets at fedex field. A limited number of tickets go on sale at 10 00 this morning. You can buy them through ticketmast ticketmaster. Coming up at 5 30, jason pew will talk about the importance of a win. A man in handcuffs faces charges after an hourslong barricade situation. D. C. Police say he threatened someone with a gun and then locked himself inside his home on wynalda in chevy chase. At one point d. C. Firefighters went in with a power saw. Neighbors say they hadnt heard of any trouble at that home before. The president is back at the white house and is launching right into new early todays at gun control. Mr. Obama is expected to meet with the attorney general today to map out a strategy to tighten gun control laws without the input of congress. Theres response from the campaign trail and well talk about that when edward c. Lawrence joins us at 5 30. And the president takes his gun control changes to student this week. He plans to speak at the universitys town hall. Cnns Anderson Cooper will moderate and take questions from students. Neighbors tell us theyre rattled after a murder in clinton. Officers found a mans body with trauma wounds in a vacant lot on killbourn drive. They collected a cell phone but arent saying yet whether its linked to the murder. This was like a bang bang. It wasnt a pop pop but a bang bang like a heater. It is 5 04. Our county bureau chief Tracee Wilkins says police, city and politcal leaders plan to be there. It starts at 10 00 a. M. Today. D. C. s mayor Muriel Bowser will host a tour. Its part of a push to push a legislative package. The mayor will visit the department of forensic scientists at Georgetown University and visit with Small Business owners to talk about security cameras to combat crime. A new mayor will be installed in alexandria. Mayor elect Alisyn Camerota silverburg beat incumbent. The swearingin will be at t. C. Williams high school tonight at 7 00. New mens of the city council will also be sworn in today. Make no mistake, winter is here. It is definitely a little frosty out there this morning. Chuck bell is tracking what you need to know for your commute. And a first look at the bottom of the ocean. What theyre revealing about the mystery of el faro. And right now, a proi test in oregon is causing a national uproar. Why the group of armed toll a Federal Building and is ref 5 08 is your time right now. Were getting a look at cargo ship that sank during last octobers hurricane. El faro was sailing 36783 crew members died on board. Federal investigators could launch another search of that wreckage. Theyre still looking for the ships black box. They havent recovered any human remains either. Right now in oregon protesters occupying a Federal Building in a wildlife refuge. Theyre in this for the long run. They say the goal is for people to use the land without any federal oversight and they say they plan to stay indefinitely. Eamon says this is about taking power back from the federal government. It has been provide for us to come together and unite. Its about take the land and resources. At least one of the protesters is armed. Ten minutes after the hour on your monday morning. Lets check the weather traffic on the 1s. Good morning. Good morning. Snow showers to be found across Washington County and maryland and into the panhandle of west virginia. Some of those snowflakes may be making their way down the 270 corridor. Well let you know if a snowflake is actually spotted anywhere near the city. Weather in your plans. Outside of the fact its cold and you need to layer up, driving locally, no problems. Sunshine delays. Hold onto the wheel a little tight if you have a highprofile vehicle. Theres no big storms coming our way. Rain chances will stay nice and low. Well talk about the rain chances. Right now my colleague tom kierein outside dealing with the elements. Good morning, tom. The winds are picking up. In the last few minutes the winds are gusting 15, 20 25 miles an hour as the cold air surges in from the north and west. Dress warm. First time ive had to use a hoodie. It oohs going to be the coldest day so far as you head off to work and school. Layer up. Thats our hash tag for the day. At the bus stop, well be in the 20s. We could see wind gusts up to 30 miles an hour between 8 00 and 9 00. Still above free below freezi. It will be in the low 20s. Staying in the 20s for the rest of the day. What a rude awakening. January is a winter month, melissa. It is. Its a cold morning. This is old town lex yun lekwn. This is duke street. Were shut down here. Eastbound l street shut down between 178th and 20th because of a shooting investigation downtown. 66 and 95 no major issues there. Ill see you back here in ten minutes. Donald trump launching a new series of attacks. The strategy his campaign is taking as we get closer to the iowa caucus. We just received word of an explosion outside a police explosion outside a police checkpoint. Our cosmetics line was a hit. The orders were rushing in. I could feel our deadlines racing towards us. We didnt need a loan. We needed shortterm funding fast. Building 18 homes in 4 ½ months . That was a leap. But i knew i could rely on American Express to help me buy those building materials. Amex helped me buy the inventory i needed. Our amex helped us fill the orders. Just like that. Another step on the journey. Will you be ready when growth presents itself . Realize your buying power at open. Com whats that, broheim . 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Doesnt look like a lot, but it is enough to divert traffic for part of your morning rush, so if this is part of your morning commute, you may want to consider a workaround for this block until its cleared up. Were live in alexandria, derrick ward, news4. Thank you, derrick. The clintons will Campaign Together starting today. Hillary clinton made the announcement last night in new hampshire. She referenced her husbands record with the economy. She said the economy is one of the reasons its drushl have a democrat in the white house. Not one of the republican candida candidates is in favor of raising the minimum wage, and not one of them believes we need to do anything to make sure women get equal pay for equal work. Hillary clinton hits the Campaign Trial at Nashua Community College Town Hall center. Until now Trumps Campaign has counted on Media Coverage for exposure. Going forward the candidate vows to spend 2 million a week on tv ads. Breaking news out of kabul. New video of an explosion outside of police check poirnts. Were hearing that a suicide bomber in a car blew himself up, hurting two officers. Also some civilians. Were going to bring you more as we get it. Back to you. Thanks, angie. Social Services Center will reopen its doors at the San Bernardino regional center. Theyre expected to welcome staff today. The third which was the actual site of the shooting is closed indefinitely. A memorial will be held to honor the victims. The buildings are closed so all the staff can attend if they want to. More than 10 were killed and 20 wounded. Were watching developments in india. Theyre recovering from a huge kwa earthquake right now. It measured 6. 7. Six were killed, hundreds more were hurt, many of them by falling debris from damaged buildings. Police in tel aviv believe an armed gunman is planning another attack in the city. The man killed two people when he started shooting into a crowded bar on new years day. He said he didnt expect to make it out alive and could be planning another attack. Today police will provide extra security to schools and other crowded areas in the city. Today well learn how the Chicago Police department will change its policies after a controversial shooting. This morning she will announce her vision for the agency moving forward. This investigation comes after the Laquan Mcdonald shooting. The teenager was killed by a Police Officer. Dash cam video of that incident contradicted the officers story. There is a fight over pictures of a pregnant student at mt. Vernon high school in virginia. Both the yearbook editor and the student want the document entered. They would not return calls. They have the right to censor material they believe may be harmless to children under the age of 18. The search for a missing maryland boater continues. Steven merls has been missing since new years eve. Officials say with the water temperatures and the amount of time that has passed they dont believe his body will resurface until late march or early april. Now to a story developing in montgomery county. Police are investigating whether speed contributed to a deadly accident on centreville road. Witnesses say a motorcyclist crashed while trying to pass a car making a lefthand turn. The 42yearold joe jim bob way died at the hospital. Were working to learn the name of a bicyclist killed. Information about the suspects car has not been released. And an accidental electrical problem caused a massive blaze in prince jornls county. This happened on le gaven road in new carrollton. Cell phone video shows flames shooting through the roof of that home. The family was inside but they made it out safely. The flames did about 100,000 in damage. Its 5 21. Time for weather traffic on the 1s. A dose of reality. It is january after all. The scarf, the coat, the gloves. I had it all this morning. A lot of folks are in for a bit of surprise compared to how mild we even been this winter. Actual cold air is in place. More cold is coming. Well be even colder by this time tomorrow morning. Overall weather impadgect on yo day today outside of the impact that its cold, a fair amount of sunshine. Couldnt rule out a passing snow flurry or two, but winds and temperatures. How about windchills back into the teens and 20s. Our actual high temperatures, 34. 37 in annapolis. 36 in waldorf and la plata. Our average is 43. For the first time in more than six weeks we may have more than one cold day in a row. In fact, today and tomorrow both comfortably below average. By the weekend next time our chances for precip come into the picture it should be relatively mild. Snow showers out there this morning. It probably isnt as much as it is on the radar. If youre out there in 270, chester, bluemont, if you see it, grab a picture and send it to me. Otherwise youll need your heavy coat and hat and gloves as aarons with saying. All layers of warmth required today. Most of the flurry chances will be along and west to the blue ring. Shouldnt be much in the way of impact. For tomorrow, an even colder start tomorrow. Back into the teens for airs and only in the mid30s for tomorrow. A noticeably colder day tomorrow. As i mention, the next change in weather arrives during the day on friday. Thats a surge of warmer air and moisture and as a result, our next chance for anything coming out of the sky comes on saturday and sunday. It looks like it will be rain, not snow with temperatures in the 50s. Taking a look at the four things you need to know at 6 31. Heres Melissa Mollet with breaking news. Breaking news. We still have this problem in old town alexandria. Duke street shut down between ft. Williams parkway and Wheeler Avenue. All lanes are blocked. This is where derrick ward is. In northwest, police activity. 66 coming into the town. That is nice and on time. You dont have any problems if youre headed westbound or out of town either. Thats rolling along quite nicely this morning. 270 at old 100 and hyatts road looking nice. Ill see you back at 5 31 with more on that breaking news. All right, melissa. Thank you. A protest in Prince Georges County. Students plan to launch what theyre calling a practical hunger strike. Its happening at flowers high school. They want a meeting with administrators and they want a new food vendor for the school. In new 4 your health, parents are wondering whether they should get their children the vaccine. The government wants children ages 11 or 12 to have the shot but research from the university of colorado shows more than one third of doctors believe 11 or 12 is too young to get the vaccine. Treating crisis in china right now. Stocks are plunging, triggering a trading halt. The shanghai composite over 7 . This is also impacting markets in australia, japan, south korea as well as india. Market watchers pointing to concerns over the countrys economic slowdown. Eun . Thank you. It is now 5 25. The Frederick County and church of scientology will face off today. They want to continue to run the property as a rehabilitation stesh. Trout run is not zoned for that. Theyre trying to go around the zoning rule. The church of scientology filed an appeal. The hearing is set for this morning. The papers staff, the staff delivered the actual newspaper. The guy who wrote the story probably delivered the newspaper. This week customers complained about not getting their papers after a new company took over the dlichbryes. Employees worked through the night packing and delivering the newspapers directly to subscribers. Readers say they really appreciated the staffs dedication. If youre not getting newspaper the way newspapers are going thats right. Everyone has to put their hands on it. Star wars is taking. Well learn whether they had their biggest weekend. They made just under 90 million. Thats just saturday and sunday. Its now 20 million away from avatars record and it earned the money in just a quarter of the time. I still want to see it again. We should do it. Lets do it together. All right. Done. Right now theres no denying it. It is definitely cold out there. Chuck bells 4 things to know about the forecast as you head out. The changes being talked about and the new concerns being raise by lawmakers. A gunman stopped in the middle of church. The remarkable way the pastor and his its the coldest weve seen all year. Chuck is tracking how long the cold will last. Taking action on gun control. President obama begins to lay out big changes today to try to curb gun violence. Good morning to you. Im eun yang. And good morning. Im aaron gilchrist. Happy new year to you if youre joining us for the first time this year. Were talking thb uber cold weather that were waking up to. Winter has definitely started. Storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell telling us what we can expect. Grab the coat, chuck. Absolutely. Layer up and get outside and enjoy some actual cold air. Some of us appreciate the cold air, finally kill some of the mosquitos. Windchills will stay in the 20s all day and our next chance for something really organized coming out of the sky this weekend, well talk rain or snow coming up. For now there are actual snowflakes coming up in Northern Maryland in the panhandle of virginia. Your hourly planner, snow flurries and snow showers, no accumulation. Kids. You will have go to school and not get out today. Windchills down near 20 degrees. Well get into more of the details. How many to wear and the forecast coming up. Right now breaking news in first four traffic. Baracking news. Still we have this problem. Were talking about alexandria, duke street shut down. The lanes are blocked because of this water main break. Here is a live picture here as crews are on the scene with derrick ward. Taking a look at 95. Want coto the beltway taking about 20 minutes. Dont have towire too mucher about delays. Southbound, no major issues as youre headed southbound on 95 as well. Also taking a look at this issue, downtown eastbound l street. Well have travel times in ten minutes. Thanks, melissa. Developments in the fight over gun control laws. Nbcs Edward Lawrence is on capitol hill with reaction. Edward, good morning. Good morning, eun. You can imagine the reaction is pretty strong. The president outlined gun co

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