>> for our viewers living in the shenandoah valley and around the blue ridge, loudoun county as well under this freezing rain advisory. that's all of these counties you see in pink. fa falkier, panhandle of west virginia up towards hagers town, the 81 corridor. all around the region, we're going to have rain getting closer to us as we get into the evening hours. we'll have that rain approaching from the north and west. we'll have some of the pavement here below freezing. as a result we may get up to a tenth of an inch of icing. right now getting a little bit of semisleet and maybe a little bit of freezing rain. i'll have the timing here. we'll update that in just a

it's a great time to download the nbc washington app and turn on weather alerts. chopper 4 is live over some breaking news in montgomery county. at least one person stabbed at the westfield wheaton mall. we're working to find out more details. we don't know the extent of the injuries or whether police have made any arrests. >> there is an incredible police activity going on there right now. it's also impacting metro. there are delays right now on the red line in that area due to all the police activity. we're going to continue to follow this story. we're also following breaking news from prince george's county where a former council member is pleading guilty in a federal corruption

probe. >> will campos used taxpayer money to line his own pockets and accepted bribes. tracee wilkins is live in greenbelt. >> reporter: we know this is all related to the arrest we saw yesterday with the prince george's county liquor board. and today just inside of that building the us attorney for maryland laid out the case here the feds have against will campos. he served on the prince george's county council from 2004 to 2014. police say during that time, he received kickbacks from businessmen in exchange for county grants. the us attorney says campos collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes. he was wearing a wire and under investigation by the fbi from 2012 to 2014. while the u.s. attorney would not go into detail, it appears the arrest

connected to the liquor board investigation that landed liquor board commissioner and also the director of the board in jail. the u.s. attorney says campos funneled the money through a nonprofit organization and even suggested that players make up nonprofits, assuring them they could get money. >> he arranged to accept bribes in return for directing county council funds taxpayer money to supposed nonprofit organizations. mr. campos's favorite charity was himself. and the reason why he approved particular nonprofit organizations was that those organizations agreed or their representatives agreed to pay ki kickbacks to mr. campos. >> reporter: in a statement that will campos released to news4 first he said i amly

this process has been tortuous and i am learning so much about my life and myself. hear how this is connected to the prince george's county liquor board investigation. during the press conference the fbi said it is important that if officials or business leaders in prince george's county have accepted bribes in recent years, that they come to the fbi before they go to them. reporting live in greenbelt, i'm tracee wilkins. first at 4:00, president obama is sailing out of office with his best approval rates in seven years. a new quinnipiac poll finds voters approve of his job performance 55-39%. those same voters disapprove of the way donald trump is handing the job of president-elect. 51% disapprove, while 37% approve.

desk, we have seen a busy day on capitol hill. retired general john kelly's confirmation hearing just got underway. he's been nominated to head homeland security. some of the toughest questions today were directed at jeff sessions. >> the attorney general hearing, it's the first for a trump cabinet appointee, nominee. senator jeff sessions is well liked up here on capitol hill by many. that's helping him in the senate hearing. for what he clearly sees as kind of a do-over. >> in 1986 was not correct. >> seeming to some then to accept the klan cost him a

federal judgeship. today trump's pick admitting systemic discrimination. >> we can never go back. >> protesters yelled, kkk. some black lawmakers opposed sessions. >> because we don't want the fox to guard the hen house. >> and the hearing got testy. >> i'm talking about the bill that is the law today. >> i'm trying to answer. >> his answer on banning muslims is no. >> that muslims as a religious group should be denied admission to the united states. >> he said he accepts abortion rights and same-sex marriage, not illegal immigration, but admitted deporting millions is not possible. >> let's fix this system. and then we can work together after this lawlessness has been ended. >> as the first senator to endorse trump, sessions called for prosecution of hillary clinton. he promised today to recuse himself if her case gets revoive

and sessions said he would say no to donald trump if the new president tries to break u.s. law. much of this heari ining really senators trying to pin down trump by getting sessions to detail what the new white house plans on legally controversial issues. from the hill, steve handelsman, news4. next week, hundreds of thousands will descend on the national mall for inauguration. cell providers are promising plenty of bandwidth to make calls, send texts and post to social media. >> reporter: here at the mall you see all kinds of poles sticking up, new light poles and old light poles. there are poles are traffic signals and, yes, even totem poles at the museum of the american indian. for inaugural day, these cell phone poles are the only

you'll care about when you whip out your cell phone. >> i have many of them. >> reporter: more than one? >> they are at&t. >> reporter: brian harrison is in charge of putting up his company's half dozen cell towers for inaugural weekend. >> we've been working for two years basically putting together a plan for how we can handle the large volume of people out here. >> reporter: just from the last inaugural, cell use has changed, much for data than talking. >> data is a huge driver for what the load on the network is, potential posting to social media. >> reporter: verizon has a similar modern setup. >> reporter: is it verizon or at&t. >> it is a verizon phone, my friend. >> reporter: just want to make sure. the modern towers dramatically boost cell service. >> people will be able to

anything they feel they need to do, whether that is facebook live, instagram, snapchat, making a call, sending a text, sending a picture. >> reporter: so the cell phone towers are ready for the inauguration. you just have to remember one thing. don't forget to charge your own phone. the trial for the massacre at that historic black church in south carolina drew to a dramatic conclusion today. why dylann roof says he, quote, had to do it. a controversial painting returns to its original place in the capital

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i'm susan hogan at the live desk. more than $4 billion in fines, the auto manufacturer is calling this a concrete draft settlement with the u.s. over the diesel emissions scandal. volkswagon says it's in advanced discussions with the us department of justice and u.s. customs and border protection officials. it is part of a guilty plea on the basis of more than $4 billion in criminal and civil fines. volkswagon says this settlement is suggest to the company's management and supervis supervis approval. right now a jury is weighing whether or not to give the death penalty to the man who admitted taking nine lives when he opened fire during a bible study at a church in charleston, south ca

two hours ago in dylann roof's trial. >> reporter: within the last couple of minutes we learned that the jury just came back, asking the judge a couple of questions. they wanted to also see a video of reverend clemente pickney preaching at the church. diylann roof told jurors he had to kill the nine members of emanuel a.m.e. church. he said i still feel the same. dylann roof's fate now lies in the hands of the jury. prosecutors called dylann roof cold and calculated as they made their closing arguments to the jury today, recounting the lives of the charleston nine and em

popular -- imploring jurors. he said, i felt like i had to do it. i still feel like i have to do it. now the case is in the hand of the jury, the same federal jury that convicted roof last month. prosecutors called more than two dozen witnesses and showed jurors family photos of the victims enjoying life. one by one, relatives and friends told heart wrenching stories of their love and loss. system of the most harrowing testimony came from the widow of reverent clemente pickney. roof representatied himself. he told the jury during opening statements, quote, there's nothing wrong with me

psychologically. in a journal he wrote, i do not regret what i did. i have not shed a tear for the innocent people i killed. and while the prosecution has been pushing for the death penalty all along, dylann roof has made it clear he wants life in prison, even telling jurors today in closing arguments, it only takes one of you to disagree. that of course would result in a mistrial and for dylann roof an aud automatic prison sentence. it is a storm team 4 weather alert day. depending on where you live, it could be pretty bad out there. >> right now we are getting a light little bit of light icing part to the north and west. right now all these areas in pink under this freezing rain

1:00 a.m. all this area here, laudoudoun coun county, points north and west could get up to almost a tenth of an inch of icing. some of these roads are below freezing. getting a little bit of light freezing rain right along the 81 corridor. changes over to light snow in the gray area here near hagerstown. we do have this one line of rain here in the midwest. it's coming into the tennessee valley and chimeka kentucky ando valley. the new hour by hour timing showing that not arrive into the shenandoah valley until about 10:00 tonight. that's when we're likely going to see the bulk of the icing. then it gets closer to washington about 11:00 p.m. in our western and northern suburbs. then it pulls off to the east and we dry out.

sunshine for tomorrow morning. temperatures right now, though, are below freezing or at freezing where they are getting a little bitt icing north and west of us. it will be hovering near 50 in the afternoon tomorrow when you're heading back hope. as we get into thursday morning, maybe a little bit of light rain, then some sun back and much milder temperatures. it will be near 50 tomorrow, but in the mid 60s on thursday afternoon. then on friday in the upper 40s to near 50. then on saturday we could get a wintery mix. it's looking more like morning snow changing to midday sleet and afternoon icing during the day on saturday. then drying out sunday. it looks fairly nice as we get into dr. king day and the rest of the week. right now we're waiting to hear an update near manassas where frozen

baldwin elementary to close down. >> reporter: at baldwin elementary, students and staff are off and crews are in, readying the school for a return to normal. >> progress is under way. we're assessing the situation. >> reporter: early this morning manassas city public schools sent parents a note reading, there will be no school for baldwin students today because of standing water in the building due to frozen pipes and no heat. executive director andy hawkins is keeping an eye on repairs. >> between 2:00 and 2:30 this morning we had a heating coil on the third floor start leaking. >> reporter: chemically treated water from that began pouring down onto the third floor, triggering saturated ceiling tiles to fall. >> it c

worse than it was. >> there hasn't been any significant damage to the classrooms but officials want to make sure everything is cleaned and repaired before the kids come back to school. it's democrats versus republicans today on the hill over a painting hanging in the halls of congress. it shows a pig in a police uniform. we'll tell you about the controversy it stirred up. scary new details about the night kim kardashian was robb ated

>> reporter: features the work of high school students. congressman duncan hunter of san diego county thought it was offensive so he personally took it down last week. >> you can't have offensive things in the u.s. capital that violate the art rules. and this does.

>> i will fight to defend this young man's right to express himself. >> we just learned that the painting was taken down yet again this afternoon for about 15 minutes. this time two other lawmakers removed it. it was taken back to congressman lacy clay's office who put it back up. kim kardashian was robbed at gunpoint in a paris hotel room. authorities now suspect it was an inside job. >> reporter: the raid may have been an inside job. 17 arrested this week including her french chauffeur. most of the suspects in their 50s. one in his 70s. and three women, a prosecution spokesman tells nbc news. detectives busting into a paris apartment and

country house, tracing the suspects through dna. kardashian thrilled by the developments in the investigation, her french lawyer says. kardashian in paris last october for fashion week with her sisters, had $10 million in jewelry stolen, including a 4 million dollar engagement ring. five armed robbers dressed as police hit her hotel. two of the masked men bound and gagged kardashian, pointing a gun at her head and tying her up in the bathroom. kanye cutting short a per tomorr performance in new york. a spokesman for the french prosecutor's office tells us the judge there has until friday to charge or release those suspects. it's not clearth

return to france in order to testify. white house aide's say president obama's farewell speech is coming together. we'll tell you what we know about it so far. and storm team 4 is tracking

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yesterday we didn't make it out of the 20s. today we're in the 30s. mostly everybody in the 30s. i think we've got a couple of 29s out there. warmer today, warmer tomorrow and even more mild as we get into thursday. we do have a freezing rain advisory. it's not for the district or the beltway or fairfax county. but areas to the west. loudoun county, northern montgomery county, along i-81. that's where we're seeing a little bit of ice right now. just a little bit can do a lot of harm. we are getting verification that we're seeing a little bit of freezing rain along i-81. this is causing some problems out there.

but this is moving on through. but we still have more later on tonight. about four and a half hours from now president obama will deliver his farewell address to the nation. >> he just departed from joint base andrews just a few minutes ago. >> typically the presidential farewell is given at the white house, but the president says he wanted to go back to where it all began. you can watch the speech tonight at 9:00 here on nbc 4. >> what sort of message is he going to deliver tonight in chicago? >> he's going to pick through his achievements that he made over the last eight years. tell the story of where the country was and where it is

but i also think putting the current politics into perspective, i don't think we're going to see any explicit digs at the president-elect, but i do think you'll have some contrast president obama will be making of what he actually hopes the trump administration should be doing. >> let's turn to the incoming trump administration and the senate confirmation hearings. jeff sessions is on the hill. will any of trump's picks realistically have a tough road? >> you know, it depends on how you define a tough road. i think they're all going to get tough questions. there probably will be a significant number of democrats who won't vote for these people. are any of these people going to not get confirmed by the senate? the answer is probably not. tou you have to go back to

by the u.s. senate. it doesn't happen all that often. but there were some fireworks. bottom line, jeff sessions and the other republicans are probably going to pass, because with reasons in control of the senate, all you need are senate republicans to vote for them. all democrats could be opposed and these people would get get confirmed. there's going to be a lot more reporting tonight on the transition at well on nbc nightly news coming up at 7:00. breaking news from south carolina where accused killer dylann roof has been on trial and has been undergoing a hearing for penalty in the murder case there

charleston south carolina church. we understand there is a verdict on the sentence. >> this is the sentencing phase. so his attorney -- his defense attorneys have never really gone in any lengthy defenses to say he didn't do it. they have tried to really focus their attention on the sentencing and try to spare him the death penalty. of course he has recently taken control of his own defense and made some very pointed statements saying he had to do it. >> facing the death penalty, we'll see how that turns out and report that as soon as we get the details. a young father in montgomery county is held in jail right now accused of shaking his 5 month old son so violently it resulted in the baby's death last fall. the father was arrested just yesterday. >> reporter: 20-year-old roger

being charged with first degree child abuse leading to death and first degree child abuse resulting in serious injury. he faces the possibility of more than 40 years in prison if he is convicted on these charges. today the state attorney's office said this is a horrific crime. >> a 5 month old child, you know, whether they're crying or despondent or having problems with their die jesleep patterns shaking them is not appropriate. >> reporter: today roger miller's mother appears in court on her son's behalf. we'll hear what she has to say ahead at 5:00. the manhunt intensifies for the person suspected of shooting a police officer to death. if you everything nature's promise is so wholesome.

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of icing. watch out there could be some slick spots on untreated surfaces. any rain falling is going to be icing up. we are getting a little bit of light icing here in this pink zone. rain in the ohio valley will be getting closer to us tonight. if you didn't make a resolution to give up sweets, then check your cabinet because there may be some snack cakes in there under recall. >> we're talking about the holiday white pepperment twinkies because of a possible salmon n s

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if you are just joining us, here are four things to know at 4:45. a former prince george's county counsel member and md state delegate have pleaded guilty to corruption charges. volkswagon will pay more than 4 billion bucks in fines over its diesel emissions scandal. the company is engaged in advanced discussions with the department of justice and customs and border protection. the settlement is part of a guilty plea on the basis of more than $4 billion in criminal and civil fines. president obama gives his farewell address tonight in chicago. the president will talk about what he's learned over the past eight years and his vision for america in the future. freezing rain across parts of the region. stay with storm team 4 through the night and check that nbc

for nearly three decades a local man took pictures of washington, d.c. with his camera. he saved them all. now those pictures are the center piece of a new museum exhibit. the vanishing architecture of washington and the man who's trying to keep those memories live. >> amazing. the transformation. >> reporter: there are times that chris earnshaw can only shake his head and wonder why. >> but it's gone. it's a lack of imagination. >> reporter: as a young man sometimes without a place of his own to live, he feared his hometown washington, d.c. was losing too much of its character in the name of progress. >> they were about to build the fbi building and all these victorian buildings were going to come down. i had a sense that someone needed to capture it. so i did that. >> reporter: he started snapping

pictures of downtown with his polaroid in the '60s and he never stopped. pictures of a d.c. that doesn't exist anymore, buildings that made way for progress. >> the walter washington convention center occupies a four block spot. this would be the front of this spot. >> reporter: today he gazes at the empty lot where 50 years ago he took this picture of a grand castle that once occupied the same corner. >> i'm standing in the footprint of a wonderful 19th century building that somebody in the 1971 decided we can park six cars there. what a bummer. >> reporter: because the building is gone, sadly the photograph is all you have as the record that it ever existed. a few years ago earnshaw met joseph mills, also a photographer who had chronicled d.c. over the same time period. >> initially we didn't see the brilliance, the savant nature of

photographers i've ever met. >> reporter: the two are unique characters who get along like brothers. >> that's when he dropped 3,000 polaroids in my lap. >> reporter: now the two have their photos of the historical society of washington's district two exhibit. earnshaw now gives walking tours of downtown. >> trying to show the new people what was here, what they've missed. >> reporter: you can meet them tonight at a public forum on their work at 6:30 at the national building museum. we have a freezing rain advisory. temperatures a little bit warmer today but still that ground is cold. we didn't get any sunshine out there today. so we were kept in the clouds and th

temperatures, especially with those areas that got a little bit of snow. now we're seeing a little bit of wind as well. what you need to look forward o to, because we do have some warming temperatures by thursday, but not today. we've got that freezing rain advisory in place. temperatures are going to rise overnight and that rain will be out of here by your morning commute tomorrow morning. then we have another round of rain tomorrow afternoon. and then a mix of saturday after we warm up. a lot of things going on in the weather. let's start with our freezing rain advisory. starts at 6:00 p.m. tonight, goes until just after midnight for areas west of d.c.

less than a tent h or an inch bt even a little bit could create a lot of problems out there. north and west of town right around hagerstown it's breaking up, but we could have a little bit of freezing rain. it is going to be moving to the north and west. this is just a little isolated piece. we've got more rain back off to the west that will eventually fall as rain and freeze on contact because that surface temperature has been so cold all day long. you're probably wondering why is it just falling as freezing rain, why not snow. our temperatures certainly cold enough. what's happening is we have some warm air in the upper levels of the atmosphere. so it's falling as rain. as soon as it hits some of those surfaces it is going to stick and turn into ice. not an issue for d.c., but

temperatures will go up overnight. we're going to be in the 50s tomorrow. rain by late tomorrow afternoon. at 11:00 p.m. tonight, again, some rain and freezing rain continuing to fall. if your traveling take you west of town, you are going to find spots of freezing rain. rain will continue through the overnight but out of here by the morning commute. tomorrow evening we could have some more rain. thursday looking dry, but at least we will be in the 60s. mild and dry for thursday. that ten-day forecast coming up at 5:00. the national park service is looking to update its smoking policy to include a ban on electronic cigarettes. the current policy allows smoking in certain areas of national parks. the proposed revision would add

we are working developing stories right now. a warning to residents in loudoun county after a rash of gun thefts. ahead in our next hour, what police say gun owners are doing to make it easier for thieves to steal their weapons. >> reporter: in loudoun county dozens if not hundreds of paraphernali parents teacher and opportunities are expected to rally here urging the board to reinstate a popular principal who's received a termination notice. this was the rally last friday outside of dominion high school on behalf of dr. john brewer. it's believed his support of a former dominion band instructor who got in hot water first in loudoun county and later in florida is the cause for the termination notice. but not everyone at dominion is in the stand with brewer .

facebook page to show concern for students who may have been mistreated by the former band instructor. >> i absolutely fear that if there were to be new information that could be brought forward that the current climate is keeping people from feeling like they can come forward and share. >> reporter: i'll take you live to the rally and you'll hear more from parents who fear this whole issue is dividing the community. in a bit of a change to our prime time programming tonight, an all new episode of "this is us" is going to air an hour later at 10:00 tonight because of the presidential address. a new episode of "the wall" will air at 8:00. you can watch president obama's address right here live at 9:00. a murder suspect who shot and killed a police sergeant in orlando doesn't deserve to live, at least according to the officer's grieving family. >>

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dylann roof will be sentenced to death. the jury just announced its decision and it has to be unanimous. >> roof had a chance to plead for his life today. instead he told jurors, quote, i still feel like i had to do it.

dylann roof was convicted of killing nine black church goers in charleston, south carolina. we're also learning new details about the man who shot and killed an orlando police officer. >> police are now offering $100,000 for information leading to his capture. nbc's has more on the suspect's violent criminal past. >> reporter: a massive manhunt through the night, but no sign of markeith loyd, a man police called desperate and extremely dangerous, on the run of allegedly gunning down master sergeant debra clayton. police say clayton, a 17-year veteran of the force approached loyd after receiving a tip that he was in the area. >> when he realized that he wasn't going to be able to get around this officer, he pulled a gun and started

>> reporter: his criminal history stretches back two decades. he had already been on the run for nearly a month of police say he shot and killed his pregnant ex-girlfriend. >> we're going to bring this dirtbag to justice and he's going to jail. >> reporter: as sergeant clayton's casket was escorted from the hospital, fellow officers fought back tears, remembering her as a wife, mother and dedicated community servant. she volunteered in programs to help young people. >> she was just so much more than a mentor. >> reporter: officials believe that the suspect, because he grew up here, might have had help. they warn that anybody who helps him could also face serious criminal charges. the police chief says it doesn't matter where he goes, we'll track him down to the ends of the earth. news4 at 5:00 starts now with jim and wendy.

a former prince george's county council member and a maryland state delegate charged in a federal corruption probe. how this case isli linked to the fbi raids at the county liquor board. protesters get their say today as confirmation hearings get under way for president-elect trump's pick for attorney general. storm team 4 tracking freezing rain that could impact some of you on the way home. the radar is getting active. it could be a slippery ride home for some of you tonight. freezing rain headed our way. it's going to have an impact. >> we have rain falling on the frozen pavement, causing some icing. that's going to be later tonight. right now we are getting some of

between frederick and hagerstown. that little patch of pink you see there just coming out of washington county into western frederick county, so right along interstate 70 as well as route 40 here, any of the roads here in eastern washington county and western frederick county, a little bit of light rain falling on frozen pavement causing some light icing here. causing some freezing rain and iceness. panhandle of west virginia, shenandoah valley, all these counties including northern fauquier and montgomery county. now to some breaking news. a stabbing near the westfield wheaton mall i