is the day you want to have the nbc washington app. that's where we'll put up the latest closures and delays. on this saturday morning, welcome to "news4 today." i'm david culver. >> good morning, i'm megagan fitzgera fitzgerald. a wet start to the day. that could mean ice or snow. it could be a lot of things. >> unfortunately, for folks out and about driving, it seems to be more rain. tom kierein is tracking that in the weather center. seems to be a rain event. >> storm team 4, we've been downplaying this since yesterday. it's a very minor impact for the metro area here for the rest of the day. north and west of us, the air is just cold enough for the rain to change over for a little bit of wet snow. right here, it's just rain in the immediate area. j. to our south, maybe a little bit of sleet mixing in the pink zones as well as along the 81 corridor from winchester to ragers town. gettingor

hagersto hagerstown. advancing from the northwest heading east, we have the winter weather advisory in effect. canceled for the -- northern, western, loudoun, northern fauquier, points north and west, in effect. there could be icing there, little bit of wet snow and little bit of sleet. i have the now hour by hour timing in a few minutes. >> tom, we'll check in with you then. about 8:31. we're tracking this winter weather, especially on the roads. >> indeed, that's where we find lauren ricketts. lauren, how are the roads looking? >> reporter: sorry, i lost you for a minute. we are not looking at anything really too bad throughout the region. we are seeing really just some wet roads throughout the region right now. i do want to mention, we've been in virginia. we were on i-66 through manassas. we went down 234, tracked our way back. now

through leesburg through frederick county, maryland. temperatures are still about that 32-degree mark or lower. there could be spots in frederick county, maryland, that could be seeing sleet and freezing rain. we're headed there to let you know what to expect. all in all, the roads in virginia have not been that bad, just on the wet side. we'll watch the temperatures heading into the afternoon. really, as this rain keeps falling. it's going to continue through the day. as tom says, they've trimmed back that winter weather advisory. we're headed to the areas that are still in it, including western loudoun. western montgomery and frederick county. we'll let you know what we see there when we get there. guys? >> all right, lauren ricketts, traveling on the roads. be safe there. we'll be tracking the weather throughout the day. can't stress it enough, the day to have the nbc washington app. we'll put out the latest forecast as well. we're following breaking news in prince george's county. police found a

death. derrick ward is live in glen arden, maryland. good morning, derrick. >> reporter: good morning. we're in a town house community out of barlow road in glen arden, maryland. you see the address, this is where the homicide happened. it was in the earliest hours of the weekend. take a look. it was about 12:10 when the police were called to the town house development. when they got here, they found an adult male in that vehicle. the car was running and the person was found dead. they have not revealed the identity of the victim or any information on a suspect. prince george's county police are asking for help from anyone who might have heard or seen anything. a man found dead in a car at about 12:10 last night in glen arden, prince george's county police want your help. we're live here, derrick ward.

police are searching for the person who shot a high school student. it happened near the school yesterday. police say the student was shot in the leg and is expected to be okay. they think the suspect is also a student. but witnesses say this all started from an argument in a parking lot near the high school annex. police say they later found the bullet lodged in the ceiling of a classroom. no one was hurt and at least five shell casings were found. >> i mean, this is a serious occasion. i mean, someone brought a gun to school. lives could be lost. it was terrifying. i honestly didn't feel comfortable and i wanted to get out. >> anyone with information about this case is asked to contact the prince george's county police department. you can remain anonymous. let's head over now to the presidential transition. your safety at the 58th presidential inauguration is the prime focus at m.a.c. the multiagency communications center. want to know where it is? we can't tell you. we don't know. it's a

the location that is. 47 federal and state and local agencies will operate from there. they will operate continuously starting thursday through saturday. one of those agencies is the d.c. national guard. we've learned its head will be stepping down at 12:01 on inauguration day. >> it's not because he wants to. major jenner rol schwartz followed procedures. he submitted his letter of resignation but expected president-elect trump to reject it. that's not what happened. the trump administration accepted the resignation letter and schwartz found out about it from the pentagon. d.c. council member vincent gray wasn't too happy about it. >> it's unconscionable to me. this is a man who devoted so much service to this country, so much service to the city. the quintessential leader. >> schwartz bass appointed by former president george w. bush. now to the day after the inauguration. the women's march on

will force several street closures. here's a map of the closures. the red line shows what will be closed and the yellow line that you see there represents the actual route of the march. large crowds of people from across the country are expected to participate in the march. d.c. police say they will be monitoring crowds. >> our strategy has been to develop a security plan that will create a safe and secure environment for everyone. >> the march will start at 10:00 on saturday at the intersection of independence avenue and third street southwest. >> ahead of a dr. martin luther king, jr. holiday, thousands will march here in washington as to keep his dream alive. the we shall not be moved rally will start at the monument and continue to the martin luther king, jr. memorial. the national action network will sponsoring the event. organizers will not only protect mlk's dream and also

preserve the legacy of president obama. a few miles across the district, the we are to stay rally. immigrants and minorities will join in opposition of hate crimes and deportation. u.s. senator chris van holland from maryland is expected to speak. it gets under way at 11:00 at the ame church in northwest. a high stakes space mission with a tight deadline. how a local company is counting down to launch and the risks they're hoping pays off. thousands worth of clothes and accessories swiped in seconds. the one similarity that could help police crack this cas we're bace.k

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space. that launch is expected to happen today after storms canceled last week's launch. this is the first launch since this right there. spacex blowing up at cape canaveral last year. pepper spray, three women and a high end retail store. d.c. lice say that's what three robbery investigations have in common. the most recent happened on thursday night at the ferragamo store in d.c.'s city center. employees were threatened with pepper spray as women got away with $12,000 in items. on december 29th at the neighboring gucci store pepper spray was used. the third robbery happened on december 5th in friendship heights, maryland. the women had previously been seen in each store. your time now 8:40 on this saturday as we look live on the roads. it's a storm team 4 weather alert day. many of us seeing some rain. there is a chance sleet could

make roads slick. tom is tracking how soon your weekend could clear up. he went on a shooting spree and put behind bars. why the sniper

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road temperatures are above freezing. a minor impact today. it's mostly rain in the metro area and across most of the region as this tra

the west heading off to the east. we'll have more rain moving into the evening. farther north and west in the shenandoah valley, some of the isolated locations in the lower valleys may get icing. the higher elevations may get wet ow and sleet into early afternoon. i've got new hour by hour timing. a look at your week ahead toward inauguration day in just a few minutes. tom, we'll check in with you then. the man convicted in the 2002 sniper shootings in d.c., maryland and virginia, wants a judge to toss out his life sentence. malvo was sentenced to life in prison as a 17-year-old. his attorney filed a motion yesterday. he's serving at the red onion state prison in southwest virginia. his partner in the shootings was executed in 2009. the pair was convicted for the shooting spree that killed ten people and injured three others. a mistrial has been declared in the case of a 2015 killing of a transgender woman.

prosecutors are vowing to try again. leblond is accused of the killing behind a gaithersburg shopping center. leblond was embarrassed when he was flirted with in front much his friends. there's some evidence that someone else may have been involved in the shooting. the jury deadlocked yesterday after three days of deliberations. tributes pouring in for the exorcist screen writer who died on thursday. fans of his horror film and book have been visiting the famed georgetown steps that he made famous. a key character dies by throwing himself down those stairs near georgetown university. >> i'm honoring his memory in the best way i can by running up and down these stairs which provide a great workout. >> we're taking pictures just as the author died. so it's a circle of life thing.

>> he died at a bethesda hospital from a form of blood cancer. he was 89 years old. this morning, chicago's working with federal courts to revamp its police department after a scathing 164-page report from the u.s. department of justice. the chicago police department is the country's second largest police force. for years, the d.o.j. says it has abused people's civil rights. used excessive force and shot people who didn't pose a threat. chicago is one of 25 investigations into law enforcement agencies opened by the obama administration. it's still not clear how the incoming trump administration and new attorney general will handle them. want to turn now to the major development. this is over the faulty airbag inflators that have killed nearly a dozen people here in the u.s. tom costello explains why the takata corporation will pay out more than $1 billion as some high-level executives are facing

is record breaking. 19 brand names, 42 million vehicles with potentially defective airbags. now in a plea agreement, the takata corporation admits it knew its airbags could explode. for ten years provided fake test data to car makers. three takata executives in japan, also under criminal indictment. >> they falsified and manipulated data because they wanted to make profits on their airbags knowing they were creating a risk for the end user, which is soccer moms like me. >> exploding airbag inflators killed 11 people in the u.s., injured more than 18 0e. in september, serena martinez suffered life-threatening injuries when her airbag exploded. >> i remember looking down and seeing blood on my shirt. i thought it was going to lead to death. >> takata deeply regrets the circumstances that led to the wags and remains fully committed to being part of the sol

billion dollars, $850 million will compensate the automakers. only $125 million will go to the victims. >> the consumer is left holding the bag. i'm shocked. i can't believe this. i'm stunned. >> meanwhile, without enough parts, car r dealers are behind in fixing all of the vehicles. ford recalls another 816,000 vehicles. the cars more likely to get fixed first are in hot humid climates where the airbag is more likely to explode. tom costello, nbc news washington. turning now to the island nation of cuba. cubans there are lining up outside the u.s. embassy in havana to get a visa. the lines are expected to grow longer because the obama administration abruptly ended the so-called wet foot dry foot policy this week. that policy allowed cubans to get legal residency if they made it to u.s. soil. the government is praising the change. it says the

human trafficking and dangerous journeys for migrants. news 4 covered cuba for the recent changes in u.s./cuba relations. taken you with us including for my own family's personal story. the question i get most often is how can i visit? as it stands now, you can still not travel as tourists. there are other legal ways to visit. we'll walk you through a few of those if you advice the travel show from 11:00 to 11:30, i'll be moderating a panel at the washington convention center, which i can tell you tickets for the entire travel and adventure showtart at $11. cuba certainly on my list. i cannot wait to go. >> it's an interesting place. weatherwise, a lot warmer than we're feeling today. >> have an umbrella with you. and a warm coat if you're

throughout the rest of the day. just a cold rain falling in the metro area. take a look at radar now. we have light rain falling across northern virginia. most of maryland now. it does change over to sleet farther north and west. that blue line upper right of your screen. that's the dividing line between the warm and cold air aloft. it's locked in, in northeastern maryland. it will stay there throughout the rest of the day today. some of the of the warmer air tracks off to the east. we'll see it moving through. we may get a break here early afternoon. there's another surge of rain in indiana, ohio. it's going to be moving in later this afternoon and will linger into the evening hours. temperatures will stay in the metro area in the mid and upper 30s all throughout the day today and into tonight with light rain all the way on through. it may taper off a bit around 2:00 and come back in for the evening hours. still this winter weather advisory in effect north and west of the area. it was canceled a couple of hours ago for the

northern montgomery county, howard, western northern loudoun, fauquier, there's going to be icing, some of the surface that is are a little bit below freezing, maybe a little bit of ice. but it's mainly rain just about everywhere else for the rest of the afternoon, look at our temperatures, theer near the freezing mark. panhandle of west virginia and to our north. but in the metro area, in the mid-30s right now. wet streets in the metro area. that's the situation through noontime into the afternoon and the evening just wet roads even where the -- any rain or sleet is going to be falling or i should say snow or sleet north and west of us. the road temperatures are below freezing. here's the hour by hour look at what's happening here as you get into the afternoon hours. all this generally very light. that's where it's tapering off at 2:00, 3:00. another surge of rain into the shenandoah valley. into northern virginia around

through. after 7:00 or 8:00 p.m., most of it is done and by midnight, it leds off to the east. any little bit of sleet or snow, changing to rain much of the region in blue, northern virginia the metro area and maryland, mainly rain well to our south and far to our west. mainly ice and mainly on elevated surfaces in the pink. the ground surfaces are well above freezing there as well. tomorrow we'll be seeing sunshine back. temperatures near 50 on sunday afternoon. for dr. king day on monday, a lot of clouds around. a small chance of a sprinkle. highs reaching the mid-40s in the afternoon. mid-50s on tuesday. increasing clouds. might get sprinkles tuesday evening. rain showers wednesday through midday drying out in the afternoon. highs upper 50s. looks nice toward inauguration day and next weekend. that's the way it looks. >> looking forward to that forecast, tom. thank you. if you've ever been frustrated at the

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on nbc after news 4 at 11:00. you can feed hungry families with the stuff the bus campaign. it's happening at the shoppers food warehouse at mt. vernon plaza and the giant in mcclain. you can stop by and drop off donations starting in 30 minutes at 9:30. that will run until 4:30 this afternoon. each week a bus will be parked at different locations throughout the county. donations will go to local food pantries. have you ever wanted to pay someone back in an interesting way? >> this is incredible payback. you got to see this. a virginia man decided to settle his beef with the dmv. now serving number -- by paying $3,000 in pennies. >> yeah. >> here's the video to prove it. nick stafford says he wanted to make a point after the commonwealth of virginia denied his request for a phone number to a local

he says since the state inconvenienced him, he wanted to inconvenience the state in return. it took dmv employees more than 12 hours to count all those pennies. >> that's a lot of counting. >> wheelbarrow. incredible. all right. as we look outside. rain, it is here and so is the chance for some sleet and slick roads. we've got tom kierein. he's closely watching temperatures. he's going to help us plan around this winter weather. >> to the west, the crippling blast of cold air and sending right when i walked in the door of bassett you could tell the quality was there. the quality of what we do is phenomenal.

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as well. we have storm team 4 keeping a close eye on the roads. police in prince george's are segting a homicide. a man was found shot to death in a car near the red oak park in glen arden. police are offering a reward. news 4 begins now with