Good morning, everyone. Welcome to news4 midday. Today is Martin Luther king jr. Day and people across the area taking the time to remember the civil rights icon and honor his legacy. We learned that Vice President elect mike pence just arrived at the memorial. A wreath laying ceremony wrapped up a few minutes ago at the memorial. Thats where we find justin finch. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Of course a surprise visit here from vpelect mike pence right by the wreath laid a short time ago. Perhaps you can see him. Hes just behind us. A lots of surprise in the crowd out here today hes taking in the memorial as we speak here and wreath laid just moments ago. Of course the legacy of dr. King on hearts and minds of many here today at this site. Many lean on his example as they mark this moment. That wreath in his honor. Well take you now to video of that ceremony led by a line of young people. The King Memorial Foundation laid a wreath for a sixth year and featured on todays program, a few key players who brought this site into reality from fundraisers to advisers. The events keynote speaker jeff johnson urging the crowd to look to kings legacy of looking past differences for the greater good of all. On the heels of fridays inauguration, a call to the youngest here and across the u. S. To follow in kings footsteps and not let age stop them from being leaders. Dont let your age be a consideration of restricting your leadership role. You are the Martin Luther kings of today and tomorrow. Accept that challenge. When i reflect on what Martin Luther king means to me, its dedication. On the wall theres a picture of dr. King at work and it talks selfless devotion for something other than yourself. Reporter you are looking live at the Vice President elect right here in front of the memorial showing up a few moments ago taking in this site on what is the memorial for dr. Martin luther king here today. Hes now making his way away from the site here. Of course had dr. King lived, he would be 88 years old today. Back to you. Justin finch live at the mlk jr. Memorial. Thank you. Over in southeast community, members are preparing for the 11th annual mlk parade. It steps out at noon. The parade will end in anacostia park. You can find a full list of street closings on the nbc washington app. The National Action network held its annual Martin Luther king jr. Breakfast today in washington honoring several leaders for their work in civil the Virginia Governor was one those recognized for his efforts. Felons of any governor in the history of the United States of america. It was the right thing to do. Republican leaders in virginia challenged the move and virginias Supreme Court ruled in july that the governors process was unconstitutional. After that decision, he restored Voting Rights under a new system. The weather should cooperate for todays mlk events but rain is in the forecast. Plenty of cloud cover out there today. It looks like its going rain at any time. Im keeping a very small chance of passing showers mainly to the south and also off to the west. Really not seeing much in the d. C. Area. Any parades that are happening will be aok to go you probably wont need the rain gear but youll need a hat because temperatures are in the chilly. Temperatures are in the 40s. Seasonal for this time of year. Clouds sticking around throughout the day. Lets plan it out. Temperatures are going to be in low to mid 40s. Mostly cloudy. Steady temps overnight as well. We take them up as we head into your tuesday. Rain in the forecast for tuesday and a lot of this week. Well show you what to expect as we head toward inauguration and also saturday a lot of events going on downtown on saturday so well let you know what you can expect in terms of weather. Guys . All right. Thank you. Developing this morning, Prince Georges County police are offering a reward for any information about a homicide. Someone shot and killed a woman on good hope neighborhood not far from the metro last night. Police have for the released the womans name. In northeast d. C. , two people were found dead inside a home. The discovery was made early this morning. And the victims names have not been released. When we get more details, well have them on the nbc washington app. Now to this fridays transition of power. Were just four days away from the inauguration of donald trump. At noon on friday, he will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. Stay with news4 as we countdown to the inauguration. Well keep updated on street and metro closures and what the weather is going to look like for festivities that day. But what everyone seems to be focusing on this morning is president elect trumps twitter feud with congressman john lewis. This comes after lewis told nbc that he did not see trump as a legitimate president. Trump shot back on twitter over the weekend criticizing lewis and his district. This morning that breakfast honoring dr. Martin luther king jr. , reverend sharp said trump out to reach out to lewis. He ought issues of today. He ought to on king day be kinglike. Dont act like on the National Chess board. Dont behave like a pawn if youve been made a king. On this Martin Luther king jr. Day, trump is tweeting that we should honor dr. King for the great man that he was. Meanwhile, his planned trip to washington today has been called off. News4s tracie potts has the details. Reporter president elect trump was supposed to visit the new africanamerican museum in washington today. His trip abrupt lly canceled overnight. I dont see the president elect has a legitimate president. Reporter as trump advisers defend his tweets criticizing congressman john lewis. Donald trump has the right to defend himself. Reporter lewis and ten other democrats are boycotting fridays inauguration. Trump advisers urge president obama to step in. To do trump five days before he puts his hand on the bible, its just wrong. My hope would be that the president elect will reach out. Reporter mr. Trump making news in an interview with the times of london criticizing u. S. Involvement in iraq. Its like throwing rocks into a beehive. Reporter back home he says his replacement plan for obamacare is almost completed. Our friends dont have a plan to replace it with. Reporter rallies in 40 cities last weekend signaling trouble in congress. If you think youre going to simply throw millions off of health insurance, you got another guess coming. Reporter the president elect says that he wants insurance for all. Something not all republicans support. And hes also calling out outgoing cia director john brennan saying he questions whether brennan behind the unvaried russian information about him. Tracie potts, nbc news, washington. Were following two developing stories. A Music Festival pay popular beach resort interrupted by gunfire. Five people are dead. Its called a senseless act of violence. A plane crashes into a village. The death toll has been rising all morning long. Well have the latest on what went wrong. Its perfect. Its beautiful. Theres nothing we would change about it. Brand new developments. A gunman has killed five people at a nightclub in mexico. More than a dozen other people were hurt. The shooting happened early this morning outside the blue parrot nightclub hosting an event part of an electronic Music Festival. Of the victims, we now know two are from canada, one from italy, one from colombia. Police say the shooting was a result of a disagreement between people inside the club and said security guards had come under fire when they tried to help. Four people are now being questioned. New at midday, recovery teams found the black box from a plan that crashed in kyrgyzstan. It hit a village. Some officials report that 37 people died but the government has not confirmed that number yet. The site is debris from the plane is everywhere including protruding from a house. Several people including children are hurt. The cause of the crash is not clear. This morning, two kids saved from the baltimore house fire are doing better according to the fire department. The 4yearold girl and 5yearold boy have been upgraded from Critical Condition to good condition. They were saved last thursday from that Burning House by their 8yearold sister. The childrens mother is still in Critical Condition. The cause of that fire is still under investigation. Developing right now, d. C. Police want you to take a good look at these photos on the screen. These two girls are cousins. Police say that they disappeared on saturday night around 10 30. If you see them please call police. Fairfax county Police Looking for a stabbing suspect on the run. This after a soccer game turned violent in fairfax county. Police there say that the person fl the soccer field. This happened at South Lakes High School yesterday. Officers say it started with an argument during a game. There were no students involved but this kind of violence has one father on alert. I wouldnt expect a double stabbing to evolve from a soccer match. A neighborhood soccer match. And a great deal of concern. Police think this was an isolated incident and there is no threat to the surrounding communities. This week the Supreme Court will take up a case that could have an impact on the Washington Redskins trademark dispute. Its over the name of an Asian American band. The bands name is a term that could be read as offensive to Asian Americans and the dispute over washingtons name is on hold pending the outcome of that case. A new effort to Push Congress to increase diversity on capitol hill. We see how lawmakers may soon follow in the nfl showed you how almost every u. S. Employer is required by congress to report on their hiring of women and minorities. When we asked nearly 30 local u. S. Senators and u. S. Representatives to report on diversity within their own staff, only seven did so. We found congress doesnt have to follow the same diversity laws it mandates for the rest of the workforce. Now a caucus representing black u. S. Senate staffers are proposing a bill to propose a chief diversity staffer. They say the practice should be in place for congressional job openings too. You mandate that some of the applicants and interviews that you conduct for senior positions, the applicants have to be people of color. Even if they dont get the jobs. It allows men and women of color to get in the pipeline. Despite the number of formal numbers are hiring, there are new figures that show how well congressional staffs reflect the people they serve. Thats com news4 at 6 00. Baseballs champions are in town today. A few months ago the chicago cubs won the world series for the first time in more than a hundred years. President obama asked them to visit the white house before he left office. The president is from chicago but as you know, hes a big white sox fan. Baseball comes back sooner than you think. The nationals pitchers and catchers report to spring training exactly one month from today. Goes by just like that. We talk about baseball all over again. We got to get through the super bowl first. And for the president even though hes a white sox fan, you know this is huge. Over 100 years. 1908. Dont forget hockey. Caps are on a roll. One of the best teams in the league so far. Next week you can buy the final tickets to the greatest show on earth. Performances are actually happening this spring right here in d. C. Nbcs Kerry Sanders histor historic ringling bros. Barnum bailey circus. After nearly a century and a half of entertaining, the greatest show on earth is pulling up its stakes forever. This is messed up. Reporter sundays performance in miami the last time the circus rolls into town here ever. Leaving poignant memories on familys cell phones. My wife brought me seven years ago and bought me this hat. Almost three and her first and only circus. Reporter the decision to retire the performing elephants last spring, a move demanded by Animal Welfare protesters had a big impact on the bottom line according to circus owners. Evidence on cell phone video showing rows of empty seats. This morning i talked to the head of the company that owns ringling bros. Can the Animal Rights ac you think about the number of people, over 400 people that it impacts directly and the millions of fans, theres no winners in this situation. Reporter the dare devil that gained fame in the air under the big top and since gone on to even bigger stunts says hes heartbroken. It is part of my family. You know, i bleed, sweat, eat, sleep and cry circus. Its just who i am. Reporter performers and show producers say todays young audience growing up on video games and Virtual Reality just isnt into the circus the way their parents and grandparents were. But many are sad to see this generations old tradition coming to an end. After the last performance on may 21st, the circus says all of th animals will be retired to quiet sanctuaries. Meantime, to give you an idea how long this circus has been traveling, 143 years, consider this, when they began, there were only 37 stars and grant was president of the United States. Kerry sanders, nbc news, florida. A long time. The time right now 11 19. Speaking of time. And grading your Childs School lunch. The Maryland County at the head of the class. Dangerous weather ahead. Accidents and Power Outages and today people from new mexico to new england facing n storm waewtc breaking news just into the newsroom out of southeast washington. Police on the scene of a double shooting. This is happening in the 2400 block of elvans road in southeast. Homicide detectives have been called to the scene for this double shooting. News4 pat collins on the way. More information as we get it. Crews are cleaning up downed power lines and even worse damage in more than a dozen states this morning. A major ice storm is being blamed for six deaths and the storm is far from over. We get the latest on conditions from omaha, nebraska. Reporter this morning crippling ice coating much of the nations midsection. Entire neighborhoods frozen over. Slick roads now disaster zones with at least five fatalities. In nebraska, a fiery crash engulfed two semi trucks in flames. Amazingly no one was injured. Seat belts helped save both drivers lives. In oklahoma, towns transformed into icicle cities. Fire and ice. Power lines catching fire as ice melts. In missouri, the ice storm forcing the nfl to delay the steelers chiefs playoff game by seven hours in kansas city. And in kansas, you can see mother natures wrath on the road. This tractortrailer almost slamming into a patrol car. The terrifying moments caught on Police Dash Cam video. The officer unharmed. Bishop rice was bagging groceries when the power went out at this supermarket. How did the customers respond . They just kept shopping. Reporter 49 million Americans Still being affected today. Here in omaha, nebraska, were under an ice storm alert thats expected to this as authorities are warning people they need to stay off the roads if at all possible. Wow. A lot of rough weather out there. Thats why this was not planned. This is not the valentines day show. We all woke up and decided to wear red. As soon as i saw you guys on camera this morning, were all wearing red. It looks like valentines day. Not feeling like valentines day out there. Temperatures will be a little bit above normal for this time of year. Were 60s this week. Im not complaining about that. Im ready for it. Lets just go to spring at this point. Im so over snow. I would be happy if we dont get any. No snow in the forecast for the next ten days. We do have rain chances. Lets talk about those because we have a lot of things going on around town this week. 42 is our temperature right now. And you know well take it into the mid 40s for daytime highs today. Pretty much were going to stay there as we go into the overnight. And temperatures are actually going to rise tomorrow. That will be the start 42 right now in washington. We still have 30s out there. Mid to upper 30s when you head out into the Shenandoah Valley. Temperatures into the 40s for everybody. For the rest of the Martin Luther king day, it looks like it will rain at any moment but only a slight chance of showers in there. I would say about a 10 chance if we see anything. You can see theres nothing on storm team 4 radar right now. That ice storm they were talking about in the midwest, you can see all of the way up through omaha and then coming down through iowa. This is a frontal system. Thats going to pass through late tuesday night into wednesday and that will bring us some rain. Were dry for the rest of the afternoon and then we have rain showers tomorrow morning. So as you make your way back to work, grab that umbrella. Youre going to need it. Youre going to need it throughout the day. Scattered showers throughout the day. Out of here by wednesday and then we start to dry out on wednesday afternoon. We do have rain showers as we get into the end of this workweek. Specifically for inauguration. We have that forecast and if you plan to be out and about on saturday, we also have hour by hour and thats coming up in 15 minutes. Well see you then. Thank you. After a jump at the pump, gas prices have finally leveled off. Aaa says nationally prices dropped off since earlier this week. The average for a gallon of regular gas is now 2. 34. In d. C. , its higher at 2. 57 and overall metro region has an average of 2. 36 for a regular gallon of gas. Aaa says demand for gas has slowed following the holidays and the cost of crude oil has stayed flat. This morning we are working for you to let you know if your Childs School lunch is actually healthy. The School Food Environment grades looked at all 24 School Systems across the state of maryland. Howard county schools got a plus. Frederick and carrol received b pluses and prince georges received its about transparency about ingredients. Whats inside the school lunches. Hard to get healthy and tasty. A lot of times kids want the bad stuff. Give me the hot dogs. The digital signs are going up everywhere warning drivers of road closures. That is because of fridays inauguration when people are expected to pack the National Mall like this. What you need to know if you need to get around during the busiest time. Conversations with leaders and business, politics, sports and culture. A new show by a man once described as president obamas body man. How reggie love and the Monumental Sports Network are giving you a whole new look at d. C. Breaking news into the live desk a few minutes ago. Michael l. Brown named Alexandria Police chief after chief earl cook retired october 1. Brown has been in Law Enforcement for four decades. Served as commissioner of the california highway patrol, adviser for the california governors office, worked for the national Highway Traffic Safety Administration and as a professor at california state university. Brown has lived in alexandria since 2010 with his wife who is an alexandria sheriffs deputy. Hell start january 23rd. The public is invited to meet brown at a welcome reception next thursday evening hall. The pomp and circumstance for the inauguration was on display sunday as members of the military and other officials held an inauguration dress rehearsal. It was complete withstand ins for the first and second families. The goal was to practice Inauguration Day event so everything happens as flawlessly and as on time as possible for the actual swearing in on friday. For everyone who lives and works in the district, the inauguration is going to mean some major changes in how you get around. Thats right. News4s transportation reporter is live along pennsylvania avenue to break down everything that we need to know. Adam . Reporter hey. Theres no guarantee for whats actually going to happen on friday, but yes, we have a busy week of prep going on so its time to figure out how youre going to get around. A transportation game plan a must whether you live here or not. Jake lives on capitol hill and knows he has a challenge. Where reliwe live its hard get anywhere. Reporter a huge security perimeter around the entire mall traveling by car will be tough. Now on metro, be aware that the Transit Agency will run from 4 00 in the morning until midnight on friday. However, five stations will be shutdown for security. Pentagon, smithsonian, Federal Square and others. Theres no estimate for how many people will show up. Well just put as much service as we basically can out there. Reporter airports will be crowded starting on thursday lasting through the weekend. Marc and vre will run limited service. The inauguration can be a challenging time for the locals. Crowds in d. C. Are not fun. Reporter there are plenty visiting who can appreciate the pageantry of whats happening. I decided i wanted to come down to d. C. Before the big day to get in some sightseeing. Reporter today a good day to do just that. Weve got you covered for everything you need to know inauguration transportationwise. Its all on our nbc washington app. Just search inauguration. Back to you. Pressure does continue to build for some big changes at metro. Right now two local members of congress are drafting legislation that could change how the Transit Agency is run. Virginia congresswoman tells the Washington Post that big changes are needed. The republican and Maryland Democratic are drafting bills and potential changes include banning elected officials from metros board and finding new ways to fund the Transit Agency. Well, we have a new show that focuses on the the voices in the washington, d. C. Community and the host is a familiar voice. Reggie love is hosting the show. Joining us today is reggie love and the Vice President and general manager of Monumental Sports Network. Thanks for being here, both of you. Thanks for having us. Reggie, you had an interesting career path already from championship winning duke basketball captain to the president s special assistant and now tv host. What drew you to this new role . I think its great opportunity and great time. I think content is driving so many decisions and so many aspects of our life today. Zach was kind enough to invite me to host the show, so i thought it would be great opportunity to do it. I think weve done a pretty good job of getting some pretty interesting people to come out and tell their stories and give our viewers an insight into areas of life in the world that they havent been able to see. What do you want to achieve we really want to show people the washington, d. C. That isnt pictured on cnn. Were really a netflix Style Service for local sports. You can download our app or visit us on Monumental Sports Network. Com. We feature hundreds of live games and hundreds of hours of live original programming like reggies show and reggie is at the intersection of sports and d. C. Culture. Its a perfect fit for us to celebrate washington. Speaking of that, youre interviewing movers and shakers in d. C. You interviewed a chef recently and then you did a Washington Wizards star. What do you want your viewers to gain . What kind of insight from these oneonones . I think if you look at jeremiah langer, he has great background. The guy started working in mcdonalds. He drove down to charleston, south carolina, on a whim to work part time in a restaurant that he loved, which ultimately propelled him dream. I think that story is phenomenal. And, look, theres just so much inspiration that you can get if you really take the time to look into what drove people to make these decisions at critical times in their lives. Zach, when people think of Monumental Sports Network, sports in the name, they think of sports. You really want to branch out. Absolutely. We want to branch out of our core properties. Our arena football teams, washington mystics, doing high school programming. Well stream close to 250 Live High School games so i would encourage you guys to download the app and sign up for one of our packages at 8. 99 and 12. 99 and check out programming we have to offer. We have one of the Best High School conferences in the country here. The level of talent is through the roof. A lot of fun to watch. You know something about that of course. If duke can get a player from washington metro area, we usually haveoo i want to ask you. You told the hill you wouldnt turn down a role in the Trump Administration and given your close relationship with the obamas, people might be asking you to explain your reasoning behind that. I think the hill did write that. I think in the interview i said that, you know, i would consider a role, you know, with the Trump Administration mainly because i have a respect for the office of the presidency. I dont necessarily mean that i am thinking of going to work for the Trump Administration. I would unequivocally say i would work there. The political process is important. I think, you know, weve got to be engaged on both sides, and so you have to be willing to have a dialogue with anyone. If youre not willing to have a dialogue with everyone, youre part of the problem. With that, thank you so much for joining us. Excited about the new show. Angie . Thanks. We want to take a look outside right now if we can. Gray skies. Unfortunately theyre sticking around a le morning rain. Lauren is back to let us know how soon the wet its perfect. Its beautiful. Theres nothing we would change about it. As if being knocked out of the playoffs isnt bad enough, listen to what cowboys fans had to deal with after the packers won yesterday. Listen, im a redskin fan. Sorry. Were trying not to be gloat but cowboy fans were stuck in the stadium because of the tornado warning. Adding insult to injury. And then signs popped up on the scoreboard warning fans about Severe Weather telling them to take shelter. The warning came minutes after that final field goal. The National Weather service has not confirmed a funnel cloud or tornado. Were not trying to make light of a dangerous situation. We bleed burgundy and gold so you know we were rooting for the packers. I root for the packers own team. What a finish. That game from start to finish incredible. Some people said that was the super bowl. It was great. Im glad the cowboys arent going to the super bowl. I started to tweet yesterday about the packers. Afraid they were going to lose and dallas was going to win. Nail biting. Go packers all right, lets talk weather now. Its going to be really warm. I think we all like those 60degree days and well continue to see those as we get into this week. Not today. Its cloudy. Its seasonable out there today. It is just looks like it will rain at any minute. Rain and snow from that picture. None on the horizon. Im going to keep an isolated shower in there. I think its about a 10 chance or less. Just cloudy today. Well have rain showers tomorrow and then we have springlike temperatures for the rest of the week with some showers for inauguration. Temperaturre right now. Upper 30s out in the Shenandoah Valley for the rest of your Martin Luther king jr. Day. Temperatures in the 40s and well stay with that cloud cover. Nothing showing up on the storm team 4 radar so we remain dry as we go through the day. We do have showers in the forecast tomorrow. Theyll be scattered. I dont think it will rain all day. Very spotty. Take that umbrella with you. So again by 6 00 a. M. , a few showers moving through on your tuesday. We keep those showers going as we go through your tuesday afternoon and into tuesday evening could see a few showers early wednesday but then well clear out by wednesday afternoon. Now, if you are heading out for the womens march on saturday, temperatures are going to be in the 60s. Still not going to be that bad out there on saturday. Well have some sunshine actually put these backwards. Friday we could have a few rain showers for the inauguration. Specifically during the afternoon. We have that whole tenday forecast and well let you know when we cool down after we see 60s coming up in just a few minutes. Guys . Thank you. A look at just how generous grandparents are. [000 42 59;00] my kids came home with yesterday. The money theyre spending on their families. Also, honoring Martin Luther king jr. s legacy with a Service Marathon. Well take a look at how volunteers have spent 72 hours helpintheir communities. G today we remember dr. Martin luther king jr. And his impact on our society. Mlkday is trending on social media. The d. C. Police department remembered the leader with this famous quote and picture. Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that. Republican senator ted cruz posted a picture remembering the place where dr. King delivered his iconic i have a dream speech. Prince georges county schools remember the impact he had on education and the king Center Posted a collection of photos from kings life and white house photographer posted a series of photos of president obama celebrating mlk day throughout his presidency. Some really incredible images of his work in the white house and with his family as well and he said on this day dr. King would have been proud to know that his vest was displayed in the office of the first africanamerican president. Across the country people are also honoring Martin Luther king jr. s legacy by Service Projects in our area. They are about to finish up a Service Marathon. The new local Nonprofit Service never sleeps organized this effort and the founder is here to tell us about it. She brings along some wonderful participants from other groups that have spent the last 72 hours doing a whole lot of good in our region. I do want to start off with whitney. First, tell us a little bit about this marathon and what youve been able to accomplish over the last few days. Sure. Thank you so much for having us. The idea of Service Never sleeps is that just as social injustice never sleeps, combatting it should never sleep ever. What better way to bring in mlks day of service than by having a 72hour Service Marathon where we had service taking place every minute of every hour. We partnered with over 10 local nonprofits to facilitate service to their shelters, crisis hotlines, soup kitchens, Youth Centers to support issues of homelessness, violence against veteran and military families, Mental Health. An array of social issues. I know, maurice cook joins us now. He leads a group that aims to empower people of color. Tell us about your hand in this project. It helped us improve our Financial Accounting system and our marketing and branding and weve been able to recruit more volunteers to get directly in the lives of d. C. Youth providing them with various activities including financial literacy, College Awareness and preparation and our athletic programs enrolling in tennis and swimming. Strength in numbers. Good to hear about that and increase there. Lauren anderson, your organization is also part of this mission. How important has it been for you to have these volunteers onboard . So important. So our organization, the Josh Anderson foundation promotes youth, Mental Health and prevents teen suicide o administrative and fundraising tasks of the organization are forgotten. Our Service Never sleeps fellows have helped us fulfill those tasks so that we can further our program. I really credit their help to our successful launch of our latest program. And you are also a fellow. What has your personal experience been like and what have you been able to witness and take away from these last few days . Im actually an analyst for my day job and i do homelessness policy and research. Its really important for me to be able to have that ground level perspective when i work on that. I actually have been paired up with Capitol Hill Group ministry which is a nonprofit working on homelessness in the area. Im able to really put human faces to those data sets and real peoples stories to our Public Policy and it benefits me personally and professionally being an advocate in the community and also being able build my skill set while helping this nonprofit. Thats really great to hear. Were talking about the homeless, Mental Health issues, financial literacy. This really touches all parts of our community. Are you tired yet . 72 hours. Lets be real. Ive been trying to promote this hashtag to inspire to be tired. We facilitate a workshop that teaches Community Members how to promote social justice in their local communities but then we also pair professionals with local nonprofits to do sill based service and help excellent nonprofits execute solutions they already have. Seems like its been a big success theyll tack on another day next year, right . Right. So thank you so much for joining us. We thank you for all that youre doing. Thank you for sponsoring this back to you. Impressive effort. Hundreds of people will join volunteer fairfax to lend a hand on this Martin Luther king jr. Day. Some 500 volunteers are expected to pitch in. News4 was there as volunteers prepared for projects today. The volunteer fairfax staff tailors projects to fit the whole family. Everybody can volunteer. Age doesnt matter. We all have something to give. And because so many families are off on monday, its a holiday, its a perfect opportunity to bring the children and do something together for the community. It gets under way at the Jewish Community center in northern virginia. Volunteer registration is closed but the group is also accepting donations of gently worn shoes. Up next, checking your bottom line how to know whether nting is better forre we all know grandparents are generous. A new report puts the price tag on that generosity. Td tdameritrade say they spend over 2,300 a year. They spend 40 hours a week helping out with child care grandkids. Thats what you get when you live ten minutes away. At least you get to send them back home. Exactly. And spoil them with love too. Im grateful for that. I think my kids like them better than they like us. My mom would say thats the way its supposed to be. With the high cost of living, it can be difficult to afford a house. Many People Choose to rent instead. With rising Mortgage Rates, its getting even harder for first time home buyers. Some buyers are rethinking their options. These two are on the move. I thought, okay, this is the logical next step in your life. You get married. You buy a house. This is the way its supposed to be. The newlyweds saved up to buy a place of their own. Down payment ready to upgrade from their rented apartment in a suburb of atlanta. As they crunched the numbers, they realized that now buying we thought our numbers must be wrong because everybody says buying a house is a better deal than renting but our numbers were showing thats not necessarily true. After the down payment, taxes, a budget for maintenance and rising Mortgage Rates and uncertain economy, they started rethinking their search. Heres why. [000 56 25;00] starting Home Inventory is down 45 . Home prices are rising in most cities requiring large er down payments and the Mortgage Rate is 4. 3 . Its a sellers market. 2017 is going to be more difficult to buy a home. What did you end up deciding to do . We decided to keep renting. Why . It made a little bit more financial sense. Now they are packing up their current place for a better rental deal nearby while keeping ane for those who do want to buy right now, experts say they should take a long view. If you can stay put for seven years, buying is a better deal than renting no matter where you are in the country. For others, renting may be the way to go in a changing market thats shaking things up for potential home buyers. Were redefining the american dream. Well, as we head through the rest of the day, well continue with the clouds. And then temperatures actually going to warm up this week. We have rain chances on tuesday and also some rain chances returning on friday for the inauguration. Plan ahead if youre headed out to that. Temperatures in the low 50s. The womens march on saturday. If you have plans on saturday, not bad. Peeks of sunshine. Well be dry with temperatures around 50 degrees. Wont make it to 50 today. Stuck in 40s with cloud cover. Low to mid 50s tomorrow. Bring that umbrella. Youll need it for rain showers. Maybe a few rain showers early on wednesday. Otherwise, we warm up as we go through this week feeling more like spring. Thanks, lauren. That will we just moved into this house and didnt realize how difficult it was going to be to tie all that space together. With an open floor plan, you need to separate it with furniture. Bassett had everything that we needed. Fabric combinations marry the rooms together. 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