President trump ordered an employment freeze for the federal government. There are a few exceptions, military, Public Safety and public health. This is expected to be a bigger plan by the president to reduce the workforce. If i were in the federal government, would i not government, i would not be expecting a whole lot of growth or wage increases. That would be contrary to everything that he campaigned on. The National Active and retired federal employees Association Opposes the executive order claiming it creates hiring backlogs, inadequate staffing and unlikely to save money. Tracie potts will have details on what he told congressional leaders last night, coming up in a few minutes. Right now, storms are battering parts of the northeast. A noreaster is causing a whole lot of problems, outages and delays. Lets check in we have new video in. This comes to us out of new york. You can see how bad the flooding is there. In the rockaways, new york city, storm search inundated, several inches of water in porches and storefronts. We also have a look at what it did to new jersey. Major waves. Very rough surf, beating up the jersey shore as the storm strenlt thenned along the east coast. The coast guard saying the winds were gusting at up to 60 Miles Per Hour in parts of that area. The storm, it isnt done yet. More wind and rain and snow and ice is expected in new england where they already have thousands without power this morning. Aaron . Thank you. It is now 4 32. Lets get another check on your weather and traffic . Chuck bell and Sheena Parveen here with us. Yesterday was as ugly as it possible coul around 1 00, 2 00, a miserable day to be outside. What do you need to know about today. Nowhere near as ferociously windy. Tomorrow is looking great. There is a little bit of a cooling trend coming our way as we head towards the weekend. Weather impact, not much of anything more than a little inconvenience here early this morning. Turning breezy later this afternoon. To talk temperatures, here is sheena. It is colder outside. The wind we have around making almost everybody feel below freezing. You will maybe want a warmer jacket. You dont need the umbrella. You are not making it through the afternoon like you did yesterday. It feels closer to 31 degrees. Thats what that wind is still doing. 9 00 a. M. , 38 degrees. By lunchtime, temperatures around 43. We do have a few sprinkles around the area. Clinton, as we go through the afternoon, dryer conditions. New problem on the roadways. Good morning, southbound vw parkway, we do have a crash. We do see some slowdowns if you are headed into town that way this morning. Right lane is getting by. That is good. Taking a look at the outer loop at 66. Have that crash on the right shoulder. Right now, a little hard to see because of that bridge. It is not slowing things too much right now. A look at the beltway overall. Inner loop and outer loop. We will take a live look at 270 coming up. It is h434. Police are calling the investigation of the citys second murder this year an active situation. Officers found a man shot on madison street around 8 3067. He died. Last year, they saw a spike going from one in 2015 to 10 in 2016. Terrifying moments for an alexandria mom. Someone nearly stole her car with her child inside. This happened yesterday in the Bradley Shopping Center parking lot on king street. She left her car running as she went to the atm. The person jumped into the car and started to drive away. When he saw the child in the back seat, he stopped and left in a waiting car. The child was not hurt. Michael brown officially started as chief yesterday. He joins the force from the national highway traffic administration. He spent most of his career working with the Highway Patrol and served as a commissioner. A public welcome is set. The montgomery c executive has vetoed a measure to boost by 15 an hour. They narrowly passed it. Mike leggett said he will reconsider raising the minimum wage if changes are made. The governor of minnesota recovering after a public collapse. Angie goff has new information on his condition from the live desk. Minnesota governor will get back to work today as normal after collapsing during a state of the state address. That is the very latest from his chief of staff. Take a look at what happened. You can see right there, 69yearold democrat fainting as he neared the end of his annual speech monday night. He actually stumbled when he at the end, he was able to walk out of the capitol on his own. He plans to unveil his budget proposal. He has had a history of Health Issues and fainted during a Campaign Stop because of overheating and dehydration. It is 4 37. Another update on former president george h. W. Bush. He is still in the hospital but no longer in intensive care today. This is a picture of the president and his wife, barbara. She was released yesterday. He is being treated for pneumonia. We wish them all the best and a speedy recovery. Lets take a live look outside. Things are still wet. You might want to pack the umbrella in the kids backpack. Chuck bell is back with a closer look at the in the live desk about the avalanche in italy. New details coming back in. We check back in with angie goff. The search begins to find a killer as does the request to find the avalanche. Five bodies were pulled from there. That brings the death toll up to 12. 17 people are still missing. There is hope that someone might be alive. Na there was an air pocket in the boiler room. We also know that the funerals will be held today. 4 41. A bit of a bright spot in this avalanche tragedy. Rescuers were able to find three puppies. Lets turn now and talk about our weather. I wasnt ready for the cold. Really, it hit me in the face. It was raining too chuck. Wasnt ready . You know it is cold. Obviously, it is january. I had my coat on. I wasnt expecting the sprinkles. To viewers, we say, there is an app for that. To you two, you have no excuses. Did you not listen to a word we said yesterday . I did. It is just my bad. Now, were getting somewhere. We know whose fault it is. Not raining or snowing all that hard. There could be some spits of very light rain. I couldnt rule out a wet snowflake. Grab a picture and send it to me on twitter. A lot more puddles than raindrops. The daily grade, give it a c minus. A little sunshine back. Todays high near we still have a problem on the right side of the roadway. Southbound v. W. Parkway at 175. The right lane is getting by that accident. We do have police and fire there on the scene. 66 and 95 overall, looking quite good here this morning. No big complaints there. Taking a live look right now. Beltway at saint barn abus. The hunt is on to find her killer. There is just one problem. Police dont know who the victim is. What they want you to see that might help identify her. Take a good look at this car. Why people say the people inside of it could have killed one of their own. President trump tells congressi you might want to layer up. Back with a closer look at that in a few minutes. We are also working to tell you how President Trumps plan to freeze federal hiring could impact you. Sources tell President Trump that he spent the first ten minutes of his meeting with the congressional leaders relitigating the campaign. It included a claim that has been widely debunked. Tracy, whats going on now . He is saying it was illegal that cost him some states, referring to undocumented workers that he said were vote ng this election, millions of them. That is a claim that has been widely and concerned this white house is about its image, about Media Coverage and even about these lingering issues from the campaign. We heard it from sean spicer at that toneddown briefing yesterday where he said they are demoralized by constant negative Media Coverage. While it looks like they are moving forward to dealing with issues, we will see more of that today. There is still a sore spot in the white house about this campaign and how it was covered. We also saw the president sign a number of executive orders. One was the federal hiring freeze that you are going to talk about t. That doesnt apply to the military. Tpp, he can pull out of. Nasa, he is going to need congressional approval. He is starting the process of trying to do that. Tracie potts on the hill. After dealing with interim police chief is preparing for fridays march for life. She has defended the use of police to control crowds and break up riots quickly. He would not comment on how several protesters who filed Excessive Force lawsuits. Remember that limo set on fire during the protests of the inauguration, this morning, we are hearing from the man who rented it. Daniel dire is a minister from indiana. His wife and a couple, another couple were in washington for inaugural festivities. He said the driver dropped him off to attend an event and later told protesters attacked the vehicle. Dire said he never dreamed the limo he rented would be caught in the crosshairs of protesters. These people were indiscriminate on whoever was in that vehicle. They had an agenda to property and physical harm, obviously, to people. We feel blessed that everybody is okay. Dire says there is a better way to discuss our differences. There can be reconciliation in our country. It is 4 49. We are expecting an update on a case that had a lot of people talking about the dangers of fake election news. Edgar welch is accused of opening fire inside comet ping pong shooting restaurant. He was there to investigate the false pizza gate conspiracy theory. If convicted, welch faces as much as 35 years in prison. Before police in Prince Georges County can focus on who killed a young woman, they have to figure out who s is. Police have additional sketches of the victim. Her body was found on january 15th in the parking lot in temple hills in a park complex. She has distinct tattoos that could help m identify her. They read, just love, no lies, peace and the initials jms, along with a cry baby, jaylen. She is someones child. We want to go to that family and let them know what it is, what happened to their loved one and who she is. There is no other way we can start this identification truly without identifying who she is. Police say the victim is between 25 and 30 years old, 56. If you know who she might be, contact Prince Georges County police. A temple hills man who pled guilty to weapons charges in connection to the shooting of three people, including a firefighter, will be sentenced in march. Prince say Darryl Lumpkin shot and killed a firefighter and his brother and another firefighter. The First Responders were sent into lumpkins home to check on his welfare. They did not charge him in his death. An update to breaking news. Monday morning, Fairfax County police are asking for your help to find this white sedan. Take a look. The driver shot at an officer in great falls sunday night. The officer tried to pull the sedan over. The car never stopped but a passenger jumped out. Then, the driver sfed doped dow street, circled back towards the cruiser and opened fire. The Police Officer was not hurt. A nonprofit has withdrawn its application to put a federal prison Halfway House in sheverly. It would have been blocks away from a playground. We are told they are working with Prince Georges County leaders to find a more suitable location somewhere else in the county. Marriott is building a brand new headquarters in bethesda, taking over two blocks at norfolk and wisconsin avenue, north of the bethesda metro station. It includes a 22story Office Building and a flagship marriott hotel. It will take five years to build. Sheena tell us more about this weather. Hope it is improving. Wow, it is brutal out there. Yesterday was bad compared to this morning. You said it was really cold when you walked outside . To me, it was. I had the big coat on. It feels below freezing. It is damp. I am very cold when it comes to cold weather. It is cold and damp. The damp air does make it feel a little bit colder. Before you head outside, a thick jacket, warmer than you had yesterday. You are going to love tomorrows forecast. Then, we go into the weekend and temperatures will be getting colder. It is going to be feeling a little more like winter. Right now, it feels like 30 degrees. Actual temperatures, 39. With that wind still out there, it is still a breezy. Northwest at 16 miles an hour. It is making things right around the district, mostly in Prince Georges County. Very light sprinkles arnold the area and the beltway. Later afternoon and tomorrow, the south wind. Early morning showers on thursday. So here is a look at your tenday forecast. Look at the sunshine finally. Temperatures above normal until we get to the weekend. That will be feeling more like winter. Lets get an update on the crash out there. Good morning, melissa. Hi, sheena. The outer loop at 66, it has cleared out of the way. Another piece of good news. Southbound bw parkway p the crash is on the right and rain still hanging on to that camera there. Bottom of the beltway, everything is looking quite good here. No problems on 210, on branch avenue, pennsylvania avenue, everything is rolling along nicely. We will take a live look at 66 coming up. Thank you, melissa. We are nearly a month into the new year. How are you doing with your resolution to get fit. The apps that could help you get back on track. It is day two of tax season. Dont expect a refund right away. Why millions are being welcome back. It is 4 57. In news for your health, a new study says there is a good chance you need to get a screening for your heart but havent yet. 60 of women believe heart screens should begin when they are 30 years old. The American Heart Association says they should start when you are 20 years old. The survey was conducted by the nonprofit, orlando health. We have a link to the full story, an nbc washington app search. Heart screening. We are 24 days into the new year. Some of you may be having some trouble keeping those new years resolutions. We are working for you. Letting you know about four free fitness apps that can keep you on track. First, the daley free personal workout. If you dont have time for a it based on your schedule. If you have five minutes, you can use this app. Choose your own personal trainer and focus on everything from your abs to your legs. The strong tracker workout for strength training. This is really for toning up. Even beginners can figure this out. If you are more advanced, it has barbell routines. The Johnson Johnson sevenminute workout. It learns your work outstyle, strength and goals and adjust toss what you need. You can do one, two, or three circuits and go 7 minutes or longer. This is another 7minute workout. It is voiceprompted so you dont have to keep checking your phone to see if you are reaching your goals. You can time your workouts and your breaks. Those are the four things to know about free fitness apps. There you go. Back on track. It was the hottest toy of the holidays and now it is facing class action lawsuit. A california woman is suing the maker of hatchimals. Millions of children and families were disappointed, calling the toy and bait and switch marketing scheme. They encouraged them to contact Customers Service if their toy didnt hatch. Angies hatchimal hatched. Real eggs work that way sometimes. It is a toy, aaron. Right now, you can begin to file your tax return, but you may have to wait longer for that refund. The irs is trying to crack down on scammers. According to the irs, scammers made off with more than 3 billion in 2014. Last year, there was a surge. Tax tax preparers say this might be a tough one for a lot of people. These people arent people making a lot of money. This is their biggest check. They need to pay off their credit card bills from christmas, get the car repaired and to wait 30 days really could hurt them. To protect yourself from scammers experts say you should file early, before a criminal can. You should also avoid giving out your Social Security number over email or by phone. News 4 today starts now. 5 00 on the dot. Good morning, everybody. Im aaron gilchrist. And im eun yang. Were working to get you out the dar this morning. Melissa will have the latest on the roads in just a minute. Shes seeing trouble already this morning. Lets start with chuck bell and Sheena Parveen. Its cold. Its wet. Thanks, guys. Youre welcome. Anything we can do to help. Messengers, aaron, theyre just the mess edgers. Thats right. Not a very pretty morning outside today