morning. i'm yasmin vossoughian. >> i'm frances rivera. certainly a lot happening. breaking overnight could a government shutdown have just been averted? word from the white house this morning that the president amid swelling backlash from democrat has walked back his decision to have a budget standoff over funding for his proposed border wall deciding against a possible government shutdown. it is a stunning reversal on what was then candidate trump's central campaign promise. >> we will build a great wall along the southern border. and mexico will pay for the wall. >> we're going to build the wall. we have no choice. >> for more we're joined by tracie potts. what's the latest on this reversal and what led up to it? >> reporter: well, frances and yasmin, what led up to it the fact that democrats and some republicans on capitol hill did not want to deal with the funding for this wall this week while they were trying to prevent a government shutdown. as you said it was a associated press the president fulfilled ten of the 38 promises that he made on the campaign trail, but this was a big one. and he hasn't backed off the wall completely, but he is not going to push for the funding right now, the white house says. from democrats reaction from the two top democrats here who opposed this, nancy pelosi says that it is welcome news and it's time for congress to act to prevent the shutdown. chuck schumer said that this is good for the country, that the president is willing to take funding for the wall off the table. and lindsey graham, a republican, has been skeptical about whether the timing is right. >> hopefully we can find a way to increase border security and i'm for a wall where it makes sense but at 2200-mile wall doesn't make a lot of sense. there is not a big appetite for that. fencing and walls are part of the plan. >> reporter: so without a big win so far in his first 100 days announcement tomorrow, tax reform. fran zes and yasmin. >> live in washington, thank you. arkansas executed two death row inmates killed hours apart receiving lethal injections. jack jones and marcel williams convicted of rape and murder and had admitted their guilt. this is the first time the state has carried out two death sentences on a single day since the year 2000. they are the second and third executions of the state's plan to kill eight convicts over a period of ten days, the drug used expires on sunday. >> at no point in modern american history has any state ever attempted to carry out so many executions in such a short period of time. >> death penalty opponents protested the executions but last night the spokesman for arkansas' governor insisted the right thing was being done. >> opportunity for justice and that's what was carried out. >> the state's next scheduled execution is thursday. an american show of force, a short time ago the uss michigan a nuclear powered submarine armed with more than 150 guided tomahawk missiles arrived at a naval base in south korea. and the "uss carl vinson" will be in the region shortly. this as north korreorea is conducting exercises. tammy lightner is straking it all from london. with the latest on this move with the tensions in north korea. >> reporter: good morning. south korean military official confirms to nbc news that north korea is undergoing a live fire military exercise on a massive scale. this comes as tensions are already high amid speculation that the north might carry out yet another nuclear missile test. vice presidenten asia trip monday underlying the show of military strength in the area. he promised robust military spending at a time when the u.s. faces threats in the pacific posed by north korea. now the u.s. evidents to curb north korea's nuclear and weapons program dominated much of pence's trip. president trump spoke with the chinese president in an effort to defuse the situation and today a leading communist party newspaper warns north korea against conducting another nuclear test. meanwhile, details are still sketchy about the detention of u.s. citizen tony kim who also goes by his korean name. he was detained saturday bringing the number of u.s. citizens detained to three. gee also don't know about the whereabouts of his wife who was reportedly with him at his time of detention at the pyongyang airport. >> thank you. more news for united airlines, a tri trouble forced an emergency landing. the flight was headed to houston when passengers say one of the engines overheated. a passenger tells nbc the plane tipped to one side as it tried to land. the wing nearly hitting the tarmac before pulling up and trying again. he posted on facebook. >> thinking about kids, being without parents and your life ending way too early. that was a horrifying experience. makes you fresh freight life. >> the plane did land safely with no reports of injuries. united cites a maintenance issue and passengers could be compensated. the passenger is shaken up but credits the pilot getting everybody to the ground safely. former fox news anchor bill o'reilly is breaking silence after losing his cable show and speaking to his supporters via his podcast. he was sad not to do television adding he was surprised how it all turned out. i can't say a lot because there's much stuff going on right now but i can tell you that i'm very confident the truth will come out and when it does i don't know if you're going to be surprised but i think you're going to be shaken as i am. you have a right to know i think what happened and we're working in that direction. o'reilly diamondbacked wrong doing since "the new york times" reported he and fox news paid $13 million in settlements for past sexual harassment allegations. he says he plans to make his podcast a quote genuine news program. tucker carlson stepped in for the first time and had this to say. >> i watch bill o'reilly at this hour for years and i always marvelled how well prepareded he was, how tough he was and crisply and directly he expressed what he did was not easy. he set a high bar. i'm going to do my best. >> after more than three months of public silence on vacation and away from the spotlight president obama came roaring back. >> so, what's been going on while i've been gone? >> a sense of humor as well. moderating a panel discussion at the university of chicago, focusing on what catapulted him to the white house, civic engagement urging young people to get involved. tackling issues without mentioning his successor's name. >> the ing sl most important thing i can do is to help in any way i can prepare the next generation of leadership to take up the baton. what i said in 2004 that there were no red states or blue states, that was aspirational comment, one, by the way, i still believe in the sense that when you talk to individuals one on one, people, there's a lot more that people have in common than divides them. >> wondering if the gray started to fade. his decision not to criticize trump sin deference to george w. bush's decision not to critique him. >> parts of north carolina getting hit with heavy rain, flooding causing major problems in the central part of the state. creeks and streams are continuing to rise and electricity is out in some areas due to downed trees and power lines. bill karins is tracking the weather. >> good morning. overnight the rains continued, flash flood warnings around jacksonville, newbush area, and new the heavy rain starting to shift to the north of the raleigh region. all the red stripes you see are river flood warnings, we just had our flash flood warnings expire. that's good ath to head north. here's how the storm is going to time out. 7:00 a.m., washington, d.c., the heaviest rains this morning. the evening drive home all of southern new england, new york city, a lot of heavy rain for you and airport delays look certain. that's a look at the big weather story. here is a closer look at your day ahead. well, the other thing is temperatures are going to 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"news 4 today" starts now. if i could only get my hands on these tickets, aaron. >> buy them. just buy them. >> the >> sorry. i do need a retirement and save up for my children and whatnot. >> 4:27. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gill crest. >> i'm eun yang. >> we'll get a look at your commute with melissa. first, let's start with chuck and sheena and a look at the weather. >> she's saving up for her kids' education. here's the first thing you should teach your kids, eun. you have to go to work to go to school. >> you have to work to get tickets. >> showery day. not a pretty one. we still need the raven. we'll take it. right now you can see all of the rain with the heavier rain here. that's all spinning in our direction so if it's not raining at your house yet, there are many places where it's not actually raining. there are a lot of wet roads and puddles. it will be raining on you later today. like yesterday, it will be a chilly day. for more on the big chill, go over to sheen tha. >> the rain will be steadier as we go through the middle of the day. currently, temperature 55 degrees. we haven't seen much movement with our temperatures all day yesterday and this morning and later on this afternoon. cloudy skies currently. rest of the area looking at mostly mid to low 50s. quantico, 52. dulles, 52 degrees in frederick and your morning drive, you could see scattered showers by 7:00 a.m. steadier rain by 7:00 a.m. and by noon. by 5:00 p.m., spotty showers in the forecast. let's get a closer look at the timing. let's check the roads on your tuesday drive. >> good morning, sheena. new problem that popped up northbound bw parkway. northbound on 202 one lane. as you look here at the inner loop and out beltway, everything is quite good here. on the beltway this morning, northbound prince william parkway, ballsford road, southbound lanes are open. northbound section is diverted. also south den dd widdle street. all lanes blocked for a water main break. >> thank you. staying on top of breaking news about a crash involving police officers. >> aaron, a lot of new information into the desk. first, we know the person in the second vehicle was arrested for dui. that spern in jail this morning. scene of 695 along the jersey wall. this was the person that police say ran into the officer's cruiser while they were parked making a traffic stop for another accident they were investigating. one person went to the hospital and also we found out two officers actually had to be injuries as well. 695 was closed and 295 southbound. we have learned that that road is back open. still though making calls. no word on what caused the initial crash. now back to you, eun. >> thank you, angie. also breaking news tonight, two more inmates in arkansas are dead. marcel williams and jack jones were both executed within a few hours of each other. the executions are part of an aggressive schedule. the state wanted to execute eight inmates in ten days before its lethal drug expired. the court stopped four of those executions. williams and jones were sentenced to death in two separate rape and murder cases 20 years ago. there is one more execution scheduled for later this week. he's accused of going on a deadly shooting spree in maryland last year. today he's expected to plead guilty. prosecutors say he shot and killed his