Hi, tracee. Reporter im definitely starting to think about it, myself, thinking about the gloves and probably a warmer scarf and definitely a hat for tomorrow. The folks who are coming into lowes are thinking about making sure theyre going to be warm in their homes. An arctic blast is headed our way. Folks are preparing and buying those space heaters. I have a guest coming and theyre going to be in a room and i guess because of the cold, i do i wanted to make sure that theyll be warm. Theyre coming up to florida. Reporter definitely going it be cold to them tomorrow. Exactly, theyre not going to be able to really tolerate it. Reporter storm team 4 is predicting temperatures to take a major dive with a windchill that may feel as cold as 15 or in some cases 5 degrees. Thats why im staying in. Reporter its got ernest already thinking about snow and ice melt and snow blowers. Im always a step ahead of the time, you know, this Mother Nature uf Mother Nature come, you better be ready. Reporter yeah. Im getting ready now before Mother Nature comes, i know its coming. Reporter hes absolutely right, since theres a chance of wet snow and ice early saturday, later turning to rain. They might say, hey, were just going to get a flurry, might come a foot. Never know. Reporter youre going to be ready. Be ready, all i got to say. Reporter coming up on news 4 at 6 00, Prince Georges County is preparing for this cold. This is the county that saw at least two deaths last winter, one from a homeless person who was outside. So coming up on news 4 at 6 00, what theyre doing to try to get those folks off the street now. Reporting live in upper marlboro, tracee wilkins, back to you in the studio. Road crews in our area are gearing up for the wintery blast. Vdot is pretreating roads today. Theyre spending antiicing material in fairfax, loudoun, Prince William and arlington counties. In maryland, Montgomery County will be enforcing pet cruelty laws so if youre caught leaving a pet tethered and a 500 fine. Now is a good time to download the nbc washington app and turn on weather alerts. To get all of the late updates on our wintery weather. A bizarre crime in Prince Georges County, a man is in Critical Condition this evening after an Armed Robbery at a construction site. Chopper 4 up over the scene earlier this afternoon. This happened off a rural road in brandy wiwine and the thieve are still out there. Lets get to pat collins live on the scene. Pat, what have you learned . Reporter jim, this is most unusual. A shooting and robbery at this construction site in broad daylight at a construction site in the middle of nowhere, and tonight one of the victims is fighting for his life. It happened off danville road in the brandywine section of Prince Georges County. The two tractor trailers robbed. One of them was shot. One of the male victims was shot and air lifted to a local hospital where he remains in Critical Condition. Reporter what about the other victim . The other victim was uninjured. Unharmed. Reporter the victims work for rlo contracting, an Excavation Company out of dayton, maryland. The trucks carry what they call grindings, remnants of trees and stumps removed during the siteclearing process. By phone today, i talked to rlo contracting representatives about this violent crime. We really dont know what to make of it. Were really stunned. The first time anything like this has ever occurred for us. Reporter its so unusual, though, to rob someone on a construction site. What do you think these gunmen could possibly get . They took cell phones and a few dollars. That was it. Reporter so how did the suspects get away . You see, there are woods this way, woods that way, and woods over here. How did they get away . Police say they ran away on foot. Jim, back to you. Pat collins, pat, thank you. We continue to follow some breaking news in northwest washington. Authorities have blocked off 17th street here between pennsylvania avenue and constitution because of a suspicious vehicle. Its a little tough to see, but if you look at the top of your tv screen, you can see some of the activity now. Law enforcement just got the call after 4 00 about a vehicle parked near the Old Executive Office building. Now traffic is being diverted away and the secret service has now set up a command post. Well bring you new details as they come into news 4. Turning to politics now, executives from some of the countrys like apple, google, amazon, facebook, they were all in trump tower today. They had a chance to talk face to face with the president elect after a Contentious Campaign that included trump taking jabs at several of the companies. His Adult Children were also in the meeting. The focus today, jobs and regulations. President elect told a group he hopes to make it easier for them to trade across borders. The General ServicesAdministration Says it does not have a position on the lease requirements involving Donald Trumps new hotel in d. C. Just blocks from the white house. The Trump International hotel opened earlier this year, youll recall, taking over the Old Post Office pavilion on pennsylvania avenue. Some critics have said trump needs to divest any financial interests in the business. They cite a statute in the lease that says no elected official can hold the lease or benefit from it. The gsa released a Statement Today that says in part we can make no this time about what would constitute a breach of agreement and to do so would be premature. Little more than a month from now, 800,000 people are expected to flock to the National Mall for the president ial inauguration. Some 15,000 military and National Guard troops will help handle the ceremonies and the crowds. News 4s tom sherwood is here now with a look at what to expect on january 20th. Tom . Well, pat, expect big crowds and big delays. The military has it all mapped out. The u. S. Capitol, peaceful grounds for now. In 36 days, hundreds of thousands expected here for the trump inaugural. On the 60 x 40 foot map laid out at the d. C. Armory nearby, military leaders are rehearsing how nearly 15,000 military and National Guard troops will assist in ceremonies and crowd control. Military participation with inaugurals goes back to george president elect trump wants are still to be worked out, theres history to inaugural day and physical restrictions on innovation. The planning that weve been doing for the inauguration started many months ago. With the city laid out the way it is, the number of people that were bringing into the city, theres, you know, only so many ways you can make this thing happen. Reporter and the military members here in support of complicated logistics are expected to leave their own political feelings at home after a sometimes bitter election. We just try to instill in them the historical significance of this peaceful transfer of power in our democracy and what it represents not just to our country, but really to the entire world. Reporter military personnel come from around the nation and this area to participate, like chief Master Sergeant jessica de deary on her third inaugural. She works for the epa and lives in loudoun co what time will you get here on inaugural day . Ill probably spend the night. Reporter coast guard commander, michelle watson, from florida. You know how cold its going to be tomorrow . Yes, its going to be in the 20s but im also from chicago so im ready. Coming up at 6 00, the military is briefed on public safety, protests and terrorism. Jim and pat . All right. Tom sherwood, thank you, tom. Our website learned no marching bands from d. C. Will be participating in trumps inaugural parade by choice. For the last 20 years at least one d. C. Public School Marching Band has participated in the big inauguration parade here in washington but School Officials tell news 4 none of the bands filed for applications for consideration this time. Belew, dunbar, eastern high schools as well as the Howard University marching band all opted out. The deadline to apply was last week. The schools gave a variety o to read more on that, open the complete story in our nbc washington app. Pop music act, fifth harmony, had to perform at a festival in brazil without one of its members. One of the singers, lauren jauregui, got cited at Dulles Airport last night for possession of marijuana. A Law Enforcement official tells news 4 the singer was stopped at the security checkpoint and agents found the weed during a search of her bag. An attorney for fifth harmony says jauregui was released from custody on her own recognizance. Another step toward transforming tysons. First at 4 00 tonight, new details of a plan to build a bridge over the beltway. And Interest Rate hike by the fed. Its just the second one in ten years. We take a look at what it means for your pocketbook. And no more finger sticks or constantly monitoring insulin levels. The new technology that could be the potential life changer for people with diabetes. Youre watching news at 5 00. 4 ive spent my life planting a sizesix, nonslip shoe into that door. I want my customers to relax and enjoy themselves. But these days its phones before forks. They want wifi out here. But behind that door, i need a private connection for my business. Wifi pro from comcast business. Public wifi for your customers. Private wifi for your business. Strong and secure. Good for a door. And a network. Comcast business. Built for security. Built for business. Im Chris Lawrence at the live desk with new details on a bizarre incident at the iverson mall in Prince Georges County. We just got this picture from Prince Georges County police. He entrance of the mall and the drivers told officers someone shot and wounded him before this crash. News 4s shomari stone just got there. Hes already starting to pick up new information. Hes going to be tweeting that out and were going to push out any new information he gets on the nbc washington app. Jim . Chris lawrence, chris, thank you. For only the second time in a decade, the Federal Reserve has raised Interest Rates today and analysts say 2017 could bring even more rate hikes. Right now at 5 00, were taking a closer look at how that rate increase will affect your wallet and here are the four things you need to know. First, savings accounts will pay more. When the fed raises shortterm rates, banks pay customers higher interest on their deposits. How much higher and how fast those rates will rise is uncertain. Experts tell us it could take a year or two before you start seeing a real difference. Second, a rate hike does not guarantee that Mortgage Rates are going up, but the folks at they did. Based on a home value of 375,000, they estimate that a mortgage payment would go up from 1,436 to 1,479, an increase of about 43 bucks a month. Third, you can expect to say slightly more in credit card debt. The personal finance site, nerdwallet, estimates the hike would boost the average annual cost of credit card interest by just 17. And thats just 1. 40 a month. Though people with lower Credit Scores and higher balances would likely pay more. And last, the folks at kelly blue book tell us there shouldnt be a huge impact if youre in the market for a new car they estimate an Interest Rate bump of. 25 Percentage Points on a 25,000 loan would increase interest charges by only 5 bucks a month. Good news about those student loans, too. Most are fixed and they wont pat . It is news 4 your health. New technology that could be a potential game changer for diabetics who constantly need to check their blood sugar levels. Its a device called the mini med 670 g. It acts as an artificial pancreas, monitors your glue koes levels every five minutes and pumps insulin without the need to calculate measurements. Its going to be liberating because diabetes is so dangerous and so taxing and so challenging to our bodies. The fda approved this device but it wont hit the market until next year. Right now, the company that makes it is doing additional testing. Wung thing the mini med cannot calculate, carbohydrates, hoping to improve that with the next version. The debate of ecigarettes is heating up tonight, the of ecig explo ploeplosions spi recent years. The fda received reports of about 66 explosions in 2015 and early 2016. From 2009 to early september, they only recorded 92 explosions. Last month a clerk at a liquor store in new yorks Grand Central station had the ecig in his pocket explode. That Security Camera there caught him trying to snuff out the sparks. He was badly injured. One seattle hospital says it has seen nearly two dozen patients with ecigarette burns since october of 2015. Explosive comments today after the collapse of a brief ceasefire in aleppo. Human rights watch says the syrian city is being, quote, plunged into hell. The group says civilians are trapped there because of a new brutal air and ground attack. The organization wants syrian and rebel forces to halt the attacks so the People Living in the city can get out. Thousands of haitian migrants are stuck at the u. S. Border in mexico. They arrived after a long journey from brazil where they worked the rio summer olympic games. As nbc shows us, they fear they might have risked everything for nothing. Reporter in the heart of downtown tijuana, a taco stand that no longer serves tacos, owner jose luis gave up making them a month ago because there were so many haitian migrants in lunchline. Every day more haitians arrive, famished, its been a long trip on the road for three months over land from brazil. After the 2010 earthquake, brazil granted visas to more than 50,000 haitians, mostly to work on olympic construction. Then the olympics ended and there was no more work, but the u. S. Offered them a lifeline, amnesty from deportation because of the conditions in haiti. So, many like this man ben the way over mountains, through rivers and jungle. We have friends that left brazil that didnt make it here he says some because it was too hard, some because they died. But about 5,000 haitians did make it to the u. S. Border in tijuana. Then in september the u. S. Withdrew that offer of clemency claiming conditions in haiti had improved. Now if any haitians show up at the border without proper documentation, they could be detained or deported. He traveled 11,000 kilometers to get here but hes too afraid to walk the last 500 meters to the border, almost certain hell be sent back to haiti. So what now . I cant say, its hard, he says you dont even want to think about it, i ask him. With the no, he says its too hard. So hell wait and hope the u. S. Will change his mind again. The situation in haiti is stillnc since that earthquake. At least 50,000 people are still living in settlement camps that were set up after the disaster. A student in Arlington County writes an opped thats making some waves. Why he says the countys redistricting plan could result in a segregated school system. And a family makes plans for an overseas wedding, but a delay turns into a costly proposition. How our susan hogan was able to help when their trave you know you go outside right now youre thinking, what are you guys talking about . Seems so nice out here. Boy, do big changes come very quickly tonight. Yeah, i posted on twitter and facebook the windchills tomorrow morning, i mean, single digits. We go from 44 now to 5 tomorrow morning. In some locations. So quite the change for sure. Out there right now, as we mentioned, not all that bad. You still have time to find that coat, maybe you got to buy a new coat this year. Temperature, 44 degrees. Winds are calm. If you walk out there, its really not bad at all, but starting to see some cooler numbers back to the west. 34 winchester. 37 in hagerstown. 31 in thermont. Notice oakland, 23 back toward garrett county. Yeah, there it is. Radar, nothing to show, but that doesnt mean were not going it to see anything tonight. Weve got the jet stream, look at this, right here, that could create enough lift tonight to give us a couple of snow showers. Not going to be much. We could see that. To the north of this line, right there, is the arctic air. Its poised to just move right on in here. Lets show you future weather first. Again, cloud cover through about 9 00. Around 11 00, little bit of an outbreak of snow showers, maybe rain down to the south. Maybe some flakes around the d. C. Metro area. It will not last long. Im not expecting this to accumulate on the roads especially. Maybe on the cars and grassy surfaces but thats it. By 7 00 a. M. , well, everybody just cold and look at the numbers now. 44 d. C. 19 columbus, ohio. 15 in chicago. And watch how these cold air this cold air just moves across our region. So by 8 00 tomorrow morning, were at 22. Chicago at 5 below. Now, these are the temperatures. Not the windchills. Amelia draper and i have been dealing with this and talking about this all day. Amelia, with 20, 30 mile an hour winds. Windchills are going to be a major factor. Thats why tomorrow is a storm team 4 friday as well. Just brutal out there. The coldest its been so far this season by far. Take a look at when youre waking up to. It will feel like were 5 to 15 degrees with the wind. It only gets worse as we head into the afternoon hours and it stays that way through