Hovering in the low to mid 20s. Theres the view of our western sky, now dusk is come right over the region. The earths shadow is now spreading across our region. Live view from our tower camera. Those clouds off to our west. No rain or snow anywhere in the vicinity the r vicinity. Windchills are still hovering in the teens around much of the region. Hour by hour as we get into the evening we stay in the low 20s all through the evening. Pla partly cloudy with a light wind. Then finally getting above freezing by late tomorrow morning. A look at the warmup on the way in just a few minutes. If you have the nbc washington app, you just got an alert that the lights are out again at the washington monument, the second time in this new not only are the spotlights out, but it appears the red blinking lights that direct air traffic at the top of the monument are also out. That could be a dangerous situation for planes and helicopters as well. We just got word from pepco that it is not a problem on their end. This has something to do with the monument itself. Something similar happened last tuesday. The park service was blaming it on malfunctioning light timers. The National Park service says its engineer is on the scene working to try to fix the problem. The monument is closed to visitors for the next couple of years as they make repairs to the elevator system. The man accused in the deadly shooting at an airport in florida was in court for the first time today. The judge told him he could face the death penalty. Were also getting a look at some disturbin showing the moments leading up to the rampage. Reporter in less than 20 minutes inside a federal court iraq war veteran Esteban Santiago learned he could now face the dpeath penalty. Hes facing federal charges involving murder, firearms and airport violence. It comes as disturbing video shows the moment the shooting at the Fort Lauderdale airport began. Steve frapier says this laptop stopped a bullet. It absolutely saved my life. Reporter in november santiago told the fbi the government was controlling his mind, making him watch isis videos. He was put on a watch for mental illness. His gun taken away. Soon after, he was released and that gun returned. His brother in ben puerto rico says it was a call for help. They have responsibility. They knew he had psychological problems. Reporter were also learning more about the victims, like shirley timmons, leaving behind a husband, three daughters and eight grandchildren. For santiago more charges are a possibility. Senate hearings were set to start tomorrow for some of Donald Trumps top cabinet nominees. But the usual ethic checks are not finished yet. Now theres late word that mr. Trump plans to name his soninlaw jarred curbed kushne Top White House post. Reporter no longer a plan. Heres the announcement from the trump transition just a few minutes ago that president elect donald trump today announces Jared Kushner thats his soninlaw will be a senior advisor. That kind of nepotism was banned by congress in 1967 after president jfk put Bobby Kennedy in as u. S. Attorney general. Trump transition lawyers tell nbc news they found a 1978 court ruling that would appear, they say, to exempt any president from that antinepotism rule when it comes to staffing their own white house. A top aide confirmed the president elect is giving a top job to his soninlaw. Hiring Jared Kushner, ivankas husband, as senior advisor. As trump today hailed fee yacht for hiring 2,000 u. S. Workers and chinese billionaire for selling u. S. Products in china. We had a great meeting. Its jobs. Reporter jobs in the trump cabinet are causing controversy. Not all the nominees who have hearings tomorrow and wednesday have passed background checks. Many have vast holdings in stocks and very few have experience in government. So theyve not been appropriately vetted. Reporter no problem, said the Senate Republican leader. Everybody will be properly vetted as they have been in the past. Reporter Jeff Sessions is up tomorrow, nominated for attorney general. The conservative alabama senator was rejected for a federal judgeship in 1986 after revelations he made racist remarks. I am not a racist. Reporter opponents today mocked claims that sessions changed his ideology. He has a different racist political ideology. Reporter other leaders disagree. Senator sessions is not a racist. Reporter trump wednesday will finally layout his plan to avoid family conflicts of interest. All i can say is its very simple, very easy. Reporter or complex if his children run the trump business. This is also an extremely busy time for the agencies tasked with keeping us all safe during the inauguration. Tonight were getting a look at the fbis preparations for the big event to come. Pat collins downtown now with more on this. Reporter jim, how safe will the well, the fbis on the case. At the fbi Washington Field office, in a windowless room upstairs, Law Enforcement officials and fbi agents will execute the Inauguration Day security plan. There are cameras to monitor the movements in the city and bosses from virtually all the badge carrying agencies will be here if and when something needs to be done. Are you ready . We are ready. Weve been planning and preparing for this for many, many months now. Weve done it before. We do this type of work each and every day. So were confident and ready for the event. This looks for carbon monoxide. Reporter on the street today, the fbi displayed some of the they have to. Robots, bomb suits, explosive detection devices. They even have a medical unit to respond if need be. Its easy to look inside the van. Were a fully advanced life support unit. Everything youd see in a typical medical unit. Reporter now, for people planning on attending the inauguration, this message from the fbi. We want everybody to come out and participate and enjoy the event, but we also ask everyone to be aware and vigilant while theyre out there. Reporter you probably have it memorized by now but its still good advice. If you see something, say something. And be safe. The current commander in chief is preparing to gi chicago. President obama is expects to talk about his accomplishments and the challenges moving forward. Right now the president is still facing tough questions about the democrats devastating losses in november. Part of what im interested in doing after i get out of the presidency is to make sure im working with the next generation so they understand you cant just rely on inspiration. You can watch president obamas farewell address tomorrow night at 9 00 right here on nbc 4. New developments in the bribery investigation of the Prince Georges County liquor board. The director david sun is accused of negatiotiating payme between Liquor Store Owners and elected officials. Today we learned that some of the elected officials involved could go as high as the state government. Reporter the director of the Prince Georges County liquor board has been locked up since his arrest on thursday. The other three people who were arrested were released that same day. But the feds held him. Today he was allowed to walk out of this court house, but theyre going to be watching him closely. The director of the Prince Georges County liquor board has to say in his home 24 hours a day and can only speak with his wife. No electronics and no communication devices, period. David sun is the man at the center of an fbi investigation into wrongdoing on the Prince Georges County liquor board. He served as the boards director and was once a commissioner. According to the fbi affidavit, suns accused of negotiates bribe payments between elected officials, at least one lobbyist and Liquor Store Business owners. We do have the sunday sales numbers. Reporter most of the Investigation Centers around the passing of the Prince Georges County bill to have liquor sold on sundays. Sun is accused of paying would pass and then accepting payment from store owners who wanted to make sure they got one of the licenses. Sun wore a wire for 11 months, providing hundreds of recordings. According to the affidavit, in one recorded conversation, sun says we got you three. The fbi says that means 3,000. He then instructs the elected official to go to the mens bathroom saying, hes going to hook you up. Thats where the elected official meets owner of Central Avenue liquors right here. Pag paying the elected official money in connection to the sunday sales bill. In court the u. S. Attorney says it was sun who caused the fbi to quickly wrap its investigation and raid several locations including the liquor board and area businesses last thursday. They alleged that he was trying to sabotage the case. According to the fbi affidavit, if you had a problem with went to go see sun. If you had an issue that you wanted to be taken care of in the legislature, you went to go see sun. This man is considered the center of this investigation, now being held at home until theyre ready for him to come back to court. We are expecting elected officials to be arrested as well. Last we heard is it was going to happen before the beginning of the session on wednesday. A disturbing crime in the hallway of a d. C. Apartment building. Well tell you what we know about the young victim and the search for her killer. Beaten and portured and broadcast live on facebook. Today a local family is calling for compassion days after this high profile attack in chicago. Reporter plenty of buses here at this new Transit Center but no smart trip cards so you can pay to use the bus. Creating a cleaner environment by using cleaner Energy Sources like solar, wind and natural gas. Weve reduced Carbon Emissions by nearly 25 , which is the equivalent of taking close to two million cars off the road. Cleaner air and cleaner water. Its good for all of us. Dominion. Depend on us for more than energy. The Transit Agency says rail cars themselves are a big part of the problem. Metro will report that 60 pr car breakdowns. Statistics show that four times a day everyone has to be taken off a train somewhere to wait for another train because of issues. Metro is retiring the oldest cars in its fleet. The automobile business is boom right now. Ford has announced it will create thousands of jobs to build the vehicles of the future. Some of those were on display for the first time today at the auto show in detroit. Reporter the world gathering in motor city for the annual International Auto show. This is a natural place to be the granddaddy of all your grandfathers cars. They have cameras and internet connections. Hightech has become just as important as horse power for todays drivers. The wanalysts say driverless have moved into the fast lane and in the next few years could become a part of our daily commute. Multiple auto makers have committed to bringing level four autonomy by 2020. Reporter the car of the year is the chevy bolt. The truck of the year is the honda ridgeline. Both vehicles expected to be major player in ann breaking sales records for the last seven years. Now, weve been talking about the future but this industry is also embracing its past. Today ford announced it will bring back the bronco and the smaller ranger pickup truck. While jeep is reintroducing the wood panelled wagoneer. Bad weather today dhaed t e the launch of a space x rocket caring communicate satellites for a local company. They have ten satellites on the rocket. The first of 70 that they plan to put into space to replace ones that are aging. The maneuvering only allows for a onesecond launch window. Today that small window was filled with rain and high winds. The next attempt will be on saturday. This is the first flight for explosion last year. A hollywood legend takes aim at donald trump without mentioning him by name. Tonight reaction still coming in. A Perfect Match and a life saving surgery. Well show you the emotional reunion between a local woman and the stranger she helped save. People across the east coast digging out fr this omwe theyre catching the blues out on the west coast. A storm is pounding parts of california and nevada with heavy rain and flooding. Trees have been uprooted out there. Road have been washed away by mudslides and flood waters. The trouble is just starting, with the rain expected to continue throughout the week. And parts of the east coast are still working to dig out after this weekends winter storm. Temperatures havent risen above freezing in many spots, leaving some roads still covered in ice. In virginia alone, there were nearly 800 car crashes over the weekend. Parts of new england saw more than a foot of snow. Ten inches of snow fell in various parts of north carolina. Nothing like that here. But we still do have some snow on the ground. None of it melted because we have been below freezing since friday afternoon. After that light snow we got on freezing all day sunday. Live view from the storm team 4 tower camera over looking northwest washington, still cold. Very a very light breeze now. Just a few high clouds drifting over the region right now. Good travel weather up and down the atlantic seaboard, up and down 95 and locally as well. All the pavement is dry now. We just have that dust to have salt we had put down from saturday. Right now down to 19 degrees in frederick and gaithersburg. Culpepper down to 18. Reagan national is at 24. Shenandoah valley also quite cold now, in the upper teens to just about 20 degrees. Hour by hour, into ten aing all the way until midnight well be hovering here in the low 20s to near near 20 degrees throughout most of the region. Were going to sort of hold steady there. For the morning commute well have dry payment. Waiting at the bus stop, youre going to want your warmest winter gear. Finally getting above freezing for the First Time Since friday afternoon by late morning and noontime well be in the mid 30s. Heading back home from work and school, well be in the upper 30s to near 40 degrees. Just some clouds increasing as we get into tuesday night. During the day on wednesday, well have maybe some showers coming in. S in in the morning, rain showers. And staying 40s in the morning on thursday. Thursday afternoon soaring into the 60s. Quite a dramatic change from where we are now. Well be hovering in the low to mid 60s on thursday afternoon. Cloudy on friday. Only a small chance of a sprinkle. In the 50s all day long. Then colder air tries to push in on saturday. Might get a little bit of sleet or freezing rain northern suburbs. For dr. King day on monday, maybe a little light rain, in the mid 50s. The inauguration just days away now. Tonight, a warning for people who live or work near the parade route. What youre being asked to bring even if you dont plan to attend. Lights out at the washin monument for the second time in a matter of days. And finding purpose after a senseless tragedy. How the communi ty a murder mystery in the district. A young woman stabbed to death inside an apartment building. Countdown to inauguration areas that will be affected by next weeks ceremony and parade. Saving the life of a stranger. A local kidney donor and resip yen resipient. A local family shares the challenging they face on a daily basis with their special needs son. It is a hundred times worse for a special needs kid to be mocked. The lights at the Washington Museum are out for the second time in less than a week. Reporter hey, jim. Lights out again at the washington monument. Its so strange to see one of the most iconic places know go dark again, as you mentioned, for the second time in just a week. So the white lights that we all know, those are out and so are those blinking red lights that you know are always at the very top of the monument. Those lights, the red ones are aviation warning lights used by the faa. This is a no fly zone, but aircraft does use those lights in some way. The National Park service has notified the faa about this. The National Park service are telling us there is no power going into the monument. The park service has notified pepco. Theyre telling us the problem is not their equipment. The National Park service does have maintenance people. Theyre telling us theyre on site right now assessing the situation. They tell us this outage is not related to last weeks. That was tuesday evening when the lights on the monument went out. The red aviation lights did not go out that time last week. Waiting to hear more from the park service. We will pass that along. The monument has been closed since august. So odd to see it in the dark again. A young woman is dead. The killer is still on the loose tonight in northwest d. C. Police found the victim. They found her in the hallway of a building along w street last night. She had been stabbed several times. Shes from togo in west africa. She lived nearby. So far no word on happened. Friends of a Yoga Instructor murdered in the district have set up a fund in her honor. She was killed on christmas day. A fund has been set up in her name to help theater professionals get health insurance. More than 35,000 had been raced to far. She was found strangled in her car. A man named Duane Adrian Johnson has been charged with first degree murder in her death. Back now to the president ial transition, cabinet hearings are getting underway this week, but the officer of government ethics says it has not received proper paperwork from some of the nominees. Ethics experts are sounding the alarm. Hearings should be postponed for any of the nominees who have not provided the ethics paperwork. We need to understand their conflicts. We need to understand how theyre going to do their job. Back in february of 200 mcconnell sent democrats a leader noting he expected ethics materials to be submitted before a hearing takes place. Today