wild fair fire fire across the u.s. president biden set to make his first trip to the southern border this sunday. the visit comes after two years in office and more than 4 million migrant encounters. is it too little too late? more on those stories throughout the hour. first a fight for the speaker s gavel enters day four. republicans remain divided after 11 rounds of voting. the most since 1859 as lawmakers hint negotiations could last through the weekend. i m dana perino. bill: i m bill hemmer. kevin mccarthy still not able to strike a deal with 20 conservative hold-outs. 12th vote set for noon eastern time and see whether or not it goes down at that time. mccarthy and allies remain confident a deal is said to be on the table after yet another set of late night concessions. indiana republican elect jim banks with us last hour. a supporter of mccarthy talked to us about the latest. i don t know if i see light at the end of the tunnel yet but i m hearing about it. a lo
i m chris jansing in for jose diaz-balart. right now on capitol hill, democratic lawmakers are about to gather for a remembrance event marking two years since the deadly insurrection at the u.s. capitol lawmakers, staff and law enforcement fear for their lives after a pro-trump mob stormed the halls of congress. norma torres will account her experience on that terrible day. we re day four of an intense speakership battle where a group made up of 2020 election deniers is rebebl belling against kevin mccarthy s bid throwing congress into paralysis. mccarthy isn t backing down. we re going to make progress. we re going to shock you. why? why what? how are you going to shock us today? you re going to get there today? i don t know, you ll see progress. reporter: a brand now gnu jobs report shows a better than expected 222,000 jobs were added in december. we ll ask the labor secretary what this means for the state of our economy. also this hour, we ll take you live
4:14. and you are really going to feel the deep freeze when you step out the door this morning. it is just 15 degrees in tinley town now in the district. if you re looking at your tv screen, you see reagan national airport here live where crews will be working all morning to de-ice planes. we just checked. you shouldn t see any delays if you re catching a flight at our three airports. there are a couple of cancelations to places like boston. always check your flights before you head to the airport. while reagan might be helping traveler arrive at their final destination, it is a different story for amtrak lines. amtrak will be operating on a modified schedule. the cold weather icing out a lot of train travel. richard jordan with more from union station. reporter: good morning. it is going to be a rough go if you plan on taking the rails to boston or new york because amtrak has canceled several of the regular runs that they normally make. now the next train
your school listed, a complete list is at the bottom of the screen and on nbcwashington.com. 4:31. time for weather & traffic on the 1s. let s get the latest on this deep freeze with storm team 4 meteorologist amelia seigel. good morning. good morning. our temperatures are going to remain below freezing. 32 degrees until saturday. this morning, bundle up. be cautious for black ice. what happened yesterday with all of the sunshine, we did have melting during the day. and that melting quickly refroze overnight. so again, this morning especially on the secondary roads and sidewalks, you could be dealing with some spots of black ice. temperatures right now, the single digits and teens. washington, now dropped down to 14 degrees. we re at seven in gaithersburg. here s your planner for areas like gaithersburg. we can pull it out on the map. throughout the day today, over the next 12 hours. as the sun comes up, we re looking at partly sunny skies. look at the temperature. only 1
amelia seigel tracking conditions as you step out the door. the first thing you ll notice is the cold. absolutely frigid temperatures to start off your thursday. and it will remain very cold once again. in fact, we can t shake this chill until saturday. temperatures right now at 15 in washington. elsewhere, mainly in the single digits. only coming in at one degree in manassas. and we re at five degrees right now in camp springs. the latest satellite and radar image. we re not tracking any precipitation right now. in fact, mainly clear skies across the area. winds are also for the most part relatively calm right now. however, as we get into the afternoon hours, the winds pick up, and there is the chance for some snow. i ll be talking more about that coming up in ten minutes. for now, here s danella with a look at the roads. we re going to start with the rails because they re open. so far no delays. here the heads up. marc says you may experience delays. so far not now. but