only display for a few days because of its fragile condition and they're only going to put two of the original five pages on display. they do two pages at a time. they do some fakes of other pages to see it in context. pretty inspired. >> i was telling richard the other day, i had friends who went to take a peek at it. four hours in line. but said it was well worth it. when is the next time you get a chance to see something like that. stay with us, folks. news 4 continues right now on at 5:00 a.m. we have gone off the fiscal cliff this morning. but all hope is not lost as congress and the white house move closer to a deal. plus a historic new year's morning in maryland as same sex couples waste no time saying i do. good morning everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm erika gonzalez in for eun yang. welcome to news4 today. it is tuesday, january 1st.

gorgeous -- i was going to say gorgeous night. no, gorgeous morning because i haven't slept. >> a lot of people are saying the exact same thing. gorgeous morning on this january 1st. it is cold. if you're heading out to maybe breakfast or you're just waking up. >> yeah. let's check the forecast now. here's tom. >> or just getting home. good morning and good night. as we start off this morning, we do have a lot of cloudiness. there is a front that's going to be approaching us later today. by the time you're waking back up again, you may have a few flurries flying outside your window. storm team 4 radar showing a few scattered maybe rain, sprinkles reaching the ground. eastern northern neck, lower eastern shore. farther west, a lot of cloudiness out of the mountains getting a few scattered flurries from elkins south into southern west virginia. this was a part of a front sweeping in here later today. ahead of that, reagan national at 40 degrees. nearby suburbs near freezing. that includes montgomery, prince george's, arlington, fairfax counties and points west.

much of northern virginia near freezing. much of maryland at or above freezing as well as the shenandoah valley and into the mountains. here's how we look hour by hour. a light wind and cloudy hovering near freezing. sunrise at 7:27. by noontime, maybe a few scattered flurries, upper 30s near 40. might have flurries and sprinkles into late afternoon but all above freezing. roadways getting a little wet if that happens. i'm back in ten minutes with your evening planner. alexis davies in for danella. good morning. >> good morning, tom. look at the roadways. still light volume traveling on the beltway of the we have a couple of accidents we're dealing with. northbound rock creek parkway at p street northwest. there was an accident there blocking the northbound side. all northbound traffic is being diverted on to k street northwest. another accident on the ramp to 95 northbound at fairfax county parkway. it is a one-car accident. it looks like police are on the scene to clear that accident out of way.

erika? >> thanks so much. we're following breaking news this morning. the senate passed a plan overnight limiting the damage from falling off the fiscal cliff. that vote came just two hours after the new year began. news 4's megan mcgrath is live on capitol hill this morning. good morning, megan. what can you tell us? >> well, good morning. i can tell you that these negotiations went late into the night and right around 2:00 a.m., two hours after the deadline for the fiscal cliff, the senate approved a measure that would block across the board tax increases as well as spending cuts. now, under the senate deal, there would be tax increases for individuals making $400,000 or more and for families making over $450,000. that's a higher fresh hold than the president had wanted. as for the spending cuts to defense and domestic programs, they would not happen automatically. instead, they would be delayed for two months allowing lawmakers to continue negotiating. while there is renewed optimism that the country will avoid the worst case scenario in all of

this, it is not by any stretch a done deal. the house has to approve the compromise. they reconvene at noon today. but it's anybody's guess whether they go along with it. we have to wait and see. reporting live from capitol hill, megan mcgrath. erika, back to you. >> thank you, megan. the treasury department is trying to avert a different financial crisis. it stopped issuing new debt for two government retirement funds. that move will keep the government from reaching the $16.4 trillion borrowing limit, at least for the time being. this won't impact current retirees. secretary of the treasury, t timothy geithner said they will adopt new measures to save $200 billion. that will keep the government from reaching its limit for two months. we will have to wait until tomorrow to see how the markets react to the fiscal cliff deal. stocks rallied yesterday. they jumped about 1.7% on the final day of the year.

u.s. stocks performed surprisingly well in 2012 despite concerns about the global economy. most of them posted double digit gains for the year. we'll have much more on this fiscal cliff deal throughout the morning and evening on news 4 at 5:00 and 11:00. you can read about it throughout the day at nbcwashington.com. new this morning, police are investigating a stabbing on a metrobus hours into the new year. happened near the intersection of talbert street and martin luther king avenue in southeast. police say two women who were traveling together were attacked. one was stabbed. the other was beaten. witnesses tell police the suspect ran off the bus. the victims suffered serious injuries. no word on the motive or the search for a suspect. also new this morning, police are investigating a seven-car crash in northeast d.c. the chain reaction crash happened along new york avenue near bladensburg road around

1:30. five people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. police are still trying to figure out what caused the crash. new york avenue was shut down in both directions as a precaution. but it has since reopened. 5:06 right now. today is the day many couples in maryland have been waiting for. same-sex marriage became legal at the stroke of midnight and it's exactly how some couples decided to ring in the new year. the annapolis wedding chapel bs one of many throughout the state to stay open past midnight for couples that got their marriage licenses last month. natasha jackson exchanged vows the minute same-sex marriage became legal at midnight. >> been a long road to get here. and i do appreciate everyone that put the milestones in there for to us get to where we're at now. >> maryland voters approved same-sex marriage back in november. gay couples can marry in nine states plus d.c. also happening today, it now costs more to use the dulles

toll road. it now costs 50 cents more in fact. increasing to $2.75 each way. that adds up to an additional $260 a year if you take the toll road to work every day. the rate hike will help pay for construction of metro's new silver line and next year the rates go up again. they'll jump another 75 cents to $3.50. this morning, police in prince william county are mourning the loss of one of their own killed in the line of duty. 35-year-old officer chris young was responding to an accident yesterday when he slammed his motorcycle into a minivan on a noakesville road in bristow. when the vehicles collided, they burst into flames. young died and the driver of the minivan was not hurt. there's still no word if any charges will be filed against the driver. 5:07 is our time right now. what we're learning about hillary clinton's health as the secretary of state remains hospitalized. also ahead, why 2012 will go down as the safest year ever for airline passengers.

plus -- >> getting together with a few hundred thousand of your closest friends to ring in the new year. >> winter weather is moving into the d.c. area as we get 2013. it's going to take a while to write all the checks. the impact it will have on your plans for today and the next couple

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[laughs] yes, i'm that flo. aren't you sweet! licensed phone-ups available 24/7. call 1-800-progressive. happy new year. nearly a million revelers brought in 2013 in new york city. they jammed times square to see the crystal ball drop at midnight. people kissed, as you can see there. they cheered to celebrate the new year. after all the partying there, crews started cleaning up that mess. overnight, they should be finishing up in the next 50 minutes or so. it's absolutely amazing. when we're watching the ball drop to see the mass, mass of crowds and then ten minutes later, you're starting to hear the sirens of the police trying to get people out of there. >> they clear it out pretty fast, though. >> tremendous. >> a great party this year, though. >> it was. gorgeous display. >> let's see how we'll welcome in 2013 weatherwise. tom kierein is here with our weather on the 1s.

>> good morning. thankfully for those heading back home this morning, we have dry pavement. no travel problems pe they arewise. southern maryland getting a few scattered sprinkles in southern st. mary's county. lower eastern shore. elsewhere, it's just cloudy, getting a few flurries, southern west virginia. this is part of a front moving on later today. a few chance of a scattered flurries. ahead of that, it's cold. much of northern virginia and maryland in the suburbs. up right near the waters, it's near 40 degrees. including reagan national, annapolis. out of the mountains near 30. hour by hour today. a few scattered sprinkles or flurries. the highs reaching near 40. might have a few lingering flurries early evening. down near freezing by midnight. alexis davies in for danella. >> no major delays to report there of the we have a new accident to teal you about.

mississippi avenue and hailey terrace southeast is closed due to a multivehicle accident. the fairfax county parkway, a 12-minute ride heading into the beltway this morning. still dealing with the accident at the fairfax county parkway. that ramp is closed. police are still on the scene now as you can see from the video. taking a look at the rail system today, vre and marc trains are not in service today. the metro is running on a sunday schedule. aaron, erika? the news that may put you at ease this morning if you want to fly and head out of town. >> the unexpected roadblock for negotiators trying to

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pope been dikt the 16th is convinced that peace will prevail in the new year. the pontiff is celebrating new year's day mass in st. peter's basilica marking the church's world day of peace. the pope says despite the terrorism, crimes and inequality, he believes there are lots of works of peace. in his new year's address, north korean leader kim jong uncalled on the country to focus on economic improvements with the same urgency that scientists put into the long-range rocket last month. kim said improving living standards is the most important task for 2013. he called for the development of more advanced weapons. 17 after the hour now. doctors treating hillary clinton for a blood clot are confident she will make a full recovery. secretary clinton is still in a

new york hospital this morning. she checked in on sunday after an exam revealed that clot between her brain and skull. doctors found it while doing follow-up tests related to a concussion. secretary clinton is in good spirits. doctors say she could be released as soon as they determine the right dosage for her medication. venezuelan president hugo chavez reportedly spent the holiday with his daughters in cuba. that's according to a tweet from his son-in-law. the tweet said compatriots don't believe ill-mentioned rumors. he hasn't been heard from in more than three weeks. his vice president admitted chavez suffered a third set of complications after surgery in cuba. his fourth operation in 18 months. police say a new york city couple is being investigated for credit card theft. had bomb making manuals, a sa d

sawed-off shotgun. when police arrived at their greenwich village apartment, they found a cache of bomb making materials and handwritten notebooks containing chemical formulas. one of the manuals had a cover page that read the terrorist's encyclopedia. protesters in india spent their new year's day on the rape and death of a woman. they're demanding the death penalty for five men and one teen detained in her death. two weeks ago, the woman was severely beaten, raped and then thrown off a moving bus. she later died from her injuries. the men will likely face murder charges later this week. police in oregon say it may be a month or more before investigators decide whether to file charges in a deadly tour bus crash. the charter bus lost control on the icy highway, crashed through a guardrail and down a 100-foot embankment over the weekend. nine people died. more than 20 others hurt. that bus was on its way back to canada after a trip to las

vegas. the federal aviation administration wants more details inspections of older boeing 737 jets. the agency says it will cost more than $5 million to inspect 109 jets. agents will look for cracks along the tops of the planes. the move comes after a hole tore open in a southwest airline's plane in 2009. the flight was going from nashville to baltimore. it had to make an emergency landing in charleston. fortunately, nobody was injured. 2012 is going into the record books as the safest year for air travel. there has not been a single deadly commercial airline accident in the u.s. in nearly four years. look at the numbers. there are 93,000 commercial airline flights worldwide. that's 3 billion passengers a year. the chairman of the national transportation safety board says pilots go through lots of training. >> we've learned from accidents. we've plowed all of those lessons back in.

they've been embraced in many cases and we're not seeing repeats of those same accidents. >> besides the better training for pilots, planes are now equipped with computerized cockpits that monitor every aspect of the flight. alert systems now warn pilots of a potential midair crash or a mountain in front of them. first day of the new year. did you make any resolutions? >> i don't do resolutions. >> mo? >> i don't. do you? >> we used to be big on rituals like putting luggage by the door to signify that you would travel the next year. sweeping, but that means cleaning to me you're supposed to sweep anything out from last year. we didn't do anything. we had dinner and passed out on the couch for an hour before i came to work. >> sounds like what a lot of people are doing. tom kierein is upright and ready to roll this morning. >> you are a party animal, erika. this morning, welcome to 2013. starting off this morning, i

have my shovel here ready to go. we won't need it later today. cloudy and a few scattered flurries coming through. we have a front approaching us from the west. we have a few flurries in western pennsylvania, southern west virginia. a few scattered sprinkles of light rain trying to reach the ground in southern st. mary's county in eastern northern neck. and from salisbury down south of cambridge in the eastern shore. otherwise, a lot of cloudiness around this morning. temperatures at or a little above freezing now in montgomery, prince george's, arlington and fairfax counties. reagan national at 40. the district of columbia generally in the mid 30s. near 40 by the bay. here's your storm team 4 four-day forecast for this new year's day. up near 40 degrees during the afternoon. might have a few flurries or scattered sprinkles. with temperatures above freezing, any flurries will be melting on any roadways. near the mid 20s by dawn tomorrow. during the day on wednesday, back to work and school. we'll have temperatures climbing into the mid to upper 30s during

the afternoon. so a cold day. this cold pattern continues into thursday and friday. average high is 44, average low is 29. it will be colder than average much of the week and into the first part of the weekend. sunday now looking cloudy. good weather for the 'skins game, though. monday, partly cloudy, upper 40s. back in ten minutes. alexis davies in for danella with your first 4 traffic. good morning. >> good morning, tom. breaking news on the roadways. a very serious accident. mississippi avenue southeast at hailey terrace. there's a multiple-vehicle crash there closing the intersection. fourth street southeast is the best bet for a different route. northbound rock creek parkway at p street, traffic is being diverted on to k street there. we're still dealing with that accident 95 northbound on the ramp there. at the fairfax county parkway. that's closed. police are still on the scene. live look elsewhere. route 50 traveling all lanes are open there.

seven-minute drive time from route 301 to the beltway. erika? >> thanks so much, alexis. the wizards will try to get back on track this evening. they take on the dallas mavericks at verizon center. the wiz are just 4-24 in the season. that's the worst record in the nba. that hurts to say that. they lost to the bulls on saturday in chicago. tonight's game is set to start at 6:00. we wish them all the luck possible. nhl owners and players are not taking this new year's day off. they will resume negotiations today in an effort to end their lockout and save the season. the two sides met yesterday in times square. negotiators had to plow through new year's eve party-goers to get into the meeting. the players association made a counteroffer to the league. it's not clear yet whether the sides have made progress on a deal. >> we have to review the response. there was an opportunity for the

players association to highlight the areas that they thought we should focus on based on their response and that's something we've now got to look at very closely in addition to the myriad of other issues. >> i'm out of the prediction business. you get up every day and try to figure out a way to make an agreement that day. if it fails, you try and do it the next day. that's exactly where we are. >> the nhl has said a deal would likely have to be in place by january 11th in order for there to be any type of season. alex ovechkin has been keeping busy during the lockout, he and tennis player got engaged. the news was announced yesterday on twitter. that's the way we do things these days. the couple has been dating more than a year now. ovechkin who has been playing hockey in moscow during the lockout has been seen at many of her matches in recent months. >> i saw that tweet as a matter of fact. >> congratulations to them. >> indeed. crews are putting the

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welcome to news4 today on this tuesday, january 1st. happy new year. overnight people across the country celebrated the new year in their own way. this is atlanta. the 24th annual peach drop as you might expect at midnight. the peach weight 800 pounds. i don't think it was an actual peach. thousands cheered as the fireworks lit up the night sky. it is the southeast's largest new year's eve party. in alexandria, hundreds much people gathered for the annual first night celebration. fireworks lit up the sky at midnight. look at that face. plenty of fun for the family. children had a chance to get facepainting. they're playing with swords or something. great music, good food. what's not to love? things quieted down outside around here now. but some wintry weather could make noise around the d.c. area. meteorologist tom kierein is back with us to tell us what we can expect today. tom?

>> good morning, happy new year. thankfully for the revelers heading back home this morning, we've had dry pavement. we've got a lot of cloudiness associated with a cold front that will be arriving here later today. ahead of that, we'll have somewhat milder air pushing in. much of the area above freezing. the patches of green are sprinkles of light rain. southern maryland to lower eastern shore, northern neck and then south and west of there into the mountains getting a few scattered flurries in southern west virginia and into western pennsylvania. ahead of that, in the mid and upper 30s around the metro area, northern virginia. much of maryland and many locations behind the front, though, below freezing. 30 degrees in west virginia and western pennsylvania. throughout the day today, 7:00. we'll still be cloudy into the low 30s and light wind. upper 30s near 40 by noontime. might have a few scattered flurries or sprinkles from late morning and into the afternoon. highs reaching near 40 mid afternoon. i'm back in ten minutes with another update. aaron? >> thank you, tom.

breaking news in southeast d.c. rescue crews on the scene of a multivehicle accident as is news 4's tony tull live with the latest on this. tony? >> reporter: aaron, good morning. a very busy scene on mississippi avenue and hailey terrace street southeast. i'll give you a sense of the scene. a very heavy police presence now. there are three cars involved. you see the red car, the police are huddled around right now trying to get information on it. there's another black car behind the police car involved and then guys, take a look at this. you can see over in the courtyard of this apartment building, you can see this white crown victoria with the doors open. that was another car involved in the crash. just to give you a sense of this scene, earlier, it was chaotic. look at the video that we shot earlier when we arrived on the scene. firefighters were cutting the doors off of the white crown victoria. now we don't know how many victims were involved in this. they're not talking. i can tell you that there was one person cut out of that white car and then we saw another

person being worked on about 500 feet away from the accident scene down the hill on the side of this apartment building. they were also taken to the hospital. right now x i can tell you for sure it was two victims involved in this. but we don't have a definite count on how many people were involved and how this came about. again, a very heavy police presence in southeast. we'll continue to stay on this story. aaron, back to you. >> tony tull in southeast d.c. thank you. we're following more breaking news. let's if to traffic to get more details on this. >> thank you, aaron. for that accident that tony talked about. your best alternate is fourth street southeast to avoid the chaos there. elsewhere on the road, 95 northbound at the fairfax county parkway, that ramp is still closed. as you can see from the video, police are still on the scene trying to clear that accident. got debris and things in the roadway. taking a live look now at the dulles toll road. no incidents reported as you travel in. looks like about a seven-minute drive time from hunter mill road

to the beltway. aaron? thank you alexis. the breaking news we were following as you were sleeping. a breakthrough to limit the damage caused by going over the fiscal cliff. overnight, the senate passed a measure that will keep taxes the same for about 98% of americans. that vote came at about 2:00 a.m. a couple of hours after we officially went over the cliff. now, this deal has bipartisan support in the senate. 89 senators voted in favor of it. just eight voted against it. under this deal, taxes will remain the same for americans who earn less than $400,000 a year and families that make less than $450,000. it would also extend long-term unemployment benefits. about $24 billion in spending cuts would be delayed for two months. so the white house and congress can have more time to debate them. democrats and republicans agreed to a compromise. they say not acting could have had devastating consequences. >> we don't think taxes should be going up on anyone.

but we all knew that if we did nothing, they'd be going up on everyone. >> it is now up to the house to vote on the proposal. president obama released a statement shortly after the senate voted that reads in part, "tonight's agreement ensures that going forward we will continue to reduce the deficit through a combination of spending cuts and new revenues from the wealthiest americans. i will continue to fight every day on behalf of the middle class and all those fighting to get into the middle class to forge an economy that grows from the middle out, not from the top down." but the house may not be ready to vote just yet. house speaker john boehner says his team needs to review the measure before deciding to schedule a vote on it or trying to change it. the white house hopes to have president obama's signature on the legislation by the time the new congress takes office at noon on thursday. that would minimize the impact of not having a deal in place by the start of the year. another spending battle is also brewing on capitol hill.

the government is close to reaching its debt limit. the treasury is taking steps to delay reaching the $16.4 trillion borrowing limit. yesterday it stopped issuing new debt for two government retirement funds. that won't impact current retirees. treasury secretary timothy geithner announced last week that his department will adopt measures to save about $200 billion. that's going to keep the government from reaching its limit for about two months. we've also got much more information coming ahead in the next few hours on this deal right here on news4 today. again on news 4 at 5:00 and at 11:00. you can also read about it by going to nbcwashington.com. today is the day some couples in maryland thought would never come. same-sex marriage became legal at the stroke of midnight and it's exactly how some couples decided to bring in the new year. sabrina and natasha of frederick exchanged vows the minute same-sex marriage became legal

at midnight. maryland voters approved same-sex marriage back in november. gay couples can now marry in nine states, as well as the district of columbia. now, that it is 2013, several other new laws are in effect in maryland. in a first for any state in the country, parents now have the ability to freeze their children's credit to prevent identity theft. people who served in the military can have their veterans status noted on their drivers license and in montgomery county, a ride in an ambulance will cost as much as $800 for out of county residents. new this morning, the search is on for one person or for the person behind a stabbing on a metrobus just before 2:00 this morning near the intersection of talbert street and martin luther king avenue in southeast. police say two women were attacked. one was stabbed, the other beaten. witnesses tell police the suspect ran off the bus. both women were taken to the hospital. one with serious injuries. no word this morning on the

motive or the search for a suspect. also new this morning, police are investigating a seven-car crash in northeast d.c. the chain reaction crash happened along new york avenue near bladensburg road around 1:30. we're told five people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. police are still trying to figure out what caused the crash. new york avenue was shut down in both directions as a precaution but has since reopened. 5:38 is the time right now. still to come, the challenge facing the d.c. metro police department as it marks the lowest murder rate in the district in decades. plus, you are running out of time if you want to catch a glimpse of a piece of american history. we're starting the new year off with a little bit of snow in the forecast. exactly what you can expect next with weather and traffic on the 1s.

wow. that is gorgeous. millions of brazilians brought in the new year on the copa cabana beach in rio de janeiro. they counted in the final seconds of 2012 and cheered in the fireworks to mark the start of 2013. the celebration in rio is one of the city's biggest annual tourist attractions. people from around the world go to the beach to celebrate.

that is the most gorgeous display i think i've ever seen. >> pretty saw some. 5:41 is our time. let's get a look at our forecast. here's tom. >> starting off with clouds due to a front coming through. producing a few scattered sprinkles and flurries. just west and south of washington into the southern part of the eastern shore. temperatures are swrenly above freezing most of the region, though, thankfully it's generally not going to be really piling up on the roads, melting on roadways. might have a few isolated slick spots in the next hour or two. maybe a few scattered flurries or sprinkles with a high of 40. a look at traffic now with alexis davies. >> thank you, tom. we've got breaking news on the roadway. a serious accident right now. mississippi avenue southeast at haileyer ras. your best option is fourth street southeast. elsewhere on the roads, we've received word that the accident at northbound rock creek parkway at p street northwest has been

cleared. no more diversion on to k street. you're looking good on the rock creek parkway. aaron, erika in. thank you. >> it's 5:42 this morning. a vision of change in the district. the city's big plans to replace the frederick douglass bridge. it's about more than the ♪ i -- i got it, i got it made ♪ ♪ i got it made, i got it made ♪ ♪ i got it made fresh at subway ♪ ♪ breakfast made the way i say ♪ [ male announcer ] at subway, you got it made. try a steak, egg white & cheese, tricked out any way you want. subway. eat fresh.

14 before the hour. police are searching for the driver who ran over a 16-year-old girl from northwest washington and kept going. jackson was trying to cross a busy new york avenue friday night. a 2003 pontiac bonneville heading east on a green light struck the girl who was in the street but outside the crosswalk. the driver of that car stopped. but then a tan-colored suv with d.c. plates ran over her while she was on the ground and took off. she died the following dayment

her family says it still hasn't sunk in. >> she's still here to me. i don't believe she's gone. she's just on a vacation. it's crazy. we lost the little one. >> she was a teu dent at dunbar high school. if you have any information about the car that left the scene, police would like to hear from you. this morning, people in prince william county are mourning the loss of a police officer killed in the line of duty. officer chris young was responding to an accident yesterday when he slammed his motorcycle into a minivan on nokesville road in bristow. when the vehicles collided, they burst into flames. young died. a nearby chick-fil-a manager said young stopped by the restaurant at least once a week. workers packed 200 sandwiches for the officers and first responders of the crash, as well as for young's family. >> most of these police officers, they come into a restaurant every morning for breakfast or at least once a week. we know them on a first-name basis. when the news got around it was one of the police officers that

was actually injured and has since passed, we sprung to action. >> the driver of the minivan was not hurt. there's still no word if any charges will be filed against that driver. for the first time in 50 years, d.c.'s homicide rate is expected to fall below 100. as of yesterday afternoon, there were 88 homicides in the district. that is 20 fewer than 2011. and that is far below the nearly 500 reported each year in the late '80s and early '90s. even with the progress, d.c. council member wells says there's more to could. >> heartened that the murder rate has gone down. but we have more to do. with the hand-held electronic device, we've seen a rash of robberies and robberies with weapons, robberies without weapons and that has to be addressed. >> wells says he's concerned the police department and it union have failed to reach a new labor

contract. he'll chair the public safety committee and is preparing for a run for mayor next year. virginia attorney general ken cuccinelli is focusing more on his run for governor. he just hired a campaign manager. dave decks road is the former executive director of the virginia republican party. cuccinelli is now the presumptive gop nominee since lieutenant governor bill bolling announced he isn't running for the nomination. however, bill bolling may still run as an independent. the department of education could get involved in the university of virginia's attempt to fire its president. a nonprofit group says an accrediting agency overstepped its bounds when it issued a warning to the school. last summer the school tried to fire president teresa sullivan, although she ultimately kept her job. that prompted the southern association of colleges and schools commission to issue a warning, which the american council of trustees now says is a power struggle with the president, faculty and trustees. the cia and other spy

agencies will receive less money in the coming year. congress slashed the budget for spies and satellites for 2013. the house voted yesterday in favor of a senate bill to boost slightly president obama's $72 billion budget request for intelligence agencies. that's down from about $80 billion in 2012. if you look at your 401(k), you may find 2012 was a pretty goodyear for your investments. stocks performed surprisingly well last year despite concerns about the global economy. most posted double-digit gains. stocks were up about 1.7% yesterday. people are celebrating the new year around the world. tens of thousands of revelers watched the fireworks at the seattle space needle in washington state. they rang in the new year at 3:00 this morning our time. from one part of the world

we go to another. nato troops serving in afghanistan celebrated the new year with a party. soldiers from different countries gathered in kabul for a dance party. looks like everybody had a good time. dancing and relaxing. nato has more than 100,000 troops in afghanistan, including 66,000 from the u.s. nato will withdraw almost all of its forces there by 2014. closer to home, 7,000 people celebrated the new year at big night d.c. at national harbor. it's the fourth year for the party at the gaylord national resort. there was music, lots of dancing, plenty of food as well. that party ended at 3:00 this morning. all right. so we've heard with about a mention of snow. are we talking a few snowflakes or really coming down on us? meteorologist tom kierein. >> no worries about any travel with snow or any kind of precipitation this morning. otherwise, just a little bit of maybe flurry or light sprinkle activity. there is national harbor. a live view from the camera. it's mostly sleepy there now.

it's going to be mostly sleepy throughout the day today. there's the cloudy sky over the wilson bridge and 40 at reagan national. we have a few sprinkles or flurries trying to reach the ground here on the storm team 4 satellite radar image. the little patches of green are a few sprinkles, flurries mixing in. fairfax, prince william, fauquier, stafford, spotsylvania, the northern neck, far southern maryland and the lower eastern shore. elsewhere, just cloudy this first day of 2013. happy new year. starting off this morning, temperatures generally above freezing. a few isolated spots near freezing leesburg and parts of the shenandoah valley. eastern west virginia, above freezing. central and western below freezing because a front is now beginning to push in there bringing in colder air. sunrise at 7:27. by 7:00 a.m., a few scattered sprinkles around and cloudy. we ought to be above freezing. some of the temperatures may be below freezing.

watch out the pavement looks wet. in fact, it could be a little slick early this morning. then by noontime, we'll spr perhaps a few flurries around or a few sprinkles. in the upper 30 ease near 40 degrees by noon and hovering near 40-degree temperature range during the afternoon. then overnight tonight, partly cloudy and down to the mid 20s by dawn tomorrow. it's going to be cold. we've got a cold pattern setting up as we get back to work and school on wednesday with afternoon highs in the upper 30s. then on thursday morning down to the low 20s. afternoon highs near 40 and partly cloudy. more of the same on friday. now, here's the storm team 4 seven-day outlook into the weekend. saturday, mostly cloudy with a high near 40 after a cold start and cloudy on sunday. good weather for the 'skins game. ought to be in the low to mid upper 40s in the afternoon and then more of the same on monday. but some sun returning. i'll return in ten minutes now with a look at your traffic alexis davies in for danella. good morning. >> good morning, tom. breaking news on the roadways.

very serious accident with multiple vehicles. mississippi avenue southeast and hailey terrace southeast. that intersection is closed. your best alternate is fourth street southeast. elsewhere on the roadways, the accident on the ramp to northbound 95 at fairfax county parkway has been cleared and that ramp has been reopened. traveling and look around the roadways, the 95 corridor and the bw parkway corridor, southbound travelers on the parkway, looks like you're up to speed. no issues to report. 49 miles per hour as you head into the district. live look now at 95 in maryland at route 216. things are looking good there as well. all travel lanes are open. you're looking at a ten-minute drive time from route 216 to the beltway. erika? thank you so much. we've got a heads up for metro riders. trains and buses are running on a sunday schedule. that means the rail system will open at 7:00 this morning and close at midnight. also, parking is free at all metro operated lots today. the new year brings with it new plans to replace the aging

frederick douglass memorial bridge southeast. mayor vincent gray unveiled the design for the new bridge which would span the anacostia less than a thousand feet away from the current bridge which was built in about 1950. the project would also include constructing a traffic circle and oval on both sides. and reconstructing the 295 suit land parkway interchange. construction is expected to start in 2015. the pro correct is estimated to cost about $660 million. the redskins appear to be happy with the direction head coach mike shanahan is taking the team. the washington post reporting the 'skins are thinking about negotiating a contract extension with shanahan. he's currently in the third year of a five-year deal. the redskins just 11-21 during shanahan's first two years in washington. but he's just led the team to its first division title in 13 years. now, the redskins will already

booking up and fans are stocking up on 'skins gear at the team's fedex field store. don't like what you got for the holidays. you're not the only one. holiday gift returns are expected to jump nearly 40% this year. that's according to the company that mansion returned merchandise for retailers. analysts attribute the surge not to people with poor taste but to an increase in online shopping. clothing and electronics top the returns list. retailers recommend consumers

copy or scan receipts and then keep tags on anything that you might want to return. they also say shoppers should take the item back soon. some stores have limited return window. today is the last day to see one of the country's most important documents. the emancipation proclamation has only been on display at the national archives for three days. president abraham lincoln -- states sti rebelling against the union. historians consider it a stepping sohn to the ratification of the 13th amendment which outlawed slavery. you have until 5:00 tonight to see the document, the national archives says it's on display for a few days because of its fragile condition. they want to preserve it obviously for future generations. low light and only for a couple of days at a time. >> it's worth the trip to go there. >> breaking news on capitol hill. an early morning vote to avoid the fiscal cliff. the major hurdle that remains. >> a cold start to 2013. the holiday forecast is next.

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