president's defense of obamacare and the crisis over the government's spying program. plus we'll talk about the economy, signs of improvement. i'll speak with the head of the international monetary fund christine lagarde for her perspective and prospects for the next year ahead in the economy, political hurdles as well. all that coming up on "meet the press." >> have a great holiday. we'll send you a cannoli. thanks for watching. do have a merry christmas. >> all thesees on today.com and you can find lester back here tonight. >> that's right. "nightly news" be there. right now on "news 4 today" brand-new information about a double shooting that left one man dead. new this morn, the details that came into our newsroom overnight. >> we saw the sides of the wall falling and then i saw the transformer over there blew up

and flashed everywhere. and wild weather from tornadoes to snow and dangerous ice. the massive storm that's affecting millions of people and what it means for us. here we go. storm team 4 is tracking a line of rain and heavy wind right now. >> and on top of that, record breaking high temperatures this morning. but changes are on the way. certainly a wild day out there this morning. and good morning, you're not going to need the coat out there this morning, but you will need the umbrella. >> that's right. could be a bumpy morning for some of us. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell joining us now with what's happening. hey, chuck. >> good morning to both of you and good morning, everybody. a record breaker already today. when i was coming to work at about 4:00 this morning, it was 71 degrees outside which was already within one degree of the all-time record for the day. one of the warmest nights we've ever seen in the month of december here in the washington

area, temperatures even as of the 9:00 hour still 60s in northern montgomery county and low 60s in shenandoah valley and low to mid-70s, 74 degrees in fredericksburg right now. a line of moderate to at times briefly heavy rain now just out to the south and west of the immediate metro. not a lot of rain inside the beltway or southern prince george's county. but rain drops from manassas and brief periods of heavy rain there, that's all headed for i-95 south of town. today windy and warm with periods of moderate rain and temperatures low to mid-70s. that will crush the old record highs. how long does it all last? that part of the forecast coming up in a few minutes. as chuck just said, right now we're seeing really odd weather, but those warm temperatures could be responsible for some major storms hitting the u.s. places like arkansas reported three possible tornadoes with one confirmed touchdown. the storm hit the city of hughes the hardest which is located just southwest of memphis,

tennessee. several people and businesses are already claiming severe damage to homes and structures. and at least three people were taken to the hospital because of the storm. all three are expected to make a full recovery. and meantime in tulsa, residents are dealing with a wintry blast of ice this morning. a heavy rain storm passed through oklahoma yesterday. and that was in the afternoon. it's then been freezing temperatures shortly after it fell, as you can see, trees and roadways were given a thick coating of ice. at one point nearly 9,000 people were left without power. if your holiday travels are sending you there, be careful. temperatures there expected to stay below freezing until tuesday. and you can keep up with this wild winter weather. all you have to do is download the news 4 weather app. download it for free on your iphone or your android. and new this morning, we're learning police arrested a man in connection with a shooting that killed one man and injured another in prince george's county. officers arrested 20-year-old muhyee and the double shooting happened yesterday morning on

marlboro pike. he argued with several workers in the area before the shooting. the victim was identified as 29-year-old douglas arguent from gaithersburg. a neighbor told news 4 what he saw. >> like he shouldn't be there. he was walking in the middle of the street. so then i saw him jump on the side and there were people outside already so, you know, i wasn't quite sure what happened. i didn't think anything like this happened. >> and the second victim remains in the hospital in critical condition. this morning police are trying to figure out who shot and killed a 19-year-old in upper marlboro. since we brought you the story yesterday morning, we have learned the shooting happened at a house party after midnight on north marlton avenue. 19-year-old rashard pinkney was found shot in front of another home that was just about a block away. he died in the hospital. meanwhile an officer who tried to control the scene was allegedly attacked by a 17-year-old. police say that she pushed the officer and he ended up twisting

his ankle and also broke his leg. that 17-year-old is now facing assault charges. a colorado community grieving this morning after the death of a 17-year-old girl. claire davis was shot after one of her classmates opened fire at her high school on december 13th. she spent a little over a week in a coma trying to recover from her critical injuries. last night she died in the hospital surouned by her family. her loved ones issued a statement thanking the community for its support and all those who tried to save their daughter. right now more fallout from that target security breach. chase bank is now notifying its customers affected by the breach. the company says that it will impose withdrawal limits on debit cards for nearly 2 million customers. cash withdrawals will be restricted to $100 per day. meanwhile, purchases will be limited to $300 a day. chase says that the limits will be in effect until they can replace the affected cards. those restrictions will not apply to credit cards, however.

well, if you are headed to the mall to finish off that holiday shopping list, you will not be alone. this weekend stores flooded with last-minute shoppers hoping to get some of the last-minute deals. kerry sanders braved the crowds to file this report. >> reporter: for some entering this fray is like a sport. >> it's been fun, a little stressful. >> and i do everything last minute. >> reporter: the last-minute rush is on in part because even those who don't procrastinate had less time to buy this year. because thanksgiving fell later in this year's calendar, there were six fewer shopping days. market research company forrester estimates 167 million americans will shop online. the average person will spend $472. but if you waited until now, you missed most free shipping offers. amazon the largest online retailer will still ship overnight, but now you have to pay for it. >> consumers are more likely to

shop in store this weekend. simply because they don't want to have to worry that their packages won't arrive on time. >> reporter: struggling retailer sears has tried to keep pace with internet sales, but analysts estimate sears still only gets 3% of its $40 billion in revenues online. traditional brick and mortar stores say they offer an advantage this close to christmas. shop online and then pick it up at the store. no overnight shipping costs involved. >> so, we're prepared to actually process orders pretty much every hour that the store is open. >> reporter: meantime at target, everything in the store was discounted 10%, an attempt by the company to win back customers. target disclosed someone hacked its computers and stole credit and debit card information belonging to some 40 million customers. card information at several security firms now report is being sold on the black market. >> it's very easy to just get your bill and pay it but you

have to pay attention to the bills that you're getting. >> nbc kerry sanders there. a defrocked reverend who made national headlines may not be out of the job for long. just ahead, what's next for him and why he's making the trip here to washington today. >> i feel a lot of water on the back of my head, but i don't think it's from my back. a scare in space after a high-stakes spacewalk. why nasa now is pushing back its plans to repair the international space station. and remember we're on air, but you can also join us online this morning. look for us on twitter and facebook. we're back in just a moment. stay with us. ♪ checkin' target off my list, ♪ ♪ last minute deals on toys and gifts. ♪ ♪ that's my holiday, ♪ that's my kind of holiday. ♪ wrap it up, pop, lock and shop, ♪ ♪ buyin' presents that i forgot. ♪ ♪ that's my holiday.

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defrocked rev rpd will preach at the united methodist church in the district. the methodist church in pennsylvania defrocked frank schaefer after he refused to resign for officiating a same-sex wedding ceremony for his own son. the wedding happened in massachusetts in 2007. schaefer called the book of discipline bias against gay people. nasa managers are celebrating an emergency spacewalk that successfully removed a faulty cooling unit aboard the international space station, but still more work to do to complete the repairs. another spacewalk set for tuesday to install a spare pump. nasa managers pushed it back a day to give the crew more time to resize a space suit for one of the astronauts. a third spacewalk is needed but may not be needed if the astronauts can complete the installation. moving in the northeast corridor after a deadly accident. investigators say a person intentionally jumped in front of the train. this was near aberdeen, maryland. the person died yesterday

afternoon. that caused several delays during the investigation. the train was headed from d.c. towards boston. 300 people were onboard, but none of them were hurt. and right now police need your help in finding a man suspected in a bank robbery in laurel. take a look at this. surveillance cameras showing the man, he's wearing what looks like a santa claus beard. he walked into the pnc bank. this was on main street yesterday morning. he fired one gunshot into the ceiling and then he walked up to the teller and demanded they hand over some money. nobody was hurt in all of this, but if you recognize the man with the beard in that video there or in that picture. call laurel police. and new this morning, a brand-new report about the cia helping a central american country with some pretty heavy tasks. trides the rails and finds that you're footing the bill for passengers' food and drinks. we'll explain. first, here's chuck. >> it's already rained hard in many neighborhoods and if you

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this just in to the newsroom. we learned one of the people wounded earlier this morning in a double shooting has died. this happened around 4:00 this morning on saratoga avenue northeast near brentwood road. d.c. police say two men were shot, one died at the hospital,

one has nonlife threatening injuries. no word on a gunman. fire crews in kentucky believe downed power lines are to blame for a massive fire at a car lot. overnight crews battled the flames for hours shutting down part of the nearby highway to get better access to the fire. no estimate on damages has been released at this time. new this morning, we are learning that the cia helped cl colombia's government helped killed two rebels. "washington post" reported that the national security agency provided eavesdropping assistance and "the post" reported that they provided gps technology that could be configured into smart bombs. president obama is talking with national security advisors about a touchy situation in south sudan. earlier yesterday morning, three military aircraft were hit by gunfire in a remote region that has become a battle ground between south sudan's military

and renegade troops. four members of the u.s. military were hurt. here's nbc's ron allen with more on the troops that were over there in the first place. >> reporter: south sudan government sent hundreds of troops to the region where the aircraft were attacked. three u.s. aircraft on a mission to evacuate american civilians in the town of bo r were hit by small arms fire. u.s. military officials say four service members were wounded and the aircraft damaged. they diverted to neighboring uganda. the wounded were put on a plane to kenya for treatment. all said to be in stable condition. analysts say it's unclear why the americans were targeted. >> this is an urban area. a lot of people there, it's difficult to know who is friend and who is foe and there are a lot of weapons floating around. unfortunately, even with small archl arms and automatic weapons, a lot of damage can be caused. >> reporter: on friday a united nations helicopter came under attack.

on thursday, two u.n. troops and dozens of civilians were killed when a compound was stormed. all told, perhaps 500 people have been killed and tens of thousands displaced after what the government says was an unsuccessful coup attempt by insurgen insurgents just a week ago. the u.s. has advised all american citizens in south sudan to depart immediately. so far somee been evacuated. it's unclear how many remain. south sudan's president now says he's willing to talk to the rebels. the u.s. has sent a special envoy to help and dozens of u.s. troops to rescue americans caught up in the conflict. ron allen, nbc news. so, i've been listening to you all week and, you know, you said it was coming. >> there's a first. >> i know, shocker, right? but that you were saying, hey, we've got this great weather on the way, but, i remember there

was that but and that rain and it started early this morning. took some people by surprise. >> some. i don't know how. nonetheless, caught people off guard this morning. the intensity of it and the fact that it's just so warm outside. national weather service out of dulles just sent out a little information statement that said this was the warmest december overnight on record. broke the old record by between six and nine degrees. we never even dropped below 60 at national airport this morning. the old record high minimum for the entire month of december 59 back on december 5th, 1973. a very mild start this morning. cloudy skies and raindrops for many. it is still 71 at national airport. we officially already tied the record high temperature for the day, which is 72. and we tied it before the sun was even up. the severe thunderstorm watch had been up earlier is now been allowed to expire. that is definitely good news. temperatures rain cooled and i say cool with mini quotation

marks around it. rain cooled mid to low 60s in northern maryland and where the raindrops still haven't made it in the low to mid-70s. windy, too. out ahead of the raindrops still a fairly brisk southwesterly wind and that 20 to 35-mile-per-hour range. here it is on storm team 4 radar. not much to the south and east of washington, but points north and west and this line of rain showers here a stout little rain shower ban now coming through central fair fax county and moving on to the south end of the capital beltway and rain drops all over from rockville right through bethesda and there's interstate 66. four corners, dulles airport and restin out here on the left side of your screen. moderate rain there and heavier rain moving through prince william county. 10 to 15 minutes from reaching i i-95 just to the west of quantico. brief, heavy rain headed for i-95 south of town here in the next little bit.

the most intense part of the line. little break in the action back here. not going to rain all day, but you may get rained on two or three or four different times today. the first chance, obviously, coming in first thing this morning. then i think a little break late morning to early afternoon and then more rain chances back in here for this afternoon. so much going on. never a bad idea to remind you to download our storm team 4 weather app. gusty winds with an opportunity of a shower and maybe even a rumble or two of thunder. moderate impact on the weather for today. overnight tonight, scattered showers staying really mild. not a big impact for the evening hours. tomorrow morning, a possibility of some heavy rain on a monday morning commute. let's just hope that because it's christmas a whole lot fewer people on the roads. but nonetheless could be an ugly monday morning commute. tomorrow afternoon with the rain coming to an end things will settle down quite a bit. the main threat i'm watching out

for is the opportunity for damaging wind gusts or two. and then also a chance anyway of a little flash flooding threat because of the heavy rain tonight. here's the all-important seven-day forecast. how about 74 degrees today. yeah, that's only 30 degrees warmer than average for the late parts of december. and then tomorrow, 58 in the morning and 42 in the afternoon and breezy and much colder on tuesday. christmas day, sunshine with a high of a balmy 38. >> just wild, chuck. >> it is crazy. december again very soon. >> all right, brace ourselves. the redskins may be dealing with a losing season, but why the team says today's game is going to be one to watch no matter what. plus, the news 4 i team working for you. what we learned about some of the food and beverages on the long train trips and why taxpayers are paying for it. mark, this time we're going to do something a little bit different. we're going to count down our

top stories of 2013. at number three, the leaks from edward snowden about the nsa. >> dominco, nothing was more damaging to the obama administration and obama presidency and come from the republican party, came from an nsa contractor and stories in numerous newspapers and was really hurtful to the administration. >> number two really affected a lot of people in this area, the government shutdown. >> affected the republican party. its popularity and polls plummet to all-time lows. >> really hard to disagree with number one, but that botched health care rollout of the website really delayed things almost two months. >> dominco, we talk about the year very tough on the republican party, tough on president obama. and certainly the health care rollout was the bottom for them.

good sunday morning, everyone. what a difference a year makes for this rivalry. last year the skins rallied for a playoff spot as they season wound down. moore taking the bow after a historic rushing season symbolic of the franchise moving in the right direction. now the skins are in complete turmoil. the face of the franchise has been benched. redskins versus cowboys means very little for the postseason but the players know what it means to their fan base. >> the perfect opponent to have coming into town when you're statistically out of it because

you're mentally going to be prepared. that's the division rival. you always want to knock those guys out. you want to make their playoff life as somber as yours is. >> we are what we are right now. but why not end on a good note and beat the cowboys. beat our biggest rivalry out there in the nfl and, you know, go out there and play extremely hard to try to get the w. >> i really do believe it is about our fan base and our fans want nothing more than for us to beat dallas. that game means so much to them, especially here at home. dallas has a lot on the line. it is a major rivalry game. i've played in a lot of rivalry games before and a great opportunity to go in a rivalry game and get a win and give our fan base something to feel good about. there is a lot to play for. so, if the redskins do defeat the cowboys today and the eagles take business against the bears, philly would be crowned your nfc east division champ leaving dallas out of the playoffs for another year.

this is a very big game for the redskins. that was a look at your morning sports, hope your sunday is a good one. >> thanks, jason. this morning, we're tracking some wild weather, both here and across the country. >> that's right, coming up a rough weekend for millions of people already. the latest on this massive storm that's making travel very tricky across the country. and a live look now from our tower cam. the rain has arrived. some big changes moving in. some big changes moving in. your updat[ laughter ]

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right now we are tracking wild weather out there. a system that brought some wind, rain, snow, even tornados to millions of people now headed our way. >> comes on top of a very warm december day. in fact, it could be one for the record books. good morning, welcome back to news 4 today. i'm adam tuss. >> i'm angie goff. we want to get over to chuck bell. he's tracking it all. chuck, what are we seeing now? >> heavy rain has moved into northwest washington. this is the view from our tower camera here at the station which was relatively clear just a few minutes ago and now that curtain of rain showers dropped right on top of downtown washington. this is going to continue for the next little whilehere. temperature now a rain cooled 63 at national airport, but, still, 75 degrees in fredericksburg. waiting on the rain. the rain not far away from you folks down in fredericksburg and stafford right now. i'll zoom in and show you where

the heaviest rain showers are. rain southwest and northwest washington right now. and down into waldorf and charles county. the heaviest of the rain still making its approach to the west sides of i-95 down to the south of town. temperatures 60s and 70s today. but it won't last much longer. more on that coming up. >> all right, thanks, chuck. >> we are seeing record highs in our area. it's a very different story in parts of the midwest. heavy rain followed by freezing temperatures put five inches of ice in some places. shutting down some roadways and downing trees. if your holiday travel plans have you headed that way, you'll need to be careful. the below freezing temperatures will be sticking around until tuesday. as chuck mentioned, weather around here is way above normal and last night we saw evidence of that. news 4 saw hundreds of people walking around the area dressed more for april than december. the sweater, tee and t-shirt trade is surprising a lot of people right now and dashing the dreams of a white christmas for

others. >> feel like christmas with it being this warm? >> i don't like it. >> this is as close as we're going to get to a white christmas right here. >> white ice. >> not too bad, though. last night seemed like the perfect light to see the zoo lights at the national zoo as many of the animals were out and enjoy thing the warm weather, as well. >> nice. well this morning a news 4 i team report just in time for the busy holiday travel season. taxpayers getting grilled when amtrak serves food and drinks to passengers. a review by the news 4 iteam scott mcfarland found if you're not riding amtrak this holiday season, you are paying for it. >> reporter: the holiday season a busy season on the rails. loaded amtrak trains pulling in and out of union station in d.c. and maryland and virginia. the news 4 iteam jumped onboard on capital limited route en route from d.c. to chicago. we found plenty to eat and drink

in the cafe car. >> pepsi, sierra mist. >> reporter: turkey sandwich, snacks and for lunch an angus cheeseburger, soda and $13.50. but you helped pay, too, with amtrak losing millions on food. an estimated $15 on my meal alone. taxpayers are now supporting the company and helping pay off its losses. u.s. congressman john mica has long criticized dining and cafe cars. >> this is unfortunately a government mandated government subsidized bottomless pit operation that has to stop. >> reporter: a series of internal amtrak audits show amtrak loses $1 for every dollar of food it sells. on chicago to d.c. route auditors collected $2.4 million selling food last year and lost $2.8 million by offering food service on that route in the first place. a dozen long distance routes nationwide. $13 million in losses selling food on the auto train, which runs south to florida.

and there are several reasons why. according to oaudit's review. overstaffing cited on some routes. many long distance amtrak they spend more on labor selling the food than they earn on the food. spent storing the food. commissary costs and they have been handing out free food and booze to some passengers on some of the more expensive routes and they told management the free handouts are leading to losses. >> labor costs, storage costs, delivery costs, marketing, it's a loss. >> reporter: but passengers say amtrak needs to serve those drinks and sandwiches. >> the cafe car is still open. >> reporter: to lure customers. a frequent passenger between d.c. and pittsburgh said she would be less likely to ride without the coffee she bought. even at a loss, amtrak should keep selling. >> everything we need to keep the country connected. >> reporter: amtrak told us it's made progress losing less money on food and drinks than a few years ago. ridership is up on some routes

and amtrak will "address staffing issues and explore new pricing in the coming months and it hopes to break even in a few years." one major amtrak line breaks even. the highly popular northeast corridor from d.c. north through new york, which amtrak tells us had 11.4 million riders last year alone. scott mcfarland, news 4 iteam. >> if you see something the iteam should investigate, call 202-885-4444 ere-mail tips@news tips@news4iteam.com. the torch keeps on traveling. just yesterday the traveling torch was carried 216 miles to the russian city where it was carried to the highest point in the city for a special celebration. it will be on the move, again, in two days as it makes its way to sochi. you can cheer on team usa during the olympic games, which you will only see right here on nbc 4 starting on february 7th.

mark your calendars. and with time quickly ticking by, one of america's athletes is now questioning whether or not she will be able to compete. olympic gold medalist and down hill skiing sensation lindae vonn pulled up in the middle of her down hill run in the world cup in france. she appeared to lose her balance and later grimaced as she clutched her left knee, which she had issues with in the past. she plans to take a few weeks off for now and then focus on getting ready for sochi. >> they should be executed without a trial. okay. they're pigs. they don't deserve a trial. strong reaction this morning after four arrests in that deadly new jersey mall carjacking. what led police to these suspects. 9:36. the big story of the morning. rain and wind moving in right now on a day that is bound to break a record for hig

well, this morning we're looking at several of our wednesday's children. this time of year can be especially hard for kids in the foster care system. >> so, we caught up with some of the kids in our wednesday's child program who talked about what they would love to have most of all this holiday season. here's barbara harris. ♪ >> singers from the metropolitan school of the arts provided the music. as seven of our wednesday's kids along with their social workers came out for a special holiday lunch as guests of the silver diner in rockville. the holidays are not usually a very happy time for kids who are still waiting and wishing for a permanent family. so we came to bring a little cheer. >> hello, everybody. and it seemed to work, especially when the big sack was opened and there was some surprises inside. >> i got presents for everybody.

>> they each waited with anticipation as their names were called. >> benny. here you go. >> and this is for danell. >> shanell. here you are. >> hello, everyone. welcome to silver diner. and we have some special stockings for each of you. so, please come on up and grab your stockings. >> they each got a stocking filled with candy and gift cards to come back to the diner for more healthy eats and everyone got at least something they indicated they needed. but all of them still had something missing that was on their wish list. >> i'm really hoping one day i'll be able to find a family. >> who loves me really and cares for me. >> what is your biggest wish for this holiday season? >> hopefully i can get adopted some time. >> what is your biggest wish for

the holiday season? >> ipod touch? >> i want an ipod touch and a family that loves us. >> what do you want most for christmas? >> a family to spend it with. >> that's what we wish for all of our wednesday's children still waiting to be loved by a forever family. barbara harrison, news 4, for wednesday's child. >> if you have room in your home and your heart for any of your wednesday's children who are waiting still, just call our special adoption hotline 1-88-to-adopt-me or search wednesday's child. time right now 20 minutes away from the 10:00 hour. this morning a d.c. favorite shuts its doors forever. we're going to tell you what's next for toners. plus, stealing the contest. wait until you hear how some co-workers put their heads together to take home a win. and outside right now, it feels an awful lot more like may than it does december, but our

may/december relationship, that's going to be changing

we are following a developing story this morning. right now we just learned that at least 25 people are dead after an air strike. this was in the syrian city of a aleppo. of course, syria undergoing constant civil war right now. they claim this is from the government these air strikes on

civilians and we are going to bring you the very latest as it becomes available. family and friends mourning the loss of the son of president dwight eisenhower. john s.d. eisenhower lived on the eastern shore in trapp, maryland. military historian and author. he also served as u.s. ambassador to belgium under president nixon. eisenhower survived by his wife and four children. no word on the cause of his death. he was 91 years old. this morning four men are behind bars for a deadly carjacking that stunned the nation. last sunday police say these men shot and killed a man outside an upscale new jersey mall and now his loved ones are reacting to word that police believe they have cracked this case. nbc has more. >> reporter: prosecutor say these four new jersey men are responsible for the cold blooded murder and carjacking of 30-year-old dustin friedland gunned down in front of his

wife. the suspects allegedly took off with his range rover. >> it was a combination of witnesses, statements, technology and putting the pieces together. >> reporter: at least one of those pieces of evidence pointed to this irvingten home where police arrested hanif thompson and karif ford and basim henry and kevin roberts. they delivered news to friedland's family. >> we have been in touch with them and i can't speak for them but their cooperation and support of mrs. friedland is what you would respect, remarkable. >> reporter: a neighborhood of his parents express relief but says the punish will never be enough. >> they should be executed without a trial, okay. they're pigs. they don't deserve a trial. did they give him a trial? no. >> reporter: each man faces a maximum penalty of life in prison including murder, felony

murder and carjacking. prosecutors hope the arrest will help reassure the people of ess county. >> that was jackie reporting. a 60-year-old italian washington institution closed up shop. served its last meal yesterday. the classic italian restaurant was started by immigrant luigi back in 1943 and the most recent owner is his niece, deborah, who lived above the restaurant as a child. the restaurant is facing growing deaths and increased competition. still, it was a tough decision to let it go. >> it's not just the restaurant, it is, was my home. so, i'm a little torn. it's like a happy, you know, it's a sad ending but also an exciting beginning. >> and that new beginning will

include writing. she plans to write a book about her family's history. the grinch strikes again as a post-it note version of the dr. seuss character stealing the show at an office party. the post-it note picture took the top prize during the decorating contest. the creation took, how many do you think it took? sticky notes? >> i'm going to say -- >> don't read the prompter. >> i was going to say, is it 900? >> hey, you're spot on, adam. it's 900 and took about four pieces to piece it altogether and took about six hours by the end of it. that is pretty creative. >> don't know whether you think that this weather is a grinch or not. i mean, depending on how you look at it. some people like the code, some people like the warmth and some people absolutely take the 70 degree temperature outside. >> you have to make the most of the weather that you get. enjoy whatever it is and it's not too hard to enjoy record highs in the winter any more

than it is to enjoy record lows in the summertime. that being said, this is crazy outsi outside. we were breaking record high temperatures before the sun came up this morning in many neighborhoods and now we're rain cooled but still in the 60s. there goes the wiper right there. right across your windshield to goat your sunday morning started. it always squeaks like that, i don't know why. raindrops a big part of your early sunday morning here in the washington area and raindrops a part of your afternoon, as well. that being said, it's not going to rain all day. there will be several hours of dry periods during the course of the day, but you'll need to have the umbrella with you at all times just to play it safe. we're all the way down to 64 now in washington with a wind shift, as well. last hour, the winds out of the south at 20. now they're out of the northwest at 13 miles per hour. this little boundary has come right through. behind the boundary, cooler in the low 60s. out ahead of it, fredericksburg, come on now. 76 degrees in december.

record high temperatures have already fallen across much of the area. behind the little boundary that's coming through, winds diminishing a bit but out ahead of it still 20 to 30-mile-per-hour wind gusts from i-95 into southern maryland. the wind still howling out there. storm team 4 radar lit up with activity first thing. this band of moderate to heavy at times andrews air force base right there. that rain now moving into silver hill, all getting the rain this morning. there's the bottom of the beltway right there near alexandria and raining hard now for places like mt. vernon and across the water into places like port charlotte and be on the lookout today for some moderate to heavy rain in the next little while and then i-95 south of town. and quan co raindrops moving in on your neighborhood, as well. this whole line of moderate showers is going to march across southern maryland in the next hour or two and then start to

get a little sense, a break in the action here in the southern parts of the shenandoah valley off and on rain chances for late morning through the course of the afternoon. if you're one of the 80,000 holding tickets to the redskins game today and you're wondering if you go or should i not? go. support your team. it's the cowboys. we have to help the team win. follow us on twitter at any point in time @chuckbell on twitter and like our facebook page. i always put forecast discussions on how the day will play out. easy for me to say. cloudy skies and off and on shower chances for today. moderate to heavy rain in time for your monday morning commute tomorrow and then tomorrow afternoon the rain turns off probably not long after lunchtime. mid-70s today. we might actually be able to go back above 70 later on this afternoon and sort of depends on it. we have already broken the record. all gravy at this point in time. falling temperatures during the day tomorrow.

windy and chilly for christmas eve and christmas day. sunny and cold. just the way santa likes it. >> and snow free. >> snow free this year at least. let's get a win against the cowboys today. that's big. >> if you have a ticket, go to the game. >> nice gift. >> absolutely. the crowd goes wild as a graduation becomes an emotional reunion for two brothers. this is just in time for the holidays. and a night full of surprises. coming up, the moments everyone talking about this morning as two "saturday night

now here's an emotional reunion between a soldier serving overseas and his brother graduating in arkansas. take a look at this. army sergeant jared qualls returned from kuwait right there surprised his brother, nathan, who graduated from arkansas tech university. this was yesterday afternoon as they embraced the crowd, you can hear them cheering. they gave them a standing ovation and very emotional. sergeant qualls served in afghanistan. he is on his second tour right now out in kuwait. and his father and the university actually worked together to make all of this possible. >> i was only looking forward to seeing him for a couple days on crimous break and now that i get to see him a lot more now. it means a lot. makes the holidays a lot more

meaningful and my graduation even more meaningful than what it was. >> i haven't seen him in about a year. good surprise for the family. i knew it would bring a little more purpose to his graduation. >> sergeant qualls says he hopes to follow in his brother's footsteps and enroll at arkansas tech next year. two big names grabbed big ratings for "saturday night live" last night and it didn't hurt that a string of stars were also along for the ride. >> i thought you were stuck in traffic? >> i was. but then i ok a city bike. >> very good. >> host jimmy fallon and musical guest justin timberlike were joined by madonna, chris rock and a special guest joined the cast at the "weekend update" desk. >> what's next for you, mayor bloomberg? >> i'll be fulfilling a life-long dream of drinking a small soda on a nonsmoking beach. >> the last live show of the

year for the cast. too funny. >> so cool madonna came. >> it was great. right now we're in one community as the local family gets the holiday surprise of a lifetime. this is good. plus, we're tracking the weather this morning. more of the damage that millions are dealing with this morning after a massive storm. that in one place even spawned a tornado. here at home, a day of wild weather is in store. we are bringing you the latest we[ male announcer ] some things are simply better at home.

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