can we go back to the singing of later.nder stay with us. we continue now at 5:00 a.m. breaking news right now, a sinkhole has the section of the g.w. parkway closed. we're live on the scene to show you how to get around the mess. >> snow, all here. tom kierein will let us know what to expect so you know what to wear today. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm etues dece 2, 2014. let's take a live look outside right now as we talk about some rain in our forecast. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein with what you need to know. we've had the rain falling since last night. the heaviest rains are south and o area. north and west, as i was predicting yesterday, we are g freezing rain in the pink zone from just to the north of front royal and across fau

co. that mix extends into much of loudoun county and into northern montgomery county. this area in gray and white is a zone of of wet snow northern loudoun and montgomery, wester county and south and east of there is all rain. temperatures getting a little bit of the wintry mix all above freezing so melting on roads there. what to wear today, a ra an umb. the hour by hour breakdown over breaking news th could make you late for work. southbound g.w. parkway closed between route 123 and spout run parkway. megan mcgrath with the emergency repairs go on. >> reporter: this is going to be the closures here, the ramp leading from 123 down to the southbound lanes of the g.w. parkway. no traffic down there. the problem is a large sinkhole. it's 25x30.

we're talking feet not inches here. it is a very large hole in the roadway. all southbound lanes have been closed between 123 and spout run. i've been told that they haven't even started the repair work, so this is something that will be with us for hours. northbound lanes are still open. those southbound lanes are closed. we've seen a lot of confused people specifically out-of-towners trying to get to th don't kn how to get around. so we're going to also s see the traffic tie-ups. time since ple retu the holiday weekend. o not a great tim top of it. it's going to be an ugly rush on the work around to melissa mollet. all the ingredients for something nasty. the best thing to do, megan and i have been talking, g to push you off g.w. parkway southbound to 123. get on old dominion. work back ovg.w. parkway and spout run. that is the best thing to do if

you're on 12 take old dominion to try to go the airport. going to be a little bit of a mess. in beltsville route 1 at ammandale road. no word on when that will be clearing up. . no major problems. 270 heading out of frederick, southbound you are completely clear through germantown all the way down to the spur. northbound the same thing. 95 in virginia moving right along. again, the slick roads, lots of people will be dealing with this morning. guys? thank you, melissa. it's now 5:03. spring ridge middle school in st. mary's county will be closed this morning. there is a break in the water line and crews will spend the day fixing it and sanitizing the water. they have been called in to help with this process. right now route 1 is back open after a howard county ambulance and several other cars crashed. you can see police attacked the northbt kit kat road in elkridge.

seven people including three medics were taken to the hospital. the howard county fire chief tweet add thank you to everyone now.rayed fg students are being warned this morning of a sexual assault just off the university of maryland campus. police say a woman was at an apartment on knox road early sunday when she was followed into a room by a man. e his hand over her mouth and told her to stay quiet. the student says she bit him and he began slapping and groping her. she was able to get away. an e-mail alert was sent out. other students we talked to says the university is trying to be proactive in preventing sex y t, not really a survey but an online training thing we had to go through that was pretty k the tg to step it up. >> at least three female students have reported being groped since september. police do not believe the incide connected. the university of virginia is s to stop sex

assaults on campus. they announced a $57,000 donation to fund training for bystander intervention. the university is also planning to hire more trauma counselors. they will fund a new police station to increase patrols on campus in response to a "rolling stone" article that suggested a culture of rape at uva. we know how president obama plans to react in response to the fallout from ferguson. he announced a new task fo 20th century policing. commissioner and former d. police chief charles ramsay will be in charge. they want the government to spend more than $250,000 on new training and body cameras for officers. he is not trying to end federal programs that provide military style equipment to police. how members of congress are to. five minutes after the hour. we'll learn about the future of

soccer in d.c., voting on a new proposal to buzzard point. it would remove the e here. originally the council planned to swap the center for land in southwest d.c. mayor elect marianne bowser believes the city should sell it instead. she thinks they can make more money that way. then they can buy the land for the new stadium. new d.c. traffic cameras are issuing tickets. one location and what you need to know. >> on this giving tuesday, what you can do to help your community and enjoy your e wea change minute by minute and hour by hour. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is tracking what you need to know in your weath use chase freedom at amazon.com

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their picture and the cause the. all the individual bricks will stack up to create this tower. you can help build a virtual tower by using the giving tower app. of course there's an app for it as well. this is the digita>> don have $ can can't help out. any dollar amount will help charities that need the help. >> absolutely. >> anything will do. >> 5:10. as we get a look at your he now with ive your weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:11. good morning, tom. storm team 4 radar showing light rain around washington, nearby suburbs south and east. north and west, though, a little bit of a mix in the pink zone of some sleet, light icing from warren and clark county, northern fauquier into loudoun, northern montgomery county and into frederick and western howard. there's a little bit of wet snow there. less than an inch on grassy areas.

because temperatures are above melting on roads. we're in the mid and upper 30s. right by the chesapeake bay. hour by hour through t upper 30 day long and staying wet with that mix north and west through 8:00. it will probably be ending temporarily through late morning and through the middle part of the day. then by late afternoon into the evening another round of showern the upper 30s. next weath1s, a look at the tim all of this will be ending. the mix ends as well. melissa is still dealing mess f. 123 to spout run. . live picture from the scene. alternate 123 to old dominion will get y to spout run and back on to the parkway below this problem here . 270 into and out of town, you're completely fine. taki 66 and 95. a lot of green here. the earlie way. no major problems there.

beltway at branch avenue is rolling along nicely. you see the sheen on thew this as you head out, bring the umbrella and also be slick. i'm back in ten minutes. >> reporter: new traffic cameras in the district start issuing citations today but this time it's not just your speed be and red lights you have to watch out for . the other offense that could get you into trouble that's ah stolen in the mail, how some postal work ers were able to take thousands of dollars worth of gift cards. >> and your weather and traffic throughout the day. >> keep an eye on storm team 4 radar. the closure happening

we are waking up to a wintry mix. keeping an eye on radar rain, . storm team 4 meteorologist tom n is tracking it all in

your weather traffic on the 1s. 5:16 your time now. he's accused of killing four people life. investigators are trying to figure out why. he was accused of shooting four people at three different locations in morgantown monday. he was found dead in his truck four a day long man hun vi and one had filed dostic abuse charges against y work. you could get a ticket today from one of eight new traffic cameras in the district. some are watching to see whether you come to a complete stop at a stop sign. richard jordan is at one of those cameras in northwest with more. hi, eun. good morning. this is one of those new stop sign cameras at 44th in northwest. so atther one is at park place used to just yet, getting your picture taken if you don't come to a complete stop and having a ticket issues. there's been a warning for the

.ast 30 days but they are now you have new speed cameras. everyone knows those by now. aaa says in a sur me than half the people they surveyed reported that e over ten miles per hour over the speed limit in a residential zone just in the past month. so people are used to those speed camera tickets by now. about 582,000 traffic camera tickets, automated tickets hand the out last year. there could be changes to this up on capitol hill. two congressmen proposing a bill that would keep the local jurisdictions that have these traffic cameras from getting their full federal funding. eleanor holmes norton says that should not be the case. this is a local issue. this is local law enforcement dealing with traffic. we'll have to wait and see if that bill gains any traction.

you have eight new cameras. wen my facebook page and twitter so you can check it out district. >> richard, thank you. today you could be delayed on your way to work if you live in fairfax county. crews are starting on the wal any road project. that will change from two lanes to four. you can expect delays between westfield boulevard and mariah court. the project is expected to be g f the about a yea person who shot two teenagers in northwest washington, the 16 and 17-year-olds were heading to dunbar high school when a man open fire at 6th and n streets. one teen was shot in the back. the other in the leg. bothd to be okay. surveillance video giving d.c. police the upper hand in tracking down two men who attacked a group of women. this is the video police are using to track them down. take a look at 2:45 in the

morning, november 8. two n three exchange students. this happened in the noma neighborhood. you can see the women trying to get away from the suspects and into their build iing. arod a n stole pe took off. a friend of the victims says they are from mexico and thought they were safe here. >> we are coming from mexico and were thinking we're so safe but now we change our opinions. >> none of the women we hurt duri that robbery. they were all walking home from the noma gallaudet u street metro station. 5:19 now. a synagogue in georgetown is look iing for a new rabbi. before now he was suspended without pay. they released a statement saying they made the decision under extraordinary, difficult, and unfortunate circumstances. he has pled not guilty the

maryland sheri you how they're drugs off the streets. they confiscated heroin, cocaine and cash at a drug bust. the sheriff will tell us how much they have taken off the streets. >> one of the oldest law enforcement agencies in the nation will make history. the first african-american to serve in that position will be sworn in. barry defeated rex coffey and did not face an opponent in november. he will take charge of a department of 600 deputies and civilian employees. former virginia gove mcdonnell and his wife maureen will not get a new trial had in the commonwealth. the couple's request for a new trial was denied. the judge did, however, throw out one of the corruption convictions against maureen. prosecutors say the mcdonnells supple lment maker in

exchange for thousands of dollars in gifts. they were convicted in september and will be sentenced next month. a new ethics panel which yesterday recommended a $250 cap on gifts given to virginia lawmakers. waivers for things like trips could be approved in certain circumstance. they want board and commission members to be banned from voting on grants that would benefit family members. it is now time to take a look at our forecast. we'll have to be careful out there. >> you can see rain falling. weather and traffic on the 1st with tom. some sprinkles and very light rain in washington. one of my twitter followers asks what's the difference between freezing rain and sleet? freezing rain is liquid rain that falls and then freezes on elevated is your faces. south and east all rain.

the gray and whitish color is wet snow in northerny county, loudoun county. the pink zone is a little bit of sleet, those tiny balls of ice you hear tapping on your windows from front royal be and over to fauquier county and near ashburn and sterling, virginia. across the potomac a little bit areet s melting on roads because temperatures are above freezing. we're in the mid to upper 30s, near 40 in washington. near 40 by the bay now. and going forward into the rest the day, we'll have this mix here this morning and then really ending for a time by 10:00 this among or so. a few sprinkles early afternoon and another shot of some showers moves in from the south and west and moves into the metro area. pulls ll be by late after away. by 10:00 tonight most that have will be done and it will be all over with.

temperatures by dawn tomorrow in the upper 30s after we hover throughout the rest of the day. we're going to sta'l our temperatures, upper 30s through the day and overnight tor tomor. a little sun back tomorrow. highs 40s and partly sunny thursday. might get some rain friday night and into saturday. chan, highs in the a low 50s and drying out monday. i'm back in ten minutes with another update. we'll be taking a look at your drive time forecast. that's weather and traffic on the 1s. 5:31. melissa, how are the road? right now pretty wet. 270 at montross road, you ce th. beltway at kenilworth, volume building here loop. a slow start heading around the beltway. a wider look looking pretty good. no major problems except for this, of course.

e hea southbound list en up, it is blocked f3 t sinkhole. we have megan mcgrath on the seen. work your way back over to spout run and g.w. parkway. the same thing on 123. get over to old dough mminion at ck ten minutes. melissa, thank you. in news for your health, new numbers show drug overdeaths have skyrocketed over the past decade. a new report showed in 2012 there were more than 41,000 deaths due to drug poisoning. deaths due to painkillers like percoset. earlier this summer the cdc said 46 people died from an overdote of prescription painkillers every day. a new reason for those who undergo weight loss surgery to begin an exercise routine after their procedur 100 adults began an exer side

program after surgery. they found the group showed fewer risk factors linked to type 2 diabetes than people who did not proc the paties who exercised also saw their lung and heart health improve. the news 4 i-team obtained a search warrant that says postal workers in our area were stealing gift cards from the mail. two employees from a mail distribution center are under investigation right e admitted in cards. she also claimed her tha $9,000 cards. so far no charges have been filed. >> you still have a chance to make sure that none virginia's ryan stills stays on the show "the voice." >> he has been in the bottom three the past two weeks of the. ♪ now i come to you with open arms ♪ >> journey? is that journey? >> yes. >> that's a lot to take on.

he was the first singer on stage last night. he chose to sing "open arms" as you can hear there. you can vote until noon today. we'll find out tonight if he n a survivor e next round. because the votes that have saved him are the ones from social media am. you have the save function and tweet and he's made it each time. >> good luck. i hope he makes it again. when you can vote in a special election to replace marion barry. what president obama plans to do today about ebola. y morn even a wintry to a cold, mix. storm team 4 meteorologist tom n will have your drive time forecast. your weather and traffic on the 1st next at 5:31.

looking at the store ies making headlines now at 5:. par closed right now between route 123 and spout run parkway. crews are repairing a major sinkhole there. >> you will get a ticket if you're caught by one of ate new traffic cameras district. go to online for a look at the

location. me federal funds after the fallout from ferguson. more in a live report. st a look at the storm team 4 radar behind us. >> it's all lit up. you're s sleet, possibly even some wet snow. we want to get to storm team 4 meteorn for what's happening in your neighborhood. >> love that wall of ray tar. a wider view showing that mix of some wet snow and some sleet. the pink zone. bit of sleet. a little sleet around dulles and loudoun county into northern fauquier and across the potomac a little bit of wet snow. some wet snowflakes falling in howard county and frederick county south and east of there washington and some showers, rain showers, south and east in southern maryland, no eastern shore. temperatures are above freezing

so anything falling is melting on roads. here is what to wear. have a rt a umba handy as we'll have these showers with us this morning and then again late this afternoon. sleet, wet snow north and west of us for the morning commute. roads will be wet, staying in the upper 30s an the day for th afternoon commute. some more showers coming in by late afternoon and into the early evening hours w. the next weather and traffic at 6:41. 5: 5:41, i should say 24 hours. now melissa is hackilooking at problems on the roadway. g.w. parkway southbound, we've been tweeting about it putting it on facebook and megan mcgrath is on the scene. blocked between 123 and spout run. your alternate if you're on the parkway, get off 123 and then over to old dominion drive. if you're on 123 work your way

down to the parkway and spout run the. ai a wider look at things overall looking good. n now out o the way and not seeing too much volume. 66 and 95 looking nice. taking a look at prince george's county. branch avenue, indian head highway all looking good and 95 here in maryland at cherry hs ho problems there. just a little bit wet. again, some traffic times coming up. see you next at 5:41. it's 5:32 right now with ongoing protests about the situation in ferguson, missouri, the president now wants the government to act to improve public trust in police. we have nbc's trace capitol hlh more on this. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: we're hearing it all over the kun try now. we heard it in d.c. and on capitol hill from lawmakers speaking on the floor last night. do not police in some communities of color and they feel like they're not being

heard. that's what's . prest obama now addressing what do you do about that? one of the things he wants to do, put 50,000 body cams on police out on the streets as part of the $263 million he's asking congress for to improve community policing. one person in favor of those body cams is former d.c. chief and now philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsey. the president is putting him in charge of a task force to take a look at buil police and communities. ramsey says those cameras do more that just report what's happening on the streets. >> we have an accura actually transpired during many of these encounters and, quite frankly, the camera changes the behave are yor of bo on the street. >> reporter: the president wants to take another look a being gi local police departments. how that's being used. a new report says in some cases it's not being used with discretion. aaron? >> thank you. in our area there are a lot of

places you can go to talk about ferguson. there's a forum at noon at largo. students and professors will discuss the impact of the then at 4:45 the howard university school of divinity is holding a town hall on how people are responding to the t . and tonight people who have been protesting in our area will be at a town hall at busboys and poets at 8:00 p.m. d o killing a cornell university student who grew up in our area will be in court today. police benjamin admitted to killing her. they got into an argument and choked her. she was a senior at cornell. it is now 5:35. a grand jury will now decide whether to prosecute the man accused of killing carolyn

croft, the deputy director of the department of s fou dead in her apartment in alexandria. detectives say 29-year-old dewitt saume killed her. he testified he was waiting for her in her apartment building. his lawyer says that he was hearing voices at the time cross was killed. the fight against ebola is getting a new push today. president obama will be at the national institutes of hea viru. doctors published results from a new trial of new ebola vaccines and those results are promising. the president will congratulate the teams working on that vaccine and will push congress to act quickly on his emergency fighting ebola. the president's trip to n.i.h. comes as the battle against ebola is getting better but is still far from over. the number of cases is slowing in liberia. the spread of the virus is stable in new guinea but is out of control in sierra leone.

the w.h.o. says the estimates have it under control next year. if you live in ward 8, we know when you will vote for a new councilmember. following marion barry's death last week. the special election has been set for april 28. the ward 4 seat is also vacant since muriel bowser was elected are pushing to have both elections on the same day. it's now 5:36. an investigation into the d to know.ild safe >> what congress will do following reports of how universities handle sex assaults on campus. plus, you are wa hopefully it won't stay like this all day. tom kierein is tracking your weather changes.

graco's handling of the largest seat they are looking into the timeliness of reporting of the problem. graco recalled 6 million dell forgetive buckles on child and infant car seats sticking in the latched position e a potential life threatening risk. graco could face up to $35 million in civil penalties.

5:40 is your time. i saw people in shorts and sunglasses yesterday. >> and then reality hit ase rig. it is just 40 degrees outside of our studios. the temperature is not the big problem. it's auld st tom. >> the sky looked at the calendar and said, wait a minute, it's december. this morning storm t 4 radar showing rain, a very light rain, a few sprinkles here in washington, and some moderate showers over southern maryland now on the eastern shore further south and west, fredericksburg. north and west of the metro area getting a little bit of sleet, this pink zone. a little bit of sleep frc and u ashburn and then across and o into northern county as well just north of 66 where that sleet is. getting sleet, too, around front royal and the skyline drive. north that have sleet zone a

little bit of wet snow falling south of leesburg. to damascus and gaithersburg and olney, wet snow is falling. that's continuing to track off to the north and east and temperatures are above freezing. any snow and sleet is melting on roads and we'll have this through 8:00 this morning. cloudy through midday and another round of showersg temperatures holding steady. another round of showers late afternoon into early evening and then that all ends about 10:00, 11:00 tonight. cloudy after that and hovering in the upper 30s so we won icin. we'll stay above freezing by dawn tomorrow. a look at our next chance of c o the 1s at 5:51.

a brand-new crash on the e right of the roadway so not causing a problem at this point. just a warning if you're heading out soon, may see this response on the right side of the roadway on the o this situation, g.w. parkway blocked between 123 and spout run. if you're already on 123 take old dough manipulation down to get town to g.w. parkway south of spout run. 270 south from germantown to the beltway on time. outer loop, ten east from fair parkway to the beltway 12 mi north 28 minutes. no problem there.g quite good. more on the sink hole in ten minutes. all right, thank you, melissa. it is now 5:42. how you can start tracking santa right now. >> that's a big deal. how a big development project could affect your drive on the third street tunnel. >> t. why a man wants the land for

free. and we know c are impor to you. >> so throughout the break you can see radar, your current temperatures, and the close

14 before the hour. welcome back. k u see all those colors on the map, the green is the rain, the purpthere, and storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein will tell you what you cac on the 1s at 5:51. prosecutors are hoping testimony from a gang member could help their case against several employees at a baltimore prison. tavon white testified against five corrections officers, a kitchen worker and two inmates as part after plea deal. white is accused of running a drug operation from jail,

impregnating four guards andg c direct drug activity on the streets. imagine watching thr s what happ to two d.c. men. you take a loo sur camera caught the suspects breaking into their apartment in northwest. the burglars didn't nope the camera was there. they stole computer gear, watches, electronics. police are looking for the three suspects in the case. the men living in the apartment say they are not so much upset about the stuff that went missing. >> i feel violated because -- i don't kn i really don't know how to express that frustration and that anger that i have. >> now the apartment has been burglarized three times in the past seven months. however, the tenants don't want toe burglars would win. an attorney accused of he a bizarre attack will be staying in jail. the woman and her husband are

accused of stabbing he month. police say she waited outside the house while they are husband tortured the multiple times. that couple is critically injured. bond for the husband has already been denied. congress set to look into campus assaults next week in the wake of the rape controversy at the university virginia. uva president sullivan is under fire for the way the school handled the sex assault detailed in a "rolling stone" magazine. a former female student said she was gang raped at a fraternity. did ys administra g about them. 5:48. leaders from every major sports league in the country will be on capitol hill to address domestic violence policies. a senate committee will examine how pro sports handled violence top executives will testify as will representatives from some

of the unions representing player> and the now national conversation that we're having about dough mes mestic violence sparked by a bunch on an elevator. you saw janay rice talk about that. today ray rice will speak about the incident that got him temporarily banned from the nfl. >> and i'm heartily sorry for everything i put my fa full res everything that i did, and the only thing i can hope for and wish for is a second chance. >> rice is once again eligible to be signed by an nfl team. you can see his entire interview with matt lauer on the "today" show. another suspended nfl player, adrian peterson, will face a hearing today. peterson was suspended without pay for the rest of the see discipline son with a switch. in his hearing today he will argue that punishment is too harsh and that he should be allowed to play. today maryland lawmakers will discuss a proposal t an em

in the state. over tt f years the state has given more than $60 million in tax cuts to hollywood studios. most of the money goes to those two shows. now some lawmakers want the state to stop handing out so cr. "house of cards" has said they will stop filming in mayryland. today a homee council to give permission to keep land he has already taken over without paying for it. click fenced off and landscaped a public space controlled by the city and made it part of his property. neighbors are angry about it. should have to follow the same rules as everyone else. >> any public process until the homeowners were literally caught. >> the fact is the neighborhood really does care and whanants io remain accessible and open. >> click says that he will pay a fine and $20,000 in back taxes

if the council approves the tra transfer. listen coast closely s jingling. hear the norad launched its santa tracker early this year. there's a link. norad is the north american aerospace defense santa for quite a while now. .here's even an app for it this they're adding new games to the site every day. >> there's a new postal stamp. a christmas character your and . you guessed it, rudolph. ohio put a special post mark on its mail at this time of every year. this year the postal service unmp in the town. a rudolph mascot made an appearance. this is the 50th anniversary of the rudolptv special a classic. >> that and "a charlie brown

christmas. "every year. t chocolate. turn to tom kierein. forget to turn on your nose, of course, before you leave the house. reduced visibility due to some snow and rain and sleet this morning. e rig now just a little bit of sleet north and west of the metro area. all the areas in green, yellow, that's rain right around the metro area, though, just a few sprinkles are falling. there's one narrow band, this pink zone, from near olney, maryland, then across 270 over to poolesville, germantown, and then across the potomac. that sleet stretno great falls in northern virginia and across the line into southern loudoun county from near sterling and ashburn and just to the north of 66 in northern fauquier county. that zone of some light sleet extends into warren and clark counties and just through the south of winchester where 66

meets 81 and north and east of there is wet snow. otherwise this is very minor event. we have our road temperatures above freezing. thankfully. so even where that sleet and wet are severaling north and we degrees above freezing. near 40 in washington. and right by the bay. ps morning, you will need an umbrella. we'll have this light rain off upp 30s.rough 8:00 and in the it may be a lingering sprinkle between 8:00 ande chilly. hour by hour we'll hold steady in the upper 30s. cloudy noontime. another round of showers moving in into this evening ending before 10:00 tonight. earlier last week i was at the john champ high school in loudoun county for the big career day. i was one of the presenters there and talked about careers in meteoroloe are a few high sc students interested in meteorology and talked to them. had a terrific time.

that's in loudoun county. then tomorrow we'll rebound back into the 50s, a little ss in th 40s. might get some more rain. no wintry mix or anything friday night and maybe some rain on sa smr chance of a shower sunday. otherwise partly sunny. paly cloudy. mid-50s and kind of lousy traveling this morning with everything all wet. what's going on, melissa? lots of wet roads. a couple of new accidents here and, of course, our biggest problem, g.w. parkway blocked to spout run. the best thing to do, get off 123. head left down old dominion. the same thing if you're on 123. take old dominion down south. the 295 southbound ramp to the s blocked.t brimming, the you can see some of the red there as you're heading 295 south. alsora 29 southbound at scaggsville road.

a trash off to the shoulder. 66 and 95 looking typical for this time of dn ten minutes at . it's 5:55. we've learned a big development project could shut down the third d about the capital crossing project that would cover the tunnel and put new buildings on top of it. adam tuss learned developers want to shut down the tunnel to speed up construction. >> it's going to cause too much chaos. >> it's a good thing that they are building because it's good >> maybe they should make transportation is not happy with the idea because the third street tunnel is part of the evacuation route system out of the it's 5:55. later today d.c. transportation officials want to hear your thoughts about a new proposal to connect union station to georgetown. along with ddo a modes of transportation for this project.

they will discuss its potential environmental impact. the meeting begins at 6:00 p.m. at the carnegie library at mt. vernon square on k street in northwest. starting to see one japanese company company co its air bag recall. landon, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, aaron. the japanese autoparts maker is reportedly going to expand its recall of faulty air bags. the recallap states with high humidity conditions. g metal shrapnel.d explode in a they have given the can company until today to declare that the air bags are defective or it could face fines up to $7,000 per vehicle and be forced to issue a recall. not as many shoppers reported shopping and clicking online. sales are below estimates as consumers may have taken advantage of deals before and after thanksgiving. the average order $129. that's down about 1% from last

year. aaron, back to you. >> thank you. a favorite tv show for a lot of us growing up, "the wonder years" memorabilia is heading to the smithsonian. cast members from the pop lar tv show including fred savage will be there to make a donation. among the items donated from the emmy and peabody a the trademar york jets jacket that savage war as the main character kevin arnold. a lot of fwun. i'm not going to sing. >> come on! we're tracking breaking news this among. big problems for your morning commute. the southbound g.w. parkway shut down between 123 and spout run because of this massive sinkhole. we have team coverage with megan mcgrath on the scene and melissa mollet with a w to get around the mess. the weather will be a probslee maybe even snow for some of you. storm team 4 meteorologist tom

kierein has the very latest on this.

breaking news this morning that will affect the morning commute for many of you. a big sinkhole has shut down part of the g.w. parkway. we'll tell you how to get around the mess and when repairs are expected to be finished. >> and you may get a shock when

you open the door this morning. it is cold. it is wet. rarain is all coming down depending where you are. the temperatur week morning, ev. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news 4 today" for this december 2. a little bit of green, a little bit of pum, the pink and white means frozen precipitation is falling in parts of our area now. >> the bigger story may be the downright cold temperatures some folks are seeing after yesterday's stretch of spring we had. we want to turn to meteorologist tom kiereith forecast. >> only about 12 hours ago. it was around 70 degrees. d we're getting sleet and snow north and west of i-95. elsewhere some scattered light rain, mainly right around washington and points south and east. one narrow band hef a little sleet from western howard county into northern