will need a coat on your way home today. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. 39 degrees, not so pretty. >> tom kierein here with your weather headlines. looking at the bright side, it is at least above freezing. we are getting a little light rain across virginia, southern west virginia. one band into the metro area. a few scattered sprinkles fauquier, prince william county. the road is wet all the way up to springfield. west over towards maclaine, great falls, southern montgomery from bethesda. laurel over to poey, across to the anne arundel. farther south a few scattered

areas of drizzle in southern maryland. temperatures are all above freezing. in the 30s and 40s farther south and west. southwesterly flow bringing in the milder air. a welcomed warming for your weather headlines. a wet weekend is likely. next weather and traffic on the 1s, the hour by hour breakdown the next 12 hours at 5:11. eun? tom, thank you. right now you can use all lanes of the george washington parkway. they finished fixing a sink hole last night sooner than expected. workers dug to the bottom of the hole, fixed the problem and repaired the road. let's see if there are any problems with news 4's melissa mollet. >> hello. aren't we glad that is out of the way? that was quite a mess for a lot of people.

have no fear. take bw parkway this morning. everything is moving. it's nice and green, which of course is what we love to see. 270 north and south, totally fine. 66 at the virginia visitors center. of course tom is talking about the roads with spots of rain here and there, 95 in virginia. beltway looking pretty good. maryland, 95 and bw parkway rolling along as well. i'm back in 10 minutes. 5:02. in just a few hours a virginia woman who says she was fired because she was pregnant will take her fight to the supreme court. it's a fight she has already lost twice in lower courts. richard jordan is outside the the court with more. >> those arguments will begin in court. outside, several demonstrators will gather here. it has been dubbed the u.p.s. pregnancy case.

peggy is from virginia. she went to her supervisor to say she was not allowed to lift anything above 20 pounds. her job required her to lift 70 pounds. she said her supervisor told her that he could not make any accommodations, could not put her on desk duty. she was forced to leave her position. and she lost medical coverage. so she is taking that issue to court. one of the issues that will be discussed is the 1978 law. it is too vague and companies have interpreted that act in different ways. in some cases, some see it as there is no discrimination against any woman who is pregnant. but young says accommodations should have been made for her as they would for any disabled worker or another worker who would have been injured on the job. she has been to court on this before and lost two previous cases. she is hoping to be victorious

in the high court. they should last just about an hour. 5:04. police looking for two teen boys accused of abducting a man at gunpoint in the district. the victim escaped from the trunk of his own car when the teens crashed on decatur and 9th streets. the victim was not hurt. d.c. police need your help. they released this video of two women who are two persons of interest in a stabbing last week. you can see the two women running through the gallery place metro station. less than a block away from the station. at the time police told us they were looking for two suspects, both women. a man is recovering from that incident today. police trying to determine who stabbed a woman to death in

her own condo in montgomery. sourcing tell news 4 a maintenance worker told officers he discovered the woman's body. he came to her unit to make a repair and the door was open. her roommate was there when police arrived. police would not say whether the two are related or just sharing the condo. a closer look at plans to revamp the waterfront. it begins at 6:00 on jefferson street. you'll be able to the review phase one of that project, which was approved by the city council. private developers will also display their projects. a new study on depression. we will share some of the disturbing numbers about how many people are going undiagnosed in this country >> new protests in washington in the wake of the michael brown

decision. new calls to investigate brown's stepfather.

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depression of some kind. but only a third of those are getting treatment for it. the most depressed group is women between 40 and 59. more than 12% of women that age say they're depressed. teenage boys are the least depressed. 4% of them have been diagnosed with depression >> a new study finds many children are getting unnecessary chest x-rays. mayo clinic looked at data from 700 pediatric chest x-rays from a six-year period. only 12% were positive for pneumonia or bronchial trauma. they expose children to unnecessary radiation. >> just about ten minutes after 5:00. just a little drizzle driving in this morning. definitely needed the gloves, though. >> yeah. 40 degrees outside our studios.

look at the dark clouds. let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. >> good morning. we are starting off with with the dark clouds producing a few scattered light showers in southern west virginia and other showers east of the blue ridge and around the metro. northern virginia, maryland, light sprinkles. enough to make all our area roads wet, damp this morning. haven't had a lot of rain but enough to make everything wet. and the side streets and sidewalks covered with leaves, watch out. they are slippery. temperatures above freezing. we dover any icing to deal with. no wintry mix like yesterday morning. upper 40s to near 50 degrees. there's the sky over the capitol. a chaps of sprinkles 8:00 or 9:00. hovering near 40. by noon, cloudy, near 50. and during the early to middle part of the afternoon between 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, making it into

the upper 50s. by 5:00 p.m., after sunset, back down to the mid 50s. a mild welcomed warming is later today. a look at our next rain chances next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:21. melissa has been dealing with the issue on gw parkway. >> we spoke to park police because we heard we had a little bit of a closure. we have the right lane at windy mill still shut down. it should be opening season. you might see a little bit of a lag there. otherwise, hoping it will be out of the way. claire barton at glen echo, the right lane blocked because of a trash that still happened. 56 and 95 moving along. 95 in virginia in 10 minutes. an air bag manufacturer prepares to get grilled on capitol hill.

why they are unhappy with the company's response to the recall. 'tis the season to the gorgeous holiday sweaters. you only wear them once, right? >> i love a sparkly snowman. no, that's not even a snowman. >> just switch it right t

welcome back at 5:15. today lawmakers on capitol hill will grill a company behind the air bag recall. takata senior vice president will testify before a congressional panel. the firm has refused to comply for an expanded nationwide recall. they can explode and shoot shrapnel when deployeded. so far 16 million vehicles worldwide are affected. new york avenue northwest is what ferguson protesters shut down overnight.

the road is open again right now. police arrested one man who may have been impersonating an officer. you can follow nbc washington on twitter for pictures and information as things are happening. in ferguson, michael brown's stepfather could face charges for his actions the day they decided not to indict darren wilson. he was standing on a car yelling burn it to the ground to the crowd. countless cars were set on fire that night. police are investigating head as a larger probe into everything that happened that night. police in ferguson are scaling back. officers no longer working 12-hour shifts. the national guard is also reducing its numbers. there are still 1,300 guardsmen there today. back here, a town hall is happening at howard university where you can talk about how you can respond. self activists and protest

leaders held a similar protest last night. that happened on k street northwest. a lot of people showed up for that en >> i understand people get frustrated you that's how we advance the investigation. and they also will discuss the garner case. police used a deadly choke hold on garner back in jail. posting threats online he is planning to kill darren wilson. it led to a lot of protests we are seeing today. wilson resigned from the ferguson police department >> happening today in washington, pridt a meats with mitch mcconnell. that meeting will likely discuss a plan to avoid another government shutdown.

and possibly discussing immigration. power is back on in detroit. a major cable problem affected court houses, firestations, schools, and traffic lights. they are upgrading their power grid. they will spend $200 million on a four-year project. a crash involving a school bus yesterday in knoxville. two school buses were taking k through third graders home. one made a turn left and t-boned the pore bus, flipping it on its side. >> this is a tragedy. we lost members of our school's family. some of our youngest children. >> investigators are trying to

find out whether one bus may have had a mechanical problem. you can learn more about the bus rapid transit system. elected officials getting together at city hall to discuss the high capacity transit service. montgomery county is working with the study to study possible brt implementation. planning studies should be complete in 2016. the meeting today is scheduled from 7:00 to 8:30. 5:19. maryland is kicking off a campaign to urge residents to shop locally. they will tour five schools and restaurants throughout the day. the first will be at the big bad wolf starting at 1 khrp 30. today you can see the christmas tree lighting ceremony at rockefeller center in new york. >> several entertainers will take part. sarah is there with more.

sarah, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning guys. we have this star-studded lineup, including tony bennett, mariah carey, lady gaga. the star of the show is the norway spruce behind me. it has been on the radar for several years ever since the gardener spotted it while driving on the interstate. it needed a little bit more time to grow back then. but this year it is ready to take its turn in the spotlight. it was chopped down and transported from pennsylvania. the journey is about 155 miles. it is strung with energy efficient l.e.d. lights. on top is the crowning jewel. it is a swarovski star with 25,000 crystals and weighs an impressive 550 pounds. like i said, the big party happening around it later don't.

we'll hear mariah carey, leann rimes, cyndi lauper. it should be a lot of fun and energy. it should be packed with people here to celebrate what has become such a sill poll of the holidays. it will stay lit until january 7th. after that it will be recycled. aaron and eun, the 2510 tree will begin when the 2014 tree comes down. need a whole year to plan to make sure you have the right tree. live in new york for us. >> selfless plug or shameless plug. tomorrow night i'll be helping out with the tree lighting at rockefeller town square. >> getting into the expert. >> 6:30. >> a live look outside right now. very dark and gloomy today. rain throughout the region too. >> let's check in with meteorologist tom kierein. >> looking at the bright side, a

welcomed warming on the way. just been analyzing this latest long-range model. looking like rain is likely for our weekend. and we do have light rain across west virginia, virginia, maryland and the district traveling southwest, northeast. rain in fauquier and prince william. you see the patches of green. that stretches from loudoun county. a few other sprinkles in washington tracking north and east. they move it of northern prince george's. everything is damp from the overnight sprinkles and drizzle that will be continuing. a little bit of patchy fog around, but it's not really thick. temperatures above freezing. no icing. upper 30s to near 40. upper 30s, montgomery. in fairfax county, loudoun upper 30s. near 40 in prince william county. and fauquier county. and you can keep up with the changeable weather, this roller coast or ride.

see my latest app cast with storm team 4 weather app on itunes store. damp roads. temperatures upper 30s to near 40. for the afternoon commute, the roads will be drying out like this. mid-50s by the arch commute. right before sunset, a little sun breaking out. earlier in the day the, upper 50s around 2:00 or 3:00 this afternoon. after that, it gets cold again. the roller coaster ride down to the low 30s. increasing clouds thursday. chillier day tomorrow. highs mid-40s. over the weekend, rain looking likely from friday night into saturday with a high near 50 saturday. smaller chance of showers on saturday. drying out on tuesday. i'm back in 10 minutes. next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:31 with your bus stop the forecast for this wednesday. now are the roads now? >> overall, looking good. still a little bit of a situation gw parkway, just that

100 yard section at windy run. asphalt curing. wider look at things, as i mentioned, no major problems. again, remember the wet roads. could be a little nasty. 66 heading into town, near centreville, into town, out of town. nothing in the way. all the early construction out of the way. you can see a little bit of a sheen on the road way. 935 in virginia has bitter rain happening. prince george's county looking quite good. >> melissa, thank you. nasa engineers preparing for a test flight scheduled for tomorrow. it plans to launch orien from the kin i did space center. no one will be on board. it will travel 3600 miles from earth. the test should last four and a half hours. it could eventually go all the way to mars.

i'll tweet out information about viewing parties happening tomorrow morning. we'll keep you posted on that. >> you're also going to see new features on your twitter feed that will make it easier to report abuse. you can report abusive accounts and let twitter know if threats, violent threats are being made against you or any other user. changes come after high profile incidents of abuse over the network. they haven't seen each other in two years. t the principal called her forward to receive an award. what she didn't know is that her brother stationed overseas for two years had just snuck in the back door.

>> i was just really happy. >> hannah and tyler are close despite the 10-year difference. tyler isn't home for long but they intend to spend as much time together as possible. i get choked up every time. i can't imagine being separated from a family member so long. and the service that troop is doing for this country. >> love to see it when they come back together. today you can see a brand-new portrait of president obama straight off a 3d printer. >> it took 50 lights and 14 high-tech cameras to capture the image of the president's face. she scanned him ear to ear and clicked print. this is time lapse. it is at the smithsonian today. that is so cool. >> technology, boy, i'll tell you. >> do you need an ugly christmas sweater for a holiday party? we know you do. apparently you can rent them

now. the online rental site, a four day realm will set you back $30. ugly christmas sweater day is december 12th. who knew there was a day for that. >> they get uglier and uglier. they are just attaching things to the sweater. teddy bear. a new patient being tested for ebola in the u.s. as the president asked for more money to fight the virus. >> we should learn the names of the new metro stops on the silver line today. >> still chilly. 40 degrees outside our studios. tom tells us how to dress the kids for the bus stop. . follow us both on twitter.

>> we have the stories making headlines right now. the rights of women in the workplace will be under review by the nation's highest court. a virginia resident launches a suit against u.p.s. and a stabbing east of rockville pike.

and the rockefeller christmas tree gets lit up tonight. you can see it tonight at 8:00. should be beautiful. much more throughout the morning. first, i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. welcome back to news 4 today on this wednesday, december 3rd. 5:31. lots of cloudy skies over the district this morning. another chilly start. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein with more on your forecast. good morning, tom. >> eun has been saying it's gloomy. i disagree. it's dismal. low clouds producing light rain and chilly temperatures this morning. a couple of waves of rain now coming out of west virginia, across virginia, into the district. getting a few sprinkles in fairfax, prince william, stafford, spotsylvania, fauquier and loud on. to the east, a little bit of drizzle. just a few sprinkles of light rain now. temperatures all above freezing. no icing this morning.

we're in the 30s and 40s. near 40 in washington. dress accordingly. you need a light jacket. have the umbrella ready. we'll have sprinkles for the morning hours. bus stop weather rather wet with occasional sprinkles, hovering near 40. a chance of a few sprinkles by 8:00 or 9:00. a look at the roller coaster changes the next 24 hours next weather and traffic at 5:41. how are the roads, melissa? >> this accident we first talked about an hour ago. east west highway at montgomery avenue. they were saying it's shut down. we can see folks getting through. utility crews still on the scene trying to fix a pole. we do have injuries on that as well. gw parkway southbound at windy run. we do have a little stretch of asphalt still curing. from yesterday's sinkhole. 270 at falls road, wetness there

on the road. a wider look at things. no major problems into and out of town. 95 here in virginia, slow northbound as you head through dale city. i'm back in 10 minutes with travel times. 5:33. now to a developing story, we're waiting on test results after a patient who may have the ebola virus was admitted to a massachusetts hospital. the person is in stable condition. this comes after president obama asked congress for more money to fight the virus. tracie potts is live on capitol hill with more on that. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: he wants $6.2 billion to deal with ebola. he was at nih talking about why it is important saying if we don't fight it in west africa, ebola could still be a threat here in the united states. the money, those emergency funds sitting here on capitol hill for weeks now is part of that big budget that congress is trying to pass by december 11th.

house and senate lawmakers say they are working on it. they are trying to get a permanent budget done that would cover everything but homeland security all the way through the end of next september. the ebola money is wrapped up in all of that. the administration announced there are now 35 treat centers in the united states that can deal with ebola. that's up from three a few weeks ago. eun? >> tracie pots live on capitol hill. tracie, thank you. the cdc released a list of american hospitals equipped to treat ebola patients. 35 are designated as ebola treatment centers. that means staff has been aoe keupd and trained to handle the complexity of ebola patients. most are close to the airports used by travelers arriving in ebola affected countries in west africa. >> coming up on 5:35. you can weigh in about a steak house and strip club in northeast d.c. you can go to u street at 4:30 this afternoon to say what you think about stadium club.

that club is trying to renew its liquor license. some say it is bad fort area. five people were shot outside the club in may. last year the d.c. office of tax and revenue seized the club for a while. they owe the district $100,000 in taxes. following the disappearance of uva student hannah gram, the crime commission endorsed several response. next year the general assembly is expected to consider the recommendations that include a new alert system for adults between 21 and 60. the bill would require police to share information and a photo with virginia state police within two hours of learning of the missing adult. fairfax county getting a $400 million federal loan to pay for the second phase of the silver line. the low interest loan will cover 45% of the county's estimated $915 million share. the second phase of the silver line will go to dulles

international airport, into loudoun county. it is expected to open in 2018. names you voted on for the final two silver line stops will be sent to metro today.

new disturbing allegations against bill cosby. what one woman says be happened four decades ago. the roller coaster continues. what it will be like over the next 24 hours. your time is 5:38.

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all right. fair washing here. if you're a fan of the voice and you haven't watched last night's episode, you may want to step out of the room right now. >> this is a spoiler alert. >> ryan sill was in the bottom

three for the third week in row. let's see how he did last night. chris jameson, moving on. >> there you have it. the sterling native is med back home today. but this isn't the last time you will hear sill sing. he will be back in two weeks for the wild card round. you can watch the top five compete next monday, 8:00 rit here on nbc 4. look for ryan the week after. >> he is a fan favorite. he has been saved twice already on the show. a lot of people here have been kpaoe cheer him on. the forecast begins with this live picture and all those clouds. >> i'm sticking with gloomy, tom kierein. >> all right. i'll agree it is. but you'll be feeling like ryan sill later this afternoon as we warm up. right now as we are getting a rather dismal chilly sprinkle now here in washington, across virginia, west virginia. scattered sprinkles, northern virginia, suburbs in maryland and the district. it will be with us for another couple of hours.

temperatures above freezing. no icing. upper 30s to near 40 around the region. and later today, we'll be holding steady, 30s to near 40. by noon, rain has ended. it will be cloudy but milder. 50 degrees. upper 50s around 2:00, 3:00. mid-50s by 5:00 p.m. overnight tonight, the weather roller coaster ride down. cold by dawn tomorrow. down to the low to mid-30s. next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:51. what's going on? >> big picture. we're pretty good. the one in bethesda we talked about, east west highway at montgomery. still on the scene there. we also have this situation. gw parkway southbound, very small section at windy run, right now the right lane should be opening soon. taking a look at travel times. on time, 27 south. outer loop also on time. 95 north, quantico to the

beltway, three minutes behind. no big down. 66 east to the beltway, 12 minutes. i'm back in 10. an area of the country desperate for rain. now they are getting too much. more on the dangerous situation unfolding on the west coast. up to six inches of rain troup

california bracing for more storms right now and evacuations are currently under way because of this. heavy flooding. more than 4500 people are without power. as for the areas evacuated now, this is the same place scorched by wildfire. it's now 5:47. bill cosby is facing a new

lawsuit as a woman claims he molested her in 1974. she said she was 15 years old when cosby took her to the "playboy" mansion and forced her to touch hip. the woman says she did not come to terms with what happened until three years ago which allowed her to file the suit under california law. he is facing several claims but no charges that he sexually assaulted women throughout his career. a student says she may have been secretedly recorded by a rabbi. kesher temple israel is also named in that lawsuit. >> we think they are all victims in some way, shape or form. and they're very affected by that. it is a devastating breach of trust.

>> the university has released a statement saying, we are horrified by the behavior reported to have taken place at the mikvah. the university is cooperating fully law enforcement authorities on their investigation. as well as conducting our own investigation of rabbi freund el's conduct. >> five years since a maryland man was held in cuba. gross was arrested in 2009 and accused of spying for the u.s. government. he was there to set up internet services in jewish communities. he was sentenced to 15 years priso he is threatening to take his own life if he is not released by his birthday in may. tax credits for film production could be a thing of the past in maryland. state analysts recommending ending the state tax credit as scheduled in 2016. 37 states and the district of columbia offered tax credits this year. but analysts question the benefits when production has come to andy. maryland lawmakers question why

the filmmakers should get special credit. house and senate reached an agreement for the funding for america's military. national defense authorization act for 2015 will provide $585 billion in military funding. there was an additional request for $5.1 billion to fight isis. the house is expected to vote on that bill this week >> as soon as today, president obama could announce his choice to lead the defense department. nbc news learned former deputy tfps secretary ashton karlter will likely be the nominee. other candidates removed themselves from considerati. carter served to chuck hagel and leon panetta. iran has launched air strikes in eastern iraq. u.s. officials say this may be

the first time tehran has launched a manned aircraft from inside iran. they have no coordinated air strikes with iran, however, they are continue to go fly mins over iraq. an nfl executive and former washington redskins cried on capitol hill. >> domestic violence was a way of life for my home growing you. my brother and i watched helplessly numerous times as my mother was beaten and knocke unconscious as we dial 911. we watched how she struggled to seek help and find the courage to say no more. i relate to the 21 million victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse in every community across our great nati. >> the nfl players union is establishing a commission to advise the league on domestic violence prevention and ultimate. punishment.

some senators are demanding professional sports teams cra down on domestic violence . kidnapped and behind the walls of a georgia home for four years. >> he was regular cued by police last week. prosecutors say his father and stepmother kidnapped him when he came to the visit in 2010. gregory says he recently was given more freedom. sometimes allowed to stay in the garage. and that his father gave him a phone to text friends. but he used it to tell his mother where he was being held. >> i was thanking them so much because they found me and didn't give up on me. >> i feel great. i'm so thankful to god. without god, i don't think i would have been here. >> he is recovering well. that's good to see. goingry says he never lost hope that he would one day see his mother again. >> that is so inspirational. >> you can get into the holiday center and head out to the

shirlington light up the village event. >> you need to be aware of street closures. campbell avenue to south quincy street will be closed. and arlington mill to the alley. first lady michelle obama will welcome military families to the white house to see the christmas decorations there. children of military members will take part in arts and crafts with the white house florist. they will also make treats with the white house chefs. >> this is when the time of year they are getting decorations up. today may not be a good thing to do. >> whatever helps to brighten your mood. we need to lighten things up. it is dark and gloomy this morning with chilly sprinkles. i'm calling it drizzable. drizzle and chilly temperatures. it is above freezing, so no icing. across virginia and into maryland.

the next wave is just about to come into the metro area. it's in loudoun and fairfax county. farther south of 95, prince william, stafford and spotsylvania. just now coming into washington. another round of sprinkles coming through. very light rain in montgomery county now as well. and temperatures are in the upper 30s to 40 around the bay. nearby suburbs. it's even milder. shenandoah into the 40s. mild air coming in. southwesterly breeze. most locations above freezing. have the umbrella just for early this morning. later today we'll dry out. dry roads by this afternoon. for the morning, upper 30s with sprinkles around. then into the 50s this afternoon. a welcomed warming. the roller coaster ride continues. i took this photo last friday morning after he had that snow. and since then we got to 70 on sunday. remember that? and monday too.

then we got cold yesterday and today. a chill in the air. post your photos on instagram, twitter and facebook. put the high resolution photos facebook. tomorrow afternoon, not as warm as today. but a chill in the air. mid-40s with increasing clouds. 40s in the mornings on friday. afternoon highs on saturday right around 50 degrees. over the weekend, the greatest chance of rain looks to be saturday. likely rain saturday. a lower chance of rain on sunday. might get a passing shower. sunshine breaking out the first part of next week. we'll have is a chance on monday, drying tuesday afternoon. high of 50 each day. >> slow traffic. we're actually getting a good bit of volume around town. taking a look at 95 in virginia. slow past quantico, dale city. if you're hopping on prince william parkway, pretty close

through centreville. slow again through oakton. still a little bit of a situation on gw parkway southbound at windy run. we have the asphalt curing. so the right lane should be opening soon. just spoke with police. this is east west highway. 270 into and out of town just fine. a live look along 270. see you then, melissa. thank you. sprint really wants your business. so it is offering to cut bills of verizon and at&t customers in half. it would include unlimited calling and texting. plus, they will match your data allowance for half of what you pay right now. it will waive activation and early termination up to $350. sprint will begin offering that deal on friday. >> are you ready for retirement? a new survey tries to answer that question this morning. cnbc's landon dowdy is here with that story and others for "for

your money" >> 80% of older americans failed the basics on financial literacy. only one in four have written a financial plan. many never even tried to calculate how much they will need to retire securely. big changes coming to the billboard charts. the music magazine will factor streaming of down loads into its rankings. con assumption of music could see a big boost, including ariana grande and maroon 5 >> a man on death row is scheduled to be executed today. his lawyers are making one last case against it. they say scott peletti is mentally ill and delusional. they say he did not know what he was doing when he killed his wife and daughter in front of

his in-laws. think say the execution would not be appropriate punishment. walmart is stalling and refuse to go give information about their safety practices. morgan is suing walmart after one of its drivers slammed into his limo to the jersey turnpike, killing his friend. the comedian suffered a brain injury. the former walmart driver is not named in the lawsuit but faces criminal charges. walmart deny thes the accusations. today the rights of expectant mothers are being put in the spotlight. that as a virginia woman's case is heard before the supreme court today. we are live at the court with a look at her personal fight and what's at stake for others >> 40 degrees at 5:57. dark clouds and some drizzle throughout our region. we'll get an update on when things warm up with your weather

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a virginia woman's case taking center stage. a cold and dreary start to your wednesday. scattered showers roll through

the d.c. area right now. take a look at storm team 4 radar. the cold shouldn't stick around for too long. . storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein tracking the changes in store for you for the day ahead. >> we stayed damp. temperatures above freezing overnight. upper 30s all night. that's where we are right now. we are getting rain in west virginia. farther east, one line of showers about to move into the metro area. showers in fairfax, montgomery. they stretch west of 95 into stafford and spotsylvania. a few sprinkles in the district, our eastern interns. temperatures are 40. it's right around 40. welcomed warming later this afternoon. ni