live desk. but first, grab your coat heading out the door this morning with chilly temperatures returning to the region. but you could see some sunshine return in the day ahead. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal has the outdoor forecast. good morning, angie and aaron. definitely cooler today by 5 degrees. what you need as you step out the door this morning, a jacket and scarf. plus the sunglasses as morning clouds give way to afternoon sunshine. the 24-hour temperature change shows temperatures about 5 to 10 degrees cooler than they were this time yesterday. so you're already noticing that chill when you step outside during these early morning hours. some light rain falling in extreme parts of southern maryland. back near fredericksburg even light snow. this activity continues in the same areas for the rest of the morning hours. elsewhere is dry. by 10:00 a.m. the d.c. metro area and areas to the north are partly to mostly cloudy skies, a temperature of 38. chilly with a temperature only near 40 today.

i'll let you know how warm it will get in your neighborhood coming up in ten minutes. for now, the latest check of the roads with melissa. good morning. good morning. taking a look right now at chopper 4 over 270 at the spur you can see all the folks headed inbound. no major problems here right now. looking pretty good. a wider look at things inner loop and outer loop flowing nicely. 66 west of 29 near gainesville looking good. 95 in virginia slowest spot in town northbound through dale city and it will be the problem child of the morning here. prince george's county here no problems as you head into or out of town. branch avenue and pennsylvania avenue indian head highway, things are looking good. nutley street and hermosa drive, we have a lane blocked. unsure of the direction but there's a car blocking one of the lanes. i'll have more in ten minutes. we are staying on top of breaking news in indonesia this morning. overnight crews found bodies and debris from the missing airasia

plane. this is in the same area where the plane was last reported in the java sea. news4's kristen wright at the scene with the latest developments. >> reporter: the indonesian president is heading to surbaya to meet with the families of the missing passengers. family members right now are watching the new developments up fold on live television in indonesia. and they are devastated. search teams also believe they have found wreckage of the plane in the water. those are the family members there. the pieces of debris they found are red and white, the colors of the jet. 162 people were on board airasia flight 8501. at the live desk i'm kristen wright. >> the american teams are joining the search effort for the plane.

the "uss sampson" is joining the international search team that includes 30 ships, 15 planes and 7 helicopters. at least five countries are involved in the search. today a charles county corporal will be laid to rest. 30-year-old corporal jamel was killed last week and he'll be laid to rest later today. and a new report is being released for the officers who died in 2014. 126 officers died this year. two dozen more than last year. however, that number is more than 40 fewer than three years ago. the report is released twice a year. a new shooting overnight in d.c. the fourth in two days. police say the shooting on this street in the northeast was not deadly however the other three

murders is due to a recent spike in d.c. since christmas eve. the average is a murder a day. neighborhood commissioners were spoken to in some of the hardest-hit areas. >> we have a number of fear in the uptick of ins dentss and the nature of the incidents. ? now the commissioners say if you're concerned you can engage with police. officers hold a meeting every month with their police service area which you can look up on your phone. right now you can still put out your trash for pickup in montgomery county. we told you about the waste collector strike that affects more than 60,000 of you. montgomery county says if you put your trash out by 7:00 it will be picked up. and that gives you an hour as of right now. workers for unity disposal and recycling are striking because they say they deserve better working conditions and higher pay. in the day ahead maryland governor-elect larry hogan will anno of high leaders in his

administration at 11:00 in downtown annapolis. so far he has not appointed a budget secretary and transportation secretary. hogan will be sworn into office on wednesday january 21st. you have only today and tomorrow to get the current price on gas in virginia very likely. starting new year's day it may very well go up by 5 cents. there's a new tax going toward a $6 billion transportation funding measure in virginia. we just checked and the average price of gas in virginia right now is $2.18 a gallon. dramatic video taking you inside the storm. how a person was able to capture on video the moment a tornado tore through his town. and still no severe weather in your area, but bundle up this morning as you head out. amelia segal has the latest for you coming up. and drowsy

if you were born after 1942 you may have a gene that influences obesity. it is called sto and 20% of white people have a variant of the gene that raises their risk of obesity. a british study shows people who carry two copies of this variation weighed 7 pounds more than people who lack it. well, there's a new car coming that can tell if you're falling asleep at the wheel. according to "the daily meal" mercedes and lg are developing a car to take over driving if you get sleepy. it says systems inside the car monitor your eye movement and your alertness. on the outside the car can stay in the lanes and pump the brakes for you. so you just take a nap? >> i don't know. i don't think so. i don'k that should give you any comfort it's okay to be

>> not at all. stay awake no matter what. it looks like we're ending this year on a chilly but quiet note. >> ten minutes after the hour, weather and traffic on the 1s with amelia segal. >> good morning. temperatures are chilly we are 5 to 10 degrees cooler than this time yesterday. in the 30s for most of us. washington now down to 39. hagerstown coming in at 30 degrees. 37 over in easton. high temperature in your neighborhood today in the upper 30s or low 40s. washington hits a high of 40. as the sun comes up, you'll notice plenty of clouds in the d.c. metro area and down to the south. however, the clouds bre up throughout the morning hours. by 10:00 a.m., notice the sunshine in areas of montgomery loudoun and frederick counties. we see sunshine and it will return for t d.c. metro area and southern maryland into the afternoon hours. so sunny skies by the afternoon. melissa, how are the roads right snow. eveg is looking good.

we have a delay near west falls church because of a signal problem. a warning if you take the orange line. travel times, 66 east 395 north, 95 north looking good. we just got a facebook message that 95 north at prince william parkway just saw a semi blow a tire in the right lane. could have slowing there. 270 southbound no problems. and 495 is looking good. back in ten minutes with a live look at 95 northbound. thank you. we promise you that you can save big bucks on a new car if you act fast but we'll show you what you need to be watching out for car shopping this week. and joining a gym is not the only resolution for the new year. the best way

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off the all bane coast. crews rescued 400 people aboard the sinking ferry. the rescue operation took 24 hours and ten people died. the death toll is now raised to 11. he was shot in the head but today 9-year-old jayden haskell is leaving the hospital. this is a site his mom never thought she would see again. jayden was on a playground in southeast d.c. when a stray bullet hit him in the head. they believe it's a miracle he's alive. >> i am just overwhelmed. my son has done a remarkable recovery thanks to children's hospital. the concern for jayden's mother now is returning back to the old neighborhood. jayden just wants to live somewhere safe. >> a deadly fire leaves one woman dead. the fire broke out late monday afternoon and the first crews on

the scene saw flames shooting from the roof and then they found 70-year-old betty-ann davis on the first floor. firefighters pulled her out of the house but it was too late. and a dog and cat inside the home also died in the blaze. it took 60 firefighters to put out the fire and still this morning no word on what caused it. a virginia congressman now reacting to the news the house majoritya blogg said republican steve scalice spoke to the white nationalist grp back in 2002. he said he only spoke about fiscal issues to the group. on twitter the northern virginia democrat jerry connolly wrote, quote, no politician should ever find himself very herself addressing white supremacist organization except to tell them to go to hell end quote. happening today, the new york city mayor and police union will meet face to face. a meeting with five unions hopes

to resolve the issues. the rift between the two sides escalated since the ambush-style killing of the two police officers. recent days the mayor was booed at the police graduation and the unions criticized him for being too sympathetic for protesters demonstrating against police brutality. one suggested the mayor's stance contributed to the officers murders. we are working for you to keep you safe and secure. be careful if you pick up a phone number that you don't recognize. thieves are using technology in a recent spike in phone scams. they say the caller's make a fake phone number pop up on the caller i.d. and when you pick it up they claim to be a family member in trouble and want you to send money online or over the phone. coming up on 18 after the hour right now we now know the name of a fairfax county teenager killed in a crash. steve carballo was set to

graduate in the spring. he was killed in a crash this weekend. police say the driver of that car that he was in swerved to avoid a deer. they slammed into a tree in franconia and steve was killed. the driver survived. a dramatic rescue caught on camera with crews pulling a person trapped inside this suv that ended up in a canal in arizona. it's unclear how that suv landed on its side in the water there. firefighters had to break open the windshield and pulled one person out. that person was then hoisted up to a ladder. no word on that person's injuries. well, taxpayers can start filing returns in january despite a last-minute tax law. earlier this month congress passed a bill extending more than 50 tax breaks that had expired. the new laws will allow taxpayers to claim the break millions will file their returns in the first few weeks of the year to get the quick refund. the i.r.s. was able to issue most tax refunds within 21 days

if returns were filed electronically. > you may have heard the best time to buy a car is at the end of the month. well now may be the best time of all year. the dealerships are offering clearance discounts. edmonds.com says sales are expected to increase by nearly 80,000 over the average week in december. they are warning you to read the fine print and not get overly hyped by any sa be thinking about y resolution and may want to consider financial ones to help your pocketbook. the personal finance social network wallethub came up with this resolution. first, get reacquainted with your finances. then make a budget. third, try the island approach. that means using one credit card for every day purchases that you can pay off in full by the end of the month and have another credit card for revolving debt. >> makes sense. a lot of us need to go on a financial detox. >> that's it. an excellent way to think about

it. i'm more likely to follow through with that than a regular diet. going outside, things are looking nice and calm this morning. but quite cold. >> yeah we'll check in with amelia siegal for the forecast. >> it is definitely a chilly morning with temperatures cooler that they were yesterday morning. but the weather really having a low impact on your day today. some early morning showers mainly rain showers in southern maryland. they come to and end by the late morning hours. everybody else is dry. clouds decrease throughout the day today. by the afternoon, despite the chill, pretty nice with the sunshine. 39 degrees right now at reagan. and a little breezy out there with a northerly wind at 13 miles per hour. filing more like temperatures near 30 as you step out the door this morning. here on storm team 4 radar you can see the light rain and snow mixture mainly in charles and st. mary's county. down through westmoreland county and back to fredericksburg. that activity ends by 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. everybody else is dry.

high temperature today of 42. we'll hit it at 3:00 p.m. this afternoon. by noon, partly to mostly cloudy skies for most of us. then mostly sunny skies headed into the afternoon. 5:00 p.m. a temperature of 39 degrees. definitely chilly out there. tomorrow cooler. a high of 39. but plenty of sunshine throughout the day. it will be a little breezy at times tomorrow. so we'll add a little additional chill to the air for our new year's eve day. new year's day, thursday a high of 42 degrees. plenty of sunshine. on friday clouds increase with a high of 44. for the weekend, a chance of rain saturday as well as sunday. high temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. rain is looking likely at some point this weekend. the best chance that you're dealing with rain is actually going to be saturday afternoon, evening, into the overnight hours of sunday. the timing is still uncertain. we'll keep an eye on that. melissa, unfortunately you're keeping an eye on an accident this morning. brand new crash in fairfax.

just heard about this one. fairfax county parkway between monument drive and route 50. only one northbound lane getting by. we have a four-car crash here. a lot of debris in the roadway. we'll send the chopper to this to see what it looks like from the air. northbound at prince william parkway, i got a facebook message saying northbound lanes is seeing a blockage because of a semi that blew a tire. could be slow passing that area. 270 at montrose road all the folks headed to the spur no problems there. same thing looking at prince george's county in and out of town looking quite good. a tad slow on branch but a little bit of volume there. the orange line delay at west falls church delays in both directions because of the signal problem. more on this crash in fairfax coming up. thank you. 6:22. the tall claims victory over the u.s. and allies in afghanistan. the u.s. and nato formally ended the war in afghanistan on thursday with the u.s. changing its mission.

richard jordan is live on capitol hill with the latest. >> reporter: presint obama calls this a responsible conclusion to the war, but the taliban says it has defeated u.s. and nato forces after 13 years of having troops on the ground there in afghanistan. the taliban saying there's been no us is tapeable changes that have come from that longest war in american history. now u.s. government officials, the obama administration they are dismissing the claim, but it is true that there has been a spike in violence in the past year in afghanistan. more violence than ever since the start of the war back in 2001. about 4,000 afghan soldiers and police officers were killed just in the past 12 months. also many civilians lost their lives because of the taliban attacks. so even though this is an end to the combat mission, there will still be american troops in afghanistan for several months maybe even up to two years. they will be in a support role working with the afghan military there advising them and training

them. there will be several troops here along with senator john mccain saying this is not the end of the mission in afghanistan. moren 2,000 americans lost their lives fighting that war in afghanistan. and mccain says that that sacrifice should not be in vain. >> richard jordan live on the hill. . frightening, isn't it? listen to the wind there. what you're looking at is video from inside a deadly tornado in southern mississippi. a man started recording on his cell phone when this happened last week and then dropped it and it flew off when the storm got too intense. when he finally found it later, he discovered to find it rolling the entire time. the tornado killed five people. fema is evaluating all the damage. you may celebrate in the snow if your new year's plans involve las vegas.

snow in las vegas usually has terrible odds but it may happen. 340,000 people are expected to pack the strip in las vegas' downtown fremont area for the festivities. in the past 14 years the fireworks from the hotels have been canceled once due to high winds. the newly-married couple is remembering a call on their wedding day from the commander in chief. >> yes, this happened about 20 minutes after their wedding ceremony. listen to what he said. >> congratulations on your wedding. i feel terrible nobody told us -- >> the details were pretty set. then i got excited. >> so the president was apologizing because their wedding had to be moved because he wanted to golf. the couple said it was actually for the best. their new location had a better view that where they were originally supposed to get married with the president's golf schedule. >> they were told ahead of time that weather and the possibility of the president visiting could

be a reason to change the venue. >> yes. the military both west point grads, they understand when the boss roles in they wait. >> a wedding they will never forget. a local fraternity is now facing legal problems. the action being taken after accusations by a bowie state student. and a cloudy cool start to the morning. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal has the what to wear forecast at 6:31. plus letting the kids ring in the new year without staying up until midnight? how netflix is helping to

breaking news at this hour involving the search for the missing airasia flight. while you were sleeping we learned search teams found a number of pieces of debris believed to be the airbus plane that went missing on sunday. investigators also revealed they have recovered several body this is morning just six miles from where flight 8501 vanished from radar. th discovery comes as the u.s. warship is headed to that area to help with the search and recovery efforts. we'll have much more on that search in 15 minutes.

but first, breaking news on the roadways. we want to check in with melissa mollet with your first 4 traffic. breaking news in fairfax. the fairfax county parkway is completely shut down. the area between monument drive and route 50. this is a live picture of chopper 4 over the scene. it's going to be a big mess there. it's two different crashes, four vehicles involved overall. we'll show you the alternate right now. if you're headed out that way any time soon take west ox road instead. avoid fairfax county parkway altogether. a lot of debris on the roadway according to police. two different crashes involving four total vehicles. a wider look at things overall, we're looking pretty good. inner loop and outer loop no major proble thi morning. taking a look at 95 in maryland and in bw parkway into and out of town also looking quite good. we do still have an orange line delay at west falls church with delays both ways because of a signal problem there. more live pictures from the crash in fairfax coming up in ten minutes.

thank you. you're going to want to brace yourself for cold temperatures this morning getting ready to step outside this morning. temperatures remain in the 30s for parts of the area at this hour. >> storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal has your what to wear forecast. >> well, you definitely want the warmer jacket today with a high temperature only around 40 degrees this afternoon. maybe the scarf as well. you won't need the sunglasses during the morning hours with the sunrise at 7:25. clouds will decrease and we'll notice more and more sunshine. high temperatures in your neighborhood this afternoon, washington a high of 42. that's about 5 degreooler than it was yesterday. 38 in martinsburg. 42 for a high temperature in culpeper. winter classic now just two days away. of course catch the game right here on nbc. mostly sunny skies. a little bit breezy at the game so the windchill temperatures wie around 30 degrees. the thermometer will actually read 40. players will deal with a bit of a glare off the ice as well.

i'll be back in ten minutes what to expect this weekend. new york republican congressman michael grimm will resign after pleading guilty to x last week. a republican soue says he'll resign before congress returns to washington next week. the staten island congressman was indicted in april on to counts including filing a false tax return. he was re-elected to his seat in november while under indictment. a fraternity is not operating th morni because of a new hazing lawsuit. alpha phi alpha is investigating e school's chapter right now. hayes says he was beaten and bruised when trying to join the t last year. he's asking for $3 million in damages and told prince county's reporter that this was not his first option. >> i said this would be the first place to go. >> reporter: how do you feel the

university responded to what happened? >> they did not respond. >> bowie state university is not named in the suit and hayes says all the incidents happened off campus. a former university of virginia lacrosse player convicted of killing his girlfriend wants another chance in court. george huguely's lawyers filed another petition for the virginia supreme cou to hear the case. his first appeal to the court was denied in november. huguely is serving 23 years for the murder of yeardley love in 2010. if this is denied he could take the case to the u.s. supreme court. the baltimore ravens giving $400,000 to a foundation created by love's family. the baltimore sun says they gave the love foundation the second largest gift. the foundation focuses on domestic violence and this news comes after the forming running back ray rice knocked out his current wife while engaged. d.c. police are looking for clues in two sexual assault cases. two men robbed and assaulted a

woman sunday night. she claims they attacked her in and alley near kansas and georgia avenues and took off. also a woman was assaulted early sunday morning in the area of 12th street and trenton place in southeast d.c. the suspect in that case had a handgun and then fled the scene in a four-door honda sedan. be on the lookout for fake money in the fredericksburg virginia, area.e freelance star reports ten reports in the last few weeks of people counterfeit money. the police department along with the sheriff's offices in stafford and spotslvania county warn you to be on alert. the artificial turf war is heating up again in prince george's county. lawmakers will try for a third time to bring artificial turfs to all the county schools. they hope to pass that during the next general assembly session, but there's stiff resistance from the environmental groups concerned abt the material that is used to make that fake grass. lawmakers say the schools need

it to keep athletes competitive with other school systems. we have been enjoying falling gas prices as of late. coming up we'll tell you why you yourself paying more to fill up in virginia. a cloudy and cool start to your tuesday. amelia segal is tracking when the clouds clear out and the sun returns with your weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:41. no need to let your kids stay up until midnight. how netflix helps them ring in

breaking news fairfax avenue is shut down near 50 and monument drive. the northbound lanes as you can see on the right side of the screen are now getting by. we have two different crashes in the area involving four cars. a lot of debris on the roadway. this could be what you're looking at if you need an alternate. bt thi right now is to

take west ox road. that's your way around this. just avoid fairfax county parkway if you possibly can. taking a look at the travel times, 270 southbound no real issue there. 495 outer loop there, 95 to 270 is 11 minutes. in virginia of 66 eastbound, no problems there at ten minutes. quantico to 495 is 25 minutes. as we work our way throughout the day today, we'll notice clouds breaking up with more sunshine developing as the day wears on. skycast 4 throughout the day at 10:00 a.m. notice the clouds around. by noontime we start to notice more sunshine getting into the afternoon hours. partly to mostly sunny skies. it's going to be a chilly day today with a high of 42. i'm also tracking very light rain and snow showers mainly in the extreme parts of southern maryland and back to fredericksburg. e come to an end by the late morning ekend. rain is in the forecast on saturday and sunday. coming up in ten minutes, i'll

have the latest timing on when i'm forecasting rain for you. again, that's in ten minutes. see you then amelia. thank you. today is a rich tradition that is the new yearp in times square to be tested. this e will be watched by millions worldwide but still the drop needs to go smoothly. the 12-foot diameter ball sparkles with 270 waterford crystal triageles and 32,000 led lights. if you don't want your kids to stay up until midnight on new year's eve, netflix may help you out. th the online countdown hosted by king julian from the animated movie "madagascar." the three-minute countdown is available on netflix. and one viewer on twitter wrote i wonder if this works at parties so you can go to bed whenever you want.

more adults would like to use it too. they say that 34% of us parents do trick our children into thinking that the new year has come earlier. to get them off to bed and do a little toast to ourselves. >> there you go. some promising news for homeowners in the region. why you may be able to get more money when you sell your house. breaking news involving the search for the missing airasia plane. recovery teams found several bodies in the car and debris in the search area in the java sea. details on the search efforts .

16 before the hour. breaking news overseas just moments ago airasia confirmed debris found off the coast of malaysia is from the missing airplane. kristen walker is live with more. >> reporter: the search for 8501 now appears to be a recovery mission. six bodies were found in the java sea. three have been recovered. the remains are believed to be from the missing plane. the bodies were found just six miles from where the passenger jet disappeared from radar sunday. and we also learned in the past few minutes that airasia is now confirming in a statement that pieces of debris found in the water are, in fact from flight

8501. relatives of passengers and crew members you see here watching all of these developments unfold on live television in indonesia and of course they are devastated. th president of indonesia is headed to meet with them. 162 people were on board flight 8501. they were flying from indonesia to singapore. at the live desk i'm kristen wright. news teams will join the search for the missing plane. the "uss sampson" is expected to join later today joining the international sea team to include 30 ships, 15 planes and 7 helicopters. e now involved in this search. well, the ceo of the airasia group says the airline is prepared to off compensation for the missing passengers. tony fernandes says the company will follow indonesian regulations for insurance. families of the passengers will be notified on the insurance

procedures. he says the airline is running normally. you can get push alerts right on your phone. just download the nbc washington app as we continue to update this breaking news story. >> a lot of people are expected to attend a funeral for a fallen corporal today. jamel died last week. his funeral will be later this afternoon at st. peter's church and at 8:00 they will close poplar hill road. and new this morning, there's a new report on the number of officers who were killed in 2014. 126 officers died this year. that's twot year. however, the number is more than 40 fewer than three years ago. the report is released twice a year by that organization. in d.c. neighbors want police to do more about a recent spike in crime. there was a new shooting overnight on nanny avenue in

northeast d.c. now it was not deadly but three others in the last two days were. since christmas eve the district has averaged a murder a day. neighborhood commissioners say are concerned. >> a lot of the neighbors don't believe that the police are actually as engaged as they used to be in terms of getting out of their cars going into the businesses to ask how they are doing. the commissioners say if engage with police. officers hold a meeting every month with their police service area that you can look up on your phone. 13 before the hour. former president george h.w. bush is breathing normally. he's been in the hospital seven days after experiencing shortness of breath. despite the improvement, there's no word on when he will go back home. bush is the oldest living former president at 90 years old. today maryland governor-elect larry hogan will make an announcement at 11:30

this morning in downtown annapolis. far he has not appointed key positions like a budget secretary or transportation secretary. he be sworn in on wednesday, january 21st. >> a new report says your home is now worth a lot more if you live in maryland. the state says real estate values went up 23% in prince george's county and 11.5% in montgomery county in the last three years. that's according to "the washington post"." the report says the current median price for a home is $60,000 less than it was at the peak in july 2007 before the housing crisis. workers in several eing maryland will get more in theirpaychecks starting on thursday. landon dowdy is here with more on that ing. >> reporter: angie, good morning you. the minimum wage is going up in 21 states on new year's day. average workers will get another dollar an hour. another 2 million people will benefit from cost of living adjustments. but in maryland and west virginia many will see their

minimum wage go from $.7.25 an hour to $8 an hour and it will rise again later this year. and in d.c. the wage will rise to $10.50 an hour. and ups and fedex delivered 9 90% of their packages on time. still, high weather forced fedex to deliver items on christmas day. back to you. >> landon thank you. after a disappointing redskins season no word on how much richmond will pay for summer training camps. in 2013 the richmond economic development autho failed to make the school kribscont y fut shortfall would technically give the redskins the right to walk away from the deal. they have not determined yet how to make enough money for the second summer training camp in the city. today we're the

national park. watch later today to find out how well our chief meteorologist can skate at the winter classic. tickets are going for more than $250 right now online for just standing room. we'll air it live here on nbc4 watching it from the cozy portion of your couch. they play at 1:00 p.m. with pre-game at 11:00 new year's day. if you want to go out there to sit in the stands $400 for a ticket. you' be hitting the ice, too. >> i'll be gearing up today to give hockey a go. >> you played as a kid. >> i have not played in 15 years but it's like riding a bike. i don't know but i'm sure. anyway if you're heading to the game it will be breezy out there. so for the winter classic it will feel like temperatures near 30 degrees. plan on wearing a few layers gloves hat scarf, that sort of thing. the weather headlines for this

morning, some light rain and snow showers in southern maryland. and down near fredericksburg, comes to an end by the late morning hours. chilly but dry new year's eve and day. rain is possible on saturday as well as sunday. more on that in a moment. here's the latest on storm team 4 radar as temperature the early morning hours. mainly rain in st. mary's county changing over to a bit of snow as well. very light, very widely scattered. fred rbisburg continuing to track light snow showers. elsewhere, dry and remaining dry throughout the day today. so what do you need to grab heading out? the sunglasses by the midday and afternoon hours. we'll notice increasing sunshine but a warm jacket and a scarf is needed as well. highs today 5 degrees cooler than yesterday. but overall the weather is cooperating. tr is looking good. if you're going outside to exercise just chilly. out and about to run errands, the warmer jacket keep it around as you need it the rest of the week. temperatures are in the 30s. leesburg 34.

warrenton, 36. bowie at 36 degrees. clouds start to break up around the midday hours. partly sunny by noon.ly to mostly sunny in the afternoon hours. mostly sunny tomorrow. plenty of sunshine on january 1st with a high of 426789 clouds increase on friday with a high of 44. saturday and sunday we do know temperatures will above average. rain is looking likely at some point. i'm forecasting the best chance for rain later in the day on saturday into the overnight hours and sunday morning. but the timing is still a little unconcern. we keep a close eye on the system. then it is cold next monday with a high temperature of 39. you're continuing to track breaking news? we are following breaking news once again with chopper 4 over the scene. we're talking about southbound fairfax county parkway. we are completely closed between 50 and monument drive. your alternate is west ox road. but again, take a look here as we have two different accidents. four cars in all involved. a lot of debris. you can see one of the vehicles

being pulled up onto the tow truck and another across the street here. thank you, chopper. you can see that one about to be loaded as well. a lot of stuff in the way this morning. taking a look right now at the alternate, west ox road is going to be your way around that. 95 northbound here out of triangle no problems headed into town. that's as good as 95 in virginia. sout is good as well. 66 in and out of town looking good. same thing for 270. no problems north or south. a wider look at the outer loop and inner loop. prince george's county is moving along nicely as is the bw parkway and 95 in maryland with a delay on the orange line at west falls church. guys? thank you. 6:54 now. with gas prices falling every day, some of you may be in for the unwelcomed surprise come the new year. megan mcgrath is live alexandria to tell us about the commonwealth's new tax. megan? >> repor well, aaron, yeah, gas prices have been falling for

months. take a look at the liberty gas station here in alexandria. 2.39 for a gallon of regular. not bad. but in virginia we could see the price per gallon shoot up 5 cents on january 1st. state lawmakers have been counting on revenue from the internet commerce bill being debated on capitol hill to pay for millions of dollars in road projects here in virginia. but that measure is hung up in congress and hasn't passed. the revenue fallback for state lawmakers is an increase in the tax on wholesale gas, a 5-cent increase. and that is set to happen on the t of the year. now that increase will likely be passed on to consumers meaning higher prices at the pump. >> well, i think if it's for the road improvement it's a good thing. i still would have to pay 5 more cents, though. >> it is cheaper in southern maryland. i will probably fill up over there before i head over this way. >> reporte as you just heard,

consumers not too keen on paying more at the pump. reporting live in alexandria megan mcgrath news4. well, if you're affected by the trash collector strike in montgomery county you should still put your trash out as usual today. the county says it will be picked up if you put it out by 7:00 a.m. that means you have 5 minutes right now. the strike is affecting more than 60,000 of you. workers for unity disposal and recycling say they deserve better working conditions and higher pay. here are four things to know before you head out this tuesday morning. new york republican congressman michael grimm will resign pleading guilty to tax evasion last week. he'll resign before congress returns to washingto next week. d.c. mayor vincent gray will sign four new bills today. learn more about the plans for the d.c. united soccer stadium and the emergency bill to approve the legacy memorial park and the bill to provide additional protection to incapacitated people. the signing ceremony will take place at 10:00 this morning.

his final ceremony before leaving office on january 2nd 2015. a charles county corporal will be laid to rest today. corporal james private died in a car crash last week. we told you about the viewing yesterday. his funeral is in waldorf at 11:00 this morning. and debris found overnight is from the missing airasia plane. sevel bodies were found as well in the java sea off the coast of indonesia six miles from where the plane vanished from radar. and temperatures will hold in the 30s until about noon. and at that point we warm to a high of 42 and clouds break up by the afternoon. partly to mostly melissa? all right. taking a look right here at chopper southbound near fairfax county parkway closed near 50 an monument drive. the altern is west ox road to get around that completely. otherwise, the traffic volume is looking good. this is 95 in virginia. how good does that look? for folks headed northbound it never really looks like that. 66 is also looking quite good.

270 is flowing nicely. >> i feel like i have never seen that much green at this hour. >> i think that's right. >> we appreciate you waking up with us this morning. the "today" show is coming up next. we're back here in 25 minutes. >> thank you so mu for joining us this morning.

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