hyattsville. raphael frazier was found in the . crews were there when u.s. park police recovered his car six and a half miles away near the anacostia metro station in d.c. we're working right now to find out how the car is connected to this case. meanwhile, you can rest easy if you live in congress heights neighborhood. as police have made an arrest in connection with a recent man has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with with the fatal shooting. the incident happened in february on alabama avenue in southeast. >> 4:30 now. if you planned on spending new year's eve a lot one family bar, you have to find another place. mcfadden's lost its liquor license a after five people were stabbed. the bar posted on facebook that anyone with tickets should

contact them. a baltimore ravens employee now facing sex offense according to the baltimore sun. ravens security director darren sanders was charged with fourth degree sexual offense. court records did not say why, but i charge like this is often related to someone in position of authority. the incident happened earlier this month. sanders is due in court for a hearing in february. 4:31 right now. we'll be cg down to the new year tonight and watching temperatures drop as well. >> yeah. if you want to go out there and party, amelia siegel says you better be prepared because it is going to be cold. >> you definitely need multiple layers if you're going to be out and about. especially if you're standing ine spot for a period of time as we welcome in 2015. it's cold already this morning. look at these temperatures in the 20s and 30s. washington the only spot coming in at 30. 27 in rockville. 21 in gaithersburg.

and, again, 18 in manassas and warren ton. the best part about today's forecast plenty of sunshine. sunny to mostly sunny skies the entire day the. no rain or snow in the forecast. 5 degrees cooler than yesterday. n frederick, leesburg and culpepper. 40 in fredericksburg. despite the chill, for the most part the weather cooperating as long as you dress appropriately. you'll need thsunglasses. full sunshine in the forecast. be ready for the cold heading out and about to exercise. and what you can expect in your naked right around midnight in 10 minutes. construction until 5:00 this morning. 66 west before vienna metro, right lane blocked until 5:00 a. between 32 and 175, road work on the right side of the roadway. some construction there.

beltway at branch avenue that is moving along quite nicely. still have this situation at mattawoman beantown road at poplar hill. your alternate rain highway. wires down after a crash there. as we take a wider look at things, inner te loop all the major routes looking quite good. i'm back in 10 minutes with a live look at 95 in virginia. if you live in the h street corridor if you didn't get to use the street cars in 2014 the last efforts to get it open by the end of the year fell short. there is still no official opening date. the project is close to carrying passengers. it does open the ride could be free so passengers can get used to the system. ddot has not commented on the latest delays. your parents's worst nightmare. heg your child has been

killed. on christmas day, d.c. police told robinson that her son had been killed in a shoot-out with police. she was devastated and told her family the news. christmas morning she got a phone call from her son. >> he says merry christmas, ma. and i said who is this? he said month, it's raymond. i said they said you dead. they got you out being dead. and he said no. >> wow. well d.c. police apologized to robinson for that mistaken identity. 33-year-old gregory gray has now been identified as the man killed. his family was notified. right now anne arundel police are searching for a missing woman. kim was last seen sunday leaving her job at anne arundel medical center in an a app accomplice.

she is 135 pounds 5'9" inches tall. 3md0073. police believe a missing maryland toddler is dead. officers are looking for 14-month-old cameron beck ford near columbus, ohio. the boy's mother told the father she left him on the porch of a house development on friday. cameron's father lives in frederick, maryland. he reported the boy and 6-year-old sister missing after their mother took them earlier this month. the girl is now in the care of child protective services. the mother faces childen dangering and tampering with evidence. well it is new year's eve. a whole lot going on in our area to ring in the new year. alexandria you can attend first night. shops and buildings in old town will turn into performance venues. you're looking at video from

last year's last night sell operation. the main stage to watch the ball drop at broad and washington streets. no matter what you decide to do tonight, make stay safe. the washington regional program is offering free rides home as part of soberride to discourage drunk driving. call 1-800-200-taxi. the free rides end at 6:00 a.m. metro will be running trains tonight until 2015. most will run into 2:00 a.m. two hours later than normal. if you miss the last train, you'll have to wait longer than normal to get the next one. trains won't start running until 7:00 a.m. there will be extra trains on the green line january 1st. to date with the latest news by checking out nbc

washington facebook page and website and head over to nbcwashingtom for safe rides home on this new year's eve and new year's day. helping to make the journey safe for you to make it home. start off 2015 safe is. very i reminder. >> he yes. >> jim vance sat down with with the owner of the capitals. amelia siegel is back with the winter classic forecast. >> new york city. how they are getting ready life's

running out of shaving stuff. and thankfully being able to find backups.

life's running out of shaving stuff.

and thankfully being able to find backups. today the capitals will hold their final practice skate before the winter classic. you'll be able to watch it news 4 midday. if you're at work we will stream the show online. the winter classic is tomorrow aftee caps are playing the chicago blackhawks at nationals park. you can watch right here on nbc 4. jim vance sat down with ted leonsis to talk about what it means for the city. here's what he said. >> we work really really hard

to say we're building america's hock capital. and the two teams that are playing have high interest teams. >> you can watch the whole thing on your nbc washington app or on nbc washington a.com. watch news 4 at 11:00 for part 2 to find out when he thinks his team will win a championship and how he feels about d.c.'s olympic bid. take a look. one of our very own news 4 broadcasters got a chance to check out the winter classic ice. can you guess who it is? yeah. it is our meteorologist. we will hear from her about an hour from now. it is amelia siegel. she's a pro. >> i had you fooled then. >> how was it? >> it was amazing to be on the

ice with not only the caps but nhl legends and big sports names. everybod was so nice. to play on ther c rink just fabulous. i do think tomorrow a sun glare could be a bit of an issue. puck drops at 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. they could potentially be dealing with a sun glare. so maybe the game could be delayed by an hour. the officials are pulling everything together. they are wondering. they would they will have to play it by ear. here's the for the game tomorrow featuring plenty of sunshine. low 40s and upper 30s. a little bit breezy. it will feel like the temperatures are in the mid to upper 30s. don't at midnight temperatures in the 20s in the suburbs and 30 degrees in washington. but i have to say last night it was wonderful. it was so . let's check traffic with melissa. she looks great. if i was out there, not so pretty. we do have road closures -- what

did you say? >> you would need an ambulance. >> there we go. piscataway closed. mattawoman beantown closed because of down wires as well. alternate is crain highway. 395 south, construction in the way. 66 into and out of town looking good. 95 virginia at dale boulevard moving along nicely. the flu turns deadly in northern virginia. this morning we will tell you why there are concerns the outbreak will get even bigger next week. live to new york city to check out the final preparations being made before

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no matter if you're going out to a fancy party or counting down at home you will probably be watching new year eve times square. more than a million people are expected to gather. things look nice and quiet now, sa . thi will change dramatically. a million people like you said pack this area. more than a billion people expected to watch on television. and of course a party of that size doesn't happen without a lot of planning and a lot of preparation. so f that includes replacing the panels on the waterford crystal ball and confetti drop. we will see artists, including taylor swift and florida georgia line perform.

new york's mayor and the internatiol committee that is going to start the dissent. once it reaches the base a ton of confetti is going to rain down on this crowd. people were hoping to help toss out for a little bit of a disappointme. organizers say their confetti master already has it covered. and a lot of security measures tonight can radiate, scan the crowd. plainclothes police will be checking for potential problems. temp goi to be a li of an issue. supposed to be in the 20s later tonight luckily. you'll have a million of your newest closest friends. cleanup continues after a wall collapses. north chicago at a storage facility owned by morton salt company. no one was hurt. as you can see, the salt burying

a row of cars at a dealership next to that facility. the cars can be a total loss as the salt may have damaged the suspension is. many belonged to customers at the adjoining car dealership. > southern pennsylvania police office are on leave after they shot and killed a man they say tried to run them over with his car outside josephi posted on line he was going to kill police officers. he drove through a blockade and slammed into the police chief's car. five officers opened fire and killed him. idaho police say a 2-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his mother inside of a walmart. she was shopping with her four children with when the 2-year-old reached into her purse and the weapon fie woman did have a concealed weapon permit.

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no visitors under 16 years ole allowed. only two visd at a time. the visiting hours last from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 at night. in loudoun that has been changed from 11:00 to 1:00 and 6:00 to 8:00 in the evening. high winds blowing over a parked tractor trailer. you can see in this video that wind just blowing the snow side ways. wind gusts 78 miles per hour battering davis county north of salt lake city. downing a whole lot of power lines. it was a driver's nightmare. more than 1,700 homes were without power. the e expected to continue through this morning. people who celebrate new

year's e in las vegas may want to bundle up. it's going to be cold. guess what a few snowflakes. expecting to be less of a threat than first thought. the heaviest snow will fall to the east of the area in arizona and talk to go amelia about this yesterday. it's not going to be this huge storm. she didn't think the chances were that big. amelia i ag this morninpain. but you can still use your mouth. peter tried to set me up for a goal last night. total rookie out there. >> what an experience. absolutely. it is cold this morning. you had to notice it coming in. >> oh, my goodness i ran into the building. >> you are definit feeling the chill in the air. 30 in washington. that's one of the warm spots. martinsburg and winchester coming in at 30. we are in the 20s and even teens. bundle up this morning. many layers if you're going to be out and about tonight. even today temperatures running about 5 degrees below average.

our high 39. it's a little bit cooler than yesterday. 38 over in annapolis, and 37 in culpepper. we'll have plenty of sunshine today but mainly clear skies tonight. meaning temperatures will be cold even frigid for us once again. here's your hour by hour planner as we ring in the new year. this is for temperatures inside the beltway. outside the beltway, you want to subtract by 10 degrees. so clear skies in place. right at freezing at 10:00 p.m. 11:00 p.m. 31. 20s in the suburbs. midnight 30 degrees and we'll stay there. 28 degrees in washington. temperatures around 20 in the suburbs. once again, though we'll have plenty of sunshine for tomorrow. this is your planner for this morning. 30 degrees is the temperature right now. by noon we're looking at a temperature of 36. very similar conditions today and tomorrow. plenty of sunshine. very cold outside. and a little bit breezy. so a little bit of a windchill

factor. high temperature of 45 degrees. for the weekend, talking about rain for the fitter week of 2015 rain most likely saturday afternoon and evening. on into the day on sunday. 44 for a high on saturday. a little bit warmer sunday. high 52. but then raw on monday. high of 39 and breezy. melissa, still talking about constructi this mornin >> still talking about road work in the way for the next 20 minutes. 66 at westmoreland street blocked until 5:00 a.m. should be out of the way in a little bit. as we take a wider look at things no major problems looking at the inner loop the outer loop. most roads completely clear. 95 in maryland. bw parkway. 29. everything looking good. earlier constructn is now out of the way. waldorf, mattawoman beantown shut down at poplar hill. probably an issue the next hour

and a half because of down wires. 66 east of compton rolling right along. 95 in maryland coming up. maybe you are hoping to strike it rich in the new year. coming up why you won't be able to try your luck with the scratch off lottery tickets in the district. the morning cup of coffee may be sav

the fbi is investigating a u.s. postal service processing center in prince george's county. hu of dollars in mailed gifts disappearedore than a year ago. none of it angela odom put all $1200 worth of gifts in one box. the last place it was tracked to was the processing center inhts. no one knows what happened to the package. the fbi says they don't think an employee stole it. the box was officially declared lost this week. >> it's not the dollar value of the gifts. but it wasn't delivered and we put so much time and effort in it to make sure the girls had things that were nice. >> the same mail processing center that lost odom's package is being investigated for a potential large scale theft ring. they are looking into two workers suspected of opening

envelopes and stealing gift cards. > leesburg shoppers food warehouse will close in 1993. the company that operates the store won't say why it is closing. the same company has 20 other locations in northern virginia and in maryland. the purcellville strong sale. the shopping center is almost entirely leased and mostly built out. a spokesperson would not comment on the sale price but says up to six single-family hom could be built. . well if your new year's resolution is to be more politically engaged some of you can get started right away. democrat kathleen murphy and craig porsot are run to go replace barbara comstock next month.

they have raised twice as much. you may have a hard time scratch off lottery tickets. >> they reported a there's of lottery revenue. the contract dispute is keeping new scratch-off tickets from being printed. it could take two months to get them back in stores. customers are not happy about the wait. >> don't have any. i've been playing keno. >> you have to buy them in virginia and maryland. d.c. don't have them. >> there's a solution for you. store owners. the market usually has $1,000 in sales per day. they received 5% of the tickets sold. >> come on over to virginia. we're happy to have you. >> they're lucky in virginia. they havd a l of winners there. especially around herndon, my hometown area. there's always winners around that area. this is disheartening.

it's like a a ritual. i know people who go every single week on th. hopefully they ca figure someg out soon. >> stay with us. news 4 today continues right now at 5:00 a.m. if you're going out to ring in the new year make sure you bring a coat. it is going to be very cold out there. temper in the 20s this morning. e going to tell you what it's going to be like when the ball drops tonight and the first storm chances for the new year. . w get brand-new information on a water main break in fairfax county. we have an update in just a few minutes. good morning, everyone. i'm richard jordan. >> i'm off. welcome on this new year's eve, december 31st 2014. for the first time in a few days we're waking up