january showers to start you out this morning on storm team 4 radar, but it's going to feel like spring for about a little while. whoa ear collecting all that and when arctic air will settle back in. >> new this morning, two teens in the wrong place at the wrong time. what we're learning about a shooting near a synagogue. good morning and welcome the "news 4 today." i'm adam tuss. >> i'm angie goff. not liking the rain so much but liking the fact that that mild air is working its way back in. >> i will take any mild temperatures in january we can get. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell to check on it for us. >> hey, adam and angie. you need to hold on to these mild temperatures tightly today

and soak it all in. today for only a couple hours, we'll be in the 60s and then the bottom falls out. we'll be right back to hard core january weather as we get into tomorrow. but for now, it's a mild but rainy start out there, rain all over the news 4 nation this morning from frederick county maryland down to fredricksburg, virginia. everyone is wet this morning. have your umbrellas ready to go. temperatures not too terribly cold right now. we're in the mid 40s already above what would be an average high temperature for this time of year. you will need at least a jacket and umbrella to get out the door first thing this morning, but it will be a very pleasant afternoon for a couple hours. chilly and rain at 8:00 48 degrees, rain ending around lunchtime. temperatures mid 50s. breezy and mild. briefly into the 60s for a time today before the colder air really starts to settle in. chance for snow tuesday and arctic air later in the week. all that is coming up with the seven-day. see you in a few. we are following a

developing story this morning. two teenagers were shot outside a synagogue in prince george's county. this happened before midnight on the 12th block of ridge road in greenbelt. the teenagers were shot 100 feet away from the mish kantor rah synagogue. they were on their way to an event there when someone fired on them. the 19-year-old was shot but able to run into the synagogue and get help. a 16-year-old was shot in the shoulder. no word on a suspect. this morning a second d.c. club in foggy bottom is shut down following a stabbing. one man was stand out side the zanzibar nightclub a week after five people were stand out side mcfadden's. >> the scene after 1:00 a.m. saturday a fight had broken out between two men at the zanzibar

on 19th street northwest. one man stabbed. police arrested 35-year-old joseph ricardo johnson and charged him with assault win tent to kill. by saturday evening police officially declared the restaurant temporarily closed just like an establishment a few block up pennsylvania avenue mcfadden's. on december 27th five people were stabbed here at a brawl. police have pictures of two men they're calling person's of interest in the mcfadden's multiple stabbing. police say the zanzibar and heritage india will remain closed for 96 hours while the regulatory agency can review what goes on here to determine if the closure needs to be extended. in northwest, derrick ward news 4. we're learning more about the investigation into d.c.'s first murder of 2015. this happened around 4:00 a.m. on bruce place southeast yesterday morning. the victim is 35-year-old raji ross. detectives say someone shot and

killed him. two masked men were seen running away from the scene after the shooting. police are offering a $25,000 reward for anyone with information into the murder. today we could hear more from the capitol heights council member who wisz arrested friday night a prince george police officer stopped elaine scott williams for a minor traffic violation. during that stop the officer learned she was driving on a suls spended license, wanted for failure to appear in court. she was arrested and has since been released. also right now, good weather conditions allowing for the search in the java sea off the coast of india. sonar detected large objects on the ocean floor. officials believe they belong to the plane. divers are looking for the black boxes and bodies of more victims. so far 30 bodies have been recovered. in the week ahead former virginia governor bob mcdonnell

will be sentenced. it will happen on tuesday. federal prosecutors recommend 10 to 12 years behind bars. his defense team wants no jail time. instead suggesting 6,000 hours of community service. in september a jury convicted mcdonnell on 11 federal corruption charges. we outlined the charges for you. go to nbcwashington.com and search mcdonnell. tomorrow the man accused in the boston marathon bombing will begin his trial as planned. jury selection will begin in the trial of dzhokhar tsarnaev. he faces 30 charges connected to the april bombing at the finish line. a federal judge turned down a request to move the trial out of boston. the defense argued it would be impossible for him to get a fair jury there. tsarnaev pleaded not guilty. tomorrow the hyattsville city council will consider letting your 16-year-old vote in local elections. the council will hear public comments on the proposal during monday's council meeting. the idea is to increase the

voter turnout. the public hearing begins tomorrow at 7:45 p.m. on tuesday, the 114th congress will gavel into session. republicans will control both the house and the senate. kentucky senator mitch mcconnell will become the senate majority leader. nevada senator harry reid will become the minority leader. republicans have a majority in congress but don't have numbers needed to override a presidential veto. we's less than a week away from the nbc4 health and fitness expo that begins january 10th at the convention center in downtown d.c. this year we are expanding to focus on one of the most important kinds of health mental health. 6:06 on this sunday morning. twitter abuzz with this picture of a d.c. streetcar t boning a car. what the retreats could mean for the official rollout of the fleet. waking up to a wet sunday. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is tracking when you'll see

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there has been yet another setback for d.c. street cars. take a look at this photo right here circulating all over the place on social media. showing a streetcar that t boned a vehicle near 6th and h streets. ddot saying it was going under ten miles an hour no one was hurt. this comes a few days after district leaders pushed back the opening of the streetcar system until january 19th. a spokesperson saying this accident will not affect that opening. as many of you head back from your holiday trip you'll notice prices at the pump still pretty low. experts say low gas prices could last well into the new year compared to this time last year gas prices are down more than $1.00. 38 states are seeing gas for

less than two bucks a gallon. oil and gas analysts saying it's unchartered territory. saudi saudi arabia is trying to drive out competitors. >> the aspect of this that we've never witnessed before is gas prices plunging even as the economy is still chugging. >> right now reports the average in the district is $2.63 a gallon for regular. in maryland looking at $2.39, paying $2.13 in virginia west virginia looks like $2.39. at least two tornadoes swept through parts of mississippi. several mobile homes were destroyed and blown into the woods. the gas sper county sheriff says no one was home at the time the tornadoes hit. heavy rain is causing problems right now. the national weather service has issued flash flood watches throughout much of the south and central mississippi. >> it's not just around there. officials investigating whether

damage found in alabama was also from a tornado. there are a couple watches in louisiana as well. >> lots of crazy weather out there. that's part of the whole imbalance in the atmosphere right now. when we're above our average high temperature before the sun even comes up --atures later today, some 20 degrees warmer than average, you know something is out of whack. as a result that pendulum will come swing back hard the other direction. we will be nose driving our temperatures by tomorrow morning. cling on to the couple hours of mild weather this afternoon and enjoy it. the rest of the week it's going to be hard core january around here. temperatures may not even get above freezing. several days this week and we could have subzero windchills later in the week as well. this will seem like a vacation. storm team 4 radar this morning, rain everywhere, montgomery county wet, prince george's county arlington, fairfax, the district everybody socked in with the showers first thing this morning.

they're not going anywhere too quickly. individually the rin drops are lifting up the i-95 corridor. more moisture to the south and west. as a result we'll be wet through the rest of this morning. snow in chicago and milwaukee, bad weather down through parts western parts of florida, southern alabama. if you're changing planes in hartsfield early this morning or heading down to florida later today, you could have bad weather down there. we're waiting on the cold front. it's just now moving through cincinnati ohio. it's about 12 hours away from making it into our area. so ahead of the front, we'll get the rain to turn off and a real push of warm air that will last a couple hours. then the winds will turn back around to the west and temperatures will start to fall by early to mid evening. so what to expect today, rain this morning, mild and breezy later today. those winds will come at a price. they'll start ushering in that much colder air. 46 at reagan national airport with the light rain continuing

to fall. a little breeze has a touch of a windchill out there this morning. but it won't be a windchill that you'll really be all that impacted by today. windchills later in the week another story. look at the broad spectrum of temperatures. 37 hagerstown 50 in winchester. much much warmer air just aloft in at that time fear. the high winds will mix down that milder air. so as a result your hometown forecast in manassas virginia rain 48 at 9:00 a.m. breaks of sunshine breezy mild 60 by two and 50s this evening. here is future weather. rainy weather through this morning. by 1:00 today, most if not all the rain is don't peeks of sunshine and a bit of a blustery wind and things will really start to clear out this evening as we get into monday, bright sunny, cold and breezy. as we get into tuesday, clouds come back monday night and a chance for snow as we get into tuesday morning. doesn't look like a big event, but it will indeed be something we'll have to watch carefully.

be ready for the chance of maybe our first inch of snow this winter coming up on tuesday and bitterly cold weather wednesday, thursday on into next weekend. >> the freeze is looming. thank you, chuck. next up we have "reporter's notebook" for you, a look at stories affecting our community. >> we're back in 15 minutes. good morning. happy new year and welcome to "reporter's notebook." today we're looking ahead to 2015 on the political landscape. gentlemen, let's start in d.c. new mayor, muriel bowser coming on the scene, long-time council member. we've mentioned this is the first time in a long time where we don't unfortunately have marion barry there, fighting for residents who he fought so hard for for years. what can we expect from this new administration do you think, priority-wise. >> bowser has already set the stage in terms of the soccer stadium. while she was on the council, she made sure that got reshifted, took the reid center

off the table, moved the soccer stadium and got that deal done. i think depending on the shape of what the council will look like in terms of the two wards that have to be filled, ward 4 and ward 8. affordable housing is going to have to be a big issue the way the city is changing i think that's a no-lose position for her to take. if he pushes more affordable housing, whether she's successful on it or not, she mentioned that during the campaign. now let's see if she can legislate that into fruition? >> i think the other big story is going to be the election in ward 8. it's now wide open. it hasn't been for a long time. there are a lot of young politician ss who want to get their foot in doofrmt you have the mayor's son who is being mentioned as a possible candidate. so will name recognition play a

factor? ward 8 is rapidly changing. it's not going to be the same ward this year and probably five six years from now. i think that's going to be an interesting thing to watch, also. >> i think an extraordinary template for her might be what the current but soon to be non-mayor mayor did. everything was wonderful as far as his governance went. it was always this haunting shadow of what happened in his campaign was he colluding with people to have a false campaign and were people paid off and were violations ap plenty of campaign laws? he never was ever able to shape that. what happened was a very successful tenure. she could almost do that. hopefully she wouldn't have -- >> i was going to say the other thing we shouldn't forget is when is the prosecutor going to come down on gray? if not 2015 when?

that's something that -- that will be potentially big news too. >> were there any indications he was waiting for him to leave office? >> that was the rumor. but if that was the case it really was terrible the way that it was handled because it cost him the election. >> i was going to say i don't think so because could have held back until after the election. but i want to go back quickly to the ward 8 and ward 4 position. muriel bowser her former campaign finance manager brandon todd has already raised $50,000. he's the front runner in ward 4. she spoke to us on whur a couple weeks ago and wouldn't sort of commit to a candidate in ward 8. she did say ruby may, a former campaign staffer of hers would be a very good council person in ward 8. i think she's already lining up getting behind folks, even though she says i haven't campaigned for anyone. if she gets two people on the council that she can help push -- they can help push

through legislation for her, that will be a major issue. >> how will she get along with council members she's leaving behind? >> she got along with them pretty well. remember it was a council full of scandals and she was pretty much scandal-free. can i bring up something else that we might think about, too? what are we going to name after marion barry? i mean really when you think about this we had the walter washington convention center and i'm surprised that that didn't come up during the funeral, his home going celebration. you would think that some type of monument some place in this town that is extremely prominent will have the name marion barry on it. >> folks may have thought it was too early. i guess the first thought is maybe ward 8 because that's where his base constituency -- >> the marion barry ward?

>> if that's the case i think his son should run. >> a shoo-in. >> that's right. >> as much as we have said about his accomplishments, there was still a certain amount of controversy with marion but it will come in time he'll have his memorial. he should have one. how is the district going to fare with this new congress that is republican controlled in both chambers now? >> whoa. that's going to be difficult for the city. they've already had their confrontation over the drug law, harris and others in the republican party decided the city shall not implement it. the city is moving ahead, some strategy going on to do certain things with the law but step back from certain parts of it. they can't fund it. but there are apparently procedural things -- >> this was the marijuana law. >> the marijuana law -- >> something of aa spending bill

pushed it off the table. >> defunded it. you shall not use funds to move this bill. that's going to be topic number one and clash number one, how this plays out. what will the new congress concentrate on other issues or is it going to get sidetracked with d.c.? >> i think the marijuana law is so symbolic of the issue that the district faces. i've said this before it's very difficult, obviously -- and joe talked about this to get sort of the nation wrapped around this issue of the district and how things work and that there isn't representation. if there was ever an issue that maybe they could sort of get out there in the forefront and say here is what's going on it passed in ther states it passes in the district. yet congress sort of can defund this. but phil mendelson said i'm still going to put it before congress and i'm going to put this bill out there or some procedural thing, paperwork,

even andy harris says i want to stop that. phil mickelson says it costs about $2.00 to send the paperwork up there. i think they can take that and try to run with it if they're trying to push the broader issue. >> i think one of the things we have going for us is eleanor holmes norton. she's very savvy. she knows how to work both sides of the aisle. you remember during the reign of newt gingrich we got more things done during newt gingrich's reign than during the democrats. >> he was very sensitive. >> absolutely. i would put my faith on eleanor holmes norton. >> while we're at it a long-time supporter of d.c. voting rights and statehood, where do we see that or do we see that on the table? >> that is -- again, it goes back to what i said what you just alluded to you have got to

get the nation realizing it. most people on my show i'm telling you, they are just amazed when they find out that we have to have our budget approved by congress. they don't understand it. it's a -- no one in congress takes it up and moves it across the country. it has to be done through the media more than anything else. >> we need a deep pockets guy to work with the city council fund troops corps of people -- walter font roy, when we had a voting rights bill passed by congress petered out. what they need is another group of people going around to state legislatures explaining the way things are. we need a media campaign where there's a media buy and big markets, this is what your nation's capital is really like. it's astounding as joe said how little people know about it. >> it's a story sitting out

there that the media can take and run with it. eleanor holmes norton talked about the changing of the demographics, she talked about many folks coming from other places they come here and see what's happening on capitol hill say the d.c. law on layer ahn nah, they have no joe biden what congress can do that. you have a lot of residents that may be zeroing in on wait a minute what's the situation here. >> but it's new residents. that's the problem. it's got to be oregon washington arizona, ohio. it doesn't resonate with the rest of the country. >> we had that for a while under bill clinton. the thinking is if monica lewinsky hadn't popped up he would do second something for the city. i covered a story about how he put a lot of money in the city took a lot of programs made them federal took it off the

city's back let them govern better. his next step in the second term was to be more statehood and autonomy. >> is this something president obama can do? >> high on his list. >> maybe he can pull his pen out and do an executive order. with cuba and the district of columbia oh my goodness. >> remember he got criticized when he came out and supported muriel bowser. people said what's the big deal what have you done in terms of statehood? you've done nothing for the city. your endorsement of this person for mayor has no impact. there was criticism for obama. >> if he does what joe just said -- >> he can now because it seems like he's doing a lot with executive orders. got to take a break right now. pick it up, a lot more to talk about. we

welcome back to "reporter's notebook." we're talking about right now 2015 and the chances of a new fbi headquarters either in springfield, virginia or somewhere near landover greenbelt, maryland. this is a big deal to get this headquarters that is going to employ so many thousands of people. >> in terms of percentages, you can say prince george's county has the edge because they have two spots and springfield has one. >> all around metro stations. >> all around metro stations. i would say it would lean towards greenbelt because that area is sort of expanding. the metro is fairly new there, not really knew. you have more development over there, folks can hop on the beltway quickly. also remember the last major sort of federal government institution was put -- the cia was put in langley. in that sense, the federal

government can be looking at greenbelt saying virginia you had yours about 20 years ago. the county executive is counting on this as part of his legacy also. >> one thing they do have going, dave, you would know this. you have a republican-dominated congress and a republican governor that they probably would love to be able to put that feather in his cap. >> i think you're right. there's some thinking that would be the way things would turn out. now you have a republican governor in maryland and a republican majority in the congress that they'll work together. whereas before the democrats were in charge and they could push things through and didn't have to worry about republicans, now they do. there's some people that think the change would help virginia. because the democrats in maryland won't be as good on the hill as they used to be. there's people in virginia seem to see a way to get this. they also argue that just because we have langley, weave

got the wherewithal, we should have this. i don't know. a lot of people are throwing a lot of stuff into this. i think the hogan connection i think may be the strongest. >> just a minute left. we've got a new governor in maryland and also a changing landscape in virginia the congressional delegation lost three big names there with a lot of institutional knowledge, a lot of power in terms of purse strings, too. what does that mean for virginia's impact in this new congress? >> that's right. barbara comstock coming in and mr. buyer coming in replacing frank wolf and jim rank huge and seasoned appropriators. in spite of a ban of special favors for people things of that nature they know where to go to these spending bills and get stuff for the local jurisdictions and the state. they don't have that. eric cantor is gone. he used to be able to do that. the pressure is going to be on senators cain and warner to do that. warner is good at pot boiling. senator cain's reputation is

more on foreign affairs and national security. still, they're sitting members of the senate. they're not going to sit around and let the state get beaten. >> ten seconds left. optimistic about this new year for our region? >> yes, i'm perpetually optimistic. >> new folks in charge and i think that will make it interesting. it will make it interesting for folks covering them. it's always a good thing. thank you, gentlemen, happy new year to all of you. thank you for having us in. now back to "news 4 today." enjoy the rest of your weekend. hi everyone. welcome to "news 4 today." i'm angie goff. >> i'm adam tuss. we are starting out our sunday morning a little soggy. >> a little rain that's continuing into our weekend. a little on and off. right, chuck?

>> it's almost all on now, and it will be all off later. it's on and off, yes. but first thing this morning, you need the galoshes and the umbrellas ready to go as it's been raining steady all through the overnight hours. this rain is going to continue right on through the next couple hours as well. the overall impact the weather will have on your day today will be moderate mainly because of the rain outside first thing this morning. it will become breezy and mild and dry later on this afternoon. so the biggest impact will be here in the front part of the day. you can see it on storm team 4 radar now, rain all the way from carroll and frederick counties in maryland out to burkely and jefferson counties in west virginia. manassas warrenton, culpepper. temperatures now in the mid 40s. we'll stay in the 40s here this morning. but there will be a big rise in temperatures this afternoon once the rains turn off, temperatures will soar into the 60s. then the bottom falls out and winter returns. more about that coming up. >> chuck, thank you.

this morning six university of maryland students are alive after smoke detectors woke them up when a fire broke out while they were sleeping. news 4's kristen wright shows us some incredible pictures of this fire. a ball of fire lit up the night. flames took over the house on dartmouth avenue burning feet from the home of city councilwoman stephanie tell lech. >> my husband woke me up and said the house next door is on fire. >> he took these pictures after calling 911. >> it was pretty scary. the whole back of the house was engulfed in flames. >> six university of maryland students escaped. after searching the house, firefighters got out, also they thought it could collapse. they fought the fire from outside, knocked down the heaviest flames and went back in. a firefighter was hurt. >> he was transported to the burn unit at med star washington hospital center where he was treated and released. >> reporter: crews boarded up

windows. investigators think the fire started in an upstairs family room while students were sleeping. >> the city of college park does a tremendous job in ensuring that rental homes have a multiple amount of smoke alarms. >> reporter: the red cross is helping those students. >> initially we were of course really worried about them. but glad to hear they got out. >> reporter: in college park kristin wright news 4. this morning police in maryland are on alert following a threat written on a sichblt someone wrote kill cops signed by the vigilante. this happened outside the foxfire apartments in laurel. officers posted this picture on their facebook page to warn others. a lot of police departments have been on edge since two new york city officers were shot and killed in their squad car. this man is sitting behind bars this morning for trying to drive into a deputy's cruiser. the loudoun county sheriff's department says jake degeronimo

broke into a woman's home yesterday, assaulted her, stole her car and tried to ran a deputy's cruiser. she ended up firing her gun at him. he wasn't hit. degeneral ron mow is held without bond. the deputy son routine administrative leave oopsz. today will be the final farewell to a new york city police officer who was targeted and killed. the funeral for detective wenjian liu will be this morning. thousands of officers will be at today's services. he and higgs partner were killed in an ambush two weeks ago. during ramos' furn ral, officers turned their back on bill deblasio. in the week ahead washington nationals outfielder jayson werth will appeal his reckless driving conviction. last month he was sentenced to ten days in jail. back in july a virginia state

trooper clocked his porsche going more than 100 miles an hour on the beltway. the judge also suspended his license for six months and hit him with a $1,000 fine. also coming up this week former redskin fred smoot expected to go on trial, accused of domestic assault against his girlfriend valerie jackson at her home in ashburn. since august she's posted instagram pictures showing scratches and marks on her body. she says jackson is upset she broke up with him. today we could learn more about a plane crash that killed four people leaving one sole survivor. they're calling it an unimaginable tragedy. a 7-year-old girl showed up at a stranger's door asking for help. here is nbc's dan sheneman. >> reporter: it was the first sign anything was wrong. a knock at larry wilkins' door friday evening. >> i answered the door. and the little girl 7 or 8 years old standing there

bleeding legs and all scratched up arms scratched up. she said her mom and dad were dead. she had been in a plane crash. >> 7-year-old sailor gutsler survived the crash and walked three miles through the dark woods. police rushed in. it took more than two hours to locate the plane in the dense woods. killed in the crash, her parents, marty and came berly gutsler. her 9-year-old sister piper and 14-year-old cousin sierra wilder. >> a miracle she survived. also the fact that she didn't succumb to exposure or hypothermia and able to have help. >> the blane took off from key west florida, stopped to refuel in tallahassee. it lost contact with air traffic control over kentucky shortly after reporting engine trouble. marty gunsler was a pilot for 30 years. in nashville, illinois, there is

sadness. >> this is a devastating loss to our community. we lift up this family in our prayers. >> ntsb investigators are on the scene trying to determine what went so tragically wrong. >> survivor deserves a lot of credit. >> reporter: an incredible survivor's story, a little girl who is now with family as they work to heal from an unimaginable loss. dan shen men, nbc news. >> the national transportation safety board will hold a news conference later today. the first black man to win a popular election to the u.s. senate has done. u.s. senator edward brook passed away yesterday. he was a republican from massachusetts when he was elected in 1966. that election made him the first african-american senator since the 1870s. president obama called brook a man who spent his life breaking barriers and bridging divides across this country. senator brook grew up in the district and graduated from dunbar high school and howard university. he was 95 years old. the time right now is 6:38. it is a growing trend that could

even pop up here in the district. can cafes and why some say it's a purfect combination. >> busy in the storm team 4 weather center. yu near for rain, sun, and snow. you might want to stick around to find out when all this is we

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this week the 114th congress will convene in the capital. >> a new dynamic as republicans control the house and senate. joining us is "meet the press" moderator chuck todd. >> happy new year. >> back at ya. >> speaking of the new year, with the gop congress what issues do you really think, if any, that we're going to see the president and congress both be

able to find some common ground? >> dmon ground if they choose to do it. the easy thing would be trade deals and practice. the president is in a different place than most of his party with trade. republicans would liningly work with him on that. there's rewriting the tax code. there's general consensus that the tax code needs to be simplified and rewritten. the question is can it be done without it becoming a personal fight between the two parties. my feeling is i don't know if it can get done in this atmosphere. we'll see. the question is how contentious -- how quickly will the republicans test the president's veto pen. i think they'll test it pretty early on the keystone pipeline. they'll pass that quickly and say, okay let's see if he's going to use the vet toe pen and does that set up a confrontational relationship in the first part of the year. >> of course 2015 is going to be a lot about 2016. we're going to be hearing names.

is there anything that you're -- >> new on overnight. mike huckabee who of course ran for president in 2008 chose not to in 2012 announced last night on his fox show he's ending the show which he would have to do if he were serious about running for president. now we know he's serious. it seems like every couple days there's a new thing. jeb bush announced he quit all corporate boards. okay. he's running. mike huckabee is quitting his lucrative financial tv contract with fox news. sounds like he's running. >> what about the maverick republicans like rand paul -- >> that's what they call them. >> they all believe they're mavericks. >> ted cruz rand paul moving up their announcements. the tea party essentially they're going to want to find someone to target. i think jeb bush might fit -- >> i think jeb bush messed up a whole bunch of plans. i think there had been a consensus between all these candidates to try to push back the starting time of 2016.

they looked at 2008 and 2012 which got started super early. i think everybody quietly was thinking could they wait for memorial day. then jeb did what he did. i think it's scrambled the timelines of all these candidates. you brought up rand paul ted cruz. you throw in chris christie these governors in the midwest. jeb bush could vacuum up money from texas to florida to wall street. i think it's going to scramble all these guys. >> it's going to be fun to watch. >> they call it the invisible primary. i thi the next three or four months would be quite busy. >> the president is going to be hitting detroit ahead of state of the union. no specifics just yet from the administration on perhaps executive action or any legislative proposals. given he's going to be going to those specific places is that any i understand skags of what he plans? >> i think what it is it's more of an economic victory lap. one of the things that i think

the wildcard of 2015 that could scramble the 2016 race but also change the d washington does an improving outlook on the me by the american public break tlooufg raj americans where they finally feel as if the economy is getting better falling gas prices all that does that give the president more political capital? does he see an improved approval rating? that gives him more leverage rhetorically with republicans in congress. one of the reasons for this early travel schedule is he wants to start campaigning on the improving economy. hey, look at my record. the economy is getting better. it's my policies. give me time and i told you this would work sort of thing. he's hopetion if he takes that hess saj onto the road maybe he accumulates political capital. >> muriel bowser is now the mayor of district of columbia. she'll be on your hoe. >> she, kaya henderson and cathy lanier. >> you better watch out. >> in 2015 only one u.s. city

where there are women in charge of the top three posts, police chief, school superintendent and mayor. it's washington, d.c. we wonder if women in charge of washington in 2016 is going to change washington? it's already happening on the city level. >> great conversation. >> full show. >> full show. you can kaech it right here "meet the press" right here on nbc4 after "news 4 today." one of muriel bowser's first tv interviews as mayor. right here on nbc4 bous her be on "meet the press" along with cathy lanier and kaya henderson, all part of a special segment the women who run washington. you can catch that right here at 10:30. this morning investigators trying to figure out what led to the death of a missing college student in pennsylvania. 21-year-old shane montgomery was a senior at westchester university in pennsylvania. his mom says his body was found in a river outside of philadelphia. as she spoke, she fought back the tears.

>> i want to thank everyone for their support and prayers and love ask they continue to pray for our family at this trying time. >> shane disappeared on thanksgiving morning after a night out with friends. today an american health worker who may have ebola will arrive in the united states. a worker was exposed while treating people with the cyrus in sierra leone. the patient is being sent to the nebraska medical center in omaha. doctors say the person hasn't developed ebola symptoms. the patient will be under observation in the same room used for treatment of the first three ebola patients. take a look at this mess. a salt truck spun out of control, crashed into that house in pennsylvania. you see the firemen working away. it happened yesterday morning. this was just outside of pittsburgh. the family was upstairs at the time. no one was hurt. the salt truck driver is expected to be okay. a friend of the person who lives

in the josing it took two tow trucks to get that salt truck out of there. it's flipped over totally on its side. pretty amazing he walked away from that. >> lucky guy. >> salt trucks out there. but we're not dealing with salt trucks yet. >> not yet. we may have to worry about salt trucks as we get into the day on tuesday. but for now, nothing to worry about. everything you have to worry about today is going to be in the liquid form this morning. then the winds turn back around to the west and northwest tonight and into tomorrow. that's it everybody. our little mini spring break which is going to last all of about three hours this afternoon is going to be over and done with as fast as it gets in here. as a result plan on a cold week ahead. here you go. what to expect in the week ahead. how about this? a lot of wind a lot of cold and a little snow. best snow chance is going to be on tuesday this week but emphasis on the word little. this is not going to be a

crippling blizzard. that said we could indeed be dealing with impactful snow especially from washington northbound to the mason-dixon line as we get into tuesday morning. obviously we'll be following this very, very closely. for now though on your way out the door this morning. it is raining, just about everywhere in the immediate metro area from gathders burg down to waldorf, la play that all getting wet this morning. rain from lease berg to opal to warrenton, culpepper. the rain extends down i-81 into tennessee. if you're flying down to the southeast, you may have bumpy flights to go. on the back side of all this went ser waiting everybody. there's the cold front coming through about cincinnati ohio now. the cold front itself is about 12 hours away. the rain will end before that happens, but do expect a bit of a sloppy start first thing this morning. temperatures big range, 46 in

town 41 in frederick, 37 in hagerstown though. wind chester back to 46. they were 50 an hour ago. what should you expect to wear for today. i would definitely have your umbrellalight to medium-weight jacket. you'll be able to shed those players layers by later this afternoon. for this morning, surn is up at 7:27. 46 now. 48 at 8:00 with the rain. 50 by 10:00 with the rain starting the ease up. hit-and-miss showers by noon with temperatures into the mid 50s. by later this afternoon, showers ending early. temperatures mid to upper 50s by 1:00. low to mid 60s by 4:00 5:00 this afternoon as the westerly winds start to kick in. plan on a mild day today with temperatures for highs, upper 50s for hagerstown low 60s around the metro and even mid 60s towards fredricksburg and cull per. mild day today, enjoy it. here is future weather. there is the rain around first thing this morning. there's a bit of a disagreement

in the computer models. our main one thinks that the rain is primarily over by 1:00. could still get a little hit-or-miss shower by later this afternoon. as t may be able to ring out one or two quick showers. the bulk of the rain will be done by then. as we get through monday sunny, windy and cold and tuesday tuesday morning we go. there's the chance for snow just in time for the second half of the morning commute on tuesday morning. doesn't look like a lot of snow but it will have a chance anyway of being our first inch here in washington. 63 today. barely 40 tomorrow. highs in the mid 30s on tuesday and then subfreezing high temperatures as we get towards wednesday, thursday maybe even into friday. starting off temperatures single digits and teens by later in the week. who's in, who's out of the play-offs and why baltimore fans are waking up happy? >>. what's behind the hype of cat

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good sunday morning everyone. i'm jason pugh. nfl play-off sunday it is. bengals visiting the colts in the afc while the cowboys host the detroit lions in the nfc. the ravens head to new england next saturday after taking care of business against the steelers. joe flacco continues his impressive play-off resume. baltimore's quarterback threw for two scores and picked up his seventh career road play-off victory. play of the game goes to terrell suggs. they call him t. sizzle for a reason. somehow he managed to hold on to this interception from ben roethlisberger. suggs caught that ball with his legs his kneecaps. the ravens win their first play-off game in pittsburgh 30-17. >> we played our best football game of the year right here. i think it's because of what we've been through all year the way we stuck together all year had each other's back, maintained our faith. that's what made the difference for us. >> whenever the time is done on

the field, ki never see i'd beat the steelers in the postseason. now it's done. a great achievement. short lived though. you know what i mean? we're going to enjoy it. but all know who we're dealing with next. on the nfc side the panthers take care of the cardinals in historic fashion. the panthers' defense held the cards to 78 yards of total offense, the fewest ever allowed in a postseason game. cam newton picked up his first career play-off victory. the panthers win their first play-off game since 2006 27-16. they await today's results to see where they head next. don't forget the capitals back on the ice today against the panthers hoping to take that momentum from the winter classic and bring it to the verizon center. puck drops at 3:00. that's a look at your morning sports. hope your sunday is a good one. jason, thanks. someone still stuck on christmas, so to speak. in california firefighters spending two hours trying to help this woman who got trapped in the chimney yesterday.

you can see right there. those are her legs covered in soot and dangling in the photo. no word on how she got stuck. the homeowner says the woman is the mother of his children and doesn't live there. she doesn't live there, he does say she visits often. >> through the chimney? >> apparently this happening in the middle of the night. apparently she couldn't get through the traditional way. he said he almost fell off the roof trying to get her out. >> much more ahead on "news 4 today" for everyone. >> including an hour by hour look at your forecast

more rain expected this morning. you can see it on storm team 4 radar. we're tracking spring-like temperatures. you want to hear when winter's arctic air will make a return. teens shot on their way to a synagogue and we're learning nay have been at the wrong place at the wrong time. >> good morning and welcome in on "news 4 today." i'm adam tuss. >> i'm angie goff. so glad you can join us on this sunday morning. take a look outside. it is nasty out there, wet and soggy. >> kind of all night long you could hear the rain going. >> we're hoping we can find out when all this will end. hopefully sometimes today, right, chuck? >> absolutely right, angie and adam. good morning everybody. off to a very wet start this

morning. optimism reigns supreme in the weather department. the rain should be done around lunchtime this afternoon. we'll get a one-day warmup today. temperatures in the mid 40s. that's above our average high temperature already and the sun is not even up yet. it is a solid sheet of rain outside this morning, all the way from the mason-dixon line down into the shenandoah valley. don't plan on much of a dry start first thing today as it's raining pretty much everywhere. temperature, 48 in washington 45 gaithersburg 46 in ft. belvoir. hour by hour today temperatures in the mid 50s by lunchtime with the rain coming to an end. breezy and mild for a brief time this afternoon. if we can get the raindrops stopped, we'll easily make it into the 60s today. tomorrow the highs only in the 30s to maybe 40 degrees. that's the leading edge of what will be a cold week. more on that coming up.

right now many drivers are making their way back home following their holiday getaway. taking a live look at i-95 express lanes in northern virginia. remember you'll need that easy pass to use these lanes. tolls will vary depending ong how crowded the lanes get. if you want to drive on the lanes for free you'll need an easy pass with a flex option. plus at least three people need to be in your car or truck. the lane stretches from edsel road to garrison road in stafford county. following a developing story this morning. two teenagers shot outside a synagogue in prince george's county. this happened on the 12th court of ridge road in greenbelt. the teenagers were shot 100 feet away from the miskhan torah synagogue. a 19-year-old was shot in the stomach. he was able to run into the synagogue to get help. a 16-year-old boy was shot in

the shoulder. police don't believe the teens or the synagogue were the intended targets. no word yet on a suspect. a second d.c. club in foggy bottom is shut down following a stabbing. wurn man was stand out side the zanzibar nightclub a week after five people were stabbed at mcfadden's. news 4's derrick ward reports. >> reporter: the scene just after 1:00 a.m. saturday. a fight had broken out between two men at the zanzibar on 19th street northwest. one of the men was stabbed. his condition is unknown. police soon arrested 35-year-old joseph ricardo johnson of northeast d.c. and charged him with assault with intent to kill. by saturday evening police officially declared the restaurant temporarily closed just like an establishment a few blocks up pennsylvania avenue mcfadden's. on december 27th five people were stabbed here after a brawl. this facility was also shut down pending a hearing.

police have pictures of two men they're calling persons of interest in the mcfadden stabbing. police say the zanzibar and heritage india will both remained cloegs while the regulatory agency reviews what goes on here to determine if the closure should be extended. we're learning more about the investigation into d.c.'s first murder of 20156789 it happened around 4:00 a.m. on bruce place southeast yesterday morning. the victim is 35-year-old rarksaji ross. detectives say someone shot and killed him. two masked men were seen running away from the scene after the shooting police are offering a $25,000 reward for anyone with information in the murder. today we could hear more from the capitol heights council member who was arrested. friday night a prince george's county police officer stopped elaine scott williams for a minor traffic violation. during that stop the officer learned she was driving on a suspended license. scott williams was also wanted for failing to appear in court for a prior traffic violation. she was arrested and has since

been released. right now good weather conditions allowing dive teams to examine wreckage of airasia flight 8501. the plane crashed a week ago in the java sea off the coast of indonesia. sonar has detected large objects on the ocean floor. officials believe they belong to the plane. divers are looking for the plane's black boxes and bodies of more victims. so far 30 bodies of the 162 people on board have been recovered. >> north korea is calling the united states' latest sanctions groundless. this week the u.s. imposed new sanctions against the country's defense industry for its role in the cyber attack against sony. in a statement today north korea's foreign ministry accused the u.s. of stirring up hostility with pyongyang. in the week ahead former virginia governor bob mcdonnell will be sentenced. it will happen on tuesday. federal prosecutors recommended a sentence of 10 to 12 years

behind bars. mcdonnell's defense team wants no jail time. they're suggesting 6,000 hours of community service. in september a jury convicted mcdonnell on 11 federal corruption chargers. we outlined the case for you. go to nbcwashington.com and search mcdonnell. tomorrow the man accused in the boston marathon bombing will begin his trial as planned. jury selection will begin in the trial of dzhokhar tsarnaev. a federal judge turned down a defense request to have the trial moved out of boston. the defense argued it would be impossible for him to get a fair jury. tsarnaev pleaded not guilty. working now to get you ready for the week ahead. tomorrow the hyattsville city council will consider letting your 16-year-old vote in local elections. the council will hear public comments on the proposal during monday's council meeting. the idea is to increase voter

turnout. the public hearing begins tomorrow at 7:45 p.m. on tuesday the 114th congress will gavel into session. republicans will control both the house and senate. kentucky senator mitch mcconnell will become the senate majority leader. nevada senator harry reid will become minority leader. republicans will have a majority in congress. however, they do not have numbers needed to override a presidential veto? >> can you believe it? we're less than a week away from the 2015 nbc4 health and fitness expo. the expo begins january 10th at the convention center in downtown d.c. this year we're expanding the focus on one of the most important kinds of health mental health. only on news 4, thousands ofal public schools, but few are being watched in realtime. we're going to take you inside the security hub to show you what is being recorded whether students realize it or not. some of you might be thinking ahead toward retirement. we'll tell you what's attracteding retirees to one place, making it the best place in the world to settle down. we'll get a glimpse of that

sun when the rain moves out today. after that beware winter is coming back with a vengeance. when will we see

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four-legged friends. >> cat cafes are poption up around the world. nbc's keir simmons reports. >> reporter: they're clever cats. can any cat ever have been as cunning as these furry divas who persuaded folks to give them their own cafe in new york where you can fall in love and take home one of the doz n cats all of them previously abandoned or homeless. >> at least get your cat in a couple days. that's your cat. you get to play and fall in love with a cat. >> reporter: just this week three cats were picked for adoption. there's now a cat cafe in vienna too and here in east london where it's felines first. you can come here for a cup of coffee or tea, be shh, it's nap time. come in pull up a chair. i've been sent on easier interviews. >> hello. >> reporter: these days pets are not always possible if you live in a city apartment. perhaps that's why these cafes

are so popular among humans. >> what are you having? coffee? no. >> reporter: it is run in principle by a human. >> it's very uncomplicated. >> reporter: there's no doubt who is in charge. >> make sure that your flash is off. cats do need 18 hours of sleep every day. >> reporter: 20,000 animal lovers have booked. >> it's nice. they're walking all over there. >> somewhere to share our cat passion. >> reporter: if you make it along, fair warning -- >> sorry. what did i say? >> reporter: do your best not to upset the locals. keir simmons, nbc news london. >> really? >> not just in london. new york denver. there's talk that one might come to d.c. they're really serious. they call it catiquette. >> let's give the dogs some

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kids return to cool on monday and there will be extra eyes in the sky when the doors reopen. >> review by news 4's skok mcfarland reveals a fast growing number of security cameras at local public schools, whether students realize it or not. >> reporter: sometimes the cameras catch burglars in the act like they did day agess ago at stanton elementary or when a student's headphones were mistaken for a weapon. >> we're allowed to see a lot larger area than we could if we just had security staff in the schools. >> reporter: news 4 reviewed security programs at eight local school districts and found combined those districts now use more than 30,000 security cameras. hundreds of them installed in just recent months. >> that card was not programmed

to access that door. >> reporter: montgomery county public schools allowed us inside their security hub where he can pull any of the school district's 5,000 cameras onto his big screen. >> we use this to go back and reconstruct events. >> he can check the hands of one high school staff member standing near the lockal and people who live near school buildings question whether all the cameras are overkill. >> i don't think it's necessarily going to prevent things. we would like to have people watching the cameras are on the ground. >> reporter: he says the cameras are too much for him and staff to screen continually. >> can any one person here regularly monitor them? >> no no it would be impossible. >> reporter: he said school security staffers are more important. some of the kids realize there are too many cameras for staff to be watching. this pair of students was

positioned right next to a camera. >> i think people get used to it and forget the cameras are even there. i think that's any building we go into. we logically know there's cameras there, but i don't think we think about it. >> government agency haves been handing out grant moneys to help pay for the security cameras. increasingly in the wake of school shootings nationwide. in northwest d.c. scott macfarlane, news 4. if you head to our website, you find out how other school districts are using their cameras. go to nbcwashington.com and click on investigations. if you've got a tip for the i team send it to us right from that page. at least two tornadoes swept through parts of mississippi this weekend. take a look. several mobile homes right there destroyed, blown into the woods. the jasper county sheriff saying no one was home at the time the tornadoes hit. heavy rain is also causing problems right now. the national weather service

issuing flash flood watches throughout much of south and central mississippi. we know parts of louisiana and alabama also hit out there pretty hard and we're seeing a good amount of rain heavy out of herndon earlier this morning. >> absolutely. it's all a big push of moisture ahead of a very strong cold front which promises to bring a huge change in the weather around here in about 12 to 18 hours from now. it won't look or feel anything like it does this morning. that's actually not a bad thing because it's kind of an ugly look and feel out there today. temperatures are in the 40s right now. it has been steadily raining really since about sundown last night. we had a half inch today, about another quarter to a half depending on where you live since midnight last night. there's a live view over ronald reagan washington national airport this morning. wet runways and wet roadways as well. this is going to continue for the next couple hours. mild 48 degrees at reagan national. keep in mind our average high temperature this time of year is

only 43. we're already in plus territory. a pig push of warm air coming this afternoon. temperatures are widespread. 38 in martinsburg, in winchester 50 degrees already. 45 charlottesville, 44 degrees into leonardtown and solomon's island. 45 in annapolis and edgewater this morning. temperatures already are 10 to 15 degrees warmer now than we were at the same time yesterday. i think later on this afternoon, easily surging into the upper 50s and probably the low 60s for a brief time. we could get to the mid 60s here in washington if we can get enough sunshine. the real challenge will be getting the rain and the clouds out. south winds will provide for an amazing warmup. i don't know that we can get to 65 without a little sunshine. storm team 4 radar, raining along 270 from farther hurley boulevard to the capital beltway, raining onto the western sides of the beltway as well towards fairfax and false

church. showers from front royal to luray, to warrenton. moving into the metro. more rain to the south and west of there as well. but it thins out a bit. heavy rain through parts of georgia, alabama and florida today. but there's the cold front which will bring winter back to the mid atlantic. it's about ten hours or so from reaching the i-95 corridor. temperatures will fall precipitously once the front goes by so by the time you wake up tomorrow morning, it won't feel like this. this is this afternoon. low, perhaps the mids for a time this afternoon and back into the 30s by the tomorrow morning. future weather forecast rainy weathe differing computer models are the main model that we follow here say it is rain is out by about lunchtime or shortly thereafter. as the cold front goes by it might be able to ring out one or two more showers on the front itself but the steady rain we've been dealing with now will not last.

cold wind whipped sunshine for tomorrow will lead to a snow chance by the time we get to tuesday morning. keep that in mind. winter is not done with us just yet. 63 today with the rain ending. 40 tomorrow with the sunshine and the wind. chance of maybe an inch here in washington on tuesday. and then bitterly cold weather as arctic air settles in second half of the week. >> chuck, thank you. something keeps popping um at airports and the tsa i trading-in or selling your car truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, book an appointment. and three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. ♪ find out how much your car is worth ♪ ♪ at webuyanycar.com ♪

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if you are travel being a cane you may have a hidden weapon and may not know it. >> the tsa says more people are bringing weapons to the security checkpoint that have been placed inside their cane. we took a behind-the-scenes look at the cane. >> it looks like a cane and it is. but it's also more than that. the transportation security administration says on a daily basis now canes with swords or knives concealed insild are being brought to the security checkpoint. >> they don't realize at all that anything is actually inside a cane. >> reporter: the tsa showing us what lies beneath. >> this style is fairly popular. with an ornate handle. >> is that kind of a giveaway that there might be something more inside? >> i think so. more of a fierce menacing head.

here it's got, again, you untwist, unscrew it. look at that. >> reporter: it's become such an issue, tsa now advising anyone who uses a cane to twist the top of it and inspect it. many have been given as gifts or bought at yard sales. a lot of older-style come with this type of defense feature. >> for the most part you say it's a rock. what's in it? it's a rock. it's a cane what's in it? it's a cane. the question seems odd to begin with record in every case the tsa says you're going to lose your cane if it has an artfully concealed weapon. >> it's more serious than having your cane taken way way. in some places like new york city you can actually be arrested. >> 7:27. they're calling it an unimaginable tragedy and a miracle. a little girl is the sole survivor of the plane crash. now we're hearing from the man

she went to for help. >> enjoy the spring-like warmth we're getting today. for your workweek it's going to get cold. talking single digit temperatures. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell timing it out for you. that's coming up. don't forget to stay connected with us when you're online and on your smart phone. you can follow us both on at which

two teenage rs were shot just before midnight in greenbelt. the teens were shot in front of a synagogue and police don't believe they were the intended targets. police arrested a 35-year-old man in connection with a stabbing in the direction. joseph johnson is charged with assault with intent to kill. he's accused of stabbing a man outside the zanzibar club on 19th street in the nothing gi bottom area. police temporarily closed that restaurant. thanks for joining us everybody. we want to begin with our weather. the spring-like warmth we'll have and why we need to soak it up while we can. >> rain in the morning, crazy temperature change later this afternoon. what's going on chuck? >> a little bit of everything. a powerhouse cold front promises to bring old man winter back tomorrow. ahead of the front, a push of warm air coming up the eastern

seaboard that we should be able to enjoy for a couple hours mid to late afternoon. raining through the overnight hours and still wet this morning. there's more rain where that came from. these showers will not last all day long. they should break up and leave here by about noontime today. any break or two of sunshine 24 afternoon will be in the 60s. already near 50 around town. 60s is not that big of a climb. a rainy morning, mostly dry this afternoon, turning breezy and mild. the more sunshine we get, the farther into the 60s we will go. it's a one-day warm spell from rainy to mild today. chance of maybe our first inch of snow on tuesday. and then bitterly cold weather later in the week. all the details with your seven day are a few more minutes from now. >> thanks chuck. this morning six university of maryland students are alive after smoke detectors woke them up when a fire alarm broke out.

news 4's kristin wright shows the incredible pictures. >> reporter: a ball of fooir lit up the night. flames took over the house on dartmouth avenue burning feet from home of city councilwoman stephanie tell lech. >> my husband woke me up and said the house next door is on fire. >> reporter: he took these pictures after calling 911. >> it was very scary. the flames were pretty intense. >> reporter: six university of maryland students escaped. after searching the house, firefighters got out, also. they thought it could collapse. they fought the fire from outside, knocked down the heaviest flaerms and went back in. a firefighter was hurt. >> he was transported down to the burn unit at washington hospital center where he was treated and released. >> reporter: crews boarded up windows. investigators thi the fire started at an upstairs family room. smoke alarms woke them up. >> the law in prince george's county requires working snoek

alarm. the city of college park does a tremendous job ensuring that rental homes have a multiple amount of snoek alarms. >> reporter: the red cross is helping those students. >> initially we were of course really worried about them. wu really glad to hear they got out. >> reporter: in college park, kristin wright news 4. this morning police are on alert. someone wrote kill cops signed by the vigilante. this happened outside the foxfire apartments in laurel. officers posted it on their facebook page to warn others. a lot of police departments have been on edge since two new york city officers were shot and killed in their squad car. this man sitting behind bars this morning for trying to drive into a deputy's cruiser. the loudoun county sheriff's department says jake degeronimo broke into a woman's home assaulted her and stole her car and then tried to ram a deputy's cruiser. he wasn't hit.

he's being held would bond. the deputy is on routine administrative leave. today will be the final farewell to a new york city police officer who was targeted and killed. the funeral for detective wenjian liu will be this morning. the ceremony will be followed by a traditional police ceremony with eulogyies led by a chaplain. >> reporter: in the cold rain and snow they came by the hundreds to honor a fallen officer, new york police detective wenjian liu. out in force, his brothers and sisters in blue. jetblue flew more than 1100 police for flee from as far away as california. >> it doesn't matter if you're in the south, midwest, west coast, here. >> show respect for the officers that we lost. >> reporter: members of liu's family traveled from china, also flying free. his wife of only a few months spoke to reporters two days

after he and his partner rafael ramos wererutally gunned down in brooklyn. >> we will stand together and get through this together. >> reporter: also attending, the new yorkers liu and ramos helped protect and serve. >> i just felt that he had given his life for the city so he deserves to be recognized. >> reporter: new york city mayor bill deblasio and commissioner bill bratton arrived together and were greeted by absolute from some officers. last week when deblasio eulogized ramos, hundreds of officers turned their backs. even before the protest ever eric garner's death and complaints by officers that deblasio didn't lend enough support, there had been tensions. deblasio was elected on the pledge to end the practice known as stop and frisk. some say relation haves been further strained by contentious

contract negotiations. on friday bratton said they're bound by the tradition, honor and decency that go with the profession. he said a hero's funeral is about grieving not grievance, hoping to head off a last week's silent protest that's final farewell to detective liu. john yang nbc news, new york. coming up in the week ahead, washington nationals outfielder jayson werth will appeal his reckless driving conviction. last month a fairfax county judge sentenced werth to ten days in jail. back in july a virginia state trooper clocked his porsche going over 100 miles an hour on the beltway. the judge also suspended his license for six months and hit him with a $1,000 fine. all greek life on the campus at the university of virginia could pick back up this week. all fraternities and sororities were suspended back in november.

president theresa sullivan suspended the organizations after a sexual assault was highlighted in the "rolling stone" magazine. president sullivan kept the suspension in place. she said the university is working to reform its party culture and also to improve safety. we're looking at 7:37 right now. it's a story being called tragic and remarkable all at the same time. a little girl survives a plane crash that killed her family. what we're learning about how she walked away from that wreck. a live look outside where it's been steadily raining since last night. relief is in sight. chuck will tell you when. a family faces a terrifying surprise during a holiday cabin trip. the terror lu

today we could learn more about a plane crash that killed four people leaving one sole

survivor. they're calling it an unimaginable tragedy and a miracle. a 7-year-old showed up at a stranger's door asking for help. nbc's dan shen men has more. it was the first sign anything was wrong. >> answered the door and the little girl 7 or 8 years old standing there bleeding legs and all scratched up arms scratched up. she said her mom and dad were dead. she had been in a plane crash. >> 7-year-old sailor gutsler survived the crash and walked three-quarters of a mile through the dark woods. police rushed in. it took more than two hours to locate the plane in the dense woods. killed in the crash, her parents, marty and kimberly her 9-year-old sister piper and her 14-year-old cousin sierra wilder. >> a miracle she survived. also the fact that she didn't

succumb to exposure or hypothermia and able to have the sensibility to try to get help. >> the plane took off from key west, florida, stopped to refuel in tallahassee. in route to mt. vernon, illinois. it lost contact with air traffic control over kentucky shortly after reporting engine trouble. marty gunsler was a pilot for 30 years. in nashville, illinois, there is sadness. >> this is a devastating loss to our community. we lift up this family in our prayers. >> ntsb investigators are on the scene trying to determine what went so tragically wrong. >> survivor, deserves a lot of credit. >> reporter: an incredible survivor's story, a little girl who is now with family as they work to heal from an unimaginable loss. dan shen men, nbc news. >> the national transportation safety board will hold a news conference later today. a cat hiding dirn the porch, that's kind of cute. a mountain lie on that's scary. how a family on vacation caught the animal just in time.

what's going on chuck? >> a little rain in the morning. that's kind of cute. a little snow in the middle of the week that's kind of how can i

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how that brave 7-year-old girl managed to walk away from the plane crash that killed her family. we're live in kentucky with the latest. also ahead a day of weather extremes bitter cold blasts in the planes to temperatures near 60 here in the northeast. dylan is tracking it all for us. >> one reality tv star planning to leave her new jersey man shun for prison. we'll have the latest on her final days of freedom. if you're looking for love we've gather advice for you. >> gilbert god freed and geraldo hiv vera in "celebrity apprentice." >> looks like a great cast this year. >> a fascinating group of people. >> sounds like you'll have your hands full in the studio today. >> i think we might. >> have a good one. today an american health worker who may have ebola will arrive in united states. the worker was exposed while treating people with the virus in sierra leone.

the patient being sent to the nebraska medical center in omaha. doctors say the person hasn't developed ebola symptoms but they are talking precautions. the patient will be under observation on the same room used for treatment in the first three ebola patients. here is something you don't see. a bobcat stuck between a grill and a hard place. it was caught in the car between the grill and the radiator in scottsdale arizona. the driver was on his way to dinner when they noticed the bobcat when they parked. members of the game commission tranquilized and freed him. he was taken to a conservation center and he checked out all right. he's just hungry. this morning we are hearing from a family who found a mountain lion under their porch. this happened at a home near salt lake city. nbc's alex cabrera reports.

>> reporter: when camry string ham got this flying princess toy from san tax it might have been the best day of her year until mother nature this year already brought her something even better. >> you want to them hem what you saw? you can't blame a 4-year-old for being shy in front of a news camera acting like a cat got her tongue. only that's kind of what could have happen. >> her head was the size of a basketball. the paws were huge. >> the stringhams were at a friend's cabin when someone noticed what they thought was a mountain lie on underneath a porch. whatever it was, left no doubt. >> just sitting there and hearing her blood curdling scream and telling the kids to lock all the doors. >> yeah it was a mountain lion all right. some of the adults went down to the porch with a flashlight and could see her eyes glowing. >> it was pretty exciting. i had a big guy on both sides, so i felt pretty good. >> eventually utah's division of

wildlife resources. the cat was so big it had to be tranquilized a few times. they even let the kids pet the cat before taking the cat away. >> reporter: he loves spernding time in the mountains hunting, fishing and camping which is why he knows how rare it is to see a mountain lion, another reason he told his children to take a picture and remember this because it may never happen again. >> most people never see a mountain lion because they're that creature. before you do. >> although camry is back playing with her princess -- >> my little one saying she got to pet a mountain lion. no other kid is going to say that. >> wow. >> i would be freaked out. i'm going to say right now. that would scare me. no way! >> there are professionals with tranquilizer -- >> they're such beautiful creatures creatures. >> beautiful out in the wild. >> when they're not snarling at

you. >> when they're in the grill of your car o or under the picnic table, not so much. >> a little sunshine today. it will be a challenge to get the sun out. but that may not prevent most of the warmup. i think we can cross 60 degrees even without the sun courtesy of what will become a very strong southwesterly wind later this afternoon. we get a couple peeks of sunshine. we can climb into the 60s. if we can break out to maybe two or three hours of sunshine which i really don't think is going to happen we could make mid to upper 60s. we'll keep our fingers crossed. for that, plan on a relatively yucky start this morning. there's a live view over ronald reagan washington national airport. everyone is wet this morning. the rain is starting to taper off a bit. light showers now. 48 degrees at reagan national. you will need to have the umbrella with you dichlt temperatures in the 40s, a medium weight jacket first thing this morning. have a shedable player because it will be mild later today.

light rain now still continuing all around the immediate metro area from fairfax towards bowie and prince george's county garthers burg to leesburg all still wet. all the roads are wet even though the rain has temporarily stopped in winchester and front royal. more rain to the south and west. you can see it's starting to break up a bit as it comes in here east of the mountains. heavier weather towards atlanta. the cold front which will bring winter back overnight tonight into tomorrow that's only about ten hours or so away from the i-95 corridor. around about 6:00 this evening that's when the much colder air will start to filter in. you should be preparing for that. temperatures now 30s in northern maryland 50 in winchester near 50 in fredricksburg, 45 along the bay and 48 in town. your hometown forecast beautiful manassas south of dulles international airport, 48 degrees with showers at 9:00 a.m. peek ofs sunshine but mild and breezy by 2:00 with temperatures in the low 60s.

relatively mild through about 7:00. going to dinner or a show tonight, breezy 55 degrees during the early evening. back into the upper 40s by later this evening. i keep mentioning we have two different computer models painting different pictures for the day. here is our short range high resolution model, moderate rain through 11:00 this morning and showers through about 2:00 or 3:00. it never really gets the rain out of here. our other model, though look at this. by 11:00 this morning, has all the rain out and cloudy and mainly dry this afternoon with another chance for a shower as the front goes by. that's the reason there's not a lot of confidence in how much sunshine we're going to see. here is what's for sure. it will be cold and breezy tomorrow and a chance of our first snowfall coming into the day on tuesday. we'll be keeping you posted on that very very carefully. doesn't look like a big one. it could be something that could interfere with the tuesday morning rush. quick check of the seven-day, 60s today and then winter winter and more winter.

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today is your last chance to visit the national children's museum at national harbor. the museum is closing and will move back to the district, this after spending two years in maryland. the museum wants to increase its

program space and accessibility to metro. some exhibits will be relocated to the d.c. public library while the museum finds a new space. 7:55 now. four things for you to know today. two teenagers were shot outside a synagogue in prince george's county. this happened just before midnight on ridge road in greenbelt. the teens were shot in front of the miskhan torah synagogue. police don't believe they were the intended targets. police arrested a 35-year-old man in connection with a stabbing in the district. joseph johnson is charged with assault with intent to kill, accused of stabbing a man outside the zanzibar club in the foggy bottom area. police temporarily closed that restaurant. in the day ahead, we could learn more about a plane crash that killed four people a 7-year-old girl survived the crash in kentucky and walked nearly a mile barefoot in 30-degree weather for help. she flying home with her family when the plane crashed on friday. good weather is helping dive

teams examine wreckage of airasia flight 8501. sonar has detected large objects on the ocean floor. officials believe they do belong to the plane. we want to remind you we are less than a week away from the 2015 nbc4 health and fitness expo. always a great time. the expo begins january 10 at the convention center in downtown d.c. this year we're expanding the focus on one of the most important kinds of health mental health. >> we will all be out there. i love the health and fitness expo. a lot of new, fun things as well. the police games are coming here. there will be a big exhibit for the kids. and fashion shows. i'm hosting a fitness fashion show. >> the autograph signing contest, which one of the news 4 folks can sign the most? >> i have to put pat collins on top of the list. >> he's hard to find at the

expo. showery now, mild this afternoon. then cold all week. >> that's all for

good morning. bit wither blast. an arctic outbreak ushering in the coldest temperatures we've seen so far this winter. single digits expected to spread east where today temperatures are near 60.

al this as major clean up is underway in the south follong storms and tornados. dylan has the complete survivor's story. incredible details about how the brave young girl managed to walk away from the plane crash that killed her family. >> a 7-year-old has just come out of the woods alone. >> how the survival skills she learned from her father likely saved her life. royal scandal. buckingham palace responding