thanksgiving and we told you the sunshine we saw last week would go away and we saw nothing, but cloud cover and that's what we'll see not only today, but right on through the day tomorrow and wednesday, too. take a look at this and this is the bigger story here and it's raining with temperatures that are in the 30s and 37 in leesburg and 37 down toward culpeper and so very cold numbers continuing with the rain. so it is a very dreary, very chilly afternoon across our region and you notice the heaviest rain down to southern maryland and down to the potomac and we're seeing drizzle across the area so the roads will continue to be on the wet side and it will continue to be slow going as you move on out and slow going from raleigh all of the way to d.c. and more rain likely not just today and tomorrow, but wednesday is the day when we could see heavier rain. we'll continue to break it down for you and i've got the latest forecast coming up at 5:25. >> thank you, doug. right now at 5:00, the man

arrested for jumping the fence at the white house is preparing to head back to his home state of connecticut. only a news 4 camera was there as joseph caputo arrived for a court hearing this morning. after he entered a plea of not guilty a judge agreed to release him without any bond. you may remember joseph caputo was arrested thanksgiving day after climbing over a fence at the executive mansion. his release today won't come without some conditions. let's go straight to news 4's meagan fitzgerald. she's live at the u.s. district courthouse. meagan? >> -- ordered him to undergo a psychological evaluation in connecticut. he is inside his mother's home and that was a specific thing that the judge talked about between 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. and he also ordered him to stay away from the district of columbia. last monday 23-year-old joseph caputo posted this picture of himself posing in front of the

white house. this monday -- >> joe, why did he jump the fence? >> he walked with his mother, friends and secret service agents to federal court where he pled not guilty to jumping the white house fence. >> his attorney says caputo rewrote the constitution which was in a binder he had in his mouth when he jumped. his client wanted the government to see his document. >> he is a politically conscious young man and some of the things he wrote in his re-written constitution of sorts include the need for change in education, separation of powers, voting and that type of thing. >> reporter: instead caputo was arrested and carried off by secret service officers when he landed on the north lawn. according to court documents investigators found a suicide note from a home he was staying at in a home in virginia and they found a note saying he intended to die.

>> i think what my client did was leave some instruction in contemplation of what might happen after he jumped the white house fence, basically. >> reporter: caputo will head back to connecticut on bond until after he returns to court in january. >> reporter: he's expected to appear back in court on january 12th for a status hearing. the judge also ordered him to wear an electric monitor bracelet in connecticut. coming up at 6:00, why his attorney tells us he never believed his client could be a security risk in the first place. pat? >> thanks, meagan. president obama is now in paris and he's talking about the environment. he says as the second largest producer of greenhouse gasses, the u.s. recognizes its role and understands the responsibility to do something about it. the president spoke before 150 world leaders today at a two-week conference on climate change. he warned that a trip to alaska this year gave him a glimpse into the effects of global warming and he outlined the dire

consequences if nothing changes. submerged countries, abandoned city, fields that no longer grow political disruptions that trigger new conflicts and floods of desperate peoples seeking the sanctuaries of nations not their own. >> on capitol hill majority leader kevin mccarthy said the white house will not support the plan including taxpayer money to support a climate deal. climate change will be part of his seventh and final state of the union address. house speaker paul ryan just announced the address that will be held january 12th. that puts the president's speech three weeks from the iowa cau s caucuses and the primary launch of the season. the jury selection is wrapping up in the trial of the baltimore police officer charged in the death of freddie gray. news 4 is there to make sure the latest updates are live in our

nbc washington app for you. chris gordon is live to explain just how long the first trial might last. chris? >> reporter: good evening. the judge announced today that jury selection will take a day or two. the judge has been asking potential jurors to ask them if they can disregard anything they've heard about the case and make a decision based solely on the evidence. >> the demonstrators were so loud on the sidewalk that at one point they can be heard in the fourth floor courtroom during jury selection. >> you are interfering with the flow of foot traffic. >> they are charged in the death of freddie gray who sustained spinal injuries during the police transport. >> in court judge barry williams questioned 80 potential jurors and they are all aware of freddie gray's death and they are aware of the charges against

officer william porter and the curfew that followed writing here in april. i spoke with some baltimore residents outside the courthouse. >> do you think you could be a fair and impartial juror? >> yeah. >> i have been. >> you put aside everything you've seen and you're aware of? >> i definitely could, but others don't believe it. do you think officer porter could get a fair trial in baltimore? >> no. >> why? >> the case is national so with the case being national everybody has already form theired opinion. >> reporter: the judge told jurors that the case could last december 17th and the university of maryland law school says there is a no-nonsense judge. >> think it's typical judge williams. he's not going to allow either party to delay or to make life more difficult for the jurors. the case is going move forward, and i expect by the end of next week that the jury will be

deliberating. >> straight ahead, has the city of baltimore possibly prejudiced the criminal trials of his police officers by making a multimillion payment to freddie gray's family? that part of the story ahead on news 4 at 6:00. pat, back to you. >> all right, chris boardon. police say speed was -- 36 people were hurt. one of them seriously when the bus overturned while exiting the po white parkway in richmond. people on the bus described a frightening scene. >> all of the kids was saying that the bus was driving very, very fast. they had to climb out of the bus and there was a lot of dirt all over her. she said she couldn't move her right arm and they think she may have broken her ribs. >> police say the students were returning to the uva virginia tech and radford university campuses.

the national transportation safety board has been contacted to help investigate the crash. >> metro's new general manager is officially on the job. paul wiedefeld took the red line after hopping off a mark train and he's been hit with a cold dose of reality. customer satisfaction is mrumentetting. >> transportation reporter adam tuss first broke that news and he joins us live now from vienna. adam? >> reporter: pat to the everyday metro rider this report is not that surprising, but what is so interesting is just how far down confidence on the rails is slipping and that is certainly something the new gm will have to work awfully hard to correct. >> on the rails, the distaste is apparent. >> definitely a lot of delays and a lot of unhappy riders. >> this, unfortunately, has been the tune for far too long with metro riders and many like stewart rock are fed up. his message and advice for the new gm to turn it around, pretty

straightforward. >> keep the trains coming and prices low and the people flowing. metro's own analysis shows satisfaction on the rails is way down. take a look at the yellow line on this chart. over the past two years, satisfaction was as high as 84% and now, however, it's mrujed to just 67% and metro concedes that may be costing them riders when he was first introduced and new general manager paul wiedefeld talked about the need to turn things around possibly with metro's death. >> you know what i'm going to do? i'm going to run the organization and people will understand that and either they can perform to that level or they can't. one way metro could be giving back, a proposal to give riders their money back because there say huge delay. right now we still have to pay if you want to lead. he just doesn't think that's right. >> does that seem fair? >> not at all. not fair. >> i don't like that idea. >> a lot of frustration right

now and a new plate for the new gm. >> and now coming up at 6:00, a new idea if metro plans to raise fares for riders and adam tuss, news 4. >> scott for far lane at the live desk and bad news after the holiday shopping season and they all had lackluster sales on black friday and as a result, stocks were down today and they were losing 78 points and investors aren't panicking just yet and they're banking on a better holiday shopping season overall still to come. at the live desk, i'm scott foreca macfarlane. we have the suspect's interview with police and details about the plea in court. and attention, shoppers. data on hundreds of thousands of children may now be in the hands of hackers.

and attention drivers! attention drivers! towing may be coming to an end in montgomery county or curtailed a whole lot. big new

there is a new law in montgomery county to help stop predatory towing. >> it could mean the difference between your car getting towed or not. pat collins is back with the details. what we need to know. pat? >> reporter: you know how it works. you park your car in the lot and you walk off and you're not gone long and you come back. where's my car? where's my car? predatory towing is in some faraway lot and costs big bucks to get it back and now big rules to try to put an end to that sort of thing. they require big warning signs on those parking lots, 24 by 30 inches, at least. they prohibit the use of spotters. they require parking lot owners to authorize and writing each tow. it requires photo evidence of each violation. it requires the tow truck operator to call police before removing the vehicle from the lot.

these are some pretty tough rules. >> they sure are. the nonconsensual tow would be considered a fix. this is a very serious act and it requires a serious, well-balanced law. >> reporter: how bad was this problem? how bad was this problem? i'll tell you how bad it was coming up at 6:00. jim, back to you. >> pat collins. to see more of the violations from towing companies our i-team discovered the nbc washington app and click on investigations and you'll see just how drivers were left in the dark and how lawmakers wanted things changed. ♪ ♪ >> i'm carol maloney out at redskins park. first time since 1999 that the skins weretop the division and nobody out here partying like it's 1999. still a lot of football to be played including up next, the cowboys.

>> it can't get any bigger and i don't each look at it and i just want to look at playing the game against the dallas cowboys. >> reporter: dallas week, one of the final five games of the season. >> we just want meaningful football in december and on top of that it's the dallas cowboys and the rivalry and the fans will want this one and we want to give them something to cheer about. so we're getting back to work right away. >> now it's just a matter of maintaining our focus and work and just continue to take the one game at a time, like i say cliche wise and i'm proud of the team to be in this position and how much they've worked and how much they've overcome on a week to week basis. overall, we have a lot of work to do. >> working on getting back-to-back wins only happened once since 2012. nobody rises to low expectations. skins' sights set high with stakes even higher. >> everyone has the mentality that we'll come out and compete

in this game no matter what it took and it can propel us and it showed us we're capable of winning. >> we still have pretty good opponents left on the schedule. it feels good, but it isn't done. >> we're in first place in our division and we have to go out there and act like a first-place team. >> it feels good, don't it? >> reporter: first place, how long will first last? well, this one's not over, not by a long shot which is a perfect way to describe the redskins this season. reporting live from ashburn, i'm carol maloney, news 4. he just announced his retirement and kobe bryant's farewell tour comes to d.c. this week. on wednesday the wizards host the lakers and he's ready for the reception he'll get from the d.c. crowd. >> there's nothing i love more than to be able to play this entire season, to go through all of these tough times, to be able to suit up and play on the road

and he's playing for the last time and i'm looking forward to that. >> brian says he plans to finish out the season and unlike michael jordan, he says he won't be coming back. tomorrow marks two months before the iowa caucuses. so campaigns are shifting into high gear now and the current front-runner donald trump filed paperwork to be part of the preference convention in the district in early march. it's the first time in recent history the d.c. republicans are hosting the convention to pick their candidates. ted cruz and ben carson have also filed their paperwork and the democratic primary in d.c. isn't until june. >> democratic front-runner hillary clinton is on her way to capitol hill and she'll be picking up endorsements from several senators in her party. earlier the secretary of state held a campaign event at an international leadership think tank. the latest poll shows clinton with a 20-point lead over

vermont senator bernie sanders. a message of reconciliation as pope francis wrapped up his visit to africa. the pope celebrated a mass before 20,000 people today at the stadium in the central african republic. violence between christians and muslims there have divided the capital and forced nearly a million people to flee their homes so far and millions of fighters expressed optimism that the pope's visit was a big step toward peace. first, it was a ban on transfats and oversized sodas. now new york city is taking on salts. starting tomorrow, chain restaurants will be required to warn customers about items high in sodium. the first of its kind rule requires the picture of a salt shaker inside a triangle to be placed next to the food items with more than a teaspoon of salt or 2300 milligrams. the average american consumes about a teaspoon and a half a

day. excess salt is linked to high blood pressure and heart problems and city officials there hope the signs will make a difference. >> when you see this warning label you know that that item has more than the total amount of sodium that you should consume in a single day in that one item. >> will you change the way you order? >> absolutely. >> restaurant groups oppose this idea and healthy eating initiatives shouldn't single out any one ingredient. >> a sign that winter has arrived. if you think we are getting nasty weather. see what people in the midwest are dealing with right now and the same system will impact us. and the test results are in. are your kids ready for college and a look at why d.c. students aren't making

many driver his to be rescued in iowa after sliding off icy and snowy roads impeach visibility is less than a mile in the western and northern parts of the state. up to eight inches of snow were expected. many schools were canceled today. >> check this out just outside oklahoma city. a woman snapped this picture of the ice melting off a speed limit sign. >> if you look closely at the ice you can see the letters and the numbers on the sign remained intact. and now your storm team 4 forecast.

that's really quite an amazing photo out there. for us nothing like that. we don't have the frozen precipitation here, but we do have cold rainmaking its way outside. >> you can see the fog across the region and the mist ask drizzle remains. it is a raw, damp, dreary monday across our region and that's one of the warmest temperatures. we're in the 30s to the north and west and only 37 leesburg and 34 around la rhea. i'm not expecting anything to freeze in our region and the only exception, way back to the west, back toward the mountains and that will be about it and the rest of us will stay above the freezing mark and freezing weather is no problem for us and we'll still see the rain, though, and we'll still see the rain right on through the night tonight and you can see the rain moving on in there and moderate rain falling down i-95 and 66 just a mess as it always is this time of year or this time of night and it's an even bigger mess because of the rain that we

have. the wider view, and we have the clouds and the rain here, and here's the big storm and bringing the snow back towards iowa and the detectives and this will eventually bring in more mild air for us and a better chance of heavier rain during the day on wednesday, but let's take you through the next 24 to 48 hours and here we are at 6:00 tonight and yeah, we've got the rain and rather tonight at 11:00, we still have the rain and guess what? tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m. you still have it and we have it right through the morning rush. ? you'll need to leave a little early. >> this is where we may see a break in the action. a very good idea to keep that umbrella handy and the rain comes back by 10:00 or 11:00 tonight and wednesday morning it starts to get on the heavier side and we could see heavy downpours in parts of the region through wednesday afternoon until the cold front sweeps on through and then temperatures get on the cool side again and

it's going to be on the moderate side for sure and chilly with showers and keep the jackets and the umbrellas handy and you will need it for the next couple of days and temperatures will rise overnight tonight and 53 for a high tomorrow, and 59 on wednesday and some areas could get in the low 60s on wednesday ahead of the cold front and 100% chance of rain both days and not raining all day and we will see periods of rain and you will see rain tuesday and wednesday and much cooler as we head into the day on thursday and friday. temperatures in the upper 40s with plenty of sunshine and remember, the average high temperature is now around 50 degrees and these are fairly seasonable temperatures and coming up at 5:45, veronica will have much more on what to expect and how much rain you can see and what to expect for that weekend if you're hitting the roads. >> thanks, doug. apparently weather was not a factor in the deadly crash involving a male truck, but we're learning more about the potomac, maryland, woman killed.

we'll have a live report. the suspected gunman appeared in court while we learned more about the heros who risked their lives to warn others. i'm julie carey in manassas where the man accused of killing a woodbridge high school student pled guilty to first-degree murder. coming up we hear for the

now at 5:30, charged with murder. a chicago police officer still had bail set after dash cam

video caught him shooting a black teen. holiday shopping warning. one of the largest hacks yet exposes data on hundreds of thousands of kids. we continue to track this cold rain and it's not moving out any time soon and i'll show you when rush hour is looking t the soggiest. a man accused of gunning down a high school student in woodbridge. >> he pled guilty to first-degree murder today. julie carey spoke to the victim's mother about the new, disturbing details that emerged in court. >> reporter: another painful hearing for vicky wilson moore, the victim's mother as prosecutors introduced their evidence. pictures of 16-year-old brenden wilson's body at the murder scene. >> that's my brenden lying on the table, six shots in his back in his nike jacket, his favorite jacket.

that got me, to see him laying on that table. >> reporter: this evidence photo shows wilson's favorite jacket, with six bullet holes in the back. he was shot on the head and side after he hit the ground. kawain smalls had never met the victim when he decided to avenge a confrontation between wilson and his brother. smalls little sister another high school student told wilson she wanted to buy a small amount of marijuana and arranged to meet him in a path called the cut next to the school. in this interrogation obtained exclusively from news 4, he started shooting because he thought the 16-year-old was reaching for a gun. >> and i just pulled the trigger just to put him down one time. >> reporter: wilson's gun turned out to be a bb gun. this was the response that horrified the victim's family when the detective asked smalls if his teenage victim deserved to die. >> i don't feel like people deserve to die, but if you were to ask me if he deserved to get

robbed, get shot. -- [ indiscernible ] >> the victim's family says that comment hits hard even with the satisfaction of a guilty plea. >> he deserved it? how do you -- how do you shoot somebody that you've never met and turn around and say he deserved it. >> kawain faces life in prison when he is sentenced in mid-march. the plea the victim's mother plans to make to the judge on that day. in manassas, i'm julie carey, news 4. the man accused of opening fire at the planned parenthood in colorado made his first court appearance today. >> can you hear me okay? >> yes. >> robert dear appeared via closed-circuit tv and he was vaeszed of his rights and the charges against him. he's accused of killing a police officer and two other people at the clinic.

one victim was shot outside and ran in to warn others before he died. >> i believe it was his military instinct. that was his main priority was to help and save other lives. >> nine other people were knowledge inned during that shootout and standoff. police say they still don't have an exact motive for the alleged attack. a second former wesleyan student pled guilty involving the party drug molly. eric lonergan admitted to distributed the drugs. another former student from bethesda, zachary cramer already pleaded guilty in the case. prosecutors say the pair sold mdma at wesleyan for more than a year. they're recommending at least one year in prison for cramer. one man is dead, another recovering right now after police say they overdosed in southern maryland. deputies found the pair

unconscious after they took opio opioids. health officials say there were 188 drugs -- drug-y r lated deaths in the first part of the year and in st. mary's county where this happened there have been three. police have not identified the victims in the most recent case. >> one in four middle school students in the charter schools is on track to be ready for college and the career. the numbers are far worse for minorities. new scores released today paint a bleak picture in the state of the district's public schools. as mark segraves reports, district leaders see reason to be optimistic. >> we should be sobered by the results that are happening in the park, but we should by no means be ashamed or embarrassed. the sobering news the chancellor is talking about the latest test scores for third through eighth graders. those scores show 25% of charter students tested at or above expectations in english and math and when the scores are broken

down by race, only 17% of black students and about 22% of hispanic students are on track. that's why we developed a common core-aligned curriculum, and created the cornerstone initiative to ensure that every student across the city gets the same caliber of learning experiences. we've expanded our library services and we've invested in our middle schools. >> numbers released several weeks ago showed the same race gap, but revealed much lower test scores for math. the fact that younger students are performing better on annual assessments than high will skooers gives the district leaders the system that they're on the right track. >> we have more work to do for so long, i think it was almost the expectation that families would find a way to opt out of our system, that we didn't make the necessary investments and facilities and teacher training so that families could be confident. i think that we see that turning, albeit slowly, but we

do see it turning. >> she points to a city increasing graduation rates as well as enrolling students in d.c. public schools as an indicator that confidence in the district's public school system is on the rise. in the district, mark segraves, news 4. >> those scores show 25% of charter and public school studentsest itted at or above expectations in english and math and when broken down by race, only 17% of black students, about 22% of hispanic students are on track. now to three decades-long christmas tradition in washington is coming to an abrupt end for 33 years christmas in washington was a hot holiday ticket packed with celebrities, but after last year's show tnt announced it was ending its partnership with the show's producers and it appears a new network couldn't be found. the show began back in 1982 and featured some big, musical acts

like gloria estefan, justin bieber and mariah carey. the first family also attended every year. the show benefited the children's national health system. target was off the mark at the start of cyber monday shopping, but this could still be one for the record books. we'll take you behind the scenes at amazon. plus a major disruption d n downtown you'll want to avoid. we have a warning about construction work that will happen and impact d.c., virginia

target's website is back up and running tonight after cyber monday shoppers apparently crashed the system. >> trying to get those deals. if you tried to log on you may have seen this error message earlier today. a company's spokesperson says they had to limit traffic because more people shopped online compared to black friday. target says last thursday was its largest online sales day. today target is offering 15% off just about everything on its site. there are six official hours left and this could shape up to be the biggest cyber monday ever in terms of sales. amazon is one of the biggest retailers hoping to best its numbers from last year. i'm courtney reagan at an amazon fulfillment center in

robinson, new jersey, where the behemoth is expecting another record day in term of total units sold on this cyber monday. this facility covers 1 million square feet and it runs virtually around the clock to pick and pack consumer orders, each of which will travel 14 miles of conveyor belts before making it off the loading dock and out for delivery. the national retail federation says pulling deals forward this holiday season has taken some of the attention off of shopping on cyber monday. 121 million people are expected to shop today so that is down slightly from last year. but spending, according to adobe is still strong. online sales you expected to hit $3 billion today for the first time on cyber monday which would make today the largest online sales day ever. retailers began offering bargains early in november and the good news is for consumes,

the season is expected to remain competitive so look for those discounts all of the way up until christmas. jim and pat, back to you. a developing story you'll want to hear about with holiday shopping in full swing. kids electronicsmaker vtech tells us hackers may have stolen the information of 5 million customers and their children. vtech says the hackers breached a customer database. it includes the names, birthdays of many of the child users. email addresses, passwords and those secret questions you use to retrieve your password were also on the server. vtech says it contacted all affected customers. i'm tracee wilkins, coming up on news 4, what caused a u.s. postal truck to flip over, crushing another vehicle? we'll have the latest in this ongoing investigation. from coats to warm jackets this week, our temperatures may go up, but we're expectation lot more rain. i'll show you our

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we are getting our first look at the university of maryland alum. >> that crash left another person seriously hurt and it involved an suv and postal service truck that flipped over along cherry hill road in silver spring. news 4's tracee wilkins joins us live on the scene with new details on the crash investigation and the victim. tracee? >> reporter: this was a serious accident. in fact, they just cleared cherry hill road a few hours ago and now traffic is moving again, but it happened at 3:00 a.m. and this was a thorough

investigation and now there are questions as to who was at fault here. 24-year-old a recent graduate of the university of maryland was killed in a violent crash involving a u.s. postal tractor trailer. it happened around 3:00 a.m. >> i heard a loud bang. there was like a screech and then heard, like, a rumble. >> reporter: an infinitei suv somehow collided with the united states postal tractor trailer. >> that's when we you will ran outside and we saw a guy yelling help, help, help. >> the person yelling has been identified as a friend who was following the vehicle involved in a crash. this witness says he was trying to pull the victims out. >> they were saying help me, help me, help me. they're stuck. >> reporter: it took montgomery fire and ems to remove her and her passenger from the vehicle. the passenger is recovering from life-threatening injuries. montgomery county police say

48-year-old daniel freeh was wheaton was driving the u.s. postal tractor trailer. he's expected to be okay. an investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing. >> our investigations are complex and take a lot of time so right now it's rematch you are to discuss who would be at fault. >> reporter: i have been talking with spokespeople for the u.s. postal inspectors throughout the day to find out more about that truck. the latest that i've learn side that that driver was going from one postal facility to another, but i don't know how long he'd been driving nor how long he'd been working with the u.s. postal service. we're hoping to get that information soon. coming up on news 4 at 6:00 we'll hear from witnesses and what it was like for them to rush to the scene first. i'm tracee wilkins, back to you all in the studio. >> repairs from a water main break could make a traffic bottleneck in montgomery county worse for the rest of the week. two lanes on the southbound side of rockville pike between the ramps from the beltway in cedar lane will be closed and that's just before you pass nih and

walter reed. one lane will be for through traffic and the other for turning on to cedar lane and it all stems from the water main break last month and the work should take five to ten days to complete. traffic could mean slow going overnight and starting tonight, crews will close down a single right and single left lane on the southbound side and they'll close a single right and single left on the northbound side. as well as new signage. cameras and radio stmystems, to. that work should be complete some time in the spring. >> right now the minneapolis area is bracing for more snow through the night. here is a live look at the twin cities area. about three inches fell earlier today. about a dozen schools closed their evening events. it's the first big hit of winter so far this season. and it looks like it is. >> we thought we had it rough

today. >> exactly. we're not whining anymore. yesterday there were damp conditions and we are just getting started with this weather system because we have two more days like this yet to get through so here we go. let's talk about this evening if you are going out. it is coat weather out there and the temperatures still in the 30s and creeping up ever so slightly and of course, wet weather continues with just light rain coming down through the area. so umbrella, yes, you will need that heading out. our weather does improve for tuesday and even wednesday slightly instead of a d-minus weather today and heavier rain comes your way and we'll talk about the timing of that in just a moment and more a-type weather for the end of the week and here's part of the storm system moving in and it's the early part of it and showers continue to fall down i-95 and out 66 and around the beltway. we're wet everwhere and a tremendous amount of rain falling and even as the rain moves on there will be down

toward dahlgren. so we're not going to get much of a break here for the next few days. as far as frederick, maryland. visibility is under two miles and it could drop in many pockets like manassas and baltimore and areas through howard county this evening and that could be an issue tomorrow morning. along with more rain coming our way. more cautionary conditions for tomorrow morning's drive and the midday drive roads are wet by evening and we get a break as the rain should be making its way out of here and the bulk of it by 3:00 p.m. tomorrow and we've got more rain that will move in on wednesday. you'll notice that change tomorrow from 49 to 50 degrees, finally we'll get up above 50 and closer to 60 degrees on wednesday and we stay in the 50s tomorrow afternoon and we're not going to drop very much in temperatures as we do move into wednesday morning and this is the soingiest rush hour for sure coming our way and it's wednesday morning between 3:00 and 7:00 a.m. and then again 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. wednesday

afternoon and there is the warm front and the cold front coming through our area. rainfall totals will top out over an inch in most locations. you get the idea. it's going to be wet and just keep the rain gear handy. on the other side of this i think the wind will pick up a bit wednesday evening throughout the day on thursday and 48 and breezy, that's better, by the end of the week we're back to sunshine and cool conditions that continue right through the weekend at 50 to 52 degrees, saturday and sunday we'll talk more about those rainfall totals and any adjustments that have come in on news 4 at 6:00 as we deal with more wet weather. guys? >> thanks, veronica. the d.c. council is expected to take on action for legislation that will make things easier that go after people that sell synthetic drugs. two biels before the council deals with synthetics. it would give police and other agencies the ability to find and close businesses that are caught selling synthetic drugs. a second new bill would make it easier for law enforcement agencies to test for synthetics

when suspects are arrested. both bills will be assigned for committee hearings tomorrow. the council will also vote on legislation that will pave the way for more police body cameras. the council and mayor bowser reached a compromise on body cameras that will allow some of the footage to be viewed by the public. the bowser administration had wanted to keep the majority of body camera footage from being viewed by the public. the bill would pay residents up to $250 per camera installed at a home or business would also be assigned to committees for public hearings. there's trouble tonight for a proposal d.c. law that would require or create the most generous family lead program in the country. that bill would require employers to give employees 16 weeks of paid family leave. as news 4's tom sherwood reports that ambitious plan hit a sdmna and is no long or a fast track for approval. >> co sponsors for this

legislation. >> families cheered in october. the 16-week paid family leave bill introduced by majority of d.c. council members near lly assuring it would pass. non-profits complained it would pay for the most expansive lead plan in the nation would cost too much and strain smaller companies. there are a lot of issues with the pay to leave act and we need to work our way through it. >> today, d.c. council chairman signaled trouble for the proposed law. he said a hearing wednesday on the bill would be the first of at least three through february, derailing any fast track some had expecteded. >> if you're a company that has 500 employees and one or two of them take 16-weeks leave that's a different scenario than if you're a small business of eight employees and two of them take leave. even david grosso, the main sponsor of the bill acknowledged more hearings were necessary and

the bill might change. >> whether it's 16, 12, 8. we don't know what's the perfect number. how many people does it affect and what types of people will be able to pay for this or not. >> groups including the d.c. chase manhattaner about of commerce say they welcome the track for the bill, but don't support it. >> we want people to take care of their families, we're not against that and this bill goes too far, too fast and would hurt d.c.. >> muriel bowser cautioned that the act, if passed, would be difficult for the city and even for its 30,000 employees. in the district, tom sherwood, news 4. they carried coffins and demanded action. protesters took to the trestree while a chi

the white chicago police officer accused of shooting a teenager 16 times could be sent to prison. >> a judge set the bail at $1.5 million. the police union now says politics is getting in the way of justice. the judge watched the shooting video himself and then he instructed attorneys to show it to van dyke and any courtroom spectators who wanted to watch. shackled, flanked on either side by emergency response team officers which we are told were there for his protection. >> he's prepared to defend

himself. he is very scared about the consequences that he's facing. he's concerned for his wife and his children. in court prosecutor bill delaney asked that van dyke remained behind bars, but the judge noted the officer is presumed innocent and set his bond at $1.5 million. >> hopefully it gets met and he can be sent home. >> he questioned why charges were dismissed against demonstrator malcolm london who struck a chicago police officer. >> someone walks out of felony bond court and punches a police officer because of a phone call that's made or because someone felt it was the right thing to do for community peace. >> angelo noted police officers are more interested than anyone in keeping the peace. he suggested politics had been at work in allowing london to go free. >> we don't want to see our city torn apart. we also don't want to see our officers in full uniform being targets and having people believe that it's okay to strike them.

a local chapter of the police union has set up a go fund me page to raise money to post bond for that officer. news 4 at 6 starts now with jim and doreen. we are following two big stories tonight. the man who scaled the white house fence walks out of court today a free man. why his attorney says he's not a security risk despite that bold move. >> and how about that weather out there, really nasty, isn't it? and the rain continues. >> doug, did i hear you say earlier that we ought to get used to this at least for the next few days? >> just like last week we were getting used to the nice weather and nice sunshine and get used to the cloud cover and the shower activity, as well. we got the showers outside and it's not just the showers and it's the cold air that has settled on in here, too. 37 right now in leesburg and 43 in d.c. and the temperatures have been trying to come up over the last couple of hours and that's some good news and it's a cold, dreary, nasty night and here'sed rain across our region

and one thing this does not do a good job of picking up, there's a lot of drizzle and howard county towards ballot nor and down to the south there is still drizzle there and we're seeing lighter rain in and around the d.c. metro area and that's where we will continue to see it, too. making your way out and about tonight and you're maybi makingf the commuter forecasting. showers likely tomorrow between 5:00 and 8:00 a.m. same deal. more showers on the way and keep the umbrellas handy and you'll need the big umbrella and i'll show you which day has the heaviest rain at 6:25. >> see you then, thank you, doug. to the other top story, the college student who ujumped ove the white house fence draped in an american flag. he's been released from custody. he walked out of court and was ordered to live with his mother in connecticut. >> tonight we have team coverage on that case and the call for tighter security. scott macfarlane reports on