approval. many business and nonprofits say a tax hike needed to support the bill would put a huge strain on small businesses. and the d.c. chamber of commerce agrees. >> we want people to take care of their families. we're not against that. we are against this bill. this bill goes too far, too fast and would hurt business in d.c. mayor muriel bowser says it will be difficult for the city tone act the bill if approved for its 30,000 employees. we are getting a better idea of how schools will be judged under changes to no child left behind. the washington post reports the every student succeeds act would move more authority to states and districts, reading and math tests would be required in grades three through eight and once in high school. states would decide how much test scores would fact near teacher performance. the house could vote on the bill as early as thursday. stay with us now. news 4 today continues at 5:00 a.m. now at 5:00, we are getting

you ready for weather alert day. if you're in the other room, look at the screen. storm team 4 radar shows you the rain is coming down now with the rain to come. and live pictures on the right show the wet roads you'll likely face when you leave for work. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. welcome. we want to get to chuck bell to find out more about what we can expect in the weather in the day ahead. good morning to you, chuck. >> thanks and good morning, you guys. weather alert day for the impacts the rain will have on the morning commute. could slow things down. we'll keep you ahead of the weather by putting extra social media postings out and extra push alerts out on the websites and nbc washington app. get those downloaded. weather headlines for today, slow going this morning. rain should ease up a little bit later this afternoon, but we're not done yet. more rain coming our way tomorrow. storm team 4 radar this morning, yellows and oranges down here near charlottesville that's all lifting in our direction. so the morning wet roads are

already wet. the moderate rain is on the way. it should be arriving in the next hour or two. rainfall amounts with this event over the next 24 hours or so should be an inch or more. so have your umbrellas ready to go for today, tonight and on into tomorrow as well. the next 24 hours are filled with cloud and rain drops. think about the change and the impact on your commute coming up in ten minutes. traffic time, here is melissa with wet roads. >> live picture there, you see the sheen there on the roadway. as you're looking at 66 here, 95, you can see heavier rains starting to move in here. no incident at 66 or 95, really starting to see some of that rainfall. looking a little bit to east, 66 or 50 westbound here at collington road, disabled vehicle to the right. a report of debris to the beltway on 50. 270 at 109, old hundred road, no big worries there.

a reminder about this thing that kicks off today and could last up to ten days. rockville pike southbound at cedar lane, two right lanes shut down because of repairs there. after nearly 24 hours of rain, the roads are messy. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is on 66 headed to centerville right now. tom? >> we're live in the storm team 4 by 4 now, cruising 66. i'm happy to report there is no heavy traffic and traffic is moving along at speed. here is a view up front here as we're cruising along here, 55. there is some road spray. and the traffic is light both inbound and outbound. right now we're outbound heading west on 66, right near the route 28 interchange. and the pavement is all wet. you see the wipers are going away. we have heavy drizzle coming down. we'll be cruising all morning long. you can track it right here, storm team 4 by 4, you can see all we're doing at the nbc

washington app. chuck, back to you now, back to you guys, back in the studio. it is angie at the live desk. response from air asia after a report of what caused a jet to crash is released. at this new s conference, it wa revealed the jet crashed into the java sea on december 28th because of a problem with the flight deck computer and the pilot's response. we just heard from air asia in a statement saying there are many lessons to be learned for the entire aviation industry and we will continue to be dedicated on ensuring that air asia indonesia safety standards remain at the highest level in that industry. 162 people tdied in that crash. aircraft maintenance records show the plane had problems with its system 23 times in last year before the crash. back to you. coming up on five minutes after the hour, it could be another long day of jury selection in baltimore. officer william porter is on

trial there, the first of fix baltimore police officers to be tried in the death of freddie gray. in court yesterday, judge barry williams asked potential jurors if anyone had not heard about the case. he dismissed some of them. 75 new potential jurors will be in court this morning. the family of a special education teacher wants to know why he died in custody. a vigil is being held tonight for alonzo smith. he died last month in the custody of security guards at marbury plaza apartments in southeast. d.c. police officers found smith handcuffed, unconscious and not breathing. tonight's vigil is at 6:00 at marbury plaza apartments. we're learning more about a young woman from potomac who died in a terrible crash we told you about at this time yesterday. 24-year-old yesewlek tizale collided with an 18 wheeler. she and her brother had recently graduated from the university of maryland. >> she worked hard to go to college.

we just graduated together, about six months ago. she was very nice to people. i don't know why this is happening. >> a passenger in the suv and the driver of the mail truck were also taken to the hospital. the passenger was seriously hurt. driver of the tractor trailer is okay. police are still trying to figure out what caused that crash. it is 5:06. happening today, elections for new leadership in two of our counties. montgomery county members will replace both their current president and vice president, their terms are over. in prince george's county, members looking to elect a new chair and vice chair to take over next year. president obama has a lot to do before the global climate conference wraps up in paris today. 150 world leaders there trying to turn talk into action. but those promises to reduce carbon emissions may not be legally binding. at 5:30, nbc's tracie potts will break down why any real progress has been limited. today, some answers on what

maryland should do to fight heroin abuse. larry hogan created a task force. today, it will put out its final recommendations about treating people with the heroin addiction and preventing more cases in the future. we'll be watching for news from two d.c. council hearings today. council committees are talking about possible synthetic drug laws. one would give police and other agencies the ability to find and close down businesses that are caught selling synthetic drugs. a second would make it easier for law enforcement agencies to test for synthetic drugs when suspects are arrested. council members are voting on police body camera legislation today. the council and mayor muriel bowser reached a compromise to reach some of the footage from the cameras to be provided to the public. bowser's administration originally wanted to keep most footage away from public access. council members will discuss a separate camera bill that would allow the city to pay residents up to $250 for cameras installed at a home or business. we have been through black

friday, and cybermonday. today is giving tuesday. the day aims to encourage you to make a donation to a local or national charity, giving tuesday started back in 2012. last year the #givingtuesday was mentioned almost 800,000 times on twitter. if you plan to donate today, here are a few tips. find out how much of your donation goes to the charity itself. watch out for fake charities. you never want to give cash, write a check or pay with a credit card. a prince george's county police officer heads to court. the shocking accusations against him. can't show this to you enough. storm team 4 radar, rain blankets the area. give yourself extra time to get into work today. chuck is back with what to expect as you head into work. controversial, but unconstitutional. the ruling on a world war i memorial in bladensburg.

welcome back. 5:11. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. >> very wet commute to get things started today. chuck bell is live in the storm team 4 weather center. >> rain and fog will slow thinz down. leave early or risk being late today. road spray, the commute, a big impact on the ride in. this evening, probably less of an impact. tomorrow morning, another shot of moderate rain coming our way. storm team 4 radar lit up with the rain drops here this morning. heavy rain near charlottesville, two to three hours off of i-95. keeping a close eye on that for you. current temperatures in the 30s and low 40s with chilly one to boot. temperatures today rising up into the low 50s. back with your seven-day forecast, which does have sunshine on it. trouble on some of your tuesday morning roads. >> we have a couple of problems here that popped up. eastbound leesburg pike, left lane blocked. we're seeing some slowdown

there. all of this green in the background is rain this morning. glebe road, crews on the scene of a new accident there. big look at things, beltway looking good. two problems 50 westbound to collington road. disabled vehicle. further in, some debris in the roadway. a controversial world war i veterans memorial is staying put in bladensburg. it is built in the shape of a cross. a federal judge ruled the memorial is constitutional. the memorial honors 49 men from prince george's county who died during world war i. new details about the man accused of opening fire at a colorado planned parenthood. the charges he once faced. fighting crime with cookies? how a d.c. woman plans to combat violence in the district. the road work you'll want to know about before you leave for work this morning. where drivers can expect to see lane closures.

i'm christine wright live in potomac at a house fire that started very early this morning. the fire is pretty much under control. firefighters still here making sure the fire stays out. we just got a little bit more information about this fire. and that is that two people live in this home, a son heard smoke detectors going off early this morning, woke up his mom. they were both able to get out in time. that son was taken to the hospital with smoke inhalation. firefighters say this one started in the basement and then it spread. when they got here, they found fire coming from the basement. and the house, there is some significant damage. so firefighters cleaning up now, the last thing they really have to do is figure out exactly how the fire started. that is the next step. but, again, one person taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. back to you.

the suspect in the colorado planned parenthood shooting was once accused of sex assault. police records show robert dear was arrested in south carolina in 1992. a woman claimed that dear put a knife to her neck and sexually assaulted her. no records show how that case was handled. in the meantime, we're also now hearing from the doctor who jumped into action to treat wounded victims outside the clinic in colorado springs. >> did our part to help. not very comfortable with that word. just kind of did what we are trained to do, just to help people. dr. hurst and a team of four others rushed in. by staying calm, they were able to help save the lives of two people. a call to end protests after an officer involved shooting in minneapolis. they're upset over the killing of jamar clark. the mayor says the protests need to end so city officials can get back to addressing needs of the entire minneapolis area.

demonstrators remain defiant after yesterday's news conference. in the day ahead, a prince george's county police officer will go on trial for putting his gun to a citizen's head. he faces a list of charges in the may 2014 incident. police say he approached two men in a car in bowie, parked outside of a home. when the homeowner got out of the car, and started to walk toward the house, officer santiago blocked him. the incident ended when the citizen's wife came outside and confirmed it was his house. today, news 4 transportation reporter adam tuss sits down with metro's new general manager for his first tv interview on his first day on the job yesterday, paul wiedefeld got sobering news about how riders feel about the system. a new customer satisfaction survey shows 67% of riders are satisfied with the service. that's down from as high as 84% two years ago. more metro talk today in alexandria. the city's planning commission will meet tonight to discuss the proposed potomac yard situation. we also expect to get updates on

oakville triangle at that meeting. that is the area of route one between potomac yard and del rey expected to be redeveloped for affordable housing and retail space. d.c. is announcing new measures to end rising cases of hiv. mayor muriel bowser is signing a declaration for world aids day. the commitment involves providing leadership and promoting health measures. several other major cities are also taking part in signing the same declaration. we'll find out more details at 11:00 this morning. 5:20 now, traffic alert for you as well. might want to give yourself a little extra time to use rockville pike in bethesda. road work starts in that area today, it is expected to take about a week to finish. today we expect an update on how you can save on energy costs this winter. pepco is having winter weather conference this morning. we'll learn its plans for preparing for storms and responding to outages after them.

we'll also learn about couldn conservation programs. when the heat cranks up -- >> i'm in full heat mode. >> full heat mode. >> we turned it off for a while. it was so warm over the thanksgiving weekend. back on. >> might need it today too and you'll need the umbrella for sure. we can see the rain is falling. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell, is this going to be like this all day, chuck? >> pretty much. what you see is what you get, especially here for the next five or six hours. the tuesday morning commute takes it on the chin for mother nature, leave early or be late. it is a weather alert here for the remainder of the morning. just to give you the heads up on the impact rain will have on your commute. extra social media postings on our facebook page, gives us a like and take a read. extra alerts on our app and our website. so go ahead and download our nbc washington app, live streaming radar right there in the palm of your hand, that way you can stay ahead of the rain drops when you're not watching us on tv.

follow me on staingrinstagram. i'll put out extra information over the next couple of hours to help keep you ahead of the rain drops. rainfall amounts, since midnight, not all that much. tenth of an inch on average across much of the area. a lot more to come, coming up in ten minutes, i'll show you how much we get when all is said and done. 100% chance for rain today and tomorrow. finally things start to improve, the next big change in the weather happens wednesday night into thursday morning. cold front goes on by. that will turn the rain off. turn the northwesterly breeze on. and that will push the clouds out and allow of all things sunshine back into the region. that doesn't come until thursday. for now, look at the rain now down near charlottesville and richmond area. this is all lifting northeast bound. i-95 will be soaking wet. road spray, reduced visibility from fog as well. things will really continue to slow down here over the next hour or two. here is our latest rendering of

our high resolution model. rain coming right in 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 this morning. little letup in the intensity during the afternoon. so the ride home today probably won't be as badly impacted as the ride in. quick check of the seven-day forecast, 50s with rain. near 60 tomorrow with rain heavy again tomorrow morning. then the sunshine is back in time for the weekend. slow goes on 270. >> 270 southbound, you can see we're starting to get a little slowdown, that's because of a crash that just popped up there. 270 southbound at buckies town pike. eastbound, left lane blocked here this morning. that is causing a slowdown. seeing orange there on the screen, not red, but orange. glebe road, crews on the scene because of a crash. live drive, 66, looking good. storm team 4 by 4, but, again, it is raining it is going to start getting slow throughout the morning.

southbound rockville pike between the beltway and cedar lane, two right lanes shut down for up to ten days. i'm angie goff. right now, bracing for a big winter storm in the midwest. snow emergencies declared in some parts of minnesota and south dakota. today, as they get ready for a third heavy snowfall. eight inches of snow fell in sioux city, iowa. by the time the storm passes through, between 5 and 12 inches of snow are likely across the area. so far, one of the hardest hit, kansas, six people died over the holiday weekend on icy roads. that's the latest from the live desk. back to you. it is now 5:24. a judge is pressing for a decision on whether the accused charleston church shooter should face the death penalty. 21-year-old dylann roof faces murder and dozens of federal charges including hate crimes. his attorneys are meeting again in court today. joey meeks also faces charges.

prosecutors say he lied and knew about roof's plan. lawyers for boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev are trying to get him a new trial. tsarnaev was convicted and sentenced to death for his role in that attack. his lawyers argue that a recent supreme court ruling that defines the crime of violence puts 15 of his convicts into question. a d.c. woman is fed up with rising crime in the capitol hill area. advisory neighborhood commissioner denise crep serves the hill east area. she wants to know if there is more crime because the people arrested are being let back on the streets. >> if you have no idea how many cases you prosecuted, then you have no idea what the crime level is in washington, d.c. and if you don't, who does? >> now, getting that information from the department of justice comes at a price. $40 an hour for what could be hundreds of hours of research. crep and capitol hill residents plan to raise that money through a bake sale at the eastern market in the near future.

an american pilot is facing charges this morning after being caught with bags of cocaine. parik was carrying ne inin inin pounds of cocaine. he said the bags were his, but the contents were not. police say he traveled to peru in early november. today marks 60 years since rosa parks led the montgomery city bus boycott. today, a kansas bus company is offering free rides all day to remember the civil rights activist. topeka metro designed this city bus in the same colors as the 1950s bus. on this day in 1955, parks refuse ed to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. parks was arrested. presidential candidate hillary clinton heads to alabama today to honor the first lady of civil rights.

clinton will speak this morning at the montgomery church pastored by martin luther king jr. during the bus boycott. rosa parks was arrested in 1955, starting the 381 day boycott. clinton, the first democratic front-runner -- the democratic front-runner is working to hold on to her lead among african-american voters. how much longer will you need the umbrella? chuck bell will tell us when things may dry out and four thins to know about the forecast. it is being called the first of its kind set of research on isis. the recruitment report we're getting from george washington university. a new law is now in effect in montgomery county. what tow truck drivers must now do before they can take your car. your time is 5:27.

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is a privilege not a right. unleash the power of dough. give it a pop. now at 5:30, we start off with a weather alert day. >> just a look at storm team 4 radar here as well as a perspective on the roads. all that blue and green on the left, any indication, you could be in for a nasty commute today. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. >> chuck bell has four thins to know now about your forecast. a lot of rain in the forecast. >> you betcha. rain drops on the radar and a big part of the forecast going

forward. leave early or be late. that's the only message i can give you. moderate rain will severely impact the morning commute. heavier rain likely tomorrow. things don't really start to improve until we get to thursday. right now, that's the view from our tower this morning. all rain drops and fog, visibility reduced down to a couple of miles. the road spray and fog out there and rain continuing to move in, heavier rain just down to our south, coming in our direction, only two to three hours away from prince william county, fairfax and charles county. things go downhill from a traveling perspective here in the next little bit. moderate rain from manassas to wood bridge along i-95. not a good one. weather will have a big impact on the day. chilly with showers around for now. planning out your day, rainfall amounts today, upwards of an inch of rain are a possibility. so keep that in mind. temperatures today won't really move all that much. only into the upper 40s and low 50s. coming up in ten minutes, a check on how much this rain is going to impact the school day

forecast. i know kids, no recess today. that's the early lean on recess. >> taking the umbrella. >> absolutely. >> you can see right now how it is impacting the roadways, 270 south at buckies town pike, left lane blocked. slowdown, live picture at 270 south, south of that, old hundred road, traffic going around the bend there. have that sheen on the roadway. outer loop, colesville road, that earlier crash moved out of the way a bit more towards georgia avenue. right now it is still on the right side of the roadway, not slowing anything at this point. eastbound, leesburg pike at tollston, left lane blocked. president obama has a busy last day in paris. 150 world leaders wrapping up their final day of the global climate conference. tracie potts joins us live on capitol hill now. will these leaders be able to hold themselves to any promises their making over the talks? >> we know that 180 nations so

far have said yes to reducing emissions. but how are they going to do that? how much are they going to reduce, when are they going to do it? the leaders, the big names, part of what the negotiators will try to work out over the next two week the what is happening today, president obama had a sit down with the turkish president because aside from dealing with climate change, he's also working behind the scenes to get more people on board this coalition, this u.s. led coalition against isis. they talked about turkey's border with syria, about the syrian refugees flowing over that border, what assistance the u.s. may provide and, of course, coordinating with this fight against isis, not to mention russia and the recent tensions with that plane being shot down. we're waiting to get some tape on that meeting that happened this morning. the agenda for today includes everything from china and india, huge polluters, to scientific research and the amazon as they wrap up this climate change

issue. brand-new overnight, the white house said they have almost doubled the number of american companies willing to go green. 73 more on board, they announced evernight. these are companies that say they're willing to reduce emissions by up to half and go 100% with renew able energy. >> tracie potts live on the hill for us, thank you. developing in the philippines right now, a u.s. marine convicted of homicide. lance corporal joseph scott is already saying he plans to appeal. just hours ago, a court in the philippines found him guilty of killing a transgender filipino woman in a hotel last year. you can see him going into court in the video with protesters staged outside. prosecutors say he drowned the woman when he discovered she was transgendered. lawmakers are back to work and focus ed on the fight against isis. many of the congressional hearings this week will concentrate on the paris terror attacks. in a few hours, defense secretary ash carter and joint chiefs chairman general joseph

dunford will testify on the u.s. role in syria and if the u.s. should provide more help in the area. a first of its kind strategy on isis comes out today. the report comes from georgetown university. it focuses on americans joining isis and the role the internet plays in radicalizing u.s. citizens. former state department officials and counterterrorism police experts are commending this report and plan to be at this morning's presentation. it is now 5:35. all four victims of the northern arizona university shooting were legally drunk. those are the results from the toxicology report that just came out. one of the victims, colin bro, is from annapolis. steven jones said he started shooting when two men yelled they were going to kill him and charged at him. the police report says jones had several injuries on his head, back, chest, arms and legs. a mother from maryland will not go to jail after admitting she left her baby on the side of the road. instead, sandra mcclary must

take a parenting class and seek drug and alcohol treatment. in court yesterday, mcclary pled guilty to leaving her 6 week old baby girl in a carrier in pasadena in july. an anne arundel county judge sentenced her to time served and five years probation. a new law is in effect that may save you from getting your car towed. 30,000 cars are towed each year. some companies keep track specific lots and wait to tow offenders. the practice is called predatory towing. >> nothing will kill a business district in wheaton, silver spring, rockville, bethesda, more than someone who thinks they have been unfairly towed. >> the new law s prohibit the use of spotters it target cars. they also require parking lot owners to authorize each tow in writing and have photo evidence. maryland says volkswagen violated state law with its emissions cheating software. the washington post reporting maryland is joining 12 other states seeking penalties and corrective action. the epa says that software

allowed diesel cars to cheat tests and give off gases up to 40 times federal standards. a christmas tradition in washington is coming to an end. for 33 years, christmas in washington was a hot holiday ticket packed with celebrities and special guests. tnt announced it is ending its partnership with the show's producers. it began in 1982, and it feechd big musical acts including gloria estefan, justin bieber and mariah carey and the first family attended every year. it benefited the children's national health system. no new network has shown any interest in the show so far. in news for your health at 5:37, scientists say they are sure now you cannot tell the difference between a man's brain and a woman's brain. researchers at tel aviv university said there are some minor differences. but no brain is dominated by male or female traits. the new study examined mri scans for more than 1400 patients. they found some traits are a little more common for one

gender or the other. but most brains have a broad mixture apparently. live look outside now, rain is coming down on this weather alert day. it is going to be a messy commute. give yourself some extra time getting the kids to the school bus as well. what they can expect once they get there next. where do any sex offenders, if any, live in your neighborhood. the new website a maryland county is about to unveil that this holiday, ford america's best-selling brand is giving you more. the ford holiday sales event... with 0% financing for 60 months on 2015 f-150 and focus and 2016 fusion and escape. plus 1,000 dollars holiday bonus cash on 2015 focus and 2016 fusion and escape.

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charles county is setting up a new website to monitor sex offenders ers offenders. you'll be able to go online and see where registered sex offenders live. you can sign up for e-mail ealerts if a new offender registers near your neighborhood. 5,000 law enforcement agencies use this same program. the kids will need the lined rain jackets this morning. and maybe some boots. >> umbrella, maybe some gloves. chilly and raining. not a great combination. >> i know. usually doesn't bother us too much if it is rain and not terribly cold. misty and drizzly and rainy outside. visibility because of the rain and the fog now are down to only one or two, maybe three miles across the shenandoah valley. school day forecast, sun up at 7:07, low visibility and late sunrise means dark for the can kids at the bus stop in addition

to the fact it will be raining. recess gets an f. rain will let up for later on this afternoon. getting home from work and school, still cloudy and wet, but the heavier rain will be done. you're right, it is umbrella, raincoat, rain boots, everything you need to stay warm and dry today. heaviest rain, less than two hours away from crossing i-95 north of fredericksburg. we'll time out when the rain will be arriving across the metro. here is 270 troubles with melissa mollet. >> left lane blocked, seeing slowdowns there. outer loop at colesville, a little bit of a delay there, just a tiny, tiny slowdown because of the issue off to the right side of the roadway. taking a look at some travel times, 270, germantown to the spur, 12 minutes. top of the beltway, 95 to 270. ten minutes in virginia, 66 inbound looks good. 95 northbound, no problems. want to pass this along, red line now, single-tracking

between farragut north. this has a lost people tat talking, a dog with duct tape around its mouth. it is something all you soon to be moms and dads will probably appreciate. 16 weeks of paid leave. but a push to provide that benefit in d.c. could fail. we're two months out from the iowa caucuses. can anybody stump trump? key

5:46. the rain is coming down across our area. if you're just waking up, look at your screen here. >> chuck bell and melissa mollet and tom kierein are standing by with a look at what this means to you when it comes to getting to work and school. let's start thins off with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. >> notice the bright yellos and oranges near charlottesville at

fredericksburg and i-95. likely to be there before 9:00 in the monrning. brand new problem on red line, single-tracking. look at that green. that blob is rain. having problems around town, partially because of it. and we are live in the storm team 4 by 4. you saw melissa showing that radar. it is showing light rain here on the storm team 4 by 4, along route 66. we are heading inpoubound past route 29 interchange. traffic is moving at speed. we have quite a bit of road spray and all clear between here in the beltway for now. we don't have any fender benders, nothing delaying anything on 66 for now. you can track all of this with the storm team 4 app and the nbc washington app. keep up with this wet commute on this tuesday morning.

thank you. it is now 5:48. the family of a special education teacher wants to know why he died in custody. a vigil is being held for alonzo smith, who died last month while in the custody of security guards. d.c. police officers found smith handcuffed and unconscious and not breathing. tonight's vigil is at 6:00 at marbury plaza apartments. we're learning more about a young woman from potomac, maryland who died in a terrible crash we told you about at this time yesterday. 24-year-old ya soulik tizale collided with a postal service 18 wheeler. she and her brother had recently graduated from the university of maryland. >> she worked hard to go to college. just graduated together about six months ago. she was very nice to people. i don't know why this is happening. >> a passenger in the suv and the driver of the mail truck were also taken to the hospital.

the passenger was seriously hurt. the driver of the tractor trailer is okay. police are still trying to figure out what caused that crash. women in saudi arabia are running for office for the first time in history. saudi women were granted the right to vote and run for office in 2011. about 900 women are running for office on december 12th. women there are still barred from driving and have to have a male guardian approval to work, travel and open a bank account. police in mexico are running dna tests to find out whether two missing australian surfers were burned to death. two charred bodies were found in a burned out van. dean lucas and adam coleman were last spotted not far from the pacific coast. mexico sinaloa state is stomping grounds for wanted drug warlord and his cartel. a man and husband together climbing a mounten in oregon when the 32-year-old man fell on

sunday. his wife texted for help. rescuers found the couple. friends say they were experienced climbers. they say jefferson mountain is dangerous this time of year. >> the problem with slipping and falling there is that it is a lot harder to get help and, know, exposure to the elements, especially when it is cold outside, can kill people. >> weather conditions made the rescue effort more difficult. u.s. coast guard helicopter had to make several trips to get both the husband and wife off that mountain. an investigation now into a mayor's death. police in juneau, alaska, say someone found juneau mayor greg fiske dead in his home yesterday. not clear how he died. fiske was 70 years old. a woman who posted a picture of her dog on facebook with its mouth taped shut is now facing charges in north carolina. facebook lit up when this photo was posted on friday. she is now charged with cruelty to animals and could face up to 150 days in jail.

her facebook page listed her as living in florida, but police tracked her down after thousands of calls about the photo. the dog wasn't taken away. police say taping the dog's muzzle was a terrible idea. it is now 5:51. happening today, elections for new leadership in two of our counties, montgomery county council members replace both their current president and vice president. their terms are over. in prince george's county, they're looking to elect a new chair and vice chair to take over next year. sign mondcybermonday sales records. more people did their shopping online than in stores. according to adobe, there were 125 million site visits and $3 billion in sales. the online trend may have its pitfalls. security experts say avoid using hot wi-fi spots when shopping as your personal information may not be safe. they also say use a debit card or prepaid card to make purchases. let's hope this breaks a record.

we have been talking about black friday and cybermonday. today giving tuesday. today you're encouraging to make donations to local or national charities. giving tuesday started in 2012. last year that hash tag was mentioned nearly 800,000 times on twitter. good time to take pause and say we're spending, always good to give back. >> people need some help. to chuck bell now with the full look at the forecast. >> 5:51 on your tuesday morning. filled with clouds and rain drops and fog, reduced visibility, wet roads, that means it will take an extra long time to get into work this morning. as a result, we're having a weather alert for this morning. mainly because the rain is really going to slow things down early on. what we're going to do is sit down extra postings on twitter and facebook pages. like our facebook page and send out more push alerts. have that downloaded and ready to go. we'll do our best to keep you ahead of the weather as this tuesday commute is going to be a slow one on the way in. follow me on twitter.

i'll be sending out radar updates as needed. weather slowdowns, big slowdowns this morning. the ride home later today shouldn't be quite so bad. but another round of moderate rain impacts tomorrow morning. here is the first batch, got to get through first things first, yellow near charlottesville, that's heavy rain. the rate it is going now, heavy rain in fredericksburg in the next hour and a half and there after going right up i-95 and into parts of southern maryland. an hour and a half on i-95 between 7:00 and 8:00 in the morning. already all the roads are wet now. pockets of rain here near wood bridge and springfield, virginia. things get worse before they get better later on today. with all that in mind, here is future weather. this is our updated model, comes out every hour, so it looks a little different this hour than last. but it is remaining very consistent that the rain, yellow areas here, that's moderate rain through the morning commute. check it out. by 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 this afternoon, a little break in the action. the ride home, as i mentioned, may not be quite as bad as the

ride in. seven day forecast time, optimism, rain supreme for your weekend, after we get through with days, socked in with the rain chances today and tomorrow, northwest winds blow the clouds out of here on thursday and the weekend, sunshine is finally back in the picture. coming up at 6:01, we'll break down hour by hour when the heaviest rain will hit your house coming up at 6:01. traffic time with melissa, looks like a slow one. >> looks like a slow one on the roads and the rails now. red line single-tracking between farragut north because of a sick passenger. hopefully that resolved itself soon. left lane blocked and little slow headed out of frederick. outer loop at colesville, off to the right side of the roadway, still have that crash. but, again, it is out of the roadway and not slowing things too much at this point. 95 south, crash on the right shoulder. and zooming in and up, eastbound, leesburg pike, that left lane blocked. see you back here in ten

minutes. coming up on 5:55. we turn to decision 2016 now. we're two months away from the primary elections in iowa. trump will be in virginia tomorrow. he held a news conference after meeting with dozens of leaders in new york. he claims many endorsed him. the democratic front-runner hillary clinton hits the campaign trail with a dozen new endorse s. an event last night, 13 of the 14 female democratic senators voiced support. >> i want to be sure that the promise of our country that i was raised to believe in will be there for generations to come. >> massachusetts democrat elizabeth warren was the only female democratic senator not to endorse clinton. today we learn more about clinton's e-mails during her time as secretary of state. they released 7800 pages of them yesterday, part of a court order to reveal 66% of clinton's e-mails by the end of november.

republican hopeful ben carson will be on the "today" show later this morning. it will be one of his first interviews since his weekend trip to syrian refugee camps in jordan. house speaker paul ryan is reaching out to the president ahead of his final state of the union address. in a letter ryan pledged to spirit a cooperation and solutions based conversations. president obama's final state of the union address is set for january 12th. d.c. headquarters, nearly half of all u.s. households only use cell phones. data from the cdc shows 8% have land lines. a decade ago, 3% of households used only cell phones and given that trend, the cdc predicts more than half will be wireless only in the next year. younger people rely more on wireless, about 71% use only cell phones. but only a third of people who live in the northeast have cut the cord on their land lines. i'm landon dowdy. a controversial new d.c. law

that would create the most generous family leave program in the nation may not make it. the bill would require employers to give workers 16 weeks of paid family leave. the bill was introduced by a majority of d.c. council members nearly assuring it would pass. now it seems the bill is no longer on the fast track for approval. many businesses and nonprofits say a tax hike needed to support the bill would put a huge strain on small businesses. and the d.c. chamber of commerce agrees. >> we want people to take care of their families. we're not against that. we're against this bill. this bill goes too far, too fast and would hurt business in d.c. >> the mayor says it would be difficult for the city to enact the bill if approved for 30,000 employees. it is a fight that started four years ago. costco's effort to build a gas station in montgomery county. >> new at 6:00, the steps being taken today to keep that and other megagas stations from being built in certain neighborhoods. and we're keeping you up to date on the rain moving into our area

right now. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is in the weather

good morning. i'm meteorologist chuck bell. weather alert for tuesday morning. heavier showers on their way. a real impact on your morning commute. more on the timing of the rain coming up. new developments overnight

on why an air asia plane crashed at sea killing everyone on board. why both the pilot and the plane are at fault. plus, new video into our newsroom overnight after an early morning fire forces a family out of their montgomery county home. but first, chuck bell has what you need to know on this weather alert day. >> thank you, guys. here it comes. moderate rain in central virginia, moving its way towards the washington metro area now. here is the heaviest, still down to our south and west, only an hour or two away. we'll time out the rain drops, that heavy band of rain likely to be moving into fredericksburg before 7:00 a.m. this morning. into the wood bridge area before 8:00. and into downtown washington right around 8 oom:30 this morn. that will follow the huge push of commuters up i-95 over the next little bit. heaviest rain coming between now and 10:00 in the morning. temperatures in the 30s and 40s now. once the rain eases up a bit this afternoon, temperatures recover up to thelo