current temperature, 30 in guy thurktburg, 32 winchester. 29 dries in fred rex burg this morning. heading out early this morning. keep up the pace and you'll be all right. but 20s and 30s out the door. layer up. into the 40s by 9:00. high temperatures today generally into the mid-50s. so a very pleasant day coming. there's a big change coming later in the week between thursday and friday. a big warmup coming. temperatures in the 60s as we head into the weekend we'll detail that coming up in a bit. the first thing is, good news, we have all the lanes o n opens. the police activity has been cleared. there is crash out there and that is causing some delays for you. 66 moving through manassas in toward the beltway, no reports of any problems right now. if you're in arlington, be

careful. all lanes are open. there is construction southbound 395 after seminary road until 8:00 a.m. you have two left lanes getting by the construction. to springfield and even in toward d.c. everything is nice and quiet. adam, angie? >> thanks, kim. 6:01 and new this morning. three people are hurt after a serious crash overnight in arlington. at last check traffic lights were out at the intersection of south arlington and ridge road. they report two cars collided at about 55 miles per hour. how one person was thrown from the vehicle upon impact. today we expect a trial in the case of jesse matthew. he faces murder and abduction charges. this is video of previous appearances. look for a push alert from our

nbc washington app if anything significant develops. the wilson high student accused of bringing a gun to school will face a judge today. they're trying to finding out how he got past metal detectors. it prompted all d.c. public schools to review their security procedures. and a man is in serious condition after crashing into a wall on sunday evening. the 25ier driver collided with a wall. he's in the hospital with life-threatening injuries. police are investigating what caused that zelkt. 6:02 and thousands head back to work in sanl bernardino. the county shut down much of its services. two officials say the focus of the investigation is now on whether fasth phoenix mal

tashfeen malik. when we travel down that road, we lose. >> president obama says trifrm is evolved but can be beaten. the pretty did not offer the new poulcy in last night's feat. president obama cautioned against a ground war in iraq and syria and he calls on congress to authorize military force against isis and to tighten gun laws. >> i know there are some who reject any gun safety measures but the fact is our intelligence and law enforcement agencies, no matter how difficult they are, can identify any would-be shooter. >> he cautioned those against

rhetoric. we'll get details on how homeland securi homeland security will fight terrorism. afterward he's meeting with muslim leaders. today is the day franklin roosevelt called a date whi. there are memorials all over the country. the ceremony at the world war ii memorial begins just after 2:00. 6:04. a big matchup of the year. the dallas boys are here to take on the redskins at fedex field. if they win, they're all alone. if they lose, it's a three-way try. there are 16 players on d.c.'s

injury player list. if you're planning to go tonight, the game is at 8:30 and the metro is staying open an hour late jeer a message police want you to hear after someone brought a hand agree nates into women of thursday their district. "storm team 4" meteorologist chuck bell is tracking the chansz for rain. of course, first a pair of college students. what we're learning

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welcome back at 6:08. police have four people in custody right now. they were involved in abduction of two college seniors. they went missing saturday and a s.w.a.t. team stormed the home and rescued them last night. one of the students were shot. the seniors are sap and expected to be okay. the. >> police say they will check a mulch fire. this is out in silver spring. fire crews say they're letting the fire burn itself out. they say there's no threat to people in the area. it's comforting news for those who live and work around there. >> if you plan on hopping in the car early, in some parts they're dealing with a little bit of fog, right, chuck? >> absolutely.

fars as road impacts, we have areas of fog around. there may be a sprinkle or two south of washington later today a into the evening. it will be a cold and cry start this morning. 20s and 30s for the ride in to work and school. low to mid-50s. not a big main threat. very low around the metro. so just sort of keep that in mind. but any rain that comes down will be light. all you need is a tiny pocket umbrella. that is up. it's monday. all we care about is the weekend forecast. that's in ten minutes.

we have a crash. stay to the left. we have a prb on northbound route 10 just before kirby hill road. the crash is in the left lane. you moving along quite nicely. when you get in your car this morning, don't forget, tune in to w wtop f.m. >> tha you. as a busy mall on lockdown. i'm following a developing story after a

huge quake in central asia. right now the country of. kika stan is reeling at 7.2. also affecting india, afghanistan and pakistan. striking at 1:00 p.m. local time, right at the start of the afternoon. still too soon to know how many people are hurt our how bad the dak is. back to you. >> thank you.

the police station is back open after someone brought in a hand grenade. the person found that device inside their home. if you ever find a device inside your home, call police. do not bring it to the station. a woman was under the influence and hit a police officer on round 50 near mercer's field. he was directing traffic in the area. he went to the hospital but is now home recovering. a driver hit officer noah lee a ta thursday night. we showed you the scene on vk ville drive.

they're investigating a stabbing as a terrorist incident. one of them was badly injured. police tased and arrested the man. the suspect said, quote, this is for syria. the president of liberty university defending his comments on terrorism. jerry falwell jr. said more students should have conceal carry weapons. he passed a rue. h also said in his remarks, quote, end those muck limbs." hi says that was taken out of confli conflict. >> i was referring to those muslims, not muck limbs in

general. >> it set off a heeded debate in the community and on dine line. hillary clinton is in maryland raising money for her campaign. she'll be at a fund-raiser's home. clinton is leading the democratic poll swroos police have arrested a woman they say buried her baby alive near a bike path in a los angeles suburb. the baby was one day old. and police in southern california are look for three guys who robbed a jewelry store and took off. police launched a massive response last night. some shoppers confused the sound of breaking glass with gunfire.

they were put on lockdown until officers cleared the scene. police don't have any information. >> they're planning to improve, update, and expand the station. the project will cost billions of dollars. there's an open house today to show you the latest update on those plans. they'll be available. the kennedy center is celebrating some of the people who bring us the favorite movies, performers and singer. they were all there. so was "star wars" creator george luke kachls. >> george lucas recently shared one of his regrets.

i he told reporters i never got to experience what every has. let me tell you. you're so good. the eagles alzheimer's thosen as ill. >> cool event. good to soo anyone performs them. >> looking forward to the eagles. talking about the weather, some of us waking up in the 20s achbd 30s. >> but there is a silver lining. the weather will improve, right, chuck? >> you stay out of my territory. it's going to be really nice.

outside most of the clouds are dry. it allows for temperatures to drop real estate precipitously. 32 in college park. layer up the kids as they'll need their coat and gloves and maybe a little scarf as well to play it on the safe side. reductions in there. also some fog along the bay. blame bring, maryland, zero. there ooh eight will little bridge. not a big rain threat but ju so

you know. it's been updated. it's been showing a lot of consistency from women to top san sanlt saint mair's. clouds thickening and i do think we'll stay dry. it will be 30 ks, 35 by nighttime. the sun's down before 5:00. nothing to worry about there. dallas and washington, "monday night football" tonight, a great wln tore if game. talk about dry, not much. how about this coming up. this is december, really? 64 and dry on saturday. 66 comings up on your sunday.

there's a risk of a shower or two. it's four star weather for a weekend in the summertime. it is traffic time. er here's mccore nick. they have managed to push the cars to the side. if you're traveling out in minnesota, be careful. we have a disabled vehicle right at the end of the ramp. that's creating delays for you. there is a crash in the left lane causing you some dlachlt please be very, very careful as you're traveling around the morning. we have brungs m.a.r.c. train issues.

train 890 is ten minutes late. adam, angie? >> thank u so much, kim. 6:23. and there is a new way for people with certain cancers to prote protect. it isn't quite enough none. thaw wreck meenld a high dole vac seesz. follow the guidelines and the infection rates down gown to 20 to 60 secondses his grandson tweeted "victory" which was enough. he was getting treatment for cancer that spread to his brain. yesterday he made this announce nnlt about recent mri reports.

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taking steps to ensure the safety of school. they're testing for rae don levels three years after the problem was first discovered. first our storm team is watching a lon of showers as they push their way east. meteorologist chuck be has the

forecast. hawaii, chuck. >> clouds out to our east and more clouds to our west. that's why rain chances though low are not quite zero for today. on the whole arc pretty quiet start to the week. there is a slight risk of rain showers. back to sunshine. it's a cold start. 20s and 30s out the door. your 24-hour focus. 35 out the door. then we'll be back into the sunshine. we'll talk more about the big warming trend in a few more minutes. >> we have a lot of traffic issuing out there if you're traveling out of columbia, be

careful. southbound 95. there is a crash blocking two left lanes an it is blocking some problems. prior to kirby hill road there's a crash in the left lane and if you take the marc rail, the brungs win brunswick lines. if you'rehooded to the beltway, you're starting to slow down just a little bit. be sure to tune in to wtop 103.5. schools will be retested for elevated radon levels. high levels found inside rooms in more than the dozen school buildings. hey, derrick. >> reporter: the first problem is the national cancer institute

says high levels -- prolonged exposure to radon can indeed cause lungs cancer. testing levels were found. they were slighted will elevated. they say they're not dangerous levels but they want to air on the side of caution and do remediation if needed. the thing is there was no remediation done when those levelings were done. they say this was on the part of the testing team. they're going to retest those schools where they found those higher concentrations. they're going to keep parents informed this time around. they're going to post them on their website to let them know what schools are being tested and then they're going to show the loevls after this.

they really want to air on the side of caution. testing is due to start tomorrow. we're live in montgomery county at jones lane elementary school. back to you. >> thanks. 6:33. we're developing a story. attorney general loretta lynch expected to make that announcement later this week. it's in response to the shooting death of 17-year-old laquan mcdonald. dash cam video about what led up to the shooting. now to baltimore where officer william porter may take the stand in his charge.

they say gray died as a result of spinal injuries back in august. porter is the first of six officers to go on trial. you may remember it started protests. >> this woman faces groping and sexual abuse charges. they were caught at a shell station assaulting this man back in august. the other woman in the video has never been arrested. right now police need your help in finding this man. christopher crawford killed his friended on saturday night. police believe they got into an gum before the shooting. >> at 6:34 we want to take you to this fire in northwest washington.

nabors say they may have been squatting to try to keep warm. they're straight straighted. >> we saw people coming and using the back area to do drugs. >> >> dwerts do not know how the feed start gentlemen. they're shoal plans for an and pajs proi. it purchased a facility right net death. >> it wanted to lower its school. >> ahead, they'll outlied plans f for parents. >> tonight is the last chance. tonight's meeting begins at 6:30.

that's in ashburn. several hundred will be reassigned. >> coming up, trying to move forward, as we learn about one of the shooters. >> clear skies. chuck is henning your kids get dressed for the condition with your school day forecast. have you notice? have you notice? the dropny pric

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three, two, one. the international space station is getting a gift for the holidays. the gift full of thousands of particulars in supplies. astronauts on the iss are in strong neat of supplies. they've got christmas presents up. >> good news for drivers. gas prices are going down. the national gas price is sitting at 2:03. it's more expensive in d.c. at 2:26 dollars. expect to pay $2.02 in west vanner.

>> we got rid of thanksgiving. >> that it ooh reese. really digging this dry pattern that we're seeing over the next few days. my 5-year-old, e can't wear the rain jacket it's so uncome ford. it will be a nice low impact weather day. you'll definitely need your winter coat on early this morning. your glove and scarf to play it on the safe side. s betop temperature, low 30s. it will be chilly in the 40s. heise in the mid-60s. >> we have problems in hyattstown. closed between route 75 and 109.

be careful if you're on spencer hill. very slow traffic coming on southbound 95 coming out of elk ridge. please be verytrary careful at this. adam, angie? >> kim, thanks. trying to ease tleen taos feel. what he lays how. >> we're womaning voemling even an overnight crash.

right now we're watching a number of stories for you as we work to get you up to the minute the minute you're up. first in arlington. a serious accident overnight leaves one person with serious injuries. >> we're also watching developments in san bernardino where city employees are heading back to worm and your weather and trachlkt good morning, chuck. nice to see you. >> goofrd morning. cloudy skas.

i i'll you whou who's got the best chance of dealing with rain drons. we. >> we geesh at crash after new hampshire after knew cass other problems. >> thank you, kim. new this morning traffic heights are out after a serious krarn in ear tongue-to-. "news4's" molette green is out there with what you should expect. how is it going, mollet? >> reporter: there's progress in the making. a what appears to be a utility crew has rolled up. you know t crash this morning knocked out the lights here. two cars involved in this. one of them tell me the car

slammed into the minivan near this intersection in the back of the minivan, push it idiot into a utility pole. quite a source there. we know the person ejected is in very serious condition and we're still trying to figure out what caused this crash. still waiting for the lights to be back on here. there is a stop sign there. that is the latest. >> we expect new information the trial of jesse matthew jr. he faces murder and abduction charges in the death of uva sophomore hannah kbra ham.

look for a push alert if anything happens. a student at wilson high facing a judge today. the student is being charged as a juvenile. they're reveeing their. the county shut down much of its services at the center. >> the focus is on whether tash feek ma lille leak ma look posted on facebook moments later. >> by coming together. >> president obama lays out his plan to overcome terrorism.

the president didn't offer new policies in in his speech. in fact in fact he spoke on fighting isis. he cautioned on grown forces going over there. >> the fact is our intelligence and law enforcement agencying no matter. >> the prols also questions them and he urned musliming to fit. secretary jeh johnson will defend a security conference in northwest d.c. that's at 8:00 this morning. afterward he ice meeting with muslim leaders in northern

virginia. an unnerving condition. the college of wooster carried a threat, police did finish going through all the libraries. they have not foge anyone atta this point. ten minutes to the top of the hour and the nation is remembering. december 7, 1941, pearl harbor. memorials are happening all over the country to remember what pom paltism. a dozen world war ii vedrans mr. tay flight on the memorial hafrmtd they're vt a moment for

silence at pearl lar bore and the red skins will be honored at. >> this could be one of the biggest games of the red steems game. win, they're all over the world, the two, three eastern in. leads up, the zins who have won. metro the doing that. 70 bucks online right now. true. >> like we started our monday, we'll need a koetd for kilk-offs. >> my boys already in. >> who are they playing? >> clemson. >> optimism supreme. the cowboys are in town. clear skies right now. if only we could play the game now.

fog in some of the early areas. there's -- them there's a big change coming our way later in the week. our winds turn back to the south. temperatures back into the 60s. here's a peak at the next four days. 50s today with somg risk of showers down to our south. 50s for the remainder of the wark woin. you can follow me on twiner. >> yo cull. here's this middle rant chat for toews. they're drying up and moving apart. this puts them in at 5:00, 6:00, 7:00 this evening.

as a result, i think our west rain chances will be south of town. here again, it's been very consistent. here's 3:00 this afternoon. 4:00, 5:00 this afternoon rjt you may warrant to pack the lilt umbrella. rain chances remain primarily southbound into southern maryland. as i mentioned before, midst 60s. that's something. >> i love the lapping chlts can we clem p im. >> it is a miss. 95 before 216, a crash on the rideside. we have a problem on the outside

of new hampshire lane. it's blocked with a stalled vehicle that's causing lots of problems. in manassas, be careful. there is a crash at i-. police are on the road. if you're using the bruns wine line. it's do minutes late and they're honoring the bounce wick line tickets today. >> thank you fun sflo. they crashed into the washington. he co-lied with this wait right here. he is in the hospital with clive investigating injuries. police are investigating what caused the problem in the first place. developing in new york, two college stujts recovering at the hospital. police say they were abducted near the jueun venti and were

rescue. the seniors are both okay. some of our area schools, all 28 will be retested for elevated radon lever levels. high levels were found inside roomgs in more than 2,000 buck lek school building. good morning, derrick. >> good morning again. they pushed because the testing was needed to be done. radon comes from the decaying of soil and rock but it can cause cancer. that's what's got parents

worried. they'll keep them posted. they say it was -- they plan to marriage goon it it tomorrow nothing. news 4. >> thanks. >> four thinning we deed to node. f it's not dlou he was age get that past set e metal straptgy. in an hour secretary jeh johnson will lay out efforts by homeland security. thousands of employees head back to work in san bernardino. two say the focus of the investigation is now whether ta

tash feek malik radicalized her juz. >> two lanes get past. be careful as you're moving into and out of columbia this morning. >> there you have it. it's going go be billy. it is. >> a couple of sunshine. certain-month-old. our fremtds in maryland may want

good morning. we will prevail. in a rare oefg office address to the nation, president obama vows to destroy isis. >> the threat from terrorism is real, but we will overcome it. >> but doesn't offer any new strategy to respond to the threat. his political rivals pouncing. will the presint be able to stay the course on staying the course? searching for answers. the fbi interviews the mother of the san bernardino gunman as his father speaks out for the first time. were wrrng sign were warning signs missed? not far from the scene of the san bernardino shootings