>> reporter: i'm molette green. a high-speed fiery crash sent two people to the hospital. >> it is not safe to live in. >> they say they don't know.

>> reporter: this homeowner looks at the damage to his house where an suv slammed into it in the middle of the night. >> they say maybe inside, no damage. >> reporter: four people sleeping inside woke up to a loud boom. prince george's county police say five people were inside this suv. the driver and one passenger went to the hospital. this woman who came by to see the damage says her two daughters were in the truck. she told me they are okay. police say the driver was speeding and lost control on addison road towards sheriff road. they hit a parked car and then swiped this big tree before slamming into the front porch where the vehicle caught fire. the damage to the porch is evident. a mother and three kids who rented this home just two weeks ago are okay but it is unclear if it is safe to come back. >> they rent a couple of weeks

ago. >> reporter: the driver and a passenger went to the hospital. their injuries, not considered serious. we can tell you prince george's police confirmed that speed was a factor in this crash. they are also looking into whether alcohol or drugs also played a role. no word yet on charges this morning. i'm molette green live in fairmont heights, maryland, news 4. >> right now in baltimore, prosecutors are delivering closing arguments in officer william porter's trial. he is charge with manslaughter for freddie gray's death earlier this year. news 4 chris gordon just got off the phone with him. they called the van he died in his casket on wheels, end quote. he is accused of not calling a medic or buckling gray properly in the police van. prosecutors also accused him of not telling the truth. what happens next? porter is one of six police officers charged in gray's

death. defense lawyers will speak next in his trial and then the prosecutors have a rebuttal before the jury deliberates. we are in touch with chris and will bring you any significant developments as they come in. barbara? >> thank you. another new development about that russian jet that crashed in egypt two months ago. egypt's chief investigator says so far no evidence that a terror attack downed the plane. there were 224 people on board. they all died. this was just a preliminary report from egypt, not a conclusion. russian investigators believed there was a bomb on the plane. russia has offered a $50 million award for any information. >> developing right now in fort washington. maryland, prince george's county police are trying to find out who killed a man last night. they found him dead inside a car on tucker road.

derrick ward. >> in decision 2016, a bit of a shift in which presidential candidate could come out on top. a new nbc "wall street journal" shows hillary clinton would defeat ted cruz and donald trump in a head to head matchup. surprisingly, the democratic front-runner would lose to marco rubio or ben carson. carson would win by one point and rubio by three. he was not on the main stage at the last debate you will remember. rand paul also just made the cut. cnn says, paul showed by ability in iowa in a fox news poll. today, the ntsb will continue looking into a plane crash that killed three maryland men. the plane went down in the woods

in pennsylvania friday afternoon. terry carlson and jason wilins died in that crash. eric carlson died saturday night at a pittsburgh hospital. the men were employees of a reston based consulting firm. bidding fairwell to an officer only 24 years old. he was struck along a local roadway. some of the events planned for the emotional sendoff. from looking at your

today, services will be held for a fallin police officer that suffered a head injury hit by a suspected drunk driver. two sets of viewings at the covenant life church in gaithersburg.

the funeral is scheduled for tomorrow morning today, the alexander police department will talk to the community about a pair of murders. two bodies have turned up in two separate parks. the stab wounds on both victims are very similar. no arrests in either case. the meeting at the cora kelly rec center. by the end of the day, "the washington post" will be in a new newsroom. they are moving their 700-member team into a brand new office. the first move in more than 40 years. the new facility is only a couple of blocks away from their current building in northwest washington. the new space will better allow them to handle digital demands. >> she has been breaking just about every record the music industry has. now, adele sets her sites of touring the u.s. and we will tell you when you can see her here in d.c. storm team 4, this large line of rain is heading straight for us.

look at our temperatures, washing into the low and mid-60s. already in the upper 60s in central virginia, fredericksburg now at 67 degrees. southern maryland as well. 67. they are getting some sunshine there and on the eastern shore, in the mid to upper 60s east. all wait up to 68 degrees. storm team 4 radar showing the nearest rain. a few scattered sprinkles moving into northern fauquier county. the bulk of the rain is still well to our west getting some light showers southwest of virginia and this line in kentucky and tennessee. that will be moving in later this afternoon. i have brand new timing just coming in now. the new model in a couple of

minutes. >> if you ride the metro, the agency wants to know about your concerns. the new gm will be part of a forum with the modern riders union tonight. paul met last month with union leadership. they are aware of concerns over service quality, particularly the frequency and reliability of trains. two more safety drills went smoothly. the new g.m. was there. volunteers and emergency resm d responders tested two scenarios. in one cases, they spotted a suspicious package and the other involved an evacuation inside a station. >> if you are rooting for the redskins like i am. one word to remember right now. playoffs. the team is in the playoff hunt tide with the eagles. they play philadelphia in two weeks. this sunday, the buffalo bills are in town, the skins last home

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tom kierein is tracking when the rain will arrive and why at the end of this week, we'll feel so much different than the beginning of the week when he joins us in about two. >> reporter: this is chris gordon with a live update. prosecution just concluded its closing argument telling the jury that with great power comes great responsibility. it is a quote from voltaire and spiderman. it was acknowledged. janet bledsoe used that to tell the jury that this officer, william porter, had a shared responsibility for the safety of freddie gray, that he lied on the stand about freddie gray asking for help, saying he couldn't breath and not getting him a medic. he failed in his responsibility and that is your job to hold him

responsible for wramanslaughter misconduct and reckless endangerment. next, the defense presents their argument and the prosecution will have rebuttal and the case will go to the jury. that's the latest live from baltimore. back to you. we are also monitoring the investigation into a man's death in prince george's county. >> news 4 derrick ward was live at the scene. he is here in the studio with more on what he found out. derrick, good morning. >> good morning. this is going to be an on going investigation. take a look at some of the video from the scene last night. i want you to take a look at the video we see at the car. there is a car amid the mailboxes. you can see the rear end. it was the scene at about 9:45. the call went out for a single car crash. investigators were soon on the scene and realizing that this was, indeed, a homicide. they found the man dead inside that car. now, he was suffering from what police are calling upper body

trauma. the road was closed off for several hours last night while the scene was documented. no identification of the victim, nor any suspect information. early this morning, police did return to the area around the scene. they were focusing on a field just off of tucker road and a house that's quite a distance from the main road. police are saying that the suspect and the victim did know each other. investigators are working to determine just what their relationship was and how it went so bad. live in the studio, derrick ward, back to you. new this morning, we are learning a bicyclist has died after a crash in rockville. 37-year-old samuel vigil died last night. police say he hit a car and was crossing traffic lanes against the pedestrian indicator. the driver of the car was taken to the hospital but is expected to be okay. maryland lawmakers are taking steps today to talk about fantasy sports. the joint committee on gaining oversight is meeting in just a

few hours. the members will talk about the state law. specifically how it applies to the daily fantasy drop king and fan dual. new york attorney general banned those sites last month saying they are illegal gambling, not games of skill. a new poll from sienna college says 66% of new yorkers agree with the attorney general. the other 34% believe he is wrong. comcast, which owns nbc 4, has invested in fan duals. where is the rain? there is the rain. moderate showers coming into eastern kentucky, ohio, down to tepcy. that's a line advancing closer to us by later this afternoon. brand new model run just coming in. going to show you the latest hour by hour forecast. sprinkles are now coming into fauquier county. the main area of showers is coming in by 3:00 p.m. right now, a little slower than the earlier runs of the model.

it may be moving in later in the day, right around 4:00. much of it passing closer to the metro area. this area in green. showers may be showing up as well as shenandoah valley in the mountains. metro area, around 5:00 to 6:00, rain coming through. it may produce lightning on the eastern shore by around 7:00 p.m. or so. most of the rain is exiting the metro area by 8:00, crossing the bay and pulling away and drying out into tomorrow. big changes on the way for the rest of the week. we'll look at that coming up. just heard tomorrow. it is raining here. it is snowing elsewhere. as much as 2 feet of snow in washington state. several other states have record highs. today, annapolis yacht club officials will work with city leaders to find a new temporary

space. the rebuilding effort. damage to the facility. we didn't lose any lives. >> the commodores say they are part of the community. >> the montgomery county school board is expected to finalize next year's school calendar that includes a day off for students on an islamic high holiday. if the calendar is approved, schools will clothes for the holiday. it will be used as a professional day for teachers. >> today, the express lanes on i-95 turn 1-year-old and changes are already in the works. data shows the commute has improved. drivers report a lot of congestion getting on and off the express lanes in north stafford. transportation workers say they are working to fix the problem

on the southern ends of those lanes. new today, a parliament session was cut short by tear gas. the gas begins to spread in the chamber. the government opposition used the gas as a method of denouncing recent deals with serbia and montenegro. this isn't the first time tear gas was used. it was used twice back in october. >> a billionaire, a diaper and one viral video will show you the picture that's getting a whole lot of attention. a big announcement from the woman behind a record-breaking album. adele announces she is going on tour. d.c. is on the list more than once.

adele is trending big-time with her announcement of u.s. tour dates. tickets to see the ten-dime

grammy award winner go on sale this thursday at 10:00 a.m. she will have two concerts in our other ya, october 10th and 11th at the verizon center. if you can't make it here, try for one of her concerts, eight in september, in new york and philadelphia. you can watch her concert special "adele live" in new york city tonight at 10:00 right here on nbc 4. now, to a picture that kind of makes you go, aww. it has gotten a couple of clicks on facebook. you can see the social media ceo changing the diaper of his new little girl. mark zuckerberg. one down, thousands, maybe tens of thousands to go. >> the zuckerbergs rocked the trending world announcing they would give $45 billion to charity in honor of their daughter, max's birth. a new report about harvard business school showing how open we are. it shows racial bias even on the internet.

they use the air site ab&b. they agreed to house people with explicitly white names. only 42% of renters with black

mild, kind of muggy and humid, temperatures in the 60s. a few sprinkles. main area of rain well off to our west. just coming into west virginia out of kentucky and tennessee into southwest of virginia. that will be getting closer to us by later this afternoon, evening hours. passing showers. not a lot of rain. ahead of that, it will be climbing to around 70 degrees. that's the record for the day. we may tie that record. showers off and on late afternoon into the evening ending by midnight. less than a quarter of an inch of rain. sun back into the mid-60s. near 60 on wednesday. another round of rain on thursday in the 50s. it gets cold next weekend.

it will feel like winter again. friday, saturday, and sunday. highs in the 40s. plenty of folks will be playing santa today. the biggest mailing day of the year. they recommend all packages by december 21st for christmas arrival. over 15 billion pieces of mail will be sent this holiday season. let's be honest. a lot of us have not done any shopping at all. we are not ready to ship anything. >> one in three of us. the number of prokracrastinator higher than last year. >> maybe it is the warm weather. >> two out of two. >> i've done a little bit. >> i've done a little bit too.

>> now that we can say christmas is just next week, how far along are you on your shopping? whether you are done or you are still shopping or you haven't bought a thing yet, text or call the number on your screen. you can also vote on the nbc washington facebook or twitter pages. we will show you the results later this hour. >> they are calling it green monday. a lot of people are getting the shopping done today. >> now, for "news 4 midday," a recall about this morning, which car would be at risk for rolling away on its own. you will want to know that. >> we rely on them constantly. could the age of a

right now, a prince george's family is unsure if they can get back into their home after a car slammed into it. it happened on addison road in fairmont heights. two people were taken to the hospital. they are expected to be okay. police have confirmed speed was a factor in this crash. no word on charges yet. >> investigators in egypt say they have not found evidence of terrorism. 224 people were killed. russia believes there was a bomb on the plane. just in, new photos out of fairfax of a protest out of nra headquarters. front and center, andy parker, the father of alison parker, the

reporter killed in august during a live news report. congressman, jerry connolly is thereabouts with families of victims from gun violence. the vigil happening today on the third anniversary of the sandy hook massacre that killed 26 people, most of them children. in new york right now, similar protests are also going on. barbara? >> thank you, angie. it's that time of this time three years ago that we were learning about the shootings of sandy hook. newtown high school posted this message on its facebook page. they are encouraging people to make acts of kindness a daily practice. there was also an extended moment of silence before the morning announcements. since that tragedy in newtown, an american child has died of gun violence every other day. that is new out this morning midday on nbc. we just heard that. the report said at least 554 american children have died in shootings, some accidental, others intentional.

those numbers apply to boys and girls younger than 12 years old. >> new details on the san bernardino shooting. a new report finds that it costs the shooters less than $5,000 to plan their deadly attack. two journalists added up the costs of guns and explosive parts and it take to $4500. the report found that most items were relatively easy to father. the lieutenant governor says the ease at which the shooters built them is cause for concern. >> quite a bit of clouds. you see breaks in the clouds looking off to the north. live view from our tower camera. we will have the sunshine coming and going. holiday shopping for today. for the afternoon nd aeveniand we will likely stay dry around 3:00 or 4:00. it is after that. we will likely get showers coming through.

balmy temperatures will be hovering between 70 degrees between 3:00 and 4:00. dropping back down to near 60 by 9:00 p.m. good weather for shopping. wet rhodoads have an umbrella handy. getting a few sprinkles here in southwestern virginia. there is one area of a few sprinkles that is pulling out of fauquier county into northern prince william. it may move in and pass to the west of the metro area. >> thank you, tom. in texas, people are cleaning up of what's left of their homes right now. take a look. a tornado, maybe two, destroyed these houses east of dallas. the storm has damaged more than 50 homes in all. the people there said the national weather service didn't issue a warning. >> a rockville family has a lot to be thankful for on this mid-day. oscar messano says a montgomery county firefighter saved him and his five children. he found his 6-year-old unconscious saturday. he called for help realizing something was wrong.

>> we tried to say what happened. we call there. she not wake up. >> montgomery county fewer fighters say the newportable carbon monoxide detectors alerted them to the problem. it was later traced to leaking pipes in the basement. he and two of his daughters went to the hospital. they are expected to recover. developing at this hour, a major typhoon is over the philippines. this is new video of typhoon melor, following the same path at typhoon haiyan two years ago. people are heavily prepared this time around. schools and fishing expeditions have all been canceled. more than 700,000 people evacuated to safe every ground. the red cross says the typhoon has damaged several buildings but has not caused any severe damage so far in georgia, police are investigating a mayor's murder. they say mayor terry green was

shot in the head. he was the mayor of clarksville a few hours outside of atlanta. they say the incident may have started as a domestic dispute. >> you have one more day to sign up for coverage under at fordable care act if you want to be covered by january 1st. the final deadline is the end of january. if you are not covered by then, you could face a big fine. enrollment has not surged this season. however, the obama administration says it is expecting a 10% increase in the people signing up this week if you drive a nissan rogue, nissan says the car can randomly shift out of park and roll away. it also makes a car easier to steal. this is only affecting about 34,000 nissan rogues sold between february and may of this year. your car dealership should be able to fix the problem. your smartphone could soon be obsolete. can you imagine? that's what a new survey from infrastructure firm ericson says. one in two smartphone users

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twitter is warning of an attack. it appears hackers may have been trying to get access to users e-mail and phone numbers. i'm landon doughty. a lot of you are traveling over the next few weeks. if you have a question about what you are allowed to bring along, you can ask the tsa. they have a twitter handle at ask tsa. it started months ago. they are now encouraging you to tweet your questions there. the account will answer pretty much whatever you want to know.

just this morning, it told someone that they can bring their diabetic dog's syringes on board. >> a big afternan foon for fami. a video of last year's event. today, we expect michelle obama to tour the facility, visit patients and read to children and listen to their questions. starting the first of the year, it will cost you more to catch a cab in arlington. they voted for the first taxi cab hike in more than four years. the initial charge goes up 25 cents and will now cost you $3 and the per mile rate rises from 2.10 to $2.16. one retailer is pulling one of the biggest sellers

if you're about to leave and head out on the roads, you shouldn't have any other travel problems. we will have caution lights up. pavement will get wet. that should slow down and traffic might have some fender-benders. by tomorrow morning, should be good for the morning commute as we will be drying out. the next 12 hours, temperatures hovering near 70 degrees. by 2:00 p.m., might have a few sprinkles. some clouds coming and going. main area of showers coming in by 5:00 and 8:00 p.m. by 10:00, most of the showers will be ending pulling east of the bay. it will be back down by 60 degrees by then. thank you, tom. possibly a bigger problem than snow. take a look at these pictures in southern california. a mudslide that coated a major highway yesterday. it has pretty much stopped traffic in one direction for dozens of miles. drivers said they moved one mile every 30 minutes. after midnight our time, crews

finally reopened the road. >> a florida family wants answers after their son died in a crash they say involved an uber driver. he was on his way back from a christmas party when the car he was riding in collided with a deputy squad car. investigators say one of the cars didn't stop at the red light. they aren't sure which car failed to stop. the victim's brother says he called an uber to get him home from the party. they haven't confirmed whether the driver worked for uber. >> amazon is removing hover boards from their star because of safety concerns. they sent a notice to the manufacturer asking for documentation that the boards meet safety standards. consumer product safety commission told nbc news they have received at least ten reports of whoever board fires. >> things are getting interesting in the presidential race. the new poll numbers that bring a new perspective to which

storm team 4 radar is lighting up with a long line of showers and it is heading our way. tom kierein has an update. president obama is meeting at the pentagon with national security council on america counter terrorism strategy.

who can beat hillary clinton? new numbers in this morning from our nbc wall street journal poll show how the frontrunners would fair against her just one day before the republicans next debate? tracie potts has new details. >> i think i'm going to be the one that beats hillary. >> our numbers show right now, he can't. brand new at midnight, from our nbc wall street journal poll. both donald trump and ted cruz would lose to hillary clinton if the election were held today. trump by 10 points, cruz by 3. ben carson and marco rubio could beat her. they are not topping the field. >> i'm going to win. i think i'm going to win. i am not one of these other guys that goes down. i don't go down. i go up. >> ted cruz has the momentum, now leading in iowa and within five points of trump nationally. the cruz team wetweeted this pho with fresh criticism from his rivals.

>> when it comes to experience in congress, you have almost 9,000 years worth of it. i don't know that that is really the correct answer. >> each time he has had to choose between strong national defense and some of the isolationists in american politics, he seems to side with the isolationists. >> donald trump still on top even after the comments he made last week about a ban on muslims in this country. in washington, i'm tracie potts, nbc news. prosecutors have closing arguments with the defense p to speak in the first trial over freddie gray's death. news 4's chris gordon is in baltimore and broke the news this hour when prosecutors rested their case. officer william porter is charged with manslaughter for gray's death. after the final arguments and rebuttals, the jury will begin deliberations today. >> we are following a developing story out of california.

the los angeles county sheriff office released 911 calls made the night before or the night of the controversial shooting. in the calls, witnesses report a man firing shots in the air. surveillance videos show that nicholas robertson was walking around with a gun in his hands. minutes later, deputies arrive and open fire. we are not showing you the video of the shooting, because it is graphic. deputies fired at robinson as he appeared to crawl away. the sheriff's office says the deputy's actions were justified. >> suspect entering the frame, women and children in hand. there are two women and three children in a car within a gas pump that is in three feet. >> he was crawling on his knees. >> reporter:. >> robinson's relatives call the shooting unjustified. it calls for an independent investigation.

it is balmy now, temperatures are well into the 60s. fredericksburg up to 68. pax river, 67. reagan national, 65. north an west, low to mid-60s around the bay as well. leading edge of the rain expected by later this afternoon. southwest and west virginia later in the afternoon. don't have any rain anywhere close to us except a few scattered sprinkles in southern loudoun county that may move into northern virginia. mild afternoon, near 70 degrees. which is a record for the day. then, that rain off and on moves through. not a lot of rain. less than a quarter of an inch ending by midnight. we dry out. a little cooler, more rain thursday. it gets cold next weekend with highs in the 40s saturday and sunday. >> thank you, tom. a controversial trail is underway in china. a communist human rights lawyer is facing charges for several

tweets he posted critical of the chinese government. the whole thing is prompting backlash from a lot of people. it is cut off from what he was trying to say. reports say police were harassing protesters and foreign errorse reporters. >> serena williams is making headlines as "sports illustrated" sports person of the year. they tweeted this picture of her cover shoot. they chose williams, because she proved to be a force on and off the court this year. the idea behind the cover was all the tennis champ's idea. it says serena wanted to express her own ideal of femininity, strength and power. now, to an amazing find and a lesson in kindness. >> a father and his two sons found this letter to santa while remodeling a home in england. the letter was stuck in the chimney. it had been there for more than 70 years. the trio was able to track down the boy who wrote it, now an old man. they bought some of the things

he liked on his list, a trum, slippers and a pencil box. very sweet. >> haven't started your holiday p s shopping. today is green monday. the term coined by ebay to mark the biggest sale by year. walmart rolling out some of the same deep discounts from black friday as it fights for market share with amazon. earlier, this hour, we told you about a new report that says 36% of you haven't started your holiday shopping yet. we asked you to weigh in on that question and hear the results of nbc washing/survey so far. we asked you if you started your holiday shopping. most of you say you have started but almost half of you admit that you are not done yet. about a third say they haven't even started yet. we can keep voting over the nbc washington facebook and twitter page and we'll have results

later today. >> started but not done. >> only a few people that have it all done. they are done by september. the overachieveers. it is a holiday tear jerker that's trending big-time this morning. >> a little girl's christmas wish goes viral and so does a p

some people are calling her a real life grinch. the 33-year-old said they had a harvest festival instead of thanksgiving and winter celebrations will substitute for christmas parties. now, to an emotional story trending on nbc.com. meet this adorable little girl, safire. an arsonist set her home on fire three years ago, killing her father and her siblings. she did have a christmas wish this year.

she wanted to fill a wire tree with holiday cards. take a look at her here. she is the cutest thing ever. she posted this wish on facebook. you can see an overwhelming amount of support from across the country. she posted multiple thank yous on instagram. she says she is dehydrated from crying so much and being overwhelmed by all the love. another tear jerker. this trending on facebook. people are sending their well-wishes to a soldier and his canine, rocky. they are recovering together at walter reed after an ied blast hurt them in afghanistan. that's what people are clicking on today. back to you. >> thanks, melissa. a real life grinch caught in the act. it is all on video. >> why hollywood will shut down tonight. it is all because of a movie. we are back in 60 seconds.

take a look at this video out of england showing thieves stealing christmas trees. they stole 190, loaded them into a van and selling them from there. you will enjoy some very low prices at the pump. d.c.'s average is $2.23. virginia, $1.85. in west virginia, $1.99 on average. maryland, $2.02. this trend will likely continue through the end of the year. the weight is nearly over. the force will be back this week. the new "star wars" movie premiers in los angeles tonight. organizers have shut down four blocks of the famed hollywood boulevard to set up this giant tent. take a look to see. are they revealing which theater will be used for it? this event was bigger than the oscars.

>> we have some showers getting closer to the metro area if you are going to be leaving and running around this afternoon. you can track them with the storm team 4 radar and nbc washington app. they are coming into southwestern virginia and west virginia, getting closer to the area, a few sprinkles around ashburn. staying dry much of the afternoon. for the showers moving in, latest model runs are slowing a little bit slower, maybe around 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. they break up as they move on through and we dry out overnight tonight. >> that does it for "news 4 midday." thanks so much for joining us. remember, president obama will speak from the pentagon about the threat of isis coming up in 25 minutes in an nbc news special report. pat lawson muse and chris lawrence will be here this afternoon. you can get your news and weather updates with the nbc

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