the nbc washington app yesterday that jurors were deadlocked in this case. the judge instructed them to continue their deliberations. depending on the verdict we could see protests in the streets of baltimore today. it is 4:30. you can see more street cars operating up and down h street. d. dot is looking for the safety for passengers. it will run from 6:00 a.m. to midnight. it's taken the district years to work out the problems. we've seen the cars. now they're going to see if they can get passengers on them on a more frequent basis. 4:31. wednesday morning. what is it, like 10, 11, 12 degrees cooler than yesterday? >> yeah, it does feel different. tom kierein, what's going on with our weather? >> we had our high temperatures yesterday before dawn. it was in the 60s. it has dropped quite a bit. dry pavement. live view from our storm team 4

tower camera overlooking northwest washington. at the bus stop waiting for the metro, quite a chill in the air around 40 degrees between 7:00 and 8:00. it will feel nice in the sun between 8:00 and 9:00 as temperatures jump. storm team 4 radar not showing any rain in the vicinity. we have dry pavement all around this morning which should make for a smooth commute at least weather wise this morning. melissa, do we have any issues going on? >> one issue here in prince gorges county, but other than that, tom, big look at the beltway, looks quite good. we'll keep you updated if anything changes road wise. n and outer loop looks good. southbound branch avenue at brandy wine road in brandy wine. southbound 5 there do have a crash. taking a look at the top of the beltway, b.w. parkway everything

slowing. 95 in triangle, northbound lanes before triangle do have a crash on the right side of the roadway. should be out of the way soon. i'll see you back here in ten minutes at 4:41. >> thank you, melissa. 5,000 pounds of marble countertops fell off the beltway. this happened during rush hour in the express lane. the marble was cleaned up last night. no delays today. the man responsible for taking down child predators in northern virginia may have been one himself. david abbott killed himself when manassas city police tried to serve warrants at his home. he was accused of molesting two boys in prince williams county. they're trying to figure out if abbott had any other victims. d.c. police are trying to find children who may have molested children. cameron lieu which is teaches at

turner elementary. he pulled an 8-year-old out of the classroom squeezing his arm so hard that it left a mark. the mother of a 27-year-old man who died at an apartment complex in d.c. wants to see surveillance video from outside of that building. alonzo smith was in the custody of private security guards when he died. police body camera footage shows his final moments. they performed cpr on smith when they arrived at the apartment. smith's mother said she's upset with the way the guards treated her son. >> what about the video that was on the outside of the building that was working during the time my son was running through the parking lot saying, help, help, they're trying to kill me? >> now smith wants to know why police didn't release the video sooner? they are investigating this as a homicide so far no charges have been zbrield 4:34. there's an investigation into the chicago police department

this after they grilled the human relations and public safety committee about the shooting of laquan mcdonald. they will meet to appoint a liaison to help in the investigation. officer jason vak dike is facing charges in mcdonald's death. one day after the officer's funeral, they will honor his sacrifice. tonight his apartment will conduct a dui checkpoint in his honor. the 24-year-old died last week after being hit by a suspected drunk driver. he was working a dui checkpoint. >> there is no such thing as a standard stop. you can be shot, you might have to fight someone on drugs. >> at the checkpoint drivers will see a picture of the fallen officer. it's meant to serve as a reminder of what happens when

someone serves drunk. tonight a chance to ask questions after some disappointing scores on new standardized tests in maryland. parcc tests came out in prince gorges county. state education officials will address parent concerns tonight. go to capitol heights elementary school at 6:30 if you'd like to be part of that conversation. today virginia governor terry mccall live will talk about education. they'll decide whether they should investigate sexual assaults on campuses. they found the university of virginia violated federal law for not dealing with accusations. a live look at the panda cam. we'll check in with may shawn.

bei bei is sleeping. we will get our first face-to-face meeting with bei bei. we'll bring you video of the growing panda cub. you'll get your first face-to-face meeting with bei bei in january. deep inside this hole is where a man was living in virginia. how he managed to survive inside the secret cave and the help he's getting from strangers. and a change is coming in how you get warnings about future terror threats. plus, you may want to crank plus, you may want to crank up the heat this morning. why let someone else have all the fun? the sometimes haphazard, never boring fun. the why can't it smell like this all the time fun. the learning the virtue of sharing fun.

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4:39 now. in the day ahead we'll hear more on mayor muriel bowser's plan to keep people safer on d.v. streets. it's called vision zero. its goal is to end the deaths of pedestrians and cyclists by 2024. residents already reported 4500 dangerous spots in the city to officials. next the city will map them out and compare them with past crashes to see if changes need to be made. this morning there is an outpouring of support for a man arrested after building himself an underground home. this is an update to a story we brought you yesterday morning. police arrested 25-year-old yosue rio, after he dug a 12 foot cave in a fairfax city park. inside they found evidence rios was trying to learn english. many felt for a man and one

connecticut woman started a go fund me page for him. >> i felt so badly for this guy. he clearly was, you know, trying his best to take care of himself. just absolutely pulled at my heart strings. >> if you'd like to help, you can find the link in our nbc washington app. this is on the page. we just checked and the go fund me page has raised more than $300. coming up on 4:41. your weather and traffic on the 1s now. that cooldown has started. >> yes. feel the difference. 51 degrees outside the studio this morning in northwest washington. here's tom kierein with your forecast. >> it's gotten downright cold this morning in some of the suburbs. down in the 40s. chesapeake bay, mid 40s. a few spots have hid mitt 30s. manassas, 36, fredericksburg, 37.

shenandoah valley, quite a change. it's above freezing. mid to upper 30s there. drive time forecast, we'll have dry roads for the morning commute. for the rush hour we'll have temperatures hovering in the mid 40s. then it will jump nicely to the 50s in the afternoon. plenty of sunshine and dry roads. i'll look at a big change. cold plunge for the weekend. that's coming up. next weather and traffic for the 1s. 4:51. still problem with brandy wine road. report of a crash still hanging around here this morning. doesn't seem to be slowing things. the other problem, 95 northbound as you're hitting triangle, do have a pretty minor accident that seems like it's off to the right side of the roadway. southbound monument drive at fairfax county parkway hanging around. overall 66 and 95. 70 or 270 to the spur going to take you 26 minutes headed southbound. northbound nice and clear.

live look top of the beltway, colesville road coming up. it will be a happy new year. who's picking up the tab for you if you take metro this year. >> the celebrity

welcome back. at 4:45, changes are coming to the national terror threat warning system. they could make it more

informative. there are two levels. an elevated alert means there is a credible terror threat to the country. an imminent terror threat means there is a specific terror threat. jay johns jay jeh johnson will unveil the system later today. >> he said he learned from -- >> ted cruz supports legalizing -- >> the campaign promises -- >> that back and forth over immigration, just one of four sort of tusless between ted cruz and marco rubio. nbc's tracie potts joins us live from capitol hill with more on last night's debate. tracie, i heard chuck todd call their arguments moments that will last. what's your take on it? >> reporter: it's interesting to take a look at the things that they were talking about. immigration, surveillance and whether or not the nsa should be bulk collecting our phone records and other data, national

security, securing the border, what that takes. they have some substantive differences on those issues that we saw come out last night. did anyone get any leverage here? probably both of them to some degree depending on the issue. >> let's talk about donald trump and jeb bush. obviously a lot of eyes on them last night as well. a lot of strong language in some of their exchanges. >> jeb bush clearly went into this trying to improve his numbers. he has spent millions of dollars and it's just not showing up in the polls. donald trump responded to jeb bush the way that he's done so far, quite dismissive of bush saying, you know, he's a nice guy but he's just not serious enough. this was a strong debate performance for jeb bush but was it strong enough to bump him, you know, even into the top three? that's just not clear. >> so as we do on the morning after, what do you think? winners, losers, what do you think? >> we were looking at a number of online polls.

the polls are unscientific obviously. they give you an idea of what everybody is thinking about. twitter, google, everybody talking about donald trump. >> tracie potts on capitol hill. tracie, thank you. democratic top runner hillary clinton said they have slogans and not strategies. she had this message after the terror attacks in san bernardino and paris. >> we cannot give into fear. we can't let it stop us from doing what is right and necessary to make us safe. >> clinton says she has steps for capping islamic state recruitment in america, especially online. she told the crowd at the university of minnesota, the u.s. should be tracking posts from visa applicants. vermont senator bernie sanders is in d.c. he's standing up to anti-muslim rhetoric. he plans to be part of an interfaith roundtable at a mosque in northwest washington. an ohio student could be

kicked out of school for calling another student the son of isis. the older student blamed the other student for the collapse of the twin towers. the student was arrested and charged with aggravated menacing. another maryland community is encouraging resettlement of refugees here. th green belt wants the governor to change their stance on refugees. howard county officials have sent a similar letter to the governor. a southwest airlines plane rolled off the runway while taxiing to its gate. this happened at nashville international airport. you can see the nose of the plane is on the ground. passengers and crew made it out safely. investigators are trying to figure out how that happened. another investigation underway in georgia after a small plane landed on the roof of a home.

two people were on board the plane when it landed yesterday morning. there's no word if anyone was in the house at the time. the plane was heading to hilton head when it found trouble. no one was hurt. 4:49. today you can tell metro's new general manager what you think about improving metro, specifically how to make it more affordable, reliable and safe. paul wedefeld will be at two in virginia. the first one is at 7:00 at wakefield high school in arlington. if you can't make it there, there's another one at the whele metro east at 6:00 p.m. tomorrow. metro is considering an offer to give you a free ride on new year's eve. miller coors is offering $165,000 to cover rides from midnight until 3:00 a.m. on january 1st according to our news partner wtop. the radio station says the metro board will vote on that

tomorrow. flights are slowly getting back on track after record snowfall hit the area. nearly 500 flights were canceled yesterday after close to eight inches of snow hit that region. hundreds of miles of slippery and wet snow covered the highways and it was shut down. it was a whiteout. wind gusts almost 60 miles an hour slammed the metro area. the area will get a break from the snow as the storm heads into the midwest. wind gusts and heavy snow and shutting down highways. >> yeah. it's tough out there for them. tom, we've learned that weather tends to move west to east and it's not going to be that bad here but some of that stuff -- >> we're going to get the cold part of that here by the weekend and my brother lives in boulder and they were shoveling snow there yesterday and i told him, we've got cherry blossoms out here. >> not to rub it in, right? ha ha, bye. they were stunned. even some daffodils are coming

out. they're going to go back into hiding. today you'll need a jacket and you'll need maybe even a warm coat this morning and later today you'll need the sunglasses. we'll have lots of sunshine today. at the bus stop this morning waiting for the metro and the bus, kwoo it a chill in the air. it will be near 40 degrees between 7:00 and 8:00. between 8:00 and 9:00, it will jump into the mid 40s. mercyfully we will not have the winds like we had yesterday. right now it is down into the 40s. near 40 in much of montgomery county. in the low 40s in prince gorges. a few spots northern virginia. prince william, culpepper, shenandoah down into the 30s. holiday shopping forecast for today. a lot of people getting out by 10:00 should be around 50 degrees. mid 50s by noontime. by 1:00 through maybe mid afternoon hovering in the upper

50s. then back down to the mid 50s by 5:00 p.m. after sunset. rather cool day. weather alert day on thursday. temperatures tomorrow will be in the mid 50s and we'll have some heavy rain likely moving on through. over 1 inch is expected tomorrow. that will disrupt the commute, mainly the afternoon commute. we'll have that light rain moving in early in the morning. then on friday, breezy and turning cold with temperatures in the 40s. freezing mornings over the weekend. saturday and sunday, high in the 40s. another chance of rain perhaps on monday and tuesday. coming up at 5:01, i have the new rain timing hour by hour for tomorrow. back to you. all right. thank you, tom. so right now have an update on this crash here in brandy wine southbound branch avenue there at brandy wine road. that has cleared out of the way. no worries about that any longer here this morning. 66 at fairfax county parkway. you look good coming into town. fine headed out of town. earlier issue there is now out

of the way. taking a look at 95 quantico to the beltway, that is out of the way. southbound is nice and clear all the way into town here. you can see we're nice and green. actually, that will only take you 18 minutes here this morning. 95 in maryland there at powder mill road, northbound and southbound rolling along fine. the spur going to take you 25 minutes here this morning. no major problems right now. northbound is also nice and clear for you right now. any earlier road work, most of it is now wrapped up. big look at the beltway. again, nice and green here. inner loop and outer loop looking fine. see you at 5:01 with a live look. jordan smith. >> jordan smith is season 9's champion of nbc's "the voice." jordan was the favorite early on in the competition and several of his performances topped the

itunes chart. this is the third win for coach adam levine. >> good for him. some strong reaction to a fight between firefighters in prince gorges county. why the chief is threatening to fire people. wen hair care line is under fire because customers say their fire because customers say their hair is falling ou

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fire in emmittsburg that killed two women. an extension cord is to blame. it was hooked up to christmas lights. it sparked causing a nearby chair to catch on fire that eventually sent the entire apartment up in flames. a third person was sent to the hospital. he is doing better and is expected to be okay. the fire chief in prince gorges county says if there are anymore fights, people will be fired. news 4 broke this story last week. career and volunteer firefighters were involved in some pushing and shoving on the front porch of a house that was on fire in lanum. we're told that the fight began with who was in charge. in a video the chief announced new rules of conduct. >> these actions and behavior are absolutely unacceptable and will not be tolerated. i will not tolerate violence in the workplace in any way, shape, or form. >> four firefighters were involved in the altercation. they are all on desk duty pending an internal investigation. this is a story people are

talking about on our nbc washington facebook page. hundreds of women are claiming a popular hair product line is making them go bald. a class action lawsuit has been filed against wen hair care and its marketing company gussy ranker. it claims the company did not disclose the product's ingredients can cause significant hair loss. gussy ranker says there is no science behind the claims. it plans to fight the accusations. happening today, you can attend a meeting about helicopter noise in the skies over arlington. representatives from the faa and the defense department will be at that meeting. it starts at 7:00 tonight at the central library on north quincy street in arlington. seems a sleigh may be a little too slow for santa in montgomery county these days. santa will hop on a harley as part of the annual police department's ride. maybe santa likes to ride around. >> makes sense. >> the ride benefits the children's inn at n.i.h. santa and his motor elves will be delivering gifts and donations to the families at the inn.

you can see santa at a lot of different parts of the country starting at gaithersburg. he will put a list of those locations on the nbc washington app. only a week left of holiday shopping. it could end with one final rush. the national association of convenience stores says the money you're saving on gas could fuel a holiday spending spree. the organization put out a consumer survey about gas prices every year. in the latest survey, 27% of people say they're planning to spend more money this month, a 3% increase from last year. >> good. a little extra cash to spend. >> find more present. "news 4 today" continues at 5:00 a.m. "news 4 today" starts now. back to class. the changes going into effect today, 24 hours after a fake terror threat at california schools. there are more than 200 safety issues on metro. how the feds are working on your behalf to ensure the problems are corrected.

we are fast approaching 5:00 a.m. good morning, everybody, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. most of you are waking up to cooler conditions. you can feel the difference. >> storm team 4's tom kierein has the difference. >> put the flip-flops away. it has turned chillier. no rain, no snow certainly. it's been certainly way too mild for that. dry pavement starting off, but during the day tomorrow big change moving in. by mid to late morning we'll have rain coming our way. all this area in the green and yellows is coming down a little bit harder. hour by hour. by 11:00 it may pick up a little bit. more moderate to heavy showers move in. then for the afternoon commute tomorrow between 3:00 and 7:00 p.m. we'll likely get some of that heaviest rain. then it crosses the bay and moves east. then we'll begin to dry out on thursday evening. next weather and traffic on the 1s, look at hour-by-hour changes. now melissa is looking at a smooth commute. >> i can thank you for dry roads. if you