in an alley will be held today. police are investigating his death but not as a homicide. family say he was at a bar when he disappeared last wednesday. he was found the next day. new details about this fire at the annapolis yacht club served as a reminder about christmas tree safety. fire investigators say an electrical problem with an artificial tree started the fire earlier this month. one firefighter was hurt. yesterday the annapolis fire chief reminded people not to overload electrical circuits and if you have a real tree to keep it watered. another intense day of shipping today. this time for u.p.s. today is that company's busiest day of the year. u.p.s. says it will transport some 36 million items twice its daily average. yesterday was the busiest day for the postal service. both organizations say the mild weather is helping move packages, but shopping websites say it caused a lot of you to wait until the last minute this year. >> it is 4:41. time for weather and traffic on the 1s.

we're in for rain today. let's check in with chuck bell. >> very cloudy start across the washington area. i didn't need the wipers on my way in. you'll probably need them on your way in. showers reaching into fauquier county and fredericksburg and stafford, coming straight up i-95. rain chances are very, very high here for the next event. raining in gaithersburg and columbia and ellicott city. current temperatures, hard to believe it is the first full day of astronomical winter. we're in the low to mid-50s. that's nearly 10 degrees warmer than average. check out the hourly temperatures, we'll hover in the 50s with rain this morning. rain should be tapering off. with a little hint of sunshine, we should make the mid-60s today. unbelievable. it is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg, we'll be in the 70s for at least one, maybe two days this week. that partf the forecast is minutes away. traffic time, melissa, good morning. >> good morning. still have this only situation

coming up on some of the maps. we had only the left lane getting by. it does not look like it is slowing, so you don't have to worry about it, even if it is hanging around here. prince george's county, nice and dry there right now. we know maybe that's not going to last. taking a look at 95 northbound, quantico to the beltway, nice and clear northbound. southbound, also going to take you just about 17 minutes. don't have any major problems, anything in the way here for you this morning. a live look at 66, just east of sudley road looking good eastbound and westbound. it is 4:32. now to a developing story. it was the deadliest attack on u.s. forces in more than two years in afghanistan. six american service members killed by a suicide bomber. one of the victims was a detective with the nypd. joseph lemm was on the job for 15 years and was deployed twice to afghanistan. we're working to learn the identity of the other five

killed. the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. coming up, tracie potts will have more on how the u.s. plans to respond to the attack. just into the live desk, check out this video of a plane crash in india. you see smoke pouring out after that jet burst into flames. officials say all ten aboard were killed when the plane went down near the new delhi airport. what caused the crash is still under investigation. more as we get it. it is 4:33 now. >> the car hit them and just like a bowling ball hitting pins. >> today the woman that police accused of driving her car through a crowd of pedestrians will be in court. lakeisha holloway is in jail on suicide watch. her 3-year-old daughter was in the car with her when she swerved on to the sidewalk twice sunday night. she killed a mother of three and hurt dozens of other people. las vegas sheriff joseph lombardo spoke to the news

media. >> we haven't determined to the exact fact what the motive was. we believe that she had some disassociation with the father of her child. >> holloway's daughter is in protective custody now. authorities say they had been living in a car for about a week. a new trial date has been set for baltimore police officer william porter. he was first of six officers to go on trial for the death of freddie gray. that trial ended in a mistrial. a new trial for porter will begin in mid-june. the next officer to go to a jury is caesar goodson, the driver of the police van. investigators say gray died of a spinal injury he received in the back of that van in april. goodson's trial begins january 6th. we're learning new details about a stabbing in petworth. sources tell news 4 that jose ochoa was texting with a girl

and arranged to meet her near a park that night. his body was found in front of an abandoned building near the rec center. police have no suspect or motive for the stabbing now. it could be a long ride home today for students in charles county, maryland. a letter home to parents warning about a possible bus strike. hill called for substitutes but said some drivers may have to complete multiple routes. adam tuss will join us with more on what parents need to know. new promises today in decision 2016. hillary clinton tells usa today if elected she will increase spending on alzheimer's research. she wants to spend $2 billion every year on finding a cure. the disease disproportionately affects women and minority voters. clinton plans to make her proposal at a campaign stop in faiield, iowa. the war of words continues between clinton and gop front-runner donald trump. clinton flatly refuses to apologize for accusing trump of creating propaganda for isis.

trump says there is no proof what he says is being used to support isis and he is getting support from intelligence experts. isis militants have not used video of the gop presidential conte contender. political experts say this latest scuffle is nothing but great news for both campaigns. >> this allows each of them to be front and center, act as if they are their party's nominees and that's what you want when you're in a presidential race. >> political analysts say donald trump has told the most lies in the campaign cycle so far. president obama commented on the campaign yesterday and acknowledged that trump is tapping into what he called palpable voter anger and fear. today we'll learn more about a plan for a new innova health system campus in northern virginia. the hospital is creating a bioscience center in fairfax. virginia governor terry mcauliffe will speak about that later this morning. some pretty wild cheering here. that is for the successful

landing of a rocket back on earth. this video is from a spacex launch last night. several attempts to land a rocket on a barge at sea failed before this effort. spacex says the successful landing will save a lot of money and a lot of material. right now, desperate search efforts under way in china after this week's massive landslide. what we're learning about the death toll after dozens of people went missing in this disaster. a look at storm team 4 radar this morning, which is showing a lot of blue and green, yellow down there this morning. chuck will let us know how long the rain will stick around at 4:41. how much is too much? the proposal that could have you paying $1,000 for running a red light. your time now is 4:37.

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right now, rescue teams are searching for more than 80 people missing in that landslide in china. you can see the massive response in the video here. crew s are digging through more dirt as deep as 33 feet. chinese news agency said at least one person is confirmed dead as of this morning. >> can you imagine paying $1,000 for a speed camera ticket. this is the proposal on the table in the district. aaa says the fine is too expensive for most residents. the thousand dollar fine would be for drivers caught going more

than 25 miles per hour over the speed limit. aaa says d.c.'s current fine of $300 is already higher than both maryland and virginia. 4:41. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. we're tracking the rain headed into the district. >> chuck bell is here with when we can expect to see -- i thought i saw some sprinkles on the way in. >> yes, absolutely right. you saw a few sprinkles on your way in and most everybody else will be dealing with solid rain on their way into work early this morning. already showers now across most of loudoun county, i-81. more moderate rain near charlottesville coming our way. future weather, here comes the rain awash across the entire area, 7:00 this morning and through about 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 this morning before things start to dry out a bit. weather in your plans today, plan on a wet commute in, but mild and dry finish to the day. no heavy coats needed. wet roads, no big storm for your travel plans around most of the

mid-atlantic. first peek at the seven-day forecast in ten minute s. new trouble on 66. >> 66 inbound here at prince william parkway. a new crash, sounds like it is off to the right side of the roadway. don't worry about it too much. a warning for you there. 395 southbound, seminary road, two lanes getting by the work zone until 8:00 this morning. that's going to be around here through the morning rush. it is southbound here. 5 at silver hill road, branch avenue. silver hill road, we have that left lane blocked because a disabled vehicle and taking a look at 66, don't have any problems flying on into town or flying out. fairfax county parkway to the beltway, eight minutes now. remember to listen to our friends on wtop when you hop in your car. we continue to follow developing story in afghanistan. we're learning about the victims in yesterday's deadly attack at an air base there. live report from capitol hill next. a story you'll see only on

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we have an update for you from the live desk. since our last report on that car plunging into the anacostia river, take a look, you can see the car there to the left of your screen. it is upside down. in the last ten minutes we have been able to confirm that one body was found inside that car. now, we still are working to get more information about the victim. and also how this happened. derrick ward is headed to the scene and will bring us the very latest coming up.

it is 15 before the hour. developing now, we're learning more about the six u.s. service members killed in an attack in afghanistan. that attack east of the bagram air base is the deadliest strike against americans since 2012. nbc's tracie potts is on capitol hill for us with the latest on this. >> we're learning more about the six americans killed including a new york police detective, detective joseph lemm, who was on loan with air national guard, working out of that base in afghanistan. they were on a ruoutine patrol when the suicide bomber hit, drove a motorcycle on to the base and killed six americans and injured two others including an interpreter. as you said, this was the biggest casualty count we had for americans there in three years. remember, the u.s. has nearly 10,000 people that were leaving there, president obama said, in order to help train and advise and assist the afghans in going

after the taliban in that area. shortly after the taliban claimed responsibility. on twit erk the white house condemning this attack calling it cowardly. it also raises questions about whether or not the assistance leaving there is enough, whether it is working or whether that situation may be deteriorating. >> tracie potts on capitol hill. thank you. 4:47 now. ppening today, embattled army sergeant and former p.o.w. bowe bergdahl in court for an open hearing. the army recently announced he with face a general court-martial. he was accused of leaving his post in afghanistan in 2009 and captured by the taliban. he was freed last year in a controversial exchange for five guantanamo bay prisoners. now to a story you'll only see on news 4. our i-team learned an employee at the national institute of standards and technology is on an isis hit list. according to police reports, a woman has been notified by the fbi. she was told agents would monitor the situation and give

her an extra patrol while she is on or near the gaithersburg campus. security analysis -- analysts say these types of lists are becoming more common. >> very few instances in where we see a real clear link to i'm attacking this because isis said so, it is the new normal, has been for several years. >> montgomery county council member craig white says this shows maryland has high value targets and more grant money should be used to help local police protect the community. five tennessee police officers who killed a lone gunman received purple hearts. you may remember the shooting back in july. mohammad yousef abdul aziz killed five people in chattanooga. president obama called it an act of terror. the police officers got into a gun battle with the suspect and killed him. chattanooga's mayor says they braff bravely rushed toward danger. prosecutors say 24-year-old enrique marquez planned an attack on a community college

with syed farook. the two also planned to shoot people along a california highway. marquez is accused of giving rifles to farook and his wife to carry out the december 2nd attack that killed 14 people. marquez is not expected to enter a plea until next month. an updated bob mcdonnell corruption case. he filed with the supreme court monday, officially making his case for an appeal. he says the government's interpretation of an official action is wrong. he also criticized how the jury was reviewed before the case. last year mcdonnell and his wife maureen were found guilty of trading political influence for $165,000 in gifts and loans. some high schoolers in virginia could be a step closer to getting new names. some high schools. our media partner wtop says the fairfax county school board made a policy change that would allow the board to rename a school if there is a compelling need. there have been some push to rename jeb stewart, robert e.

lee and wt woodson high school. metro says you shouldn't have any problems paying for your ride to work today. a lot of you had issues adding money to your cards yesterday. metro says it fixed the issue by the evening rush and things should be -- or will be back to normal today. if you're flying this week, you aren't alone. the tsa is bringing in extra eyes to watch the sometimes chaotic security checkpoints during the holidays. there are nearly 20 layers of security passengers may not notice. the one they could tell us about is the behavior detection officers. they walk around and ask passengers every day questions. >> so i like to find out where they're going, what they think about tsa, but i'm also looking for the prohibitive item. i ask them directly, do you have anything prohibited in your bag? >> the tsa says wrapped presents are okay to carry on to the

plane, but you cannot have prohibited items inside. the presents, like all bags, have to pass through the x-ray machine. if you drive in virginia and hate your license picture, we have good news for you. neutral expressions are no longer necessary when you take your picture. the state is using new technology that will allow you to smile. if you want a new picture, you can go to any dmv go mobile office in virginia and cheese away. whatever makes you happy. >> do the whole zoolander face. >> too far. >> see? see? >> that's why it is too far. >> very few people who take good driver's license pictures. everyone looks like a criminal or my eyes are half closed. >> some people are just pretty, they take a good picture no matter what. exhibit a. >> i always had a -- >> out we go. enough of you smirking and smiling over here. frowny faces for the rain drops.

you'll be smiling before the day is done as the rain will not last all day long. you will need your umbrella out the door first thing this morning and a lot of rain if you're traveling today, south along i-85 or i-95. look out. if you're flying and changing planes in raleigh, charlotte, or atlanta, could have slowdowns there. little weather front out here across parts of our west that doesn't get through here until late in the day today and into tomorrow. look at all that heavy rain now across the carolinas. that big plume of moisture is coming in our direction. rain chances are going up, up, up for the next hour or two. but still coming back down later this afternoon. here is our future weather, high resolution model, updated hourly, look at the moderate periods of rain between the metro, 8 and 10:00. heaviest rain across parts of southern maryland. by lunch time, though, looks look a little bit of a break in the action trying to come our way. and check this out, by 2:00, most everybody should be done with the rain. clouds will thin out a little bit. sun goes down just before 5:00. might get a sliver or two of

sunshine, just before the sun goes down. timing out the end of the rain today, rain should be done before lunch time along i-81. noon and 1:00 across the western suburbs and 1:00 to 2:00 from i-95 eastbound to southern maryland. it will be raining, but will not be cold. low and mid-50s and the next big change in the weather arrives tomorrow as winds turn back around to the south and much, much warmer air comes in. we'll be in the mid-60s tomorrow and will stay near 60 degrees wednesday night into thursday morning. this could set overnight low temperature records as well. so 64 with the rain ending today, showers likely tomorrow. 65. but then look at this. 63 for a morning low temperature. that's 30 degrees above average and 75 on christmas eve also. 30 above average christmas day, mostly cloudy, but still mild, pushing 70 degrees. staying mild on into the weekend as well. that's the way the next seven days looks. notice the check of the radar,

24 hour focus forecast in a few minutes at 6:01. here is melissa mollet. >> we have that left lane blocked on branch avenue as you head inbound there at silver hill road. that's been there the past couple of minutes, could take some time, does not seem to be slowing us down. something else that popped up here bottom of the beltway, we'll look at that here in the next couple of minutes. 395 southbound at seminary, two lanes getting by the work zone until 8:00 this morning inbound, northbound just fine here this morning. 66 inbound at prince william parkway, we still have that crash there, that should be off to the right shoulder. right now, again, all of this green right here, that is all rain moving through the area, you'll need to work those windshield wipers for sure this morning. live look top of the beltway come up in a couple of minutes. heads up for anyone traveling west for the holidays. the nasty weather hitting several parts of the u.s. that might put a kink in your holiday plans. we're also keeping a close eye on developing story in minnesota, why protesters could

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we have breaking news right now in the district where we have just confirmed one person is dead after police pulled a car from the anacostia river overnight. news 4's derrick ward is on the

way to the scene and will bring us the latest when he arrives there. another story we're keeping our eye on this morning, the rain. look at storm team 4 radar right now. it is going to be a wet drive into work this morning. but how about the drive home? chuck bell will take a closer look at the next 24 hours in just minutes. 4:58. developing this morning in texas, police are searching for a black pickup truck. they believe ethan couch and his mother may be using it. couch missed a probation appointment. prosecutors say if his mother is helping him run, she will face charges too. >> we can find out that she helped him at all, i assure you we will file criminal cases against her, the d.a. is in full agreement with this and we'll prosecute her as fully as we can if she helps him at all. >> the 18-year-old was serving a ten year probation sentence for killing four people in a 2013 drunk driving wreck. attorneys argued the team didn't understand the consequences of his actions due to his affluent upbringing.

it may be a warm christmas, on the west coast, there are some unexpected snowfall. take a look at this. northern california, there has been a severe drought. these storms are causing a boom for some businesses. >> this is fantastic. it is great. hasn't been like this in four years. >> snow is also falling in washington, oregon and nevada causing crashes, delaying flights and bringing down trees and power lines. there could be protests tomorrow at the mall of america despite the mall's request of a judge to block people from protesting. black lives matters organizers want to be seen on one of the shopping days of the year at the biggest mall in the country. they want to draw attention to the death of a man last month. toys "r" us is trying to make your holiday shopping easier. stores in the district area will be open for extended hours over the next couple of days. today's doors will be open from 6:00 in the morning until 2:00

in the morning. on wednesday, stores will open again at 6:00 in the morning and stay open through 9:00 p.m. on christmas eve. free store pickup is an option until 4:00 thursday afternoon. wait until the very last minute. take a listen to this, if you don't want your kids staying up until midnight on new year's eve, no problem. netflix has your back. the company launched a whole new set of on demand countdown to the new year. now parents can let their kids ring in the new year at anytime. 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, depending how old your kid is, all six versions are available right now. >> smart idea. >> really? news 4 continues now at 5:00 a.m. >> breaking news out of southeast d.c. one person is dead after their car plunges into the anacostia