forecast coming up. making history on the launchpad. the milestone that had nothing to do with what went into space, but what came back to earth. breaking news right now on the roads. in francona, southbound telegraph road, shut down at beulah street now. sending chopper 4 to see what is going on. sounds like an overturned vehicle, tow truck headed to the scene in a little bit. police telling us they're pushing folks through a parking lot in that area. shouldn't be slowing things too much right now. 395 northbound at ghalib road, two left lanes getting by a crash there as you head inbound. blue, orange and silver line delays. outside this morning, raining just about everywhere. the only dry spot left in southern saint mary's county and that's not going to last much longer. rain drops moving in quickly now to saint mary's and southern culvert county. not raining at your house now,

get that umbrella, it is about to be. moderate rain along i-95 south of town, lifting northbound here. so rain will increase a bit here over the next couple of hours before fading back later this afternoon. it is anything but cold. we're already in the low to mid-50s and the 24-hour focus, no cold air in sight. rain this morning, dry evening. more rain chances for tomorrow. more details on that in a few more minutes. we'll let you know how the weather impacts your plans. 6:01 now. maryland school system is gearing up for what could be a very long afternoon. bus drivers are threatening a strike. what are they demanding? adam tuss in charles county with more on that and what parents need to know. >> this is an issue about pay as most strikes are. bus drive sarz they have been upset about their pay for some time. they want some action here. according to southern maryland news, school bus drivers say their pay, which ranges around

$17 to 19 bucks an hour that pay does not match up with the high cost of living in charles county. so the school system is warning parents that drivers will take kids to school today, but in the afternoon, drivers may call out sick. that means schools will have to scramble to find a solution. there is a hot line that parents can call today to keep informed about what is going on. the school superintendent says kids will get home no matter what. here is what you need to know today. schools will remain staffed until all kids are home. the schools here are in contact with extra bus drivers who can be called in to get students home and parents should call a hot line to stay informed. the school system says that it is going to be working, staying in contact with the drivers and all kids will get home today. just may take a little bit longer than normal to get everyone back to where they need to be. back to you guys. adam tuss, thanks. developing now, we're learning new details about a troubling shooting in rockville. montgomery county police say

someone shot a woman as she drove to a metro station last night. witnesses reported hearing up to seven shots on martins lane near the rockville swim center. the victim was hit in the leg one time and is expected to be okay. officers used dogs to search the area for the gunman, but didn't find anyone. right now, d.c. police investigating a deadly stabbing. they say a man was killed near the intersection of g street and 24th street in northeast washington last night. they're looking for three suspects now. police did put out some information about the suspects, but not much. they're lacking for three men who were wearing dark clothing and masks. funeral services will be held for a man found dead. d.c. police are investigating the death, but not as a homicide. new information about an attack on a montgomery county police officer earlier this month. police charged this man with hitting an officer with his car. they say the officer tried to

pull over lenard slaughter two weeks ago. according to police, he kept driving and stopped and waited for officers to run at him before speeding away. slaughter is facing assault and reckless endangerment charges. now 6:04. developing now, more on the u.s. service member killed in the deadliest attack on americans in afghanistan since 2012. the taliban is claiming responsibility. a suicide bomber killed six people near bagram air force base. one victim was joseph lemm. he served two tours in afghanistan and was a detective with the nypd. new york governor andrew cuomo released a statement saying, detective lemm embodied the selflessness and bravery of the u.s. armed forces and the nypd. the woman responsible for this horrific scene should be in court. police say she intentionally drove her car into the pedestrians along the las vegas strip. lakeisha holloway is in jail under a suicide watch now. police say her 3-year-old daughter was in the car with her

when she swerved on to the sidewalk twice on sunday night. she killed a mother of three and hurt dozens of other people, holloway's daughter is now in protective can custody. an update in bob mcdonnell's corruption case. the former governor vaf have filed with the supreme court on monday, officially making his case for an appeal. he says government's interpretation of an official action is wrong. he also criticizes 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. today, montgomery county's comptroller will announce a new alcohol economic impact study. every bottle of beer and wine you buy must first be sold from a government warehouse. state delegate bill fricke introduced a bill that would allow businesses to bypass that process and buy from a private wholesaler. the county says that could cost millions of dollars. the study being announced today

will outline just how much a privatization bill would cost the county. two, one, zero. liftoff. >> another liftoff from cape canaveral included something that is getting scientists really excited today. the company spacex landed its rocket in one piece back on earth. look here at the descent last night. see the bright spot? that's the rocket coming back down after it sent 11 satellites into space. once it landed, everybody in the control room there jumped up, cheering, you can hear the cheering in the background. spacex says the successful landing will save a lot of money, a lot of materials too. several previous attempts to land a rocket on a barge at sea failed. this time, success. >> huge. a real life case of the grinch. who stole christmas? how one virginia community is coming together to help a family targeted by thieves. new troubles for chipotle involving an e. coli outbreak. the states where more people are sick.

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ten people recovering this morning after a tree fell on them during a university tour. you're looking at vanderbilt university after the tree was cut down. the group was standing outside of a gym building when all of a sudden the tree was on top of them. the weight of the rain on the branches caused the tree to fall. here in washington, we're working to find out how seriously a cyclist was hurt in a car crash. d.c. police say the car hit the cyclist on connecticut avenue's bridge over the park. this should bring a smile to your face.

virginia's dmv says you no longer have to have that neutral expression when you take your license -- or i.d. photo, the straight face. the state is using new technology that will allow you to smile. if you want a picture, go to any dmv to go mobile office in virginia and i guess they'll let you do a new license if you prefer to have a happier expression. >> people look better when they're smiling. >> most people, yes. most people. >> most people. all right. >> 6:11. look at your forecast now. >> breaking news on the roads. we have this problem here in francona, southbound telegraph road shut down at beulah street. chopper on the way. should be there in the next couple of minutes. two left lanes getting by, two mile backup northbound. outer loop at connecticut, brand-new crash there near the ramp. blue, orange, silver line delays. travel times 270, southbound, no problems. 95 top of the beltway, looking good now.

doesn't seem to be affecti inin things too much. speeds are moving along fine because there are rain drops on most of the roadways across the region. light rain in washington now, more moderate rain east of charlottesville, headed to fredericksburg, coming up i-95 in the next hour or two. be ready for more rain, not less, for the remainder of the morning. weather and your plan, wet commute, but mild and dry this afternoon. going out shopping, need your umbrella, won't need the heavy coat. wet roads around the entire region, complete check of the seven-day forecast at 6:21 when i'll be standing outside and enjoying the mild weather. new details about the fire that destroyed the yacht club in annapolis. why what firefighters discovered may have you changing your habits this holiday season. maybe you feel like we caught a break from the cold weather so far this season. but for some, that's not a good thing. why the warmer temperatures may be making you sick.

breaking news at 6:15. crew s are still working to pull a car out of the anacostia river in southeast d.c. inside that car, police found a body. the car apparently went into the

water last night around 10:00. it took some time before officials were able to find a man dead inside. still ahead, derrick ward will have more from the scene. neighbors are stepping up to help a virginia family hit by a real life grinch. someone stole holiday decorations from a home known for its holiday lights and deck re decorations. last weekend, someone took five decorations. drake said she's not interested in pressing charges. >> you didn't just hurt our family because of the hard work we put in to bring everyone else joy, you hurt an entire community. if you still have them, bring them back. there we go. >> the family has been able to replace a few items. they say they're feeling the love from the community and not letting this get the best of them. >> for 12 years there. >> 12 years. a lot of work and probably very

costly to put up the inflatables. 6:17. today, the mother of a 27-year-old teacher will demand more answers about her son's death. alonzo smith was in the custody of private security guards known as special police when he died on november 1st. this is d.c. police body camera video from that night. police say they detained smith because he was high on pcp. when d.c. officers arrived, he was not breathing. today, his mother will hold a news conference asking for an independent investigation into her son's death. another month before we find out whether a texas state trooper will face charges in the case of sandra bland. in july, bland was arrested after a traffic stop and later found hanging in her cell. the medical examiner ruled bland's death a suicide. her family believes she was murdered. a grand jury has decided not to indict any sheriff deputies or guards from the jail where she died. i'm angie goff. new numbers in on one of the

hottest debates in america right now. abortion. it looks like support hits a new high in two years. 58% of americans now think abortion should be legal in most cases. support on the republican side inched up to 40%. that is up 5% since january. now, on the democratic side, 76% of respondents think abortion should be legal. the associated press poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4%. happening today, embattled army sergeant and former p.o.w. bowe bergdahl will be in court for an open hearing. the army recently announced he would face a general court-martial. bergdahl 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 it 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 records, the woman has been notified by the fbi. she was told agents would monitor the situation and give her extra patrol while she is on or near the gaithersburg campus. security analysts say these types of lists are becoming more common. >> very few instances where we see a real clear link to i'm attacking this because isis said so. it is a new normal. has been for several years. >> montgomery county council member fred white says this shows maryland has high value targets and more grant money should be used to help local police protect the community. 6:19. the centers for disease control says it is investigating a new batch of e. coli cases linked to chipotle. most of the cases are in the midwest apparently. the cdc does not yet know whether it is connected to a larger outbreak that started in october. in news for your health, anew warning about the screens we use on our electronic devices.

optometrists warn the blue light can be dangerous for your children's eyes. they say childrens should use screens for two hours or less a day. they also suggest that you should give your kids some sort of eye protection while using those screens. you might be celebrating all this warm weather we're having here. it is causing a headache, a real headache, for some people. a doctor at the university of pittsburgh says the warm wet weather is kaucausing seasonal allergies to persist this late into the year. there is pollen in the air, mold spores that freeze are causing problems as well. i feel bad for all you allergy sufferers. today is the first official day of winter. >> it is. no snow, really, for us to think about around here right now. wasn't that long ago we were all really digging out of big time snow. you'll remember back on december 19th, 2009, huge snowstorm hit our area, dropped the most snow we have ever seen in december.

looking at some of the video from that time here in d.c. when the flakes stopped falling on the 20th, more than 18 inches of snow at bwi. reagan had close to 17 inches of snow. >> we were walloped in january. remember that? back-to-back storms. chuck, come on! >> come on, let's go. >> snow stick and the umbrella. something is not right out there, chuck. >> snow stick to remind me of christmases past and umbrella to help me deal with the christmas of present. it is a nasty day outside this morning. it is not cold. no top coat, no scarf needed, just the umbrella. have it ready to go for the remainder of the front half of the day. storm team 4 radar, rain pushing into southern maryland now. been catching a break. and if you're flying today, changing planes in raleigh, charlotte, atlanta, florida, heavy rain down to our south. that's all lifting in our general election. but the heaviest rain will stay south and east of our area for today. here we go, here is future weather. this model updates every hour.

here we are, 11:30, the last pockets of light to moderate rain pushing on through. by 1:30 this afternoon, skies mostly cloudy, but rain is over. by 3:45, we may get a little bit of sunshine today. skies should be clearing out by 5:30, 6:00. sun is down before 5:00 p.m. shortest day of the year, tomorrow, three senconds more daylight than we do today. rain comes to an end by lunch time. it is anything but cold. we're in the low to mid-50s already. the next big change in the weather arrives tomorrow. that's a surge of much, much warmer air. it comes with another rain chance tomorrow. but on -- fortunately or unfortunately, depending how you look at it, it comes with the big push of warm air that brings temperatures to record high levels on christmas eve. the records on christmas are generally in the mid to upper 60s. we'll crush the record. 75 on thursday. there is computer guidance out

there going 77, 78 degrees potentially on thursday. and also near 70 on friday. an unsettled weekend with a chance for showers on your saturday. no cold air in sight for the remainder of 2013. when i see you at 6:31, four things you need to know about your weather. breaking news now on the roads, got rid of one problem and have another here. we have a 3 1/2 mile backup. we push this out on the nbc washington app. if you don't have it, download it to see stuff like this. right now, just two lanes here getting by on 395 inbound. southbound telegraph road, no problem any longer in francona. blue, orange, silver line delays are gone. that's the good news here. big news at the beltway. all this green here that is all rain moving through the area. you see that problem 395 here. inbound chopper 4 over the mixing bowl, crash on 29. more on that in a minute. coming up on 6:24.

something to think about if you take i-95 or 495 to get to work. a survey just released shows a lot of you are happy with the express lanes. 1700 drivers, 75% said they're satisfied with how the lanes work. 70% of the people who use the lanes said they would support extending them even further. a new study in news 4 your health about how dangerous working overnight can be. researchers in boston tested the driving abilities of 16 workers, once after a night of working again, after a night of sleep. after working all night, more than a third nearly crashed their cars. in fact, almost half of the t e tired drivers had to stop the study because they could not maintain control of the car. says a lot for people who work overnight shifts. sometimes people don't have a choice. be careful out there. 6:25. if you're flying this week, you're not alone. the tsa bringing in extra eyes

to watch sometimes chaotic security checkpoints. the tsa tells us 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 everyday questions. >> 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 carrie on to the plane, but you can't have prohibited items inside them. those presents, like all bags, will have to pass through the x-ray machines. we expect a sentencing today in the case linked to the boston marathon bombers. steven silva loaned the tsarnaev brothers a gun they used to kill a police officer. sean collier died days after the twin bombings in april of 2013. three people died and more than 260 others were hurt in the

attacks. silva will be sentenced today on drug and gun charges. no threat of snow around here, but that is not the case for other states right now. the impact this winter storm is having on parts of the west coast this morning. the story here is the rain as this line of showers pushes into our area, just in time for the morning commute. when the rain ends and the christmas heat wave begins with your four things to know. first, watching breaking news now in southeast washington. police are investigating a car found in the river. a man was found dead in that car. we're live at the scene now with what we're learning right now. this holiday, ford america's best-selling brand is giving you more. the ford holiday sales event... with 0% financing for 60 months on 2015 f-150 and focus and 2016 fusion and escape. plus 1,000 dollars holiday bonus cash on 2015 focus and 2016 fusion and escape. it's the best gift ever.

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we begin with breaking news this half hour. crews are still looking to remove a car from the anacostia river. the car went into the river at around 10:00 last night. >> we learned d.c. police found a body in that car. derrick ward is live near the anacostia with more now. >> reporter: we don't note identity of the person found in the car, don't know whether that person was the driver or a passenger. take a look. you can see, it is about .4 of a

mile around the anacostia river. take a look at video from the scene last night. about ten minutes after 10:00 when police got a call for a car in the water. when they got here, they found that vehicle on its roof. its wheels barely visible above the surface of the water. divers went in and did some searching on the shoreline along the area where the car went into the water, near a boat ramp. unclear if the car went in off a dock between two boat ramps or off the boat ramp itself. an adult male found inside that car. police have yet to remove the car from the water or open up this part of anacostia drive. we're told that they are probably waiting for some more light and they can do a little more investigation before they try to figure out exactly what happen ed here late last night. derrick ward, news 4. back to you. breaking news on the roads now. 395 inbound, problem at glebe road, one lane getting by.

this crash response, 3 1/2 mile backup. inner loop, branch avenue, truck stopped here, middle of the road. some slowdowns there. 66, 95, everything looking okay. all of that green is the moisture headed through the area now. 270 southbound at monday rose road, slowing just fine. it is wet here this morning. top of the beltway, no major problems, all those routes are fine. chopper 4 headed to a problem on 29. outside this morning, what do you need to know about the weather? know this. grab the umbrella before you head out the door this morning. you don't need the winter coat. it is mild morning rain showers for us today. we'll dry out this afternoon and tonight. only just briefly. more rain chances back in on us tomorrow. a december heat wave getting close to dry, and may be 70 degrees for santa claus. first day for the first full day of astronomical winter today. 64 degrees with the rain showers around this morning.

storm team 4 radar, rain for all right now. let you know when it all comes to an end and talk ing about the holiday. see you in a few. we have breaking news out of syria where isis bombed a school. at least nine students have died. we know more than 20 others are hurt. this according to a syrian human rights group. schools have been a target as of late. violence in the country. last week air strikes on a school in damascus at a school district there killed dozens. 6:32. we're learning some new details about a stabbing in petworth. the 17-year-old victim there was killed near the petworth recreation center in northwest d.c. on sunday night. sources tell news 4 that jose ochoa was texting with a girl and arranged to meet her near a park. police have no suspect or motive in that stabbing. it will be june before baltimore police officer william porter is back on trial in the

death of freddie gray. porter was the first of six officers to face charges. last week a hung jury forced the mistrial in this case. now, all five of the other officers are scheduled to be tried before porter. investigators say that gray died of a spinal injury in the back of a police van in april. the next officer to face jury is caesar goodson, the driver of that police van. a former prince journals county principle says he was fired for no reason and now he's planning an appeal. he worked at the dooric school. he was accused of ignoring allegations that a teacher spanked a student there. last week the school district says it found no evidence of abuse, but told our prince george's county bureau chief he was fired. >> still a disconnect in terms of transparency in the way it was handled. >> tracy was the first to report when the abuse complaint was filed. the teacher who was accused of spanking the kids is now teaching in montgomery county.

the explanation for a massive fire serves as a reminder to be careful with your christmas trees. you may remember this fire at the annapolis yacht club. an electrical problem with an artificial tree started that fire. the annapolis fire chief is reminding people not to overload electrical circuits. if you have a real tree, make sure you keep it watered. turning to decision 2016 now. a new report finds no evidence to back donald trump's claims that thousands of muslims in new jersey cheered the attacks of 9/11. investigators with n. nj.com -- hillary clinton hopes to find a cure for alzheimer's disease. we have learned that clinton wants to spend $2 billion every year to find a cure. we are waiting to see if a

bone marrow drive will provide a local girl with a life saving match she needs. we first told you about natasha troiky last week. she has aplastic anemia. more than 600 people turned out for a donation drive. it will take some time to find out if anyone who registered is a match or someone else on the registry. wishing her the best. >> encouraging to see people willing to get tested. new year's eve is right around the corner. let's say you don't want your kids staying up until midnight. >> you can tell them go to bed. or you can go to netflix. the can company launched a whole new set of on demand countdown to the new year. parents can let their kids ring in the new year. all six versions are available. right now, a couple of options feature some interesting characters. the care bears, remember inspector gadget? >> of course. >> go go gadget whatever.

>> you can do mignons who knows. >> 6:36 now. we're starting to see the rain come down. this is southeast washington right now. coming down pretty hard. chuck bell tracking when the heaviest rain will hit where you live. 395 now, a four mile backup as you head inbound. another problem on the beltway. details on both of those coming up. did you do your holiday shopping at the last minute? why you may have one reason to be optimistic your gifts will get to their destination on time. 6:36.

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that sound. like nails on a chalkboard. but listen to this: (family talking) that's a different kind of sound. the sound of the weekend. unleash the power of dough. give it a pop. a couple of different problems. 395 northbound at glebe road, a four mile backup.

we have two lanes there getting by. inner loop at branch avenue, truck stopped in the roadway. we're seeing some slowdowns there here this morning. another problem on the inner loop of the beltway at van doran street, brand-new crash there. chopper just got over this problem here, this is 29 inbound approaching 66, pretty good delays there as well. travel times 270, a little bit slow. top of the beltway, pretty slow from 95 to 270, twice as long as it would at a normal time. pretty typical for right now. 66 inbound is okay. 95 in virginia and north bound looking just fine. a renewed search for more than 80 people missing in the huge landslide. you see the crews digging for survivors in the video. they're searching through dirt as deep as 33 feet. chinese news agency says this morning one person is dead. if you're dreaming of a white christmas, you better head west. you're looking at northern california where snow is falling right now. the storms are not solving the

drought problem out there. but people say there is some precipitation there. especially at the ski resorts. snow is coming down and causing crashes and flight delays in oregon, nevada and washington state. now, your storm team 4 forecast. >> good morning, everybody. rain on everybody's driveway here first thing this morning. this is going to continue through the remainder of the morning commute up to about lunch time before things start to taper off a bit. rain will be coming to an end around noon along the shenandoah valley. 1:00 or 2:00 for metro and parts of southern maryland. rain is back in on us tomorrow. i'll let you know the timing on that. seven-day coming up in ten minutes. still to come, what we're learning, the driver accused of plowing into pedestrians walking on the vegas strip as she prepares to appear in court in the coming hours. maryland school districts is trying to warn parents about a potential problem that could mean a longer ride home for your kids tonight.

why bus drivers in charles county are threatening to walk off the job today and what the school district is doing to make sure your kids get home safely.

right now, we're watching several big stories for you including this scene in southeast washington where a car was found in the anacostia river with a man inside. >> we are also watching a

situation in charles county where the school district is getting ready for a potential walkout by its bus drivers today. first, though, breaking news on the roads. here is melissa mollet. >> breaking news now in gainesville. 29 approaching 66, big backups there because of that crash. 29 on to 66 and 395 northbound here at glebe road, a four mile backup because of that crash that happened a little while ago. we're dealing with rain drops this morning and future weather, 24 hours from now, shows more rain moving back in. will all this rain be gone before the next travel day on christmas eve? seven day forecast at 6:51. it is now 6:45. right now maryland school system is gearing up for what could be a long afternoon. bus drivers are threatening a strike. news 4's adam tuss is live with more on the driver's demands. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. as is often the case with most strikes this is an issue about pay.

school bus drivers say they aren't making enough to keep pace with the growing cost in the county. we should say this is not a guaranteed strike. parents are told by the school system their children will be picked up and dropped off at school this morning, but then school bus drivers may call out sick for the end of the day. the school system sent a letter to parents telling them to call a hot line for the latest information. charles county schools say they're calling in extra contract drivers to make sure k kids get home if there is a strike. here is what you need to know today, schools will remain staffed until all kids are home. the schools are in contact with extra bus drivers who can be called in to get students home. and parents should call a hot line to stay informed. we have more information about that hot line number and the letter that was sent to parents in our nbc washington app, just search bus strike. >> winter break tomorrow in charles county.

adam tuss live for us. developing now, new details about a troubling shooting in rockville. mou montgomery county police say someone shot a woman as she drove to a station last night. the victim was hit once in the leg and is expected to be okay. officers used dogs to search the area for the gunman, but did not find anyone. a man was killed in northeast washington and d.c. police are look for the person who stabbed him right now. that stabbing happened in the intersection of g street and 24th street northeast. police are looking for three suspects all wearing dark clothing and masks. funeral services held for a 19-year-old found dead last week in a d.c. alley. family members say paul mcginnist was at a bar when he disappeared last wednesday night after celebrating a cousin's birthday. he was found the next day. d.c. police are investigating his death, but not as a homicide. developing this morning, the taliban is claiming responsibility for the deadliest

attack on americans in afghanistan since 2012. a suicide bomber killed six u.s. service members near bagram air force base. one of the victims was joseph lemm, he served two tours in afghanistan and was a detective with the nypd. andrew cuomo leased a statement saying detective lemm embodied the selflessness and bravery of the u.s. armed forces and the nypd. today the woman responsible for this horrific scene should be in court. police say she intentionally drove her car on to the sidewalk in las vegas and right into pedestrians. lakeisha holloway is in jail under suicide watch. las vegas police say her 3-year-old daughter was in the car when she swerved on to the sidewalk twice sunday night. she killed a mother of three and hurt dozens of other people. holloway's daughter is now in protective custody. we're getting our first look at the man accused of hitting a montgomery county police officer with his car. take a look. this is leonard slaughter.

lease say two weeks ago officers tried to pull him over, but he kept driving. we're told slaughter stopped and waited for the officer to run toward him and then took off. but now before allegedly hitting one of other officers. he faces assault and reckless endangerment charges. lots of jumping and cheering for the successful landing of a rocket back on earth. this video is from a spacex launch last night in florida. spacex sent 11 satellites into space and then the big deal here, it returned the rocket in one piece. the company says that successful landing and others like it will save a lot of money, a lot of material and a lot of time. before last night, several attempts to land a rocket on a barge at sea had failed. breaking news now on the roads. inbound 29 at gainesville, take a look at the shot from chopper approaching 66. that crash really jamming us up. inbound 29 here this morning.

395 northbound at glebe road, two lanes open now. perhaps three. a little hard to see. but that crash on the right side of the roadway. inner loop, branch avenue, truck stopped, starting the delays as you're coming in through the alexandria area. taking a look at 66 and 95, no problems there, inner loop at van durrin. big look 66 and 95. no major issues, all this green, the big blob there, that's moisture, that's rain running through the area. rain montgomery county at montrose road. work the windshield wipers this morning. top of the beltway looking typical and all the rest into and out of town there, also quite normal here this morning. that's where the rain is impacting the travel and here is where rain is impacting all of the region here early this morning. rain showers running from southwest to northeast. everybody is wet here this morning. more where this came from. little end of the showers way back here out towards cincinnati. if you're flying or driving

today, big rains today, raleigh, charlotte, down to the carolinas, down to the georgia and florida as well. that's where the worst travel weather will be today. that along the can carolinas and southern georgia, northern florida. for us, all this rain will be continuing to push through here for the remainder of the morning. here is high resolution model, carrying the last of the rains out of here around lunch time today. by 1:30, 2:00, rain should be over, skies mostly cloudy. dryer air should get us to see at least a little bit of sunshine, just before the sun goes down. sun sets at 4:50. temperatures mild. the next big change in the weather arrives tomorrow. another round of rain and another push of even warmer air arrives tomorrow. wake-up temperatures in the mid-50s tomorrow morning. mid-60s with rain by 2:00 tomorrow afternoon. more like april than december. seven-day forecast, holy cow. this is not december-like at all. 64 today.

65 tomorrow. 75 on christmas eve. a lot of clouds around. we're keeping the rain chances out of christmas eve for now. the records, reagan airport, the record is 69. we're forecasting 75 degrees. christmas day looks good. even the weekend, little shower chance on saturday, no cold air and at least until 2016. >> chuck, thank you. 6:52. we return to the breaking news now in southeast d.c. a car submerged on the anacostia river. want to check in with derrick ward on the story for us all morning. what is the latest? >> reporter: this all started at about 10:00 last night when metropolitan police got a call for a car into the anacostia river here along anacostia avenue. look at the scene. you can see there are harbor patrol boats around the car. you can make out the wheels of the car, which are showing above the surface. we're told an adult male was found inside that car. no word on whether that person was the driver or a passenger in the vehicle.

certainly no identity at this point. tow truck just arrived on the scene, maybe three or four minutes ago. we imagine that car will be brought out anytime now. but an investigation ongoing along anacostia avenue, along the river, after a car found submerged in the anacostia and adult male pulled out of that car, that person was pronounced dead. more as it become available. we're live along the anacostia, derrick ward, news 4. new update in bob mcdonnell's corruption case. the former governor of virginia filed with the supreme court monday, officially making his case for an appeal. he says the government's interpretation of official action is wrong. he also criticizes how the jury was review ed before the case. last year bob mcdonnell and wife maureen were found guilty of trading political influence for $165,000 in gifts and loans. today, montgomery county's comptroller will announce a new alcohol economic impact study. every bottle of beer and wine

you buy in the county must first be sold from a government warehouse. state delegate bill fricke introduced a bill that would allow businesses to bypass that pro sae process and buy from a wholesaler. the study being announced today will outline how much a privatization bill would cost the county. good morning. i'm landon dowdy. today is the last day you can get guaranteed on time christmas delivery from u.p.s. it is the company's peak shipping day. u.p.s. expects to handle about 36 million packages, double its normal daily volume, up from $17 million ten years ago. u.p.s. expects to deliver 630 million packages. i'm landon dowdy. >> thank you, landon. if you waited until the last minute to order those holiday gifts, don't worry. it could still make it on type. online retailers say the mild winter made shoppers complacent,

waiting as late as possible to place their orders. i'll blame the weather for my lateness too. mild temperatures continue and that should help limit delivery issues on the last minute orders. >> good luck. it is 6:55 now. and here are four things to know this morning. there will be a funeral for paul mcginnist in reston. the 19-year-old was found dead last week after disappearing from a bar in d.c.'s adams morgan neighborhood. today, former p.o.w. and army sergeant bowe bergdahl in court for an open hearing. the army recently announced he would face a general court-martial. the woman accused of driving into pedestrians in vegas on sunday should be in court today. one woman died and more than 30 other people were hurt. >> a possible bus driver strike could make it hard for students to get home today. school officials say all children will get home, but may take longer than usual. drivers are upset over pay, we should note that today is the last day before winter break

begins there in charles county. and take a look at this right now, chopper 4 over gainesville. this is inbound 29 as you approach 66. chopper zooms in a little bit, you can see some of the delay there. looks like this should be clearing out in just a little bit. it has been quite slow there this morning. 395 north at glebe unavailable at this point. trust me, you don't want to see what it looks like. branch avenue, still problem there in the middle of the roadway. and inner loop at van doran street also having that crash this morning. 66 and 95, wet here this morning. a little nasty. 270 at montrose, a lot of volume southbound and wet, but, again, looking pretty typical right now. outside right now, rain coming down. most of the rain done by lunch time. dry on your way home and dry tonight. that's good news. more rain likely for tomorrow ahead of what we'll call a big piece of florida coming our way for christmas eve and christmas day. temperatures running 30 degrees,

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