se the fda wants to remind you that toys with lasers can be dangerous for your kids. they can cause serious eye and skin injuries. you should never use a hand held laser as a toy or point it as anything in a motion. the spirit of the holiday season is playing out in arlington. this mother wanted the 6 and 4-year-old to know there's more to christmas than the list for the santa. the students printed a prosthetic hand. they gave it to 13-year-old beccaen sen. >> it was thrilling to see her grab something with her right hand for the first time. >> a lot of emotions in this? >> yeah, actually, there is. it's pretty exciting. >> i really wanted to show them that christmas is about giving to others and not just receiving presents and buying presents.

>> becca says she is so thankful for her early christmas present. she says she loves to cook and is eager to start using her hand in the kitchen. there is nothing like giving. honestly, i know it sounds so cliche. it brings true joy. it's the meaning of the season. love it. stay with us. "news 4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. "news 4 today" begins with breaking news. >> i'm megan mcgrath live in silver spring where a body was found late last night along the northwest branch trail. now the discovery was made just a little bit after 11:00 last night. the body was found in a creek alongside that trail. now this is the section of the trail near the inner loop of the beltway. no word on how the person died, whether there's foul play involved or not. we still are awaiting word on that from police. we also don't know whether the person who was found is a man or a woman. an autopsy is going to be performed later.

now police are asking anyone with information to please call investigators. this, again, happened last night a little after 11:00. police could use some help in trying to piece together exactly what happened. back to you in the studio. and right now more breaking news on the roads here. inner loop between rockville pike and connecticut avenue, just got off the phone with the police, that has cleared to the side of the roads. we won't have to worry about that too much longer. crash virginia side of the key bridge, that one is hanging around. 66 and 95, both of them looking pretty good. you are at speed there. windshield wipers, you'll see some fog out there this morning. chuck bell, a lot of fog on all of these cameras here. >> absolutely right. visibility is down well under a mile across many locations early this morning and dense fog advisory goes until 10:00 for northern maryland, eastern west virginia and the shenandoah valley. i expect they'll exnand into the

metro area. here's the fog forecast model. visibility down close to zero and by 7:00 this morning and hovering down near zero or well under a mile up through about 9:00 or 10:00 this morning. by lunchtime a little bit warmer, a little bit more of a breeds comie breeze coming in. the rain showers pick up. already raining in southern maryland this morning and everyone will get rained on today. the one thing you won't need is your winter coat. mid to upper 50s already. the next 24 hours warmer still. 58 at 7:00 this morning. 64 at 7:00 tonight. 63 at 7:00 tomorrow morning. look at how warm your christmas day will be and the impacts on travel coming right up. >> i'm very sad because i really love my brother. >> family, friends and teachers all say the same thing. they don't know anyone who would have wanted to hurt jose achuoa. he was found stabbed to death on

eighth street northwest. d.c. police are questioning a girl achuoa met a week ago. they agreed to meet near the park on sunday. she showed up with two people. his body was found down the block from the park. his family is devastated. >> he's all i had. he's my big brother. he took care of me. now i have nobody to look over me. >> there will be a candlelight vigil. ochoa was a senior at the school. a new clue in a bizarre shooting in rockville. police say they found a bullet in the woods on martin's lane. this he hope it will lead them to the person who fired several shots in that area monday night. one of the bullets hit a woman while she was driving. she is expected to be okay. rockville police think someone may have been illegally hunting a deer in that area. the man shot by an off duty officer at union station has died. the washington post reports that rashaad bug bay cut a woman who

was trying to stop him from hurting himself outside of union station. the 25-year-old then went inside where the officer saw him carrying a knife. the officer says that bug bay came at him so he fired. an autopsy did not reveal how he died. i'm angie goff at the live desk with this just in. some incredible video out of china. let's get straight to it. it's a rescuer at the huge landslide in the country, they are pulling out a man who was trapped in the dirt for 67 hours, buried alive. this is unbelievable. the man was dehydrated and he was hurt badly. he had some broken bones. tissue damage as well, we're told. he's 21 years old. was working inside an industrial park when he got trapped under a door. 74 others still missing after the massive landslide in china. >> incredible rescue. man accused of fatally shooting a guest in his montgomery county home heads to court. the shooting happened 5r7b9d

midnight on monday on ridge road in damascus. he's charged with first degree murder. damascus road montgomery county is back open after a deadly accident. police say 20-year-old david harris crashed into a utility poll. that happened around 6:30 last night. it was easy for police to track down a thief in an arundle county as it was all caught on camera. michael leonard was waiting to renew his sex offender registration on friday. after watching a delivery guy drop off a package, he snapped it up, sat down for a second, then takes the package to his car. he walked back into the police station and reregistered as if nothing had happened. after watching surveillance video police headed to leonard's home in kroft ton and arrested him. the package was given to its owner. now to decision 2016.

>> what happened to her? i'm watching the debate and she disappeared. >> donald trump is not happy that hillary clinton used the bathroom during the democratic debate. trump criticized her for returning to the debate late out of the commercial break. he's denying the language he used was vulgar as he talked about clinton losing to obama in 2008. nbc's tracie potts will join us from capitol hill later for more on that war of words. if you're just joining us, we want to let you know that it is a weather alert day here. take a look at one of our tower cameras blanketed with fog. that's why you can't see anything. chuck bell will let you know how it will impact the traffic plans. an update on the suicide bombing that killed six americans including one from our area. what is expected to happen today for the family of staff sergeant peter talb. and a massive streak in the night sky. the sight that has a lot of people t

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developing this morning, new information about a strange light in the night sky. if you take a look here, the military -- all right, we apparently don't have the video for you just yet. let's try to move on. we'll try to get the video and show you. it is really spectacular video to see here. let's check in with meteorologist chuck belle to see what kind of weather we're going to have. >> yes, indeed, aaron and eun. a very busy stretch weather to come our way. rain and thick weather. dense fog advisory doesn't include the metro. they may very well extend that into the d.c. metro. visibility under a mile northern maryland, shenandoah valley. three miles around town. how does that affect your travel slowdowns. the roads, rain and fog will make things go. plus extra volume with all of the holiday travelers. best chance take the rails.

flying up in the skies, foggy conditions could lead to some delays. call ahead. temperatures, nothing to worry about there. it will be a warm one today. temperatures climbing well up into the mid to upper 60s. southern maryland tracking the rain drops into the metro. for now, speaking of rail delays, here's melissa mollet. >> here's a new problem. single tracking between smithsonian and mcpherson square and eastern market. we just got that here from metro. a reminder here as far as that closure here that we had earlier top of the beltway inner loop between rockville pike and connecticut avenue. completely open. no problems there. that crash, virginia side of the key bridge cleared out of there. 95 at mine road, a little bit there. more on the metro delays in ten minutes. aaron? >> want to try to go back to the developing story we were just telling you about, this light in the night sky. the military now says this was a

russian rocket that was burning up over nevada. the rocket launched earlier this week apparently. people thought it might have been a shooting star. this video and a lot more like it went viral on social media overnight. you can see the light from three states apparently. pretty impressive. >> make a wish on it. >> go for it. if you're heading out for the holidays today, you might want to wait a little while and take a look. this is why. you see that fog covering part of arlington this morning? tom kierein will have a look at that as well as the weekend forecast at 5:21. honoring a fallen police officer. how you can do something to preserve the memory of officer noah

look at that. this is a live picture outside of all the fog enveloping our region. >> it is just one reason today is a weather alert day. we have full team coverage for you this morning. let's start things off with news 4's erica gonzalez. she's live in arlington with a look at the roads.

erica. >> reporter: hi, aaron. we are live in arlington along 395. as chuck was mentioning, as he's been mentioning all morning, take a look right over beside me. that's the air force memorial. normally you can see that and this morning you can barely make it out, much less the peaks on the air force memorial. please be careful on the roads. give yourself a little extra time this morning. give your tires a check before you leave and make sure there's a roadside kit in the case. it's december 23rd, otherwise known as the get away day. people bolting out of town to get to grandma's for christmas. a lot of people will take to the skies as well, but most people will hit the roads. the biggest thing that's helping people escape for the holidays are the gas prices. incredible. well below $2 in most parts around here. some people taking pictures. the last couple days i saw $1.47, i've seen $1.60 something. by the new year you're looking at prices the lowest they've

been since 2009. we've got a steady stream of traffic this morning. we'll be back in a couple of minutes to give you an update on the road conditions. live in arlington, i'm erika gonzalez, back to you. >> thanks, erika. we're breaking down the numbers about how many are headed home. it is record breaking. aaa predicts more than 100 million people will be traveling for the holiday. in our area that number is 2.5 million. more than 40% of the people who live here in our area. according to aaa, 92,000 travelers won't be driving or flying but are taking the train or something else. now 130,000 of you will be up in the air flying for your traveling, and with the extra low gas prices most of you, about 2,260,000 are expected to drive. crowded roads today. 6:18 -- 5. 5:18 right now. the woman police blame for a deadly crash should be in court.

lakeisha holloway faces a list of charges after driving her car into pedestrians in las vegas. one person died and dozens are hurt. today the man accused of shooting at a colorado planned parenthood clinic is in court. robert dear faces charges. three people died including a police officer. 5:19. today you can honor the memory of a montgomery county police officer killed in the line of duty. the department is hosting a blood drive in honor of officer noah leotta. a suspected drunk driver hit the 24-year-old who died of his injuries earlier this month. today's blood drive runs from 8:00 until 3:00 at the montgomery county public safety headquarters. new developments in the fight over marriage licenses. kentucky governor matt bevins said they will no longer need the county clerk's signature. his executive order follows a nationwide controversy surrounding the woman you see here. county clerk kim davis refused to issue licenses to same-sex

couples citing her religion. your kids can track santa this year. they'll have to wait a few days, but on christmas eve you can head to norad santa.org to keep an eye on santa. norad -- >> they're doing a live stream of something this year which is different. >> that will be exciting. >> i'm a little confused. >> you can head to the site to play some of the fun festive games. they've had their eyes on santa's skies for about 60 years. can you imagine all that work? download the nbc washington app and we will add a link so you can track santa for yourself. coming up on 5:21. there is a weather alert today. storm team 4 says you should expect a little rain at different points today. a live look from our city cam already. why there is a dense fog advisory today. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell almost as busy as santa. >> almost. you can see on the cam tower, the one pulsing light, those are

the runway lights at reagan national airport. a lot of fog. steady rain showers coming our way. that could also slow down driving around. added updates, that's what a weather alert day means to you. the home viewer added updates and postings on all of the social media platforms. follow me @chuck bell 4. our nbc 4 washington app will have an updated forecast and it will also have a radar app in there as well. you can track the rain drops as they come towards your hometown. the thickest fog is in the shenandoah region. could get worse before it gets better. 7, 8, 9:00 this morning, close to zero. that could slow things up. traveling today, moderate rain and fog will slow down especially i-95. wet roads within 400 miles within washington. call your carriers today to make sure you stay ahead of any potential delays. nothing out there yet. still awfully early in the morning. here's the rain. here it comes up from the

carolinas in georgia moving in our direction. not raining too hard yet. heavier showers and periods of moderate rain likely. here's the timing out of rain drops. the first wave of moisture and the next batch of rain, 10:00 this morning, rain moving into the metro area. should ease up a little bit mid afternoon before another rain possibility by 5:00, 6:00 this evening. seven day forecast, 67 today with the rain. hit-and-miss showers tomorrow but a record high tomorrow at 75 and near the record again on christmas day. awful lot of clouds. most of the rain threat is today and into early tomorrow. hit and miss shower chances do linger into the weekend. my colleague tom kierein is dealing with the fog up close and personal this morning. good morning, tom. >> reporter: yeah, fog patrol with the storm team 4x4 in arlington overlooking. you can barely see the glow in the distance. that's the air force memorial here in arlington right near pentagon city. visibility down to half a mile. area airports, bwi visibility

now down to 1/4 of a mile. dulles is down to 3/4 of a mile and some patchy, dense fog. a little bit of drizzle around, too, this morning. grab an umbrella. we'll be dealing with this dense fog for another several hours. right now we have breaking news on the roads. what's going on, melissa? >> breaking news right now. this problem on metro, orange, blue, silver lines right now. single tracking. single tracking in two different spots. first between smithsonian and mcpherson square and stadium and eastern market. they're calling this a track issue. no details on what's happening now. when we do, we'll pass it along. big look at the beltway. inner loop and outer loop looking good. 95 from 32 down to the beltway going to take you ten minutes. no problems there. heading northbound, also looking good there on 95. trying to make that get away today. 66 at sudley, this is what we're dealing with this morning kind of all over the place. a little hazy. same thing as you're taking a live look at 270.

aaron? >> melissa, thank you. 5:24 right now. sad reunion in the day ahead. the family of staff sergeant steven talb about receive his body at dover air force base. he's one of six american killed by a suicide bomber on monday. his father tells us he couldn't be prouder of his son. the news though is devastating. >> it's the first attack americans have had in quite a while. >> yeah. >> and to have it happen to my son, i just can't get my head around it. >> talb's mother and brother own a restaurant in d.c. you can see a sign and an american flag in the window saying the restaurant will be closed while the family mourns the loss of their hero. flags will fly at half staff in honor of ypd detective joseph lemm. he, too, was killed in the suicide bombing. major adrianna leaves behind a wife and little boy.

she is the first openly gay american female officer to be killed in combat. louis bonacassa watts on his fourth tour. 28-year-old michael cinco was from the rio grand valley and chester mcbride had been a college football standout. a man now headed to prison for a shooting at a high school earlier this year. brandon earl tyler pled guilty to shooting a 14-year-old and 15-year-old outside of frederick high school. the shooting happened back in february. they say tyler and the teenagers were members of rival gangs. tyler will be in prison for 12 years. today is the last day that d.c.'s public service commission will hear details on the exlon and pepco merger. the group will hand deliver opposition letters to the commission's offices in northwest washington. d.c. is one of the fastest growing places in the country. new"qvu data from the kren cuss

bureau ranks d.c. third among the fastest growing states over the last year. d.c. gained more than 12,000 people. nearly 2% increase over 2014. north dakota ranked first and colorado second. north carolina also became the ninth state to surpass 10 million residents. when will the rain hit your area? take a live look at storm team 4 radar here when you can see where the drops are falling now. chuck bell is fine tuning the 4 things to know about your forecast. not backing down this morning, donald trump is blasting several people for calling his recent comments about hillary clinton vulgar. what clinton has to say about his comments. and caught on camera, how a drone almost took out a skier during the competitio

now at 5:30, you know how the saying goes, pack your patience? >> we are getting you started with a live look at reagan national airport. you can sort of see the runway lights there and also the roadways in virginia this morning as a lot of you get ready to set out for the holidays, but the weather could have a huge impact on your plans. good morning to you, i'm eun yang. >> good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. this is a storm team 4 weather update. chuck bell to explain the 4 things to know about your weather. >> the weather not cooperating with all of the travel plans. that means more postings on all of our social media platforms.

dense fog advisory. periods of moderate rain coming for the daylight hours today. and then record high temperatures coming not just for tomorrow but maybe for christmas day as well. view at national harbor can still see the capitol wheel there. there's thicker fog out in the shenandoah valley. i-81, 70, 68, those will be more impacted by the fog first thing this morning. rain chances, heaviest rain is in southern maryland. there's a lot more where that came from, everybody. take your umbrella. leave the winter coat at home. temperatures mid to upper 60s. we'll talk more about that record high coming our way tomorrow in a few more minutes. here's melissa. breaking news on the rales. talking about orange, blue, silver line. single tracking in two different spots. you can see that on the nbc washington app. smithsonian and mcpherson square and stadium armory. 95 south before 100 has a car

fire there that is slowing things here southbound. might be a little slow north bound. you'll see the response if you're headed out soon. 270 to 70 will take you 29 minutes. nice and on time. no major problems down there. take a look at travel times in ten minutes. aaron. melissa, thank you 56789:31. turn to decision 2016 this morning and donald trump blames the mainstream media for incorrectly defining his words. trump took to twitter yesterday to deny using vulgar language when he talked about hillary clinton losing to president obama in 2008. tracie potts has more on that. >> reporter: we want to show you some of these tweets that he put out overnight into early this morning talking about the fact that the term that he used, he says, is not vulgar and that other reporters used it in the past. he said that it was the biased media that incorrectly defined what he was saying, that he was basically saying that hillary had been badly beaten by barack

obama in 2008. in response here's what hillary clinton said last night when she was asked about bullies. >> you're looking at somebody who's had a lot of terrible things said about me. it's important to stand up to bullies wherever they are and why we shouldn't let anybody bully his way into the presidency. >> reporter: this war of words between donald trump and hillary clinton now as we head into the holiday, and then just weeks before the first caucuses in iowa, it looks like ted cruz may be waiting in the wings. one of the most recent polls quinnipiac shows him four points behind donald trump. the reuters shows him further behind. ben carson is still at the number two spot with donald trump with three times as much support. different stories from the polls, but the bottom line ted cruz is gaining, he is surging and donald trump is still topping pretty much all the national polls out there. >> tracie potts on capitol hill. thank you, tracie. spending for advertising has

topped more than $100 million so far this year. according to ad tracking data, that is much higher than four years ago. 1/3 has come from jeb bush and his allies. the smallest amount of advertising so far is from donald trump. d.c. mayor muriel bowser is looking ahead too 2018. could there be a match-up between former mayor mark gray. >> have you thought about that possibility, about the scenario of having to run against former mayor gray again. >> we'll be ready for whatever the field looks like in 2018. >> so does that mean that you have decided to run for re-election? >> absolutely. being mayor of the district of columbia, especially now and especially as a person who was born and raised here is the best job in the world. >> mark asked the mayor about the presidential race and if

she's worried about losing staff to hillary clinton if she wins the nomination? >> we already -- one of my folks went to her early on. i take that as a compliment that we have hired a team that can work on a national stage. as for mayor bowser possibly moving on to a cabinet position, she said she loves local government and that is where she plans to stay. in the fight against isis, the man who they say supported isis from his home will stay behind bars. he was charged last week. he allegedly pledged allegiance to the terrorist group. the fbi said he didn't plan any attacks but was instructed to conduct an attack. coming up on 5:35 now. parishioners in paris will see an increased security effort in churches in response to last

month's deadly paris attacks. officials want churches to keep one door open instead of multiple doors. france's interior minister assured religious leaders, quote, everything is being done to guarantee security. 130 people died in a series of coordinated attacks around paris last month. american secret service agent is missing his gun and badge this morning. that's because a criminal took the items right out of the alt's car. the thief also escaped with a radio and flash drive. this all happened monday less than two blocks from agency headquarters downtown. the news 4 iteam has a new investigation into one of this year's hottest christmas gifts. your new drone could get you in hot water with the law. the iteam found a fast-rising number of close calls between drones and police helicopters or other life saving flights. the report shows drones have interfered, even detoured planes that were fighting fires. >> we're not going to kill

somebody over some un -- improper use of a drone in that -- in that air space. >> what you need to know if you unwrap a drone on christmas morning plus the punishment for a man who flew his drone too close to a police chopper in great falls, virginia. that's all in the report in our nbc washington app. speaking of close calls with drones, look at this. >> oh. >> see that right there? that's a falling drone. almost took out an austrian skier right in the middle of a slalom competition here. it missed the four-time defending champion by just seconds, literally. the drone was carrying the camera to broadcast the race from italy. wow, 5:36. happening today, v dot will open the old carolina road south jefferson street bridge months ahead of schedule. the bridge runs over 66. it was closed last month for repairs. crews managed to get everything back open five months early. a shared use path is not ready.

that will open next spring. this is part of a multi-million dollar project to widen 6. just in from sydney, australian police arrested two suspected terrorists over an alleged attack. take a look. you can see the men being led away from the house. they thwarted a potential attack whose target included a navy base. the men we're told ages 24 and 20. earlier this month police charged five people including a 15-year-old boy over the same alleged plot. aaron? >> angie, thank you. hey, if you're away from your tv, you know what, a picture is worth 1,000 words. a live look outside the news 4 studios here on this weather alert day. pretty cool spot. look at all the fog. fog isn't the only thing we're up with. chuck is back with more at 5:41. is free speech protected by the constitution if it's

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redskins trademark deal is going to federal court. the redskins are appealing a decision to cancel their protection. the cringe worthy miscrowning of miss universe will not stop steve harvey from hosting the event again. sunday harvey mistakenly crowned miss colombia as the winner. see them taking the crown back. he apologized and gave the crown to the rightful winner right there, miss philippines. everyone handled it in stride. >> i guarantee you, next time it will be the best crowning you will ever see. >> good for him. 5:41. storm team 4. >> let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. >> the crowning achievement in the forecast is getting the

sunshine back. i don't see any chance for that today. in fact, sunshine will be at a premium for quite a while. dealing with thick fog. 1/4 mile visibility in spartansburg, 3/4 in manassas. rain is in southern maryland. new timing on the computer model. show you that at 5:51. hour by hour, rain and fog already in the upper 50s. we'll make mid to upper 60s today. last-minute shopping, rain and fog and only occasional showers tomorrow. that record high, whole forecast is 5:71. breaking news now on the rales. we still have this problem here on orange, blue, silver linings. single tracking right now between smithsonian and mcpherson square. stadium armory. two different sections there. eastbound battlefield protection in the leesburg area. 66 in bound looks good. 95 northbound don't have to worry about that. might look different as folks get out of town on 95 in

virginia. southbound on 270 is all right as well. 95 to 270 going to take you nine minutes. listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. breaking news montgomery county. police investigating after finding a body on a hiking trail. news 4's megan mcgrath is there. a woman who fought to stay in the hospital died just an hour after being discharged. what's expected to happen today that could solve her bizarre death? and new details after last month's shooting at union station involving an off-duty

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if you are just joining us this morning, we're following breaking news montgomery county. in just this past hour we confirmed that police are investigating a death on a hiking trail. more on that in just a minute. first, chuck has the latest on this weather alert day.

chuck? good morning, guys. live picture from national harbor. two minutes ago you could see the capitol wheel. not the case anymore as fog continues to thicken. i'll let you know how long that will be a problem and how long the rain will affect your travel coming up. t different issues right now. one breaking knews on the rails. still single tracking between smithsonian and mcpherson square and between stadium armory and eastern market. in the leesburg area, police activity and slowdowns there. >> reporter: and i'm megan mcgrath with more breaking news. the northwest branch trail. this trail is part of a police investigation after a body was found late last night in the creek that runs along the trail. now this is the section near the inner loop of the beltway in new hampshire avenue. no word on how the person died,

whether foul play is suspected or not. we just don't know that at this point. also no word about whethethe person, the body that was found, whether it was a man or a woman. an autopsy will be performed. police are asking anyone with information about what happened here to contact investigators. we're here at the entrance of the trail itself. i was told by an investigator on the scene earlier that they actually had to go quite a ways in to actually make this discovery. they found the body a little after 11:00 last night. he had good grades in school. he was a good person. he never done nothing to nobody. >> a d.c. family is mourning the loss of their 17-year-old brother and son just days before christmas. jose ochoa was stabbed to death on eighth street northwest. right now d.c. police are questioning a girl ochoa met a week ago. the two agreed to meet near the park near the rec center on sunday. she showed up with two people.

his body was found down the block from the park. teachers say he was a good and popular student who had so much going for him. >> he's all i have. he's my big brother. he took care of me. now i have nobody to look over me. >> there will be a candlelight vigil this sunday at paul public charter school. grief counselors will be at the vigil for students. 5:49 now. new details, the man shot by an off duty baltimore police officer in union station has died. you might remember, the shooting happened last month just one day after the terror attacks. rashaad bug bay was accused of cutting a woman. he went inside union station when an off duty officer saw him carrying a knife. he went at the officer so he fired. no word on the cause of death right now. a man waiting to reregister as a sex offender in an a rurun

county is now facing theft charges. he snapped up a package that was delivered, sits down for a second and took the package to his car. he walked back into the police station and reregistered as if nothing happened. it was all caught on camera. police went to his home in kroft ton and arrested him. outrage in washington state where thousands of inmates were released early over the last 13 years. >> it is totally unacceptable and frankly it is maddening. >> prison officials just revealed the problem. they say a computer did not add up good time credit properly leading to more than 3,000 prisoners' early release. the family of a prisoner discovered the problem three years ago. a handful of the prisoners are being ordered to go back to prison now. an autopsy should reveal more today about a woman's death. she collapsed monday as police escorted her out of a hospital in tallahassee.

the woman had been discharged after her doctors addressed her complaints of breathing difficulties. local police chief said she was arrested on trespassing charges. 5:51. it is a weather alert day. here's why. reason one on the left side of the screen, fog. nothing else. reason two, the rain hitting several corners of our region. let's get to chuck bell with a look at that and the next seven days. >> good morning, aaron. camera shots, normally beautiful pictures of washington shrouded in the fog and not much visibility this morning. weather alert day. the fog can slow things down. putting out extra updates on all of our social media platforms. nbc 4 washington on facebook. nbc washington app. a foggy start this morning. visibility by 8:00 this morning staying down well under a mile. probably down close to zero. increasing southerly breezes

will help mix out the fog a little bit. it comes with an increasing chance for rain. so moderate rain and fog will make local driving a little slow going. i-81 and i-95 all wet and rain covered within 400 miles of washington. also, you may want to call ahead to some carriers. no major delays on any of the airports just yet around our area. that could be changing. very early in the morning. delays could pile up. most of the rain for now is still down into southern maryland. don't be fooled, there's a whole lot of rain coming our way. you won't need the coat but you will need the umbrella. future weather, moderate rain out of southern maryland. that's out by 8:00 but the next area moves in between 8:00 and 11:00 this morning. could be brief pockets of rain in time. little easing up mid afternoon and another wave of rain comes in later after that. could get heavier rain between 4:00 and 8:00 this evening. keep in mind, rain could slow things down.

67 today with the rain. a record high tomorrow at 75. we'll be within 1 or 2 degrees on christmas day as well. this forecast looks a lot more like april or may than the last full week of december. coming up at 6:501, back to the latest when the rain will be arriving. breaking news on first 4 traffic. breaking news. still single tracking. orange-blue silver line, single tracking between smithsonian and mcpherson. we are seeing delays there on the silver line only as well. 15 southbound the ramp to we westtown. big look at the belt way. no major problems. see you back at 6:01. 5:53. new details about a deadly crash in prince gorges county. police say the driver involved in the head-on collision last week was drinking. maryland state police say james callero crossed the center line

on 202. he crashed into a morgan state university student who just came home from the holidays. we're learning that maryland44$ delegate joseph valero represented hem. good morning. i'm kate rogers at cnbc headquarters. google is working on a messaging app. it will tap into google's artificial intelligence. it can answer user's questions. it's unclear when the app will be launched or what it will be called. with your cnbc business report, i'm kate rogers. top transportation officials will update us on what's happening to make airbags saver in your cars. you'll remember the massive recalls earlier this year made by takata. the company said it can go off

without the driver getting into a crash. this morning nhtsa willup date safety improvements. update from news 4 consumer watch. e. coli outbreak at costco has ended. they pulled the rotisserie chicken salad from all stores after nearly 20 people became sick. they recalled the mix of diced celery and onion thinking that could be the source. fda and cdc determination could not determine which ingredient caused the i will pss. toys with lasers can be dangerous for your kids. you should never use a hand held laser as a toy or point to anything in motion. the spirit of the holiday season is playing right here in arlington. mother wanted her 6 and

4-year-old girls, aren't they cute, to know that there was more to christmas than the gift to a student there. emma and eva printed a prosthetic hand. then they gave it to 13-year-old becca jensen. >> a lot of emotions? >> yeah, it is. >> i wanted to show them that christmas is about giving to others and not just about receiving present and buying presents. >> becca says she is thankful for her early christmas present. she loves to cook and is eager to start using her new hand in the kitchen. >> have a little fuj in there. good for her. >> great story. another item in news for your health this morning, boston university just came out with the seven best ways to keep your heart healthy. manage blood pressure, control cholesterol, get active, eat

better, lose weight and stop smoking. all these things lower the risk of heart failure. >> a lot to do, aaron. the holiday travel season is ramping up this morning, but not without some potential problems through the fog in this live picture here you see reagan national airport. things are clearing up a bit there. we're watching a developing story from the west coast after a streak of light across the night sky. what caused it and the reaction what caused it and the reaction it sparked on social

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love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. "news 4 today" starts now. good morning, everybody. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. thick fog and periods of heavy rain may really slow down your big get away day. complete check of the forecast coming right up. plus, a developing story has people talking right now. a streak of light shooting across the night sky. what we're learning caused this fireball. and heading out of town for the holidays. what you need to know before you pack up your car or head to the airport on this get away day. good morning, everybody. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. we're in weather alert mode for you today. the rain and fog you'll need to stay alert as a driver and as a viewer. have our nbc 4 washington app ready to go. record high temperatures

tomorrow and foggy and soggy stretch weather coming our way. thick fog this morning. thickest across northern maryland and the shenandoah valley. rain chances, here's the next batch of moderate rain southwest of richmond now. about 4 1/2 hours away. that means heavier, steadier rain inside the beltway between 10:00 and 11:00 this morning. if you have a chance to get outside earlier, that will be the driest from that perspective. we sort of trade the fog for rain drops. temperatures, how about mid to upper 60s. no winter jacket required. impacts the fog is having on your travel coming up. here's melissa mollet. >> we have an update on the blue, orange, silver line. as far as we know right now they are saying they are no longer silver tracking. may have another issue looking into as far as the silver line. we'll pass information along if we find something out. 15 southbound ramp to 70, that ramp has reopened. no more