marijuana. >> police found out about cunningham's business through a series of sting operations. cunningham says the business will continue giving out marijuana. >> we're monitoring conditions as you travel for the holidays. there are already dozens of delays on the west coast. rain and fog made for slow travel along the east coast yesterday. in all there were about 350 delays and 400 flight cancellations as of last night. flight tracking sites like aware said that is double the number of normal cancellations. they say the power is back on at union station. an outage right now forced passengers to walk in the dark. amtrak police and usher helped police find their way to a train. no word on what caused the outage. they say they did not have delay in trains. heads-up if you're flying.

the csa can now mandate that certain passengers go through those machines. in the past you could ask for a full body pat joup instead and they say those machines tend to detect objects that a pat-down might miss. >> 4:31 right now. let's get a check of the four things you want to know. >> temperatures running 30 degrees warmer than average. a weather alert for the front part of the day today could pick up another quit one. 1.6 inches of rain. most of that in just a short period of time. as a result of the heavy rain yesterday and chance of more today, temperatures will be falling. it including southern montgome y montgomery, fairfax, prince george's, anne arundel and the southern half of the county. raindrops already south of town. these are coming northbound into

the metro area. temperatures, are you kidding me? this is december. 66 degrees already and the sun's not up for another three hour. temperatures will be reaching the mid-70s. a lot of potential for heavy rain this morning. we'll show you the forecast hour by hour coming up in ten minutes. here's kim mccormick. >> we have a problem. right now we're looking at i-66 and route 50. we can't see any but there's reports of a disabled vehicle. just be careful if you're headed out there. alexandria and duke street south quaker lane and sweely street, all lanes are blocked. that's in front of the commonwealth shopping center. if you've got last-minute shopping to, you might run into delays there this morning. be careful. there's a crash on the outer loop of the beltway between rockville pipe, 65, and old

georgetown road. reportedly there's a lane blocked there. be very careful as you're headed there. stay to the left in order to get by. kim, thank you. it's 4:43. new details about the death of a montgomery county man. he was found stabbed to death back in august. police say a 19-year-old and three younger teens are now being charged with first-degree murder. two of those teens also face charges in a deadly shooting last month in gaithersburg. we've got something going on in china now. we're learning the timing of threat is reportedly around christmas day or on christmas day. this is a very popular shopping day. british and french embassies have been notifying them as

well. another gain against the secret service. october 11th is when hernandez fired several shots from his car on constitutional avenue. at least several bullet s struc windows in an upstairs window. the florida man who landed his gyrocopter on the capitol lawn said he will run for congress. daniel hughes says he plans to run for congress's florida's 23rd district. he was arrest f after landing his copter. he pled guilty. they say it does not make him ineligible to run for congress. a martial arts instructor through a 5-year-old boy on the

ground knocking him out. a fellow employee alerted police. police say the boy went to the hospital with serious injuries. 21-year-old justin bran nick face felony child abuse charges. a high-prole investigation reveels that a man is well known for smuggling. fairfax county police caught carey in a spinning operation in a sting operation in the mall parking lot tuesday night. >> thehe assumed the identity o victim and he went ahead and mailed contact with him. they say he already had inappropriate contact with the minor prior to tuesday. right now montgomery county police are searching for a man who went missing. he was last seen near the area of the grosvenor metro station.

police say he was a passenger in a vehicle but got out of the vehicle. his family is concerned for his well faye and emotional well being. now to the latest in the race for the white house. the white house means a short break for would-be 2016 presidential campaign efforts. for the past few months the tone of several leaders of the packet has been is. it's become the most outrageous and controversy in recent history. coming up in a few minutes, edward lawrence looks back and where the campaign is headed. >> for those who want to learn more about the toll lanes for 2016, wheel post the locations in the nbc washington app. earlier this month the commonwealth transportation

added lanes inside the beltway. in two weeks you can hear about bowser's zero plan. all deadly accidents involving deadly pedestrians and cyclists. the vision zero plan aims to improve street safety and better monitor hazardous street conditions. it will be plenty warm today for a holiday tradition. the water-skiing santa and knee boarding reindeer will make their way down the potomac this afternoon. you can go there around 1:00 today for the best view. nd it's another weather alert day here at "news4" and this is why. you see all the blue and green headed our way? chuck bell will let us know how much rain we can expect and how warm it will get at 4:41. >>. rent district is high. where do we fall compared to other parts of the country.

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realtytrac names d.c. the second least affordable area for renters in the entire nation. it says only honor lieu is more expense everybody. it's based on the percentage of salaries people spend. d.c. residents spend 60% on their rent compared the rest at 70%. >> man. what about eating? >> you can't -- >> that's what i'm saying. you can't afford food. >> the reason it's as expensive as hawaii, if you want it to be warm and humid, that's what you've got to pay for. man, is it crazy warm and hue mi mid on this day. heavy rain likely up to about lunchtime. ponding on the areas on i-81, 95 and the beltways. the delays could start stacking up pretty fast as heavy rain across central virginia is racing toward the metro area. the leading edge of this rain is

moving so fast it's likely to be in indianapolis app over the bay. there's another batch where that came from. time out the arrival of that. here's kim mccormick with traffic. >> they were looking for a crash between old 55 and georgetown road. so far they haven't had any problems with this crash. right now traffic is moving fine. where you might find a problem this morning is on duke street, south quaker lain and sweely street. there is a water maybe break. that could affect shoppers later this morning. we seernding a crew out to see what's going on. and if you're on 66 in manassas headed to the beltway, things are going good although there is a problem just after route 50. when you leave your house and get in your car, don't forget to tune in to 103.5, wtop.

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right now, an extra challenging early commute in alexander because of a water main break. duke street is currently closed. this is between sweely and quaker. our megan jones is headed there. >> thanks, angie. holidays mean a short break

before the campaign ramps up for 2016. nbc's edward lawrence looks at how the campaigns on the battle trail could carry over into the new year. edward, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we could maybe get that break for a couple of days. senator marco rubio is going to have 60 family members over to celebrate. this campaign seems to have no playbook. they're saying at one point he wants to halt all muslim visitors from coming into the country. that tone carried over to some of the other candidates. senator ted cruz started a fresh attack on senator marco rubio friday saying he criticized the spending bill congress just passed but didn't bother to show up to vote against it. democratic front-runner hillary clinton's press secretary says they're upset that bernie sanders' staffers tried to get

into the clinton voting information. now, all of the access has been restored and the data breach has been secured, we're told. now, this wild campaign actually shows no signs of letting up. reporting live here in washington on clishlgs edward lawrence. back to you, aaron. thank you. it's 4:47. senator ted cruz is responding to plate cal cartoon. it depicts his two daughters as dancing monkeys. it portrays cruz as an organ grinder. the artist said she was justified in using them after cruz used them in a campaign ad. he slammed it saying children of political candidates should be off limits. >> leave my kids alone, leave marco's kids alone. leave hillary's kids and grandkids alone.

fred hyatt posted a comment saying, quote, it's generally ben the policy of our editorial section to leave children out of it. i failed to look at this cartoon before it was published. wait time just got shorter for virginia strovoters. you may remember this site from the 2012 presidential elections. in prince william county, some waited hours to cast a vote. because of that, they have agreed to teach volunteers what to do if vote machines malfunction and they agree to speak with experts if there's lay layup. a shooting in a story in fairfax county has last-minute shoppers on edge. during that robbery the suspect shot an employee. he then took off toward richmond highway. shoppers there say they're more alert after hearing about this incident. >> we'll be more careful now. you watch your purse more

carefully, you watch where you're going. i do a lot more internet shopping and stay out of the malls. >> the employee who was shot is expected to be okay. we're will working to learn if a man involved in an officer-involved shooting. this happened on clarion court in ft. washington. someone in the neighborhood called police to report a suspicious car. the shooting happened as officers confronted the man in the car. the officer was not shot. he tried to run but officers were able to quickly trace him down. a baltimore police officer is off duty after punching a 19-year-old. he was part of this arrest saturday in townsend. he said the teenager resisted arrest and he threw the punch. the liberty council claims

the board violated virginia law by adding sexual orientation and gender identity to its nondiscrimination policy. supporters of the changes say the updated policy protects students and teachers who identify as lgbt. a ring that was lost back in the early '90s is back in the right hands today. this mist of this 1951 lost class ring unfolded with a handwritten letter sent to gaithersburg high school. the letter was sent by a granddaughter only of the founder in tennessee. gaithersburg did a little digging and sent the letter to a raymond neal owens jr. right here. >> crying like a baby. i just broke down. it was so amazing. i had no idea it was lost. searching through old photos, i found an itinerary of this trip. >> that trip to tennessee where

the ring was lost, the ring belonged to owen's father who passed away in 2012. neal is thrilled to have his father's ring to add to his happy memories. >> what a wonderful way to celebrate the holidays. >> connecting to your past and your family. yeah. all right. 4:51 right now. chuck bell is joining us now with a weather alert. >> two weather alerts in a row. yesterday just torrential downpou downpours. crazy. >> it's not the type of weather i'd expect. >> it's nutty outside. temperatures feeling like april or may and because of the springlike air and connection, a chance for springlike weather. 27 reports of toernltds yesterday in places like ohio, kentucky, alabama, and mississippi. very, very unusual for late december and we're under the gun of our own possibilities of impactful weather today.

flash flooding is a real possibility. had almost two inches of rain in local spots late yesterday. this will have a big impact on travel, especially the first part of the day. have your nbc washington app ready to go. the types of severe weather chance is very low. not zero. we're keeping an eye on that. gusts of winds a possibility. the biggest threat will be the possibility of flash flooding. more heavy rains coming down on already saturated soil. the weather in your plans increasing rain this morning. if you can delay your travel plans until late this afternoon, that would be a good idea. late through the morning until lunchtime. by evening, cloudy but mild. man, is ing i got to be warm today. heavier showers down to our south. the back end of the heavier rain threat is about seven hours or so. but the heaviest rain in the short term is still down to our south here. it's racing into the metro. it will be in the next hour to hour and a half. if you're planning to beat the

rain, you've already missed your opportunity already. this will continue up to about lunchtime. here's future weather. 7:15 in the morning. moderate ran. heavy rain on the beltway. that tapers off at about 12:00 or 1:00. 75 today, 70 tomorrow with a risk of a few christmas day showers. rain chances linger into saturday ads well. sunday, the pick of the litter. another 75-degree day there and finally a little cooler into early next week. let's see if there's any trouble on the road this early christmas eve morning with kim mccormick. >> we have problems on duke street between south quaker lane and sweely. all lanes are currently blocked. we're sending a crew down there. if you have any last-minute shopping to do, it's going to snarl your problems when you get up and move out the door. you can see the rain chuck was talking about right here on the radar. right now 95 is running free and

clear of any kind of incident s lat related to any issue. the outer loop as you're making your way from bethesda toward the american legion bridge, you can see above bradley boulevard there's a sirius problem. at least two left lanes blocked at this area. so you are going to run into some problems as you cofrom rockville to bethesda heading toward the american legion bridge. it is now 4:54. new details in the case of a woman forced out of a hospital and arrested right before she collapsed. what we're learning about her death. >> only on "news4," a mother defends her daughter for posting a threat online. what she sayser her daughter's actions. >> here, there, everywhere, >> here, there, everywhere, where why let someone else have all the fun? the sometimes haphazard, never boring fun.

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back at 4:57, it is a kw weather alert day. if you're away from your tv, come look at this. "storm team 4" meteorologist chuck bell will let us know if the rain is going to stick around for your holiday tomorrow. few detase on how a woman died outside a hospital. barbara dawson died of complications from a blood clot.

she was arrested on monday after she refused to leave the hospital. doctors say they treated her and discharged her but she wouldn't go. her relatives were there when the police escorted her from the hospital in handcuffs. they say instantly they knew something was wrong. >> when they got her to the car, they tried to open the door and put her in the calf. she collapsed. they got the doctor to come out there and get a pulse out of her. they couldn't get no pulse. >> the family is considering a lawsuit against the local police department, the hospital, or both. a california mother's mission to have her brain-dead daughter alive. she wants them toen validate her daut 'eers insurance company. if that happens they may be required to pay the insurance. they considered her brain-dead after they ran into

complications following sleep apnea surgery. one post was a hate list names several middle school students. according on to the police, the middle schooler threatened her pierce with death or bodily injury using a made up instagram account. in one of the posts the emoji used a gun, a knife, or a bomb. her mother says she doesn't believe she would hurt anyone. >> as a mom, i don't know what to tell you. >> the young girl is now facing felony charges. fairfax county school says these kinds of threats can be disruptive. it asks parents to speak to children about the yaus of social media. in just a few hours you can stream the music of beatles. starting after midnight certain outlets will allow the streaming

of the fab 4. apple, google play, and primer are among those allowing streaming. there will be 17 beatles albums for you to listen to. download away. listening to music, all you have to do is sign in to spotify. the stream iing has them. topping the list for mr. and mrs. obama is "o tannenbaum." vice president bide and his wife chose bruce springsteen's "santa claus is coming to town." >> i have a playlist. jim nantz has a playlist. i love christmas music. stay with us. "news4" continues now at 5:00 a.m. at least seven people are dead after severe stor