from the shopping malls to the airport and we'll start in the storm center with meteorologist amelia segal. >> chris, we had record warmth at all three airports today. don't let bwi and reagan national all hit 71 degrees. christmas looking to be one of the top five warmest we've had on record. here's the latest right now on storm team 4 radar. for most of us it's dry and it's muggy and it will stay like that for your christmas eve. currently at 64 degrees and hang out in the mid-60s as we work our way toward the midnight hour and mine an isolated shower in parts of southern maryland and for most of us it will be warm and dry. as we work toward midnight areas of fog will start to form and not so much an issue tonight if you're going to be out late, but tomorrow morning we will be tracking areas of dense fog and that could impact road conditions especially north and west of town in the more rural areas. tomorrow especially later in the day, tracking some rain. i'm going to have more on the timing of this rain and what

kind of temperatures we can expect for the holiday weekend coming up in a little bit, chris. >> thanks, amelia. the death toll has risen to 11 with a lot of other people hurt or missing after storms swept across the south. with a dozen tornadoes swept mississippi and left hundreds homeless for the holidays. how people are coping and a live report in a few minutes. >> the severe thunderstorms are causing hundreds of flight delays. derrick ward is live at reagan national airport. how are travelers making out there? >> reporter: you know, we're not see anything big surge of crowds. i think it's been more constant especially because the federal government had an early release today, but we are seeing people despite those favorable conditions and we're seeing folks having trouble getting from point a to point b especially if point a is to the south of here. >> some happy travelers, they just can't wait to get southbound for their florida keys christmas tradition. >> we will have an awesome

christmas. >> reporter: jo ann's planning an awesome christmas, too, but it's been a little more than over the river and through the woods. it's been more like over a barrel and through the riwringe. >> it was a short delay. >> it was an hour delay and then another 25 minutes and then another hour. >> reporter: she says the airline kept them informed only when it was finally time to board, but she's not bitter. all she had to do was look out the window to explain the delays and weather in the south would turn deadly with tornadoes and flooding. >> there was thunder and lightning. it wouldn't have been good to get on and wherever the plane was coming from had poor weather. that's the real reason for the major delay. >> and where was she coming from? say atlanta was supposed to be a weigh point on her journey. she started in portland. >> so for me arriving to the

airport to here has been 15 hours. >> it's well worth the wait. >> the only thing i miss is two hours from seeing my family, but to useadage, better late than never. >> a lot of flights were canceled altogether. she just lost a couple of hours and she'll probably get that back in hugs and kisses from the young once. we're live in reagan national airport. back to you. >> thank you. >> a real-life case of scrooge in northern virginia. the head dipping into company money to line his own pockets. scott macfarlane reports the fbi got wind of the scheme and shut it down. >> the business is called in sequence in herndon and an engineering firm and it's closed for the holidays, but it is still in business. it survived getting hipped off for millions of dollars by the man who helped run the place. >> vick deanthony managed the

money and the feds say de'anthony started dipping that money for a shopping spree. executing a scheme to use company funds and watercraft and a recreational vehicle and home decor items and landscaping for his home, use company money for, and alexandra to wire fraud and faces 20 years when sentenced next year. de anthony intended to pay the money back. >> in this particular case he warrant trying to conceal anything. it wasn't a situation where he was trying to conceal to see, you know, take money, but he found himself making large purchases out of the company funds and it looks extremely bad. >> but the feds say de'anthony did try to conceal his scheme. it was the employees suffering. they said deanthony's crime caused irrepable damage, hurting

workers' retirement funds and costing employees raises and bonuses, but this isn't the first case of its kind this holiday season. another local business manager, donna jennings, manager of a credit union pled guilt guilty for embezzlement for using personal items, personal shoppingy spree items and risking the stability and the soundness of the credit union. >> herndon suffered an each bigger loss up to $3 million because of the crime de anthony. stop paying restitution. scott macfarlane, news had. firefighters -- the hole itself is about 4 feet wide and they're

maing sure after a carbon monoxide linked two buildings that were evacuated after an alarm went off and firefighters found a high reading in a boiler room there. a few patients were evaluated and no one was taken to the hospital. a man charged with selling marijuana in the district is putting his return on hold for the holiday. cunningham calls himself kush god and insists what he's doing is legal. he hands out marijuana-laced brownies and gummies on the street, but technically only asks for cash donations. police say he's still a drug dealer. cunningham pleaded not guilty wednesday and immediately promised to go back to business today, but last night the kush god tweeted he won't start selling again until saturday. >> he dodged bullets, but could not evade capture. police just identified jonathan webb as the man who led them on a briefcase in fort washington. they say he flashed a gun when officers went to question him on clarion court. an officer hired at webb, but he

warrant hit. police found him hiding in a ravine just a few minutes later. a break for those leaving the white house. for the weekend to spend christmas with their families, nbc's jennifer johnson has the story. >> reporter: santa and his reindeer enjoyed the unusually high temperatures in washington, d.c., but the candidate many see as the grinch trying to steal the white house is still on the attack. >> and i really haven't gone after hillary yet and there is a lot to go after. she is very susceptible, i think. look, the job she's done is horrible. donnal trump continued his assault on hillary clinton and in a des moines register interview she fired back saying i don't know if she has boundaries at all. his bigotry, bluster and bullying have become his campaign. political experts say it's important for clinton to counterpunch. >> one of the things you're seeing her do now is a toechlt

to project strength. >> reporter: trump is still leading the republican back by double digits on major issues, the economy, isis and handling illegal immigrants, but party leaders worry trump is so polarizing he can't win a general election. that's what's going up in new hampshire with jeb bush and chris christie and some of these other candidates saying you do not want to go with trump because you're going to put the party in a real bind. >> all of the candidates are taking the weekend off to enjoy the holiday, but the quiet won't last long. >> the candidates will be back on the campaign trail monday and trump will hit all three key early primary states, new hampshire, iowa and south carolina at the beginning of the week. >> jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington. >> a lot of people are making one last dash through the store to get that shopping done for the holidays and news 4's shomari stone was there for that

mad scramble. >> it's pretty crazy. >> braden bell is shopping on christmas eve with 2-month-old lola. and my wife is shopping by ourselves and see the choices that she made. >> take a look. malls are packed in d.c., maryland and virginia as people scramble to buy last-minute gifts to put under the tree. some kids told santa what they love and others told their parents and some parents are so wrapped up in getting gifts for their children that nothing else is important. >> i'm doing it at the last minute. >> in tyson's mall in virginia the christmas countdown continueses. >> we are shopping for literally everyone in our family right now. >> right now back at westfield montgomery mall, braden says he doesn't need a gift, he's already holding her in his arl upon. >> i'm happy, joyful, blessed, of course. >> some shoppers plan to drive around to more stores in d.c.,

maryland and virginia to look for the best deals. in bethesda, i'm shomari stone, back to you. >> shots fired inside a busy mall in, and storms are rattling parts of the southeast and we'll get new damage assessments and if you play powerball you'll want to hear this one,al gagsdz of a rigged lotto jackpot and a chief executive removed from

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on a new passat and other select models. developing right now, terror and panic at a north carolina shopping mall. there was a fight inside the mall and police say an off-duty police officer shot and killed someone. that mall's closed right now and witnesses told our affiliate in charlotte they heard at least a dozen shots. >> it was terrifying and it was terrifying to most of the people in there with small kids. i heard them calling their kids' names. >> according to police the person kill head a weapon and some shoppers were waiting for police to escort them out. a chicago protester has shut down part of the magnificent mile chanting no shopping, no profit. showing a police officer shooting a black teenager 16 times. a lot of the protesters held up

posters demanding that mayor rahm emanuel resign. overall, though, while it may have been slightly disruptive, this demonstration was peaceful. >> the city of baltimore plans to reimburse other police and fire departments a total of $1.8 million for help during the unrest after the death of freddie gray. that includes requests that have been paid and those still under review. >> a baltimore spokesman tells us they expect all to be paid and talks are under way in anne arundel police department and there request wases biggest at $124,000. >> some former fraternity members in the university of rirj vi virginia are suing "rolling stone" for $25 million. it stems from an article that implicated the fraternity in an alleged gang rape. rolling stone argues the article never named these three formal students. >> back to that developing story in the south tonight. at least 11 people are dead and

dozens injured after a rare, winter tornado outbreak. sara dolloff has the latest on the destruction. >> reporter: they are images we're used to seeing in early spring, not during christmas. >> homes ripped apart from tornadoes all part of a powerful storm system that swept across the south and parts of the midwest. >> this should be a joyous holiday season. and will not be for me. >> the worst of it hit late wednesday with deadly tornadoes touching down in three state. in perry county tennessee west of nashville, rescuers searched for people buried urn the rubble. >> they spent much of last night trying to extract the people out that were trapped. after several hours we were able to get them to safety. in marshall county, mississippi, the 7-year-old died when the vehicle he was struck in was

struck by a tornado. there were ambulances with many more injured. >> i cannot be ginn to see the walking wounded to the hospitals on their own. >> reporter: power crews worked to restore electricity. consider what happened, but it could have been a lot worse. >> while the risk of tornados is diminishing. the concern now is flash flooding across parts of the southeast and mid atlantic with more thunderstorms expected through the christmas holiday. sara dallof, nbc news. >> and now your storm team 4 forecast. and here locally, rain remains in the forecast through saturday. now tomorrow, christmas, most of the day is looking mainly dry, but saturday is the day when you could be dealing with showers on and off pretty much from start to finish. here are your weather headlines and an isolated shower tonight and for most of us it's dry and rain at times especially on

saturday and talking about record warmth and wait until you see numbers on the storm team 4 forecast and temperatures in the 60s across the area and 64 in washington and 63 in gaithersburg and 61 in leesburg and everybody, all major airports hit 71 degrees for a high and that was the record high temperature in all three airports and tomorrow talking about temperatures around 70 for a high in washington and 60s if you're in the suburb and it's lookinga like it will tie the second warmest christmas on record. areas of fooing and you can find out more information about fog on my facebook and twitter pages and also potentially the skies may be clearing enough tonight to see the full moon. the full moon peaks tomorrow morning at 6:11 and you can also head to my facebook and twitter pages. 64 degrees and 10:00 a.m., mild temperatures in the mid-60s and chance of showers by the afternoon hours and rain will hold off until the evening hours

and tracking scattered showers and the temperature of 66 degrees. here's future weather tomorrow showing you the shower potential for christmas day and some breaks in the cloud especially around the corridor by noon, tracking cloudiness. once we hit the evening hours, notice they're bringing scattered showers into our area and we continue to track areas of rain tomorrow night. for saturday a high of 60 and temperatures fall throughout the day and not very noticeably, not like monday and wait until you see that number and you can see 60 by lunch and we're in the mid-60s at dinner time and we're in the low 60s. sunday, a high temperature of 71 degree and traveling locally, the weather is looking good and down to area like texas inclement weather is expected in those areas and you'll want to check your flight status if you're flying out on sunday and if you're here visiting,

welcome. >> showers possible by the evening hours. monday we'll keep it dry and look at the temperature drop on monday. 49 degrees with plenty of clouds and this is deceiving, though. we'll actually start off the day with temperatures around 50 and temperatures fall throughout the day by monday evening and we'll be talking about temperatures in the low 40s. >> coming up at 6:45 i'm going to have a peek ahead to new year's eve. if you have plans what can you expect? what will the temperatures be and will we be dealing with rain, chris? >> thanks, amelia. the democratic party has reached a settlement with virginia and think it will keep people from waiting hours to cast their vote in the commonwealth. that's what happened in 2012. next year election officials will advise local boards on what to do if equipment malfunctions and they have polling places. >> montgomery county police are searching for a missing man. jedia was seen near the grover

metro station in north bethesda. police tell us he was a passenger in a vehicle and got out near rockville pike and tuckerman lane and his family is concerned for his welfare and emotional well-being. >> verizon and sprint could owe you some money, but you have to act fast. we'll explain. a local worker rigging the system. >> details in a rapidly changing scandal. >> plus cafeteria karaoke stuns students. ♪ ♪

new fallout tonight in a lottery jackpot rigging investigation. the associate press has learned the man who has run powerball since its inception was quietly removed from his post back in october. he's not accused of wrongdoing and his security director eddie tipton was convicted of rigging

a hot lotto jackpot. that was played here in d.c. and 15 states. tipton is also accused of rigging other jackpots. the former security director's brother and former college roommate are among the people who cashed in on some winning tickets. some good news to report tonight on a story that created an uproar on social media. an idaho lunch lady has been offered her lunch back after a school district fired her for ging a child a free meal. she gave lunch to a twefrl-year-old girl who told her she was hungry and didn't have lunch money. the food cost $1.07 and bowed insaid she was going to pay for it. a few days later the district fired her for theft. >> my heart hurts. i truly love my job. and i can't say i wouldn't do it again. >> since then we did learn that bowden does have a criminal record and she was convicted of stealing from the job that she

had before this job. ♪ ♪ [ cheering ] >> wow! it was lunch lady in pennsylvania who stole the show at her school. becky alderford took the mike during teachers karaoke day and quickly transformed the cafeteria chatter into screams, hoots and applause. she is the music director at her church, no surprise, but students didn't know about her hidden talents there. >> talk about a nice surprise. >> your cell phone provider may owe you some money, but time is running out to claim it. verizon and sprint are refunding customers $150 million as part of a settlement over so-called mobile cramming and that's when they tack on charges you never asked for. things like gossip and celebrity -- and links to each

refund claim site and search settlement, but remember the deadline is new year's eve. >> right now we're working several developing stories and a local neighborhood stranded no more and we're talking to residents about the reopening of a road that's been closed for more than a year now. >> storm team 4 is tracking the warmest christmas eve on record and amplia is up next with a look at our rain chance this weekend. >> who said it's not going to be a white christmas?

>> right now at 6:30, the roads drying out after the d.c. metro and rudolph could be shining bright tonight and santaa could be dealing with lots of it. >> and they continue with amelia. >> hey, chris and jen. most of us looking at dry

conditions for our christmas eve and as you guys mentioned the biggest concern overnight, but especially tomorrow morning is going to be areas of fog. here's the latest on storm team 4 radar. any rain i was tracking in southern maryland has push off to the east and the line of showers that was in loudoun and parts of montgomery and parts of frederick county has fizzled out. so 99% of us are dry tonight. the best chance of an isolated shower is going to be in parts of southern maryland and the big focus remains the temperature and 64 degrees right now and we'll hang out in the mid to low 60s. around midnight areas of fog start to form and here's tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. and you can see visibility is a concern in gaithersburg, leesburg, manassas and culpeper as well as baltimore and fogginess burns off by 10:00 a.m. and most of the day is being looking dry tomorrow and a better chance of showers on saturday, chris and i'll have more on the shower potential coming up in my full forecast.

amelia, we not have a white christmas, but mark segraves was able to find some snow right here in downtown washington. >> it may not feel like christmas eve, but some people in town are doing what they normally do this time of year, ice skating and yes, we did find snow here at the national gallery skating rifrpg around the national mall. it's just ice shavings from the skating rink, but it's good to make snowballs. >> it's great. i'm loving it and just having a good time and i've got my towel. >> we found a lot of people sweating on christmas eve and not because they were still shopping and all of a sudden there's a heat wave and you can feel these pockets of heat waves roll over you and our glasses are fogging up and we have to wait, clean off our glasses and it's insane, this is great. >> rather sweating, you know? this is great. >> it's crazy. growing up it's always been really cold and snowing and this year it's 70 degrees and it's crazy to think it's christmas eve already.

>> reporter: while some are happy about the warm weather, dennis allen's grandkids came all of the way from texas to play in the snow. >> they were hoping for a white christmas, but i don't think it will happen this time. >> does it feel like christmas? >> no. >> no. >> in d.c. and the virginia area a white christmas is normally the best christmas. >> despite the fact they won't have a white christmas this military couple was in good spirits. >> what's your rank? >> lieutenant. >> did she outrank you? i saw it in his eyes. >> if you're looking forward to playing in the snow on christmas day, the ice skating rink will be open until 5:00. reporting from the national gallery skating rink on the national mall, mark segraves, news 4. unbelievable shot. >> oh, that's money! >> i haven't had to dodge one of those since last winter and i

think our reflexes are all a little bit rust. >> and if all of this warm weather has you in need of holiday spirit and open up the washington app and the holiday light displays in the region and just search holiday lights. a road that's been closed for six months in one prince george's county neighborhood has finally reopened and piscataway drive has to be rebuilt after a collapse during a slope failure a year and a half ago. darcy spencer spoke to residents today about how they came together to overcome all of the challenges. >> reporter: for the last six months, this section of piscataway drive in fort washington was closed while it was being rebuilt and that meant no rail trucks and no delivery and that meant they couldn't pull into their own driveway. >> we had to walk from up the street down through here and through the woods to our respective houses. scombr >> reporter: the road was

destroyed that affected 28 families. while it was being rebuilt, they aloud packages to be delivered to their homes and mailboxes could be moved where they could be accessed by postal workers. this being -- being looking like the natural disaster that it was with this day today. it's been great. everybody helped everybody and we all worked together. >> while they still had to hand carry groceries into the neighborhood and trash out of the neighborhood they used some creativity to make that a little easier. >> resident his to get creative to try to figure out how to walk in and out of their neighborhood and they built these steps here along the hiel are hillside and it's a lot of walking and imagine if you had to do this carrying groceries and bringing relief to neighbors this holiday season. >> what was life like without this road leading directly to your home? >>el well, we got a lot of

exercise. >> the project cost $15 million. prince george's county paid $11 million making it the most expensive natural disaster in county history. >> really thankful that it's done and it was happy that for the holidays we were able to drive in and bring our groceries and everything else we need. ? darcy spencer. >> news 4. >> we're still a week away from new year's but we learned there would be major security at the rose bowl. 14 people were killed in a mass shooting earlier this month. homeland security says federal officers and police officers in that area are increasing tlts presence for the big game. they're putting light of uniform and undercover officers at the annual rose bowl parade. the political fortunes of a rising star may be falling a bit tonight after a hotel holiday staff party got out of hand. new mexico governor, susana martinez is attracting the wrong kind of attention for a rowdy party here that led to a confrontation with police. >> workers as the santa fe hotel

say the party carried over into a hotel room and guests complained and the hotel called 911. then the governor called police dispatch demanding to know which hotel guest had complained and asking officers to stay away. >> oh, you can talk to the police, but they won't tell you, you won't tell me? >> i should have never talked to central dispatch the way i did, and i own it. >> governor martinez insists she was not drunk that night, but another police officer claimed otherwise. >> a muslim family says they were barred from a flight to disneyland and now there are signs the u.s. may be blocking signs the u.s. may be blocking other secitizens

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children were ready to fly from london to l.a. last week so they could spend christmas at disneyland. what they got to the airport they were told that their visas approved six weeks ago were suddenly revoked. >>. >> they were heart broken and that's something for them and they were planning this for months and they had the countdown on their phone for the last month. i'm devastated because i'm a law-biding citizen, and i treat everyone equal. why does it happen to me and my family. >> other british muslims are coming forward with similar stories. the religion, faith or spiritual belief of an international traveler are not determining factors about his or her admissibility into the united states. it's been a quiet flu season so far, but the the centers for disease control expects it to pick up over the next few weeks. flu season tends to peak in february and it's important to keep the vaccine as soon as possible.

flu activity is high in south carolina and relatively low in other parts of the mid atlantic. doctors advise most adult, kids and babies over the age of six months to get the flu shot. all an 8-year-old burn victim wanted for christmas was a few extra cards. as of tonight she's received more than 1 million from all over the world. take a look. sapphire terry of central new york received a personal message from the white house two years ago she suffered severe burns and lost her father and three siblings when an arsonist set fire to their home. sapphire and volunteers plan to visit shelters and share many of the gifts she's received this christmas. > . >> currently, temperatures are in the 60s across the area. more record warmth and i'll have the latest on that and plus the in, time you'll be dealing with some rain. a 12-year-old boy from montgomery county is in the middle of a health crisis. tonight on news 4 at 6:00, how

he's helping other families, list diagnosis and what's next for his treatment. we'll tell you why this is a year unlike any other for a christmas eve tradition.

>> a young boy from our area who has been through some pretty serious medical issues is not letting it get him down.

>> no. his condition and the folks treating him have inspired him to help others. >> news 4's kristen wright tells us about a special fund-raiser he hosted in gaithersburg. >> you would aren't know davir sabog could aren't bowl a few months ago. he was too sick. the 12-year-old has auto-immune hepatitis and his liver failing. >> this is a life-long disease. there's not a cure, but there is treatment. >> davir is responding well to treatment at medstar georgetown university hospital, but there's no cure and his immune system is weak. on a good day he can bowl always remembering these fighting words from his doctor. >> she told me to make a purpose every day and think of something you want to do every single day and i said i just want to raise money for kids that have the same thing as me. >> reporter: davir hosteded a fund-raiser at bowl america charity bowl. the money helps families of

children at the institute. bill robinson drpt hesitate to give. >> when you think about your health you think about the thing god has helped us with and you always want to help others who are less fortunate. >> davir is on medication and steroids to control the rare disease. doctors will biopsy his liver in the spring to see if he should go back on the transplant list. >> every day is a blessing for us. >> davir is thinking of ideas for his next fund-raiser and feeling that sense of purpose. >> good. amazing. >> davir has a big birthday coming up in march. 13. the family is planning a trip to israel to celebrate his bar mitzvah. >> there will be a lot of folks praying for him, as well. a family in maryland is as you using most nights, 100 and 200 cars drive by to check out their display and online traffic is jammed with 35,000 views on

youtube. the display is in honor of their 24-year-old daughter caroline who has been battling a heroin addiction, a problem that has reached epidemic levels in several parts of maryland. >> people say what good is this? hits on youtube, so what? but it's giving people the freedom to come out and talk about it. >> the cards and letterses of support have been pouring in and the family says their daughter is doing pretty well in recovery. >> lots happening today and tomorrow at the basilica of the national shrine of the immaculate conception. >> the cardinal is celebrating christmas mass tomorrow and there is a christmas eve mass tonight and that's following meditations on the nativity that begin at 9:00. >> if you didn't catch our program celebrating christmas on embassy row, you'll have another chance. barbara harrison takes you on a world tour without leaving

washington. this is your chance to get an inside look at their celebrations. nbc 4's "christmas on embassy row" airs christmas night. >> it is pretty spectacular. >> lots of bummed out skiers and snowboarders. you're looking at video from a ski resort in central pennsylvania. lots of green there and only a dusting of man made snow is on the ground there. the resort tells us sales are okay considering the balmy conditions. this is probably the kind of skiing you want to be doing. for the 30th year in a row the man in the big red suit splashed his way down the potomac river, reindeer and mrs. claus joined him on the water and they caught wind of amelia's forecast and they came out wearing t-shirts and shorts. >> the grinch could have been in a speedo out there today. he didn't need layers. some mild temperatures and now you're telling us a full moon that some people have already seen. >> i'm willa ready getting

pictures on facebook and twitter. so a full christmas moon. this has shts happened since 1977 and it's not going to happen again until 2034 so you can go out there and check it out and i think some of us will have breaks from the cloud cover where you can get a peak of that and for the most part the weather having an overall low impact on your christmas and potentially moderate and very early and again toward the evening hours and we're tracking fog early and during rain and i'll show you on future weather and road conditions not an issue and just an isolated shower and for most of us it's dry tomorrow morning and that fogginess burns off by 10:00 a.m. at the latest and by tomorrow, later in the day especially during the evening hours and rain is likely at that point. here is your hour by hour planner and temperature around 64. areas of fog could be dense in spots especially north and west of town. 10:00 a.m., cloudy skies and mild, temperatures in the mid-60s and a chance of showers by the afternoon hours and that's when the threat arives and i do think the rain will

hold off until the evening and you can download our nbc washington app and check out the radar on your smartphone throughout the day. 70 degrees is our high and we'll hit that at 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., still a balmy, 66 degrees and still feeling humid out there. today i was noticing some dandy lions starting to come up. here's future weather. notice at 8:00 a.m. and being troising a break in the cloud cover. very early and the full moon peaks at 6 tooichl 11 and you could catch it as we work our way into the noon time hour and by 3:30, notice scattered showers starting to evolve on weather. we're tracking rain across the area and we'll continue to track rain as we work our way toward 8:00 p.m. and on saturday we're wokking with on and off rain and temperatures in the mid-50s by dinner time. >> overall, saturday is going to be the coolest out of my holiday

weekend and still a good 15 degrees above normal. >> sunday mostly cloudy and record warmth and that's not a mistake and a high of 75 degrees on sunday and travel locally is still good and a massive temperature drop on monday and we're in the 40s for highs and rain looking likely on tuesday and right now for new year's eve and unfortunately, there is a chance of showers in the forecast and temperatures, guy, not too bad. >> thanks, amelia. coming up next in

redskins fans may have to wait a day or two to get their presents. >> they can't get the sleep tonight and it's about the burr gunnedy and gold this time of year. >> 'twas the night before christmas and redskins fans are stirring and not sure if the stockings are hung by the chimney with care and the visions of the title dancing in their head. the redskins have a chance, and the first time since 2012 and with the win saturday in philadelphia and that puts the redskins in an uncomfortable place. prime time.

see the redskins have struggled monday night, tuesday night, and earlier this month and remember the bright spot for the redskins and maybe a day of the week in time just plain don't matter. >> whether you play at 1:00 or at 4:00 it's a prime time game for me. we just happen to be the only team playing, but you know, like i said, man, we'll try to keep it simple, man and when you're going on the road we have to play like we did in chicago and. in the city of brotherly love, and the nfc and title up. i hate being with late games. >> christmas day. nats fans getting over early and nats signing infielder daniel

murphy away from the mets according to multiple reports and murphy helped lead the mets to a world series after setting a new major league record with sixpost-season games and it's reportedly a three-year deal with daniel murphy and he's coming to the nationals. now the real holiday stress is probably not in the shopping or maybe discovering you threw away your neighbor's fruitcake before he comes over to visit, but in taking the perfect family picture and the bigger the family the bigger the challenge and the quest for the perfect smiles to express a collective spirit. this business of spreading joy is not easy as carol maloney found out with the redskins. >> i like to see who is smiling and who is not. >> who is smile. >> i can't be the only guys smiling and you have the press. >> revis is smiling and the reason i'm smiling is for years i tried to play the tough role from high school to middle school and i realized i'm

enjoying the moment and i want everyone to know i'm enjoying the moment. >> we took five or six of them so i might have smiled in front of them. >> if you stop from the ground up nobody has a bigger and brighter smile than kurt and robert. >> yeah. i'm a smiler in the team photos. i don't need to try to look like i'm rough and tough. i'm the quarterback. >> normally you're in pads you want to put off an air of toughness. >> don't mess with me. >> somewhat. you can't be too happy like this guy is. he's smiling too hard. both of them. notice the quarterback -- the quarterback and kickers. >> why are they so happy? >> they have the best job in america. >> i think you have a pretty good gig if you ask me. >> we really don't have anything to complain about so we're pretty happy. >> can't hit him. kaesht hit him. he just kicks the ball so they have it made. >> i can understand people aren't smiling because we have

scared to death and you have 3,000, 4,000 pounds in there and you can't see it, but it's swaying and that's inside. >> is it really? is it surprising anyone smiled at all? more happy days to come. >> absolutely. >> merry christmas. ♪ >> i wouldn't think it would matter, but we're all self conscious. i should have looked differently or should have looked more suave. it's not easy. they never try to look tough. >> dave, thank you. >> all right, amelia. how are we looking for tomorrow and saturday and sunday, too? >> it could be an issue until 10:00 a.m. and rain is likely during the evening hours and 70 for a high tomorrow and looking soing owe saturday, jim. >> thanks, much.

>> 40s will be chilly. >> that will do it for us. "nightly" is up next. we'll see you at 11:00 right after "it's a wonderful life." this is the best block of all. it's like candy cane lane.

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