meteorologist doug kammerer and you've been updating this forecast and things are definitely in flux. most certainly. we'll continue to see temperatures on the roller coaster, so to speak and yesterday close to 70 degrees and we're only in the low to mid-40s and a 25-degree temperature drop and now we'll see the temperatures go right back up tomorrow, but first the rain is going to fall and we're starting to see showers along the region and big traffic delays on 272 and more rain down toward the south and this is all moving towards the north and we'll continue to do so out ahead of this big storm system. this is a monster system. we'll have much more on this coming up in a few minutes and here's the rain and the snow back toward chicago. for us, it will be all rain, but there is some frozen precipitation very close to our area just up to the north and we'll talk much more about that and then it's the temperatures and only in the 40s and 40 in hagerstown and 45, d.c. and still 60 in virginia beach and the warm air moves back in before we finally set in to a

colder period. we've got all of that coming up over the next hour or so and we'll continue to keep you posted right here on storm center. doug, at the live desk we're tracking the storm in the country's midsection and the five-day span, everything from flooding to blizzards to tornadoes that killed 43 people. 11 died when as many as nine tornadoes touched down in dallas and out in storm is moving north. the western part of the state could see a foot of snow while the east could see ten inches of rain and heavy flooding and the storm will wreak havoc on chicago with the mix of snow, ice and rain that could last before the storm starts to wrap up and drops more snow on upper new england. barbara? >> thank you, scott. >> we have breaking news now. a grand jury decides to indict two cleveland police officers in the shooting death of tam irrice. >> a news conference the

prosecutor blamed the 12-year-old's death on a perfect storm of human error. the boy was carrying a pellet gun in the park of 2014. officers say the toy gun looked like the real thing. prosecutors say newly enhanced video says rice was removing that gun from the waistband when he was shot. police are having for your help in finding a teenager from maryland who has been missing for more than a week. her name is karen sandoval and she's 14 years old. she hasn't been seen in eight days. the last time was in college park around 5:00 in the morning. we just shared her picture on the nbc washington facebook page. new information this afternoon about the deaths of two teenagers in woodbridge last october. 17-year-old india davis stabbed 17-year-old lyle ferringer to death and then took her own life. their bodies were found inside a minivan on hamilton drive after being reported missing by their

families. the murder is the ninth for prince william county this year. this is chris gordon in falls church, virginia. fairfax county police charge a suspect in the christmas morning murder that left the victim stabbed and dying right here on the sidewalk on trail run road. police have charged 34-year-old santos osorio of falls church. police say osorio was arguing with a man he knew at this house on camp elger avenue. investigators say the argument became a fight and the victim 22-year-old edgar armando serrano fled on foot. they fatally stabbed him with a sharp object. >> they were able to identify who the suspect was and they located him in his home in the falls church area and took him into custody and he was taken to jail and charged with murder. >> all new at 5:00, we're learning new information and ahead we'll tell you what the two men were arguing about and

that led to the murder case. back to you. >> we're learning more about the local man who was killed on an atv while taking his step daughter for a ride. jerome odom died in capital heights when an suv crashed into an atv he and his step daughter were riding. the suv hit the atv. odom and his step daughter were not wearing helmets and the teenager is still in the hospital with serious injuries. prince george's county police say it is illegal to ride atvs on county roads. money problems may cause a church in prince george's county to close. the new horizons christian faith church is seeing hard times following the death of a major supporter. in fact, members of the church got an eviction notice and church leaders have made major improvements over the property over the 13 years they've occupied it and don't want to be thrown out. they'll be in court tomorrow where they hope to resolve the

situation. two days after yet another police shooting in chicago. mayor rahm emanuel is cutting short his vacation and announcing new reforms. they include mandatory 30-day desk duty for officers involved in shootings and an immediate review to dealing with people with a mental health crisis. on saturday officers shot and killed a teenager and a grandmother while they were responding to a domestic disturbance. a 19-year-old man was home from college. he was killed along with the woman who lived downstairs who was caught in the cross fire. they're offering their deepest condolenc condolences, but relatives s say -- >> what about tasers? don't start shooting innocent people! >> the young man that was shot was allegedly threatening his father with a baseball bat and police say his behavior was combative, but his mother says he developed a mental illness in october and just needed help.

after that fatal shooting of a mentally ill man in chicago by police there are renewed calls for specialized training for first responders. i'm mark segraves. coming up, you'll hear from a local father who has had to make that call to 911 on his own son and you'll hear from local police about why more and more training is being done for officers throughout our region. >> it always takes a tragedy to get crisis intervention team training in place. >> today in decision 2016, donald trump blasting the republican party of virginia, the gop presidential front-runner is angry the party plans to require all of its 2016 voters to sign a statement confirming they are republicans. trump says a requirement could discourage independent and first-time voters from casting ballots. primaries are open to all registered voters in virginia and an official for the virginia gop says the requirement is a

step to ensure republican voters pick the republican nominee. the washington redskins still have one more game, but they have already secured a home playoff game after beating the eagles to clench the nfc east. excited fans waited until the wee hours sunday at redskins park to catch a glimpse of the players as they came back home from philly. here's news 4's pat collins. welcome to washington. home of the nfc east division champions. i've got to say that again. nfc east division champions. well, today, i met a guy who was in philadelphia when the skins clipped those eagles' wins. >> we were a couple of redskins fans surrounded by eagles and it was amazing. >> what was it like? >> it was a great experience. >> reporter: yeah. he there was, but a lot of us sat home and watched it on

television. in fact, a lot of us thought the redskins would never be where they are today, but that's okay. confessions of a front-runner coming up at 5:00. a celebrity food feud. why famous chef guy fieri is getting sued. >> call it a marine corps makeover. why the few and the proud are

now your storm team 4 forecast. did you like today? some people did, more typical of december and our average highs now at 44 degrees. we're in the low and mid-40s currently and chilly out there for sure and you need the jackets and umbrellas too and fairly light. on the temperatures, those are going to be going up after

midnight. so more of this wacky, crazy weather and mid-50s at 7:00 a.m. and more rain, too. that rain will be moderate and even heavy in pockets in just a few minutes and meteorologist doug kammerer will take you hour by hour tomorrow. >> all right, v.j. in news health this afternoon mammograms are still the most common way to screen for breast cancer and a less expensive ultrasound is also effective. research followed 3,000 patients who had methods. it found a greater number of invasive cancers than mammograms did especially in women with dense breasts and on the down side there were more false positives with ultrasound. despite the findings, ultrasound should not necessarily replace a malm bram. the marine corps could be in for a major change in uniforms. it would eliminate the desert camouflage uniforms from daily wear although marines would still wear camis on deployments or on the field. it surveyed marines this summer

asking their a opinions on adopting a new seasonal policy. the current one dictates marines around the world are on the same uniform cycle, but that could change once officials make a final decisions. >> we're still following several developing stories, snowstorms, deadly tornados and heavy rain battling large parts of the country and the dangerous weather is not over yet. our live team coverage continues straight ahead. feuding with guy

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right now at 4:15, storm team 4 tracking spotty showers locally this evening and more rain on the way overnight. chief meteorologist doug kammerer joins us in two minutes with the timing and a look ahead to the rest of this week. but first, folks in the midwest are bracing for yet another night of wild weather. >> it's been bad out there as chris pollone reports, plane have been dodging tornados to snowstorms. >> reporter: in dallas northeast of dallas the damage assessment and cleanup is under way. >> the whole ceiling and roof right there gone. it's all in the living room. everywhere. >> reporter: nine tornadoes struck texas over the weekend, killing at least 11. >> everything happened in seconds. >> the tornado that hit garland was an ef-4 packing winds up to 200 miles per hour and hundreds

of homes are gone. >> it's still shocking. it really is. >> reporter: among those killed, an infant just 3 days old. >> please, baby. please be okay and i was holding the little finger. >> and brought heavy rain and flash floods to illinois and texas. cameras captured emergency responders rescuing a trapped driver in dallas. heavy rain sent the trinity rivers over its banks turning road to streams and soldiers training in fort leonard were among those killed. >> it has been a very difficult, several days and this threat is clearly not over. >> reporter: in all, violent weather has killed at least 43 people since last week and the dangerous pattern isn't over yet. chris pollone, nbc news. now your storm team 4 forecast. >> and of course, that same storm system is moving our way and we are not going to see they isser have effects of it and what we will see is the rain

moving in. take a look outside. the clouds have been here and we have not seen much in the way of sun at all over the last week or so, but today, actually the coldest day that we've seen so far. 45 degrees and winds out of the east at about 13 miles per hour and we'll continue to see those winds pick up overnight tonight and right on through tomorrow morning and the temperatures they'll start to rise and only 39 right now in gaithersburg and 40 in hagerstown. we are dealing with some very cool air. as far as the radar is concerned not much going on in the region and a few showers and sprinkles and that's really going to be about it in our area and you can see the wider view here and notice the pinks and garrett county and franklin and fulton county under a winter weather advisory and those two counties in pennsylvania and no worries for us, as you know, temperatures are on the rise as you see all of us moving up. these are all of the different advisories. winter storm watches and winter storm watches and flood warnings and flood watches and tornado watches down towards parts of

florida and an incredible amount of rain and that continues to fall here and snow up from chicago and up towards minneapolis and this is a monster storm for sure. for us, however, it's just going to be rain over the next 12 to 16 hours or so and the rain is starting to move in by 7:00, 8:00 and look what happens by 11:00. most of this on the light to moderate side and we will start to see heavier rain and moving in just in time for the morning rush and the yellows and the oranges around manassas and westminster and these will come right through during the rush hour and you'll need extra time tomorrow morning for sure. remember that, by around 10:00, starting to move out from the western zones into the eastern zones and then it's out of here by 2:00, 3:00 and we may see sunshine that will help temperatures to boost into the mid to upper 60s across the region and temperatures down by 25 degrees and tomorrow, we'll be right back up and 25 degrees to where they are today. the rain for sure tomorrow

morning and you want to make sure you have a big umbrella and especially if you're going to be walking to work or out toward the bus stop and the commute forecast between 5:00 a.m. and that's when we expect the rain to fall and that's when you'll need that time and 55 degrees at that time and temperatures rising to about 66 under partly to mostly cloudy skies and just clouds during the afternoon. we do not expect rain for tomorrow evening and make sure you have that umbrella handy and maybe the rain boot, too, because it will be a wet start to the day. high of 66 tomorrow and another chance of a shower. 53 on thursday and notice the new year, 43 for a high temperature on new year's day and that tells us we're going to start off the new year on a very cold note. we've got that forecast including the weekend and v.j. is up in just a few minutes. i'm adam tuss in reagan national airport. have you noticed fewer cabs and car-sharing services like uber

and lift are starting to dominate at our local airport. specifically dulles and reagan national. those car-sharing services are so popular here that they have their own designated waiting areas now at our local airports and it's exactly what you might think. it's a lot more high tech of an operation than just lining up and getting the ride. coming up at news 4 at 5:00 and 6:00, we'll take you inside that operation, plus, did you know you have to pay more to catch an uber or lift to and from the airport? i'll tell you about that. back to you. >> thank you, adam. loudoun county fire officials are still trying to figure out what caused this fire and just before 7:30 this morning. the homeowners were out of town and news 4 chopper caught crews looking to put it out and only the cars and equipment inside were damaged. celebrity chef guy fieri is in a food fight with his longtime business partner.

the food network star is being sued over a chain of restaurant he co-founded over 20 years ago. he wants out of johnny garlic's for creative and operational considerations. he and gruber started the business before his rise to fame and now gruber wants to buy him out and so far they can't agree on a price. the days after christmas are shaping up to be busy shopping days in some stores as customers make returns and pick up bargains. nbc's kurt gregory explains priorities for shoppers trying to avoid the crowds. >> so santa and his reindeer did their part and you have done yours. now it's time to hit the stores again. no one likes to do the gift returns and on average consumers say 20% of their gifts go back to the store. >> reporter: those dreaded holiday returns. almost as much of a holidayj

say timeframe for a lot of retailers. >> reporter: if you have a gift reebt, take it with you and don't expect cash back and in today's high-tech world of smart technology -- >> having mobile computing power in your pocket will make you a smarter shopper so you can not only get the best quality product and you can get the best quality product for a great price. >> reporter: be sure to bring your i.d. most stores will require one to cut down on fraud.

kurt gregory. nbc news. >> preparations are under way in new york city. how your wish for the new year could become a piece of confetti in times square.

>> new this afternoon, this is a wow. a man now says he lied when he linked washington national's first baseman ryan zimmerman and other athletes to performance-enhancing drugs. today charlie sly recanted his entire story. he used to work in an indiana-based clinic. the major league baseball tell us the washington post it will still conduct a thorough investigation into the players that were named in that report. meantime the nationals have released a statement supporting zimmerman, quote, ryan has unequivocally stated that these allegations are false, the learner family and our organization fully support him and we're confident that the reports levied in the report are unfounded. that same report names veteran nfl quarterback peyton manning. it says he used human growth hormones while recovering from a neck injury in 2011.

manning calls those claims complete garbage. >> it stings me for this guy that says i cut corners in order to stay healthy and it's a joke. it's a freak irn joke. >> manning says he will sue over those allegations. >> we are still working several developing stories and donald trump unleashing new attacks on the clintons and why he says hillary clinton is playing the woman card. >> and a 68-year-old man brutalized in a suspected hate crime and why police say he was attacked because of how he looked. and bullet-proof chairs for the classroom? is this a new standard in the

developing right now at 4:30. people from oklahoma city to chicago are bracing for some nasty weather that has already caused at least 43 deaths in the past five days and in about 15 minutes we'll look at the mixture of snow, rain and wind can impact holiday travel for a lot of folks. but first, meteorologist veronica johnson is in the storm center. >> that i am and the roads will get sloppy around here, but nothing like what we've seen over other parts of the country all of the way up to areas in the midwest and of course, new england. around here it's all about the rain showers and road conditions for the evening and we still get a green light and generally light and still fairly scattered and you start feeling late and by the time we deal with the overnight, more moderate rain and the wind will start picking up, too. and we get more moderate conditions by the weather there and by early tomorrow morning just downright sloppy with pockets of heavy rain and more cautionary conditions and you'll want to get an early start. and showers from the southwest

and northeast and you can see the bigger rains here well off to the west coming through areas of kentucky and tennessee, down through northern georgia and rain likely for the morning rush. keep in mind some of those pockets will be heavy and while our temperatures have been in the 40s today, look at this, we're right back up tomorrow. wednesday, thursday and right as 2016 comes in, there's your cold air. it will have more on the exact temperatures and what you can anticipate for also new year's eve, stroke of midnight and we'll have that in just a few minutes. bill complint linton is goiw hampshire to campaign for his wife and donald trump is signaling the former president is fair game. brian is on capitol here. >> hillary clinton started by calling donald trump sexist and now trump is trying to turn the tables. >> reporter: bill clinton is hitting the campaign trail in

new hampshire and donald trump has fired up a preemptive, potentially twitter strike against clinton and his wife. if hillary clinton thinks she can unleash her husband with his terrible record of women abuse while playing the women's card on me, she's wrong. >> the donald for donald trump. bill clinton remains the most popular democratic surrogate and someone popular with independents and moderates and the same group that donald trump himself struggles with. >> without support of women and minorities and donald trump cannot be the serious nominee. >> to get to 50 you have to draw people toward your cause rather than push them away. >> in a video with npr, president obama touched on the negative tone of the 2016 race. >> i don't think this country works best on fear. i don't think this country works best on hate. i don't think this country works best on cynicism. the president was named top man in the gallup poll of people most admired by americans and

trump tied for second with pope francis and hillary clinton was named most admired woman for a record 20th time. clinton is shrugging off the attacks on her husband saying trump's campaign is just filled with bigotry, bluster and bullying. >> the three bs. thanks, brian. the military launched a major victory and the prime minister is promising to defeat isis by the end of next year. iraqi security forces with the help of u.s. airstrikes retook the city of ramadi. isis overran the city earlier this year in what was a major embarrassment for iraq and the united states. military leaders say there are still some isis fighters in ramadi, but iraqi fighters now have control of the government center and plan to force out anyone remaining from that terror group. police in california are investigating the beating of a man as a hate crime and they're on the hunt for the suspects. police say a 68-year-old man was

standing in an intersection in fresno saturday morning waiting for a ride to work. that's when two white men pulled up and started cursing at him. they then got out of the car and started beating him. during the assault one of the suspects asked the victim, quote, why are you here? police believe the man was attacked because he was wearing a turban. >> sometimes it takes you back to the middle east and sometimes the terrorists are wearing turbans. we can sometimes confuse the sikhs with those terrorists. >> since this is being called a hate crime, the fbi and homeland security will likely get involved in this case. one woman survived a deadly shooting during a live tv broadcast in virginia and she is about to go back to where it all happened. vicky gardner is finished with her surgeries and plans to go back to work next month. reporter allison parker was interviewing parker when one of parker's coworkers shot and killed her and cameraman adam

ward. garner was shot in the back, but tells cnn she expects to be working again by the end of january. her office is next to the bal con wre lester flanagan opened fire along with the memorial to parker and ward. before congress left town, lawmakers passed a budget that includes more than $600 billion in tax breaks and the solar and wind energy industries were among those that benefit, but as nbc's tracey potts report, some in washington say wind energy is an older technology that doesn't deserve the breaks. >> reporter: there are wind turbines spinning in 39 states providing about 5% of the country's electricity. the energy department says producing power with natural gas and coal may be less expensive, but wind is cleaner. >> it is a lot more than just economics. it's about leaving for our children a cleaner environment. >> taxpayers have been subsidizing oil and natural gas production for decades and more recently green energy sources

like wind and solar are getting tax breaks. this latest one-year extension for wind supports 73,000 jobs. >> that includes jobs in construction, in development in maintenance and also in manufacturing. >> reporter: one group that advocates for limited government calls a tax break corporate welfare. >> they're spending millions of dollars lobbying congress in order to split these extensions of the wind production tax credit into these end of year deals. >> harry and bonnie duran live close to a wind farm in pennsylvania. they worry about the impact on property value. >> most people came here for quiet solitude. they didn't come here for an industrial site. >> weighing the need for more renewable energy against added taxpayer costs and the impact on neighbors. tracey potts, nbc news.

it could be part of celebration in times square. crews have been installing hundreds of waterford crystal panels on the iconic ball and about a billion people around the world will be watching it drop this week. right now people are writing down their hopes for 2016 on pieces of paper and that paper will be on the confetti. you don't have to be in new york to add your wish. go to times square to find out how to do it online. >> you don't have to pay an entrance fee the next time you have manassas battlefield park and it will have annual and senior passes. the annual park service decided it was apparently too expensive to collect money that way. parts of the united states are dealing with pretty bad weather right now, but we are not alone. take a look. this is england where heavy rain over christmas caused flooding in christmas including work, lees and selby. it caused the riverbanks to

burst and homes and businesses. some treat streets are cut off by the hot water and about the only bright spot is, right now, at least the floodwaters seem to have peaked. well, it sold as a new way to protect students from gun violence. how the bulletproof chair works. plus sharing this facebook status is not going to earn you millions. we'll get to the bottom of the post you may have

and we're tracking light showers on storm team 4 radar. most of the activity this evening will be just that, very light. you can see those showers in through fauquier county and around shepherdstown and around the charlestown area and we'll continue to see showers developing this evening and the bulk of the rain is just down to the south and that will be moving in here fairly quickly and just back to the west we'll see that move in, too. this evening if you're heading out, make sure you take the umbrella just in case. we're just talking showers around 7:00 and the heavier rain moves in around 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 tonight and temperatures, notice, they're on the rise by early tomorrow morning and much more on this and veronica has the seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. >> thank you. a new poll on terrorism shows most americans think the terrorists have the upper hand now and according to orc international and cnn, 40% of americans think terroristes are

winning the war on terror right now. that number is the highest its been since this poll started nine years ago. just 18% say the u.s. and its allies are winning. another 40% say neither side has an advantage. officials have tried just about everything to keep kids safe at school and now comes the bulletproof chair. a police group in florida is trying to put them in the classroom. there is a safety pack that hooks to the back of the student's chair and holds school supplies and it can protect it and a teacher came up with the idea after a shooter killed students at sandy hook elementary school. >> i think things take place in our life when we remember exactly where we were when that occurred and i had just picked up my grandson from school, and i turned on the news and that was the first thing i saw was sandy hook. >> each pack costs 200 to $300

and advocates are hoping the community will donate enough money to put a safety pack on each student's seat. is mark zuckerberg really giving away millions to facebook users? the new post getting shared on the social network. millions of people are running into treacherous conditions. we'll show you the trouble spots heading into the

right now, millions of people are back on the road and

in the air eithered hadded home or to their next holiday stop. >> but depending on where you're headed it could be a rough slough. meteorologist veronica johnson will join us with the local travel forecast, but first let's go to chicago where wendy wi woolfolk is how things are moving nationwide. >> reporter: it's starting to look and feel like the wintertime in the midwest and that is not welcome news for holiday travelers. the trek home from the holidays, a slow one for millions across the country's midsection. >> i'm stressed. >> reporter: at chicago's o'hare, hundreds of delays and cancellations. >> my flight was canceled and i didn't find out until i got here. all part of a wicked weather system marching across the heartland, the same system that dropped two feet of snow in new mexico. a state of emergency declared there as winds gusted up to 82 miles an hour. >> that wind and snow closing

highways near rosswell and forcing drivers to seek shelter. >> it's a big old gust that came and i couldn't see where i was going. >> reporter: the treacherous driving conditions stretched into parts of texas and oklahoma. >> people need to slow down. the roads are slick. >> reporter: where sleet and freezing rain caused numerous accidents and shut down highways. severe weather across texas leaving long lines and frustrated passengers at george bush and international airports. >> i think we may have just gotten bumped. >> reporter: across the country more than 1,000 delays and cancellations making it home a hassle. with the midwest in the crosshairs of a massive winter storm heading into the new year. no matter where you live, it's important to remember three things. make sure you call ahead to your airline before heading out to the airport.

don't forget that all-important phone charger. you definitely will need it and always remember the cliche it goes, pack your patience. live in chicago, i'm wendy woolfolk, news 4. and now your storm team 4 forecast. and for us the worst weather early tomorrow morning from about 6:00 a.m. to just past lunch. so for about six hours we'll have some nasty weather. do not think it will impact air travel and it will have an impact on area roads and some showers across the area and fairly light and all of the way up toward fredericksburg and up toward areas of win chester and they've been coming through periodically today and the bulk of the rain still to the west and you can see it here from areas of cleveland right down toward cincinnati that extends to the south and the cold air and it's snowing right now and the snow/rain mix in chicago and we'll have more snow later this evening and that's when we'll have the worst of it. moderate to heavy rain and we'll see things start to diminish

after lunchtime and the rain will end at 1:00, 2:00 and the rain will be pushing through the southeast to southern maryland and the weather will have a low to moderate impact on our area with the bulk of the rain coming early and it's going to be mild. our temperatures are way up from today and today when we're in the mid-40s so you can see they're rising as we head into early tomorrow morning and at 7:00 a.m. where it's 58 degrees at 11:00 a.m. and low to mid-60s at 1:00 to about 3:00, 4:00 during the afternoon and when the rain ends, here is the future weather and there is a look at your tuesday and 7:00 a.m. and it quickly moves out and we could even see clearing take place with the mostly cloudy sky before the sun sets tomorrow and then some more rain, but wednesday afternoon when we get that next little wave coming through, this really is the main area that's going to see the showers. >> annapolis, leonardtown and even then we'll have a median impact on our area and not a lot

and it's down i-95 through southern maryland and remember i told you the temperature 45 degrees right at midnight as we ring in 2016 and we'll continue to clear out and it will be breezy, but that really is the next big change that you will notice. the cold air starts moving in early 2016 and we're at 40 degrees, but factor in the wind and it will feel like we're in the 30s at 7:00 a.m. friday morning and here's a look at your storm team 4 four-day forecast. not as much rain, but you'll want to keep that umbrella handy and some sunshine coming our way through the end of the week. thursday, 53 degrees, the high temperature and nothing too cold until early friday morning, as mentioned and then take a look. saturday, sunday morning, monday morning and you know what? i think gone is the warm air and it's a pattern change for us and it will be downright cold and it will be sunny for the upcoming weekend and if we're taking down the christmas decorations keep that in mind and it will be a

bundle up kind of weekend as we ring in 2016. >> okay, v.j. >> thousands of volunteers are working around the clock to decorate floats and the big event is new year's day in pasadena, california. they'll see extra police moving about the crowd in the wake of the paris attacks and san bernardino. organizers say those incidents have not slowed down the demand for tickets for either the parade or the rose bowl game. the parade begins at 11:00 a.m. and you can watch it here on nbc 4. this afternoon basketball fans around the world are looking back at the life of a legend. mead meadowlark died at the age of 83. he was called the crown prince of the harlem globe-trtrottersg using hook shots to bring laughs and smiles. lemon joined the gleb trotters in 1954 and during the heyday he was probably the most famous

player on the team. the new "star wars" movie comes out on the second weekend and it's still breaking records. >> nothing will stand in our way. >> it now holds the record with the movie with the highest-grossing second weekend and because of that it will become the fastest movie to make $1 billion. it's holding the record for biggest opening day and biggest christmas day and biggest single day. in a few weeks we'll find out if it will replace avatar as the highest-grossing film of all time. that's when the film opens and the largest country, china. >> i bet good money it will break that record. chances are you may have seen this on your facebook feed. a post by friends that says mark zuckerberg is giving away billions of dollars if you post a specific status update. >> well, like they say, if it sounds too good to be true, this is the copy and paste hoaxes and you have to like a specific

post. you tag five friends and mark zuckerberg will give away $4 billion to $5 billion and the hoax is likely inspired by zuckerberg's announcement earlier this month that he and his wife will give away 99% of their facebook shares to charity. we're working several developing stories in the newsroom right now including the arrest of a man charged with the deadly stabbing on christmas morning in falls church. police say it started as an argument and turned into a physical fight. the suspect is now charged with murder. we'll have more on what the argument was about in a live report coming up in about ten minutes. a jam-packed lost and found in local airports after a busy holiday weekend. if you reunited with your loved one, but not your personal belongings, you're not alone. we'll have more on the laptops, clothes and drones left by people rushing to get their flights and what they have to go through to get them back.

>> plus president obama's plan to stay on the offense in the last year of his presidency.

president obama is heading into his final year in office and reflecting on the past and his replacement. in an interview with npr mr. obama confirmed that he enjoyed the controversial iran nuclear deal and the global climate change pact most about his presidency and he revealed the one thing he asks himself every day. >> how can i be useful in

creating an america that is more tolerant, more prosperous and provides greater opportunity and is safer. >> and he also warns anyone trying to become president not to do it for the power, fame or celebrity because he says they all wear off quickly. >> the destruction from this weekend's deadly strain of tornados in north texas is becoming pretty clear and 1400 homes were damaged or destroyed and vehicles are mangled and power lines are down and an infant is among the 11 people who died in the storm. reporter joslyn lockwood talked with one neighbor who tried to help. >> it was horrible. something i'll never forget. >> reporter: deborah lee king isn't describing the tornado near blue ridge, but what followed. >> it was horrible. something i'll never forget. because it's like you trusted me with her, so -- it was horrible. >> reporter: she went outside to check on her horses when a

neighbor turned to her for help. >> he was running across the road with a baby saying please help me. take her to the hospital, and he was hysterical. he was frantic because his wife was still trapped at the end of the house inside. >> reporter: county officials say a mother, father and their four children were inside when the storm hit. this is what's left of the home. king and a neighbor took the newborn just days old to find help. >> i just kept saying, oh, my god to jim, the neighbor. please, baby, please, baby, be okay, baby. i was holding her little fingers and you know how when they're little they like to curl their little fingers around yours. it was cold. >> they're a wonderful family. and they were so excited to have their new sister. >> now at 5:00, that massive, deadly storm system barreling through the south and the midwest. good afternoon, i'm wendy reeger and we have a team of

meteorologists who are tracking the rain we have here and the wild travel conditions across our country. i'm chris lawrence. a holiday party ends with a violent attack and now we're learning about how a tattoo may have been the motive for murder. no charges for the police officers for the killing of a 12-year-old boy with a toy gun. we'll start with the deadly storm that spawned tornados in texas and caused heavy rain across the country's midsection. 25 people have been killed and more than 1400 flights have been canceled across the u.s. and this large storm is spreading snow and ice as it hits the midwest and the northeast. and coverage begins with meteorologist doug kammerer and veronica johnson. and as that storm system heads our way we'll see the potential to see more rain and the severe weather stays to the west. >> it is a big system taking on so much of the country and snowy areas of the mreft and we'll

talk about travel in just a few minutes. let's take a look at the rain moving in across our area and most of this on the lighter side and light activity and back out toward gainsville and back toward the hay market area and down to fredericksburg and we'll see more rain overnight and some of that rain will become heavy and here's a big part of the storm system from since nat toe the atlanta area and all of this moving our way and this is what's going to be coming into our region moving up by 95 and more moisture coming off the gulf of mexico and coming off the well and ibning more warm temperature temperatures, as well. we're on the cold side and 32 in state college and they may see some freezing rain and snow there. 45 in washington and 57 in virginia beach and that warm air will move in overnight and temperatures tomorrow, 20 to 25 degrees warmer than they were this afternoon and we'll talk about this and the rain and what to expect in the income couple of days in just a couple of minutes. >> thank you, doug. s