answering his phone. >> some people might want to steal something from him, think he has money or cell phone or something. he has his cell phone. not answering. >> well, tonight, the reyes family will hold a candlelight vigil that the park. developing this morning, ethan couch and his mother are in custody in mexico. couch is the man who said he had affluenza, he was too wealthy to tell right from wrong when he killed four people in a drunk driving crash two years ago. texas sheriffs were searching for the 18-year-old after he missed a meeting with his probation officer weeks ago. they believe a twitter video showing couch playing beer pyong spurred him and his mother to run. today, the man convicted of stabbing two people near a metro station in montgomery county will be sentenced. reginald cooper faces up to 60 years in prison. both victims survived. coming up on 4:31, four things to know about the

forecast. >> one thing i definitely know you don't want to forget the umbrella early, right, chuck? >> don't forget the umbrella. check your car before you leave too far to go out to work today. that weather -- that umbrella may not be in the back seat like you think it is. weather alert for you here first thing this morning, moderate steady rains, a lot of wet roadways this morning, mild pattern is going to last a little while longer. another chance for rain tomorrow. looks like the new year and weekend off to a cold start. radar, traveling towards new york, hartford or boston, into winter weather. there could be significant delays up the northeastern corridor. for us, the first batch of heavy rain getting ready to move out. heavy showers going over the bay bridge between us and the eastern shore. showers back here toward manassas and prince william county. all the local roadways are wet. that will be the case through noon time. heading out for early morning activity, have a warm coat, it is only in the 40s and pack your umbrella. we'll be up to the mid-50s by lunch time. wait until you see how mild

later on this afternoon. that part of the forecast in ten minutes. here is kim mccormick. >> early morning crash on inbound route 50, westbound, just inside the beltway near route 410. see it on the right-hand side here, left side of the roadway getting through. there is high standing water massachusetts avenue and mccomb street in northwest. sounds like the water is across all lanes of massachusetts avenue. 270 and 95 moving south. no problems out of columbia or out of frederick and even though the area is not quite running yet, keep in mind it is on an s schedule until the 31st. we're working to learn what caused a track fire outside glenmont metro station last night. smoke filled the station passengers to evacuate the platform. the station will be open this morning. a position designed to keep you safe during smoke emergencies on metro could

disappear. the transit agency says funding could run out in early spring. the firefighter position within metro is designed to improve communication. this is created after january's deadly smoke emergency near the plaza. next month, metro and fire officials will meet to discuss possible funding to keep the position in place. this morning, a victim is warning others about a man who tried to sexually assault her in bloomingdale in the prince of petworth blog, the victim says the attacker tried to steal her purse last tuesday on seton place northwest. he also pushed her into a stairway and tried to take her shirt off. he ran off when she started screaming. if you have any information, call d.c. police. a developing story right now, this one in the district where d.c. police continue to investigate a deadly shooting in southeast. police found darnell mayfield's body last night. no suspect information has been released so far.

this isn't the first murder on that block. another man was shot and killed in march. an arrest in that case has been made. 4:34 now. a busy intersection in rockville is back open after a deadly accident. an suv hit a cyclist at the intersection of veirs mill road last night. you see the bike stuck under the suv there. the driver is okay. montgomery county police say 19-year-old frank powers was on the bike. he died at the hospital. >> simply put, given this perfect storm of human error, the stakes and miscommunication by all involved that day, the evidence did not indicate criminal conduct by police. >> no charges for the officers involved in the death of 12-year-old tamir rice. he's a cleveland boy who police shot after mistaking his pellet gun for a deadly weapon. a grand jury said there is indisputable evidence that the boy was drawing what looked like a pistol from his waistband before officers opened fire.

tamir's family says it is sad but not surprised by the decision. they did ask anyone who was disappointed to express themselves peacefully. new details now in the atv crash that killed a man and seriously hurt his stepdaughter. neither he nor his stepdaughter was wearing a helmet. it is illegal to ride atvs on county maintained roads like the one where this accident happened in capital heights. many of you have returned home from your holiday break. but did you leave anything behind? that's the question. the tsa says it recovered a large amount of lost valuables from checkpoints at local airports. we have been inside the agency's lost and found room at dulles international and have seen everything from coats to bells to laptop computers. someone even forgot a new unwrapped drone. some of you told news 4 you realized you left stuff behind, but time was just against you. >> i clearly didn't have time to

go back, to get back on the train, go through security, come back through security again with my watch. wouldn't have made it. >> tsa records showed this year alone the agency recovered 500 laptop computers at dulles international airport. from lost items to airport security, edward lawrence will join us in ten minutes on big changes to airport security by the tsa. we're getting hit with some rain on this weather alert day. chuck is tracking when it will be in your neighborhood and what you can expect for new year's eve. other parts of the country don't have it so easy. look at how one of the first major snowstorms is already causing big problems. and wild video of dirt bikes and atvs taking over the beltway. how police are res

welcome back. new video of a major mess on the beltway you may have been stuck in yourself. a group of dirt bikes and atv riders took over the holiday. the disruptions were on the inner loop in prince george's county, 295 and 50. motorcyclists drove the wrong way and brought traffic to a stand still sunday afternoon. maryland state police say they have this video and are looking into it. so amazing video out of wisconsin too where severe weather caused major damage to a gas station. look at this citgo. the canopy there just collapsed on to two cars, destroying one

of them. nobody was hurt according to police. they say heavy snow and ice on the canopy brought it down. as you can imagine, the gas station is closed until further notice. the time now, we're getting ready for the weather and it is the rainy start. but chuck is not only tracking what is happening today but what is leading into the holiday at the end of the week. >> that's right. going to get through the next couple of days first. a lot of rain in the front part of the day here this morning and rain in the second part of the day tomorrow. optimistic about new year's eve. hour by hour planner for today, steady rain through about 7:00 or 8:00 this morning. rain should be for the most part over by about noon time today. few peeks of sunshine allows temperatures back into the 60s later on this afternoon. and if you're already thinking about new year's eve, 10:00, midnight, 1:00 in the morning from new year's eve to new year's day, going out to celebrate for the beginning of the new year, plan on it being chilly. temperatures in the low to mid-40s at midnight. looks like a dry start to new year's eve. how long will the dry weather

linger into 2016? seven-day forecast in ten minutes. here is kim mccormick. early morning crash in prince george's county. looking live here, shuffling things around, westbound 50 near 410 and looks like most of the vehicles have been cleared. they're still -- traffic is getting by on the far left side of the roadway. just be prepared for a very small delay. we have high standing water thanks to the weather. massachusetts avenue and macomb street northwest, be careful if you're coming up from observatory circle. if you're traveling around the southern maryland or from bowie, things running a bit heavy and slow because of the weather. so far no significant issues. on 6 from manassas down to the beltway, still moving along at posted speeds this morning. and when we get in your car, don't forget to tune into wtop on your car radio for traffic updates on the 8s. big changes are coming for airline employees. how the tsa is taking new action at airports across the country. first, trouble in hawaii. had how close a drone got to the

president and the new questions being raised about the secret service. we'll had head to the live desk with the details in just a moment.

at the live desk, the president's motorcade stopped momentarily because of a drone. potus is still on vacation in hawaii. the secret service says it is aware of the incident. let me tell you what happened here. the owner of the drone was questioned. cooperated with police and told them they didn't know the president was in the area. remember, owners of recreational drones must now register their devices with the federal aviation administration. at the live desk, i'm erica. big changes on the way for airline employees. it is upping the number of random checks on employees who have baggage that allows them to

bypass security. >> now the employees at the airport will have to deal with more security at the gates there. tsa announced it will increase random searches of employees for airlines and the airport. the move comes after several incidents over the past two years in which guns and laundered money were smuggled into airports. in one case last year, five employees were arrested for bringing $400,000 in cash through boston's logan airport. when a memo from american airlines ahead of security reminded employees there that they travel after work, they have to go leave the secure area, go back outside, go back through the security checkpoint with their carry on luggage to board a flight. this increased security also comes after news that an airport employee may have been responsible for that bomb that brought down the russian jet leaving the sinai. not in the united states.

the tsa does not want to take any chances. they have already started those increased checks for airline and airport employees. reporting live in washington on capitol hill, edward lawrence, back to you. a designated area for uber to park before it picks you up at the airport is costing you more money. there is a $4 airport surcharge every time you use uber, whether being dropped off or picked up at reagan national and dulles. a lot of travelers don't mind, the convenience is worth the extra charge. >> i'm not complaining. >> traditionalcomplained about privileges for uber and lyft drivers. more than a thousand of you have shared this picture. this teenager from maryland has now been missing for more than a

week. karen sandoval is 14 years ole. prince george's county police say she was last seen eight days ago in college park. you can head to the nbc washington app to get another look at her photo. to decision 2016, one presidential candidate was just voted one of the world's most admired people. but it was the current president that took the top honors in this gallup poll. president obama named the most admired man. hillary clinton topped the list of most admired women for the 14th straight year. in second place, on the men's list, republican front-runner donald trump tied with pope francis. coming up after news 4 today, donald trump on the "today" show, coming up at 7:00 a.m. a prince journal george's c church is in court hoping to avoid eviction. the church admits it is behind its rent payments. church leaders will be in court today where they hope to resolve the situation. they say they made major

improvements to the church over the past 13 years. and made regular payments in the past few months. we're learning what led up to a deadly shooting in germantown earlier this month. robert king was found shot to death on sage way on december 16th. montgomery county police now say he was doing a drug deal with a person when they got into an argument when they both pulled out guns and fired. both were hit. motor head's legendary front man and bass player ian lemmy died yesterday after a short battle with an aggressive cancer. the band posted on the facebook page he found out he had a disease a few days before he died. the band is best known for their 1980 anthem ace of spades. lemmy was 70 years old. rescuers are working to free more than a dozen people who are trapped in a mine in china. let me show you new video of the

effort to save the miners. they were trapped on christmas day. rescue teams are using ropes to try to send food and letters to the 17 others who are still trapped. my mom was so scared of my older son, 15, to get shot by the police officer. but who gets -- who gets shot and killed? her. >> this morning, we are hearing from the children of a 55-year-old chicago woman accidental capitol hill acciden a shooting. antonio legrier filed a wrongful death suit on saturday. police shot and killed quintonio legrier. the family says the college student suffered from a mental illness, but was not violent. police say he was combative. bettie jones lived upstairs and was hit by gunfire as she opened the front door. >> i love surprises.

>> i can't wait. i can't wait. i can't wait. i was so happy. >> redskins fans excited to be heading back to the playoffs. >> happy dance going on. >> the team is ready to cash in on all the excitement too. starting today, redskins stores expected to sell official nfc east champions gear. the new spending bill from congress gives federal employees more money to pay for those rides. you can get up to $255 a month to help pay for trips at metro. that is double what you used to get. metro hopes that the incentive will bring back commuters. i think we all agree anything to make the ride smoother and money does that. >> people telework because it gets to be too expensive. they have the option to stay at home and work from home, they do it. today might be one of those

days. >> why bother going in in the afternoon, but, yeah, perfect day to telework if you can get away with it. nasty rainy start to the day. what to expect first thing in the morning? rain drops to impact your morning. it will be a slow go here for the next couple of hours. the heavier rain will be w%÷ by 7:00. the last of the rain should be done by noon time, may be a little sooner than that. couple of peeks of sunshine and mild afternoon, back in the 60s again later today. if you're traveling, a lot of folks getting on planes and flying. going to new york or boston, you're going back into the cold and winter weather and flying south to atlanta, things are getting quieter down there. a lot of snow now for northern half of new england and rainy, snowy mix around the boston area. for us, rain drops on all local roadways here this morning, starting to show a little trend of drying out here, west of luray, shenandoah valley. rain coming to an end, by can 9:00 a.m., earlier, into the

west of i-8 1, most of the metro area, heavy rain down by 8:00. closer to 9:00, 10:00, 11:00. weather in your plans, weather alert early this morning. tweeting out extra radar images and things like that to stay ahead of the weather. rain slowing you down here early this morning. by later this afternoon, and this evening, turning mild and dry. it is a chilly rain this morning. 37 and rain in frederick, maryland. 37 in winchester. 47 in washington. once we get the rain stopped and little peek or two of sunshine, into the 60s we go for today. dry overnight tonight and into early tomorrow. tomorrow the mirror image today as clouds will thicken up during the day tomorrow. and then a chance for showers after 5:00, 6:00, 7:00 tomorrow evening. showers off and on likely through much of wednesday night into early thursday. but i think by thursday afternoon, especially by

thursday night, new year's eve, things will be dry once again. there is your rain in the front part of today and second part of tomorrow, new year's eve is dry, new year's day looks great for all the outdoor plans and the weekend. can could you believe it? how about four sunny days in a row. but comes at a price. feels like january for a change. coming up at 6:01, details in the hour by hour outlook for today. here is kim mccormick. >> starting off with rain and a crash. if you're on westbound 50, inbound, near route 410, inside the beltway in prince george's county, you'll find the remnants of this crash along the right shoulder. you get by in the two left lanes and a flareout on the right lane. be careful as you're headed through, keep your speeds down. massachusetts avenue at macomb street, high standing water being reported. be careful. find an optional route -- alternative route since you don't know how deep it really is. live at 95 in lorton, headlights coming up from the -- moving along fairly well. rain slicked roadways are making

things slippery. if you take vre, it is on an s schedule today until the 31st. china just launched a major upgrade in space technology. how a new tool shows space and planet earth like never before. did you get a few unwanted gift cards? you can trade them for cold hard cash.

china has another satellite in space today. you're looking at the launch of the satellite that took off today. it has a huge specialized camera on it. china says it will be used to identify and prevent natural disaster and predict the weather. a new pilot program in loudoun county ape yy aims to heroin overdose deaths. deputies have been trained to use a new nasal form of narcan. it can be a life saving tool when seconds count. the test program will run in the western part of the county. we have a solution for your unwanted gift cards. maybe have one to a store where you never shopped or maybe you have the cash. we went through four websites to see which one gave you the most back for your gift cards. >> they buy your cards for less than face value and resells

them. sometimes you get less than they're worth at the stores. >> you'll generally get more back from the gift cards from popular retailers. $100 gift card to walmart came back around $90. if you don't want to wait for an online exchange, use one ofkios grocery store maybe. the card gets you $71 at the kiosk. today, it will look like new year's eve in times square already. times square will host the annual confetti test today in preparation for thursday. this is video from last year's test. officials say 3,000 pounds will be released when the clock strikes midnight on january 1st, 2016. the confetti will include pieces with handwritten wishes from people who submitted them at the wishing wall. >> wishing wall. >> yesterday they went and they -- >> they dropped off their bad memories. >> bad memories and put their hopes for the new. >> okay. cleared that right up.

a fairfax group that supports lgbt students and staff and their families is organizing meetings for people who oppose the controversial nondiscrimination policy. they support the school board's decision to add sexual orientation and gender identity to the nondiscrimination policy over the past year. two conservative groups filed lawsuits against the board for that policy change. this is a storm team 4 weather alert. >> it is a weather alert day as we start the 5:00 hour. rain already moving through as we track conditions in your neighborhood on storm team 4 radar. what you can expect as you get ready to head out. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm angie goff. the rain getting an early workout, you could say. we have showers and a slow commute upon us. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell here with your weather headline. >> good morning to both of you.

steady rain overnight will continue up through about 7:00 or 8:00 this morning for most of the immediate metro area. a lot of puddles out there on the roadways. hydroplaning an issue, slow down, keep your speeds down and travel delays headed up the northeast corridor, could be significant. rain since midnight, a quarter to half an inch of rain has come down. storm team 4 radar, route 50 to the bay bridge, also soaked in rain this morning. rain starting to break up a bit out towards the southern parts of the shenandoah valley. that drying will come toward the metro. future weather, hour by hour, last wave of rain coming through here, 7:00 and 8:00. by 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, cloudy skies, drying out a bit. by later on today, a little nicer. need your umbrella and warm coat, only in the 40s now. i'll let you know how mild it will be later on and give you the travel outlook coming up in ten minutes. cleaning up the crash on inbound 50 at 410, just inside the beltway in prince george's county. you canee