president-elect donald trump is heading to north carolina this evening for the second stop of his thank-you tour. the event is being held in fayetteville, the home of ft. bragg. trump's pick for secretary of defense, retired general james mattis, will also take the stage. d.c. mayor muriel bowser brought her own list to trump today. she wanted to talk about certain things with mr. trump. she says she wants the incoming president to know the district this is mark segraves went up to d.c. as well. >> reporter: it was a meeting mayor bowser asked for and president-elect trump wanted to have himself. the two met inside trump tower for more than 40 minutes. mayor bowser had her top two advisers in the room. president-elect trump handled the meeting on his own with no staff. one of the top issues was transportation.

>> the biggest one being metro. so, i told him a lot about our metro system. how many federal workers that use it, what are some of the challenges it's having now. >> reporter: bowser plans to talk in more detail with trump's secretary of transportation elaine chao after the election. trump was also interested in hearing about statehood. >> very huge vote statehood got in washington, d.c. on november 8th. he was had in the district. >> reporter: the mayor also wanted the next president to know that d.c. is just like a state. >> we're independent. we take care of ourselves. we don't get any more from the federal government than any other state and we act like a state. we function like a state. i wanted to make sure he understood washington, d.c., as the unique entity that it is. >> reporter: bowser would not characterize mr. trump's position on any issues they discussed but described the meeting as the beginning of a

despite being a vocal opponent of president-elect trump during the campaign, mayor bowser says, it's important that d.c. continues the tradition of being gracious hosts for whoever is living at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. from trump tower in new york city, mark segraves, news 4. a developing story in montgomery county. police have stepped up patrols in montgomery village after report of an attempted kidnapping yesterday morning on cider mill apartments near the lake forest l. a man approached her, told her to shut up and tried to put a black bag over her head. she screamed and that caused him to run away. she went to school, notified the staff and they called police. the mgm casino is expecting a flood of visitors when it opens its doors on thursday. and it's trying to do its part to make sure you're not stuck in traffic outside. news4's chris gordon joins us

inside this state-of-the-art traffic command center. >> you're looking at behind me is a wall of monitors, including this one, which says december 8th through december 11th, expect heavy traffic. now, police are hoping to use this new technology to avoid traffic tie-ups for the mgm opening. prince georges county police meeting today in the command center at national harbor. they are planning for 9,000 vehicl national harbor's grand opening. >> i am also honest in saying we're going to see con gregs. we're not always going to see traffic moving at the posted speed limit. we'll keep those backups off the interstates because we don't want high-speed traffic navigating around stopped vehicles. >> reporter: the chief says there are safety valves. $10 million has been invested in road improvements and signage. police will be on patrols on the highways and roads around the casino. >> what's really going to be the

opens and two weeks later or three weeks later, whatever, is the customer's familiarity with the project and the road systems and the infrastructure and where to park. >> reporter: we were allowed into the new mgm parking garage. they've got technology that directs drivers to open parking spaces. >> at every decision point you'll find an arrow that is going to show you right, left, straight ahead and it's going to show you how many spaces are available if you choose that direction. >> reporter: despite these elaborate preparation, council member patterson is nervous for those who live near the casino. >> to be able to get out of their respective driveways on oxon hill road is going to be almost unbearable. i don't know how they're going to do it. i am concerned about that. >> reporter: now, police are reminding customers that mgm opens thursday night at 11:00 p.m. with the garage opening at

because they don't want cars to back up and have a negative impact on thursday evening's rush hour. that's the latest from national harbor. back to you. >> thank you, chris. maryland's other casinos will benefit from the opening of the new mgm dwrand. in a deal state lawmakers made, horseshoe casino in baltimore, closest to mgm, will get to keep -- in proximity, will get to keep a higher share of their slot machine revenue. this deal was made to reduce taxes once the added competition enters the market. lawmakers are hoping mgm's revenue will more than make up for the reduced revenue. just minutes ago a neighborhood pizzeria in d.c. reopened after it was targeted by a man with a gun over the weekend. police say he came to investigate a fake news story that was circulating online during the presidential

rallying around this restaurant. >> reporter: that's exactly right. to get ready for this moment of doors opening, we saw employees in there this morning and throughout the afternoon, along with the store's owner, getting things in place. if you look over my shoulder here, you can see the lights are on. i can tell you the doors are unlocked and comet ping pong is back open for business. a lot of people have been coming out to show their support for not only comet ping pong but businesses next door. >> see you on friday. thank you. bye-bye. >> reporter: the last two days have been tough for a lot of businesses on connecticut avenue. >> good afternoon. >> how can i help you? >> reporter: michael is the store manager here. he was busy with customers on sunday when a gunman walked into

down. >> the unfortunate thing, getting calls, very confrontational, very threatening. definitely anxiety and, you know, it's the year of the unknown. >> reporter: his fear is that a gunman will walk into his store. but for the last few days, people have been calling? >> someone called in yesterday and said -- they called us a beacon of light in the darkness. it's like you take those -- it's such a great thing to say. >> reporter: and down the street at comet ping pong -- >> i was in the neighborhood, so i thou little community help. >> reporter: neighbors like michael miller have stopped by for a slice of pizza. others have placed flowers and placed handwritten notes outside to show they care. but on friday, neighbors say they plan on flooding comet ping pong with business as a way of showing that love can drive out hate. >> reporter: we spoke with the man who started this facebook page. he lives in the community.

ping pong on friday, the idea is to flood the business with people coming to eat and enjoy, to tip well. so far he says over 1,000 people are rscp'ing to attend on friday. we'll tell you what one business owner surprised him over this entire ordeal. megan fitzgerald, news4. >> that's a wonderful part of the city there on connecticut avenue. i'm not surprised ever her coat, trusty umbrella in hand. >> doug, lauryn, this is not pocket umbrella weather. this is big golf umbrella weather. >> exactly right. you took the words out of my mouth. take a look at what's going on down towards 495 around seven locks road, the exit to get on river road, the inbound lanes. all the red lights you see. lights coming at you is headed

the weather, yeah, probably has something to do with it. it's always bad but when you add in this much rain, it's going to get worse. storm team 4 radar tracking that rain. very heavy rain up towards parts of the northern sections here north of baltimore. look what's happening down to our south. we're seeing heavy rain down and around the southern portions of the beltway here, down around d.c., around oxon hill, national harbor, in into southeast making its way towards the vw towards the woodbridge area and quantico seeing heavy rain. along i-95, it's a mess outside. if you don't need to go out, maybe not the best night to go to the grocery store. tomorrow, a much better day. we're seeing the back edge come through our region. most of the heavy rain will be out of here by 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 tonight. then we're just talking about showers. speaking of talking about the next round coming in, it's not showers, it's cold.

minutes. you probably heard people talk about it or the retweet, president-elect trump says he plans to cancel the contract for new air force one planes. coming up, a closer look at why the military says it needs these planes. for the first time prince george's county council member mel franklin has made a public appearance since his dui arrest. it's the same day council enacts new legislation dealing with its

councilman mel franklin went back to work in prince george's county. he attended his first council meeting since we all learned that police had arrested franklin for dui while he was driving a county vehicle. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins was at that meeting. did the council specifically address franklin's case today? >> reporter: yes, they did. this was unusual because it was just supposed to be the ceremonial passing of the gavel, but they decided to enact legislation specifically targeted at what happened with franklin. >> glorious lord god --

meeting with prayer and today council member mel franklin had a special prayer request. >> continue to keep all of us in your prayers. >> reporter: that's all the former council chair said in what was his first public appearance since his duchlt i arrest. franklin was arrested on november 21st after he crashed his county-issued vehicle into the back of another couples' car, totaling their vehicle. according to the police report, franklin then fled the scene. sources say he was found hiding in the woods and blew a breathalyzer. we learned this was franklin's third time crashing a county-issued vehicle. in 2012 he totaled another county car, due to distracted driving according to the police report. today the chair shared how they found out about his arrest. >> we read the news, too. >> reporter: they will examine the county's policies on issuing vehicles.

at all the issues and they can recommend changing our policy. >> reporter: usually the post conference with the passing of the gavel is attended by all the members but only vice and cries chairman spoke. when asked why franklin did not address the press -- >> you would have to talk to councilman franklin and his legal counsel with regard to this specific issue. expected to report its findings to the council this summer. coming up on news4 at 6:00, one citizen's group saying the council needs to take more steps against franklin. reporting live, i'm tracee wilkins. >> thank you. two volunteer firefighters have been indicted on charges of assault and misconduct. in an apparent turf war with career firefighters in prince george's county. jeffrey miller and chris kelly

with firefighters at the scene of a fire last december in high yatsville. they say the two stood in the doorway of a burning home, trying to keep the firefighters from going inside first. kelly is accused of hitting a female firefighter. miller, working with him to keep them off the front porch of that home. vice president joe biden went back to his own stomping grounds today, visiting with house democrats in their caucus meeting. he spobo trump's america. some of the democrats say biden has asked them to be more empathetic to the concerns of working class americans. he also told some of the democrats he thought hillary clinton was a victim of sexism during the campaign. there was no discussion of biden running for president in 2020, but reportedly he didn't completely close the door. over on the republican side, house speaker paul ryan says he's going to focus on president-elect trump's policies

taxes for corporations next year. he also defended trump's call to taiwan, saying it was prudent and would not change u.s. policy. as for trump's tweets, ryan says there are a lot more important things to do. >> i'm not going to get into tweets. you think i'm going to sit here and comment on the daily tweets? i'm just not going to be doing that. >> on sunday speaker ryan told "60 minutes" he wasn't concerned about the content of mr. trump's tweets. he said they a tweet from donald trump managed to send boeing's stock into a slide today. the president-elect said he plans to cancel the contract to build new air force one presidential planes. boeing currently has a $4 billion contract to build at least two new planes. they were scheduled to go into service around 2024. today trump told reporters the

much money. the air force has been looking to replace these current presidential planes for a long time. the current planes arrived in 1990, so they're nearing the end of their useless lives. the air force says the plane parts are also becoming obsolete. it's costing more money every year to keep the aircraft flying safely. the new boeing planes would be more fuel-efficient and have added safety features. the california, warehouse where 36 people died says he was only trying to provide a place for struggling alterists to leave. derick almena and his family and dozens of others lived in that warehouse for the last three years. the city says it wasn't up to standards or zone for residential living. >> i'm only here to say one thing, that i'm incredibly sorry and that everything that i did

bring people together. people didn't walk through those doors because it was a horrible place. people didn't seek us out to perform and express themselves because it was a horrible place. >> the fire started during a party late friday night. these aerials of the burned out building were shot just this morning. officials with the oakland police department say they will be at the site until every inch has been cleared. necessity have cleared about 85% >> there is one corner that remains unstable and then that is another thing we'll be doing throughout the day today, is stabilizing that corner so we can search that last section. >> prosecutors have been giving signs they could bring charges ranging from involuntary manslaughter to murder. a woman stuck in her house because of a broken wheelchair. she was getting very little help and then her health took a turn and she reached out to our susan

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storm team 4 weather alert day. the rain, the cold, it's all here. just as predicted, it is causing a mess out there on the roadways. take a look at this. this is our traffic camera, vdot camera at 495 and 7 locks road. the traffic almost not moving in this area. once again, this is going to continue throughout the rest of the evening as a result of that. do we have that camera? we don't have that camera. i'm looking at it right now and it's traffic everywhere. it's so bad we -- oh, we do have it! how about that. ask and ye shall receive. there's the traffic across our region. the traffic on the right is inbound lanes going in from the emergency legion bridge, that's river road. the on-ramp is the exit going over american legion. it's backed up on the outbound

the entire length almost of virginia. it's just a mess. you're looking at parts of maryland. it's a mess, too. take a look at the radar. traffic this time of night, it's never good but tonight it's just horrible. one reason, of course, is because of the rain we still have. now, notice this. back to the west. really starting to see the rain letting up just a little bit. down to the south around waldorf, fredericksburg, that's where we're seeing heavy rain. do a little zoom. 95, 301 a big problem. that's going to be a lot of issues around laplata. national harbor, 495, which is already a mess. just going to be worse as we move through the next hour or so. now, back to the west we're looking at the rain and snow. we've actually seen more of that up to the north. i'm going to zoom up to the north a little bit here. we're going way wide. why? i just took a lot at some poconos cameras.

snow at the ski resorts. most likely changing over to a little rain but they may pick up a couple inches in upper pennsylvania. back to our west we have winter weather advisories in effect. above 1500 feet to the blue ridge. you can see it right here. also back here towards portions of west virginia and back to the west. winter weather advisory to midnight tonight. the rain moves out around 8:00. we're not quite done. a few showers coming through tonight. tomorrow morning, starting to seee day. right now, though, anything but nice. 43 degrees, northeast winds at 12 miles an hour. it is brutal out there. 30s back to the west. 43, d.c. 43 in quantico. i told the kids today at stedwick elementary how nasty today but better tomorrow. this is the entire first grade class. thanks for having me over there today. it was a pleasure. i was also telling them about this, the weather alert day for friday. a high temperature of only 39

windchills in the 20s. saturday a high of 38 degrees. and then we moderate just a little bit up to 57 before we come crashing right down. lauryn ricketts at 5:45 will talk more about the cold moving our way. just moments ago a crowd gathered in the cold, wet weather to watch paul ryan light the capitol christmas tree. >> this year's tree comes from idaho, specifically the national f hand-decorated with orangements from across the state. a 6-year-old from idaho was to help the speaker light the tree. it will be lit each night from the time it gets tashg to 11:00 at night until christmas. there are some new worries after this latest crime escalated to a carjacking. it's a big deal for people

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pat collins has the story of the search for that suspect live in silver spring. >> reporter: wendy, they want this guy bad. he robbed this gas station, then he came outside and carjacked a woman to make his getaway. a string of robberies that are getting scarier and scarier, all caught on camera. it was almost one month ago to the day that i did a story on this bp gas station on georgia avenue in this gas station robbed three times by the same gunman. each time he made the same demand. newport cigarettes and cash from the register. each time he brought his own plastic bag to collect the loot. and each time he got away. since i did that story back on november 7th, this bp station

but the shell station across the street has. that's right. same guy. back in business. the security camera video tells the story. the suspect has a gun in his right jacket pocket. he directs the clerk to load paction of newport cigarettes into the plastic bag. then the cash goes in as well. it all goes down just like it did again and again at the gas >> it appears in each robbery the build is the same, the suspect's mannerisms are the same and it appears he may be wearing the same jacket. >> reporter: but the crime spree didn't end with just the robbery inside the station. the suspect goes outside and jacks this car from a woman waiting at one of the pumps. he drives away, forgetting the

the tank. that slowed down his getaway. coming up at 6:00, we'll talk to a man who helped one of the robbery victims and hear words of concern about what happened here. i'll see you at 6:00. back to you. >> thank you, pat. well, it has happened again. two maryland state troopers were working the scene of a traffic accident when they were hit by another car. this happened on crain highway before 7:00 last night i 75-year-old ruth runyon hit an empty patrol car on the scene that knocked it into another one with the two troopers inside. the troopers were okay but say ruth was driving under the influence. here's where it gets interesting. the tow truck driver who came to the scene to haul her car away, he was also arrested for dui. total of 37 myrrh myrrh troopers have been hit while on

another 20 state police patrol cars were hit while troopers were outside them. maryland's move over law requires drivers to either change lanes or slow down to a safe speed for those conditions. there are new details on a deadly shooting in temple hills, prince george's county police say 26-year-old michael roberts was found outside a home on curtis drive last night with multiple gunshot wounds and died at the hospital. right now police are still lookinr tonight the -- >> it's okay. >> sorry. >> it's all right. you saw it. >> it's a good story. >> yes, it is. it's a rare good one. the vre working to restore full service on fredericksburg line after a train hit a car during the morning commute. chopper 4 was over the scene earlier today in stafford county. the trains were delayed about two hours as crews had to clean

the cause still under investigation. only four of the usual six southbound trains on the fredericksburg line are running right now. but they expect service to return to normal by tomorrow. in fairfax county, residents who have complaints about alleged police misconduct have a new place to turn. today the fairfax county board created a police review panel stemming from the death of john gear, an unarmed man shot by the panel will take a second look when citizens don't think they got a fair shake from police. bureau chief julie carrie explains how it works. >> opposed say nay. >> reporter: the post created nearly unanimous. it's the latest of many reforms put into place after the 2013 police-involved shooting of an unarmed civilian, john gear.

the race shook public confidence. police chief says the newly created panel helps. >> this goes a long way to restore public trust and confidence in fairfax county police department, those in the nation and fairfax county want more transparency. >> reporter: an independent auditor will tackle those. will group authority. any complaint still starts with the usual police internal affairs investigation but if a citizen is not happy with those findings, they can can can turn to the civilian review panel. >> if the interview is done poorly, the panel can say, we don't think you really -- you know, this was a soft interview. you didn't press this person. you ought to go back and interview this witness again. >> reporter: jeff stewart served on the commission that

he was also john gear's best friend and sees this change as part of his legacy. >> there's a lot of families that have sacrificed to get to this day. certainly, i attribute it -- that pinnacle point was the shooting of john gear. >> reporter: ahead on news4 at 6:00, i'll tell you how soon they might be ready to hear complaints. officials are stepping up security after a terror threat against a busy rail station near controversy in the council as d.c. lawmakers pick up a

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the 50th mayor of baltimore was sworn in today. former state senator and also runs aub she takes over for stephanie rawlings blake who reabandoned her re-election bid amid the arrest of freddie gray. the arlington diocese held a ceremony to officially install its new bishop. who previously served as bishop in raleigh, north carolina and his calling came straight from

pope francis, for sign meg to this vibrant diocese. >> the bishop will be serving over 600,000 catholics across northern virginia. huge event going on this week at national harbor. we're not just talking about the casino opening. baseball winter meetings are taking place at the gaylord. we report on if the nats are makinny >> reporter: day two of major legal baseball winter meetings. it's an annual event started in 1901. this is the first time ever being hosted in maryland. as you can see, it's a huge deal. 1958, d.c. hosted this event. it's the first for maryland and those from all over the country invaded the gaylord. every team's owner, gm and manager under the same roof.

the nats reportedly offered a deal to chicago white sox, five-time all-star. he's changing his white sox for red sox, going to boston. that was announced this afternoon. as for the nationals, the gm mike rizzo addressed the media moments ago. >> we reached as far as we were going to reach for the -- in the trade. we fell short. >> reporter: when you get to that noning inable point, all that work in? >> yeah, you move on to the next. we pivot and we start working on the next deal. >> reporter: mike rizzo will have more coming up on news4 at 6:00. as for the nats, dusty baker and the os buck showalter, both are here. i can ran into him in the lobby earlier. dusty baker would not confirm nor deny the size of the monster fish he reeled in this off-season but we get to speak

a woman confined to her home because of a problem with her wheelchair. how susan hogan helped when ther health turned for the worse. the rain moving through the area. when will it be over and is there any warm-up in store for this work week? we'll have the timing of this rain and also to let you know exactly when we could see warmer teeratures.

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spinouts. it's a mess out there. especially on exit ramps. if you are making your way out, please be careful because not only do we have the rain, we also have the fog we're dealing with. so, it is just a messy night out there. improvements come tomorrow. thanks goodness, in time for the morning commute. we could be dealing with a little fog but otherwise looking good. moderate rain giving a headache to everybody, pretty much, trying to make their way home. we got a little mo coming down areas to the west but most rain will not end until after 9:00. there's an area of low pressure hanging off the coast. that will continue to move to the north. as i said, we do have that fog cutting down visibility. we'll keep that during the overnight until he early tomorrow morning. we're seeing a little drizzle coming through i-80.

maryland county and headed off to the eastern shore. so, really, that's where they're getting the messiest of the storm team 4 radar. area of low pressure will move north along the virginia coast and jet out to sea tonight. we'll continue to see this rain stream up here while it starts to end in the southwestern portion of our area. again, it will end from southwest and eventually end from the north to northeast as we continue evening. but we're dealing with this rain. even a little wintry mix. i know we had some people that saw it today. dulles and places in loudoun county recorded just about a trace of some of that wintry mix. winter weather advisory for areas to the west and into western maryland for wet rain and sleet. most areas are above 1500 feet. it was a cold rain out there. temperatures in mid-30s to low 40s right now.

visibility down and that will stay down, as i said, throughout the overnight. it will improve tomorrow as we get some sunshine. thank goodness we'll get some sunshine tomorrow. 52 will be that temperature. we'll be drying out through the day. 6:00 we're continuing to see that rain push out of here. it starts to end to the west, i-95 seeing heavy rain. we will see showers throughout the overnight, north and east of the d.c. wednesday looks good. through. light snow showers or light rain shower in the morning. behind that frontal system temperatures in the 30s. it's a weather alert day. why, because it's sunny? no. we have windy conditions. windchills in the teens and 20s. stay relaxed as we get into the weekend. next thursday and friday, upper 20s, lower 30s.

weather alert coming up. time to open the home in florida, darling. news4 responds to a woman who couldn't leave her house because of a broken wheelchair. she says the company ignored her calls for months. >> when her health took a turn for the worse, she knew she needed help and that's where susan hogan steps up. >> that's right. imagine having a disability that requires you to rely solely on a wheel can confined to her home. feeling helpless and homebound, she called news4 responds for help. >> reporter: for seven months these four walls in ann's small apartment began to close in on her. >> i was basically homebound. >> reporter: unsteady, using her walker, she was so afraid to leave her home. her only means of freedom, her wheelchair. but in march it was delivered broken. the leg rest wouldn't lock. >> therefore, i couldn't move

this, wobbly, back and forth. >> reporter: she reported the problem to the company that delivered the chair. after multiple failed attempts by technicians to fix it -- >> no call back. this went on and on for weeks and weeks and weeks. finally june 15th they picked it up. said they were going to take it to the warehouse and fix it. >> reporter: the months wore on. the wheelchair company offering very little help. >> the three options they gave go to another company or take the chair back as it was. >> reporter: unable to leave her home, she sat sedentary for so long, she says she was admitted to rehab for physical therapy. for a month. >> my doctor sent me there. i was getting stiffer and stiffer by the moment. i was sad. i was sad. >> reporter: ann went as far to seek legal help. >> they told me my problem

handle. >> reporter: that's what she contacted news4 responds. we reached out to the company, camco medical in upper march borrow. it said it repeatedly received the long leg rest to make the fix and blamed the problem on medicare. however, a day after our call to the company, ann got her wheelchair back. the leg, fixed. and now for the first time in seven months, ann's freedom is back. for so long, trying to get these guys to work with me. thank you. i'm so happy. i can go to the store and do my own grocery shopping. there's so many places i can go now. i feel free. >> we're so happy for her, too. ann's wheelchair, by the way, is worth almost $3,000. if you have a consumer story you need some help solving, let us know about it. you can give us a call at

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mall. their bodies have never been found. tonight the museum of african-american history and culture is making database was donated to the museum. they showed how anyone can access that information. it was a government agency to help newly freed slaves during reconstruction. 25,000 volunteers created the database that includes the genealogy of nearly 2 million freed slaves and refugees. with samsung in the high profile patent dispute in apple. it was a unanimous decision the justices dolled out. a nearly $400 million judgment in which apple argued samsung copied the iphone's patented design. apple can collect damages from samsung for the infringement of just three specific components of the iphone. not the whole phone. the case is now headed back to a

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pu institute krk council gave preliminary approval to a sweeping paid family leave bill. they say it will provide desperately needed family assistance. >> some critics complain two-thirds of the benefits will go to people who live in the suburbs, work in the district, but necessity don't pay taxes here. >> reporter: the paid leave bill drew a big crowd to the wilson building downtown. police called in to ensure safety. meeting. >> reporter: the official council meeting started two hours late, in part because -- >> there is more -- >> it's my -- >> reporter: council members at breakfast squabbled with each other discussing the bill. one of the most progressive in the nation. but it excludes federal workers not subject to city tax that pays for it. the measure would provide eight weeks of parental leave down from the original 16 weeks proposed. six weeks for family leave care.

employer tax brings big benefits. >> if you have $1 million in payroll that's $6200 a year. that's not a lot to provide extensive benefit to workers. >> it will increase worker productivity, worker morale. >> reporter: some businesses in nonprofit oppose the $250 million cost of the bill. two-thirds of workers covered pay d.c. income taxes. ward eight's council member says she's worried about poor residents in ward eight. >> send so much money to supporting maryland and virginia residents is something that i just -- i don't support that. >> reporter: and mayor bowser in new york to visit president-elect donald trump also questioned the bill's impact. >> raising the tax, sending those tax dollars outside the

it's not expected to go into effect until 2020. in the district, tom sherwood, news4. now at 6:00, a miserable night to be outside. if the steady rain wasn't enough, it's also really cold out there. >> storm team 4 has declared a weather alert today. the rain making for a tricky ride home. you can see from the map, how slow things are on taj doug and lauryn tracking it for us. >> let's begin with team coverage with doug in the storm center. what's happening right now? >> the rain is starting to move out of here. the heaviest rain is about done along the i-95 corridor. still, take a look. storm team 4 radar tracking that rain. right now around the i-95 area. the heaviest area in yellow, the yellows in orange, just off to the north and east. as you see, this is exactly what i'm talking about.

back to the west, you notice clearing around winchester, back around heavy rain through d.c. and i-95. points off to the east and behind it. we are finally starting to see some clearing. i think we'll see shower activity through 10:00 or 11:00 tonight because the storm system itself, the upper level low has to move through. once it does, we'll see a couple showers. notice all the heaviest rain starting to move out. that is very good news. out there right now, though, it's not just the rain. it's the weather deck with more on what we can expect tonight. >> we noticed earlier we had a northwest wind at 14 miles an hour. we're still seeing breezy winds. as you came to me holding onto my umbrella with two hands. maybe minor gusts as we continue through the evening. it's chilly out here. i don't remember a lot of times in recent memory where i could see my breath, at least coming

boy, does it feel like winter out there. 43 is the temperature right now. we'll continue to see showers, as doug said, through about 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 tonight. we'll be dealing with this rain all the way through the evening. but looking much better as we continue into tomorrow. in fact, we'll have some sunshine tomorrow, but i know we've got some cold weather on the way. much colder than what we're dealing with right now. that happens towards the end of the work week. the two weather alert days, one today and one on friday. doug will have more on that coming up in l >> we are talking about that much colder air moving in. lauryn has that big storm team 4 golf umbrella. can you put that away for a while after today and get out the big coats because you'll need them. temperatures going way down over the next few days. the latest coming up. i'll see you in 15, 20 minutes. >> thanks, doug. >> right now, the app for weather alert day. make sure you download the app. go to nbc washington app on your iphone or android.