we're counting down the hours until the mgm national harbor opens. a live report from inside in just a moment. and president-elect trump heads to ohio today, set campus attack that left close to a dozen people in the hospital. what we're learning about his trip. amelia? chilly today, but cold tomorrow, it will be a storm team 4 weather alert due to the cold and winds. the latest coming up in the forecast. and thanks for joining us for "news4 midday," i'm barbara harrison. >> and i'm aaron gilchrest. let's get first a check on the

with a look at what's to come on this chilly day. amelia? >> well aaron, we're talking about highs in the mid to upper 40s. here's a look at storm team 4 radar. still plenty of clouds across the area. the white is clouds, not snow or rain. but notice up around frederick in northern loudoun county, back into the panhandle of west virginia. we so a little more green. what that is is clearing. and that trend will be moving into the d.c. metro area this afternoon. during the mid afternoon hours, not too bad out december. right now, kind of chilly, we're still in the 40s. the district, one of the warmer spots at 47. you can see the suburbs in the low to mid 40s. and highs today near 50 degrees. once the sun comes out, we'll see our temperatures start to come up. we're going to hover around 48 degrees from about 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. after that we start to cool off around 44 at 5:00 p.m. and by 7:00 p.m. low 40s and the clouds start to

going to be walking you throughout your day tomorrow. it's going to be windy and cold. i'll let you know how cold it will feel hour by hour. that's at 11:23. i'm erika gonzales at the live desk. attorneys for dylann roof, the man police say is behind the shooting death of nine people inside a charleston, north carolina church, have motioned for a mistrial. a short time ago we learned that the defense is making the call after roof was understandable. but not permissible by law in a courtroom. so they claim that is violates roof's fifth, sixth and eighth amendments, this is a developing story. we'll bring you another update as soon as we get it. roof could face the death penalty if convicted. >> at the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. we're counting down to the grand opening of the brand-new

leading up to tonight's opening. news4's justin finch is live in oxon hill where they're putting the finishing touches on the big building there. justin good morning. >> aaron, good morning. it's a matter of time. we've been here for some six hours here and now we're nearing some 11 hours counting down to opening night. and i can tell you that staff have been working here around the clock here, trying to get this place ready by 11:00 p.m. as the clock counts down to opening night, the rush to be ready ramps up inside mgm national harbor. to the rhythm of live guitar, crews moved in sync pushing mops across floors and setting up restaurant table tops, falling into place hours before crowds arrive. >> i've been looking at it on my floor for a year. to climb up on my ladder and

boozer taking in her massive installation at the front desk. >> i like all the little details. >> 30 feet wide and 18 feet high, her piece, called "harbor" is inspired by a 19th century map of prince george's county. the clay is local. >> i wanted to find out what does the clay look like here and to show people once this gets built there's no more access to the ground this is an opportunity to show what's underneath. >> cooks and chefs were inar workinging, too. >> we focus on trying to bring in the best chefs to execute the food. >> executive chef jason johnston boasting about menus from the resort's 15 restaurants, ranging from fast casual to fine dining. and we are closing in now. on some 12 hours or less at this point. to opening night here at mgm national harbor. the doors open at 11:00 p.m. the garages open at 10:30, we

thousands of people to show up and make their way inside. back in to you. >> justin, thank you. the man poised to become the next d.c. schools chancellor is at the wilson building right now. antoine wilson is at a public meeting. the education committee is talking about his readiness for the job, wilson was formerly the superintendant of oakland unified school district. the d.c. council is expected to approve him later this month. today you're going to have a chance to weigh in on the future superintendant for falls church schools. the school board wants parents to explain what kind of qualifications and characteristics they're looking for in a district leader. the meeting is at 7:00 p.m. at thomas jefferson elementary school on oak street. people stood in the cold for hours overnight for a chance to get an affordable apartment in southeast d.c. news4's megan mcgrath has been out there for a few hours. megan, how important is this opportunity for folks who are

behind me here, you can see that the line has gone down at this point. but earlier this morning, hundreds of people turned out to get their names on a waiting list for affordable housing units here at the orchard park apartments in southeast. people waiting in line say there is a housing crisis, that there jnt aren't enough affordable places to live in the district. the sign says no lines before 8:00 a.m. a request that was ignored. affordab to find in the district. people hoping to get a unit and a break on the rent braved the cold and spent the night in line. >> it's very important because it's very hard. and to find affordable housing, especially in d.c. with d.c., it's very high for living. >> because it's extremely hard. i've been on housing waiting lists for ten years now. >> orchard park apartments in southeast is accepting 200 applications for low-income housing units. for sonia winder, getting an

life-changing. >> well i've been here since july back from florida. and i've been in seven places, living with seven different people and it's nothing like your own and i'm still living with someone right now. >> demand is great and there's no guarantee that the long wait will pay off. especially for those at the end of the line. those here say it's a chance worth taking. >> it's hard everywhere. the whole d.c. maryland virginia area. you see how long this line is. >> good morning. >>as hand. >> at 9:00 a.m., the rental office started taking applications, this is just the first step in a long process. dawn fox knows, she was on a waiting list for two years before getting an apartment. she says the mayor needs to do something. >> why is this line two miles long, but there's no line in the million-dollar properties going up downtown. has somebody forgotten one of

d.c.? and that's its people. >> now people in line have to fill out the application. they also have to show proof of insurance, proof of income, proof of need and then they're put on a waiting list. now speaking to someone with the management firm. they are saying that it takeser in on average from 12 to 18 months to actually get a unit for unit to become available and for folks to move in. so it is a very long back to you in the studio. >> megan, thank you. this morning a judge postponed the hearing for edgar welch, until december 13th, to give the extra time to the defense team and welch's family, which is traveling to d.c. from north carolina. welch is accused of firing a gun inside the comet ping pong pizza restaurant on sunday. he claims he was investigating a fake news story referred to as

>> a jailhouse interview was published. he said welch learned about the fake news through word of mouth and then found it online. >> he started drilling down on this and thought there was more evidence that was real. i asked him if he discussed it with ebb in. he said he discussed it with his family. they seemed to think there was evidence that there was i guess children were being harbored at this pizza place. >> these photos are from we's he's facing three felony charges, including assault with a deadly weapon and a misdemeanor gun charge. a local soldier is dead, more than three weeks after he was injured in a suicide attack in afghanistan. sergeant first-class allen brown died on tuesday at walter reed military hospital. he was from takoma park. brown was injured when militants attacked bagram air field. a suicide bomber got on to the base and targeted a crowd getting ready for a post veteran's day fun run.

also killed. this morning we're working to learn if a truck driver will face charges in a deadly crash in frederick. first 4 traffic brought you this as breaking news yesterday morning. 40-year-old ross michaels died after a tractor-trailer driver lost control and crashed into his car where i-70 meets i-270. maryland state police say the truck driver couldn't slow down in time, and hit his brakes abruptly. michaels was the father of two children, he was headed home after picking up a computer from his and paramedics had to take ten people to the hospital after a metro bus hit a car. the crash happened in southeast d.c. last night. just before 7:00. when the w 4 bus was turning on to south capitol street from malcolm x boulevard. police say no one was seriously injured in that accident. hillary clinton will make an appearance on capitol hill today, she will attend and speak at the portrait unveiling for senate democratic leader harry reid. he's retiring at the end of this session of congress.

hillary clinton's public appearances have been rare since last month. michigan's recount of the election is order. a federal judge lifted an order that forced a statewide review of millions of ballots, the judge said he must follow a decision by the state appeals court that found that green party candidate jill stein had no legal standing to request the recount. the decision clinches donald trump's win over hillary clinton in that state. stein is vowing that she will appeal the decision. and president-elect donald trump will he'll visit ohio state university to meet with the victims and first responders to last month's attack there. then he'll head to iowa for his thank you tour. news4's tracie potts has that story. >> president-elect trump meets with another candidate today for secretary of state. retired navy admiral james derides. >> i think next week will be the time i announce it. >> there's concern his administration is stacked with former military leaders and

business administration. >> yeah, at a certain point you want you know, you don't want everybody coming from the same background i don't think we've hit that yet. >> president obama and bush actually appointed more generals, the latest for trump? retired general john kelly. sources tell nbc he'll be nominated to lead the department of homeland security. trump's national security adviser, retired general mike flynn met with his former obama counterpart susan rice gracious, it was a superb meeting. >> democrats are concerned trump may cut medicare and medicaid. >> we're going to mobilize, expose and defeat republicans deeply damaging scheme to end medicare. >> mr. trump, we are going to hold you accountable. >> and confirmed this morning, oklahoma's attorney general scott pruitt is mr. trump's choice for administrator of the epa.

washington. and there's a lot more "news4 midday." when we come back -- >> that includes a check on one of the survivors of the coloma

quartered by police, the man that georgia police say shot two

we are hearing an update from one of the nbc news correspondents. near the scene. telling us that that man that you just saw there, michel lembrick may be holed up in a house in rural georgia. we understand authorities to be at that location. there was a $70,000 reward for his arrest. there was a number of agencies that were teaming up to try bring this person into custody. again, this is the man that police say shot two of their officers, killing one of them. there have been a large manhunt under way. it appears they may have this man, minquell lembrick cornered at a home in rural georgia we'll monitor the situation and bring you developments. we turn to south carolina now, where an escaped inmate is on the run and he's now accused

williamson attacked the officer inside a walmart in columbia last night. she was responding to reports of a shoplifter. she is expected to recover. it's not clear right now how williamson escaped. columbia police say they'll have another update on this late they are morning. new information we're working to learn why this car went up in flames at a gas station this morning. you take look at this dramatic video, there are pillars of flame and smoke pouring into the the air here at the exxon on on itself was totally safe. in this video, brazilian soccer player allen rochell, thanks his supporters and tells them he'll be back in brazil soon. he's being treated in colombia after being injured in a plane crash that killed 71 other people. the victims included other players, coaches, journalists and the aircraft crew. the team was traveling to play in the finals of a south american tournament. americans are not living

dropped from 78.9, to 78.8 in 2015. the death rate increased by about 1%. the ten leading causes of death did not change. heart disease still number one. followed by cancer and respiratory disease. most of the words are quite fuzzy. so -- if i had my reading glasses i could probably see it. >> we know that el most of us will have or will experience at some time. it's called over-40 eyes. the medical name is prysbyopia. it gets hard to read books and even harder to read those instructions on the back of a medicine bottle. but help is here. and joining us with that is

and dr. jennifer sokolosky who was a patient yesterday. how did you find out about it? >> one of the problems that i've had as a dentist, you wear loupes all day long. the little magnifiers, after you take them off and you had to read the computer screen to see the next procedure or your notes, you're unable to do that. you need to deglove, put your glasses on, reglo loupe back on. >> she came to you as a patient and told you she wanted some way and you said she could get contact lenses, right? >> we did talk about contact lenses, but we also talked about a new fda-approved procedure, called raindrop. we could be the first in the d.c. area to be performing it on december 7th. which was yesterday and she said sign me up. >> you saw her yesterday, now

other, the opposite. they work on people who can't see distances, correct in. >> so lasix does distance vision and so far we haven't had anything to do, reading very well. at the same time. and so jennifer actually had both. you know so she had a little bit of distance issue that we fixed in one eye yesterday and then the other eye we used this new raindrop procedure, so that, so that she can now actually read today. >> this is pretty exciting. >> 150,000, i saw the list of people like tiger woods and many, many other very famous people who have come here to washington to get the lasix procedure. how would you rank this in terms of important things happening in the eye field especially? >> as you know there are a few people who are over 40 years old. until now we really haven't had anything that could, that could do this within one day, of someone turning around and being

back and take care of teeth today. >> now dr. rose, you told me that a lot of people will come in with problems like this and you say these days, there's something for everybody, right? >> there's a safe refracturive procedure for almost everybody. they need to be screened appropriately and counseled on their visual needs, their age and the health of their eyes. >> watching this yesterday was pretty exciting. those of us who happened to be in the surgical suite with you. were standing there like we were being the first time. you weren't nervous at all. >> not a bit. >> why not? >> complete confidence. >> i guess you're used to things like that. >> it's a relatively painless procedure so the procedure works well, it's quick. it's about 10-15 minutes and we're done. >> there are a lot of us who probably need it. and i'm sure you'll probably be hearing from a the although of people. but thank you so much for sharing this experience with us.

had the procedure. >> correct. >> and you read perfectly. so i'm a believer. >> we did five patients yesterday and all of them read right afterwards and we saw them today and they looked great and they're all reading and driving without reading glasses. going to work. >> fantastic, if anybody has any questions, they'll call you, i'm sure. >> thank you very much. aaron, back to you. ?? ?? >> the accolades still pouring in after last night's show-stopping performance by jennifer hudson and the entire cast of "hairspray live" we're

?? ?? ?? in the books now. >> students at the university of maryland watched as one of their fellow terps danced and sang her way through "hairspray live" they held a watch party last night. we talked to one of the dance major who is says this is even more of an inspiration because an alum was in the show. >> i think this is gist a show that i have a personal connection to more than like the other ones, it's to me more enjoyable.

from texas, so -- i'm so proud of my fellow texan at 8:00 last night. so many people were on their phones live-tweeting the tv debut of "hairspray live" star-studded cast. including jennifer hudson. harvey firestein, kristen chenowith and maddie ballio, a newcomer to the scene. never been on broadway before, never been on tv before. let me show you a couple of the twet all over social media there you saw jennifer hudson this somehow big it was, snapchat had its own filter of tracy turnblad that you could put on any one of your pictures. and my wigs are this nice and there was a great one talking about how well did jennifer hudson do, they passed out in excitement over the fact that she was on there. wonderful show last night on nbc, barbara and aaron, back to you. a lot of fun to watch for

today. i was hoping we were going to see some sunshine. >> are we going to get a little sunshine before the day is over? >> i sat down and i love our live picture. you can see some sunshine. >> that's noon? >> is that right now, guys? >> it's the sunrise i think. >> as we move into the afternoon we're going to continue to see more and more sunshine and a nice afternoon for december. and what's for how it's feeling this afternoon. 48 degrees for a high and sunshine will continue to increase across the area. but the winds start to pick up this afternoon as well. cold air moves in overnight tonight. so take a look at your outlook for today. all in all the weather having a pretty low outlook on the rest of your thursday. as you pick the kids up from school, it's chilly and it's dry. good day for them to get outside. maybe head to the playground if they don't have after-school

december. if you're getting the christmas tree tonight. i think it's a good night, chilly tomorrow night, and chilly saturday night, and breezy tomorrow night. if you're having dinner out tonight. you'll want the warm jacket. here is tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. teens and 20s is how it's going to feel. i'll be walking you through the rest of the day the next time you see me, barbara and aaron. thank you very much ame mealia, still hours away from the mgm national harbor's grand opening. if you're you're going to get there, we have options for you next. and what about a cruise to

oh my, all the excitement today, right now mgm national harbor holding a grand opening ceremony. want to show you a live look at what is ap maryland governor larry hogan among the people on stage right now. just a few minutes ago, the resort's president said he talked about, i should say, the work and excitement that has gone into this project. >> so we present to groups, went to a lot of meetings and met a lot of great marylanders and prince georgians and we introduced mgm resorts to those

started to change and people began to get excited. >> the $1.4 billion resort opens to the public at 11:00 p.m. look for our coverage throughout the day and on air and of course through our nbc washington app. what does a $1.4 billion resort look like? you'll have to go find out for yourself. at the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. i'm melissa mollet. a look at the mgti lots of ways to get there you want to plan ahead. if you go even a couple of months from now. if you want to take metro, the closest stops are king street or branch avenue. after that you can take a taxi, ride-share, whatever you want to try to get over that way. if you're thinking of taking the bus from virginia, take wmata's nh 1 or the bus in prince george's county and get there fairly easily. what about a water taxi from alexandria?

anyway, know your route. they have 5,000 spaces, no doubt they're going to be filled probably pretty quickly. know where you plan to park and what part of the garage, enter the garage from either side of the resort. something else to think b. a lot of people are going to be coming there. outer loop, bottom of the beltway. get off at the national harbor exit. what about getting off 210 and working your way over, might be much less crowded. right now people in the county can pick up clean drinking water at harris teeter. a water main break on tuesday triggered a boil water advisory for people living north of virginia gateway harris walk. the people are going to hand out 24-packs of bottled water all day long. the advisory is expected to be lifted sometime tonight. an important reminder this morning about a holiday hazard that's likely in your home, a

annapolis fire that killed six people. news4's megan fitzgerald has tips about how to properly care for your tree. >> finding the perfect christmas tree is a big part of the holiday season for a lot of folks, fire officials realize that. but they want people to keep safety in mind. here's what they're telling folks, once you get the christmas tree home, they want to you cut off about an inch of the base here. then once you get it into your home and you put it into the tree stand like the one here, the essei watering it every single day. that's because it helps to hydrate the tree. so it is less susceptible to a fire. these trips are extremely personal. you may recall it was january 2015, when we watched as an annapolis mansion went up in flames, cher lost her brother. her sister-in-law. and her four young grandchildren. >> everyone is in pain. it's changed all of our lives.

advocacy. >> sher has dedicated her life to spreading these christmas tree safety tips. hoping what happened to her family doesn't happen to anyone else. reporting in owen's mill, megan fitzgerald, news4. the insurance institute for highway safety has come ut with its list of top safety picks for 2017. 82 new vehicles made that list. here's what you need to know. 38 vehicles earned an even higher ranking of top safety pick plus. those vehicles d evaluations and have effective features that can prevent crashes like automatic braking systems, toyota led the automakers with nine of its 2017 models, honda had five. several american-made cars were given the plus award, including the chevy volt, the buick envision and the chrysler pacifica. we're keeping a close eye on the stock market. it's been surging since the election and hit another all-time high yesterday.

today stocks are off to a mixed start. but the dow, s&p and the nasdaq are still staying pretty high. a german grocery store chain still has not built its first store in our area. but it is showing signs of expansion. lidl is holding it's first hiring event next week. first d.c. area stores are expected to open no later than 2018. th starting next year, you can go on united's basic economy fare. but your options will be bare bones, when you get the fare you won't be allowed to use the overhead bins on the plane. only carry-ones that can fit under your seat. you won't be able to pick your seat. it's assigned the day you take off. and you'll still pay an extra fee if you need to check a bag,

full swing now. and that means many of you will be traveling in the next week. the airline trade group airlines for america says 45.2 million people are going to fly this month. the busiest travel days are expected to be thursday, december 22nd, and friday, december 23rd. now if you're planning your vacations for next year, how about a cruise to cuba? today oceania cruises is they'll start on march 7th. they're not the only ones, four other major cruise lines will begin setting sail from florida to cuba next year. aaron? >> the nationals new outfielder, adam eden tweeted last night he'll be at the team's annual winter fest, eden comes from the white sox, the nationals gave up three top pitching prospects to get him. the general manager mike rizzo said eden fits the club

screech is here to talk more about winter fest that's going to be happening this weekend. we appreciate you guys being here and i see screech you're all ready. you've got your winter nationals t-shirt ready to roll. so we're ready for winter fest. i want to ask you about adam eaton. what can you tell us about people who want to be meeting him. >> he's confirmed it will be in attendance, first chance for fans to meet and greet him. he'll be participating in activities throuut saturday and sunday. >> for folks who don't know, winter fest going to be happening saturday and sunday at the washington convention center. tell us about some of the players that are going to be there, who people can meet, what's going to be going on. >> it's or annual fan fest event. it's really the one chance during the year where the fans are relaxed, it's their off-season and they have a lot of interaction with the fans. you know, at different activities, autographs, photos,

screech is holding up some things here that there's an opportunity to get some nats swag. a nutcracker with the nats' logo on it. lots of opportunities like that, too? >> absolutely. a holiday ticket package. if you want to give the gifts of the nationals under your tree, you can get this guy to hang on your tree, ticket packs, a retail holiday pop-up. taking place with exclusive merchandise that can you only get at winter fest. the t-shirt is a great example of players. a lot of special things happening from the main stage as well. >> screech, i want to ask you quickly, i know that there's going to be a derby happening, a mascot derby have you been working out, pumped, you know who's go to win? this guy. it sounds good. to let folks know they can go online to know how to get tickets. >> can you get tickets at nationals.com. look for the winter fest and everything is all included in the price of admission, so you

>> valerie, screech, thank you both for coming in. >> thanks for having us. michael jordan pulls out a victory in a long-running trademark battle. trademark battle. the former nba star used a?? ?? ?? ??

. michael jordan pulls out a victory in a long-running trademark battle. the chinese sports wear company for using the mandarin translation of his name and jersey number to sell merchandise. he first took legal action against the company in 2012. jordan said the company misled chinese consumers to believe he was supporting its brand. today china's highest court ruled in favor of the basketball legend. >> it is about that time the year when you receive a strange holiday gift from a co-worker. careerbuilder.com asks people to

colleague on the top of the list were two left-handed gloves. a coconut bra, a jar of gravy. a fake lottery ticket and a real stuffed duck. >> huh. >> a coconut bra? wow. >> you find yourself scrambling to give something. i guess you grab whatever you can. >> that sounds like something carmen miranda would have worn with the bananas on her head. >> we're not thinking too much of sunshine out there today and warm weather. >> we're gng we're starting to see a few peeks of sun and that trend will continue. highs today near 50 and then after that, it's cold through the weekend. we are talking about a cold blast through the weekend. but next week i want to stress if it's going to be bitterly cold. frigid next thursday and friday. and that pattern does not look like it's going to change. here are your weather headlines. the first cold arctic blast

because of the cold and winds it will be a weather alert day. we'll keep it dry saturday and sunday. tomorrow, a high of 41 degrees, mostly to partly sunny skies and it will be blustery tomorrow from start to finish. so again at 7:00 a.m. it feels like we're in the teens and 20s. feeling about 21 in washington. 15 in gaithersburg, make sure the kids are bundled at the bus stop. as we move toward the midday hours, it feels like we're near 30 degrees, feeling much cooler than today. about a 20-degree the afternoon hours and tomorrow night as you head out for your friday night. you'll want the warm jacket, the scarf maybe and the gloves with temperatures feeling like they're generally in the 20s. now still a little bit breezy, but not as windy on saturday. look at the high, only 39. not much better on sunday, a high of 42. some showers looking likely on monday. take a look at thursday and friday of next week. a high of only 33 on thursday

this is the honey ale, made from honey from michelle's garden. that's how this originally came about. somebody in the navy mess figured out you could make beer using honey. >> did you know that president obama is the first president to home-brew beer in the white house since george washington?

well now we're seeing more and more people picking up that hobby. and john moorehead, director of the national home brew competition is here with a look at a capitol hill competition that's happening this week or happened yesterday, right? >> absolutely. >> tell us all about it and welcome. >> thank you for having me, barbara. >> how did that happen and do they have these competitions all over the country? >> yes, so competitions happen all over the country. this competition was created through our federal affairs brainchild. her idea was to have recognize the hillstaffers on capitol hill. and have them submit home brews. >> and are there a lot of them who do that in. >> yes. we had 14 entries, which was more than some other, some expected. and we hope to continue to grow the competition and promote the hobby of home brewing. >> there is a home brewers

association has been around since 1978. we just celebrated our 30th anniversary yesterday. which was very cool. started by charlie papasian and charlie matson. >> how many members do you have? >> 46,000 members. >> and how do people get started with it? one of their kids give them a hoe brew kit and they just say oh -- >> something like this. kind of so this is a one-gallon kit from three stars home brewing shop and local home brew shop in d.c. you would starth extract kit that makes one gallon. you would start with malt extract. which is made from malted barley and then you would boil water, soak these specialty grains. >> what are the grains? >> specialty grains to allow new flavors to the beer. so instead of making a pale ale, you would use different ingredients. >> where are the hops? >> hops are right here, actually. >> these are the hops, they're packaged, sealed tight. vacuum tight to not allow any

them. >> i see. >> and then you would, you would boil all this. you would add hops after you kind of soak this grain. get all the sugar out and then you would add yeast after you cool that wert down. >> where do you buy bottles for your home brew? >> you can either save bottles that you buy at the store or buy new bottles at a local home brew shop. these two bottles are from the capitol hill staff home brew competition that we heldn >> and through your association, you can order your own bottle caps? these look like they're ready for me. >> that's for beer. that's for -- >> you can customize your own bottle caps if you'd like as well. >> do you go around the country sort of getting these competitions going? so that people get more into the hobby? >> so i run a national home brew competition. but a lot of local home brew clubs, which are just home brew

their own competitions for their clubs. and over hundreds and hundreds of competitions happen around the country every year. go so maybe people starting their own little brew companies. >> a lot of home brewers go from home brewing to professional brewing, it's kind of a natural progression. >> john, thank you so much for joining us and telling us about this. maybe i'll go home and try to make some. we'll be right back, stay

the nasdaq rising 60, to 5393. amazon says not so fast. days after "the wall street journal" reported the online retailer plans to have more than 2,000 brick-and-mortar grocery stores, the company says that's not true. a amazon spokesperson said we have no plans to open 2,000 of anything. that could cause concerns that that move would put thousands of grocery workers out of a job.

with hollywood studios to rent new movies on itunes, as early as two weeks after they hit theaters. it's like will you you'd have to pay a premium well above the current $5 or $6 as it would take revenue away from the box office. with your cnbc morning business report, i'm landon downey. if you're still upset you couldn't get tickets to "hamilton" congress is hoping to ease the pain. sending legislation to president obama that could make it easier to score tickets to events and concerts. yesterday, the house passed a bill that would crack down on brokers to snap up tickets. the bill would make using the software illegal under the federal trade commission act. the senate passed the bill last month. the national zoo is a true spectacle to see with this year's zoo lights up and running. it runs every night from 5:00 to 9:00 through january 1st, except for christmas eve and christmas day. a half million lights have transformed the zoo. there's even snowless tubing. look at that for the kids.

itself into a winter wonderland out there. our weather is going to feel like winter now, right? >> feel like winter, but thankfully, no snow. so i'm at least happy to report that the cold moving in tonight. here's storm team 4 radar, we're talking about clearing skies this afternoon. we're already starting to see some peeks of sunshine along interstate 81. this trend continues on into the afternoon hours, we'll continue to have increasing sunshine. highs today near 50. ri degrees in washington. it will be a little breezy this afternoon, i want to show you the wind forecast. breezy this afternoon. tomorrow it will be blustery. windy and times from start to finish. on saturday, a bit breezy. when you factor in the winds, it will feel like we're in the teens and 20s. the coldest it's felt since february. so here's what it's going to feel like as you're stepping out the door tomorrow morning.

7:00 a.m. 21 in washington washington and 23 in annapolis, as we work towards the lunch time hour it will feel like we're in the upper 20s, to around 30 degrees and tomorrow night, another cold one. winds start to come down a little bit. it will be cold out there with mainly clear skies overnight. take a look at the next ten days. tomorrow it will be a weather alert day because of the winds and cold. the weekend, not much improvement. 39 on saturday. some rain in the forecast on monday. and then look at next thursday and friday. highs in the low 30rs on thursday, upper 20s on friday, also storm team 4 tracking winter saturday evening at 7:30. thanks, amelia. and that is it for "news4 midday," we appreciate you joining us, we're back on the air this afternoon first at 4:00. and you can get your news and weather updates any time, you probably know that, with the nbc washington app. we hope you'll have a great day

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