s eye ice. kicking things off this morning with a live look across the district and the area as the deep freeze continues on the storm team 4 weather alerted day. >> temperaturies making what could be a slick morning on the road. tom is tracking it. >> we have freezing rain falling. that's rain falling an hitting surfaces that are below freezing and those subfreezing surfaces are going to stay icy for another few hours until about 9:00 this morning. as we get into the afternoon we'll be in the 40s. you can see it is continuing to move off from the

here into the middle part of the morning. watch out for slippery roads. a lot of accidents around. >> thank you so much. we welcome you in on this saturday morning. a lot of untreated roads out there in spots. even when they're treated you have to use caution. >> you have to notice they are treating this morning. some roads have a slick surface. >> in your neighborhoods trying to navigate out. you have to be extra careful. >> tom is going to walk us through the hour by hour. what are we thinking as we get through the day here. >> we'll have warmer air moving in and temperatures should be above freezing by 9:00 this morning. we're still in the 20s. all this area in pink, that is rain that's falling and freezing on untreated surfaces that includes northern virginia, shenandoah valley,

west virginia. this is the radar history over the last six hours. notice to the left we have this area in green, that's where the warmer air is coming in changing the freezing rain to rain across northern west virginia, but all around northern virginia, maryla maryland, the district, this pink here, that is freezing rain, rain that's falling and freezing on surfaces. watch out. we've had reports of multiple accidents. reagan national is at 20 degrees. we'll be above freezing around 10:00 or so. a look at more change addres on way in a few minutes. when we talk about the treatment on the roadways. while you were sleeping road crews have been prepping some roads this morning because of this possible winter weather. salt trucks across theio

have been pretreating the roads and crews have been using a salt and water mixture on the roads. you may notice hundreds of trucks on the roads this morning throughout maryland as well as northern virginia. david saw a few. drivers are urged to stay off the roads, but that can be tough for some. >> i'm ready for car accidents. i plan on going out early. >> reporter: why? >> i've got to do some christmas shopping. >> that's right. this is the last weekend before christmas. people have things to do. the virginia department of transportation telling drivers if you have to go out slow down. state police say a snow emergency plan is in place at this hour. crews telling us they plan to work through at least noon today. some local schools and colleges are delaying events because of conditions. activities at charles school in

and until 12:00 fairfax county. you can see a full list of delays in our main weather story on the nbc washington app. 6:03. let's get you to this developing story. fames tearing through a home in silver springs destroying it. all this happening days before christmas. we have details on who is now accused of igniting that fire. >> reporter: this is what's left of a home on sea island court in silver springs. restoration crews worked quickly boarding up windows and cleaning up debris. hours earlier at around 1:00 a.m. it was firefighters rushing to get the blaze under control. >> heavy fire condition especially through the roof. >> reporter: pete is with the fire and rescue. heys

to be started in the upstairs room by the 19-year-old daughter. >> there wasn't any intent to burn down the house but it got away from them. >> reporter: we spoke with the homeowner who said he ran into the room and used a blanket to try to extinguish the flame but it didn't work and they ran out of the home. >> in their attempts to smuggle the fire it got bigger. >> reporter: using a blanket to extinguish a fire is extremely dangerous and not advised. while getting out of the house safely is the focus, he said if there's time close the doors behind you. it can stop the spread of fire. >> it stops the flow of air and there's a barrier of protection for you. >> reporter: it's too late for the structure a family of four called home, but fire officials say everyone managed to escape

air force one touching down in hawaii at 3:45 this morning for the obama's final christmas vie occasi vacation as the first family. they left last night. in addition to spending time relaxing, the president plans to visit pearl harbor with japan's prime minister. it's going to be the first of its kind visit for japan. president elect donald trump is going to be in alabama today to continue his thank you tour. he was in orlando, florida with supporters yesterday. he talked about foreign policy at length. he made no mention of the concern over russia's role in the u.s. election, but for the first time during his final year-end press conference president obama said vladimir putin interfered with the u.s. presidential election. >> we allowed law enforcement and the intelligence community to do its job

influence. we briefed all relevant parties involved. >> during his news conference the president said he felt r responsible for the deterioration for the situation in syria. president-elect donald trump said what he would do. >> we're going to try and patch that up and we're going to try to help people. we're going to build safe zones. we're not having them come over. we're going to build safe zones in syria. >> trump has said his priority when it comes to syria will be to work with putin to defeat isis. in the meantime russians are trying to hit back. nbc foreign correspondent is in moscow with new developments in a cold war of words. >> reporter: in russia the message to washington today was put up, show proof of moscow's election hacking or shut up. a ske

today visiting japan said without evidence the u.s. is embarrassing itself. tonight the president also wasn't holding back. >> they are a smaller country, they're a weaker country, they're economy doesn't produce anything. >> reporter: this is a low point in relations that have been getting worse under the obama administration. here in moscow there is no love lost for the u.s. president as we found when we krivisited a kremlin backed youth. the youth make videos carried on russian tv. they depict the u.s., but times are i think c are changing. this young girl is a painter where the faces are changing. why are you painting

donald trump. >> you can watch this at nbc tomorrow morning. china expects a smooth resolution of unidentified equipment found in the south china sea. it's according to a state run newspaper this morning after the pentagon demanded the return of this underwater drone it claims was stolen by ina. it was on an unclassified mission. the man accused of firing a gun inside a pizzeria faces more than three decades if convicted. his attorney raising concerns that jail protocols were

reporter interviewed him without the attorney's knowledge. a spokesperson says our reporter identified himself as a "new york times" reporter before the interview. our reporter contacted his lawyer before and after the interview. his lawyer never responded. after a major controversy over the price of epipens there's a big change set to begin next week. >> reporter: 14 years, justice finally for a family of a social worker murdered here in 2002. we are tracking the temperatures on this storm team 4 weather alert day. what you need to know as you head out to do your holiday

welcome back to news 4 today. we are looking outside as a wintery mix moves through the area this morning getting several reports of early-morning accidents. a viewer saying they are at a complete stand still in maryland on 95 northbound after rockville. we are going to continue to follow these road conditions, but just another example of why we need to take it easy if we're planning to head out early. >> crews are treating the roads now. we'll check in with tom in a bit to get the latest. a fairfax county deputy who fatality shot a hospital patient has been cleared of any wrongdoing. the patient held up a post and charged at the deputy in august during a psychiatric episode. the deputy tried to calm martinez, but martinez was

when he tried to attack that deputy. a maryland man convicted of killing a social worker more than a decade after the crime. >> news 4 covered the story back in 2002. this morning there is an update including what the family is saying 14 years later. >> reporter: bizarre statements in a montgomery county police interview room in march of 2002. prosecutor say a physician struggling with what was described as a delusional disorder confessed to murdering his mental health case manager seen on the right in this picture. >> cunning. >> reporter: nicole was stabbed multiple times, her body was discovered next to a dumpster in an apartment complex. her murder rocked the mental health community. case workers visited clients in pairs a policy rescinded only

images of the knife believed to be the murder weapon and an envelope noting an appointment with with nicole. >> today a jury came back with a guilty verdict of first degree murder against john lutz. in this case he was found to have been restored to competency and he was able to distinguish right from wrong. >> reporter: tonight the family issued a statement that says in part it has been a long and painful road. we have waited 14 years for this trial. finally today justice was served. a sentencing hearing is scheduled for december 29th. news 4. you may have holiday shopping to do. you remind me it's the last weekend before christmas. we're going to break down the best times to head

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watch out for icing on untreated surfaces. all those areas you see in pink on the storm team 4 radar, includes the panhandle

virginia, northern shenandoah valley and the metro area, northern virginia, the district and much of maryland as this moisture is coming through falling as rain and it hits these surfaces that are still below freezing and that rain freezes up creating a glaze of ice. watch out on your sidewalk. watch out on side streets. any untreated surface right now is getting a glaze of ice. this is going to continue for another two or three hours and then temperatures will be above freezing by about 9:00 this morning and we'll see that rain taper off and end by late morning. a look at our chances for rain on sunday and the week ahead in a few minutes. >> we'll check in with you then. if you or someone you know needs a life saving epipen a cheaper version is on the way. there will be a generic version

it will cost about $200. the company has been under fire for increasing the price of the pen. a warning about a drug helping people who want to quit smoking. the fda is removing the black box warning off chantix. a study found no evidence of people of suicidal thoughts in people who had no symptoms beforehand. some items ended up at a local goodwill. >> reporter: when the employees add goodwill were sorting through donations they noticed two items not like the others, a purp

robert enzmigere. he was just 22 when he died a hero staying in front of enemy fire so his troops could run to safety. >> this is a brave soldier who gave his life for his country and these deserved to be with his family. >> reporter: nobody knew where that family might be. we got e-mails from several people including one from a man in south carolina. >> to us it's important remembering that people in our family, the history, and not forgetting what they did, the people that came before us. >> reporter: he says his aunt and uncle used to live in northern virginia and the medals must have ended up in the donation pile. >> when they realized they were gone they were in shock but they were happy they were returned. >> i never expected to find the family so

i'm pleased. it's a good day. >> reporter: he got to see the medals that were lost for so long. >> i have the medals here with me. i hope you can see these. >> yes. very nice. >> we're excited to get them back to you. >> reporter: the ceo of goodwill be in south carolina next week so she plans to return these medals to the family in american. in arlington, news 4. 6:21 is your time on this saturday. we're following on twitter a lot of reports of accidents and issues on the road. >> we're talking complete stand stills. that's what we're hearing from people out and about in maryland and virginia reporting several accidents. >> the interloop is closed at route 50 in arlington. you can check the latest updates with the nbc washington app and see the latest storm team 4 radar. it is a weather alert day. we have this rain falling and

are below freezing and we'll see this continuing for another two or three hours. if you look at radar you can see there's a break in that pink zone to the west so it is going to be tapering off and ending in another couple of hours. the area you see in the green on the left of the screen, that is rain. it's above freezing now in much of west virginia, but the panhandle of west virginia, shenandoah valley and most of maryland, district, northern virginia, all this pink zone that is rain falling and freezing on untreated surfaces so watch out. it could be very slick on anything that hasn't been treated. that's the story for the next couple of hours. all this is tracking off to the east and it will dry out. by 9:00 this morning we'll start to see it warming a bit. this green zone is the zone where we'll get it changing to rain. it will be in mid 30s so things

by 10:00 most of it breaks up and moves off and breaks in the clouds this afternoon and a little sunshine breaking out. we'll have warming temperatures into the 40s this afternoon. we'll have it near 50 degrees by late this evening wi. right now we're in the 20s so it's going to continue to freeze up so we have the winter weather advisories for freezing rain and snow predawn, but that's ended. freezing rain changes to rain by 9:00 this morning and temperatures into the 40s in the afternoon, near 50 by late tonight and dawn on sunday the mid 50s, low 60s. rain likely sunday afternoon and evening. it gets cold into next week. it looks good for the christmas weekend. a new holiday drink at starbucks is causing customers to think twice. it's theemd

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good morning on this saturday. we welcome you back in. it is a weather alert day. >> things have got busy in the last hour or so. >> a lot of folks talking about icy conditions out there. >> a viewer saying they watched the car in front of them flip pretty much. this is serious stuff and we have serious warnings coming in from police. you saw this first early this morning, right? >> yeah. police tweeting this. they're saying extremely icy out there creating dangerous layers of ice. crashes reported all over the county. don't drive. please stay off the roads until

people to stay away from the roadways. they're saying please give us time. they are working multiple crashes on what is an early saturday morning, but still folks headed out are encounter problems. >> i have a growing list of other issues we're learning about this morning. route 450 in prince george's county will be shut down for some time west of route 3 and westbound route 50 closed due to a crash. 95 northbound near the welcome center out in columbia, a complete standstill. the interloop closed at route 50 in virginia. >> i tweeted out a map that shows some of the gridlock that's forming this morning on this saturday. we do should get over to tom. he's tracking some of this and his warning for a while now has been until that 9:00 warmup. >> this is the mo

region is when we get a thin coating of ice. right now we have rain falling into cold air at the surface. all this area in pink is that rain falling into the colder air at the surface. to the west it's above freezing. this area in green is rain, but northern virginia, panhandle of west virginia, all this metro area and maryland getting this icing. we are continuing to see the light rain falling, freezing up on any untreated surfaces, including your sidewalk. watch your footing when you step outside to walk the dog this morning. you could easily slip and fall because we have a very thin coating of ice and it's going to continue for another couple of hours. temperatures are in the 20s right now. a look at the changes coming up in a few minutes. >> we will check in with you then. as we've been talking about these icy roads we know they can

conditions out there. northern virginia chief shows us what to do when your car starts to slid. >> reporter: welcome to black top boot camp created by a law enforcement officer. they use this skid car to show drivers what it's like to fishtail or spin out on a slick road. his first reminder about winter driving. >> four wheel drive does not equal four wheel transaction. a car with all wheel drive can't stop or turn any better than a car without. >> reporter: if your vehicle does start to fishtail resist breaking at least at first. >> you want to look where you want the car to go and steer into the direction of the skid. applying brakes can sometimes cause the car -- the weight

the car and unload the back more. >> reporter: if you haven't controlled the skid after the rear of the car goes back and forth about three times you got to use another approach. >> at that point we have a saying called both feet in where you smash the brake pedal to the floor and hold it. >> reporter: you might hit something but it will be at a slower speed and keeping speeds down in snow and ice, that's the key. news 4. you can see storm team 4 as soon as you open the nbc washington app. set weather as your home page. that will help on a day like today. if you were flying out of reagan national airport within the next week or so you may want to avoid driving there. officials are expecting heavy traffic on the roads near the airport, especially the george washington parkway which got really backed up around thanksgiving. they say congestion is worse t

9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. take the metro or give yourself plenty of time to deal with the holiday rush. i was in uber the day of thanksgiving. he said that several people he picked up missed their flights because of that traffic. >> that's a good heads up there. today crowds are going to gather on the ohio state university campus to honor astronaut john glenn. joe biden will be among the speakers today. yesterday thousands walking past to honor glenn as he lied in repose at ohio's capital building. for many it was a chance to say good-bye to a hometown hero. >> he had so much respect for the airmen. i owed it to him. i had to come here. >> glenn will be buried during a private service at arlington national

we're active on this morning, but it's become a common way for folks to meet for the first time. this morning four people facing charges after what police say was a dangerous set up. >> scarey stuff. news 4 explains what happened and what you need to do to avoid a similar situation. >> reporter: it started as a chance encounter on facebook, the man who met this young woman online wanted to meet her in person. >> he got to her apartment and she was nowhere to be found. >> reporter: the victim parked their vehicle in this apartment complex thinking he was going to meet the woman he had been speaking with on facebook and he was robbed. >> there were three armed individuals there to rob him. they stole several items at gunpoint before fleeing the area. >> reporter: this happened on wednesday in district heights. prince george's county police say they went back to investigate the apartment after it happened. >> our detectives conducted a

apartment and they spoke to a young lady who lives there and while they were conducting that investigation with her, they searched the apartment and found two males inside the closet hiding with a backpack. >> reporter: it's what they found in the backpack and in the apartment that led to serious charges for everyone. >> it was a fully loaded 38 caliber resolve and several grams of marijuana. >> >> reporter: the women and three men were charged. stewart is a juvenile but charged as an adult because of the fully loaded weapon that was found on him. the police have this tip for anyone who is meeting someone online for the first time. >> it might be wise to try to meet them in a public location where there are a lot of witnesses just in case something goes wrong. >> reporter: the police say they are investigating this group to say if they've done anything like this before.

you can expect a crowd at the malls today. it is super saturday or rather panic saturday for a lot of people. are you feeling it? according to the national retail federation only one in ten people have actually finished all their shopping. today there will be so-called super saturday sales to target those last-minute shoppers. parking lots are going to be slick and packed. be careful. >> perhaps you like to order online. we're going to show you the shipping frenzy under way this season and a look at how packages get from your computer to your doorstep. a warning for of the ladies as you prep for those holiday parties, what you need to know about eyelash extensions. so, mr. harris, we have your fingerprints on the safe.

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cemeteries will be hosting ceremonies for national wreaths across america

the ceremony starts at arlington at 11:00 this morning. the wreaths are from maine. you're looking at footage showing the trucks as they drove off with this them last saturun you'll probably find yourself standing in line at the post office. got to ship those holiday gifts. >> one worry is the weather happening around the country, is this going to effect delivery. we're at a fedex processing plant with answers. >> reporter: if you can see me i'm over here. this is the heart where all of the packages are coming through and you got your hands loaded there. all right. this is the alexandria fedex processing plant for this area. i'm coming through. this is their peak season

we've got our friend tony here. this is what's really neat. you've got meteorologist on stand by watching the weather making sure these packages get there on time because of your hub, right. >> yes. we want to make sure our flights arrive on time and that our packages get to our customers on time. >> reporter: last year there was a huge issue with shipping companies because of the bad weather. this year we're looking okay? >> i think we're in good shape, absolutely. we have our meteorologist down there telling us how the weather is going to be. it effects not only us, but in our hubs in memphis too. >> reporter: thanks so much. >> thanks. if you're still buying gifts head to our nbc washington facebook page for a list of important shipping deadlines. we are monitoring the roads and they are dangerous right now. we also will have the

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blue and yellow line trains running every 24 minutes this weekend and on the green line as well and on the red line a regular weekend schedule. have a safe weekend. i'll see you monday morning. we've got icing all across our region this morning. we've got treacherous conditions. we've got reports of multiple accidents across northern virginia, the district and into maryland. all that area in pink, that's rain that is falling and freezing on untreated surfaces, including your sidewalks, side street, any roadway that has been untreated we've got a glaze of ice early on this saturday morning. we should start to get above freezing by 9:00 this morning so it will be gradually melting but now it is treacherous. stay inside. if you do not have to go out do not attempt to drive. rain for sunday

ladies if you are thinking of putting on false eyelashes for the holidays you may want to be careful. doctors are seeing a rise in allergic reactions with for malda hide used in the adhesive. the fake lashes can attract dirt and bacteria which can lead to infections. keep them as clean as possible and use glue that does not use the formaldehyde. people that want to sign up for insurance through the affordable care act, you have until 11:59 monday night to apply for coverage that will start january 1thst. a stafford marine home early for christmas decided to disguise himself as santa clause to surprise his young son. i was there as they pulled off this surprise. not

expect to see outside this elementary school. this is marine staff sergeant, some 7,000 miles away on deployment. back home his young son jackson righti writing in his journal his dad to come home before the holiday. it didn't seem likely. the staff sergeant decided to suit up and make a special visit to his son's classroom reading a book. jackson sitting in the front row, no idea who the man in red was. >> merry christmas virginia. >> as the story ended the teacher stepped in. >> let's start with jackson. >> i want an xbox one for christmas. >> do you want anything else for christmas. >> i want my dad. >> you want

>> the xbox would have to wait, but dad was right there. >> i think i have a bit of christmas magic for you. >> layer by layer santa transformed into his dad. jackson's jaw dropped, his christmas wish come true. >> all holiday season what do you want for christmas, it's been daddy. >> his mom helped come up with the surprise. >> i asked ashley what we could do to surprise him and she had the idea to do it at school. >> how will this christmas compare to others. >> this is actually the best one yet. >> catching up on the important things there. >> that was special. >> fun to see that. unfortunately not fun to see the ibz issues on this the roadway this m

things right now. 25 vehicles in a crash on 495. an overturned tanker truck on the toll road westbound leaking fuel as well. >> we have other places in maryland at a complete stand still. 95 by the welcome center. one viewer saying she saw a tractor-trailer flip over on its side. i think this is a combination with it being so early in the morning not as many people on the roads and the icing. >> it looks wet. you think the road is wet. that's ice. we have rain falling. maybe you have your wipers on and think it's just rain, but it's freezing. as soon as it hits the surface it freezes up into ice. we have the interloop closed due to an accident and spinouts all around the region, side roads, side streets, sidewalks coated

it's a weather alert day today for this morning and we're going to stay on it here on nbc 4. looking at radar, that area you see in pink, that's the rain falling and freezing on surfaces. most of maryland getting that icing. hour by hour as we get into the rest of the morning we'll see much of it taper and change over. during the afternoon we'll get sunshine. temperatures warming into the 40s. hour by hour for the rest of the day we'll be improving after 9:00 this morning. temperatures right now though are cold. we're subfreezing, in the 20s to near 30 degrees so we have these winter weather advisories and warnings out until 9:00 this morning across the region due to the icing. it does change to a little bit of rain by 9:00 this morning and by then we'll be in the mid 30s and upper 30s by 10:00 and then tonight war

10:00 tonight near 50 degrees and by dawn on sunday we'll be generally hovering in the mid 0 50s, low 60s and then showers come in the afternoon tomorrow and 20s on monday morning and monday, tuesday, wednesday next week it's going to be cold with highs in the low 40s.

seemingly worse condition out there for folks headed out. we're looking at this tweet, a fire engine has gone off the road responding to an accident. this is on route 50 eastbound. this is with 25 vehicles crashing on the beltway right now. >> what do we need to know timing wise? >> it's the most treacherous kind of winter weather we get. it's not snow. it's ice. when we get a thin coating of ice, that's what's happening right now. all the area in pink, that's rain that's falling and freezing on all the untreated surfaces and it's not going to get above freezing. we're not going to see it melting until about after 9:00 this morning. it's going to be gradually melting so at least another couple of hours this is going to be ice on untreated surfaces here. we're going to see it taper off to rain by 10:00 this morning and ends by noon time but by then we'll begin to

the 40s and we'll be in the 40s during the afternoon hours and the timing showing that area in green, that's rain. it is going to be getting above freezing by 10:00 this morning and then the rain ends and we may get sunshine this afternoon and temperatures will be near 50 tonight and into sunday we'll get some rain showers and in the low 60s but right now you can see temperatures are in the 20s so this treacherous icing continuing for at least another two or three hours. >> even though the "today" show is next we'll keep you posted on social media. we'll be bac

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