a frigid day today and plenty of ice on the road. storm team 4 meteorologist lauren rickets forecasts what is to come. >> my goodness, this morning a what a mess out there. across the area roadways. but good news is temperatures are warming. i still have a few spots that are below freezing at this moment but again those temperatures are coming up. we're going to be talking about that forecast. we've got rain on the way for tomorrow. we're going to be talking about all about that in a few minutes. >> early morning ice wreaks havoc for motorists and pedestrians. more about it coming up on news4. >> and a heated dispute between the u.s. and china after an international incident. what one side did today that could cool things down.

the beltway near baltimore this morning. slick roads may have center a fuel tanker truck sliding. a man who said he pulled over because of the icy roads caught the crash on his cell phone video and we want to show you a look at the aftermath. debris from the explosion set off a 55 vehicle pile up. the damage on some of the vehicles obviously very visible. crumbled between others and the truck driver and one other person we understand died in that incident. in total nine people were hurt. smaller local roads were just as icy and as news4 derrick ward reports they proved to be a change from montgomery county all the way to fairfax. >> stopping became the problem. >> it is not worth coming out here. >> the backup on the beltway in fairfax was from a multi car crash. a man involved in that crash was

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now to those accusations that russia is responsible for hacking politically sensitive information ahead of the election. president obama calling out the kremlin, directly. nbc's richard engel reports from

>> reporter: -- anything since he wrapped up his trip in japan. no senior official from the kremlin have commented. in fact the state-run media here is barely covering the story at all. if it is mentioned, it is the fifth or sixth item in the newscast and when it is given that attention, it is said that this is an attempt by the intelligence community to cast shame upon russia that this is the hillary clinton campaign trying to come up with some excuse for why she lost the presidency. in the past the kremlin and kremlin officials have said that these allegations are baseless. and that if the intelligence community of the united states wants to prove them, it needs to show much more evidence. something that the cia and the president said hedoes not want to do in order not to reveal sources and methods.

waiting for president obama to leave office. they know they have just a few more weeks until president trump will be inaugurated. and they think they are going to have a much friendlier time a much closer relationship with the trump administration than they have with president obama. right now they are taking it on the chin, not saying much and think they can just wait it

so this blast of winter weather causing dozens of flight delays and cancellation at dulles airport and reagan national. and bwi things are back to normal but now the airlines are playing catch up. >> reporter: we are here at united airlines ticket counter. if you take a look there are still a lot of people standing in line here. we talked to several passengers. they told us about delayed and canceled flights. a lot of frustration here today. all of the runways had to be closed here at ds

i icy conditions. several flights had to be canceled, while airport crews treated the runways. by 2:00 all of the runways had reopened but there are residual delays. airlines are working to get operations back to normal. the passengers are telling us again about canceled flights and delays. there is frustration and confusion. >> newark flight was canceled. they put us on the bus to -- and told us we could get out from here but we're not getting out from here either i don't think. our daughter is over studying a abroad. we're trying to go meet with her. so frustrating but hopefully we'll get out tomorrow. >> been here all day trying to get out but now we're changing airports and going to reagan, trying to get my flight swapped from united to american airlines so i can get to tampa. >> if you are planning to fly today, you want to make sure you call ahead, check with your airline and make sure there is

at dulles international airport, darcy spencer news4. >> and make sure you download our nbc washington app. we'll keep you updated on any major airport delays. well i think what we're going to experience tomorrow would be safe to say is weather whiplash. standingab standing by at the weather center. we're talking major temperature swings and then back down we go. >> absolutely right. as we go through the remainder of the evening we're going to be dry. a lot of people out with umbrellas today. and that was because we were having so much melting from the ice we had earlier this morning. on average about a tenth of an inch. but north and west some areas got about two-tenths and west virginia a lot more than that. so helpfully everybody stay inside and it was a good idea until the temperatures came up. now we're look a temperatures coming up throughout the overnight. not that bad right now. let's go

christmas. happy holidays. looking all right now and again certainly dry for those at national harbor. maybe getting some last minute shopping down. the only thing is we're still a little slick in the north and west and i'm going to point that out coming up. temperatures rising overnight as i said. now tomorrow we're going do have the rain. we're going to be very warm. so we know it is going to be rain but also the winds are going to be filtering in as well and they are really going to be kicking it up. but tomorrow afternoon we're talk about the windchills again. after 3:00, 4:00. windchills in the 30s and 20s and the next rain is not until thursday. nothing happening on the radar right now. thank goodness, we're dry into the evening but we've got a frontal system to the west. that is the one that will only bring cold air. but it will also bring some of this rain we're going to see as we continue into the overnight. current temperatures right now. okay. look at this.

you head to the south. fredericksburg at 37 and it doesn't look like the temperatures are going to rise in the next hour or two. i know it is dark out there right now. be careful. we could have some black ice. and now, play a game "spot the front." memphis, 72. cincinnati at 60. right behind the blue and purple. st. louis at 25. that is some cold air. and monday not making it out of the 30s once again. so tomorrow temperatures rising and in fact they will trenl eventually come up. but right now this is the problem. this is the area of concern around baltimore. around fort mead and howard county, northern montgomery county. areas still of slick spots out there so please be careful as you are driving out and about tonight. again the temperatures will continue to come up.

d.c. will be 50, right around midnight tonight. and we will continue to see those temperatures rise till tomorrow morning. so again right around 50 at majority. but 11:00 a.m. -- at midnight. but 11:00 a.m. temperatures nearing 60. fredericksburg already over 60. shenandoah valley tomorrow in the 40s. temperatures falling behind that front. and after about noon the temperatures will conue crash. by about 5:00 some areas in the 30s. others in the 40s. plus wear going to have that wind so that windchill, 20s and 30s by tomorrow afternoon. tomorrow morning mild, tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening breezy and chilly. and it continues through tomorrow night as well. future cast, we're dry through in everything. looking good tonight. after about 7:00 a.m. we'll watch for some rain,

moving in through portions north and west along i-81 and after about 10:00, that is where we start to see the rain here. just more showers. about a quarter of an inch of rain. it scoots through in the midday temperatures are starting to drop at this point. and continues to move out. if it sticks around a limit longer, areas east of i-95 could have a few snow showers if the temperatures crash through sunday early evening. but the rain is expected to get out of here. i'm not anticipating any problems on monday morning. sorry kids and teachers, for everybody going back. 6:00 a.m. monday morning is just going to be bitterly cold. we're going to top out in the 60s. upper 50s, lower sixties before noon. then the temperature falls. breezy tomorrow. and still have ice on there. but no we're just going to see some rain. temperatures will be in the 30s on monday and then we are back to looking at more rain by thursday. and again christmas right,

may have to put some rain in it. models are hinting there could be a little rain but temperatures look to be in the 50s on krvms day. >> can't genotype over how much ice was out there this morning. and my unpleasant surprise i look in the pantry and there is no coffee. and i got to scrape that wind shield to go out and get the fix. hey, we'reaving some h

and now we go to chris miles at the csn studios. hey chris. happy saturday. >> happy saturday and what a wonderful time of year

christmas is cool and all that. but georgetown and syracuse. they renewed their rivalry. last time they faced. georgetown took the win back in 2014. syracuse looking to avenge that loss and last year's loss here in the district. leading the charge off the rebound. game high for 29 there. orange ahead by six. later in the first half, orange the fast break. but a sensational block here, game tied at the half. and rodney prior. he can really shoot. especially from outside. hoyas their first lead of the game. under 10:00 to play now. prior again in long range. hoyas ahead by four. georgetown 222 of their 25 free throws and win it. >> we did some things we have do

you know, which was key. and so, you know, it wasn't as pretty as we wanted it to be. but i think our guys made enough plays. >> it is a blessing to be able to come here and play in this type of atmosphere with a great group of guys. just -- we knew it was going to be just us in here. everything, we were calming each other down and rallying behind each other. >> so hoya rodney frey transferred to jorngten. his former team take okay the what hoos today. what hooahoos today. wah wahoo. >> second half. attack on the rims continue. isaiah wilkins, extends his arms and extends the lead to 18. and uva comes out on top

the final of this one. the capitals look to extend their winning streak to seven games tonight. the canadiens coming to the verizon center. montreal coming off a loss to san jose. >> have to look at the team in front of us. the team in front of us has been a standard for most of the first half of the season here. they are quick. they have some key people out but they still have some key people in. and terry price and shea weber, he's a difference maker. >> wizards won their first game in five tries in the marquee match up. the two twin brothers. when he made the play he could he

head. more wizards love spread by new walmart employee bradley beal using cameras to surprise shoppers at chekt. not just by bagging the gift bus paying for them.ckout. not just by bagging the gift bus paying for them. the wizards are off today but they have an early afternoon game tomorrow at 3:30 against the l.a. clippers. caps hit the ice tonight full game broadcast right here on csn and a full recap at oh, that's lovely... so graceful. the corkscrew spin,

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of the weather with storm team 4 meteorologist lauren rickets. >> no more rain out there. no more ice for right now. we do have some problem spots. right now 40 degrees. the temperatures are going to continue to rise through the overnight. this is the problem area for some icy sfots. be careful the next hour or sfwo two. in northwest of d.c., 60s for tomorrow with rain showers throw the day. temperatures crash in the afternoon. >> we appreciate you staying with us as we work out the

on this saturday night, deadly weather. horrific scenes across the country. hundreds of accidents as motorists caught in a dangerous grip of ice and snow. more severe weather on the way. desperate days. in the ruins of aleppo after the syrian government crushes the rebels. tens of thousands, many of them children, still waiting to be evacuated. new twist in the sensational murder case involving real estate heir robert durst. the new revelation about his apparent confession. and love story. as the country says farewell to an american hero, a story of john and annie glenn. and what bonded them for a lifetime. "nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: