out there continuing right now. storm team four radar picking up the snow into parts of fairfax county. take a look at what we saw earlier. snow and sunshine. man, i was loving this earlier. the snow was coming down and the sun was shining as well across our region. that's exactly what you see with the lake effect snow bands. they come on through, bring you a quick burst of snow, and then you see the sun and more snow coming down. pretty cool to see that snow out there. there it is on the radar, continuing to see these snow showers moving on through. you'll see one and then a break and then possibly another one. right now, tracking one through montgomery county and howard county. another one in southern portions of the beltway, springfield, alexandria, maryland, you'll start to see those, too. the rest of the area, we'll start to see those on the decrease as the sun goes down. still, a very cold night tonight. temperatures quite chilly. tomorrow, new year's eve, looking good. i'll have that forecast and the next chance for snow in my forecast. and of cur

the nbc washington app at any time. check out the radar on your phone. >> thank you, doug. >> now we want to move to new developments on the u.s. sanctions against russia, despite calls from top russian officials to retaliate, president vladimir putin says he's going to hold off. >> it's a move praised by president-elect trump. he said this on twitter, great move on delay by v. putin. i always knew he was very smart. nbc's lucy kafanov has a look at the strategy behind putin's response. >> reporter: traditionally, historically, when the hints of one country are expelled, the other country follows suit. that was the expectation for the kremlin today, also the recommendation from russian foreign minister sergey lavrov. in a surprise move, president putin declined to do that. in a statement issued earlier today, he said that we are not, and i'm quoting here, we're not going to stoop to the level of

irresponsible diplomacy, and we will take future steps to restore russian/american relations. what president putin doing here is effectively waiting for donald trump to take office on january 20th. here comes president putin effectively domestically the way russians perceive him, he looks like he's taking the high road by declining to retaliate, by inviting the diplomats' children to orthodox christmas celebrations and new year's celebrations at the kremlin. what he's doing is scoring domestic points in russia, and abroad, he's throwing the ball back into donald trump's court. the kremlin and russians believe that they will have better relations with the united states under donald trump, and they're simply waiting until january 20th and refusing to antagonize the incoming administration at this stage in the game. lucy kafanov, nbc news, moscow. it was moving day for russian officials on the eastern shore of maryland. paf

called for the compound in centreville to be closed. a caravan of vehicles was seen leaving just before noon today. derrick ward continues our team coverage. he talked to some people in centreville who say the russians always seemed friendly to them. >> reporter: the big house out on the point, it's been no secret to the people of queen anne's county that the russians have been here. take a look at a rare view insi inside. these pictures were taken during an open house three years ago. since yesterday, it's been no secret that russians are leaving. as of noon today, the gates were locked and they were out. >> exciting day. a lot of people talked about it, the talk of the town. >> issues of international relations, or for the people in d.c., residents of this part of queen anne's county say the russian neighbors haven't been a problem. >> they have been involved in the community, not necessarily, but they shopped where i worked at the stores. you see them around from time to time. not unfriendly. >> now am

between the u.s. and russia, the president has ordered this compound be shut down. retaliation for alleged russian interference in the u.s. presidential election. the president says this house has been used for what he calls intelligence related activity. >> it's surprising something like that is happening in such a quiet and small town. >> although there have been rumors of spying and eavesdropping since this property was acquired in the '70s by the soviet union, a generation later, there's still anecdotes about what is going on here. >> the irony of it is is my children complain about their internet access out here. to think somebody out there, pioneer point, might have better internet access that they can get around the world and into everybody's computers and spy on them. >> most of the people here in centreville thought the russians were just people seeking the peaceful waterfront environment that attracts a lot of people to this community. >> never thought it was anything other than a retreat

r & r. >> the overwhelming sentiment we seem to be getting is the russians were good neighbors, neighbors they hate to see go, and perhaps they would like to see come back. in centreville, maryland, derrick ward, news 4. thanks, derrick. months after the death of a baby in the district, d.c. police have arrested the person they say is responsible. it is a developing story. we're working on right now. back in july, police responded to a home on new york avenue in northeast and found 1-month-old christopher conley unconscious. he died at the hospital a few days later from blunt trauma to his head and neck. police just ruled his death a homicide. >> the autopsy came back, of course, the autopsy was performed by the medical examiner's office. the result was that they ruled it a homicide. which led to us arresting a mom for it. >> deanna conley was arrested in philadelphia on tuesday and brought back to d.c. to face first degree murder charges. >> ce

county are looking for suspects after a man was found shot in his own home. neighbors called police last night after they heard gunshots coming from the home in capitol heights. moments ago, police e-mailed us the name of the victim. 44-year-old khalil wiggins. no word yet on what may have led up to that shooting. >> it will likely be president obama's last trip to chill, and he'll be there to defend the affordable care act. nbc news has learned that the president will meet with house and senate democrats next week. he'll discuss the ideas he has to strengthen the affordable care act and the concerns he has about congressional republicans' effort to repeal that law. president-elect trump supports repealing and replacing obamacare, but he hasn't said just how he'll do it. trump has also said there are certain pieces of the law he wants to keep. new details about some of the inauguration events taking place right here in washington. a presidential inaugural committee spokesperson told

parade will last no longer than an hour and a half, as trump plans to work after the ceremony but before going to the inaugural ball. also announced today, more than 40 groups and bands from all across the country will take part in the inaugural parade, including the ones you see listed right there from virginia. no band from the district applied to take part in this inauguration. we have more details on that and all of the cities the do have bands participating up right now on our nbc washington app. >> during the week of the inauguration, a number of bars and restaurants will be having very late last calls. one place that's not going to be partying into the wee hours, trump international hotel. the d.c. law allows for extended hours to serve booze until 4:00 a.m. during holidays and the week of inauguration. nearly 200 bars and restaurants and hotels have been granted those extended hours for that holiday weekend. and dozens have applied for the same for inauguration. last call at trump international

so when you think of new year's eve, there's a good chance that that may include a champagne toast at midnight. in montgomery county, you may have a hard time finding certain types of bubbly for the night. bethesda magazine says some shop owners are having a hard time grabbing certain brands. i just need to know if it's the $10 bottle, $15, $20. they told the magazine some suppliers had shorted the department, and other brands were available. again, i need to know the dollar amount. >> perfect. >> i'm trying here. >> the district ban on products made from styrofoam will become tougher next year. other sites of containers will have more bans and how this affects restaurants and one man is selling his used styrofoam. >> for the past year, anyone

in the district hasn't been able to use styrofoam containers. >> but it also impacts nonprofits. you know, churches and temples that may serve, you know, for a sunday brunch or something, also hospitals. >> they could use anything else they wanted. beginning the first of the year, that changes. >> not only can those businesses and organizations no longer use styrofoam. they must use recyclable products. >> for restaurant owners, that means a bit more work. >> that's going to be something that you just have to make sure when you're buying, you ask the question. and awareness is good. >> businesses that don't comply can get up to an $800 fine for repeat offenders. >> our compliance rate hovered around 80% consistently throughout the year, which is particularly good. >> while they don't use styrofoam in the restaurant, he uses a lot of styrofoam coolers for his fish business. >> used to go straight to the

landfill. >> a few years ago, he bought this, it takes his used coolers and turns them into rock hard styrofoam bricks which he then sells. >> the labor to produce is more than what we sell it for. i believe we get a penny and a half a pound. >> he said he's not making money by selling the styrofoam, but he said it's more important to do what's right for the environment. in the district, mark segraves, news 4. i'm scott mcfarland. coming up, news 4 goes into the woods, finding misbehavior and mishaps during maryland's firearms deer hunting season. our report coming up. how d.c. firefighters gave a young boy at georgetown hospital a surprise of a lifetime. and the changes to the rose parade and the special meaning behind some of these floats. >> what are we going to do? >> float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.

>> i am the greatest.

they're leading to injuries, and in some cases, arrests. talking about a series of mishaps and rule breakers out in local woods in our area's popular hunting season. we found a spike in these incident while reviewing police records in a story you'll see only on news 4. >> it was a long walk out of the woods for two hunters who made a long drive to hunt deer. donny branch said they traveled from dauphin county, pennsylvania, for a day in a gaming area near poolsville. >> 12-gauge shotgone. >> they carry their permits and wear their orange, in part because they're worried not all hunts follow the rule. >> you see people sneaking on private property and sneaking out. >> others, he says, are just careless. >> a lot of guys they might shoot anything that moves. little ones, big ones. so i don't want to be shot. a

and maryland state natural resources police records show there have been hunting rules violations by the hundreds this year. some hunting while drunk. others hunting from their cars. 90% of the violations, according to virginia authorities, occurred during deer hunting season. irmaryland earlier this week, a man was charged with hunting on private property. he was seen near this private community with a bow and wearing camouflage. and they say he poached, failing to report the deer he killed. in recent days, these two men were charged with dozens of hunting violations in howard county and baltimore county, shooting deer from a car, dumping the carcasses in the woods, and not reporting their kills, according to police. news 4 followed along in maryland natural resources police officer brian patrolled state gaming area. >> we get them right when they're coming out of the woods. >> he checks the licenses and gear to make sure no one is targeting dear on priv

increasing risk in our area because homes sit in close proximity to designating hunting areas. >> there's a big advantage to it, if it's an area not hunted at all, that's where the deer congregate. >> three west virginia men are scheduled in court in rockville in two weeks accused of illegally hunting at night and out of season in the woods in maryland. many of the incidents we found ended up with people being hurt, even killed. that part of our story tonight on news 4 at 6:00. for now, in poolsville, scott mcfarland. news 4. police hope that surveillance video will help them track down a person who they say robbed a cell phone shop in the district. it happened yesterday in the morning. you can see right there the person walks into the cricket wireless on columbia road in adams morgan and hands someone behind the desk a note. investigators say the person implied they had a gun. the worker then

walk out. >> a woman is praising a police officer in texas for the way the officer handled finding the woman's son with marijuana. take a look. >> he decided he wanted to be smoking weed on the property, so instead of going to jail, guess what they're making him do? >> tough love. you can see the teen doing push-ups. apparently, the officer caught the teen smoking weed outside of a movie theater, and rather than take him into custody, he gave the boy the option to do 200 push-ups. on monday, the teen's mom posted the video of the teen struggling. it already has more than 200,000 views. >> kudos to that mom. >> hundreds of volunteers are working nonstop in pasadena, california, for monday's rose parade, and of course, the vibrant colors often come with diverse stories as well. we report from pasadena, california, where they're speaking to volunteers about what the floats mean to

>> they welcome the chance to showcase their stories. >> my mom is from thailand, and my dad is from cambodia. gr from across the seas. >> my mom was from cambodia and my dad is from vietnam. >> and across the world. >> for our culture, for our nation. >> cultures collide for a rose parade with cultures as diverse as those creating them. >> i couldn't thirk of a better way of spending my christmas vacation, building a float. >> alex emigrated from lebanon four years ago and says volunteering on the american armenian float speaks to him. >> we cut the flowers to put them on the float. >> the faces are just as diverse as the flowers that will adorn the 41 floats that will parade down colorado boulevard one week from today. >> it shows the diversity of the entire world, how everything is mixed so perfectly and how all cultures can intertwine in a way that it would be just a perfect mix. >> a blend of cultures

sometimes from different countries. and united states is home to everybody. >> similar message come parade day. >> when one works with other nations, there is unity and peace. that's what we want. >> that was john reporting. and you can actually watch the rose parade right here on news 4 monday morning at 11:00. >> all right, are you ready to ring in the new year? a look at preparations for tomorrow night's celebrations in our area. for the singles and for the families as well and what you need to know to keep safe. >> godspeed john glenn. >> roger, i feel fine.

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oh, my gosh. many of us walked outside this morning and were like, what the what? a little snow in the area. >> look at this. a lot of you posted video of the snow on social media for us. the snow squall moved from pennsylvania down into the district, it fell pretty heavy at times but moved out quickly, too. close to d.c., we saw some, this is the

conversational snow. >> you heard of that, too? >> absolutely. come on. just good for a little chitchat. >> one viewer in maryland, that's up near cumberland, said he got, get this, six inches of show. >> what? >> i know. we don't have that here. >> doug, what fun stuff out there. >> it was a lot of fun out there earlier. i was loving the flakes coming down. the coolest thing with the lake effect snows you get one band that comes through and then the sun comes right back out. it really was perfect. gorgeous, for sure. take a look out there right now. still dealing with snow showers in parts of the area. some of you might be looking out under the lights and seeing the snow coming down. take a look at where they are, where the snow is falling. prince george's county, extreme north and around the laurel area, in around anne arundel county and farther to the south, near prince george's county, the same one that came through fairfax over the last hour or so, down around the waldorf area, moving right on down to the upper portions

county. all part of that system bringing snow across the great lakes. let's take a look at the wider view here. the big storm moved out yesterday. that's the one that brought a foot of snow or more to the foot of boston, but you can see the snow coming down from the lakes, across canada, the cold air across the warm lake, picks up the moisture and dumps to the east. to the west, garrett county, 6 inches of snow for some of the ski resorts. great skiing i think this weekend. if you're thinking of getting ski runs in, looking really good. now, beautiful out there. nice night, although it's cold. 37 degrees. the windchill around the freezing mark. temperatures will fall to the freezing mark by 11:00 tonight. the winds will start to die a little bit. winds gusting 20 to 30 miles per hour today. that's not the case anymore. now 15 to 25 miles per hour. hagerstown still coming in at 33. where you don't see a number, we're not reporting wind gusts there. we're starting to see them come down a bit. but the windchis

to be a factor. right now, they're in the 20s. gaithersburg, 20. 28 in leesburg, and 25 in martinsburg. a cold night on our friday and it's going to continue to be a fairly chilly weekend. all in all, not bad. temperatures above average tomorrow for new year's eve. everything in the green here. new year's eve forecast, the redskins game, slight chance of a shower late in the game, but not expecting it to happen during the game, it will be after the game that the rain moves in. traveling? no problem. the roads will be dry. just looking at cloud cover. any chance of snow isn't going to happen this weekend. tomorrow, well, sun and clouds. breezy and chilly, windchill, 30 to 35 degrees with a high temperature of 46. it will be warmer than it was today. not all that bad for new year's eve. you just have to bundle up. as long as you're dressed for it, the weather tomorrow night is perfect. 46 by 4:00, mostly cloudy. 42 by 8:00, and by midnight, chilly, temperature around 39 degrees. once again, we have been a lot colder this time of year. redskins game look

51 on sunday. not expecting a lot of rain on tuesday. 62 on tuesday, 58 on wednesday, with falling temperatures, and look at this. yeah, still talking about a good chance of a storm next friday and saturday. what's that going to mean for us? a little more on that coming up at 5:45. >> all right, doug, thanks so much. >> coming up on news 4, hear from an uber driver who says he couldn't stay silent when he realized he may have been driving a victim of child sex trafficking. and different kind of medicine, what d.c. fire did for a little boy spending the holidays in a hospital. >> preparations under way to celebrate the new year. i'm david culver in alexandria. just ahead, we'll show you how folks in northern virginia are preparing to welcome in 2017. everything from family friendly events to more adult celebrations. >> i solemnly swear --

>> i'm morley ser.af

i have a question for you. do you new year's eve plans include going out or staying in? our northern virginia bureau reporter david culver is looking into safe ways to ring in 2017, and he is now

with some more on new year's eve celebrations in the area. hey, david. >> hey, susan. i posted that question on my facebook page, asking folks how they plan to celebrate new year's eve. most people telling me they plan to be with family and friends at home, but a good number of folks telling me that they plan to go out on the town. >> most think new year's eve and think, times square, new york, a crowd more than a million strong. but that massive gathering, not appealing to everyone. that's where several local restaurants and clubs come in, like mad sox brewing company, selling tickets for a jazz and food event. >> thee-course meal prepared by the chef. a couple different options there, and it's nice adult way of ringing in the new year. >> they're expecting up to 200 people. all of whom they want to start 2017 responsibly and legally. >> we're a brewery, a restaurant, and we want people to

them to get home safely. >> the safe ride home, not as concerning for those preparing for first night alexandria. >> because our event is nonalcohol nonalcoholic. there's no alcohol in any of our venues. >> for more than 20 years, it's served as an all-day family friendly end to the year. music, games, and a scavenger hunt. similar events planned in falls church. it's watch night begins at 7:00 saturday night. vienna's first night starting an hour earlier at 6:00. >> we usually get 8,000, 10,000, 12,000 people here, and we think it could be even more because it is a saturday. >> with the recent targeting of mass gathering around the world, a more vigilant police force. >> this is a big event, so the police are aware of everything going on, and we feel very safe. >> in neighboring arlington, police are doubling their usual staffing. >> we will have extra officers on the street. >> among their

drunk drivers. >> you can call ju1-800-200-tax. >> you can see that half taxi, half police cruiser in arlington. that's the police department's way of saying go home in the back of a car, not in the back of a cruiser. coming up all new at 6:00, police issuing another safety warning. this goes beyond drunk driving. i'm going to walk you through that in the next hour. >> we'll see you then. thank you. >> police in new york city taking some unprecedented steps to keep the public safe for new year's eve. more than a million visitors are expected to watch the ball drop in times square. so a record 7,000 officers in uniform and undercover are going to be out there watching over the celebration. when we're talking about unprecedented steps, this is what we mean, hoping to prevent a runaway truck attack like what happened in france and germany. they're going to load up about

those as barriers. >> we're going to have one of the most well policed, best protected events at one of the safest venues in the entire world. >> already knows the eyes of the world are upon times square new year's eve night, so there will be no complacency. >> police have visited over 3,000 truck rental agencies reminding them to watch out for suspicious activity. there is no credible threat to the new year's eve countdown. >> crews in montgomery county are making repairs to a 12-inch water main break. we're told right now one northbound lane of massachusetts avenue is closed and the area just north of westmoreland circle. the pipe that burst is more than 80 years old. some customers in that area could lose water. >> in prince william county, police are looking for a man who has been missing for more than a month. nobody has seen or heard from alan cohee since november. investig

61-year-old left his home in woodbridge on foot and he may be in need of assistance. yesterday, officer s did a searh using canines and a helicopter in the sky. they said the search did not turn up any helpful clues. >> new video of a bank robber in action. the fbi wants to know if you recognize this man. he's accused of robbing a sun trust bank near presidents street yesterday afternoon. we're told he walked in and handed the teller a note. he ran off with an undisclosed amount of money. the fbi is offering $5,000 for information that leads to the i.d., arrest, and conviction of that man. >> all right, now we want to go to a special surprise for a little boy who is spending the holidays in the hospital. >> this is so sweet. firefighters here in the district made a visit in hopes of lifting his spirit as he recovers. and pat lawson muse is here with his story. >> hi. hunter scarborough

medstar georgetown for over a month after undergoing a bowel transplant. he's from a small town in louisiana where he's become quite close with the fire department and its members and even dreams of one day becoming a firefighter. recently, the city's fire chief reached out to officials here in the district, and today, members of d.c. fire and ems rolled up to the hospital with trucks and in full uniform to show their support for young hunter. the chief says he thought it would be a bit of good medicine as hunter recovers. the firefighters gave hunter his own fire helmet and declared him an hahnry member of the department. >> i always wanted to be, forever. i have never been one. now i can be one. >> hunter has been interested in being a fiefrefighter, this is awesome for him that he gets to meet guys not from his home town, but from washington, d.c. and let him know we all care about his wellbeing. >> hunter and

at medstar georgetown since november 8th and they're hoping he'll be well enough to allow them both to go home to louisiana in the next month or so. susan. >> thanks, pat. well, here is a great story. move over, hatch amulls. they were all the rage this christmas, but there's a real egg getting ready to crack open. this is what you're seeing, a live pic of a bald eagle's nest in ft. myers, florida, and millions have tuned in to watch the eaglets emerge. move over. there you go. one of the eggs has started to tip. that's what it's called when the first break in the shell happens, and mom harriet and her mate, f m-15 -- is that right? with a name like m-15, i bet so. experts say it can take an entire day for an eaglet to completely break through after pipping. very cute. well, a powerful nor'easter rumbled across northern new england last night. >> it brought several

several feet of snow. and all the nasty weather you can think of to go along with it. heavy snow, rain, damaging winds. >> this will be a busy holiday weekend for airline travelers. we got a look inside the tsa's operation center to see just how they handle long security lines around the country. >> welcome governor palin. >> it is possible to create light.

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so we put up this radar for you because northern new england is feeling the effect of a really powerful nor'easter that's just dumping more than a foot of snow in parts of that region. remember our blizzard last year? like that. >> i do remember it. that's making driving downright treacherous. kal catherine shows us how folks are braving the storm. >> i just got my license this year. >> it wasn't exactly a good start to her first winter behind the wheel. >> got the whole fender touching the tire. >> alexander slammed into an exit sign off interstate 93 on her way to her boyfriend's house. >> so needless to say, it's pretty slippery out there. >> definitely. >> as she waits for

at the rest stop are just stocking up to get snowed in. >> captain morgan, and of course, fireball. >> turns out most of the drivers braving the storm are just trying to get to the slopes. >> we were hoping for a white christmas. then that didn't happen. so this is the next best thing. >> going to visit my family and we're going to ski and celebrate the new year. >> i have a ski house that i dumped a whole bunch of money into. got to get up there and got to use it. >> but take it from this young lady. >> stay in a hotel for the night. >> a simple slide off can change your weekend plans dramatically. >> stay home, watch netflix, don't go outside. >> you like the snow. you're from texas. i'm fraught new england, no thank you. i know doug is like this little kid. >> he's in that boat, too. you love this stuff. i know you want a little bit of a blizzard, right? >> a little bit? i want top five snowstorm. that's not happening anytime soon, but there is a little bit of arm

i have that ten-day forecast for you coming up in a minute. and so many of us will be heading to these parties this weekend and drinking and thinking we know our limit. >> a lot of people say i'm going to have a couple drinks. i'll be fine. if that sounds like you or somebody that you know, you want to stick around for rossen reports's social experiment next. >> you have probably waiting in a long airport line at some point in your life, but this holiday season, those lines could be getting shorter and shorter. i'll have the story on why coming up on news 4. >> it's alive!

right now, you're looking at live pictures from reagan national holiday travel, beginning to wind down soon, but airports are still experiencing a bit of a rush there. a lot of you may have noticed shorter lines at security if you traveled this holiday weekend. it's all part of tsa's new push that started in may to cut down the time you to wait. >> but how does it work? amy cho takes us behind the scenes to sort it out for us. >> reporter: if there's anything that could take the fun out of a holiday trip, it's those pesky long lines. >> i notice if i have to go to the regular line, it takes a long, long time. for everybody to take off their shoes and takeir

>> i don't enjoy it. i would like to get through the lines very fast and get to my flight. >> here at reagan national airport today, passengers are sailing through in a matter of minutes because of a tsa team and a special room. >> my x-ray went down. the priority, i have to get this fixed now. >> welcome to the tsa operations center. >> that could cause a longer wait. they would have to cancel a flight. >> each morning, they her from the heads of the 29 busiest airports in the country. >> next standard wait yesterday was 23 minutes. >> goal is keeping it under 30 minutes for regular checkpoints and 15 for prechecks. screens, tracking, and checking the lines. green means good. yellow and red, that means the airport is getting a call. >> we can verify a report -- >> some of the fixes, adding more officers and adding more lanes. gh we want to make sure we're moving our passengers very quickly and efficiently to make it a good experience. it's partf

>> tsa says long lines aren't just a hassle. they're also a safety risk. >> that could give perhaps an individual who is self-radicalized or something else the opportunity to say i could do something bad in that area. >> thanks to tsa's tracking, you should have an easier time staying on track the rest of your holiday travel. in arlington, amy cho, news 4. >> all of that is great unless we get snow and slush and all sorts of stuff to make it -- >> then you can't get back. you can't leave. >> yeah. >> you're stuck in some crummy airport sleeping on the floor. >> cursing your name. >> exactly right. hey, it's happened to me before. it was good to me, i got stuck in 2 1/2 feet in denver. that was three days. awesome. sorry, boss. can't get home. let's take a look and show you how things are going. around regional, we saw snowfall earlier. nothing now at the airport, but we saw snow showers come through. 37 degrees. winds at 10 miles per hour. the windchill el

in most areas. but these are the current temperatures in the weather underground network, 35 in frederick, 36 in mt. vernon. just saw snow showers in the last hour. have you at 38 degrees. here's the current radar. you notice the showers coming through, but not a lot going on. we'll still see a couple more tonight, but for the most part, just about over with. the only exception, waldorf right now along 301, around route 2 and annapolis, some showers there. any time the sun goes down, very hard for them to stabilize themselves. we're seeing those die off. they're done to continue up here toward the great lakes. that's where they came from, they made their way across the great lakes to the region. they need the sun to help, meaning the lift you need. as far as what it means for your new year's forecast, not much. a pretty nice forecast here. if you're going out new year's eve, looking good. 46 degrees by 4:00. 42 by 8:00.

so still having a windchill in the upper 30s for the most part during the day. by midnight, temperatures in the 30s. chilly, but not freezing like it has been in past years. sunday, 51 degrees. a perfect day for the redskins as we take on the giant in the must-win game. win and we're in. come on, guys. 50 degrees at 4:00. 48 at 6:00, and a chance of a light shower by 8:00, maybe as you're driving home, light showers, but looking good for the skins game as we take on the giants. a couple chances of rain monday and tuesday. 62 degrees on tuesday, 58 on wednesday, then looking at friday and saturday. right now, it looks like friday has a chance for very light snow. saturday, though, could be a bigger storm. this would be a storm that does have a good chance of some wintry precipitation, whether it be snow, ice, rain, still waiting to see that. still seven days off, so a lot of time to watch. we'll watch it for you. the pattern is ripe for a storm.

you know that. >> something to get excited about. thank you, doug. all right, now to a wake-up call for anybody headed out to a new yer's eve party this weekend and you're going to be drinking. many of us think we know our limits. but new numbers are out showing how dangerous it is to drink and get behind the wheel of a car. can you really trust yourself? >> nbc national investigative correspondent jeff rossen and his team set up a bit of a social experiment that may change the way you behave. >> we invited this group of friends to a restaurant and told them we're doing a story about holiday drinking. what they don't know -- >> blow harder than that. >> after the party, this local police officer working with us is giving them breathalyzers. >> three, four -- >> and field sobriety tests. >> seven, eight, nine. >> show of hands, how many of you feel in control of yourself? coordina

this man told us he would even be okay to drive right now. >> you would get behind the wheel? >> why not? >> authorities say too often, people lose track of how much they're really drinking and don't know their own limit. according to new government data, during the new year's holiday, 36% of all traffic deaths involve drunk driving. which makes our social experiment so important. >> four martinis in an hour. >> we supplied the alcohol, telling half of them to drink as they normally would, and the other half not to drink at all. they're our designated drivers. we also hired car services as a backup to make sure everyone got home safely. but would they drive if they could? >> i would wait longer. >> how long would you wait before you drove? >> me? at least an hour, hour and a half. >> keep going. >> so we waited that long, then gave kim a breathalyzer test. the legal limit is .08. >> 10.

only two drinks to get you over the legal limit? >> i am. i thought i could have two and be safe. >> authorities say that's another common mistake. even after you stop drinking, your blood alcohol level can continue to rise. as the liquor seeps into your system. >> eight, nine, ten. >> you're good. >> art here stopped drinking two hours ago. he still can't walk straight. he blows a .12, well over the limit. >> good thing i didn't drive. >> most of our drinkers told us they wouldn't drive, but then there's ron, who is about to make a bold admission. >> if you lived close by, would you drive home? >> two blocks, i'm good. >> you think you could do it safely? >> two blocks, yeah. >> but watch what happens. >> walk in heel to toe fashion -- >> when the officer tells him to walk straight. >> one, two, three, four, five. >> he can't do it. and his

>> .13. >> .13? >> .13. legally intoxicated. >> wow. three drinks and i'm intoxicated? >> actually, we watched him order one, two, three, four drinks. plus a shot. >> i probably would have gotten into a car to drive home had i been at a local bar. >> but now seeing you're .13, nearly twice the legal limit, what's that like to hear? >> disheartening. >> that you would have gotten on the road. >> very scary. >> what do you make of that now? >> i'm an idiot. >> you don't realize how much you have drank until after the sobriety test comes. >> by then it's too late. >> then it's absolutely too late. god forbid i hurt somebody or, you know, kill somebody. >> and the group of people involved in this experiment knew they were not driving home and that it was all for an experiment, of course, authorities say the message here is clear. even when you haveus

drink, you can be physically impaired. >> as we have seen, so is your judgment. if you're driving, police say do not drink at all. not to mention, you can easily get caught. >> and as we approach new year's weekend, remember, police are really stepping up dui patrols and setting up checkpoints everywhere. >> just not worth it. >> next, how an uber driver helped lead police to arrest two sex traffickers and rescue a

police in northern

driver tipped off police to a sex trafficking incident involving a 16-year-old girl. we have the story. >> barely a month into the job, uber driver keith received a ride request monday night from oak park to elk road. a ride that would earn him less than $8. >> almost immediately, keith noticed what the girl sitting next to him was wearing. >> she had a really short skirt so you could see all of her legs. it struck me as odd because she was so young. >> as the girl's appearance caught his eye, a conversation between the 16-year-old girl and one of the two women in the back seat caught his ear. keith says it sounded more like coaching. >> the first thing you want to do is ask, do you have any weapons? when you're hugging him, just ask, do you have weapons? pat him down, pat him down while you're hugging him. >> then a second instruction. >> get the donation first.

going in there, get the donation first. >> keith quickly became aware that the holiday inn express in elk grove was more than just a stop for the girl next to him. as soon as he dropped off the girl and two women, he called police. >> just get just enough distance where they're not going to see me and i make the phone call. >> i think this was a perfect example of the community coming together and recognizing that something is not right. >> beth is the ceo of we, a nonprofit crisis intervention agency in sacramento county that works with victims of domestic and victim abuse as well as sex trafficking. >> a trafficker is looking for somebody he can groom to work for them, they're looking for vulnerability, for kids nobody is looking for, so kids in the foster system, runaways. >> just recently, sacramento county started collecting data on sex trafficking victims. now, we can identify more than 100 kids in the past 12 months who have been trafficking, and the hope is that the

be able to identify them, too. >> looking for young girls or boys who aren't aware of it, seems like they should be. they're not on their way to school, you don't think there are books in the backpack. they're lurking around. they're with somebody who is a lot older than them. >> these are the kinds of science keith noticed. >> i didn't want to be a part of it. i'm nots going to assist. i'm not going to stay silent. >> news 4 at 6:00 with erika and pat starts right now. >> now at 6:00, no retaliation. russian president vladimir putin says he won't kick out u.s. diplomats over sanctions imposed by president obama, and now he's getting praise from president-elect donald trump. >> inauguration now three weeks away. the big announcement today about who will be here to usher in the new president from the capitol to the white house. >> and yes, that really was snow flying out there today. doug is here with what to expect in your holiday weekend forecast.

right now at 6:00, praise for russian president vladimir putin from president-elect donald trump. >> it comes a day after president obama announced sanctions against russia for election related hacking. trump taking to twitter today to applaud putin for his response. >> nbc's jennifer johnson is live on capitol hill with the latest developments. jennifer. >> that's right. this afternoon, president-elect donald trump tweeted words of praise for vladimir putin, telling the russian government, praising the russian government, i should say, for not retaliating against the u.s. for the u.s. kicking its diplomats out of this country. >> russian president vladimir putin has condemned a new round of u.s. sanctions, but won't expel american diplomats after president obama ordered 35 russian diplomats out of the u.s. as punishment for meddling in the election. this afternoon, president-elect