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

not retaliating. in a flattering tweet that will likely raise eyebrows, great move on delay by v. putin. i always knew he was very smart. experts question why putin would retaliate, since the hacking may have helped elect trump. >> he's doing a victory lap. he doesn't have to do tit for tat sanctions on us. putin has won across the board. >> mr. trump will be briefed on russian hacking next week. putin is hoping trump will reverse president obama's orders, but analysts say the president-elect needs to be careful. >> donald trump is going to face this issue in about 21 days. it's going to be his government they're now trying to hack. >> the senate armed services committee has called a session with top intelligence liters next thursday to investigate the foreign threat. democrats and even some republican lawmakers want stronger actions against russia, even if mr. trump does not. >> i don't think they're weak but i don't think they're ultimately going to be enough. i would like to see congress stand up asand impose broader

compounds in maryland and new york to beat a noon deadline. the 35 diplomats in washington, d.c. and san francisco have until sunday to leave. >> in the meantime, putin says he's inviting u.s. diplomats and their children to a new year's party at the kremlin. live on capitol hill, i'm jennifer johnson. p pat, back to you. >> thank you. >> russian officials living at a compound on the eastern shore of maryland have packed up and moved outlets. they were forced to leave as part of the new sanctions imposed by the obama administration. chopper 4 was over the compound as they pulled all sorts of equipment into trucks and motorcaded out of the compound. derrick ward talked to residents in the small town of centreville today. he'll explain why many were surprised to see the russians leave. >> nbc news national krauntd peter alexander joining us now. he's going to anchor nbc nightly news after our broadcast. >> yeah, thanks for being with us, peter. there's still a lot coming out about is

do we make of vladimir putin's decision not to retaliate? is it some sort of an admission or do you think he's waiting for trump to move into the white house? >> right now, you're witnessing this clash of the titans, president obama, donald trump, now vladimir putin involved as well. obvious he's effectively trying to cultivate a relationship with donald trump that he did not have with president obama. he says he reserves the right going forward to punish the u.s. in some form, but what was striking is when we spoke to administration officials today, they were surprised by this move. theyimented there would be some form of a tit for tat response, and even top democrats were telling us they were surprised, they viewed it as a shrewd mood, trying to flatter donald trump. >> what do you make of the president-elect's tweet today, calling putin's actions very smart? and on the other hand, you have senator john mccain calling for a hearing on russian cyber threats.

like a big divide here? >> you're right. what's sort of striking is donald trump's position is incompatible with leading republicans and democrats, fr k frankly, right now. he didn't just call it very splart. he said it was a good move going forward, and a lot of top officials who are very familiar with what goes on between the u.s. and russia says it's not clear what he's trying to accomplish with this right now, but as he indicated in the first statement immediately after the sanctions were put in place, it's time for the u.s. to move on to bigger and better things. he'll meet with intelligence leaders to get all the facts early next week. >> peter alexander, thank you so much. and again, you can see peter filling in for lester holt tonight on "nbc nightly news" here in washington at 7:00 right after news 4 at 6:00. >> and we have new details about some of the inauguration events taking place here in washington. a presidential inaugural committee spokesperson told

inaugural parade will last no longer than an hour and a half. he said president trump plans to work after the ceremony before he goes to the ball. also announced today, more than 40 bands across the country taking part in the inaugural parade, including the ones you see listed here from virginia. however, no local high school marching bands are participating. none. we have more details on that and the bands that are involved right now in the nbc washington app. >> the president-elect will have much to celebrate this new year's eve, and inauguration week. but his d.c. hotel will not be joining the hundreds of establishments taking advantage of late night alcohol sales. news 4's mark segraves joins us live to explain that. mark. >> good evening, yeah, d.c. law allows bars, restaurants, and hotels to serve alcohol until 4:00 a.m. on special occasions, but behind me,

won't be serving alcohol late night new year's eve weekend or inaugural week, but you'll have plenty of other options. the district is the only jurisdiction in our area that allows for extended hours to sell alcohol during the inaugural week. it's traditionally one of the busiest weeks of the years for hotels and restaurants in the nation's capitol. another busy night, new year's eve. >> it's amateur night. we like to call it in the business, many of us who have been here a long time. it's when a lot of younger people come out to celebrate and have a lot of fun. >> 197 establishments in d.c. that serve alcohol have been granted special permits for this weekend to stay open 24 hours and to serve alcohol until 4:00 a.m. for new year's eve. only 44 establishments have applied for the 4:00 a.m. last call during inauguration week. but greg, who co-owns several d.c. restaurants, isn't one of them. >> operational costs, pe

there's reputational considerations. there's a number of different factors. >> here's how last call looks around the region. washington, d.c., 4:00 a.m. new year's eve weekend and inauguration week. in muontgomery and prince george's counties, last call is 3:00 a.m. friday and saturday new year's eve weekend. in virginia, last call is 2:00 a.m. on new year's eve. the 4:00 a.m. last call in d.c. works for this couple from maryland. >> i'm originally a new yorker, so that's fine. >> another d.c. destination where you won't be able to order drinks until 4:00 a.m. this weekend or during the inaugural week, the trump hotel. as well as the restaurants and bars inside. now, a spokesperson for the trump international tells me they did not apply for the late-night permits for new year's eve and have no plans to apply for those for inaugural week either. she said last call in the h

of 2:00 a.m. if you're thinking you might want to ring ing the new year at the trump international hotel, it will cost you $100 just to stand in the lobby at the bar. if you want a table, $250 minimum. don't have to worry about last call, the new mgm in prince george's county. that's the latest, mark segraves. >> thank you, mark. well, it wasn't anything that caused problems this morning or this afternoon, but the snow we saw today sure was pretty to look at. >> yes, it was. >> it was lake effect snow, dipping all the way down into the d.c. area. >> it coated the grass for some of you and came down pretty fast at times, but it melted just as soon as it hit the ground. i want to bring in chief meteorologist doug kammerer to find out what's in store for us, something special to bring in the new year. >> it was. early this morning, we were watching some of the stronger bain

was waiting for them to drift on down towards my area and we finally got them, but they saw the accumulation to the north, a little dusting, not much where i was and not much where most people were, but we did see the flakes. here they are the last couple hours. now it's all about done. normally that's what happens in our region. very hard to get lake effect snow down through the south when the sun is down. we had sun up earlier and that's why we saw the lake effect snow. now that's moving out. cold air is here, cold tonight. a chilly new year's eve, day, too. not frigid like today. good for the skins day, and tracking our next storms. we have four different areas of storminess to talk about. i'll show you when they come and which ones could be winter-like. see you back here in about 15 minutes. chances are your 401(k) is doing better than it was last new year's

straight days of losses but big gains for the year. the dow finished 13% higher. nasdaq, 7.5%. s&p 500, 9.5% since the start of 2016. >> president obama will spend his final days in office trying to defend his signature health care law. next week, he's expected to meet with house and senate democrats. he'll discuss ideas to strengthen the affordable care act. and the concerns he has about congressional republicans repealing it after he leaves office. president-elect donald trump supports repealing and replacing obamacare, but he hasn't said how he plans to do that. he also has said there are certain pieces of the law that he would like to keep. >> in the district, police say a shooting earlier this week is now a homicide. police released this flyer yesterday, and in it, they're calling t man in the picture a, quote, person of interest in the case. officers found 22-year-old herbert

gunshot wounds tuesday afternoon, and he later died at the hospital. with one day left in the year, homicides in d.c. are down slightly. the latest d.c. crime stats show 134 homicides in 2016. that is down from 162 last year. but still, that is much higher than any of the years from 2011 to 2014. >> a troubling year it's been in prince william county where homicides have reached an all-time high. 22 homicides in the county this year, more than double the number from last year. last month, detectives told us that gangs and drugs are involved in many of the cases. >> the last two years, i have definitely seen an upswing with gang violence. >> to combat the violence, police are investing resources into their gang and narcotics units. >> all right, this time tomorrow night, the crow

on its way to about a million people. >> coming up, the finishing touches getting put on the big party in times square. and back here at home, if you're planning to go out for new year's eve, there is a safety warning from police. this one goes well beyond drunk driving. i'll have that ahead when

we just learned the name of a man that was killed in capitol heights last night. prince george's county police say 44-year-old khalil wiggins was shot several times inside his home on byars street around 8:30. he wound up dying at the hospital. police tell us they believe wigan was targeted but they're still investigating motive. at this time, no arrests have been made. >> here in the washington area, our local new year's eve celebrations aren't quite on the same scale as those in times square, but there will still be a lot of people out and about here in the washington area, ringing in 2017. >> yeah, we still know how to party around here. and police have a warning for everybody. not only about drunk driving, but making sure you don't fall victim to a crime. david culver is live with that message, david. >> hi, there. we chose to be here in clairenden because this is expected to be a popular spot to ring in

here, you should expect to see several more officers on the streets here with you. we want everybody to come out and have a great time. we want everybody to have a good celebration. arlington has really nice places to do that. >> arlington county police captain says come new year's eve, there are about doubling the number of officers who normally patrol this stretch, in part to watch for drunk drivers. >> there's really no excuse to not have a plan to get home safely this new year's eve. >> they're also protecting those who may be an easy victim. a warning to drink moderately, even if you're not driving. at the very least, go in a group. >> go out with friends. have a plan to get home. while some choose to bring in 2017 with a million of their closest friends like up in times square, others will head to local restaurants and bars like mad fox brewing company in falls church. >> offer an opportunity for folks to come in and have music. >> they are expecting up to 200 people to enjoy music,

and food. >> thee-course meal prepared by the chef. a couple different options there. and it's nice adult way of ringing in the new year. >> for a more family-focused outing, alexandria's annual first night, which starts early saturday morning. >> we'reo anticipating large crowds. we usually get 8,000, 10,000, 12,000 people. we think it could be more because it is a saturday. >> for more than 20 years, it's served as an all-day family friendly end to the year. music, games sxrk a scavenger hunt. similar family events in falls church. it's watch night gobegins at 7:, and vienna's first night starting an hour earlier at sick:00. in old town, a big draw are the new year fireworks. alexandria fireworks always a nice way to bring in t new year. meantime, we're wondering how are you spending new year's eve? it's a question i posted on my facebook page. most folks who have responded so far tell me they plan to be at

not a bad place to be. that's the latest live here. back to you. >> thank you. no matter where you celebrate new year's eve, we want you to do so safely. if you'll be in the d.c. region, the annual holiday sober ride program will drive you home free. it's for rides, for a typical $30 fare, you simply call 800-200-taxi. last year, nearly 600 people took advantage of this life-saving service. >> you can also get a free ride home on metro. miller lite is covering the cost of all the fares after midnight on new year's eve. trains running until 3:00 in the morning. you still have to tap your smart trip card when you enter, but you're not charged for it. metro is going to open 7:00 a.m. to midnight sunday and monday, and buses and trains will run on sunday schedules for both of those days. >> another live look now at times square in new york city. tomorrow night, more than a million visitors are expected to

however, crowds like that raise concerns about terrorism. chris pallone takes a look at how police plan to keep everyone safe. >> with one day before the big annual party at the cross roads of the world, visitors to new york like this group from florida seem undaunted by the threat of terrorism. >> we want to wake up in the city that doesn't sleep. >> as workers put the finishing touches on stages and barricades, city leaders say saturday night, visitors will be able to relax and enjoy themselves. >> going to have one of the most well policed, best protected events at one of the safest ven venues. >> taking unprecedented steps to keep revelers safe, hoping to prevent a runaway truck attack like what happened this year in france and germany. they'll use 65 trucks loaded with sand as barriers and another 100 vehicles as blockers. a record 7,000 officers in uniform and under cover will watch over the celebration. >> everybody knows that the eyes of the world are upon times square on new year's eve night, so there will be

>> visiting for her tenth time, rose says fear would never keep her away. >> no place like it. >> police have visited more than 3,000 truck rental agencies reminding them to watch for suspicious activity. right now, there's no specific credible threat to the new year's eve celebratio. >> the exact cause of singer george michael's death remains a mystery even after an autopsy. police say the results of that initial autopsy were inconclusive. now they need to conduct further tests to determine what killed the pop star. those results may not be available for several weeks. police said they found no evidence of foul play when michael died on christmas day. his manager said michael died of an apparent heart failure. >> preparations under way tonight for another new year tradition. still to come at 6:30, how southern california is getting ready for the 2017 rose parade. >> and w

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new england's first major snow storm brought with it more than two feet of snow overnight. people in maine are digging out from under 25 inches of snow, and more than 100,000 people wound up losing

of snow over new hampshire. in some areas, the snow fell at about 6 inches per hour. >> so are we going to get more tonight, doug? >> you know, we did see those snow showers out there today. i don't think we'll see more tonight. the snow shower activity is really winding down as the sun has now gone down. you need the sun to create that stability, that lift in the atmosphere to get the clouds moving. you can look at the radar. there's just nothing out there across our area. maybe toward the west here, seeing a couple of those in west virginia. we'll track them, continuing to, but notice how we're in a dry spell. earlier, you had a number of snow showers around the region, all courtesy of the low pressure to the north, and wind coming across the lake to our area. the lake effect snow making its way to the coast. kind of tough to do that, but we see that every couple years here or a couple times of year.

temperatures falling right on through the 30 to around freezing by 11:00. still rather windy out there. winds 15 to 20 miles per hour. the windchill is still a factor. 26-mile-per-hour wind gust in leesburg. 25 in annapolis. here's the current windchill. 22, martinsville. 30 in d.c., and 30 in culpepper. a cold night and it's going to be cold if you're heading out, make sure you bundle up. if you're heading out tomorrow, the same deal. bundle up. new year's eve, mid 40s early, 30s overnight and on the dry side. green for all three events here. travel for the redskins game, or travel looking good, but the redskins game looking good. slight chance of a shower late in the game, but most of the game looking dry. great conditions for the redskins to win against the giants. as far as the forecast goes tomorrow, 46 degrees. breezy, but still chilly. windchill between 30 and 35 miles per hour. as you make your way through the next couple days here, we're

stormy. this past week, not too many storms. next week, a couple. 51 on sunday. great for the redskins game. 50 on monday, 62 on tuesday. a good chance of a couple showers. two separate systems coming together to bring us a rain chance. not expecting a lat of rain. as far as wednesday and thursday, wednesday, 58 degrees. temperatures dropping and the cold air is here. if there's enough cold air, i think a very good chance that we're going to see a storm next friday or saturday. what does that mean? still way too early to tell, but it looks like with temperatures like this, we would see at least some snow out of this, maybe some sleet as well. one system on friday, a smaller system and possible bigger storm on friday night into saturday. so that's stuff we're going to continue to watch as we move on through the next couple days. right now, all eyes on new year's eve. as i mentioned for had redskins game, not bad at all. let's head to fedex field for tomorrow. 50 degrees at

that chance of shower after 8:00, but good for the redskins, and not a bad forecast. heading into 2017, starting to get stormy. >> thanks, doug. coming up at 6:30, neighbors react to a russian eviction in maryland. new tonight, a former guest describes what it was like inside the compound on the eastern shore. >> and if you're planning to sip a little bubbly on new year's eve, we'll tell you where your

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now at 6:30 inside the maryland compound where russian diplomats were kicked out by the obama administration. what their neighbors are telling us tonight. >> the holiday travel season winding down with one last busy weekend. how the tsa is dealing with long security lines. >> and the floats are almost ready and so are the police. a look at last-minute preparations for the rose parade. russian officials in the u.s. are packing up and moving out. sanctions imposed by the obama administration included the shutdown of a large compound on maryland's eastern shore. >> chopper 4 was overhead as officials moved large equipment into trucks and then caravanned out of the facility. derrick ward talked to some

from the inside. >> the president of the united states says the russian-owned eastern shore retreat outside of centreville, maryland, is quote, a place used for intelligence related aivities. >> yeah, no, that balloon is not flying for me. >> the president of the centreville town council disagreed. >> they have been good neighbors. there the 45-acre complex has been a welcome fixture in the community. at the time it was built by a russian developer decades ago to the time it came into the possession of russian diplomats back in the '70s. >> from the time they have been here, i have personally been on the compound, had dinner with the russian ambassador about a year and a half ago. >> in any case, as of midday today, pioneer point was vacated and locked down. retaliation for the alleged russian hack of the u.s. presidential election. most of the people we spoke to in centreville are shocked. >> it's surprising something like that is happening right outside of a

town. >> been the talk of the town. >> while folks know it's been a bit of a mystery what goes on at pioneer point. pictures from a local publication come from an open house held several years ago, now, this latest chapter in the house's history harkens back to cold war insecurities, and some of the people closest to the issue are lamenting the losses. >> they have an impact on us, a good impact. they eat in our restaurants. they shop in our grocery stores. >> so a lot of folks here are kind of surprised to find themselves thrust into this whole crucible of international politics, and espionage. they say they're weathering it well and that they really ha to see the russians go and maybe the good neighbors will come back. in centreville, maryland, derrick ward, news 4. >> it's been seven weeks since the prince william county man was last seen and no new clues in his disappearance. 61-year-old alan cohee was

scene at husband home in feather stone road in woodbridge november 10th. family members believe he left on foot. police conducted a new search around his home yesterday, but they didn't find any new clues. they searched the area several times now. >> a maryland cab driefr is in critical condition after being shot on the job. this happened last night just before 6:00 on ben's drive. this is in annapolis, when the police were there investigating, they found a man that was wanted on an unrelated warrant. when they were addressing that situation, they found another man, 18-year-old davonte johnson, that was interfering with the arrest. he was later identified as a suspected shooter. johnson is charged with attempted first degree murder and he's being held without bond. >> new developments in a $190 million class action lawsuit against johns hopkins. victims are now learning what they're going to get, 9600 women say they were victimized by a

clinic in baltimore. a judge approved the setment more than two years ago but it's been a long process dividing up the settlement. the victims will get between $1,800 and $2,600 each. leavy killed himself in 2013 after the allegations surfaced. >> we have seen security stepped up in times square for new year's eve, but police in los angeles also working overtime to secure another new year's tradition. the rose parade. lisa lopez from our sister station in l.a. has a preview. >> awesome. we do it every year. it's really fun. >> 11 years of catching the sights of the tournament of roses parade for gabriel and dad sleeve. neither are concerned with security. >> super safe. i mean, there are cameras everywhere. >> the u.s. secret service, pasadena police and fire, not taking chances despiteo known threats to the city, the parade, or the rose bowl game. >> terro

for that. >> new barricades beyond these will be set up along the parade route to prevent unauthorized vehicles from coming in. this map shows most of the 53 streets near the parade on lockdown. these are steps put in place before the december attack where a man pummeled through a berlin market killing 12 people. >> we'll use a series of police radio cars staffed with either uniformed officers or deputies and water barriers to create a chicane of sorts so that a vehicle in the area can't generate a lot of speed. >> more than 1500 officers will be out in force, some visible, some undercover, and no matter where you are, the chief says be aware of your surroundings for your safety or if you see something suspicious. >> please make note of where you're located. if there's an intersection or a street or an address, then you know that so if you do need to call, you can let us know exactly where you are. >> this is all part of what police call the new normal,

other priorities. >> i like the floats. >> the police presence is so strong. i don't worry about it. >> that was lolita lopez reporting. you can watch the rose parade monday northemorning right herec 4. >> millions of working families are about to get a raise. >> coming up, where some hikes in the minimum wage are about to take effect in the new year. >> in the state hunting grounds in maryland, i'm scott mcfarland. coming up, news 4 goes into the woods, finding a rising number of mishaps and incidents of misbehavior by maryland and virginia deer hunters. our report coming up. >> i love this white picture here. here's the nor'easter that gave parts of maine two feet. you can see it moving into canada. look at the flow right across the great lakes. that's why we have the lake effect snow and why we're looking at cold temperatures tonight. that forecast for new year's eve, as thwind continues to

if you're planning a champagne toast to ring in the new year, you may have a tougher time finding certain types of bubbly in montgomery county. bethesda magazine reports some shop owners are having a tough time getting some brands. liquor control officials say some suppliers shorted the department. some brands are still available. >> not going to call out the producer who wrote the story because clearly they know them quite well. >> you have probably waiting in a long security line if you traveled. we know it's never fun. as airports prepare for one last holiday rush, the tsa is trying to cut down your wait time. a new airport operations center in arlington is in charge of keeping those lines moving quickly. and they use those screens to keep some close tabs on lines at airports around the country. when the wait gets too long, that's when they know it'sim

simply open more lanes. >> we want to make sure that we're moving our passengers very quickly and efficiently to make it a good experience. it's part of their journey. >> the tsa says its goal is to keep you waiting 30 minutes or less in the regular line, and 15 minutes or less in the precheck line. >> the new year will mean bigger paychecks for millions of americans. 20 states in the district will see minimum wage hikes in 2017. d.c.'s will go from $11.50 an hour to $12.50 an hour in july. maryland's minimum wage will increase from $8.75 to $9.25. also in july. virginia's minimum wage is currently $7.25. in all, 4.4 million americans will get raises thanks to those 234 creases. >> still to come, only on news 4, a string of poaching incidents and mishaps during our local deer hunting

how illegal hunting can be dangerous not just for homeowners but for hunters too. >> how d.c. firefightrs are e

a little boy who is spending the holidays in the hospital got a special surprise today at medstar georgetown. members of d.c. fire and ems showed up in full uniform with their truck to wish hunter scarborough well. he's from a small town in lose lose and has become close with the fire department there. he's even hoping to become a

the firefighters gave hunter his own helmet and declared him an honorary member of the department. >> really give us positive in our day. something negative that might happen, some emergency, that's just a positive for us. we love it. >> hunter phis mom have been here since early november when he underwent a bowel transplant. they're hoping he'll be well enough for both to go home to louisiana in the next month or so. >> december is a popular deer hunting season in our area, and as news 4 review of police records shows, a recent rash of mistakes, misbehaviors by local hunters, scott mcfarland treks into the woods to find out why in a story you'll see only on news 4. >> despite three back surgeries and a hip replacement, david still makes the long walk into the woods every december. he's from wheaton and has been hunting deer in maryland for decades. says not everyone he sees

you don't know in the public hunting lands, you don't know who you're out there with. you don't know how safe they're being. and accidents happen. >> a news 4 review of incidents reported by virginia and maryland shows hundreds of violations this year. hunters without licenses, hunting while drunk, and hunting from cars. wednesday, a buoy man was charged with hunting on private land and poaching. police say he was spotted near this community, and 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 as maryland natural resources police investigator brian canvassed state hunting areas checking to make sure they're not near private homes. >> if we have a complaint saying

>> also checking licenses and insuring they're wearing protective colors. our review found dozens of hunters issued citations for violating that in recent months. >> you're looking for orange. >> that's the first thing, making sure they're coming out of the woods wither nj on. >> for their own safety? >> for their own safety. >> they show at least a dozen injuries and one death in the season, including a california man who slipped near these woods, his gun discharged and the man was struck in the face, according to police. hunter kirk minor says he has seen some close calls, too, including men in the woods driking in their tree stands. >> that's a big no no. you don't want to be drinking anything other than soda or water. >> not in this context. >> not when you have a firearm and there's, you know, three or four of you. anything can happen. >> there's been a rising number of mishaps in the woods, but also, far more kills in 2016 than 2015. thousands more in maryland alone.

hunters in the d.c. area. scott mcfarland, news 4. nbc 4 is working for you and the community in the new year with our free health and fitness expo. there will be medical tests and screeni screenings, wellness information, and all kinds of demonstrations. and a few celebrity appearances. you can see the full list and schedules now up in the nbc washington app. head there now to plan the weekend, january 7th and 8th at the washington convention center. we'll all be there. >> that's right. doug's here now. you know, i am loving our ten-day forecast because it's a ways out, but we're already seeing a glimpse at a storm. >> you mentioned january 7th. that's a good place to be if we have a storm out there, because you know, we might just have one on that saturday, of course, that's more than a week away, so not telling exactly what we're going to get now. a lot to look at, but a storm is definitely in the making.

what do we get? we'll talk about it in a second. what do we see now? we saw snow showers earlier. curre currently, looking good. 37. giving us windchills in the 20s for the most part. actual temperatures on the weather underground network, 34 in leesburg. winchester at 34, and a little cool around the poolville area. current windchill, 21, pittsburgh, 31 in ocean city. talked to friends going to the beach for the new year's holiday. why not? the beach is always great. we have seen snow showers come through, but notice, they came through here widely scattered, but now just a couple trying to move back in. can't rule out a couple flurries. most will stay west of 95. we may see a couple more as we make our way through the evening. all rotating around the big area of low pressure and bringing the winds across the

area, making it great for the ski resorts. libary mountain didn't see much. they have 12 trails. base, 8 to 16 inches. wisp reported seven inches of new snow yesterday and today. 14 trails. snowshoe picked up three inches of snow. 41 trails there if you're thinking of making the drive. a long drive, well worth it. i love snow shoe. great this time of year. as far as new year's eve inside the city and around the area, looking good, especially for the fireworks on the potomac in alexandria. 46 by 4:00. 42 by 8:00. 32 by midnight, it's chilly but not extremely cold for this time of year at all. it will be a little above average. during the day on sunday, a high of 51. 2017 ushering pretty good weather sunday. look at monday and tuesday, shower activity there, and then

the week, and there's our chance for a storm, right now, looks like a storm friday and on saturday. saturday's storm looks like the bigger one, but again, the pattern is right for a storm in that area of next friday and saturday. we'll continue to watch it for you. storm team 4 all over it for you. >> i am liking what you are dishing out. thank you, doug kammerer. >> coming up in sports, sunday's game is a must-win for the redskins if they want to make the playoffs. will jay gruden have one of his biggest offensive weapons available against new york? >> that's a question. but first, here's peter alexander with a look at what's ahead on nbc nightly news. >> ahead, praising putin. president-elect donald trump's glowing words for the russian leader after he makes a surprising move. >> also, will a kennedy cousin be sent back to prison for a four decade old murder. >> and uber rescue, what a driver overheard that launched him into action to save a

oh, the playoffs so close you can taste it. but -- but the redskins have to beat the giants. >> yeah, got to get over the hurdle. chris joins us from the csn studios with more on the big matchup this weekend. >> that's right, for all te

already begun for the redskins. the season finale this sunday against the giants is real simple for the burgundy and gold. win and get in. jordan reed might be able to provide more assistance, and that quest this week. the talented tight end has not performed up to his lofty standards over the past month. since hurting his shoulder in a ten-catch performance against dallas, he's got two patches in the last four games. he also had to sit out twice, including last weekend in a must-win situation against the bears. that rest may have paid off. sounds like reed will be ready to dance this sunday. >> jordan looks great. he looks like a ballerina out there, man. very light on his feet. running and jumping. you know, we're not doing a lot of contact now, but i think he feels good with his shoulder. but you know, tomorrow, we'll get a better look at him again, and monitor him in pregame warm-up and see where he's at, how he feels when he puts the pads back on. >> if he's able to

to do all the hinges we ask our tight ends to do, compete in protection and the run game and pass game. if he's going, then that's the understanding we have. it's not one of those deals where you're holding back what he's able to do, and he's shown we feel like if he continues to make progress, he'll be in good shape for sunday to do that. >> feeling back to normal again. able to take some contact and do some things in the run game. >> bradley beal is out for tonight's game with a sprained ankle. that means a start for sheldon mcclellan and more minutes against the nets. wizards have won 8 of their last 11 and 7 straight at home. only the cleveland cavaliers have more home wins in the east than washington. wizards have a good chance of keeping that streak going tonight against brooklyn. 8-23 so far this year. >> we're moving the ball well every night. and extra passes. that's about two games now in a row that we made the extra pass three to win the game. and we talked about that, we

i see a lot of carry over now. that's good to see. we have had a good month. we would like to close this month out with a good home win. >> 13-1 and undefeated in the big ten. maybe one day we'll talk about football teams, but mark terten's group has been exceptional to start the season on the bal court. maryland has not played a ranked opponent just yet, they have beaten the last three teams by an average of 22 points a game. their style of play is paying dividends. >> we're going to play the way we ned to play to win the game, the way i think defensively is the way to play. i liked our aggressiveness, the building was full. that was great. hopefully it's going to be full again on sunday. that's great for us, gives us energy, but we did look quicker. you know, and that was nice to see. so it's good to force turnovers, good to get points off turnovers because it's so harbd to score in league play. >> ith

experienced players. he's back fourth year and their guards, they had more experience than in previous years, and like i said, we have more confidence. >> congratulations to the virginia tech football team. last night, they had the biggest comeback in school history, erasing a 24-point deficit. they say it's not how you start but how you finish. looks like the hokies, terps, wizards are ending 2016 with a bang. >> most definitely. chris, good to see you. happy new year. >> happy new year. >> thank you, chris. >> give us the latest report on the weather? >> what report do you want to see? >> well -- >> i want winter where we actually have snow. >> right to next week. so many people asking about when we see a good chance of snow. i think we have one next week, but again, it's a week away. a lot to look at. that's why it says storm chance there. right now, we're watching this weekend which looks really nice

monday and tuesday, a good chance of shower activity. >> okay. and thank you for joining us. nbc's nightly news is xt. ne

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