heading into the 10:00 hour. right now on news 4 today, new year terror attack. a rising death count in turkey and the man hunt for the gunman who opened fire at a nightclub. [ cheers ] >> big celebrations here at home. times square packed with a million people as today is the first day of 2017. >> and win or go home. the redskins need some help to make the playoffs, but first they have to take on the giants at fedex field and knock them out. hope you're having good start to 2017. i'm adam tuss. >> i'm angie goff. we asked who do you think will take this game, everyone is feelihe

dress for that game, tom. >> still need a jacket even though it will be around 50 degrees. by the end of the game in the 40s. right now, we're climbing into the mid 40s. the cloud cover we've had this morning, the sun shining through the high overcast. you can see some breaks in the clouds off to the west. that's a live view from the tower camera peering into montgomery county. by noontime, partly degrees. 3:00 p.m., in the 50s. 6:00 p.m., upper 40s. and this evening, mid 40s. we have a death in the district on new year's day after someone falls from the roof from a d.c. hotel. >> derrick ward is live on the scene right now.

what are police saying about this deadly fall. >> reporter: we are learning more about this incident that happened at the dupont circle hotel, 1500 new hampshire avenue. here's what we know. at about 2:00 a.m. this morning, d.c. police and fire were called to this address with the report of an unconscious person in an enclosed area of the basement. now it's been described as a chimney area. in any case it was determined that person had fallen from the roof area of a hotel down a shaft. there are aigeight stories to t building on the new hampshire side, on the other side there is an additional floor. the person was pronounced dead on the scene. police are calling this an accident. there was a brief statement released by the hotel saying a tragic accident occurred last night resulting in a fatality. and the hotel has no comment at

being investigated by police. we don't know if the person was a guest at the hotel, visitor or staff of the hotel and how that person came to fall eight stories down that shaft. no identity of the person in terms of gender or name. we hope to have more information later. derrick ward, news 4, back to you. the death toll in turkey has risen to 39 people following a brutal terrorist attack at a nightclub in istanbul during new years celebrations. 69 people were hurt. a manhunt underway for the attacker who was reportedly dressed in a santa claus costume. officials say the attacker killed an officer and another person outside the club before going inside and firing off rounds. the white house is condemning the attack and offering to help turkey. security measures have been heightened in major cities throughout that country. ♪ >> an estimated 1 million people

packed times square to ring in 2017. to ensure safety the city deployed 7,000 officers and bomb sniffing dogs. dozens of garbage and sand trucks lined the perimeter. it was a precaution after trucks plowed into crowds in berlin and nice, france. here in northern virginia, 2016 went out with a bang at first night alexandria celebrations. >> certainly did. the fan-friendly night included fireworks and even a magic show. darcy spencer took a look at the action. ♪ crunchy, crunchy, crunchy >> reporter: at the torpedo factory, the music group the grandsons entertained dozens of people here for the first night alexandria celebrations. ♪ among them stacy fox volunteering for first night with her kid. >> i always tell my kids to much is given much is required. come on and give back every chance that you get. ♪ >> reporter: at the masonic temple, more entertainment for

the entire family. this little one got her face painted. >> first time here and we just saw the advertisements and it looked like a lot of fun. >> for the kids it's the best thing to do. she's really enjoying it. the magic show was awesome. >> i'm teddy, nice to meet you. >> reporter: teddy the clown making balloon designs for the kids and plenty of spiders. >> there's your spider, wow. >> say thank you. >> it's a big kick. i love it. i adore it. it's so much fun and so creative. >> i like my brother, because i like my whole family and everybody. >> reporter: first night, a family-oriented event ringing in the new year all across old town. how would you describe 2016 in a word? >> it's been good. it's been a good year. you have family. you have friends, you know. it's been a good year. >> happy new year!

>> that's how you do it right now in the district, this is how people are starting out 2017, on the right foot. in the third annual fit d.c. fresh start 5k walk and run. the event is going on through noon at the east potomac park. unfortunately it's too late to join, but not too late to go on and cheer them on. president-elect trump and his wife melania spent their new year's eve in florida. the soon to be first family held their annual party at their palm beach club mar-a-lago. before the event trump spoke to reporters. trump said no computer is safe when it comes to keeping information private. trump said people should write out important stuff and have it delivered if they're worried about security. he went on to talk about the allegations of russia's alleged computer hacking. >> i think it's unfair if they don't know. i know a lot about hacking. hacking is a hard thing to prove. it could be somebody else. i also know things that other people don'no

start between trump and the press. yesterday he ditched the media pool assigned to travel with him when he's in the public. he went to golf at one of his golf courses. an aide said staff did not know he left his florida state. >> trump's relationship with the media will take the spotlight on "meet the press" with chuck todd. you can catch it right here on nbc 4. that's at 10:30 this morning. it's a new year and a big weather change is on the way. tom is tracking how you can plan for the week ahead. and tragedy in the air. a midair collision. the danger on the ground as two planes crash sending smoke and a ball of flames shooting into the air.

the federal aviation administration is investigating what caused two small planes to crash midair

this happened near dallas yesterday afternoon. both planes were flying under visual flight rules and were not in contact with air traffic control when the crash happened. one of the planes crashed into a storage facility. the other crashed onto a road in a populated area. three people on board the plane died. no one on the ground was hurt. >> search efforts ended for a small plane that disappeared over lake erie. the city of cleveland is leading a recovery mission for it now. that plane vanished shortly after taking off thursday night. according to our nbc station in cleveland, a family of four was on that plane including two of their sons and a friend and their daughter. piloting the plane was the dad, john fleming, the president of columbus-based beverage distribution company. the family was reportedly heading back home after going to a cavs game. in indonesia, 23 people are dead and 17 others missing after a ferry caught on fire. the ferry left this morning with more than 230 people on it. it was ad

for new year's day celebrations. the cause of the fire is unknown. some passengers say they saw smoke coming from the ferry's engine. it's a warmer morning to start your new year's resolutions. tom is watching the sunday warmup. and a big temperature shift is coming our way. stay with us. you're watching news 4 today. you've probably waited 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.

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good morning. happy new year. all the best to you and yours for the year ahead a big game in landover this afternoon. fedex field, must win for the skins. for tailgaters, around 2:00, 3:00, beautiful there. around 50 degrees. staying near 50 for the first half. second half it will begin to fall back down to the 40s. a light wind. rain chances for the week ahead. maybe some snow for the end of the week. we'll talk about that in a few minutes. iraqi officials say nine people were killed by a suicide bomber at a checkpoint south of baghdad this morning. four members of the security forces are among the day. this comes one day after isis claimed responsibility for a deadly market attack in baghdad. at least 28 people were killed

and 54 wounded when bombs went off in a crowd. isis launched near daily attacks in the capital in recent months. a lot of you may have noticed shorter lines at security checkpoints if you traveled this holiday. it's part of the tsa's new push that started in may to cut down on time you have to wait. amy cho shows us how it's working. >> 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 take their computers out of their bags. >> 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. it's a priority, i have to get this thing fixed now. >> welcome to the tsa operations center. >> that could cause a longer wait. they would have to cancel a flight. >> reporter: eac

busiest airports in the country. >> washington reagan, national security director. >> that standard wait yesterday was 23 minutes. >> goal is keeping it under 30 minutes for regular checkpoints and 15 for pre-checks. 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 -- >> reporter: some of the picks, adding more officers and opening more lanes. >> we want to make sure we're moving our passengers very quickly and efficiently to make it a good experience. it's part of their journey. >> reporter: tsa says a long line is not 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. >> reporter: 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. the start of a new year can mean purging what's old inside your closet. >> that's gne

this was the scene at the goodwill store in arlington yesterday. many people dropping off furniture, clothing, books before the end of the year. the organization was not surprised by the busy day. >> the center here is one of the top five busiest donation centers in the country. we've got 17 donations around the region, so there are plenty of places for people go if they want to make a generous donation to goodwill. >> check this out. if you can't make a donation at the local goodwill organization, you can now ship your items. all you need do is he to the organization's website, printout a shipping label. put your items in a box. the postal service and goodwill will do the rest. win or clean out your locker. it's all on the line when we talk about the redskins today. >> not only do they have to beat the giants, the skins need some help to make it to the playoffs.

>> reporter: the redskins are not just playing for a spot in the playoffs, they tell me it's much more than that. they're not ready for the 2016 season to be over. >> you definitely don't want to go home. you are not planning on going home. you are preparing like you have another week. we are definitely looking to win this football game and play our best football. >> not ready to take that garbage bag and clean out my locker. i know we have a chance to get in. it's up to us to get into the game. if we don't get in, it will be because of us. if we do get in it will be because of us in this locker room. >> we put ourselves in position to do a few great things this season, but we had a few opportunities that we didn't take advantage of early on in the season. it's time to redeem ourselves. >> they already know they're in. they may rest guys, they may not. but we're thinking our mind set is they are trying to knock us out. so we have to bring it. >> we need to focus on what we have to do. everything else will take care of itself. we can't worry about those things. we have to stay focused and keep our eyes on everything that's in front of us. and continue to play together and play hard, play fast. i strongly believe that everything ll

redskins are treating sunday's game like a playoff game with the hopes of making a deep run into january. to make the playoffs the skins need a win and they hope the packers and lions game don't end in a tie. th they -- the skins tied earlier in the year, the lions beat them. just win. win the game. the rest will take care of itself. >> okay. with the new year comes changes. and there's some unsettled weather in the offing. not today, though. >> by the end of the week, we'll have a big change. enjoy this relatively balmy weather for january 1st. we've had high clouds passing over us. that hasn't had tstpe

first day of 2017. we'll see that cloud cover thinning out likely during the afternoon. temperatures now into the mid 50s around the bay, in the metro area, just about every where from the shenandoah valley to the beaches, it's a pleasant start to the new year. right now no rain, no snow anywhere in the region. if you're heading south, you'll run into rain down in the carolinas, down 95, the gulf coast region from mississippi, alabama, georgia that will be moving into northern florida. heading north and east, up the northeast corridor to boston, it's dry travel there. should have no travel problems weather-wise. a great day to get in some outdoor exercise, a run, walk, go out hiking. noontime temperatures near 50s. partly cloudy. low 50s by 3:00 p.m. by 6:00 p.m., an evening run.

increasing cloud cover. those clouds likely producing light rain on monday. today is the best day to get outside. might have some rain tomorrow, highs in the upper 40s. then steadier passing rain showers coming through on tuesday from the morning until sunset. highs in the mid 50s. then it dries out wednesday and thursday. temperatures start tumbling all the way down to just near 40 for a high on friday. because e! generally above freezing throughout the region during the day friday, might have some wet snow, sleet, maybe some cold rain, a lot of it melting as it hits the ground, here comes the frigid blast next weekend. highs may not make it above freezing saturday or sunday and that following monday. that's the way it looks. >> okay, tom. check this out. baby bald eagle, it's here. millions watched as the nest becomes packed

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[ cheers ] 2017 came in with a bang around the world. this is a mashup of a few of the biggest celebrations around the world. australia celebrated around 8:30

a.m. our time yesterday morning. almost the second day of 2017 in a lot of places. >> millions of eyes have been glued to the live stream of a bald eagle's nest in florida as well. now one of two eaglets has broken free from its shell. >> a live look. >> there's the first one there. nice, so fuzzy and cute. >> there's a crack in that egg -- no, that's a piece of straw. sorry, false alarm. >> this happened yesterday. the little eaglet who cracked out yesterday, he's a little more than a day old. it happened around 7:30 yesterday morning. the mama eagle and her mate are waiting on that other egg to hatch. observers say it could happen any day now or even any hour. >> getting close look at that egg. >> does look like it's been ruptured open a little bit there. >> all right. we'll keep our eye on it. if it happens before the end of

if your new year's resolution involves getting in shape, you can visit any virginia state park for free today. all of the 37 state parks have free admission as part of national first day hike initiatives. you can take part in a photo contest in you send it to virginia state park's facebook page, you could win a prize. >> time is 10:26. d.c. police investigating a deadly fall from the roof of a dew point circle hotel this morning. they say the person fell down a boiler shaft and into a chimney area of the basement. no identity has been released. a manhunt is underway for the person responsible for a deadly terror attack in turkey. at least 39 people died and 69 more were hurt when a gunman stormed into a club and began shooting. >> gaithersburg extended smoking ban goes into effect today. the previous ban did not include vaping or e-cigarettes.

banned in public places and buildings. the redskins face off against the new york giants this afternoon at fedex field. a redskins win means a spot in the playoffs, if they lose, the season is over. >> and we'll need our jackets? >> will be around 50. something is about to happen. >> that's our new years celebration. >> i didn't know what was going to come out of there. >> a little surprise. >> listen, hope you had a great new year's eve and new year's day. let's see the egg hatch. >>ou think it y

from nbc news in washington, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good first sunday morning of 2017. and a happy new year to everybody. on this special "meet the press" broadcast, we will look at the difficult and sometimes mutually beneficial but often contentious relationship between donald trump and the media. mr. trump of course has made no secret of his contempt for those of us who report the news and cover his campaign. along with promising to build a wall, press bashing was the surest route to an applause line. >> the media isn't just against me. they are against all of you. that's really what they're against. they're not against me. they're against what we represent. among the world's most