ending. it will be damp and chilly, back into the mid 40s by evening. your four things to know in travel weather, that's coming up in about 10 minutes. it's a new year, we have a new president coming in. we are just weeks away from the inauguration of president-elect donald trump. >> he is now back in new york trying to fill his cabinet. . trump spent the weekend at a glitzy new year's eve bash. he originally spoke with reporters, once again casting doubts on u.s. intelligence reports that russia is wind the election year hacking. >> i think it's unfair if they don't know. i know a lot about hacking and hacking is a very hard thing to prove. so it could be somebody else. >> the house intelligence committee top democrat adam schiff says both parties are not questioning the hacking claim, saying the evidence is very solid. we'll break down what we can expect next with the prkt and how

new congress. meanwhile, the state department says the russian diplomates order out of the united states have now left. president obama called for 35 diplomates to leave the country in retaliationer for alleged hacking of the u.s. presidential election. two russian compounds, one in maryland, one in new york have also been shut down. the president has also ordered new sanctions on two suspected hackers and three companies that allegedly provided support to cyber operations. after a long holiday in honolulu, the first family is returning from their final vacation as the first feel. they are flying back from hawaii this morning and are expected to be back in the d.c. area before noon. and today, the newest members of the d.c. council, they will be sworn in. the ceremony will begin at 10:00 this morning in the washington convention center.. among those taking the oath will be vincent greg. he is the new ward 7 council member. if you're taking metro this

sunday schedule in observance of new year's day. the "today" show crew is bre pair forth a special return this morning. katie couric will be co-hosting with matt lauer all this week. it is a familiar roll for couric who was coanchor of "today" from 1991 to 2006. couric is filling in for savannah guthrie who is on maternity leave.. i was hoping we were going to show this. that is david -- >> who is that, a 5-year-old? >> that's david culver when he was in high school. he has not aged at all. >> rocking the abercrombie shirt. >> he says he can't wait to see katie couric and matt lauer reunited this week. i said you cannot wait until throwback thursday to post that. >> it's a good thing that david saging well. it's a

>> all you are. and katie couric, also. >> it will be fun to see them back together on the desk. >> yep. is 2017 the year you are getting a raise? let's hope so. the new laws that are giving millions of america new money each we're week. plus, how this bag to provide answers about a family that disappeared during a flight. and another check on the wet weather outside. how long the showers will be

we know after everything great party, there's a mess to clean up. this is what is let me tell in times square. the city used 60 backpack blowers, 27 street sweeper trucks. that is one undertaking. >> i usually try to leave the party before that starts. >> is that your move? eat dinner, leave so you don't have to do the dishes? >> yeah. sglie sgliets. it's the new year's eve party that everyone is talking about except for all the wrong reasons. >> maria. mariah carey was setto

when there was an audio track performance. she stopped singing and asked the crowd to carry her lyrics for her. she posted this instagram saying here is to 2017. >> dick clark productions released a statement saying dcp had no involvement in the challenges associated with ms. carey's new year's eve performance. check out her performance on the nbc washington app. they say that she didn't want to do a sound check. >> well, you know, that's why you do sound checks. >> it's a risk. that's why we do sound checks, right? >> exactly. tom, back to rain today? >> yeah. got into the mid 50s yesterday with that sunshine. felt great. after midnight, we had rain moving this. right now, all that moving green is of rain that's passing southwest to northeast.. another surge of it coming into southeastern virginia. we

the metro area, but now it's breaking up. lingering sprinkles in the immediate metro area. we're likely going to get another surge coming on through. if you are traveling, heading down 95 through the carolinas all the way into georgia, it's going to be wet. and this rain, as well, is moving up north and east into northern pennsylvania, changing over the to on freezing rain there. so there may be some travel problems heading there as well as it moves up new york city and boston later today. your four things to know for the week ahead, wet today, showers tomorrow, a chance of a wintry mix on friday. we'll have a look at that in about ten minutes along with a cold plunge heading into the weekend. a new year and a new bundle of joy. i love this. coming up, hear from the family of one of the first babies born in 2017. but first, we're going to fill you in on a missing plane mystery. a new clue in the search for a flight that disappeared in the midwest with a family on board. it's 4:43.

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welcome back. hard to believe we are just 18 days away from inhe august ragz day. what can we expect in the new few weeks? good morning, chris. good morning, adam. it's the first monday of a new year and donald trump is back at work. he's back in new york after arriving last night after spending the holidays at his resort in florida. it looks like he's gearing up for a couple of fights once he takes office 18 days from now. the first, of course, being this notion of the russian hacks into the democratic national committee. saturday night before a party at

he discussed optimism saying hack sg very difficult to prove and he cryptically promised to deliver some information that people don't know. he said he would reveal this information tuesday or wednesday about the russian hacks. we'll have to wait and see what that is all about, but we know he was scheduled to meet with the leaders of u.s. intelligence agencies earlier this week. we have to assume that maybe he will reveal that information after he meets with those intelligence agencies. the other fight it looks like he's gearing up for here might be obama care. president obama is coming back to washington today from hawaii after spending the holidays there. he is set to go to capitol hill on wednesday to meet with congressional democrats to try and come up with some ideas on how to protect his signature health care law. when asked about that, donald trump says, look, he's the president until january 20th

after that, we'll see what happens. >> chris, thank you very much. we are covering everything you need to know about this presidential transition. if you missed our story about how d.c. is getting ready for the upcoming inauguration, head over to our nbc washington app. developing this morning, prince georges county police investigating a home invasion and robbery. this all happened on east canton drive in washington last night. police tell news 4 two suspects robbed the being inside a home. no one was hurt, but those robbers are still out there. it's 4:48 and more details this morning in the search for that plane that disappeared in ohio with an entire family on board. yesterday, possible debris from the plane washed ashore on lake erie near the airport where that plane took off. the faa says air traffic controllers lost contact with the cesna citation shortly after 4:00 last thursday. a bag believed to belong to the

>> i went and got a coat hangar so i could hang upside down and lay upside down to get to the water. the very first thing on the top was the pilot's i.d. >> so sad. the coast guard has categorized the mission as a recovery one, not a rescue. so continue looking for the plane today. time right now is 4:49. right now, a manhunt for a man who escaped from prison. >> getaway car found, escaped inmate still on the run here. police in rhode island are still searching for this man who left the wyatt correctional center close to providence. they have recovered the stolen green chevrolet they believe james morales uses. the 35-year-old man broke out saturday night. investigators thought they tracked him new year's day, but only found his discarded prison uniform under an overpass and the trail got cd

when morales reportedly stole that car. convicted charleston church shooter dylann roof is expected to undergo a psychiatric evaluation today. the sentencing phase of this had trial is set to start tomorrow and roof could face the death penalty for the 2015 shooting where he killed nine african-american parishioners at the emanuel ame church in charleston, south carolina. a new year and that means new minimum wages in nearly two dozen states. 22 states and the district of columbia. one of those states is maryland. this july, the minimum wage will go from $8.75 per hour to see 9.25. also in july, d.c.'s minimum wage will go from $11.50 an hour to $12.50 an hour. a dollar jump. virginia's minimum wage is currently $7.25 an hour, the same as the federal minimum wage. in all,

will see an increase in their wages. >> that is good news. a rockville family has an extra reason to smile this year. they're bringing home their new baby born just minutes after the clock struck midnight. >> but as news 4 derrick ward explains, her parents that you tell they would be born in 2016. >> meet venon. she entered the world at 12:15 a.m., a little early for her due date and about 15 minutes late for mom's wishes. >> i did everything to have her in 2016, but she had another plan. >> that plan included a prolonged prologue to her debut. in other words, mom had to endure a long labor. it started at 6:00 a.m. saturday. >> she wanted to be a star today. >> it's clear she's already a star in the eyes of her two doting older brothers, patrick and prince kenan. 10 hours and 8 hours of labor

light. the couple waited two years in the eyes of their younger son to go for a xwirl. but oh, so precious an addition to this happy family. while mom may have anticipate and had wanted an earlier birth, it is no problem with iman exercising a little free will. >> she's a blessing and i think my 2017 will just -- i mean, it will be perfect. >> derrick reporting there. what a beautiful family. i think we all know no matter how we want things to turn out, it's up to the baby when she wants to come. you can plan all you want, but they have a mind of their own. >> a beautiful, healthy baby. that's the most important thing. tom, we are on a wild swing here. warm, cold, rain now. and heavy rain in supports this morning. >> and maybe even a wintry mix by

change for the weekend. we'll sort all that out starting right now. we have light fog in the air. that's a live view from our storm 4 tower camera. that's northwest washington and all the pavement is wet from the showers that came on through overnight. they're moving off to the north and east. there are some moderate showers in southeastern virginia and right now it's tapering off just to a few sprinkles here in northern virginia. the metro area, that one batch of moderate rain that came through, it's now north and east of the baltimore pulling away. haegerstown, that's going to be pulling up into pennsylvania, as well. good news is, temperatures are all above freezing. we're hovering in the upper 30s to near 40. reagan national airport is at 41 degrees. hour by hour, low to mid 40s by 10:00 a.m. a few sprinkles. passing showers by this afternoon. may briefly get to under 40s by late afternoon.

endsing. a damp and chilly evening. we'll be in the mid 40s. and by dawn tomorrow, still in the mid 40s. during the day on tuesday, another surge of rain comes in. temperatures milder. occasional showers through the day ending by sunset on tuesday. wednesday and thursday, big changes start to happen. low and mid 50s by late morning wednesday. then it plunges down into the 40s and near 30 by dawn on wednesday. temperatures will be in the 30s on friday. wet snow and sleet, very little accumulation. then the cold plunge for the weekend. we'll be frigid with sunshine next weekend. that's the way it looks. >> tom, thank you very much. carryout changes. a new law adjusting how your takeout is becoming more environmentally friendly. we have that still ahead. plus, a new year, a new yo

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well, starting now in had 2017, d.c.'s ban on styrofoam products is getting stricter. for the past year, restaurants have been banned from using styrofoam which does not decompose and ask clog waterways and

any other material that they wanted. that changed at the start of the new year. restaurant must now find recyclable products to replace the styrofoam. and the new year expands the smoking ban in gaithersburg, maryland. the previous ban does not include vaping or e-cigarettes. the city amended the ordinance back in october. now all forms of smoking are banned in all public buildings and spaces. there is a fine involved if you do break the the new law. >> it's not just adults that can may in new year's resolutions. the american academy of pediatrics says there are some things kids can do on to make changes. preschoolers can resolve to be friendly to animals or even to try to brush their teeth twice a day. elementary school children might want to promise to wear bike helmets or use seat belts. they can pledge to speak out against bullying and teenagers might vow to say no to drugs

to alcohol or to never text and drive. i think a lot of the things are things kids are doing already, but it never hurts to do reinforcements to say keep up the good work, keep these practices going. last night, my 6 1/2-year-old said i'm gok going to stop being silly at bedtime. i said good, that would be a good thing. we're going to write that one down, get it writing. we continue now at 5:00. >> news 4 today starts right mow. right now on "news 4 today," teenager killed. students returning to school mourning the loss of a classmate shot in her own home. new details today about the 15-year-old suspect in custody. plus, the manhunt continues after a gunman opens fire inside a new year's eve party and new overflight, a terror group claiming responsibility. and a rainey start to 2017 where the roads will be wet as you begin the first monday of 2017. >> yeah.

monday, of course. season ending loss, redskins players reacting to their final defeat that ended their playoff chances for good. but first, good morning to you on this second day of 017. made it one day this in. >> that the. >> just remember, 2017. got to write that down. >> don't forget it. . but this is also the beginning of the workweek. a lot of people have the day off. that's good for redskins fans to sleep in. but there's kids going back to school .some return to go work. because of that, we need to let you know about where things are wet. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein with a look at our monday morning forecast. >> we started off with some showers moving in after midnight on this second day of 2017. rain, the first surge that came through is now pulling off into northeastern maryland. moving into pennsylvania. a little bit of freezing rain up there north of philadelphia. but the rest of virginia is