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worker became trapped in the belly of a plane going to dulles. and tonight, talking to news 4 about working with a president trump. news 4 at 11:00 starts now. good evening, first up tonight, holiday trips coming to a slow and frustrating crawl for thousands of airline passengers all over the country tonight. u.s. customs and border protection says a system-wide outage led to delays at several major airports. news 4's darcy spencer is live at dulles with a look at the situation there. >> reporter: definitely some bad timing there, we're told that that outage lasted for four hours. all systems are back on line now but i talked to passengers tonight. there were major delays. george sanker is waiting for exchange students to

china at dulles international airport. it was two hours and counting just to get through customs. >> we have a couple of students coming out hopefully soon and they have been there a couple of hours trying to get through the system and it has been really jammed up. >> reporter: u.s. border patrol and customs confirmed there were outages at various airports, some travellers trying to get into the country were being processed by hand. >> there was a computer glitch, they said some of the computers were down. >> reporter: what do you think about it? >> it's frustrating, but security after all. >> reporter: at miami international airport more than 30 flights were cancelled. and a couple of passengers passed out while waiting. and there are delays from atlanta. many customers are just trying to get home. >> we were in line for an hour and 38 minutes. >> reporter: a customs a

said in a statement that agents are processing traveller as quickly as possible while maintaining a high level of security. >> it seems as if you have passports and passport control they should be able to scan, look at you and identify you and move you through. it was not happening so somewhere the process was broken. >> reporter: now a spokesperson tonight said also there was no indication that the technology problems tonight were malicious in nature. jim. back to you. darcy, thank you. first, united airlines is trying to figure out how a baggage handler becameñi lockedn a cargo hold on a flight to dulles, happening on an 82-minute flight from charlotte to atlanta, once the plane landed the man appeared to be okay, and he had on a work uniform, but initially there were concerns if he was actually a baggage handle

>> there were questions on his charlotte id. >> reporter: the man was detained while representatives from the tsa, faa and united airlines all joined the investigation. united confirmed late today the incident. the governor of alabama just tweeted that four people are dead in his state because of severe weather today. from the west to the south it was a treacherous day to travel. for those still trying to make it back home for the holidays, millions of people impacted by snow, ice, thunderstorms and tornadoes. thousands of flights were delayed in the south, millions on alert for even more severe weather. well, back here at home we have more rain coming our way. but first, the big morning commute. doug is standing by in the storm system with the word on that. >> and the morning commute will be very wet. lots of rain today with some

half an in of rain, tomorrow we'll get a little bit more. take a look at the radar, no rain currently but that will not be the case when you wake up tomorrow. just southwest, there is severe weather in parts of the southeast, and tornado effect in parts of georgia, but the whole storm system making a bee line to our area, when you wake up you will need the umbrella, give yourself more time tomorrow morning as well. so rain, rain, rain, and then here comes the cold, the longest snap of cold air that we've seen so far this winter, increasing the snow chance just a bit and tracking our next storms. it will be a very busy week as far as storms are concerned, we'll have more in about ten minutes. all right, thank you doug. morels filling up waiting for upcomingñi inauguration for trump, many coming to celebrate, others to protest. either way, that means big business for the

we tracked d.c. trends, and the hotel owners were worried when the room sales got off to a slow start. >> usually the day after a candidate has been chosen, hotels normally see a large amount of reservations. that did not happen this year, because quite frankly i think everybody was taken by surprise by the outcome. >> ferguson says trump's surprise victory may also be part of the reason. more unofficial inaugural events have not been announced yet. well, the 115th congress will convene with an ambitious agenda to dismantle president obama's legacy. and more on the details with chris. >> reporter: yeah, they will be sworn in tuesday afternoon. but just hours ago both told me they are fully aware of the huge challenge in front of them. >> i mean, we're going to have

things. >> reporter: anthony brown and jamie raskin face fears of tax slashes and obamacare. as vice president-elect mike pence and others are looking at the strategies in the health care law, which raskin says has helped millions of americans. >> we're going to have to get out there and put strong pressure on members of congress who represent hundreds or tens of thousands of people who depend on those programs. >> repeal and replace is not the answer and that is obviously going to be on the table beginning as early as tomorrow. >> and in the other chamber, a milestone, after 30 years in office, senator barbara mckulskey will end her tenure in

and tomorrow, joe biden will give the oath of office to 27 returning senators and seven new ones. republicans will have a 52-48 advantage in the senate. in the other chamber, the house is expected to reelect paul ryan as speaker tomorrow afternoon, and once sworn in, ryan will administer the oath to house members. the gop will hold a large majority in the house. news 4's scott mcfarland will have more coverage on the hill. and the district welcomed three new council members today during the swearing in ceremony, including vince gray, and returning to ward seven after years of fighting campaign allegations. there could be a rematch in 2018. the two took veiled swipes at each other today during the ceremony. >> too many people in our city

neighborhoods benefit from prosperity and others remain stagnant. >> we swear or affirm that we are not making decisions just for our own board or interest. >> in addition to gray, other new council members sworn in today were at large member robert white and ward 8 council member trayon white. and police say they will release more information tomorrow about the death of a teenager girl on new year's day. she was shot by a 15-year-old boy who shot the girl's mother, then himself. they survived and the boy is now in critical condition. he has not been identified. howard hyde school sent home a letter to parents say it is providing support for students after the news about their classmate. and a quiet street in gaithersburg became a crime scene to

shot in the leg this afternoon. she is expected to be okay. now police are trying to learn who pulled the trigger, this happened on lamont lane, police only had a vague description of the gunman. neighbors tell us the victim has several roommates. back at the live desk we have learned that special operations police just raided an apartment in istanbul, but did not arrest anyone for the attack on the nightclub in new year's eve. the attacker is still on the run but police have his fingerprints and released a blurry photo of the man they're looking for. earlier today, isis claimed responsibility for the attack calling the shooter a hero, who attacked a club where quote, christians celebrate their pagan holiday. police say the suspect lobbed grenades into the crowd. one american was wounded and tells nbc

staying still and playing dead even after getting shot in the hip. at the live desk, i'm chris lawrence. a south carolina judge ruled today that dylann roof is competent to serve as own attorney in the penalty phase of his trial starting on wednesday. the judge issued the ruling after a forensic psychiatrist deemed roof mentally fit. the judge ruled he cannot approach witnesses during the hearing in court. a judge found that roof was guilty of 33 charges of the massacre of black parishioners. the same jury will determine if roof gets life in prison or the death penalty. and coming up, face time, the victim's family now suing apple. what they say the company could have done to stop the crash. plus going door-to-door in d.c., a community leader

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made out with rings, earrings and bracelets, they're still on the run tonight. a new push tonight the get crime out of d.c.'s hill east neighborhood. a community leader went door-to-door tonight to try and convince neighbors to take part in the security city's camera rebate program in the new year. as news 4's shomari stone found, some people have mixed feelings. patricia williams wants the violence to stop in her north d.c. neighborhood. >> i'm not afraid but i feel badly simply because they're all of our people. >> reporter: two masked people shot a man who was walking out of his house on northeast 21st street this morning. the man will be okay. tonight, fifth district commissioner kathy henderson knocked on doors with two d.c. police officers. she handed out

the people about the private incentive security program reimbursing homeowners up to $500 to put up security cameras. >> well, this camera rebate program will help and i want to make sure that all of our neighbors have one. >> they need one. >> reporter: in november, a resident security camera helped police investigate a robbery and shooting over a pair of shoes. but some people tell us cameras will not stop crime. >> there are cameras everywhere in the city, do you think packages stop getting stolen when you put a mask on, on the porch? >> reporter: once the word gets out that the eyes and ears and footage is on the pulse of this community and capturing crime, oh, the criminals, believe me, they will get the strong message they have to go somewhere else. >> and tonight detectives want to hear from you, if you have information about the shooting earlier today call d.c. police. i'm shomari stone, news 4.

a lawsuit tonight. this could affect all sorts of apps, parents contend a driver was distracted when using apple's face time when he hit their car and killed the couple's 5-year-old daughter. the case is still pending, but now two years after the crash the family of the 5-year-old filed a lawsuit saying apple could disable the app while users are traveling at higher speeds. >> reporter: it may be a policy question on whether companies could do more to stop the misuse of their product. but judges don't necessarily want that decision made in a courtroom. >> reporter: tonight, apple says only they don't comment on pending litigation. and spacex now identified the cause of a failure, a liquid tank destroyed a $200 million satellite and severely

buildings for miles, happening during a pre-flight test. spacex said they will have plans to have a repeat and make their first launch since the explosion as early as next week. all right, doug, more rain in store, when will it turn off? >> looks like it will turn off on wednesday, but starting soon, wet out there for sure. up to half an inch of rain, and tomorrow we could see more. take a look, a wet dreary day for sure, the fog out there as well. and a little bit earlier this evening, the fog is going to continue. now i'm not expecting much in the way of dense fog, but it will be out there. could still see areas of drizzle tonight, and by tomorrow morning the rain moves on in. all right, temperatures out there sitting at 44 degrees, winds out of the northeast at 8 miles an hour. it's chilly, but this time of year we should already be in

that is not the case, temperatures staying right where they are, 41 lees burg, 37 winchester. and the air mass keeping things on the milder side tonight. rain today out of here up towards new york continuing to pull out into the atlantic. but down to the south this is the rain we'll watch now. a very strong storm. a lot of severe weather today into mississippi, alabama, georgia, the panhandle of florida, the system that is moving our way. we're not going to see severe weather here but it will bring us a lot of rain. something else, milder temperatures, take a look, 44 in d.c. and roanoke, 58 in kentucky, back towards nashville, that warmer air will move in. fi to ten degrees warmer than we were today. still wet and dreary but at least it's a little bit on the milder side. here is future weather showing what is happening tomorrow. here is 5:00 a.m., notice the showers comin o

they really ramp up 7 or 8:00, again, coinciding with the early morning rush, you will need the umbrellas for sure, and by 11:00, really moving out of here after the noon, 1:00 hour, we'll see showers and heavier rain between 7:00 a.m. and right around the noon hour, so perfect timing for the morning commute and for the kids back to the school bus tomorrow. 44 degrees, at 7:00 a.m., showers at noon, and 4:00 the kids will need umbrellas as they move out with temperatures in the low 50s. and now, temperatures in the 50s, hello to the 30s, looking at the computer models here a bit better chance of snow, tomorrow you could see accumulating snowfall on friday, it is something to watch. the storm on saturday which we have been talking about for the last couple of days may not happen at all. may stay well down to the south. take a look at the cold here, the cold is the longest

air we'll see, we'll see a slight chance of showers next wednesday, but that is about it. watching the friday system and again watching the saturday system which as i mentioned looks like right now it is off the coastline, not going to affect us on saturday. >> all right, that would be good. thank you, doug. coming up in sports tonight, the wizards take a three-game winningtreak to houston, s

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fans disappointed. the team thankfully disappointed, too. they were what? a field goal away from getting there. but disappointment as we said. not practices for the playoffs this week as we thought they might have been. the burgundy and gold season came to an end when they could not top the giants last night. and today in ashburn, the dreaded locker room cleanout. but we do like some of this, all of those extra cleats there are getting donated. but it's still a devastating feeling, and still fresh today. >> it's going to suck for a little bit, but you know, the sun will rise and we have choices to make. and we'll be ready next year. >> it's hard, stillçó doesn't en feel real right now. you know, we just didn't do what we needed to do yesterday. so only thing we can worry about now is just trying to be better next year. >> and

records, redskins offensive coordinator sean mcvey will interview for the l.a. rams head coaching position this week. but meanwhile in this last week, the wizards 3 and 0, trying to make it with a tough task, stopping one of the nba's best, jeff harden, coming off a percentage. and 27 points, his team starting out strong, john wall, check out this speed, dribbling behind his back, kicks it out to marquese morris. over to tray burg he gets it done, 12 points at the break. then the third quarter happened. rockets out-scoring the wizards 37-7. harden finished with 23 points,

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