favorite app nearby, which is the nbc washington app. >> ask we have the storm team 4 radar right there. you can see it when you're waiting at metro the this morning. you can see rain advancing to the metro area. the steadier rain is just now moving in and it's going to be a wet commute. these areas in yellow here, right there in rapahanna county, and then to the north and east of us. it's a little heavier rain along 66 and prince williams. and some moderate to heavy showers. that is going to be all advancing right into the meto area here within the next hour. temperatures are well above freezing. low 40s in had washington. mid 40s around the chesapeake bay. through the day, we'll hover in the 40

afternoon. still damp and chilly by the end of the evening. i've got new hour by hour timing on this rain. that's coming up in about ten minutes. melissa has breaking news. >> this is the problem. eastbound at 28 on the right side of the roadway, we are blocked with this crash. a four-mile backup. slow here, as well, nobody for woodbridge. all the green there on your screen, that is radar showing rain falling across the area. 95 in maryland southbound from 32 down to the beltway. you can see you are on time. same thing northbound. northbound bw parkway at 50, still have an accident being reported there as well. earlier problem on 295 as cleared out of the way. travel times in ten

and we are following breaking news. d.c. police say a man rammed into several parked cars along the route you see here. >> justin, what's going on? >> good morning. police want to be very careful here. they say this driver of this mercedes suv was not under pursuit. they say police themselves noticed this car driving erratically on the 1700 block of eight street about 1:00 or so this morning. that is where the video show show you several parked cars were struck. a prince gornlgs detail was struck responding to this scene. reports that a d.c. police marked vehicle may have been struck in all of this, as well. this all ends over here at the corner of 17th and benning road northeast here.

a pole and police apprehending the driver on the scene right over there. it is unclear at this time if that driver stole thatter car, if the car was stolen or if he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. and, of course, people who live on that block have their cars packed over there have a rough morning ahead. 6:03. and today, the 115th congress will be sworn in and they plan to waste no time getting to work. their agenda resolves around dismantling president obama's affordable care act. in. >> just 17 days for the first time in had a decade, the gop will have control of the house, the senate and the white house. among lawmakers being sworn in today are democrats anthony brown and jamie ras kifks from maryland. the two incoming congressmen spoke to news 4

brown and raskin expect fights over corporate tax cuts, environmental regulations and the affordable care act. >> i think the president will help us get that message out there. we'll have to put strong pressure on remember minutes of congress who represent tuns of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people who depend upon these programs. >> repeal and replace is not the answer .that's obviously going to be on the table. >> both congressmen elect say they are looking forward to the challenges and are prepared to fight for marylanders. and on the senate side, a smile stone. after 30 years, retired senator barbara mcculsky will she filled. in the senate, joe biten will administer the oath of office today. represents are expected to

speaker and he will adminster the oath to everything else there. republicans will hold a large 291-194 majority in the house. in the senate, they will have a 52-48 seat advantage. today, d.c.'s mayor will call on the new congress to give congresswoman eleanor homes norton some voting rights. the mayor will urge a change in rules the to allow norton to vote on amendments on the house floor. house rules have allowed the congresswoman to vote during three congresses. some new developments in turkey this morning after the new year's eve terror attack. >> let's check in with angie goff at the live desk. >> right now this morning, remembering the victims. nato just posted this video on twitter. investigators continue searching for this man, the man sfd of

released a selfie video just days before he went into that turkish nice club and killed 39 people. isis has claims responsibility for this attack. the examine there are new concerns that the gunman could slip back into syria. authorities say they are making progress in identifying the suspect. we'll stay on top of this developing story. >> angie, thank you. it is 6:06. the u.s. customs and border protection agency is back up and running.. a four-hour long system outage caused long lines yesterday in miami. at least two people passed out while waiting in line. the agency says people arriving from outside the u.s. were rossed by hand. we spoke to travelers at dulles who say they're frustrated. it. >> it seems like if you have passports and you have

scan, look at you and move it on through. some the process is broken. >> it is unclear what caused the outage, but customs does not believe the outage was malicious. you're looking at new video this morning from alabama where a toronto touched down. that storm killed four people in a stinl home. in florida, someone died from heavy rain and flooding. the weather here is calm compared to other parts of the country. tom kierein is fine tuning your hour by hour forecast and will let us know when we might see a break in the rain. and talk about a bad day at work. the baggage handler who found himself locked in had a cargo area on a flight to d.c. if you happen kids, you know child care is not chooel cheap.. and it's the story that will have you washing your sheets. maybe multiple times. where we rank when it

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breaking news. melissa is following some mashlg backups on 66. what's going on? >> we're talking about a four-mile backup inbound at 28. problems on the right side of the roadway. some of it has just gone away. hoping this can get better quickly because right now have been we very slow through there. 95 northbound at 123, brand new crash. in the left lanes. travel times overall don't look so horrible. 66 inbound is okay from fairfax county to the beltway. 95 quantityco to the beltway. 270 south is okay and top of the beltway, no major problems. listen to wtop

hop in your car. tom, tell me this rain is going to slow. well unfortunately, it will probably start coming down heavier, melissa, and unfortunately we will probably see more spinouts and accidents with our wet roads. the heavier rain you see this these pockets of yellow are generally light rain coming into northern virginia, west virginia, vapsing off to the north and east. there is a lot more to come here through the rest of the morning and into the afternoon. right now, the pavement is wet all around the entire metro area. temperatures are hovering in the low the to mitt 40s right now. going forward hour by hour, that's when we're going to see mott rat rain coming through. maybe a heavy, brief down poor around noon time and passing north and east of the metro area by early afternoon. beg changes on the way for the end of the week. maybe a little bit of snow and a frigid pattern for the

thank you, tom. tomorrow, the south carolina shooter he dylann roof will try to convince a jury that he should not be put to death. yesterday, a judge ruled that roof is competent to serve as his own attorney. the penalty phase will begin tomorrow. last month, the same jury convicted roof on 33 chargeser for the 2015 massacre that left nine people dead. the jury will decide between life in prison or the death penalty. a queen ann county deputy is improving after a shooting last week. he was involved in a call of a domestic dispute. he is now able to stand up with help and he is scheduled for another surgery this week. 6:13 our time right now. a

the latest push to get crime out of one d.c. nature. she was telling people about about the private security camera incentive program. it will reimburse homeowners up to $500 to put up security cameras. some people tell us, though, that cameras won't stop the crime. >> do you think people's packages stop getting stolen when they see cameras on the porch? they put a mask on, what is a camera going to do? >> just yesterday morning, police say two masks people shot and robbed a man on north 21st street. that is man is okay. >> it right now, it is still not clear how a baggage hammer ended up getting locked in the cargo hold. prior to an investigation by the tsa, there were concerns about whether he was a baggage handler or a stowaway. he had on a work

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>> i don't know. >> 6:17 right now. let's check in on that breaking news now in first 4 traffic on 66. >> melissa, what's going on? any progress here? >> we have made a little bit of problem. in the past couple of minutes, this has cleared from the right side of the roadway. things should start to ease up right now. we have a four-mile backup inbound 66 at centerville. northbound after lorton, crash in the left lane. northbound 5 at shortcut road, crash on the left lane there and as we look at the beltway, it is wet all over the place. remember, this green means we have rain falling so we're going to have to work those windshield wipers this morning. but the beltway is pretty much behavioring itself right now. >> i love how you can sooerch superimpose the radar on melissa's map now. so cool. >> and you said the rain is

the ravens has arrived and will be with us for much of the day ahead. waiting at the metro and for the but the bus this morning, you'll be happy you have an umbrella. right now, pockets of heavier downpours. right now, those areas of yelling coming down into southern and central parts of virginia. along 91 from near lou ray up towards winchester. the rest of northern virginia and the district and into married. west virginia, as well, is getting rain and temperatures are all above freezing there. how much rain will we get by the time this ends this evening? maybe up to an inch. all this area in blue is anywhere from three quarters of an inch to an inch. right now, we're in the low 40s in washington. mid forty around the bay. shenandoah valley is in the upper 30s near 40. i

rain coming through. we'll have the rain tapering off by 6:00 p.m. by 10:00 tonight, damp and championship chilly. might have lingering dressel tonight. nice change on wednesday. morning clouds giving away to afternoon sun. ought to make it into the low to mid 50s tomorrow and plunge to the 20s by dawn on thursday. lies.only low 40s on thursday with increasing clouds and then some light snow may be moving in late thursday night into early friday morning. a few snow showers.. little accumulation mainly on grassy areas. likely the pavement will be above freezing. then here comes the polar plunge for the weekend into monday. each day, highs only near freezing and morning lows in the low to mid 20s. and it will stay dry, though. as we get into next week, a bit of a warming trend. toward the end of that week, maybe more rain moving back in. and that's the way it looks.

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wild crash, flames ignite. the race to rescue a driver. metro police are keeping a close eye on riders on the rails. a wet mess, the conditions on the roads are causing big problems for some drivers in virginia. news 4 today begins with breaking news. breaking news on how the weather is impacting your commute. good morning to you. >> rain is spreading across the region and the wet roads mean a met for drivers. melissa. >> we're talking about a big backup on 66. it's gotten better, but

at 28. you can see the delays on the right side of the screen. take a look, though. it looks pretty nasty there as you're heading inbound approaching 28. 15 at new road, lanes under police direction. two problems still hanging around there on 95 near 123 northbound, crash on the right side and 95 northbound after lorton, crash in the left lane. new problem in northwest and tom kierein, tell me this rain is not going to get worst. it is probably going to get heavier. your best friend today will probably be your umbrella as we will have rain continuing to fall throughout much of the day. right now, getting some pockets of heavy ir rain. a couple of other pockets of derate to heavy downpours now, southern maryland, st. mary's county, the northern neck. this is advancing to the north and east. right now,

suburbs, the district and northern virginia. some of this had more moderate rain is going to move on in towards the next half hour or so. late in the morning, we're going to have moderate downpours by mid to late morning. no freezing issues and no ice. four things to know for the week ahead, wet tuesday, colder on thursday, light snow thursday night into friday morning. mainly on grassy areas. have an update on that this half hour and a look at that cold plunge this weekend. >> tom, thank you. breaking nut right now in northeast washington. police arrested a man they say drove into several cars. it started on eighth street northeast just after 1:00 and ended on benning road. a live report before the man who was driving coming up at 6:45. petro transit police officers not letting riders skip paying those fares. >> there is a crackdown under way to catch people wh

adam is live now with a look at metro's newest crime stats. good morning. >> good morning and happy new year to you. this has been a problem all across the metro system. people who simply don't pay to enter the metro rail system. that is a big problem. a lot of people will jump over the fair gates .some will go through the swing gates without paying and that's something that results in millions of dollars lost every year for metro. but a new enforcement effort could be working. acoring to metro's most recent statistics, they've had over 6100 violations written for fair evasion up to the convenient statistics. compared to the same time a year previous, there were 400 hie citations written for fair evasion. that's about a 40% increase in the number of fair evasion

been written and that is serm good news for a transit agency that is trying to get every single time they can to make sure that the system is maintained. and you know what? metro tells its station managers here not to get involved in any sort of dispute with anyone who has a fair evasion thing going on because it can lead to a situation. transis police are supposed to step in. and it seems to be working. >> adam, thank you. police say they will release more information today is in the death of a teenage girl. charlotte zarumba was shot in her bedroom on new year's day by a teenage boy. they say he also shot the girl's mother and then himself. bow of them survived and at last check, the boy is in critical condition. the girl attended howard high school. a letter was sent home to parents yesterday saying they wouldpr

students. police are searching for three men in connection to the murder of a local rapper. last week, the victim was shot and killed inside his home in capital heights. family and friends say kalil wiggins was an accomplished musician who wanted to use his music to help the community. >> his spirit was so uplifting that he would make you feel like you could conquer the world. his last words that we believe. and if those are your last words, you're promised paradise. >> police say they are still working to identify suspects and a motive. right thou, all we know is there were three shooters and they all work masks. we want to show you new video coming the in from california. . >> a photographer is being called a hero from pulling a man from a burning car. and it started out that way. that first car right there stalled on the highway in california when another car slammeto

>> now, the photographer was recording this whole time, but raced over and rescued the driver from that burning car. then some firefighters and medics showed up, put out the fire, took the driver to the hospital. as we understand it, that driver is in critical condition, but still very fortunate that someone was nearby. deadly storms, a new look at the damage and the impact as this same system heads our way. >> terror suspect selfie, new footage could help track a new year's eve killer. and voting power, d.c. nortons making another ipl

breaking news continuing in first 4 traffic because of major backups on 66. inbound at 28, a three-mile backup because of an earlier crash. southbound 123 crash off the

avenue between georgia and kansas. all lanes blocked there because of an accident, as well. taking a look at 66, okay heading into town from the beltway. 95 north is throw. two crashes there we'll talk about in just a minute. 270 southbound, a little slow, as well, as is the top of the beltway here this morning. that rain adding to the pain. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. i love tom kierein so i cannot blame you for the rain and my problems this morning. >> thanks. but actually, your best friend today will be your umbrella. don't forget your umbrella before you head out to the bus stop. we are getting steady rain across most of the region from west virginia across virginia into maryland and the district. some of the heavier rain in this area in yellow, shennendoah valley, northern neck of virginia, southern maryland, generally light rain elsewhere, northern virginia, the district and maryland all advancing to the north and east. so your commute today, wet roads throughout the day and actually may dry out a little bit by late

in the 40s all day long, maybe near 50 by midafternoon. big changes on the way over the next ten days. a little snow. polar plunge for the weekend, look at that in about ten b minutes. >> thank you, tom. a minute knivny van to millennials. the big reveal on how you can safely take a selfie on your ride to work. and hours before the new congress gavels in, house republicans take a vote. we'll tell you about the last-minute action lawmakers took. police say an out of control driver rammed into several cars, including police

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justin finch is live where this ended in northeast. what can you tell us? >> police are now trying to figure out what less this driver to crash. we can take you to video of that scene now where about 1:00 this morning, all of this began to unfold. a mercedes suv careening into several cars along that stretch. police tell us that driver may have thought that he was being pursued. he saw a police presence happening in the area. we know bridge georges county police were in this area on a separate investigation not involving this driver. now some all of this, their unmarked cruiser was struck and we have rortsz a d.c. police had cruiser was struck, as well. this all ends across the street from us at sen and benning

that stuff krardriver crashing e over there. we'll bring you more as we get it and, of course, we are live here at northeast. justin finch, news 4. back to you. >> thank you, justin. developing now, leaders in turkey say they are close to identifying this man, the man suspect in that new year's nice club massacre. turn yishg police say he killed 39 people this weekend. the attacker is still on the run. police say they have his fingerprints. they raid ed a neighbor in istanbul last night but did not arrest anyone. house republicans voted to restrict the office that investigates congressional misconduct in the house. . that vote essentially gives overnight and investigative powers to the lawmakers themselves. the officei

release investigationive information to the public, consider anonymous complaints or consider suspicious activity from before 2010. another item high on the agenda will be dismassagesling a cornerstone of the obama presidency. the affordable care act. >> the gop and the president-elect have not revealed how they plan to replace the affordable care act. a partisan battle is expected to come over some of donald trump's cabinet picks, as well. maryland's new u.s. senator will be sworn in today. chris van holen takes over for barbara mccolosky. vice president joe biden b will swear in had van holen at 2:15 this afternoon. maryland is getting two new congressmen. brown and raskin spoke with news 4 last night. they say they are aware of the immense challenges of

the minority. in the senate, vice president joe biden will swear in the house today. joe biden will administer that oath. republicans will hold a large 241 to 194 seat majority in the house. we take a look at the sneetd where republicans will have a 5 -48 seat advantage. and we're learning more about who will be in president-elect trump's new at administration. he is expected to nomination robert litsager in the key position. look on our app for more information. search trump transition. incredibly powerful wind and rain down south. you can hear it blowing into this house in louisiana. this is in the town of

marksville. the storm left severe damage behind. thousands of people still don't have power. some lost their roofs to their homes. others had their cars overturned. the weather caused a tragedy in alabama. four people died in a tornado when a tree fell on their mobile home. >> multiple others were hurt. nbc's mike seidel is in alabama to show us where the damage happened. >> good morning. we're about four hours south of atlanta, just south of rehobo the h, alabama. storms swept from texas into the deep south. at least 12 reported tornados. there was a tornado waf out four hours before, but the tornado warning was issued after the storm hit. there were seven folks in the mobile home. four now deceased. a big oak tree, they had to come in and cut that in half to get it off the mobile home. you can see it sliced right through the bathroom.

here. probably helped by the heavy rain that fell before the storms moved on through. now the rain has moved off to the east. the flash flood warnings and severe weather warnings have ended in this area and colder weather arrives over the next couple of days. a rare outbreak of tornados for early january. typically one of the quietest times of the year for tornadic activity in the united states. back to you. >> thanks to mike seidel from the weather channel. as is typically the case, some of that moving this way now. >> it is the same storm system, but it has weakened a lot. but there was a lot of wind with that storm as it hit alabama along the gulf coast. we had over 150 high wind reports down there. there were winds that were gusting as high as hurricane force winds and, of course, a lot of rain caused a lot of flooding, as well.

alabama, mississippi and southern louisiana, southern georgia. the panhandle of florida there. these are some of the scenes down there from yesterday afternoon. that system is getting closer to us. we have on storm team 4 radar the rain. it is just rain. don't have any severe weather but it is pouring pretty good now right along these pockets of yellow along 81 from right near front royal up to winchester. that pocket of moderate to heavy rain will ride up 81. here in the northern neck of virginia as well as south of forget ricksburg, there is one line coming out of star ford county. but the metro area, it is all light rain right now. fog forward hour by hour, we'll see some of the pockets of heavier rain. by 9:00, 10:00 this morning through noon time, some of that moves off through

lingeri lingering, light rain, maybe drizzle through the afternoon hours. a few sprinkles. have the umbrella handy. how much rain will we get? maybe about one inch or maybe 1.3 inches of rain. temperatures right now are in the upper 30s and low 40s. reagan national had at 43. storm team 4 hour by hour forecast, 40s all day long. the rain ends by tonight and then tomorrow in the 50s as we get the sun back. thursday and friday gets colder. might get light snow late thursday night into friday morning. frigid for the weekend. highs only in the low 30s with sunshine. now melissa has some breaking news. breaking news continuing in first 4 traffic. 66 eastbound at 28. though the crash is gone, we still have a big problem here.. about a three-mile backup as you're headed inbound. southbound gw parkway at

lanes blocked there because of a crash. on i 95, all of this green in the roadways, really above the roads, that is rain falling. radar showing that rain falling across the area. northbound 95 at 123, crash on the right side. northbound 95 at route 1, crash reported in the left lane there, as well. beltway overall, not so bad here considering all of the other problems we have had this morning. prince georges county, we've recovered there after an earlier problem on. into town, out of town, not terrible. 270 at montrose, southbound. not looking so hot. guys. >> melissa, thank you. it is 6:52. it's a story you'll see first on 4. there is a fare skipping crackdown happening on metro rails. >> the latest numbers show metro transit police handing out more citations. news 4's transportation reporter adam toss is live with a look at the newest crime stats. adam. >> good morning. this had is

fair evasion is something that happens all across the system and the latest numbers are point to go a good crackdown for metro. this is how the statistics breakdown. the most recent stats show over 6100 citations written for fare evasion. according to the same time a year previous, that was about 4300 so it's a different of 1800 year over year, which means that metro is stepping up its efforts. a 40% increase. for a transit agency that's trying to get every single penny it can get to maintain the system, that is certainly good news and a lot of people have been asking me this morning, why doesn't the station manager just step in and do something when someone is skipping out on their fare? the station manager is not supposed to step in. transit police, snet, will step in. back to you. >> adam, thanks.

now about that attack in istanbul. >> this just in to the live desk, police in turkey identifying the istanbul attack suspect. they say the man you see in this selfie video is iaki mashrapov, a 28-year-old from kyrgyzstan. he killed 39 people. this video reportedly taken days before that attack. isis has claimed responsibility for the massacre. we will continue b to follow this story as developments continue to come in. download the nbc washington app for updates throughout the morning. >> thank you, angie. it is 6:54. today we'll get our first look at a minivan of the future. chrysler hopes its van will appeal to millennials. >> landon dowdy is here to fill us in had on this. >> good morning. happy new year. criesly will unveil a new

millennials. the concept vehicle, called the portal, has face and voice recognition technology. it has three rows of seating with a selfie cam that takes riders information and plans a trip accordingly. a display encourages those riding in the back seat to post about their journey. it has an intercom system to people in the front and the way, way back can all hear each other. >> wait want we need an intercom system for one vehicle? had i'm pretty loud. >> and a selfie cam. don't miss that one. >> and the selfie cam, right? >> millennials in those big numbers. >> landon, thank you. >> thanks, guys. four things to know before you head out the door. today, d.c. mayor bowser will call on congress to give eleanor norton voting rights. they can vote in committee but not on the house floor. wraeking news in northeast washington, police arrested a man they say drove into several other parked cars. they say it started on eighth street northea

ben i benning road. today, president-elect donald trump is expected to nominate attorney robert leitziger as the u.s. trade representative. he held a key position under ronald reagan. look on our nbc app for more information on trump's transition. and there is major damage to clean up, five people dead after severe storms down south. rare tornados hit alabama, mississippi and louisiana. thousands of people don't have power in florida right now and georgia, as well. and we're going to have the rain coming through from time to time throughout the rest of the day. you can see some of the heavier rain there in had the yellow. coming up through central virginia, going to get closer to the metro area here throughout the morning. keep up with all that rain in the storm team radar and the nbc 4 washington app when you're away from your tv. taking a look at this problem, eastbound 66 at 28, still have a pretty big backup. it has cleared quite a bit from earlier. southbound gw parkway at 123, crash off the

shut down between georgia and kansas there. kansas, i should say, because of a crash. >> thank you. appreciate that. that is the broadcast this morning. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes with weather, traffic and any breaking news. hope you'll join us this. enjoy your day.

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good morning. breaking news, tornado outbreak. it leaves 13 in the south, 4 people killed in alabama. high winds, hail and flooding rains, causing significant damage, from texas to florida. and al says the threat is not over yet. customs chaos. a nationwide outage leads to massive delays and long lines at airports coast-to-coast. frustratedas just to be screened. >> it was a mess in there. i don't know. it took forever. >> this morning what caused the system-wide shut down. new era. the 115th congress being sworn in today. for the first time in nine years, both houses and the white house to be contrd