leading them to believe there may be more victims. justin finch will be live in hyattsville later this morning with the latest on this disturbing case. now, new video of the earthquake that so many of you felt. >> chris lawrence has more at the live desk. apparently, it was wide reaching. >> it was. it was centered in delaware. we're getting new video inside a home there. it gives you an idea of how it impacted folks. the entire room starts shaking and even debris is falling from the ceiling. all in all, there wasn't that much damage. as you said, millions felt the quake. including me. i was in arlington with my daughter and we felt the whole house shake. eun? >> chris, thank you. >> yesterday set social media on fire, right? >> i wanted to. i did. e

six miles north of dover, folks along part of the seaboard. one man was watching the tree lighting on tv and he got a surprise. >> all of a sudden i felt the couch kind of shake for about two seconds. >> the u.s. geological survey says it has reports from people who felt shaking as far away as north carolina and connecticut. >> exactly how much stronger was the 2011 earthquake than the one we felt yesterday? that one near charlottesville was 5.8 in magnitude. yesterday's quake in delaware was about 4.1. that means the 2011 quake was 50 times larger and 350 times stronger than today's. more than yesterday's in terms of the energy it released. the epicenters of the two earthquakes were roughly 150 miles apart.

an earthquake does to the ground. we're following a developing story out of bowie this morning. the pilot who crashed his plane trying to land near freeway airport is going to be okay. take a look at the video from chopper 4 over the scene last night as investigators examined the plane. you can see it was pretty dark out there. the 72-year-old pilot said he clipped the tree line as he was trying to land because there were no lights at the airport. it is now 4:32. new developments in matt lauer's firing from the "today" show. six women have now come forward accusing him of sexual misconduct. he was abruptly fired from nbc news earlier this week following a complaint from a colleague. nbc news confirms the alleged behavior began at the 2014 olympics in russia and continued after that. other women accused the former morning show host of sexual harassment and assault. lauer released a statement saying, in part, he is embarrassed and ashamed. now to capitol hill where he

opened a sexual misconduct inquiry into al franken. multiple women have come forward claiming the minnesota democrats groped them. franken has apologized but not acknowledged the specific allegations. franken supports the ethics investigation. congressman john conyers is still in a detroit hospital for a stress-related illness. he was admitted after the entire house democratic leadership team called for him to resign. conyers is accused of mistreating women in his office. allegations against him range from verbal abuse to sexual advances. meanwhile, gop senators are reworking their tax plan to vote on it this morning. senators delayed voting on that bill last night when they couldn't agree on the so-called fiscal trigger. that trigger would automatically hike taxes if the tax plan doesn't cover its own cost. edward lawrence will explain why senators are having a hard time agreeing on this bill.

the possibility of a new tax bill is sending stocks soaring. all eyes will be on the opening bell after a record day on wall street yesterday. the dow jones closed above 24,000 points for the first time ever. as you can see there, everybody from santa to the rockettes was secelebrat celebrating. end zone, shot is caught for the touchdown by doctson. >> that was great. but there were too few of those good moments during last night's redskins game. it looks like the playoff hopes are fading fast. do you remember alfred morris? he used to play for the 'skins. >> how about that? >> how about that indeed. crushing. if you saw the game, it was tough to watch. >> we wasted money and sent sherri burress to dallas. >> not a waste of money. >> she's going to tell us what the future

redskins. >> they say everything is bigger in texas. this was by far the biggest loss of the redskins' season falling to the cowboys 38-14. sloppy play by the offense let them to turn the ball over three times in just the first half. then former redskins running back alfred morris made them pay. putting up 127 yards and scoring a touchdown. redskins needed this win to void missing the playoffs for the second straight year. >> dallas has been a thorn in our side. i don't understand. i don't get it. >> i'll say we dropped the ball. we had two fumbles and a dropped pass in resulting in an interception. >> the redskins are not completely out of the playoff picture, but up next a tough road test against the chargers, who just beat this cowboys team here on thanksgiving. from arlington

burress, news 4 sports. >> josh norman said it all. >> these are good football players. it just doesn't happen. doesn't come together. i don't know. >> that's what he's saying. i just koent don't understand. the redskins have some time off. they're playing in los angeles on december 10th. >> till death, the 'skins and me. it's now 4:36. another check on your weather and traffic now. another check on the friday morning forecast. >> i'm from here. my dad was a 'skins fan. we had the glory days. i can't let them go. >> breaking news in traffic, melissa? >> breaking news in traffic. this is in gaithersburg here near the ihop. just north of gaithersburg high school. so this is north frederick avenue shut down at chestnut street for the morning. as chopper zooms in, you can see pole and wires down. just a mess. crews are saying on the scene th

morning. all lanes blocked there. as we zoom in, something is purple on the map, it's -- you can see working around the neighborhood, the alternate is 270. megan mcgrath is there on the scene. how is it looking on the ground? >> well, it's a mess no. question about it. if you take a look behind me here, you can see the car here that is actually right on its side. it snapped a utility pole and you can see all of the wires that are down. you have one broken pole there. another one further down the line which is compromised in some way. at least two of the utility poles have to be replaced. all lanes of frederick avenue are closed. major, major road for a lot of people in the morning. this is going to be an issue that will be with us for several hours. back to you. >> megan mcgrath, thank you. we're going to be checking back in with megan and melissa throughout

let's talk to sheena about the forecast. >> the good news, as much of a mess the traffic is, the weather is good. >> we had the rain late last night. it missed the tree lighting, which is good. just barely. this morning, it's going to miss your morning commute because it's gone. it is pretty windy outside in some spots. look at this. it doesn't feel colder than the actual temperature. always like to see that. not much of a windchill factor. it is 50 degrees and clear outside in gaithersburg, though, it's 37. frederick is 36. lorton, 48 degrees. 42 dulles. for today, though, we'll get around the mid-50s. tonight, if you head out for your friday evening, we drop back into the 30s. closer look at that coming up in a bit. it's usually part of their job, writing prescriptions. one local doctor could spend the rest of his life in jail for doing that. he's helped some of the hooters waitresses get ahold of a dru

as an ancestral right. police say they were caught. mark your calendar. what we're learning about a possible wedding day for prince harry and meghan markle. we'll stay on top of that breaking news this morning. a complete shutdown of north frederick avenue at chestnut street in gaithersburg. live pictures from chopper 4. another look at how we get around this mess whenwe check ba

a bizarre crash in charles county had a woman clinging to the hood of a car. maryland state police say a woman's car was sideswiped on wednesday night along 301 in waldorf when the woman left to take pictures of the damage, police say the other driver tried to run her over. see jumped on the hood of his car to avoid getting hit. he just kept driving. 27-year-old andrew -- is now facing multiple charges. the woman is okay. wow. >> weird. >> very odd. a local doctor is being charged with 66 counts of writing unauthorized prescriptions. >> dr. william s. vaughn iii faces life in prison. fbi agents arrested vaughn and found he prescribed thousands of adderall pills for nonmedical purposes. four of his

waitresses at hooters restaurants. his license was suspended in 2005 after being accused of writing prescriptions to a person that doesn't exist. it's 4:43. if you're just getting ready to head out the door, don't forget your sunglasses. the sun may not be up but we'll need them, sheena? >> you will. it's finally friday. it's breezy and chilly outside as we go through the day. you will notice cooler temperatures. into the weekend, we'll get colder. we'll let you know the forecast coming up. time is ticking for lawmakers to avoid a government shutdown. what congress must do by one week from today in order to keep the lights on. breaking news right now in gaithersburg where north frederick avenue is shut down after a car slammed into a pole. take a live look right now at the damage. look at that. that car just -- the pole into the pole with the wires down, this is at chestnut street in

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we have breaking news in gaithersburg. an accident causing traffic problems this morning. megan mcgrath live near frederick avenue and chestnut street. megan? >> reporter: yeah. big problems this morning. you can see the cause behind me here. an suv has taken out a utility pole right here on north frederick avenue. all of the power lines are down. it's affecting both sides of the street. north frederick avenue closed in both directions in the area of chestnut street. crews are on the scene. you can see the pepco folks taking a look there. they haven't begun the work of making the repairs. this is going to be something that

hours. certainly, a busy road and this is going to impact rush hour. people will want to think about what they're going to do if you normally take this route to work. think about something else before you get up on it. they are going to turn you around and a lot of weaving through neighborhoods and that sort of thing in terms of a detail here. a major problem here in the gaithersburg area. we've got this ongoing situation with the power line. once i get that out of the way, they still have to deal with the car here. this is something that will be with us for a while. back to you. >> weird to see that busy road with no cars on it with this live picture. megan mcgrath for us live. 4:47ment we're one week away from a government shutdown. the government will run out of money to pay its bills until congress passes a spending bill. the "washington post" reports that president trump told at least two confidants, he thinks a shutdown could be

politically. >> the confidants said they would blame any shutdown on democrats. they plan to introduce a bill to keep the government open through the 22nd. before congress tackles the shutdown issue, they're centered on tax reform. they're working on it to vote on it this morning. >> they delayed voting when they couldn't agree on the so-called fiscal trigger. edward lawrence is on the hill. help people understand this fiscal trigger and why it's a big sticking point here. >> for some republicans it's the deficit and how much it would add to the deficit. the trigger would be language inside the bill that would sort of roll back the tax cuts to increase taxes if the economic development didn't happen the way the administration wanted it to. late last night, the partic parliamentarian said language like that doesn't fall in line with rules of the senate. they couldn't do that. that made the bill fall apart. today they're goingto

try to sway those at least four senators. >> edward, on a different topic. rex tillerson -- he's planning to fire his secretary of state now. >> eun, senior administration officials are saying quietly that there is a plan. they tried to find a plan to replace rex tiller son. the plan is sort of there. the way it would go is that the cia director, mike pompeo would -- tom cotton the senator would slide into cia director. the president has been at odds with his secretary of state about some weak stances the president believes the secretary of state is taking in terms of negotiations. specifically north korea. also a lot of vacancies that haven't been filled within the state department. edward lawrence live on capitol hill for us. thank you. >> 4:49 now. only on 4, you're taking a look at video from inside gaithersburg high school here. it's enough to make any parent nervous.

each other, pulling each other's hair wrestling on the ground here too. a source tells us that the violence has gotten out of control there and staff members are worried about their safety. montgomery county public schools says steps are being taken to curb the fighting. >> we can't just stop at discipline. it's not going to solve the problem. what we do is try to change the culture by welcoming students back by providing a way for them to be part of the community in a safe way. >> the school spokesman tells news 4 that the principal is meeting teachers and staff to put the plan into action immediately. it is 4:50. a new -- against carlos bell. our news partners report his attorneys are asking for more time to prepare his defense. bell faces 206 charges for the alleged sexual abuse of 42 children at benjamin stoddard middle school. the schedule, january 8th trial date mat

time to prepare given the long list of charges. this morning, detectives are still looking for answers about human remains found in the woods. the remains of 19-year-old harry ryan detwiler were discovered in a shallow grave off georgia avenue in brookville. detwiler's family reported him missing. they're awaiting results of the autopsy. a deadly attack in the middle east. >> chris lawrence is following developments from the live desk. chris, what's going on? >> eun, aaron, the breaking news is out of pakistan where taliban militants stormed a college campus. nine people have been killed, 35 others hurt in peshawar province. the gunmen disguised themselves by wearing burqas worn by many women. they made their way on the campus, shot a guard and started shooting at some of the students. about two hours into the attack, army troops were finally able to kill two of the attackers. we're still working to learn exactly how many militants were involved in in attack

>> chris, thank you. today we're expecting to get a report from charlottesville on the response to the white nationalist rally back in august. you may remember this video, a group helped a rally that led to violent clashes between protesters and counter protesters and turned deadly. charlottesville police were criticized for their response. the police chief said they had a plan in place for the demonstration, but due to the violence, officers had to alter those plans. you might remember this couple that was caught on camera claiming they owned a mansion. it looks like they are in more trouble with the police. antonio caldwell and mia waddell never showed up to court yesterday. police say they went looking for them and found them trespassing in another home. this time on lanier place in adams morgan. they're moorish nationalists and have sovereign rights to the property they said. the homeowner from the first

>> i'm terrified they could come back here. they're very scary people. >> that was the interview the original homeowner did with our mark segraves. they've been arrested again and will now be facing new charges. back to the breaking news in gaithersburg. road closure that could impact your commute today. >> melissa, this is a big problem. >> this is a big problem for a lot of folks. this is north frederick avenue at chestnut street. this looks like a mangled mess and it is. it is an suv on its side here taking out a pole. we have wires down. you can see the crews there on the scene trying to get the right quickly. this is close to gaithersburg high school. just a little north of there. the problem is working through the neighborhoods is not easy. and your at nat is 270 this morning, i hate to say it. all lanes blocked until 8:30 a.m. guys? >> melissa, thanks. chuck bell, all that nice weather is coming to an end. >> but not today.

you just wait. today is the beginning of meteorological winter. welcome to winter. >> yea. >> you made it. the winter solstice is a few more weeks away. meteorological winter is december, january and february. welcome to winter. had a little rain go through last evening. it is now long gone. we'll be left with sunshine for your friday. a nice day coming. 49 degrees right now. that's really not all that cold by pre-dawn standards here on the 1st of december. it's a relatively mild start all over. that northwesterly wind will prevent a warmup. your jeans and sunglasses. daily grade for today. nothing wrong with today. b-plus weather. high near 55. that's not warmer from where we are now. however common, the cold air is coming. here's your ten-day forecast. nothing to worry about through the weekend. today, sunny, 55. 52 tomorrow. couple of clouds, no rain. sunday dry

no problems between now and tuesday. tuesday afternoon the rain moves in. it will be briefly very mild ahead of a big drop in temperatures. highs will be barely making 40 degrees. may be a chance for snowflakes next friday. >> chuck, thank you. just days after learning about their engagement, we may know the exact date of prince harry and meghan markle's wedding. >> let you know when the wedding bells are expected

mark your calendars for memorial day weekend 2018. that is when tmz is reporting the royal wedding will happen. they're reporting the ceremony will be saturday, may 26th giving guests a schans to recover from prince harry and meghan markle's wedding celebration. that monday is a holiday here in both the u.s. and the uk. a long weekend, you can go across the pond. make a trip out of it. you don't work memorial day. >> would you -- if they send me to the royal wedding, i would have an excuse to wear a big fat hat. >> your holiday plans may have just been saved. >> american airlines says it has found pilots for most of the late december flights.

earlier this week, we told you americans didn't have enough pilots. there was software that let the pilots take off even though no other pilot was available. about 16,000 flights needed captains. the airline says that number is down to a few hundred. >> general motors is getting ready to take on uber, lyft and other ride sharing companies. they plan to launch its own self-driving ride sharing service by 2019. it's already operating self-driving chevy bolt vehicles in san francisco as part of this test. the initial cost is expected to be roughly $1.50 per mile. that's $.40 less than the cost of existing services. you know why. because if they're self-driving cars, you don't have to pay drivers. >> are you getting into this car? >> not yet. "news4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. stay with us. we begin with breaking

that breaking news, a first 4 traffic alert. take a live look at the scene right now. live electrical wires shutting down a montgomery county road. we have team coverage from above. on the ground and your alternate routes. >> another east coast earthquake. new video of the quake that shook millions along the eastern seaboard. the team dallas has beaten the most. washington, they beat for the 70th time in franchise history. >> wow. way to rub it in. >> who is that announcer. >> clobbered by the cowboys. >> the 'skins lose a rivalry matchup in primetime. what it means for the rest of our season. guess what? it's not good. >> no. we didn't need those fun facts either. good morning everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i am eun yang. welcome to december. all right. we want to get to the breaking news, though, that you should know about as you wake up on this friday. chopper 4 is