6:00 on the dot on this sunday morning. thank you so much for waking up with us, if you are awake. it's time to get there. >> wake up! >> good morning. i'm adam tuss. >> good morning. i'm meagan fitzgerald in for angie goff. if you have been outside, a little chilly out there. >> a little bit, but i think it's not going to be too bad. let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist lauryn ricketts for the forecast. what have you got? >> not too bad today. some interesting things happening on the radar at this point, so i want to show you that. let's go to our maps and show you what's going on outside. it's a beautiful view, of course, the sun coming up a little over an hour from now, but we've got the cloud cover in place

yeah, this is happening right now. i had to check my radar when i came in because i wasn't feeling any sprinkles when i came in. the reason why, we are seeing a little disturbance pass over us, so the radar, storm team 4 radar picking it up in the upper levels of the atmosphere, but we are so dry at the surface, this is evaporating before it hits the ground. so you pull out your nbc washington app, looking at this, you're like, oh, i need an umbrella. well, you're only encountering a few sprinkles. everybody pretty much seeing just cloudy skies at the observation point and again, a few sprinkles possible. temperatures in the low 40s right now. we'll move into the low 50s by noon but clearing by this afternoon. we've got a warming trend before we cool down. that's coming up in a little bit. >> radar playing tricks on us this morning. all right, thanks, lauryn. well, there is debate over whether the recently passed senate tax reform bill will add to the country's debt problems. it's been projected that it could add at least $1 trillion to the national debt. >> but now senate majority

disputing projections that things would get worse. in fact, he says it will help families. >> the fact of the matter is, the average family of four would get about $2,200 a year in tax relief, and that's pretty darn important to them. >> mcconnell also predicted that the house and senate can iron out their differences to get the measure to the president before christmas. and now to local reaction on the tax reform bill that could impact you. news4's amy cho has more from capitol hill with exclusive reaction from d.c. mayor muriel bowser. >> reporter: mayor bowser gave news4 a rare late-night interview. she wants to make it clear, she feels this tax code was rushed. she says she didn't have time to read through it. in a tweet, she said "this makes me sick." this was in response to another tweet calling the tax code a radical change that got zero votes from d.c. senators. mayor bowser tells us she's worried the tax code could

district. >> well, we're very concerned, obviously, about a bill that was rushed through the senate and with, it appears that many senators didn't even know what they were voting on. but we're most concerned about what appears to be a tax increase on middle and low-income families in the transfer to very wealthy families. >> reporter: now, across the aisle, republican leaders are saying the tax breaks for businesses should help make the u.s. more competitive internationally. they're also saying it should help to raise wages. now, scott taylor, a republican representative from the virginia beach area, tweeted his support for the bill earlier, saying "i can relate. i feel your pain. i see you." this was in response to concerns about the effect of the tax code on middle and low-income families. at the capitol, amy cho, news4. >> and for better or worse, just about everyone is going to be affected by the tax changes that are under way here. nbc's morgan

at the fine print of the legislation. >> reporter: a busy saturday for store owner janet moses. on her mind, how washington's tax bill could impact the way she runs her home decor store. >> it definitely would make a difference in the bottom line. >> reporter: for starters, small businesses are getting breaks under both bills. the senate bill would allow small business owners to deduct 23% of their income, and the house bill would tax at a 25% rate. another hot-button topic, education. what would this new tax plan mean for millions of american students? the senate is leaving tuition waivers alone, but the house plans to end waivers and tax breaks for grad students. >> well, it's going to make it a lot harder. >> reporter: the house bill would get rid of a $2,500 deduction on student loan interest along with almost $10,000 in tax credits and deductions. the senate leaves it alone. how does this new tax plan affect you? >> so, right now i make around

$37,000. my tax burden is $3,000. this would triple it to over $11,000, putting me below the minimum wage. >> reporter: and when it comes to your home, homeowners can write off the first $1 million of mortgage interest. but while the senate bill leaves that alone, the house republicans' plan would slice it in half, capping it at $500,000 on new mortgages. here in san jose, the median home price is over $1 million, forcing homeowners to make some tough choices. >> trying to save for college, maybe trying to save for retirement, a few thousand dollars a year would have a pretty significant impact on the family. >> reporter: right now more questions than answers for a tax bill that will affect everyone's bottom line. morgan radford, nbc news, new york. well, the autopsy results are in in the ashanti billie murder case, but there are still so many unanswered questions surrounding the death of the prince george's county resident. the report shows that billie's body was found decomposed and that she died of undetermined trauma.

in september when she didn't show up for work at a navy base in norfolk. her body was found days later in north carolina. this guy you're looking at here was a homeless navy veteran. he's charged with her murder. and get ready to wrap up a mild weekend with a cold blast in a few days! lauryn is back in just a minute to talk about how low these temps are going to go. and let's fire up the e-zpass. tolls on i-66 are almost here, as in tomorrow morning. we'll let you knowhat you wne

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between 3:00 and 7:00 in the afternoon. now, if you drive alone, you'll pay a toll using your e-zpass there, and if there are at least two people in the car, the tolls are free, that is, if you have e-zpass select. anyone can drive in these lanes during off-peak hours and on weekends. you got all that? >> yeah, got it. >> changing conditions to one of our busiest roads around here. well, 2017's first visible supermoon is tonight. now, a supermoon occurs, with me being a meteorologist -- >> yeah. >> when the moon is at its closest point to the earth, so it looks much larger and brighter. >> i don't know what happened last night, but it was beautiful. >> it was gorgeous. >> i don't know if it was a supermoon. nasa says the best time to see the supermoon coming will be 3:45 tomorrow morning, but the moon will still appear larger at night as we go into sunset. >> very cool. >> but lauryn, was that a supermoon that we saw yesterday? what was it? it was beautiful! it was nice and bright and i loved it. >> no, suoo

be closest to the earth. >> okay. >> so that's going to be the supermoon for tonight. now, we still had a partially full moon last night. i have to actually look to see if that was actually a full moon last night. i don't believe it was. i think tonight is the 100% full moon, but those are things i'll have to look at. more of an astronomy question than a meteorology question, but thank goodness i read stuff from greg, our sky guy, so we'll have to see what he says because i know he sent me some e-mails about it yesterday. but let's talk about what's going on today back around here. plus, i want to let you know whether it's going to be clear enough to actually see the moon as we head into tomorrow. so, right now we're seeing some clouds out there. the radar's a little deceiving because we've got some morning sprinkles, but it looks like we've got a lot of rain on that radar. we're clearing as we continue through the day today. we'll get some sunshine out there and then we do have some rain on tuesday, perhaps some snow showers, the first of the season, as we go into t

this next workweek. look at this radar right now. you can see the rain trying to make its way down. what's happening is, it's evaporating before it hits the surface. so again, we are seeing this rain in the upper levels of the atmosphere, and then once you get down to the surface, only a few sprinkles. a little disturbance passing through our area right now. so again, we'll keep a chance for some sprinkles. it's just too dry to get any accumulating rain. current temperatures out there right now in the 30s and low 40s, just a touch warmer than it was yesterday. those temperatures are warming into the 50s by the time we head into the lunch hour. i do believe we're going to be a few degrees warmer than yesterday. yesterday we made it to 53. today i do believe we'll be in the mid-50s, again, clearing by this afternoon. so this afternoon we'll have some sunshine. you're going to need those sunglasses. and tomorrow we're going to be about the same pace. temperatures are going to be in the mid-50s. we'll have a few more clouds around tomorrow but no rain. we're going to be seasonable, we're going to be quiet through the day tomorrow. so, here's that little disturbance passing by this morning. look at that. the clouds clear right on out as we go into the afternoon.

and then tomorrow, we have a frontal system approaching by tuesday so more clouds move in as we get into tuesday and then rain moving in for the second part of tuesday. so we will have some rain showers tuesday afternoon through tuesday evening. looks like all rain because temperatures on tuesday are, in fact, going to be 60 degrees. so we're in this warm pattern on tuesday, but then after that frontal system passes through, then we start to see some really cold air move into our area. in fact, wednesday, temperatures will drop. thursday and friday, those temperatures fairly cool. and we've got another little system that we're watching friday into saturday. that system actually could bring us our first snow showers of the season. it's an area of low pressure rolling up the coast. models keep flip-flopping on this. so that's going to be something we have to watch friday into saturday of next week. until then, we do have that 70% chance of rain for the second part of the day on tuesday. and then by wednesday, again, em

much of the day spent in the 40s, but i do believe at midnight we'll hit our daytime high, which will likely be in the 50s. and we're in the 50s today, so not bad. >> all right. looks like a great sunday. thank you, lauryn. "reporter's notebook" is up next. >> we're back in 15 minutes with more of the top stories. i'm pat lawson muse. sham, rocks high and an investigation after npr revealed faculty altered grades and attendance records to help students graduate. last year the graduation rate was 57%. that rate jumped to 100% this year. half the 164 graduates missed more than three months of school. teachers claim the lowest grade they were allowed to give a student was 50%, even though some students could barely read or write. mark segraves and scott mcfarland are joining me this morning. mark, this is a disturbing story on so many levels. all 164 got diplomas.

for the first time, every student that applied and then accepted into college. >> that's right. >> i don't understand any of this. explain what happened. >> right. so, in the wmu article and the reporter did a deep dive this for weeks, but what they did was they found that there were students who missed, as you said, as much as three months of classes. now, in d.c. public schools, if you miss ten days, by law you're supposed to be referred to the court system. if you miss 30 days of a class, you fail that class. they ignored this. the chancellor said to wmu, well, you know what, people learn in different ways, and if they've mastered the subject, that's what matters. they have a lot of trauma in their lives at home, and so maybe they can't get to class. but then there were other issues where teachers said that they felt pressured to give passing grades to failing students who either could not read or write, and they said the minimum grade they were allowed to give a student on any project or test was 50%. there were also allegations that students were

their required 100 hours of community service. so, all of this together, you know, has just thrown an absolute cloud on what was hailed last year as this unbelievably great achievement by this school in southeast washington. >> yeah, the school was celebrating in january all of the seniors graduating and going to college, being accepted into college. >> and there's a big difference. >> yes. >> and this is also pointed out, is that teachers allege that students were taken out of class by administrators and compelled to sign and fill out an application to the university of the district of columbia and that more than 150 students did so, but only 16 of those students actually ended up going to udc this year. >> and udc must accept them, right? if i'm not mistaken, there is a requirement udc accept any graduate of d.c. public schools who apply. >> so again, on paper, it looked like a great accomplishment, but now we have all these

have been fired because they were rated as low-performing teachers, but this is, again, what the teachers allege, is that the administration, which has internally, the principal and the administration inside that school's responsible 100% for those evaluations. >> teachers blew the whistle. >> that's correct, teachers and students. that's correct. >> okay, and what is the school system, what is the city, what is the mayor going to do? >> mayor bowser and chancellor wilson have a joint press conference where they express concern, but i wouldn't say outrage. they said they're going to have an internal review. and the mayor said the review would be citywide to see if this might be happening at other schools, but the principal remains in place. nobody has been disciplined. nobody's been taken out of their job. and it's important to note another factor in this. in d.c. public schools, teachers are able to bonus based on the performance of their students. and if you are in a low-performing school, which ballou traditionally was, you ha t

bonusing in a school that goes from 57% graduation to 100% graduation -- >> in single school year. >> in a single school year. that year, 15 teachers received bonuses between $20,000 and $25,000. >> and scott, the question is how something like this could happen. and here's my question for you. schools and teachers across the nation are under pressure to perform. there are standardized tests, evaluations, and financial incentives. >> yep. >> is all of that to blame? >> well to broaden this out, outside the district of columbia, for anybody watching from virginia and maryland, i challenge you, go find a teacher and ask if he or she is pleased with how they are required to issue grades. grading is regularly changing in almost every jurisdiction in our area. it's a moving thing. it's not static. and these challenges come up. should we be passing this student? has this student really shown proficiency, or am i being required to move them along? this is not just a d.c. battle. this is a profound example of an s

>> and so where do we go now? >> well, mayor bowser said her report would be done within 45 days. school board members are calling for an independent audit. they don't believe that this should be something that the school system should look at itself. d.c. council is going to hold hearings in mid-december on this issue. so, this is not going away. this is something we're going to be following for quite some time. >> in prince george's county, an independent audit, or the state department of education in maryland had an independent audit in prince george's this fall where there were concerns about grades. independent audit a lot of people think is a best practice. post election issues in the state of virginia. concerns about vote hacking and concerns and questions about recounts in at least two house races. election day is long over, but the issues do persist. the elections commissioner has been questioned by congress about his decision to ditch touch screen machines just weeks before the election. scott, voters used paper ballots in place of touch screens. what happened in in

prompted the removal of the touch screen? >> virginia became the latest state to go back to an older fashion system, a paper ballot system. maryland did it in 2014 because the machines weren't working quite right. virginia did in september, about eight weeks before the election, because they were concerned there was a legitimate threat that electronic machines could be hacked from the outside. they thought the risk was significant enough, and they had warnings not only internally, but from the u.s. department of homeland security, that the risk was significant enough that they had to scramble. they had eight weeks to change systems in so many jurisdictions which were planning on using electronic machines to get paper ballots up and running. they did so. they felt very confident about that decision. the head of virginia's department of elections told the u.s. house oversight committee it was the right thing to do. i just wonder if it's going to happen in more states with elections next year. >> there have been questions about touch screens for some time and many places have eliminated them. >> there's worry about possible intrusion. they have these hacker conventions, these hacker conferences where they show off what they can hack, and i believe at the most recent

hacker conference of record -- if that's possible -- they demonstrated a virginia machine could be hacked from the outside. so these are legitimate concerns, and everybody involved thinks this was the right thing to do. and fortunately for virginians there weren't a lot of complaints, more than just anecdotal, that there were any problems using the paper ballots. meanwhile, mark, democrats are requesting recounts in northern virginia's 40th district in the house race there, where the republican leads by 106 votes. and in newport news, the republican leads in a house race by roughly ten votes. what's at stake here? we're talking about the balance of power. >> the balance of power, right. and it didn't take hackers to upset virginia elections. it was able to happen just by the natural process. as you said, these are very close races -- >> and there's a lot of nail-biting going on. >> that's right. so, the balance of power as it stands today is 51-49. so just one of these flips, and one of them, as you pointed, is ten votes, now it's split

if they both go democrat, then the whole balance of power shifts. so you're seeing this recount that the democrats asked for, i think thursday was the deadline -- they asked for it wednesday night. so now they're going to go back and recount and hope that drk democrats will hope that they can shift at least in the district where it's ten votes, that they can pick up those needed votes and shift the balance of power. regardless of how those two go, i think we know virginia is going to be a different state just because losing 15 seats -- republicans lost 15 seats -- no matter what happens in these recounts. and then the demographics, not just the political party shift, the demographics shift there, it's going to be a new day in virginia. >> all right. got to take a break. we'll be right back. stay with us.

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christmas, a christmas ad. the archdiocese of washington has filed, too, because metro is rejecting the church's request to buy ads for a new campaign. it isn't the first ad controversy involving metro buses and stations. it's also not the first time metro has been sued over its advertising policy. mark and scott, the archdiocese says the ad in question is more about helping people than promoting religion. so, what's metro saying? >> well, metro says that their policies are very clear, and they prohibit religious advertising, political advertising, really, anything that is controversial, and tobacco advertising. they changed these guidelines about two years ago, as you said, after there were other controversies about ads that they did accept that people started complaining about. and you'll remember the right-wing commentator who had an ad for his book that actually made it into metro station. they ended up taking that back down. he joined with the aclu, people for the

animals, and a pro-abortion group, who all wanted ads on metro stations who were all refused. they sued earlier this year they filed a lawsuit. so now along comes the archdiocese of washington, who in the past has advertised on metro this time of year, not in the past recent years, but they wanted to again this year, and this time metro has this policy that said they rejected the ad. >> scott, is it the war on christmas? >> well, what it is specifically is a federal lawsuit in the u.s. district court for the district of columbia, and it has all the hallmarks of a type of case and type of dispute that goes all the way to the supreme court. it's a battle between speech and religion in a fundamental way, and the supreme court has shown a proclivity to take those cases lately. so you're on a track in that direction. doesn't mean you're going to get there, but whatever the ruling in the civil suit is likely to be appealed and when it's appealed, it runs all the way up the ladder, potentially to the supreme court. sprucing up 1600 pennsylvania avenue.

job. in a report seen only on news4, we got a glimpse of what it takes to maintain the white house and some of the problems plaguing the compound. scott, you obtained federal records that detail the scope of the job of maintaining the first family's home. so, what are some of the things that stood out to you? >> a few things, and it's fundamental, i guess, baseline. the white house is an old building. it needs a lot of maintenance. and though it's a worldwide attraction and a national landmark, it is truly local d.c. it's the local plumbers, local painters, local contractors, local exterminators who are doing the work to keep up the building. we went through about 275 pages of work orders for repairs at the white house itself, that there are 275 pages for just two years of white house existence tells you how much work has to be done. we saw a lot of pest problems, from rodents in the situation room, rodents in the navy mass eatery, rodents in the chief of staff's office -- that struck us -- to the small

president requested, or somebody requested for the president a new toilet for the oval office. they requested electronics. the first lady wanted a big-screen tv. the vice president wanted a directv system with a dvr recorder. these are little things. cumulatively, the general services administration, which administers and maintains the grounds at the white house, spends about $100,000 a year keeping the white house up to code or up to par, up to the tenants' desired level of service. this is work local d.c. does, though. they have subcontracted to local vendors, sometimes economically disadvantaged vendors to give them a chance, to give them a foothold in d.c. there's a lot of work to be done, but at its most fundamental level, the white house is an old building that needs a lot of work. >> does the scope of the work vary from president to president? >> we didn't see that. we looked at all of 2016, the last year of the obama administration, and first year of the trump administration, 2017, and saw a pretty symmetrical set of things, symmetrical levels of work, volumes of orders. that said, there was a flurry of acty

new people were moving into west wing offices, you know. then press secretary sean spicer wanted a new desk. the national security adviser, h.r. mcmaster, wanted to hire, and i believe did hire, an interior decorator to redesign the look and feel of his national security office. so when the new tenants come in, they do want to shake things up. >> i have to ask, are there any $640 toilets? >> we're checking on the cost of those items. i haven't gotten that yet, but i've had a couple editors ask about checking on the cost of toilets. first time in my career i've been asked to check on the cost of toilets. finally, the trial has started for those 200 people or so -- >> j-20. >> -- accused of rioting on inauguration day. what's at stake here? >> well, a lot for these people who face serious jail time. and as you said, more than 200 were arrested. they're doing the trials, just started. they're doing them in groups of five or six. so, the first six defendants are on trial. it includes one defendant who says he was a journalist, another who says she was there as a nu

these people actually did any of the damage, but because they were dressed in black, they hid their faces and they marched with this crowd, prosecutors say they're guilty of rioting just as if they had set fire to that limousine. >> okay. we're going to keep an eye on that. scott and mark, thank you. and thank you. that's "reporter's notebook." i'm pat lawson muse. "news4 today" continues. good morning, everyone! thank you for joining us. i'm meagan fitzgerald. >> just chillin' as "the reporter's notebook" plays. i'm adam tuss. thank you for starting your day with us. you know who else is chillin' is meteorologist lauryn ricketts. we're talking about some big moon nonsense that's about to happen, too. >> mm-hmm. >> we are. we are. and i just read all about it, so we're good. i've got it all up here. i made a graphic, so there's a little tease for you coming up in about 15 minutes. we'll talk about the supermoon, the only o

you know whether it's clear enough to see tonight. but let's talk about what we're seeing right now. we're seeing a lot of clouds. we're seeing some rain showers as well. take a look at the radar. yeah, it looks like it's pouring out there. the thing is, the radar's a little deceiving, mainly because we are so dry on the surface that even though this disturbance is passing through the area and the storm team 4 radar is putting out this picture, all this rain is evaporating before it even hits the ground. so again, you are looking at the radar. looks like we're seeing some rain out there. that's just not the case. maybe a few sprinkles, but that's about it. that's all this is going to amount to as we continue through i'd say the next two hours or so. 42 is our temperature right now. we may drop a little bit by 7:00. but we're headed into the 50s today. we'll let you know how warm it's going to get today, because a big warm-up before a big cooldown and maybe even some snow showers. we'll talk about that and the supermoon coming up. >> you have a very interesting forecast this morning, lauryn. thank you very much. house republicans have unveiled their plan to keep the government open through friday,

that stalled last week. major sticking points include money for the border wall, and democrats say that they won't vote for any legislation that doesn't protect d.r.e.a.m. act recipients. meanwhile, president trump's comments on twitter about his former national security adviser are getting scrutinized this morning. the president suggested for the first time that he knew michael flynn lied to the fbi and that the time that he was fired. initially, the president said he let flynn go for lying to the vice president. when asked for a comment yesterday, white house counsel john dowd told nbc news that president trump's tweet simply paraphrased what ty cobb had said on friday. and you can find out much more about the michael flynn saga this morning coming up on "meet the press." former trump campaign manager corey lewandowski will be on, also senator susan collins and dianne feinstein, just a few of the panelists. "meet the press" starts at 10:30 right here on nbc 4, and chuck todd's going to join us here in the studio with a preview in just a few minutes. stick around for that. we are learning more about the murders of a woman

police say 55-year-old valerie regina coleman shot to death yesterday at a home on 16th street southeast right near minnesota avenue. and late yesterday, the capitol area regional refuge -- fugitive, rather, task force, arrested 37-year-old kevin lamont. lamont is now being charged with second-degree murder. and police found the body of luis bonilla, stabbed to death in alexandria late last night. the body was found in a wooded area on fairchild drive in the mt. vernon district. investigators still don't know how long bonilla's body was there before they were able to find him. police used a helicopter and canines to try and track down a suspect, but no word on a possible motive or a description for the suspect. time right now is 6:32. a major emergency on the basketball court after a player from south carolina state collapses during a game.

details. >> reporter: a terrifying moment. as one of south carolina state's basketball players, solomon, collapses on the sideline. >> there has been a major medical issue in front of the south carolina state bench. >> reporter: he's unconscious as a trainer and emergency responders rush to his side, performing cpr. >> there is tremendous concern for the young man who is on the floor there. >> reporter: fans fell silent as players huddled and coaches kneeled and prayed. >> it's a sport, entertainment at the end of the day, you know, but friends and family, that always comes first. and moments like these just give you a quick refresher and put things into perspective for you as well. >> reporter: solomon was carried off on a stretcher. south carolina state players left the court, visibly distraught but voted to return and resume play, welcomed back with a standing ovation. their teammate

maya rodriguez, nbc news. well, troubling news for a mom whose daughter went missing. yesterday divers in north carolina found remains in a creek. fbi investigators believe they belong to 3-year-old mariah woods. the little girl disappeared almost a week ago. her mother's live-in boyfriend has now been charged with concealing the death and obstruction of justice. no word yet on how that girl died. and a florida teen has been found safe in new york and reunited with her family. police arrested 27-year-old ryan rodriguez yesterday after a trooper spotted his car and pulled him over. 17-year-old kaitlin socina was with him. she had been missing since sunday. troopers say rocina doesn't appear to have any injuries. and holiday season, which can bring joy, but it can also bring sadness for a lot of folks. d.c. police know how difficult it can be for friends and family of homicide victims, so they decided to do something about it.

us about a gathering that started ten years ago to help ease the pain. >> reporter: it's probably the saddest holiday gathering you'll find, one to which no one wants to be invited, yet they come. >> it's important to me for kenyetta and how she was so suddenly taken. >> reporter: each ornament placed on this tree represents a life lost to violence. the loved ones left behind are victims, too. the emptiness never leaves them. and during this season of joy, they bear the weight of sorrow. >> i didn't know it was going to be this hard on me. it's enter going to get easy, no matter what i do. >> reporter: the lights are lowered and the sad toll is read, names and pictures displayed. you can't help but be struck at how many young faces appear there in the darkness. >> my son was only 19. they shot him ten times. >> reporter: but this event isn't just about reliving the pain. in a way, what's given to these survivors is the gift of information, a cold comfort. >> i bring my commanders from my homicide unit, and they're here so if family members have questions aboutei

they feel like their case isn't being treated appropriately, we can deal with that right here. >> reporter: others here offer ways to deal with it in other ways. advocates trying to stop the violence before it happens, like jackie lynch's organization called inspirational women speak. >> talking to the young people and giving them other ways of handling various decisions or situations, instead of having to go to violence. >> reporter: it's a challenge. just hours before this ceremony at d.c.'s violent crimes branch, police investigated a homicide in fairlawn, another name to be added to the toll and another ornament for the tree of remembrance, yet another family left to grieve over the holidays. derrick ward news4. >> yeah, our hearts and prayers are certainly with those families now and continuing on. all right, major changes in store for the forecast this week. we are tracking a system that could bring snowflakes, folks! details ahead. >> say what? >> say what? and winter's not quite here yet, but it's already worse than last year. talking about the flu, that

what doctors are now saying in b this year's flu season, when "news4 toda continues. y"

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so, who knew what and when? we're talking about the russians meddling in last year's presidential election and what does a new tax reform bill mean for you? >> yet another busy week in politics, as it always is around here. joining us now to break it down, moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd. let's start with the russia investigation, sir. and obviously, there's been a lot of back-and-forth, and there's actually been some misreporting about what's been happening here. i think that's interesting, because when this whole thing about michael flynn came out, it sounded a little more serious from the initial abc report than it was. >> well, there's everybody who reported the story correctly and then what abc's ryan ross did. i'm sorry, not like -- it's not fair to everybody else who got the story right here. >> right. >> one individual here. so, let's not let that sort of

conflate with what happened here. i mean, look, to me, the most startling news is what we're learning this morning in "the new york times" and more from the legal documents that were filed with the deal that mike flynn cut with robert mueller. the biggest one being, i don't know what smoking guns look like anymore in this russia investigation. >> right. >> but when you have an e-mail that's out there where you had mike flynn's deputy, k.t. mcfarland, referring to russia having thrown the election to the usa -- odd way she worded it, and her lawyers are saying she meant that that's how democrats would portray it, but here you have it there. then you have the tweet from the president yesterday who now claims he didn't write, which implied he knew mike flynn lied to the fbi when he asked james comey to lay off the investigation. so all of a sudden yesterday you were like, oh, my god, he's admitting to obstruction of justice, and she's admitting that they knew the russians -- you know, if this were a tv drama, you'd say, i guess you

ordered the code red. >> exactly. >> now, there is a lot of -- a ton of caveats here, but i think that just shows you the can of worms that's been opened up now that flynn has flipped. so, switching gears, because we could talk about that all day, obviously. >> yeah. that's like a russian novel, too, where there's 17 different angles to every aspect of the story. >> we know that the senate republicans passed their tax bill. so two questions -- what does this mean for americans? but also, we know that senator jeff flake from arizona was on the fence about it. he was a proponent for daca. daca is not in this bill. what does mean for daca? what does it mean for americans? >> well, we'll see. daca suppose -- democrats thought they cut a deal with the president, said daca would be a part of the end-of-the-year budget deal. that is still sitting out there, and that right now looks like the president may back away from that deal. question will be will democrats then say, fine, we won't help you at all with funding of the government, you do it on your own? and if that's the case, republicans might not have the

government shutdown. we'll see. jeff flake got a promise for his vote, susan collins got a promise for other things on their vote, but they were sorted pledges, not promises, you know? a pledge to, jeff flake, you'll be in the room when we discuss daca, or susan collins, we pledge that we'll talk about -- you know, we'll make sure that we talk about the idea of medicare cuts before we see these medicare cuts. so, it's -- i'm skeptical of these quick promises that are made. it's sort of like you know, i'll glad you pay you a quarter tomorrow for a hamburger today. our friend from -- >> "popeye." >> an old "popeye" reference, for those of you wondering who popeye is. >> i got it, i got it, come on, man. i know who it is. >> fair enough. >> well, there's a lot to go through there. and in terms of the tax bill, who do you see benefiting most? is it the big corporations that are going to get the big tax cut? >> look, they're the ones -- that's why the stock market is just on a tear right now. the certainty that corporate america is getting on tax rates they love, and all

look, i think the part of this plan that isn't fully being understood is just how dramatically it's going to reshape parts of american life. this is a tax bill now, our tax code is going to discourage home ownership for the middle class in many ways, certainly for younger members of the middle class, and that's a dramatic way of changing the way we think about things. it's going to punish people that live in urban areas. and so, it could sort of shift where people live. >> wow. >> it could shift where -- you know, there's sort of a lot of different ways that over time this tax code could actually change the way americans live their everyday lives. >> wow. all right, we'll have to wait and see. chuck, thanks so much for joining us. >> you got it. >> you have a busy week. tune in for "meet the press," of course. a reminder, you can see more of chuck and "meet the press" at 10:30 right here after "news4 today." thank you very much, sir! all right, time right now is 6:44. from chuck to lauryn. >> yeah, politics to weather. >> because he's busy and you're busy. >> i'm always busy. >> you have rain that's

that's really big, possible snow that's coming in. >> and the weather's done! >> and there's your forecast, folks! there it is. >> and there was an earthquake last week, too. might as well lump that in with you as well. >> in delaware, right? i was off those two days, so yeah, i looked at my e-mail, i was like, oh, there's a earthquake! >> nothing to talk about. >> no, nothing to talk about. yeah, we have some rain out there. and it's hard to tell radio that there's rain on the radio without actually seeing a picture. they're like, what is happening? so, let me break it -- >> explain this for us, please. >> let me break it down for everybody. if you're looking at the nbc app, you'll pull up your radar and there's a lot of rain over. we have a disturbance passing through the region. however, this rain is falling, but we're so dry at the surface, it's evaporating before it even hits the ground. now, that's not the case in all the areas, because i just looked at the observation. looks like some rain is falling in montgomery county, maybe a few sprinkles. if you would like to tweet me if you're looking outside and you're up and you see some rain and you're like, what is she talking about, it is raining outside my house, please, let

region is not seeing anything right now. so, let me show you what's going on. we've got some sprinkles out there this morning, maybe a light rain shower. we're warming up before we have a big cooldown coming our way. so temperatures are gradually going to go up from now until tuesday and then we cool down. look at this out there right now. it looks like a lot of rain and some heavy rain is falling, but again, we are so dry at the surface, it's falling, but it's evaporating and drying up before it actually hits the ground. but i am seeing some observations that we're seeing a little bit of rain trying to fall in montgomery county and up to frederick and then back into the eastern panhandle of west virginia, but this is going to be out of here in the next hour or so and then we'll get some rapid clearing. temperatures are in the 30s and 40s at this point, so it's a little chilly to start, but i do believe temperatures are going to be a degree or two warmer than yesterday. we are 53 here in d.c. yesterday. i think we can make it into the mid-50s for daytime highs today with sunny skies this afternoon, so a lot more sunshine than we saw yesterday. and we're going to have some

the bus stop tomorrow morning. temperatures will be in the 30s and 40s. again, we'll warm up into the mid-50s for daytime highs tomorrow. so tomorrow very similar to today in terms of temperatures, but i do believe we'll have more sunshine all throughout the day. tomorrow's just going to be a quiet day before we head into tuesday. tuesday things change. so, here's that little disturbance passing through this morning. look at that, rapid clearing as we continue through your sunday. a lot of sunshine this afternoon. we'll keep some sunshine around on monday with increasing clouds through monday afternoon. and maybe a little fog early tomorrow morning as well. do want to mention that. but look at this. by tuesday afternoon into tuesday evening we'll have some rain as a frontal system works its way through the area. temperatures on tuesday before that will be in the low 60s. but then that frontal system will pass. big pattern change coming. temperatures will fall through the day on wednesday. then by the time we enter thursday and friday, much colder conditions and we could even see some snow showers as we head into your friday and saturday. but for today, sunday services looking good. sprinkles. no

[ laughter ] what is it? >> sprinles. you've invented a new word. >> if you see those, let me know. then we're all in trouble. wash the car, no rain until tuesday, a sunny afternoon. so, we are looking at rain tuesday afternoon into early wednesday. thursday looking good. a few snow showers possible friday into saturday as well. nothing significant right now, but that's something we'll continue to watch. >> someone did just write to us on social media that it's raining in germantown. >> see, montgomery county. look at that. >> you're right on the ball, lauryn. >> thank you, who wrote that. yep. hey, do you know someone who has already gotten the flu this year? it's kind of going around here a little bit. nbc news medical correspondent dr. john torres says the flu season is earlier and more widespread than this time last year. >> reporter: at this medical center in brooklyn, employees are arming themselves against the flu. >> the more people who get the vaccine, the fewer people who get sick, the milder the flu season is for everyone. >> reporter: across the

7,000 confirmed cases so far. that's double the number this time last year. widespread in four states -- massachusetts, georgia, louisiana, and oklahoma. in california, gordon blowbaum is trying avoid a repeat of the miserable aches and pains. >> i was out three or four days. >> reporter: is that why you get the shot? >> yeah, i don't want to go through that again. >> reporter: if you are over 65, there are two vaccine options designed to boost immune response. that's important because about a month after older adults have recovered from the flu, they're still at an increased risk for heart attack or stroke. public health experts are also warning this year's virus could be a formidable foe. there are signs the vaccine against the main strain is only 10% effective, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't get vaccinated. >> there is very little down side to getting vaccinated. and if anything, that's going to be the only way to really protect yourself, especially because with the holidays, the congregation of people and

like that, that's how it so easily gets spread. >> that was dr. john torres reporting for us. all right, folks, the holiday shopping season in full swing, but if you're having trouble nailing down the hottest toy of the season, you're not alone. >> yeah, consumer reporter susan hogan has more on why it may not just be high demand, but that robots, yes, robots are making it hard to find those toys. stick with us. getting bread delivered is way easier than hiring real bakers... ...who work all night and morning to bake fresh brioche buns. you deserve a breakfast made with respect. try the new bacon, egg, and cheese on brioche. panera. food as it should be.

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spelled entirely wrong. >> and the "snl" cast members called her everything from sushi to sour cheese. "snl" will be back next week when james franco hosts the show. got to love it. laughs are the best. all right, parents, you know that feeling of dread when you can't get your hands on the hot toy of the holiday season, but did you know that it's not just high demand that's making these items scarce? susan hogan, our consumer reporter, is working for you and joins us with what's really behind the issue. >> reporter: last year, mindy mcdonald went hunting for a hatchimal a few weeks before christmas. >> there was nothing in the store, nothing online. everything was sold out. i went everywhere i could think of. >> oh, my goodness, look! >> reporter: since it was her daughter's big christmas wish, her family cracked under pressure, found one available on ebay and shelled out quite a bit of money. >> $120 for it, which i think is almost double retail, what it was going for back n.

shortage was due in part to the use of scalper bot, specifically designed to buy mass quantities of a particular item in a matter of moments. >> this is their sole purpose. they are created for speed, and you're just not going to beat that. >> reporter: once they buy up as many as they can, they turn around and sell them on the secondary market at a premium. >> sometimes two, three, four times more than what you would be paying in the store. >> reporter: scalpers have used this technology for years to snatch up tickets to concerts or sporting events. the bots act, or better online ticket sales act of 2016, tried to put an end to that practice, but the law only applies to tickets, leaving scalpers to move on things like toys or sneakers, not illegal, but frustrating for consumers like mcdonald, who places bot users on the naughty list. >> i feel like people are taking advantage of other people's, you know, places of desperation. >> reporter: so, how do you get the must-have toy without getting

consumer reports says you won't beat the bots, so try to get ahead of the trend. >> when there are preorders for things like the nintendo systems, you can get online and try your best. it also pays to shop early. get in before the hype. >> all the hype. >> all the hype. >> plenty of hype out there. "consumer reports" also recommends finding out what the actual retail price is so that you aren't gouged by a reseller. >> yeah. >> got to do your homework when it comes to these things. >> i know. we were just talking how magical this time of year is, you know, with hanukkah, then with christmas. >> yeah. >> the magic of the season, and of course, for kids waking up and seeing what santa brought you. it's always exciting. >> if you can get past some of the stress and just enjoy it. >> that's the thing, i know. >> just enjoy it, absolutely. well, christmas kicked off last night in the biblical city of bethlehem. look at this. >> ooh, wow. >> hundreds crowded manger square for the annual tree lighting. the tree is traditionally put up in front of the nativity church, which is supposed to be the birth place of jesus, according

and you may remember us telling you about the slanted christmas tree in montreal, but then there's this. >> the upside down tree, oh! >> all kinds of ways. an alabama woman decided to flip her tree upside down. kim chatman says she spent hours searching for an upside down tree after seeing one in her friend's house years ago. believe it or not, it looks like she may be on to another holiday trend. would you do it? >> i actually kind of like that. that's interesting because i've never seen that before. >> i haven't either. slanted trees, upside down trees. >> like a dr. seuss thing. >> switching it up. we've got much more ahead on "news4 today." >> incling an ud [lance] it is absolute chaos out here! ...don't know if you can hear me, can we get a shot of this cold front, right here. [vo] progress is an unstoppable force. brace yourself for the season of audi sales event.

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>> announcer: "news4 today" starts now. heading into the 7:00 hour here on this sunday morning. sun about to come up. >> oh, yeah. >> hopefully, you are waking up with us in a good and pleasant mood, had a nice saturday. thank you so much for joining us. i'm adam tuss. >> good morning to you. i am meagan fitzgerald in for angie goff. and you know, if you headed out -- if you were outside even just for a little bit to get the paper or something, it's a little chilly out there. >> yeah, and there's actually some rain moving through the area, but not in all spots. what's going on, lauryn? >> one, i've got to say, since i walked back in for the studio for my last hit, about ten minutes ago, i have been answering tweets and facebook messages. i love our viewers. thank you so much forri

was raining in ruskin or fairfax or montgomery county. i really, really appreciate it, because it gives me an idea. because let me show you what's going on right now. a lot of the observation posts aren't showing rain falling, so thank you for sending me some messages letting me know it's raining outside your house. this is the view right now. again, we're not getting a lot of rain that's hitting the ground, but in some areas we are. a lot of that rain that moved through loudoun county, into fairfax and montgomery counties, so you are seeing some light rain showers and also some sprinkles with this little disturbance moving off to the shoreline. so again, we could have a few light rain showers out there this morning, maybe a few sprinkles, i'd say for the next hour. this thing is flying by. then clearing this afternoon. a much better afternoon, sunny and warmer than yesterday. we'll talk about the temperatures and a warm-up before a big cooldown, maybe even some snow showers, coming up in a bit. >> lauryn, thank you. there is debate over whether the recently passed senate tax

reform bill will add to the country's debt problems. it's been projected it could add $1 trillion to the debt. >> now senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is disputing projections things will get worse, insisting it will help families. >> the fact of the matter is the average family of four would get about $2,200 a year in tax relief, and that's pretty darn important to them. >> mcconnell also predicted that the house and senate can iron out its differences to get the measure to the president before christmas. and now to local reaction on that tax reform bill that could impact you. news4's amy cho has more from capitol hill with exclusive reaction from d.c. mayor muriel bowser. >> reporter: mayor bowser gave news4 a rare late-night interview. she wants to make it clear, she feels this tax code was rushed. she says she didn't have time to read through it. in a tweet, she said "this makes me sick." this was in response to another tweet calling the tax code a radical change that got zero votes from d.c. senators. now, mayor

worried the tax code could affect affordable housing in the district. >> well, we're very concerned, obviously, about a bill that was rushed through the senate, and with, it appears that many senators didn't even know what they were voting on. but we're most concerned about what appears to be a tax increase on middle and low-income families and a transfer to very wealthy families. >> reporter: now, across the aisle, republican leaders are saying the tax breaks for businesses should help make the u.s. more competitive internationally. they're also saying it should help to raise wages. now, scott taylor, a republican representative from the virginia beach area, tweeted his support for the bill earlier. he said, i can relate, i feel your pain, i see you. this was in response to concerns about the effects of the tax code on middle and low-income families. at the capitol, amy cho, news4. and for better or worse, just about everybody is going to be affected by this tax change.

at the fine print of the details. >> so, you're going to do your distressing now, huh? >> reporter: a busy saturday for store owner janet moses. on her mind, how washington's tax bill could impact the way she runs her home decor store. >> it definitely would make a difference in the bottom line. >> reporter: for starters, small businesses are getting breaks under both bills. the senate bill would allow small business owners to deduct 23% of their income, and the house bill would tax at a 25% rate. another hot-button topic, education. what would this new tax plan mean for millions of american students? the senate is leaving tuition twafer alone, but the house plans to end waivers and tax breaks for grad students. >> well, it's just going to make it a lot harder. >> reporter: the house bill would also get rid of a $2,500 deduction on student loan interest along with almost $10,000 in tax credits and deductions. the senate leaves it alone. how does this new tax plan affect you? so

$37,000. my tax bill burden is $3,000. this would triple it to over $11,000, putting me below a livable wage. >> reporter: and when it comes to your home, homeowners can write off the first $1 million of mortgage interest. but while the senate bill leaves that alone, the house republicans plan would slice it in half, capping it at $500,000 on new mortgages. here in san jose, the median home price is over $1 million, forcing homeowners to make some tough choices. >> trying to save for college, maybe trying to save for retirement. a few thousand dollars a year would have a pretty significant impact on the family. >> reporter: right now more questions than answers for a tax bill that will affect everyone's bottom line. morgan radford, nbc news, new york. and the autopsy results are in in the ashanti billie murder case, but there are still so many unanswered questions surrounding the death of the prince george's county resident. the report shows that billie's body was found

that she died of undetermined trauma. billie was reported missing back in september when she didn't show up for work at a navy base in norfolk. her body was found days later in north carolina. you're looking at the suspect, a homeless navy veteran charged with her murder. that brings us to the holiday season. we know, of course, it brings a lot of joy for some folks, but it also brings sadness to others. d.c. police knows how difficult it can be for friends and family of homicide victims. so, they decided to do something about it. news4's derrick ward is telling us about a gathering that started ten years ago to help ease the pain. >> reporter: it's probably the saddest holiday gathering you'll find, one to which no one wants to be invited, yet they come. >> it's important to me for kenyetta and how she was so suddenly taken. >> reporter: each ornament placed on this tree represents a life lost to violence. the loved ones left behind are victims, too. the emptiness never leaves them. during this season of

>> i didn't know it was going to be this hard on me. it's never going to get easy, no matter what i do. >> reporter: the lights are lowered and the sad toll is read, their names and pictures displayed. you can't help but be struck at how many young faces appear there in the darkness. >> my son was only 19. they shot him ten times. >> reporter: but this remembrance event isn't just about reliving the pain. in a way, what's given to these survivors is the gift of information, a cold comfort. >> i bring my commanders from my homicide unit, and they're here so if family members have questions about their case or they feel like their case isn't being treated appropriately, we can deal with that right here. >> reporter: others here offer ways to deal with it in other ways. advocates trying to stop the violence before it happens, like jackie lynch's organization called inspirational women speak. >> talking to the young people and giving them other ways of handling various decisions or situations, instead of having to go to violence. >> reporter: it's a challenge. just hours before this ceremony at d.c.'s violent crimes branch, police investigated a homicide in

be added to the toll, yet another ornament for the tree of remembrance, yet another family left to grieve over the holidays. derrick ward news4. all righty, folks, taking a live look outside at union station. get ready for a mild weekend with a cold blast in a few days. lauryn will be back in a few seconds here, but she's also talking a little bit about snow. what? >> and it looks wet in that picture, so definitely raining outside right now. and you're going to want to fire up pt e-zpass! oh, yes, tolls on i-66 are almost here. we'll let you know what you need to know before y ou

make sure you have an e-zpass inside your car if you're going to drive along i-66 tomorrow inside the beltway. that's where tolls are going to

there. this is happening just during rush hours, eastbound between 5:30 and 9:30 in the morning and westbound between 3:00 and 7:00 in the afternoon. now, if you drive alone, you're going to pay a toll using your e-zpass. if there are at least two people in the car, the tolls are free if you have an e-zpass flex. got that? anyone can drive in these lanes during the off-peak periods or the weekends. that's when the road pretty much goes back to normal. a lot of changes happening there inside the beltway. beware of that. 2017's first visible supermoon is tonight. now, a supermoon happens when the moon is at its closest point to the earth, so it looks bigger and brighter. >> look at you popping knowledge! >> somebody wrote that for me. >> oh, yeah, yeah. >> but that's good, it sounded good. >> and what i know is that nasa says it's the best time to see it, or the best time to see it is 3:45 tomorrow morning, but the moon will still appear larger tonight at sunset. >> very cool. >> that sounds cool! >> so get out and see the moon tonight, tomorrow morning, whenever you can. should be interesting. your time now is 7:11.

later on today? we'll take a closer look at your sunday forecast in a moment. >> a little foggy out there. plus, the news4 i-team gives you a rare look at the recent repairs inside our most-famous residence, as we track how your tax dollars are being spent to ep up with the white keho

well, any rain that we're seeing is moving

right now. now as the sun just came up about three minutes ago, leaving us with a little fog close to the ground. eventually, we'll get some clearing as we head into the afternoon, but we're going to be dealing with those clouds and some fog out there early this morning. temperatures a little on the cool side. we're in the 30s and 40s right now, warming into the 50s today, maybe a degree or two warmer than we were yesterday. we'll talk about a big warm-up before a big cooldown and maybe a possibility of snow. yeah, we've got it in the ten-day forecast, coming up in a few minutes. >> yeah! okay, lauryn. thank you very much. well, only on 4 this morning, a glimpse at what is needed to be fixed, cleaned, and moved inside the west wing when president trump took office. >> yep. federal records obtained by our scott macfarlane show a flurry of repairs and designs over the last two years, even rodent problems at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. >> reporter: using the freedom of information act, we asked the federal government for every work order, for every job they completed here at the white house, and we got hundreds of pages of work orders in

an indication of how huge a job it is to keep up all of our local federal buildings and an indication our very large government must keep track of some very small things. nearly every week in every year of every presidency, the white house needs repairs. >> these are old buildings, and any of us who have older houses know that old houses need a lot of work. >> reporter: from paint touch-ups to air conditioning fixes. the agency in charge of the work is the federal government's landlord, the general services administration, for which brian miller used to serve as inspector general. >> it's an enormous job, and gsa is assigned to manage that job. they don't do it themselves. they will hire contractors and subcontractors, and then they have to watch them. >> reporter: general services administration work orders obtained by news4 show the frequency of repairs didn't change between the final year of the obama administration and the first year of the trump presidency, but they do show a wide range of requests made just after inauguration day 2017.

for the oval office bathroom, the vice president's request for a new directv dvr system in his office. the national security adviser asked for a professional decorator for his office. the first lady sought a big-screen tv for hers. and the east wing also requested new drapery for the first lady's office to "give the overall effect of the room being taller." especially this time of year, the east wing and west wing are not only functioning government offices, but national attractions, sites of tours and ceremonies. dozens of the work orders asked for new paint or new carpet. and in one case in 2017, a new chandelier for the oval office dining room. but there are also some work orders that are less beautiful. cockroach problems in a west wing dining room, mice in the white house situation room and the dining facility known as the navy mess. federal records reviewed by news4 indicate $100,000 a year in white house repairs and maintenance. the gsa provides maintenance on 31 buildings in d.c. the white house is just one of th

know what it's doing, what it's spending money on. you want to know that the government is planning for this, that it has an inventory, and so, you don't want that inventory to be wasted. >> reporter: the work orders even include replaced light bulbs. one former federal official told us, yes, we keep track of all the light bulbs changed. it's your tax money. d nationwide, those light bulbs add up. at the white house, scott macfarlane, news4. >> rats in the white house! >> and cockroaches, that's what got me. >> cockroaches, directv. that was a great report by scott. that caught wildfire this week. he did a great job digging up all those details. >> lauryn's digging up the weather and she's got a lot of it out there. >> the rain. >> the rain caught us off guard. >> we're really dry. i look at my observations when i come in, and they're all over, you know, everybody that has an observation, every city, and i wasn't seeing any rain that's hitting the ground because the lower levels of the atmosphere are very dry, then

see rain east of the blue ridge mountains, so we're starting see some rain, but this thing is moving out pret quick. but as the sun came up, now we're seeing the fog out there. >> yeah, a lot of fog out there. >> so, again, once we had some of that rain that moved of through and actually fell, then we're starting get saturation in the atmosphere and then we have that fog out there. i expect that fog to burn off after 9:00 or 10:00, so it will be with us for a while and then we'll get sunshine by this afternoon, but not the prettiest of mornings out there. look at that. visibilities are low. rain has now moved east of the district. but again, we had a few sprinkles in places, but light, cold rain in other places. thank goodness we weren't talking about freezing rain or anything like that. road temperatures are a little too warm for that, so no issues with that, especially as the rain is moving to the east. we're clearing by this afternoon, but i don't think it's going to be until this afternoon when we get some sunshine. we could have more fog overnight, but then we're dry on monday. more rain expected on tuesday, then we're talking about the snow showers as we get into your friday and saturday. but again, here's that rain

you can see some clearing behind it coming back through winchester. some of these clouds are beginning to clear. so again, we will have decreasing clouds, decreasing folg fog once this rain heads to the east, but if you're east of i-95, you may be dealing with a few showers, some spotty sprinkles, some drizzle. but again, that disturbance is moving swiftly and it will be moving off the eastern seaboard within the next hour or so. but you can see the visibilities are down across the board. in central shenandoah valley, coming into fredericksburg, you're getting full visibility, but again, that will continue to increase, the visibility numbers will increase as we go through the morning and the fog burns off. right now 30s and 40s, so a little chilly start this morning. over the next seven hours we will make it into the mid-50s for daytime highs today. that's just a degree or two warmer than where we were yesterday. we were at 53 yesterday. we're going to make it to 55 today. there are morning sprinkles and some rain and eventually clearing. man, look at that fog out there! the good news is --oh

that's the wrong graphic. i had a graphic talking about the supermoon. we'll talk about that in main. but tomorrow, jacket and sunglasses monday morning. temperatures are going to be in the 30s and low 40s, but we are going to have plenty of sunshine tomorrow morning. clear skies overnight for that supermoon. again, the best time to view it is just going to be in the 3:00 morning hour. that will be the best time to view it, but you're going to see it anyway because it's going to be closest to the earth. the supermoon is going to be -- i think it's about 7% brighter, if i can remember these numbers off the top of my head, and about 8% wider and 16% -- there's a whole bunch of numbers i've got, but it is going to be -- [ clapping ] did you like that? i wondered if i should go with that! it will be wider and brighter mainly because of the time of year it is and just how close to the earth it will get. so you'll be able to see it overnight with clear skies. and then sunshine tomorrow, temperatures in the mid-50s. so here goes that disturbance moving through. look at the clearing we get as we continue into the afternoon. and then we're looking clear tomorrow.

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>> announcer: "news4 today" starts now. 7:30 on this sunday morning. hope you're having a good start to your day so far. thanks for joining us. i'm adam tuss. >> good morning to you. i'm meagan fitzgerald in for angie goff. it's sunday. we've get a couple more hours left in the weekend. >> a full day. >> we've got a full day. >> don't sell us short yet. >> we have a full day. it's 7:30. >> we have brunch to get through, football to get through. >> this is my second cup of coffee. it's a little dreary, though, now if you're waking up. >> some drizzle out there right now, lauryn. what's going on? >> we've got some drizzle, we've got some rain showers, we've got some sprinkles, really depending on where you are, but we do have fog that's now blanketed the d.c. area, just like that. so, let's go ahead and show you the pictures outside, if you can actually see outside. visibilities are down quite a bit. yeah, look at that fog right now. it just kind of moved in right after that rain moved out. now, that rain is east of the i-95 area. a lot of people just saw some light rain

sprinkles. some areas saw a little bit more, frederick county -- or i'm sorry, fairfax county, coming up through montgomery county. so you are getting a little bit of rain, especially east of i-95 getting ready to move into anne arundel county and just northern portions of calvert county. this is going to continue to move out of here and then we're left with that fog until that lifts out of here, and then we'll start to see some sunshine this afternoon. temperatures 30s and 40s right now, but warming up. we'll be a little warmer than yesterday. we'll talk about that and snow on the ten-day forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> lauryn, thank you. we are following breaking news right now out of new york city this morning. that's where one person has died and three others were critically injured after a driver rammed into them. now, police say this attack happened just before 5:00 this morning. there is an active search going on right now for that driver. they say there was a dispute before the man drove into the people and they do not believe this is an act of terrorism. >> all right, we'll stay on top of that story, for sure.

have unveiled their plan to keep the government open past friday. this allows for bipartisan budget talks that stalled last week. major sticking points include money for the border wall, and democrats say that they won't vote for any legislation that doesn't protect d.r.e.a.m. act recipients. meanwhile, president trump's comments on twitter about his former national security adviser are getting scrutinized. the president suggested for the first time that he knew michael flynn lied to the fbi at the time that he was fired. now, initially, the president said that he let flynn go for lying to the vice president. yesterday, white house counsel john dowd told nbc news that the president's tweet simply paraphrased what attorney ty cobb said on friday. cobb is part of the white house internal legal team that deals with issues related to the russia investigation. a lot more going on here, and you can find out more about the michael flynn saga on "meet the press." former trump campaign manager corey lewandowski will be on the show along with senator susan collins and

moderator chuck todd will join us in the studio for a preview later on this morning, but "meet the press," want to remind you, starts at 10:30 here on nbc 4. we're learning more about the murder of a woman in southeast d.c. police say 55-year-old valerie regina coleman shot to death yesterday at a home on 16th street southeast near minnesota avenue. then late yesterday, the capitol area regional fugitive task force arrested 47-year-old kevin lamont. now, lamont is being charged with second-degree murder. police found the body of luis ernesto bonilla stabbed to death in alexandria late last night. the body was found in a wooded area on fairchild drive in the mt. vernon district. investigators still don't know how long bonilla's body was there before they were able to find him. police used a helicopter and canine units to try and track down the suspects, but right now no word on a possible motive or a description for a suspect. time right now is

north carolina experiences an emergency on the basketball court after a player from south carolina state collapsed during a game. nbc's maya rodriguez has the details. >> reporter: a terrifying moment. as one of south carolina state's basketball players, tyvoris solomon, collapses on the sidelines. >> there has been a major medical issue in front of the south carolina state bench. >> reporter: he's unconscious as a trainer and emergency responders rush to his side, performing cpr. >> there is tremendous concern for the young man who is on the floor there. >> reporter: fans fell silent as players huddled and coaches kneeled and prayed. >> this is a sport, this is entertainment at the end of the day, you know. but friends and family, that always comes first. and moments like these just kind of give you a quick refresher and put things in perspective for you as well. >> reporter: solomon was carried off on a stretcher. south carolina state play

left the court, visibly distraught, but voted to return and resume play, welcomed back with a standing ovation. their teammate is recovering. maya rodriguez, nbc news. >> certainly hope for the best for him. meanwhile, troubling news from a mom whose daughter went missing. yesterday divers in north carolina found remains in a creek. fbi investigators believe they belong to 3-year-old mariah woods. that little girl disappeared almost a week ago. her mother's live-in boyfriend has now been charged with concealing a death and obstruction of justice. no word yet on how the girl died. a florida teen has been found safe in new york. police arrested 27-year-old rian rodriguez yesterday after a trooper spotted his car and pulled him over. 17-year-old caitlyn frisina was with him. she had been missing since sunday. troopers say frisina doesn't appear to be injured. well, a big honor for a young man from our area. he was just named to forbes' 30

news4's shomari stone caught up with the prince george's county native who's accomplished so much at a young age. >> reporter: she is a man on the move. >> my 20s have been fast-paced. >> reporter: as he arrives on an amtrak train from new york. >> new york is awesome. >> reporter: after appearing at the nasdaq closing bell. what was going through your mind at that moment? >> what an honor, surprised, giddy. i never thought i'd be in times square ringing that closing bell. >> reporter: the 29-year-old was invited because he made the "forbes" 30 under 30 list in the sports category. he contacted me on social media. >> i thought you would do a good job telling my story. >> reporter: dior was born and raised by his mother in prince george's county and graduated from highpoint high school and buoy state university. "forbes" honored him for his work with the nfl players association. he manages athletes off the

internships at companies and helping them to return to school to finish their education. >> i've worked with a number of guys, a lot of guys on the redskins that you may know, jamison crowder, josh doctson, a.j. francis. >> high five for daddy! yay! >> reporter: his mother is pleased. >> i'm extremely proud and happy for him because i know how hard this road has been for him. >> reporter: dior wasn't always happy. he grew up without a father. >> but it also was encouragement, using that chip on my shoulder in a positive way. >> reporter: he cares for his son, carter, and he'll teach him and others to focus on education, to stay on the right track. >> i could use this honor and this opportunity that i've been blessed with to encourage other kids. >> reporter: the "forbes" 30 under 30 edition will be sold at magazine stands and book stores? about three weeks. congratulations, dior. i'm shomari stone, news4. >> that's a great

yeah, congratulations, indeed. all right, major changes in store for the forecast this week. you're looking at a dreary start to the morning right here. we will have details ahead. >> what do you call that out there? that's just a mess. >> i know. and winter's not here yet, but it's already worse than last year when it comes to the flu. we're going to tell you what doctors are telling you about this year's flu season, when "news4 today" continues.

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adoramapix had the best quality for around 30 cents for a 4x6 print, but walmart and amazon had excellent quality for only 9 cents each. at the bottom of "consumer reports" ratings were photos from mpix. >> we found that the lower quality prints were less saturated, were less clear and a little bit muddy. >> reporter: but all photos examined were all still better and cheaper than using most home printers. "consumer reports" also looked at online editing options like auto cropping, a feature that should enhance a photo, but -- >> some photos were actually cropped so severely that they cut off people's heads. >> reporter: some good advice to follow -- review your order closely before you click "buy." >> can't have the head cut off. >> i know! that's really the worst when you get it. what is this? that was susan hogan "working for you" in that story. how big of a coat are we going to need by the end of the week? well, lauryn ricketts has the answer. she's tracking our forecast for us straight ahead. and we've all heard

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stuff out there, but this thing is flying on by. but it's still a lm little damp out there, but we are dry for the remainder of the day once this disturbance moves out of here. then some rain comes on tuesday, and that's going to signify this pattern change. we'll talk about the rain on tuesday and then a big cooldown as we head into the end of next week. that's on that ten-day forecast in four minutes. >> all right, lauryn, thank you. so, you've seen commercials for those dna tests that claim to tell you exactly where you're from. well, they are actually becoming more and more popular for holiday gifts this season, but how accurate are they? that is the question. nbc's national investigative correspondent jeff rossen is putting three popular brands head to head to see what's up. >> a simple test will tell you your ethnic origins. >> reporter: the claims are bold. >> you'll learn about your ancestry through your 23 pairs of chromosomes -- >> reporter: unlock your family history, trace your roots, all from a do-it-yourself kit that gets

to see if they work, we're trying them out using identical triplets from california, kaley, kelsey, and korey. unlike regular siblings, they share the same exact dna. we're going to test your ancestry today with three popular companies. we'll start with ancestry dna. you've probably seen the commercials on tv. 23 and me and my heritage dna. so, you're identical triplets. >> right. >> yeah. >> so, within each company, the results should be exactly the same. >> they should be. >> i think so. >> and between the companies, they should be. >> should be. >> let's see! >> let's do it. >> let's see! >> reporter: first up, ancestry dna. okay, the way this one works is you have to spit in it all the way up to the line, filled with spit. >> okay. >> reporter: they follow the directions to a "t." >> that's so gross. >> reporter: filling their test tubes with saliva and pack up the samples. next up, 23andme,

on this one, too, you have to fill it up to the fill line. they spit and spit -- >> i'm good. >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: -- and seal this one up, too. on to the last kit, my heritage dna. this test wants them to swab the inside of their cheeks. all right, directions say do it for 30 to 60 seconds, so we have a timer going. first the left cheek, then the right, sealing them up. all these samples ready to be shipped. okay, i'm going to mail these away! i'll be back for the results. >> okay, bye, jeff! >> reporter: we planned that. bye! weeks later, i head back to california with the results. are you guys ready for this? >> so ready! >> ready! >> reporter: remember, since they're identical, all of these results should come back the same. starting us off, ancestry dna. now remember, you all have different last names, so they had no way of knowing you'd be related at all. but guess what, dna match extremely high for each one of you it gave the other two names as saying you have a dna match. >> oh! >> it

>> all right! >> reporter: you want me to break it down further for you? >> yeah. >> reporter: according to ancestry dna, you're 93% european. >> okay. >> reporter: you have some scandinavia in you, some great britain britain, some iberian peninsula. >> okay. >> reporter: and 5% middle eastern. >> that's accurate. >> accurate. >> reporter: but how will the results from 23andme compare? 100% dna match for all three of you. >> whoo! >> reporter: this test also saying they're scandinavian, british and middle eastern. >> okay. another good test. >> reporter: okay. two kits down, one more to go. will myheritagedna match up with the rest? another 100% dna match! >> whoo! >> reporter: i feel like i'm a game show host! >> you win again! >> reporter: you win again! you get to be sisters. this one saying almost the same thing, they're scandinavian, english and north african. >> reporter: you've seen enough product tests on tv. are you surprised with the accuracy of these? >> yes, very surprised. makes you have confidence in pursuing your heritage after going through th

lie. >> sisters! >> sisters! >> that's cool! so, my sister did that for our family. i need to still do mine. she's like, you need to do it, because it's different, obviously, you give different dna, because we're not identical. but anyway, look, if you're curious about your background, you can buy all of these kits for under 100 bucks. animals, well, they can even do it, too! dogs and cats can be tested to see what kind of breed they actually are. >> really? >> yeah, pretty cool. >> all right. 2017 holiday boat parade! >> he looks familiar. >> i know that guy. >> yeah. >> we all know that guy. >> that's aaron gilchrist. he helped emcee last night's holiday boat parade at the wharf. dozens of boats were decked out in holiday lights as crowds packed the waterfront. i was out there. it was fun. you could hear music as they passed by the docks. there were dancing santas, there was a grinch, and even a massive monarch. yeah. so, it was pretty cool out there. >> very cool. good stuff. and over at

thousands of people were breaking a sweat in their ugly sweaters. the uglier, the better for this merry 5k run yesterday. there were carollers and a giant inflatable reindeer along the course. runners were able to pack the calories back on with some hot cocoa at the finish. love this time of year. >> i do, too. >> everyone's getting into the spirit. now that we've had thanksgiving, lauryn, now we can bring on all the christmas. >> thank you for allowing us to decorate. >> no, it's good. my tree's up. i decorated. >> did you? >> yeah, the white house, looking good. >> look at the garland and all that. >> gorgeous. >> beautiful. let's talk about this rain, because we've got some rain and fog out there right now, and that fog's going to be with us through at least the midmorning. a lot of things going on so let's go to the maps right now and show you the low visibilities outside, because they're rather low with this fog blanketing the area. now, it will lift, but i'd say about 10:00, then we'll start to see it lift and then get sunshine later this afternoon. but we had a lot of dry -- we have drying conditions close to the surface,

wasn't hitting the ground, but some areas definitely saw some cold rain showers through fairfax/montgomery county. now we're seeing it move off into anne arundel county and even into calvert county, so again, rain moving through, but it's almost out of here. we still have the fog, though. conditions will improve through the midmorning, but this fog blanketing the area early this morning. and it's chilly. temperatures are in the 30s and 40s right now. we'll eventually move into the 50s, a degree or two warmer today as we get some sunshine this afternoon. and overnight tonight, mostly clear, mid-50s for today. and again, some morning showers and sprinkles, but we are clearing. so, for your weekend outlook, not looking that bad. i did put it in yellow here for tree shopping, only because it's going to be a little damp for those areas that got some rain. now, if you're decorating, light winds, nothing to worry about, especially by this afternoon. and seeing santa, no problems whatsoever with that. thank you so much! sandy sent me this picture behind here of the supermoon. you're going to be able to see the supermoon later on tonight. so, really, what does

supermoon mean? rema really it's just talking about when the moon and full moon, which occurs near, within 90% of its closest approach to the earth, in an orbit. so again, we're going to have mostly clear skies. you're going to be able to see it. it's the only supermoon of 2017. if you don't see it today, you're going to have two times in january to see it. but due to the sun's reflection this time of year, we're actually seeing it about 7% more intense, so it's going to be 8% wider and about 16% brighter because it's going to be so close to the earth. so you're going to be able to see that. best time to see that's going to be 3:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, but you'll be able to see it pretty much all through the night. it's just going to look extra big, especially given the cleaver skies. and tomorrow morning a little chilly, 30s and 40s, some sunshine tomorrow. mid-50s once again and pretty seasonable. there goes that rain out of here. look, we get some sunshine as we go through the day today. and then we'll have some sunshine through the day tomorrow as well, but we are looking at some rain as we head into your tuesday afternoon. that signifies a pattern ch.

behind this for wednesday. in fact, temperatures will fall on wednesday as we get some cooler air from canada dropping through. so again, temperatures fall on wednesday. it will be breezy. some rain in the morning, but otherwise, maybe just snow showers friday and saturday. 've got more news owen

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and others are performances fit for the stage. stella! cause for three hundred years, great stories have started the same way. one time, in new orleans. [crowd applause] you may remember us telling you about the slanted christmas tree in montreal. well, we're switching it up today. >> i love that. >> now you've got t

down tree. >> i love it. >> yeah, this comes from a woman from alabama. her name is kim chatman, and she said that she spent hours searching everywhere for an upside down tree. she got the idea because she said she saw it at her friend's house years ago. believe it or not, it looks like chatman is on to a new holiday trend. >> yeah, the only problem is it's got to be fake, right? >> yeah. >> you could try it with a real one, but that looks pretty cool. >> because of the water. >> like a dr. seuss novel. all the whos in whoville. time right now is 7:56 on this sunday morning. here are the "4 things to know." tomorrow, first day of tolls on i-66 inside the beltway. those lanes will be operating only during rush hours. if you drive alone, you'll pay a toll using your e-zpass, and carpoolers won't have to pay. autopsy results in for the ashanti billie murder case. it shows that she died of undetermined trauma. the prince george's county native's body was found in north carolina back in september. d.c.'s mayor, muriel bowser, worried that thax

increases for at least 100,000 city residents. the house and senate still need to reconcile different versions of that bill before it heads to the president. 2017's first visible supermoon is tonight! >> ooh! >> that's super pretty. a supermoon occurs when the moon is at the closest point to earth, just like lauryn said. so it looks much larger and brighter. the moon will start to appear larger at sunset. >> very cool. a little bit of drizzle and fog this morning, lauryn. >> mainly east of i-95. the fog will clear by midmorning, sunny this afternoon, mid-50s. >> all right, th er

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