we need this rain. d.c. and prince george's county, folks, get ready, you're next. the timing of the rain where things get a little tricky. we'll tell you about that. >> of course you know what happens in this town when it rains and the sun goes down before 5:00. it's not pretty. we're work for you in the storm center and out in the storm team4 4 by 4. we have the timing and the wetness. >> you can see lauren in the storm team4 4 by 4. you can see rain in damascus, clarksburg. travel around 270, wet roads, and taking northern virginia, showing you 66 and lehigh way, not picking up any rain in this area. good news there for the evening commute. not the best news for the forecast because we're waiting for this rain to move past i-81 and it's taking its good old time. it looks like we'll see rain moving into prince george's county, anne arundel county and other parts of southern maryland by 8:00 tonight. lauren is tracking where it's

impacting drivers. with that, lauren, what are you seeing? >> well, we actually are coming up on an accident right now. we're at battle field parkway getting ready to head up into frederick county. we're trying to figure out what is going on with this accident right now. but again, some of the roads could be a little wet because we did have some rain that moved through the area. could be a little slick because as amelia was saying as you know, we haven't gotten rain for quite sometime. we also have some leaks on the roadways making secondary roads a little slick. be careful as you head on out, especially if you're doing holiday shopping. leesburg outlets, those are already packed and ready to go with the holiday shoppers. make sure you have your umbrella ready to go with you if you're headed out tonight. >> and on storm team4 radar, this is the rain we're tracking with the cold front. coming up, the big changes that brings to our area tomorrow. coming up, wendy, all that information right around 5:25. >> all right, thank you both. well, tonight from showers to the coming bst

air. you can get the power of storm team4 right on your phone. just open our nbc washington app. well, police review board is findings are not the end of the terrence sterling case. >> and now the police chief is asking for you to remain patient, folks. sterling was on his motorcycle when he was shot and killed by a d.c. police officer back in september of 2016. today we learned an internal review board found officer brian trainer violated policy and should be fired. >> news4's mark segraves just spoke to the police chief about that possibility. so, what is next in this case, mark? >> reporter: yeah, as you said, wendy, this is going to go on for sometime still. the family has been dealing with this since 2016, the loss of their son terrence sterling. and while this does bring them a lot closer to closure on this case, it's not over yet. the internal police review

killing terrence sterling was unjustified and recommended that the officer be fired. >> we're going to be transparent. we're going to share information when we can. i've asked people all along the way to be patient, wait for the outcome. if you're upset with the outcome, that's the time to voice your grievance. we're still waiting but we're getting there. >> reporter: terrence sterling was shot and killed by d.c. police officer brian trainer in september of 2016. after police had been chasing sterling on his motorcycle. police say sterling reached speeds of 100 miles per hour and tested positive for marijuana and being intoxicated. police also say trainer, who was the passenger in the police car, fired two shots at sterling after the officer's blocked sterling's motorcycle with their police cruiser. and then sterling ran into the cruiser's passenger door. sterling was not armed. some witnesses have said publ t

officer was in danger when he fired the shots. but in august, the u.s. attorney's office announced they were not going to charge the officer with any crimes. a decision that outraged sterling's family and friends. after prosecutors declined to charge the officer, mayor bowser and police chief petsaid he sho be fired. he has been on paid administrative leave since last year. >> i hope the community understands we did what we said we were going to do, be transparent and following the law and seeing it through until the end. >> reporter: a short time ago, terrence sterling's family issued this statement. we are encouraged by the use of force review board's findings that terrence's killing was unjustified. which brings us one step closer to finding justice for terrence's death. we will continue to stay in prayer that bri

someone else's life and cause another family the pain we feel every single day. as for brian trainer, he remains on administrative leave. it is now up to him whether or not to accept the review board's finding and accept his termination from the police department or to appeal that. if he does, he'll go before a review board. that could take place in february. then it's up to what the review board finds and that goes to the chief of police. so, there is still some more procedural to go through on this and of course there is also the family's lawsuit which tonight the attorney general said he is going to take another look at given the findings of the police review board. this is the very latest here in northwest. mark segraves, news4. >> and it has been such a long process for his family and it's not over. thank you, mark. >> it's only been two days and there is already outrage building on the new tolls on i-66. this morning, the toll hit a new high water mark. right now a trip from washington to the beltway will

8.75. but the super high morning tolls are prompting one lawmaker to call for a cap. vdot pushing back on that idea. news4's david culver will try to explain both sides of this debate. david, how do you justify a $40 one-way toll? >> reporter: you know, you hear that number, leon, and that may just be why some drivers are avoiding this stretch, 66 inside the beltway westbound for their return commute. after seeing that peak at $40 for a one-way trip this morning headed eastbound within the beltway. it's enough to have that one lay maker you mentioned call for a cap. ahead of monday's launch, vdot's focus, making sure you got an e-zpass and you were prepared for tolling on 66 inside the beltway. the goal, dynamic tolling so as to make traffic move quickly. seems to be working. >> seeming to get to work quicker? >> we're seeing in two days two morning commutes and one afternoon cot

time. sanu but it comes at a cost for single drivers. if you were driving 66 inside the beltway this morning, then you saw tolls soar to $40. that's one way. now one loudoun county lawmaker hopes to cap that high price and he wants to shrink the rush hour times back to the original three hours in the morning and three hours in the evening. giving drivers more time to drive toll free. but this is just way over the top. >> it's only affordable for people who would be megamillionaires. it's not appropriate. >> reporter: that's loudoun county supervisor ron meyer. the single riders never had the opportunity before this to do this. >> totally. >> reporter: so why are they complaining now that they have the opportunity, to pay for it >> if you read the resolution that i drafted, it actually says i think people are willing to pay a reasonable, an affordable and appropriate toll. >> reporter: supervisor goes on

the price and time should both be displayed for drivers so that they essentially know what they're buying when they agree to enter onto our roadway like this. they know how long it will take them to get from point a to point b and how much that is going to cost. he thinks that should perhaps help with logging this roadway. if you agree, that's what many people say. if you put a limit you're going to add more cars to this stretch. well, he says that could be the solution. if you're wondering, not $40 headed westbound. 8.75. >> well, yeah. and 9 bucks right now sounds like a bargain. thank you. thanks, david. >> d.c. leaders are hoping the results of a new investigation will make funeral homes in the district of columbia more accountable to the grieving families that they serve. today the city's attorney general revealed its report into funeral home practices. this probe was already

about the austin royce ter funeral home in northwest d.c. that facility was allegedly being run so poorly that authorities had to seize dozens of people's remains. news4's chris gordon is live outside the funeral home which is located on kennedy street. chris? >> reporter: wendy, the d.c. attorney general says he launched this investigation in an attempt to bring down the cost of funerals for grieving relatives. but today, when i asked [ inaudible ]. the d.c. government seized five bodies and 103 cremated remains from the austin royce ter funeral home in november. since then, only one body has been returned to a family for burial. the d.c. attorney general's office is trying to get reimbursement for the families to bury their loved ones. >> the fact that we're still talking about four

103 cremations doesn't give the families the closure that they really need. >> reporter: la von bond said she paid the funeral home more than $2,500 for her mother diane's funeral. she says she's still trying to get a refund to give her mother a proper funeral almost a month after her death. >> i had no clue. i really don't know where to start. >> reporter: the attorney general's office is announcing results of its investigation into the funeral home industry in d.c., discovering a wide range of prices for services. the attorney general sent a warning letter to nine of the 38 funeral homes in d.c., demanding their price lists. only one funeral home responded. d.c. sent in under cover investigators and found the basic service fees range from $965 to $9200 with the average just over $2100. >> you know, we think that some funeral homes, in

padding charges, charges that need not have been padded. and we allege were unlawfully padded. >> that was chris gordon reporting from northwest d.c. a major shake up for the winter olympics, huge punishment against one of team usa's biggest competitors. >> plus, it's a busy time of yearment not ju year. not just for you the shopper, but for thieves preying upon you. the promise from police to make streets safer this holiday season. >> this is a live look from the

well, we continue to watch a few light showers coming through the leesburg area on route 15 right now. headed up towards frederick, but we're going that way via queen of rocks. light rain through the region. north of us, that's where we're headed. also west of us before this frontal system comes through. everybody is going to expect rain as we continue into the later evening hours. but the thing is the cold air coming our way. we made it to 60 degrees today, but those temperatures are going to fall once the rain moves through. amelia and i have your latest forecast talking

and forecast coming up. >> thank you, lauren. we'll talk to you in ten minutes. the supreme court heard arguments in the case about the wedding cake that pitted freedom of expression against discrimination. a lot of eyes on this case. it centers around a colorado baker who declined to make a wedding cake for a gay couple because he said it violated his religious beliefs. jack phillips says he does preside -- doesn't create custom designs that conflict with his conscience. >> it's not about the person making the request, it's always about the cake. it's always about the message the person wants the cake to communicate. >> this is about real pain felt by real people and things that are suffered every day by lgbt people across this country. >> this will likely come down to justice anthony kennedy who today said he feared a ruling for the baker would allow stores to post signs that say they can deny service. but he later also said he believed that colorado has not

the baker's religious beliefs. we are seeing a busy day from politics on both ends of pennsylvania avenue today. >> that's right. as the president now focused on tax plans, the white house still facing questions about the russia probe. >> and those questions center around the president's response to michael flynn's guilty plea in robert mueller's investigation. >> resigning, the house's longest serving member, the dean of the house, john conyers is out now after allegations of harassment. >> and weeks ago alabama senate candidate once again has financial support, roy moore has the financial support of the republican party. >> it comes back to him. >> yes, they have. >> nbc's senior political editor mark murray joins us now to break all this down for us. mark, good to see you. let's start with the white house right now. what are they saying about flynn's guilty plea and when the president knew that he lied to the fbi? >> yeah, that question came in today's press briefing from my

asked white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders. when exactly did the president know that michael flynn wasn't telling the truth regarding his conversations with russia's ambassador? and tellingly, sarah huckabee sanders said, you need to ask the white house lawyer john dowd. so, when hallie jackson as well as peter alexander went to john dowd, the president's lawyer to ask him when that date was about when the president knew about that flynn wasn't telling the truth, he refused to give that information. and, leon, to me that is so telling in all of this that you can't get a simple answer when the president knew when michael flynn was lying. >> particularly because you're talking about someone who is not relu reluctant to talk. this is not a president afraid to give you his opinion about things. >> that's true. honestly, it's also the job of the white house press secretary to answer basic facts. also, we've seen the lawyers for president trump be

john dowd not be hesitant to answer questions. this is very striking. >> let's go back to the hill, congressman john conyers, longest serving member. he said he is retiring, not resigning. does that give him anything? he also says he wants his son to succeed him. is it really that simple? >> yeah, well, i'm not sure necessarily the semantics between resigning and retiring, but effective today he's no longer going to be in the house of representatives. and as you mention, he wants to clear the way for his son to be able to take over the seat. but i'd argue that certainly with this cloud around sexual harassment, it's probably not the best environment to be carrying the john conyers flag for any type of race that would be coming to fill this seat. and you know, democrats are able to say, look, we were able to move this story of sexual harassment behind us by john conyers retiring. but this story

capitol hill, be it from republicans or democrats, is not going away. >> speaking of which -- >> what else is not going away? >> now they're throwing -- trump and the republican national committee which withdrew its fundsli fun funding a couple weeks ago, back to roy moore. what makes them decide to back this horse, if you will? >> that all came from the president. the president of the united states controls the republican national committee. and as soon as president trump says he's behind roy moore, well, the rnc was also going to be behind roy moore. the question is how much support. we haven't seen a dollar figure, but there is kind of a big question. is this a few thousand dollars or a significant funding? we just don't know the answer to that question yet. >> all right. nbc's mark murray. thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> thanks, mark. nbc's mark murray, appreciate that. a lot to take in there. >> yes indeed. >> folks, we invite you to keep it here later when the nbc political team has a loser look at all the big headlines coming up tonight on

lester holt. >> aaa is calling it the deadliest road in maryland. we're going to tell you about a proposed plan that could bring some much needed order. and why some people don't want it. >> and you if you know someone making their way home right now, they're probably going to be a little late because rain is making a messy night on the roads. a real-time look at the conditions and the wintr y

it's starting to get a little nasty out there, huh? >> rain is finally starting to move in. i think it took the sun to come down and the temperature to drop a few degrees. now we are starting to see the rain leave the i-81 corridor moving into our area. >> well, we do need some rain. we can't get too upset about it. >> exactly. colder air is going to fall. i think that's the bigger story tomorrow. we're only going to have high temperatures -- right. >> depends on who you ask. >> exactly. >> high temperatures tomorrow only in the 40s after highs today around 60 degrees. take a look, though. this is fauquier county, southern fauquier county. rain in the remington area. now we're moving over to prince william county tracking some very light showers in the brentsville area traveling along in dealing with some of that activity,

picture. we're starting to see the rain moving into more of fauquier county continuing to move into loudoun county. approaching the beltway once again. it will be raining everywhere by about 7:00, 8:00 tonight. so, the time line for my forecast earlier, a little bit later. that is good news for the evening commute. not perfect news for my forecast. some wet roads out there now. later tonight everyone dealing with wet roads. and by tomorrow morning, well, the rain has already moved out by 7:00 a.m. so most of us dry at that point. lauren is out in the storm team 4-by-4 tracking where it is raining. what we're seeing now. lauren, how is the traffic out there tonight? >> you know, we were seeing some traffic earlier, amelia. we had an accident. to tell you the truth, i'm not sure if that was related to some of the wet roads along the area, but we do have some wet roads. we've been talking about it before. we haven't gotten rain for the evening commute. some people may be caught off, a little off guard. mainly because we've got the oil spill on the roadway, some of the leaves that are do

headaches for areas that are getting wet right now. otherwise, as we continue into the evening, again, as you said, the time line after 7:00 or 8:00 tonight, so that's good for the evening commute. we are headed up toward the frederick area which is seeing more rain. that has been the case as we have gone through the afternoon. a little more rain up through frederica long 270, we'll head that way and let you know what those conditions are like. hopefully everybody can get home safe and goodness, the timing was just a little later, amelia. not good for either one of our forecasts, but we relish forecasting. good news for the commuters out there. >> i love the holiday lights. have you noticed the storm team4 truck? we'll check them out as we look for the school day forecast on wednesday. all about the cooler air moving in. at the bus stop 43 degrees. you'll definitely want the warmer jacket. sunshine breaks out around recess tomorrow, but clouds fill back in as you're picking the kids up from school. also a little bit breezy tomorrow throughout the day.

degrees is going to feel a lot different from today. as we look to thursday more sunshine in the forecast. a high temperature of 47, and then we track another cold blast moving in on friday. with a high temperature of 42 degrees, that chance for snow friday night not impressive at all. so, some good news there if you didn't want the snow. if you did, well, how about some flurries maybe late on saturday night, not very impressive there either. let's break down your weekend outlook. friday, maybe some rain and snow south and east of here. so, southern maryland and northern neck, king george stafford county, for the most part the weather has a low impact on your friday. on saturday, we're watching a system that could bring us some flurries. on sunday it's all about the feels like temperature. if you have plans this weekend, i would almost do them on saturday because it's going to feel like 20s and low 30s out there on sunday during the afternoon. there is a chance for some rain and snow, guys, on tuesday. another system we'll be watching, tis the season,

wednesday and thursday, temperatures only in the low 30s, wendy and leon. >> not looking good then. >> that's the best i got. >> thanks, amelia. well, here's an unsettling thought three weeks before christmas. a fire at a ups facility. >> we'll tell you if your package was affected by that fire and how ups is promising to make things right. >> how safe is our city? if you ask the mayor, it's all about the robberies. that sto coming up next.ry

>> announcer: you're watching news4 at 5:00. >> now at 5:30, darkness and a little bit of rain, boy, that's a messy ride home. rain tonight and some very december-like weather. coming after that, we're tracking it for you at the storm center and we're out on the roads. >> lauryn ricketts likes that. that's why she was looking out the window. >> she does like it. >> the mayor taking steps to keep the community safe. >> they are making progress in one area and that means robberies. news4's pat collins outside the police station in the u street corridor with details on what they are doing about this. pat? >> reporter: wendy, want to know how safe our city is? the mayor says look at the robberies. and the number of robberies are

she says the sense of safety heading up. madam mayor, do you think our city today is safer than it's ever been in your lifetime? >> definitely in my lifetime. >> reporter: the mayor and her collection of crime fighters, talking today about how they've reduced robberies in our city. and how important that is to making our city safe. >> i personally believe that robberies scare people more than anything else because when you have robberies they are seemingly random, and they're seemingly involving people who are otherwise not involved in violence or any other criminal activity and they become victims. >> reporter: robberies, let's talk about robberies. in 2014, 3,048 in our city, 2015, 31

2016, 2796 robberies. this year to date, 2036 rob iz. that's more than a 30% decrease in robberies. how are they doing that? let's hear from some of the crime fighters. >> we've worked together to get repeat offenders out of our neighborhoods and off our streets. and so we doubled down. and what we did was we started relying more on video evidence, phone evidence, social media. and we also were more receptive to the victims of crime. >> we actually have a member of our investigative team that sits in the metro command center. if something happens in or around a metro, a robbery, we can almost send images out immediately to our folks in the field to be able to capture the folks that are responsible. >> reporter: now, enough of what law officials are doing. what can you and i do to keep from becoming victims during this holiday season?

from the chief himself. i'll see you then. leon, back to you. >> you got it, pat. we'll see you right here in just a little bit. wendy? >> well, a lot of christmas gifts will not be delivered in time after an inferno at a ups shipping facility. this fire broke out last night at the facility that's located in frederick. scorching a trailer full of packages and several cars as well. news4's justin finch surveyed this damage. >> reporter: underneath tarp, a ups parcel processing trailer burned to its frame. it's used to move packages from the warehouse to a conveyor belt and onto trucks. now, every package inside fire damaged and waterlogged. it's only some of the damage left after this, a fire that broke out after 11:30 monday night at this frederick ups building off english muffin way. inside the sprinkler system was triggered helping county fire crews get the fireer

>> i got a chance to speak very quickly with the ups worker off camera. he says they are just now trying to square the damage, get back to work, and make up for all their lost time. concern now for all those packages weeks before the holidays, many likely presents that will never get shipped. ups now working on that, sending news4 a statement, reading, "we are working to notify and identify shippers of any damaged packages as well as reroute packages that would have gone out on the damaged trucks." under daylight it is hard to miss those ten damaged ups and delivery packing trucks or that scorching on the warehouse where luckily no one was injured. >> our assignment desk did make some calls to ups to learn how this package replacement is going to work. first, they are going to contact the shipping company, tell them your package was destroyed. each package has a declared value and anything up to 100 bucks, ups will pay for it. but they say if your item was more than $100,

with the retailer to cover the repair or the replacement. >> now to southern california, speaking of fires. dangerous fast moving wildfire there has now grown to more than 70 square miles and burning out of control now, fueled by the region's notorious santa ana winds that come in this time of year. the fire started last night in ventura county 60 miles north of los angeles and since then at least 150 homes and other structures have been destroyed. even more families and business owners now are at risk tonight now that the flames are moving west toward ventura. authorities telling residents to get out while they can, and they are also keeping an eye on two smaller wildfires that broke out today closer to l.a. >> and now to pivotal developments that involve the 2018 winter olympics in south korea. the russian olympic committee has been banned to take part in the event because of doping

the russian athletes could still compete. >> reporter: the international olympic committee's decision was stunning, and for many russian athletes, severe. >> the russian olympic committee is suspended with immediate effect. individual clean russian athletes will be able to participate under strict conditions at the olympic winter games pyeongchang 2018. >> reporter: strict conditions that some russian sporting officials call offensive and insulting. to compete, clean russian athletes must trade their country's flag, anthem, and uniform for the name o.a.r., olympic athlete from russia and compete under the olympic flag. >> as an athlete myself, i am feeling very sorry for all the clean athletes. >> reporter: russia has been under scrutiny since two recent world antidoping agency

state-sponsored systemic athlete doping. the agency says over five years more than 1,000 russian competitors across 30 sports were involved in a conspiracy to conceal positive drug test results. revelations brought forward by run of russia's own. dr. gregory, the former head of moscow's antidoping laboratory, blew the whistle on the country's flagrant doping freddie m practices. he now lives in the u.s. understand protection. they have banned athletes for life over doping violations at the 2014 win at the games in sew chi. the world antidoping agency says to this day, russia remains noncompliant with antidoping rules. mark barger, nbc news. >> well, you think there is still plenty 6 tiof time for yod your kids to apply for student aid? susan hogan joins us to tell you why you don't want to wait to file this year.

got to play santa to some lucky kids today. it was such a treat. we love this story. >> and on storm team4 radar, i'm tracking a rainy evening. what this means for your day

brace yourself. with student loan debt reaching more than a trillion dollars, the nd

even more crucial. >> that's right. every family that's going through this now is having the same conversation. right now we're in the middle of the filing season for fafsa. consumer reporter susan hogan with more on what you need to know to file. >> i'm living the dream. oh, my gosh. well, fafsa, for those not familiar with the term means free application for federal student aid. and every college student should apply for it. the application process, it opened october 1st. and as of right now, we are hearing a surge in students being asked to verify information on their financial aid applications. every year the department of education randomly selects students to do this added verification, but the numbers this year have skyrocketed. so, news4 reached out to the government and asked why, and we were told they are aware of this issue. the statement goes on to say, we are two months into the 21-month financial aid season. fsa expects to verify

your fafsa going as soon as possible just in case you are chosen for this added verification. it happened to my daughter last year. remember we did this story with her. she was asked for verification and her application, her federal aid package was held up for months until we got all of this paperwork. >> what is the reasoning behind the different levels of verification? >> well, it all has to do with the data retrieval tool. and it all has to do with your irs, whatever the you put into the irs. if you work as a student, they want added verification. for no reason, there is no exact reason. it's just red tape. and for her -- with her being a twin, my son wasn't asked to be verified. she was. it was a nightmare. so, it's happening again this time. >> all right. thanks for the warning. >> yea me! >> even dna can't protect you. >> that's right. i know. >> good luck with that, susan.

>> okay, coming up wet weather making for a messy night on the roads. >> and our storm team4 is checking on the wet rain for you, but also the little surprise for you coming in behind it to remind you it's december. >> ho-ho-ho. >> highway 210 is it called the deadliest roadway in maryland by aaa. so, what should be done about it? i'm tracee wilkins. coming up on news4, some people who live near this roadway

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well, it is a messy tuesday out there, and then we have some interesting weather coming in. looks like from the radar it will be sticking around for a while. >> we'll have rain for the evening hours. the good news, tomorrow morning before any of us are up, the rain will be out of here. >> so we can sleep through it, good. >> that's nice when you're sleeping through ra

that's moving in. so, we're going to be in the 40s, not just tomorrow, but for the next at least nine days. some days we won't even make it out of the 30s. so, a big change in our temperatures, exactly, wendy, is moving our way. i want to show you where it is raining now. out towards the oak ton area, parts of the district, starting to move towards cheverly and the greenbelt area. if it's not raining yet in your neighborhood, don't worry, it will be moving in. a nice soaking rain out there that's impacting areas like marshall and middleburg already, this is the entire system that i'm tracking. rain will impact the area until about 3:00, 4:00 a.m. for most of us. we're seeing rain in a lot of locations. with that lauren is out tracking it in the storm team 4-by-4. what are you seeing now? >> we just made our way into frederick county, maryland by way of point of rock. we continue to travel up into

seeing some rain right now. and some of this rain is falling at a pretty moderate pace. once you get out on the roadways. the rain will continue to spill in as we go through the evening. one thing i do want to remind you, since we go off air at 7:00, might want to go ahead and download that nbc washington app. we have a lot of things going on this month. we have a holiday, people getting out on the roads to do christmas shopping and holiday shopping. so, you're going to want to have that handy app in your pocket to let you know exactly where that rain is falling. temperatures have already started to go down a little bit, amelia. we got into frederick county and the temperatures are starting to drop. i know we have a big swing of cold air on the way, right? >> absolutely. thankfully this evening we're dealing with the rain, not the cold temperatures. another good thing about the nbc washington app, we go in there and actually update the temperatures personally so it's not just a computer. i have to say budding meteorologists from university of maryland are here, they'll update it right after the news

going to stay in the upper 50s through 11:00 p.m., but we are also tracking showers through the remainder of the evening hours. taking the dog out tonight, you will want the rain jacket, the towel by the door to wipe off the paws. here's your planner for tomorrow. a bit breezy tomorrow. we start off at 43. we hang out in the 40s throughout the day. you'll definitely want the warm jacket. some sunshine around the lunch time hours tomorrow, but then as the day comes to an end, clouds fill back into the area. so, the weather having a low impact on your wednesday. it's colder, but we would expect that for this time of year, the bus stop, warmer jacket for the kids. outdoor exercise, i'm probably going to have on my light running gloves tomorrow, probably ear band as well. the commute not worried about any rain tomorrow, but definitely want the heater on in your car. especially heading into work. on thursday, a quiet day. 47 for a high. we finish the workweek on a really cold note. 42 degrees. that flurry and light snow chance on friday

much nonexistent at this point. maybe some flurries late saturday night. if you want some rain and snow, guys, look at tuesday. we are going to keep a close eye on a system that could bring us rain and snow and 43 degrees for a high on tuesday. >> oh, oh, oh, oh. >> something we're watching. >> thanks, amelia. >> thanks, amelia. >> aaa calls indian head highway the deadliest road in maryland. a 55 mile per hour highway where police are clocking people going over 100. >> regularly, they say. some believe speed cameras there would actually help save lives. but not everyone is on board with that idea, believe it or not. bureau chief tracee wilkins is live now to explain why that is. tracee? >> reporter: yep, folks who live along 210 will tell you that this is their main street. but with it being the deadliest road in maryland, they want to see something done to change what's happening here with accidents. and they're thinking speed cameras might be the solution.

indian head highway, know. >> we see wrekz acks all the ti. they come straight in our yard. >> reporter: driving here can be dangerous. the road has a high number of accidents some don't walk away from. >> i've seen a few. literally i've come into work and the roads are shut down. i hear someone passed away. >> reporter: indian head highway averages six fatalities per year according to the prince george's county police department. aaa calls it the deadliest roadway in maryland. now some local community groups believe adding speed cameras can fix the problem. >> we're not trying to put in speed traps. we're trying to save lives. >> reporter: and they helped to craft legislation that will help state laws so cameras can go along the highway. they need the prince george's county house delegation to pass it first. >> if the delegation supports it, it should pass in annapolis. >> would the speed camera really solve the problem here? >> reporter: although aaa needs

hamper speed driving, they don't believe cameras is the answer. >> the way to solve it is to have a stern and strong law enforcement presence. that's the one thing that changes behavior. >> reporter: we found mixed reaction from drivers. most say yes to cameras. >> i think they should be there. it will save a lot of lives. >> but the speed cameras, i don't think that's going to h p help, in all honesty. it's going to happen anyways. >> reporter: the prince george's county police department has given out well over 5,000 tickets on 210 this year alone. we're continuing to follow this story. the prince george's county delegation votes on this proposed legislation tonight at prince george's community college. reporting live from fort washington, tracee wilkins. back to you in the studio. a thank you, tracee. you would think 5,000 tickets would change behavior. we will see. thank you. christmas has come early at fedex field. not for the redskins, but for students in

>> thanks for the redskins charitable foundation and the marine corps, the kids ate with the players, got to meet santa and got to open presents. >> so, if i give you a present, that means you have to give me a present, too. do i get a present? do i get a present? >> growing up here, i know what it's like. i know how, you know, most of these kids grow up because i grew up in it, in a neighborhood where it wasn't, you know, wasn't pretty, but it was good. it worked for me. >> guess what we're going to say about him? there's no need to fear, ketchup boy is here. >> to be here is extremely special. i must say it and i'll keep saying it because it is. it really is. >> oh, my gosh! >> it just took me back to a day where, you know, i used to sit at the edge of the steps and wait to run downstairs and open presents myself. it's, you know, a very special time of the year and to see how

those kids, that's the reason why i'm here. >> happy, happy, happy! yes! i got the dolly always wanted! i want -- >> my favorite christmas song would be boys to men, let it snow. i heard it upstairs earlier, you know, been playing it here. be alert. ♪ ♪ ♪ christmastime is ♪ [ laughter ] >> merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> merry christmas! >> all right. >> and happy new year. >> we need to bottle whatever she has. wow, that was wonderful. that was just very sweet. >> nore

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storm team4 tracking some rain moving in fast, and this could make for a tricky drive home if you're on the road this evening. here's a live look from the storm team 4-by-4 route 28 in dicker son. if it's not raining where you are, it will be soon. an update from storm team4 coming up in three minutes. keep it tuned right here. in the meantime, it could soon be harder for the homeless to find shelter in the district. the d.c. council today approved a bill that would require proof that they actually lived in the city before becoming homeless. as news4's tom sherwood reports, how this new law will put more people at risk this winter. >> reporter: the district has aggressively removed pop-up sidewalk shelters while providing more stable homes for

better run temporary shelters for men and women. >> i'm calling to order this meeting >> reporter: but the d.c. council gave approval to a law that requires the homeless to prove they truly are homeless, nowhere to go, and that they didn't just come into the district for its legally required right to shelter services. they set up homeless advocates and people like edith who worry people will be literally left out in the cold. >> how are you going to prove it if you're burned out or put out? how are you going to prove you're homeless? >> reporter: she's a widow. she lives at this home on good home southeast because her daughter had no room for her. >> i didn't want to be on the street and be in there and take anything from my grand kids. >> reporter: mayor bowser says stays in shelters should be short term. >> we know some people will need, again, shelter for a short period of time, but it's not a place that people should live for years of their lives and that's what's happened. >> reporter: the was

which has monitored city policies for decades, says the new restrictions will have an impact. >> we think it's going to have a big impact on people who are homeless, particularly homeless families to put up a lot of bureaucratic barriers to people who are eligible. >> reporter: ward 1 councilmember offered new legislation favored by the mayor. she says any barriers to services remain very low. in the district, stop sherwood, news4. >> now at 6:00, here's something we haven't seen in weeks. rain returns, but what comes next could be a real shock to the system. plus, new fallout after this deadly shooting involving a white police officer and an unarmed black man. >> we're going to be transparent. i've asked people all along the way to be patient. >> reporter: some drivers seeing red as toll prices climb to $40 one way. now virginia leaders are calling for changes after a second day of sticker shock. and a high school graduation scandal exposed. now the city is casting a wider

diplomas they didn't earn. >> we begin with our weather as rain moves into the d.c. metro region. >> yes, here's a live look at the conditions from our storm team 4-by-4. in dicker son by sugar loaf. some drivers have been dodging rain drops for the evening commute and it will not be tapering off until later tonight. >> amelia draper is here with a look at what is happening now and what's coming next. hey, amelia, we haven't had a rainy day like this in a while. >> yeah, a rainy evening. when folks are heading out to do holiday shopping, know you're going to be dealing with some rain drops. thankfully we're not talking about frigid temperatures, at least tonight. that moves in tomorrow. take a look, though, at storm team4 radar right now. you can see light rain pretty much in all of montgomery county. this includes clarksburg by the outlets, poolesville, late enz ville and maryland, damascus continuing up into frederick, 270 and 70, a wet ride right