>> nothing. >> good morning. >> i'm chris lawrence. aaron has the morning off. >> the chances of snow have gone up in our region. "news4 today" working for you to plan ahead. >> that's right. we have crews stretched out over the region. of course, we have chuck bell standing by in manassas. first, we want to get to the forecast. the storm team meteorologist sheena parveen. yeah, you've been following this pattern around we're getting more snow than thought. >> what's going on is the track change in the storm, which is a minor change. that's increasing the storm chances. >> what's going on now, i'm sure it's going to happen again. here's all the snowfall. take a look at this. southern texas through louisiana and mississippi along the gulf coast. streaming in from parts of mexico. that is snow. ho

cold air is and locally we have some hints of flurries kind of induced by the mountains near luray, charlottesville. we'll be watching for that. your wake-up weather. temperatures mid to upper 30s. look at future weather. here's the wide view. there's the storm system offshore. that is snowfall. we expected more widespread now into your saturday morning. we'll zoom in on this. we'll show you more detail what you can expect for your saturday and the totals in a bit. let's check the roads before you head out on your friday. >> good morning, sheena. chopper 4 moved to the east. powder mill road at edmonton road. right now traffic is alternating around this. completely shut down. a short time in beltsville. southbound bw parkway at powder mill. we had that crash investigation from overnight. the lanes have reopened. that's looking better. >> outer loop before georgia. left side blocked by the crash. inner loop, outer loop everywhere else looking good right

66 and 95 just fine as well. >> thank you, melissa. >> ready or not. here comes the snow. am i ever ready? >> i don't know. these are just a few flakes. >> it is enough to get the vdon crews on the roads to prepare. aimee cho riding around fairfax county. what can we expect to see throughout the morning aimee. >> the trucks are under way. you can tell by the white lines on the roads. the vdot trucks with the brine solution on the roads. very important to get the treating process started early. keeps ice from forming on the roads as you're commuting into work this morning. even though they are -- still be careful and watch out for slick spots, especially in the shaded areas and bridges. they're asking for your help. if you're in a neighborhood where you park on the streets, all park your cars on the same

that makes it easier for the trucks and the plows to get through. we'll continue to monitor the road conditions. eun, chris? >> great reminder. thanks, aimee. >> chuck and sheena have been warning us about the chance for a few snow showers tonight into tomorrow. >> some of the other agencies are preparing for trouble that they could run into pretty soon. wsse went out to look at potential pipe and water main problems as the temperatures get ready to -- want to encourage folks to look for problems as the season goes on. >> overnight freeze and a wet weekend forecast as crews out in the southeast preparing for a rare winter storm in atlanta. crews were busy spreading saltwater brine on the roads. mississippi crews doing the same thing. this is the first time crews have been deployed to salt the roads in jackson county since 2014

to download the nbc washington app. we'll keep an eye on the roads and update the forecast and the potential for snow where you live. let's start with breaking news at 6:04. the wildfires burning in california. take a look at new images from nasa. this is what the southern california wildfires look like. the fires scorched more than 140,000 acres and destroyed 500 structures. >> now the newest fire is burning in san diego county. the lilac fire destroyed dozens of mobile homes in a retirement community. they have started to reconfigure local high schools as evacuations centers. those are filling up pretty quickly as the fire gets closer and closer to the homes. the biggest challenge for firefighters this morning, the strong dry winds. they're going to continuously be fueling the fires. >> hundreds of people gathered at the lincoln memorial to remember bijan gha

fun-loving young man. he was shot and killed by park police last month. the family is demanding transparency throughout the investigation into that shooting. here's what happened. police say they followed ghaisar's suv after a hit-and-run accident on the gw parkway near reagan national airport. officers tried to stop him but say they led him on a chase into fairfax county. he was shot three times in the head after a short chase. friends and family remembered him rat a vigil last night. >> my dearest bijan. dance with the angels who love laughter. you always expressed that happiness. >> ghaisar's family says he was unarmed. the fbi is now investigating this case. we also saw candles, tears and prayers after a school shooting left two students dead in new

students killed as casey marquez and fernandez. they had a vinl i wigil to comf another. the shooting happened as the school day was getting started on thursday. aztec, new mexico is near the border with colorado. students recorded cell phone video of themselves hiding in a classroom as the man moved throughout the school. the shooter died. police haven't said how or if he was a student there. shutdown averted. congress struck a deal to prevent the government from shutting down. the agreement helps to buy time for challenging talks on everything from immigration to aid for hurricane ravaged states and puerto rico. lawmakers passed a two-week spending bill yesterday. it's now headed to the president's desk where he's expected to sign it. >> big relief for those who work for the federal government. in days after president trump endorsed alabama

to hold a campaign-style rally a short way from alabama. the president will be in pensacola 28 miles from the border. he's been accused of inappropriate sexual relationships with women, some under the age of 18. moore is facing off against doug jones in this tight race and tracie potts will break down some of the details. we are two months away from the start of the winter olympics in south korea and there are concerns about the athletes' safety. in an interview, u.n. ambassador nikki haley suggested that u.s. participation in the winter olympics was still up in the air. >> there's an open question. it's always about how do we protect the u.s. citizens in the area. >> more confusion. at a white house briefing where sarah huckabee sanders says "no official decision has been made." she later tweeted the u.s. athletes will compete.

the games will be held 50 miles from the north korean border. i will be traveling to pyeongchang in february to bring you live reports on the olympic games. garrison, straight on three. >> how is that for hometown matchup? georgetown took on howard last night. head coach patrick niu i on a roll. >> look at him. >> the team is streaking. they haven't lost at all. they beat howard last night 81-67. today marks one year since the mgm national harbor opened. >> i can remember the lines on 295. hours and hours people backed up. news 4 was on the ground and in the air into the casino at midnight. close to 50% of the jobs are held by residents of prince george's county. and the casino claims it's the number one gaming tax

there. they're going to have a fireworks show. tipping over the cheetos. it's one thing to spill a drink. but how about a dozen bottles of vodka ahead of 5:00. the big cleanup effort at 5:00. >> a police officer learns his fate after the shooting of an unarmed black man. good morning, i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. come down and meet me in manassas. the ice cream shakes are delicious. we'll take a check

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about the potential for snow right now? >> we must be. chuck bell has two coats on. chuck? >> i got both coats on and we're handing out ice and snow scrapers. this goes to mr. chris. he woks for the electric department. he's working to put all the holiday lights on. merry christmas. >> have a good day. >> i will. absolutely. you can come on down and meet me in manassas. we have a line of people here. she's going to get top priority. >> better chances for snow. down into southern maryland or the eastern shore. we'll give you a closer look at the timing coming up. over to you, melissa. >> all right. thank you, chuck. taking a look right now at graphic. chopper 4 over the outer loop at colesville. a report of a crash here that has cleared. we're showing you the volume there. inner loop and outer loop. southbound bw parkway at powder mill. the delays are now gone. beltway, overall, looking

darn good especially for a friday morning. south frederick to the spur, you're on time. chris? >> thanks, melissa. it's one the major cases that sparked conversation about police and race. now a former south carolina police officer will serve 20 years in prison for the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man. back in 2015, michael slager shot him as he was running away from a traffic stop. that shooting was caught on camera. he's happy about the 20-year prison sentence. >> i am rejoicing and i'm glad in it. >> actually is incredible. >> slager pleaded guilty to violating civil rights after the jury deadlocked in the state's murder trial against him last year. the former prince george's county school aide who sexually abused students has been transferred to

been september to a high security prison in tucson, arizona. he will likely spend the rest of his life there. scheduled release date is december 20, 2082. caraway was convicted of sexually abusing more than 20 children at sylvania wood elementary school. there have been 11 reported burglaries since thanksgiving. the thieves are mainly stealing people's medication. may play into the opioid crisis we've been hearing about. the sheriff's office is reminding people to lock their doors and windows before leaving for the day. this is a major party foul. a tractor-trailer spilled a load of vodka on an on ramp to 95 outside of philadelphia. it took crews nearly ten hours to clean up the boxes of cheetos vodka. do you think they're getting exposure with all the alcohol

out there? they had to upright the tractor-trailer as well and they had to reopen the roads. as you can imagine, traffic was terrible. no word on what caused the tractor-trailer to overturn. >> lot of good martinis on that road. the redskins are hitting the road to take on the chargers in los angeles. behind the scenes, quarterback kirk cousins is sparring with a teammate over his messy locker. cousins nominates trent williams for an episode of hoarding, but i had alive. you can see the clothes and boxes of equipment, left tackle says there's a reason for all of this mess. >> i've been here eight years. i mean, my -- really started to pal up. i got somebody to come clean up. every now and then it look like that. >> all right. he says somebody is helping to clean it up. during the interview, he jumped back

quarterback barely changes sweatpants. time to do laundry. he says he probably has jerseys he should get framed as well. there could be valuables in there. >> kirk is diving into this dad role. he's already talking about teammates. clean up your room. >> i know. in case you missed it, doug is out in burke, virginia. you're going to have to check out the photos. he was giving a forecast in the neighborhood with impressive holiday lights display. think about the electric belt. this could be your neighborhood next. send us a twitter on facebook, instagram. give us the #doug's holiday lights. he may do the weather live from your house. there's the abominable snowman from rudolph. >> you know how many cars will be in front those houses. >> neighborhoods get clogged up. >> i do that with

>> the car pulls up behind you. little snow this weekend. >> it's going to feel like winter out there. like the lights look. everything -- you're going to see the snowfall. snow on the way. here's the weather system. it's still down to the south. look at how far south the snow is. texas, louisiana. right along the gulf coast. that is not normal for this time of year. it goes to show you when the cold air from canada goes far enough south and combines with -- we have a few flurries to the mountains but temperatures in the mid to upper 30s. bundle up before you head out. your friday morning commute, cold but dry. today we are dry. we're not looking at the snow falling for today's commute. here is future weather. we're looking at 6:00 p.m. temperatures topping out locally in the low 40s. then you notice at the edge of your screen, a little bit of snow trying

we'll be seeing that as well. that's the storm system getting closer and organizing and moving offshore. that's the key here. we have a slight change in the track of the storm. that's why we're increasing the storm chances. the edge of the system bringing snow by 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. through the district, towards gaithersburg. leesburg and that edge, again, doesn't go into the entire area. sits near the district and slightly north and west. that's 11:00 a.m. saturday. then it pulls away through the afternoon we start to dry out. it is going to be cold. >> i've updated the snowfall totals. 1 to 3 inches around the district. 2 to 4 going farther south and east of the district. less than 1 if you're farther west. travel impact. the roads mainly wet. side road would be slippery though. sticking to the grass, we do expect temperaturewise for the weekend, we're only looking oot the upper 30s. next snow chance comes tuesday. we'll take a closer lo

saturday snowfall in a bit here. let's check the roads with melissa mollet on this finally friday. hey, melissa. >> brand new crash found at colesville road just before university boulevard. this is a car and you can see pretty far ahead here, sounds like a dump truck was also involved here this morning. a larger truck. so right now, southbound you're going to be slow. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, looking okay. southbound bw parkway, lanes open. they're pretty much gone. 66, 95 in virginia. no major problems there. same thing for prince george's county into town and out of town. sthant nice. friday treat for all of us. as far as travel time. 95, nice and clear here. southbound on 270, just on top of the beltway, you saw that little delay. the outer loop at colesville. you can get from 95 to 270er

inner loop of the beltway clear as well. listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car today, eun? thank you, melissa. raging wildfires, california's dangerous firefight. finally good news to report in the last 24 hours. a live report minutes away. we're helping you fight fraud. people tricked out of their homes and it starts with a piece of mail.

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anyone with an aging parent. >> scammers are targeting some homeowners living in neighborhoods where home prices are rising fast. people are getting deceptive adds in the mail designed to trick them out of their homes. they say final notice, urgent and time sensitive. companies are trying to lowball seniors and trying to get them to sell. >> one of the things about a lot of these seniors, they wonder, did i not pay my bill? what's happening with me? they fall prey to the fact that they're getting these notices. >> councilman kenyon mcduffy introduced a bill to protect seniors from these scams. it would allow d.c.'s attorney general to go after the companies putting up the flyers. it's now 6:24. we continue to track the breaking news. the wildfires in california. take a look now at new video showing a firefigh t

prevent fire from crossing the fence. look at all the flames. you can see it's already engulfed the other home. the video was captured by the firefighters helmet camera. outside of l.a. right now, six fires are burning in southern california. >> him trying to protect that home. jinah kim is live in ventura now. what are you seeing out there right now? >> reporter: you know what, unfortunately, we're seeing the gusts pick back up again. it was supposed to die down from yesterday. as we've been standing here, the winds have been getting worse and worse, which is not great news for firefighters. having said that, we should be a little bit better than yesterday when we had hurricane-strength winds if you recall. that pushed the numbers way up. basically, increased the -- from four fires in the l.a. area down to the mexico border. we added two new fires, the lilac as well as the

to officials right now. unfortunately, we're hearing devastating news that there were 25 horses that were killed in that fire yesterday. five people have been injured, including two firefighters and the structure numbers. boy, those have gone up too. we're at 500 buildings have been destroyed. it's triple the number we're reporting 4 hours ago. >> horrible. thank you, jinah. got to hope the winds die down at some point soon. troubling tolls. drivers paying the hefty price to commute. who wants to put the brakes on the -- why the new toll road does not meet expectations. the family of murder victim pamela butler hoping to get answers nearly nine years later. the search for her body gets under way in stafford county. good morning everybody. someone brought me a box of fresh

ty is getting the first one out of the box. how does that taste? it's good. all right. down in manassas. meet me in manassas as well. a check of the forecast includes snow. are you excited about snow? >> yes. >> happy dance for the snow

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time is 6:30. good morning everyone. made it to friday. >> excited about the weekend. i'm chris lawrence. aaron has the morning off. team coverage. chuck bell is out live in manassas. we'll check in with him in a few minutes. >> first the facts about your weather and traffic. sheena parveen is on the storm team weather deck talking about snow? >> we've been talking about snow but now we're seeing as last night a change in the track of the storm. this is a common thing. the storm is down in the south. it is still organizing. but there you see snow far to our south. the gulf coast areas of t

this shows you how far south the cold canadian air has gone. it's going to eventually organize more and off the coastline. a slight change in the track of the storm like this. it means a change in our forecast. a few flurries possible near luray near charlottesville. temperatures as you step outside. mid to upper 30s. we stay dry. not worrying about the snow falling and causing an issue. by 7:00 p.m. we could start to see signs of it south and east of the area. mainly south and east of charles county. then tomorrow, that's when we'll see snow falling across the area. coming up, we'll break down the timing of your saturday morning. what you can expect as far as amounts are concerned. it is friday. we'll check your community. let's check in with melissa. >> silver spring, found this crash here over the beltway. southbound, colesville before university boulevard. have a vehicle versus a big truck here this morning. you can see some of those delays

backed up. the beltway, earlier problem, that's cleared out of the way. the rest of the beltway looks good this morning. no major complaints by me at least. southbound bw parkway at powder mill there, we do have the lanes finally open and 270 at old hundred road, no problems northbound or southbound. eun? >> thank you, melissa. now to the other top stories. we could see our first snowflakes of the season later today. chuck and sheena have been warning us about the chance of the snow showers. vdot is headed out to make sure the roads are ready. >> the federal government will remain open for a couple of weeks. there will be a stopgap measure to avoid a shutdownment it's headed to the president's desk and will buy time for talks. >> two students shot and killed inside their high school in new mexico. overnight, new mexico state police identified the students

francisco fernandez. the shooting started as the school day was beginning. students recorded videos on their cell phones as the gunman moved through the school. the gunman died but they're not saying how or whether the shooter was a student. finally answers for the family of pamela butler. her boyfriend recently pled guilty to killing her in 2009. >> police have at least enough information to find her remains. news 4's megan mcgrath is live in stafford county where police will start their search later this morning. megan, what can you tell us about what's going on there? >> reporter: the searchers are going to begin staging and getting ready in a matter of hours. we're told that pamela butler's brother will be on hand when the search begins this morning. the family, of course, hoping that the ordeal will come to an end today.

the man who has confessed to killing butler, her one-time boyfriend, jose rodriguez cruz, he's now helping police in the search in exchange for a lighter sentence. now, rodriguez cruz has led investigators to a stretch of the median that is stretching the north and southbound lanes -- he said he buried butler's body there when he killed her in 2009. the search getting under way in a matter of hours. butler's family hoping that this will finally come an end. >> i want her to -- that's what i want. i want her. >> reporter: now a limited stretch of the 95 express lanes will be closed as the search goes on for a couple of hours today. people should be aware of that. regular lanes ever 95 will not be affected. back

i hope it may bring the family a measure of peace. >> a warning for some of you drivers there. >> frederick county reopened. chopper 4 was over the monocacy river bridge crashed. it damaged a part of the bridge which carries route 355 over the river. all traffic is being detoured on the 270 while some of the critical repairs get done. 635, northern virginia call it highway robbery. they're pushing back against $40 trip hunts. 66 during rush hour. the tolls are working. they're cheaper for drivers than predicted. the average round trip price on the first day of the toll lanes was $14.50. that is lower than the $17 vdot initially estimated. some state senators still want to stop tolling until they can get the prices under control. closing up shop. a yoga store shutting down its doors. a

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if you're wondering where chuck is this morning, he's standing by for us in manassas. you can head out to snag an ice scraper in time for the weekend. >> are we going to need this, chuck? >> you won't need the scraping part. but you may need the snow brush part. the trend is your friend is something i say all the time. the trend is maybe for a little more instead of a little less. maybe 2 or 3 inches of snow. that is welcome news. this is chad next in line for the snow scraper. thank you for coming to manass s manassas. merry christmas to you. apple butter,

it's a grand old time. we're down to the last two scrapers here. we had 150 a couple of hours ago. another check of the forecast coming up in a few. >> we need those krispy kreme doughnuts stat, chuck. you better bring some back for us, chuck. >> i love krispy kreme. >> i'll see what i can do. >> they're not going to be that hot by the time he get back here. i hate to even read this. okay. stars, they're just like us. they go shopping at places like target. there you go. >> orange county, california, shoppers had the surprise of their lives when they saw none other than beyonce. >> this would be your dream. >> i might fall out if i saw her in my target. in a few minutes, the sighting was all over social media. beyonce, her daughter blue ivy and mother tina were shopping at a target in san clemente. one person

most person things i learned today, beyonce shops at target. >> i don't care where she shops, we'll never be like beyonce. >> the thing is we have to shop at target. for beyonce, it's a choice. she could buy the store. a lot of folks talking about the winter storm brewing. if you went to bed early, your chance for getting snow just changed. sheena has the up to the minute forecast to help you plan ahead. >> reporter: with snow around the corner, we're hitting the roads to find out if they're winter ready. i am aimee cho with more on that. a big delay in silver spring. where this is going to slow you

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it's eye white christmas. there it is. >> snow in south texas. a rare winter storm. we're working with you to help you prepare. how much you can expect and what road crews are doing right now. he did not deserve this. >> demanding answers. a call for justice on the steps of the lincoln memorial. a family from virginia tries to make sense of a deadly police chase and shooting. >>

i am leaving while a man who bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault sits in the oval office. >> he didn't go quietly. al franken crying foul after facing pressure to resign. his message to the white house amid another sexual misconduct scandal. wildfires. in california's fight to stop them. finally good news to report in the last 24 hours. time is 6:45. preparations under way. >> aimee cho is working for you this morning. she's live to tell us about aimee, how this is going to impact our commute this morning? >> reporter: hey, guys, it sure will. the roads will be m c

the white lines on the road are from the trucks putting down a special brine solution to help keep ice from forming. they say it's very important to get the treating process started early. we talked to vdot this morning. they started pre treating the roads yesterday because they wanted to be prepared. >> we really zeroed in on the original timing of potentially friday evening commute and any time anything is around a commute, we take it very seriously. >> reporter: vdot says even though they aren't retreating the roads, you should be careful and look for slick spots on shaded areas and bridges. look out for the big trucks making u-turns and different parts of the road. you should not follow too close, otherwise you could get sprayed with brine. >> good reminder. chuck and sheena have been washing us about the chance of snow showers tonight

tomorrow. >> another edge of these are out and preparing for trouble. wsse looking at pipe and water problems as temperatures get ready to dip for good. they want to encourage folks to look for probable lenls as the season goes on. snow at the alamo. you don't see that -- >> got some flakes last night. never bad time to download the nbc washington app. we'll bring you up to date on -- now to a story only on 4. it was a memorial to -- after a brutal murder. jayna murder was killed by her co-worker brittany

glass window to honor her. the tribute to jayna murray will not be coming along. it's going to her family. the new store opens today on bethesda row. >> hundreds of people gathered to remember bijan ghaisar as a fun-loving young man. he was shot and killed by park police last month. the family is looking for answers and demanding transparency throughout the investigation into that shooting. here's what happened. police say they followed ghaisar's suv after a hit-and-run accident near reagan national airport. officers tried to stop him but led him on a chase into fairfax county. he was shot three times in the head after the short chase. friend and family remember him at last night's vigil. >> my dearest bijan. for you always expressed that

>> ghaisar's family says he was unarmed. the fbi is now investigating the case. minnesota senator al franken called it quits but he's not leaving quietly. the democrat has been fighting for his job for weeks after multiple women accused him of inappropriate touching. his colleagues pulled their support after another woman came forward. franken insisted he did nothing wrong and even called out republicans. >> some of the allegations against me are simply not true. i am leaving while a man who bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault sits in the oval office and a man who repeated preyed on young girls campaigns for the senate. >> at that point he's talking about roy moore in alabama. for his part, president trump has denied accusations in the past. and at one point threatened to sue his accusers. he never did.

will choose franken's temporary successor until they can hold a professional election next year. this all comes as president trump heads to florida to campaign for roy moore. it's happening in presence cola, 28 miles from alabama's border. several women accused him of inappropriate relationships. moore is facing off against doug jones in this very tight race. as head out the door this morning, there's a couple places you want to avoid. >> melissa mollet is here with the first 4 traffic. what are we looking at here? >> a big problem on colesville road. just before university boulevard, chopper 4 showing us about a 2.5-mile backup. it did not look so pretty this morning. your alternate, i know it's a little out of the way. randolph road is pretty open here. if you're headed out sometime soon. new hampshire avenue at -- getting pictures of that in a second.

southbound bw parkway at powder mill road. reopened and looking quite good. 270 looking good as well at old hundred road. when you talk about travel times from germantown to the spur, going to take you 14 minutes. top of the beltway looking okay for this time of day. 66 inbound and 95 northbound. quantico to the beltway taking you 25 minutes. listen to wtop when you hop in your car today. >> good morning, melissa. it looks good. not looking at the snow falling for your commute today. tomorrow, however, that's a different story. a weather alert tomorrow. the snowfall chances have increased. the coverage increased. that's not because of a change in the traskt storm system. doesn't take much of a change. the change is pretty big. weekend stays cold. i'm going to show you the totals we expect in a second. here is the storm

right along the gulf coast. we normally see. this is to show you what happened. combining with the cold canadian air. down towards charlottesville. temperatures are mostly in the mid to upper 30s this morning. 38 degrees in the district right now. by tonight, 7:00 p.m., we could start to see the edge of some of the snow moving in south and east of the area that that storm is organizing but staying offshore. by 7:00 a.m. saturday, you see a lot of the area seeing the snow falling when you wake up in the morning. but, again, we're going to be on the edge of it for parts of the area like martinsburg, hagerstown and frederick too. starting to pull away shortly as the storm continues offshore. then dry through the evening. travel impacts and the main roads treated justt

side roads slippery. some of that sticking if they're untreated. as far as the totals are concerned. 1 to 3 across the district, 2 to 4 south and east where the longer duration is. less than an inch north and west. forecast tomorrow, as we break down the timing. in the morning hours, the snow falling. but like i mentioned, after lunchtime tomorrow, quickly clearing. look at your entire weekend, we'll be only in the 30s for a high. more 30s come next week. >> we're all getting prepared for winter weather. chuck bell handing out ice scrapers live outside the vre station. two coats, ice scrapers. >> we had 150 ice scrapers a couple hours ago. they are all gone, unfortunately. everybody is going to be cleaned off from all their icing and scraping. a lot of folks came down and erin came down. she's a ninth grader. she's

doctor. thank you for coming down. i'm sorry. i ran out of ice scrapers. >> that's okay. >> how was the doughnut. >> it was really good. >> i'm glad to hear that. >> thank you so much for coming down and watching every day. thanks to everybody who came down to manassas this morning. had a great time. >> we had a great time here today. didn't get a chance. go to my social media page. tweeted out a great video of a friend of mine who does the weather in birmingham. he's going long on bread and milk stock. maybe we'll get more snow today. maybe, just maybe this will be another repeat of the 2009-2010 winter, which was the all-time record holder for snowfall in washingt washington. let's hope this is another one of those. you know i love snow. that's not a

guys. >> only you, chuck bell, would be wishing for 2 feet of snow. only you. i'm trying to erase those memories. >> i am not alone. i promise you. some of the people that took the scrapers are just as excited as me. >> we're on opposite sides of this issue, my friend. >> measuring it with the pat collins snow stick. i'm not ready for that. >> up here, right? thanks, chuck. thanks to everyone who came out to manassas this morning. here are four things to know before you head out the door. we could see snowflakes. we've been talking about it with chuck and sheena. this morning, vdot is headed out to make sure the roads are ready for the flakes. be sure to download the nbc washington app for updates on the forecast where you live. temporarily shutting down parts of i-95 to start searching for the remains of pamela butler. the woman disappeared in 2009. virginia

the garrison road points near the express lanes starting at 10:0024 this morning. you can check our app for the latest on that search. wind continues to be a major issue for california firefighters battling half a dozen fires. look at the devastation there. the latest spark in san diego county and nearly 200,000 people are under evacuation orders. more on the dire situation coming up on the "today" show. the federal government has stayed open, at least for the next two weeks. yesterday congress approved a temporary spending bill. but lawmakers have to get to work to get a budget passed. the "today" show will have more details coming up. this just happened. new hampshire avenue in silver spring. you can see part of that intersection is closed here this morning because of that brand new crash. now, we do have a couple of other things happening right now. but overall, i would say no major delays to the morning commute on this

just a few little things here and there. melissa, the snow is on the way. not today. that's good for the evening commute. we'd like to see it falling over the weekend. now we're not dealing with the morning and evening commute and those issues. it will be here tomorrow morning. as we go throughout the day today, stay with us. we'll be potentially updating the totals. >> it's already gone up from yesterday. >> i'm nervous. i'm nervous, sheena. >> don't get out of bed, eun. >> thank you. thank you for joining us for "news4 today." the "today" show is up next. >> have a great day and a great weekend.

good morning. good morning. breaking overnight, dangerous new wildfires exploding across southern california destroying homes, threatening to consume tens of thousands more. we're live on the front lines. here it comes, 61 million people from texas all the way to maine set for the first major snowstorm of the season. an icy mix already causing problems in the south and dylan is tracking it all. boiling point. new violence, new protests in jerusalem over president trump's decision to recognize that city as israel's capital. nbc's richard engel in the thick of it all. those stories, plus, shocking verdict. the police officer shoots and kills an unarmed father