he was reported missing saturday evening after he did not come home to his family. an autopsy will determine his cause of death. his loss here on campus now being under scored by the fact that has a younger sister who is a freshman on campus. a lot of emotion. the principal saying it will likely be felt today as students return to school with this news that one of their own died over the weekend. of course, someone so young, a loss like this will certainly hit home for so many young people here on campus. but also the faculty and staff here as well. >> justin finch, live for us in bethesda. we'll be following this story throughout the morning on "news4 today." thank you. right now, wildfires continue to burn in southern california. the thomas fire, which is the biggest fire, is still on the move. it's burned 230,000 acres and is only 10% contained right now. the blaze has reached santa barbara county, forcing another 5,000

one week ago today. now to a "today" show exclusive. >> women accusing president trump of sexual misconduct with sit down with megyn kelly this morning. chris lawrence has more from the live desk. chris? >> eun, basically three women who accused president trump of sexual misconduct will tell their stories today. you'll hear at accounts at 9:00 a.m. on nbc4. the accusers are calling on congress to investigate the allegations against the president and later this morning, 16 women who accused president trump will hold a news conference in new york city. we should note that president trump has denied all of these women's claims. back to you. >> chris, thank you. an outpouring of support for families of two fallen heroes in rockville. fbi special agent carlos wolff, seen here with his family. crashed his car along i-270 friday night.

deputy state fire marshal sander cohen pulled over to help wolff and they were both struck by another car. cohen started volunteering at 16 years old for the fire department. >> he loved his friends. we have a very tight group of young people his age that joined at the same time. a generation of millennials. he loved them and they loved him. as did i and every other officer or member here at the fire service. >> the family of agent wolff released this statement, which said in part, "our carlos was an amazing father, husband, uncle and brother who made us all very proud. he was always so helpful and giving. not just to his friends but to strangers too. our hearts are broken." so far no one has been charged in this case. now to new video this morning showing the response to an apartment fire in d.c.'s logan circle. residents were forced into the cold last night

accidental fire started near a gas fireplace. this was near r and 13th streets. no one was injured. people are without a home. now an update on a water main break in the district that caused road closures. this is along south dakota avenue from randolph street to 18th street in northeast d.c. a few dozen homes were impacted here. the work is complete and the road has reopened. williams has got the angle. he's gone. touchdown chargers. >> redskins are officially out of playoff contention. the team traveled to the west coast and was beat by the los angeles chargers yesterday. all right. the chargers came out early playing energized football and never let up their lead. >> news 4 sports sherri

>> players and coaches at a loss for words following the 8th loss of the season and elimination from the playoffs. what left the redskins surprised? back-to-back blowout losses and as the head coach put, getting worse as the season comes to a close. >> we haven't gotten better. any offense, defense or special teams right now. right now, i've regressed, not gotten this team ready to play. it's on me. >> i didn't feel like we came to play. first half we started out slow and never got it going. philip rivers, he's a good guy to make plays in. you can't have mistakes in. >> just blah, blah. okay, we're at practice. blah. >> been saying all year. >> with the playoffs and a winning record out of the question, the only thing left to play for is pride. that starts next sunday back

from carson, sherri burress, news 4 sports. >> blah and blah. he said it. >> three weeks left in the season. >> we have to get through the games. a lot of criticism from people saying they looked lethargic all game long and like they had just given up. i'm sorry. i know i should be comforting you. >> it's okay. >> also a scene from that game yesterday. >> no. that was me sitting on my sofa. it could be a big day for nbc's "this is us" when nominations come out later today. it's expected to be a contender for best drama. it better be. along with the crown from last year. the comedy realm, women and grace rebooted, expected to get a nomination and hbo's veep. i hope sterling brown is

nominated for best actor as well. he's done an amazing job for the show. >> there are a lot of good actors. but nbc stepped up with this is us. will and grace, the brave. the awards ceremony, the golden globes air january 7th here on nbc4. seth myers going to host this year. keeping it in the nbc family. another check on weather and traffic. >> a at your monday morning commute. first to chuck and sheena. folks need to bundle up for the foreseeable future. >> from here on out. >> typically cold outside. the real issue is tuesday night into wednesday with a real taste of arctic air. >> oh, yes. we might not get above freezing in the afternoon believe it or not. get ready. that's not today, though. but this morning as you're stepping outside, it feels like freezing in the district. 36 degrees. feels like 32. not too much of a win but enough to make a difference and we do

morning. we'll see more sunshine later on. you will notice those clouds. here's the feels-like temperature for the rest of the area. we're feeling like the mid to low 30s. manassas feels like 29 degrees. warrenton feels like 28. the wake-up weather as you walk outside. warm coat this morning. we'll be in the 30s by 9:00 a.m. it's going to be a cold one today. again, like mentioned, even colder weather this week. we'll take a look at how cold coming up. let's take a look at the roads. good morning, melissa. >> good morning, sheena. outer loop of the beltway, still have that broken down vehicle blocking a lane. a warning for you there. northbound, 270 after 121 near the -- do have a crash just reported. no word on what it might be blocking yet at this point this morning. inner and outer loop of the beltway, looking good except for the gw parkway. 66 and 95 both rolling along just fine. aaron? >> melissa, thank you.

huge impact on your kids' education. the announcement we're just learning about from virginia's governor today. it's a lesson you don't want to learn the hard way. what a lot of homeowners are being reminded to do after a fire tore through one woman's home. a lot of us might relate to this. when it comes to running a marathon, a woman barely make tg to the finish

everybody needs a helping hand now and then. the winner of sunday's dallas marathon was no exception here. take a look at this dramatic finish. chanerdlel sf had the finish line in her sights but struggled in the last stretch. that's when a high school relay runner fell in step beside her. the teen helped her up when she fell and never stopped being her cheerleader. i think she needed medical attention afterwards. to think that young woman who helped her. >> and finishing a very, very tough race. 50 days left until the start of the olympic games. >> two months is nothing now. my goodness. i'll be traveling to pyeongchang, south korea to bring you live reports from the winter games. there were some visitors from the olympics in our area this

national mall. the white tiger on the left and there's a black bear. aren't they adorable. look at them. crack me up. mascots will be on the mall next weekend as well from 1:00 to 3:00. they're as excited as the rest of us for the winter games in february. i'll be there to cover the whole thing. >> looking forward to it. at least we are. >> i am. >> i'm just worried about being cold. >> it's cold here too. you better believe this morning. hope the kids didn't forget the hat and gloves at school next week. need it again this morning. >> you'll need it this morning. wait until later this week. that cold air is not letting up any time soon. it's going to be getting colder. look at today. if you live in the suburbs, only near 40 degrees by lunchtime. we'll look at how cold it will be this afternoon straight ahead. when

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. good monday morning. i hope you enjoyed the snow this weekend. the cold is going to continue. so for the kids at the bus stop, bundle up this morning. we're in the 30s. many areas feeling like the low 30s with a windchill factor this afternoon. only the low 40s. we'll be getting colder this week. chuck is back with that in a bit. i'm chris lawrence at the live desk. we're covering breaking news overseas. a tunnel boring machine caught fire and trap

take a look at what we have so far. this is happening basically in a railway tunnel under the alps. it's supposed to link austria with italy. the tunnel boring machine caught fire with about 50 workers in that tunnel. 18 of them were unable to be contacted. they have supposedly taken shelter in a container inside that tunnel. we've just learned the blaze itself has actually been extinguished. we'll keep an eye on this story and bring you the latest as we learn more about the many people trapped inside that tunnel. chris, thank you. it's 4:46. today trump campaign manager paul manafort will be back in court. he could be in hot water with a federal judge. in a new court filing, the former campaign manager heavily edited an op-ed defending his work in ukraine. that piece appeared in ayu craini

last week. because of that, the former trump presidential campaign chair violated a judge's gag order and should not be released from house arrest. manafort's attorneys argue it's part of his first amendment rights to defend himself and his reputation. as alabama voters prepare to choose a new senator, they're getting a call from president trump. >> robo calls went out this weekend with the president urging voters to pick roy moore. >> this is president donald trump and i need alabama to go vote for roy moore. it is so important. >> we know moore has been accused of acting inappropriately with teenage girls. >> tracie potts is live on capitol hill with more on the is new interview where moore denies all the allegations. tracie? >> hey, eun and aaron. yeah. that interview was on a program called the voice of politics. moore spent a lot of time talking about his conservative

all nine of allegations, including the woman saying she was 14 years old when they had a relationship. he says he has never molested women, he's never had relationships with underage girls. that he doesn't even know the women who are accusing him. he says this is all politically motivated. >> tracie, what about doug jones, the democratic challenger here. what's he doing as we get closer to election day? >> he's trying to court votes, aaron. not only democratic votes but republican votes. lot of republicans there and here as well saying they're not keen of voting for him -- he's also trying to boost the democratic vote in alabama by targeting african-americans. he was campaigning with senator cory booker and former massachusetts governor deval patrick. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. thank you. later this morning, virginia governor, terry mcauliffe will be -- he will talk about the

governor's website also says he will make an education budget announcement. this morning, plans for a new homeless shelter in the columbia heights section of d.c. mayor muriel bowser announced it will be along 14th street. now, our news partner, wtop reports it will have enough states for 35 short term apartment-style units and 15 long-term units. and provide units for low income seniors. the work expected to be completed by spring of 2020. sometimes cleaning out your chip any is one of the last things you think about. it would probably have saved a home in prince george's county. nobody was hurt here. investigators say a missing brick in the chimney allowed the fire to spread. a yearly chimney inspection would have likely prevented this fire. >> if you have nif type of gaps or cracks inside the

the fire could escape and become a house fire. this type of situation could occ occur. >> a legal setback for the catholic church's efforts to put christmas ads on the side of metrobuss. the archdiocese of washington wanted to place -- the church filed an emergency injunction that would have required them to put the ads up. the metro has a policy of not showing ads by religious or political groups. the archdiocese says the policy violates its right to free speech. if you ride the circulator bus, you may be in for a surprise. the winter wonder bus will be making a debut. this is a fegs special holiday-themed bus making rounds on the d.c. circulator route. paying the fare of $1 on the spruced up

>> i felt like a kid on christmas morning watching that bus turn the corner. because this is my first time getting a look at it as well. we've seen the drawings of the mock-ups. until you see it in person, you don't appreciate all that's gone into it. >> you can track the wonder bus location online. we spoke to the link in the nbc washington app. search winter wonder bus. >> i think that wonder bus and the holiday cheer surrounded by it, i think it's infectious. it does put people in a good mood. >> it's fine. okay. >> whatever we can do to make people's day a little brighter. >> i think so. even with the cold weather. >> yes. you didn't like the snow on saturday? i'm shocked. >> it was pretty. it was. >> it was pretty. >> it barely added up at all. the ground was so warm, it had to struggle to accumulate. had it come this weekend, we probably would have doubled our snowfall amounts. the warm ground ate it up

>> thank good necessary that didn't happen. >> don't worry. more cold to come. wednesday's hypotensionally not even above the freezing mark. look in the record books. last winter, only had four days all last winter where we failed to get above 32 degrees. december 16th our high was 30 and right there at the very beginning of january, the 7th, 8th and 9th had three days in a row below 30 degrees. that was in. only four days below freezing. this wednesday may be our first one for this winter. right now, partly cloudy skies. 36 in washington. temperatures a little colder. 34 in frederick, maryland. with plenty of sunshine, temperatures should recover. by mid afternoon, should be in the low to mid-40s. clouds will increase later this afternoon and into the evening hours as the leading

through parts of minnesota and wisconsin. that gets here during the day tomorrow. p particularly tomorrow afternoon. for now, though, a nice quiet way to get the work and school week started. mostly cloudy overnight and notice that our future weather model here, not bringing anything in the way of rain or ice chances. there could be a few drizzle drops or sprinkles early tomorrow morning. temperatures should be above the freezing mark. it will be a close call. i like our chances of staying unaffected by wintry weather tomorrow morning. chances of sprinkles, mid to upper 30s. the wind increases tomorrow afternoon. we'll be down below freezing by 7:00 or 8:00 tomorrow evening. there's that windy day on wednesday with windchills down in the single numbers on wednesday morning. perhaps even down near zero. out in the outlying suburbs, milder weather later on in the week and getting closer to average by the time we get to saturday and sunday. take a closer look at

minutes. for now, it's time to hear from melissa mollet who loved the saturday snow. >> i did. i was excited about it. the kids were outside playing. it was fabulous, especially because it was saturday. >> brand new problem, multiple disabled vehicles on the right shoulder. sounds like debris was in the roadway causing that problem for folks. outer loop, gw parkway. that's cleared out of the way. don't have to worry about that. northbound on 270 here after 121, clarksburg had that crash there. traffic right now is just getting by on the right shoulder. looking at 95, 32 down to the beltway, you are on time. going to take you ten minutes. same situation headed northbound. thank you, melissa. if you live in the district, chances are you've seen your water bill go up. but some people are being hit with a fine. others aren't. difference in their neighborhood that could be costing them more. telling their stories. what three women who ae

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it's 4:57. for months, the news 4 i-team has been investigating the skyrocketing water fees. now they've uncovered a new problem facing only certain neighborhoods. >> news 4

jody fleischer has more on why some had to pay and why the neighbors say it's unfair. >> reporter: we found neighborhoods with private roads and sidewalks are being charged for the fee, but public roads and sidewalks are not. it's costing some homeowners hundreds of dollars a month while everyone doesn't have to pay. >> i think that's unfair. i think that's unfair. >> harris lives in this town house complex in northeast and knew his homeowners association had to pay for things like plowing and potholes on private roads but this year, they were billed $40,000 in clean roads -- even though there's no water service. >> i was flabbergasted. >> the money is going towards a massive government tunnel project. but the news 4 i-team got a break on what it has to pay. public sidewalks roads and alice are exempt from those fees. >> i think we shouldn't have to pay for ours. >> the bi

here. d.c. water is expected to double it by 2026. >> it could potentially bankrupt us. >> the investigation, there was a hearing held and is looking for fair solutions. >> we'll look at some way to make the adjustments. in the end, it's a big bill and we have to pay it. >> coming up tonight at 6:00, see just how much money d.c. water is missing out on by giving the government a break on those fees. joedie fleischer, news 4 i-team. now on "news4 today," a shocking discovery brings the search for a missing teenager to a sad end. what we're learning about the death of an area student and what officials are doing to console his classmates. >> the latest allegations of sexual misconduct against the president of the united states. the women are expected to speak

powerful man later today. sore i'm late. i got here p -- >> vying for a golden globe. a look at the shows and movies nominated. >> i'm going to come into work now. i'm here now because i decided to get up and -- >> exactly. >> secretly we do that sometimes. we have a really good excuse, though. it's not that excuse. >> we only have to be here by the time the show actually starts. not a minute sooner. >> connie is at her desk going, no. >> executive producer. >> all right. it's monday morning. we get you started with a look at your forecast for sure. >> it is cold this morning as we can imagine i'm sure. again, it's another morning your need the warm coat, the gloves, the scarf. nice this afternoon. still chilly. the temperatures will rebound much colder. by midweek, we're telling you this because highs won't even break freezing in