fort totten. the red line will run every ten minutes today instead of every eight minutes and then further down the line this is going to mean weekend closures for the -- that section of the red line between blieng, at throok line, fort totten. it will be cold waiting for the red line. beware of that as you are coming out to get ready. >> what is this cable? what does it do? why wasn't it discovered until now? >> reporter: this is a communication cable that basically tells trains where they are on the system. and that's pretty important because you have to have even space in between trains for safety purposes. it's a communication cable. dates back 40 years ago on the metro system. metro says this problem just popped up with it and in an extreme measure of safety here, they have to replace it immediately. it's not s

take a chance with. it's very important for positioning of a train. they are taking care of that as soon as possible. >> adam tuss for us with a swirl on his head. appreciate it, adam. >> live at the station. he's prepared though, that's for sure. >> he is. ♪ ♪ it is a political earthquake. deep red alabama has turned blue and elected its first democrat to the u.s. senate in more than two decades. last night at his headquarters doug jones appeared speechless at the magnitude of what his campaign and supporters pulled off. take a look. in a stunning upset jones beat roy moore by 2%. victory for jones was delivered in part by the women who came forward accusing roy moore of sexual misconduct. after those results came in last night tina johnson, one of moore's accusers, said she finally felt heard. >> and black voters also turned

more black voters turned out for him than did for president obama in 2012. roy moore acknowledged those misconduct allegations against him last night in a defiant speech, but he did not admit defeat. >> problem with this campaign is we've been painted in an unfavorable and unfaithful light. >> at the end of the day this entire race has been about dignity and respect. >> now as we said, this is a huge upset in one of the reddest states in the country. >> chris flores is live to explain what this means for congress. chris, good morning. >> reporter: a lot depends on how soon the senate will swear in doug jones right here in washington. he's the first democrat to represent alabama in 25 years. here's what that means. doug jones victory reduces the republican majority in the senate to 51-49.

realistic chance of retaking the senate in next year's mid-term elections creating even bigger stakes for president trump and the gop. jones probably won't be seated for a couple of weeks. it may not affect tax return. if that gets held up, it's certainly in play. it could disrupt other items on the republican agenda next year. cuts to medicaid, cuts to doing welfare reform, that may be off the table now. safe to say, eun, you called it a political earthquake. we're going to be feeling the after shocks for a long time to come. >> chris, thank you. president trump aggressively backed moore in the final weeks of this race. last night he acknowledged jones in a winner. in a tweet he congratulated jones and said write-in votes were a big factor in this race. >> arizona senator jeff flake simply wrote decency wins. >> joe biden

he will make you proud in the senate. you can watch the entire speech from both can tadidates in the washington app. bullet holes next to where people were dining in germantown. this was the scene at mcdonald's on gunner's branch road. chaos broke out when two men were shot in the parking lot. those men ran into the fast food place looking for help. now police are trying to find whoever is responsible. no one else was hurt and the men are expected to be okay. police believe the victims knew who shot them. we're learning new details about the hours leading up to a bethesda teenager's death. sources say navide perry was at a party when police showed up. there is a body cam video talking to him before he went missing. hours later at 3:00 in the morning his father went to the police station to report him missing. theydn

person's report until nine hours later. wtop reported once they started searching, social media led them to the woods where his body was found. a bizarre scene on a busy northern virginia road created rush hour mayhem. take a look at this video here. a naked man on the back of a flatbed truck. you see it and he just starts hitting that truck repeatedly. this is on route 28 not far from dulles airport. drivers stopped to record the chaos. >> get in the car. get away from him! oh, my god! >> you can hear one of those drivers yelling when she realizes something is very wrong. a witness tells us the man started to take off his clothes and became violent after being involved in a car crash along sully road. no word on how he got on the truck but eventually he left and then ran into the woods. he was caught by police, arrested and was taken to the hospital. he has not

now. last night one of the world's largest menorah's was lit on the ellipse in d.c. it did take a couple of tries apparently. ♪ ♪ >> local rabbis had to deal with some pretty windy conditions, as you might imagine, as they tried to light the national menorah. celebrations for the eight night holiday started last night. the crowd was treated to donuts and potato latkis there. >> if you know the story, they managed it at the end. ♪ ♪ how about that? office depot's elf yourself. >> excuse me? >> elf yourself. look. >> that's zblus aus. >> are we dancing? >> oh, that's funny. >> you know we can't miss out on any of the .

cart wheels. never had so much fun. >> that made my day. this is making my day. can we just leave this on like as a screen saver? >> what people don't know, we can actually do that. we don't need the app to do those kind of moves. >> is that why your back hurts this morning? >> that's a lot of fun. >> doing flips and whatnot? >> right. that's right. >> we practiced for weeks. >> we had to core riee oe chor >> someone is going to think that is us and that we did that. >> we didn't. >> why does my back hurt then? >> i don't know. >> you have some personal problems this morning. >> i've got a list this long of problems this morning. >> is pasrt of it the cold though? >> it's the wind. >> in the district, 23 degrees. feels like 10 degrees with that wind. look at the feels

temperature everywhere else. for dulles, for gaithersburg, 8 in manassas 26789 in hagerstown. wind chills 4 to 10 degrees. by 8:00 a.m., really cold still. by 9:00 still cold. snow chances coming up. let's check your roads on this very bitter cold morning. good morning, melissa. >> good morning. i am a little sore from all of that jazzercise. the beltway looking good. prince gorges county no problems into town or out of town. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. 4:38 now. getting to and from work could be different for certain metro riders. where the agency is seriously considering building a new station. it's the tweet that sent social media into a tail spin and further calls to investigate president trump. what senator kiersten gillibrand is saying something she calls a sexist smear.

a time honored tradition, but scaling the navy -- naval academy's chapel landed one midshipman into big trouble. why he's getting in trouble for doing something others have done, too. ♪ ♪

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>> so it looks like a midshipman who completed this tradition at the u.s. naval academy is being disciplined. the unidentified midshipman faces serious consequences for scaling 225 feet to place his cap on top of the chapel. he climbed it leading up to the army/navy football game. the navy spokesman says the dangerous nature of that climb moves beyond the realm of a prank. i guess they aren't allowed to do it outside of that one time of year. >> the tradition. major change for the u.s. military. we're talking about helicopters that don't need pilots to fly. it's an experiment that could revolutionize the way troops are resupplied on the battlefield. the helicopter could save lives by flying unmanned into war zones. the marines will test this autonomous helicopter delivery system for the next year

before you leave the who us this morning, make sure you grab the scarf. you're going to want to wrap that thing around your face. >> yes. >> you really want to cover up every piece of your exposed skin, especially if you're waiting at a bus stop or outside for a while. look at these wind chills, close to zero in some spots. we'll talk about what to expect later on today, if it's even going to warm up at all. that's next. some say they're too expensive, but v dot says the new toll lanes are a success. why officials are

well, good wednesday morning. it is a bitter cold start to the day. now this is what's going to happen as we go throughout your day. temperatures, actual temperatures are going to be in the low 20s this morning. re

this is how it's going to look when you walk outside. 9 degrees by 7:00 a.m., 13 degrees by 10:00 a.m. it will stay windy. bundle up. chuck will have what you can expect for the rest of the week coming up. >> sheena. thank you. 13 before the hour. a monster, that is the only kind of person jonie rockingham's friends think could have killed her and discarded her like trash. >> they found her body in a trash can in the river terrace neighborhood. she has been missing since the day before thanksgiving. body was discovered behind an abandoned house on 34th street northeast. police say she had been stabbed multiple times. >> we are at a shallow place right now. many pieces are torn. it's a sad day. >> detectives say the person who killed her had to be familiar with the neighborhood. a $25,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to her

the fairfax county board of supervisors wants the fbi to release video of the deadly shooting of a virginia man. according to "the washington post" the board sent a letter after the shooting of bijobijon bijon geizer. police shot and killed him. he was a suspect in a hit and run. there is video of the shooting. the fbi says it won't release it until after the investigation is complete. geizer's family says he was unarmed. the civil rights division of the justice department is one of the agencies handling this case. 4:47 now. the recount begins in virginia's 40th house district which includes parts of fairfax and prince williams county. election officials will double check all of the ballots from this past election day. republican delegate tim hugo leads donte tanner by 106 votes. the race is one of four that is undergoing a recount. if results change it

delegates in virginia. this morning there are charges of sexism by the president of the united states, donald trump. >> the president launched a twitter -- a twitter -- an attack on twitter on tuesday against new york democratic senator kirsten gillibrand one day after she called for the president's resignation over sexual misconduct allegations. for the latest we want to go to news 4's tracie potts on capitol hill. tracie? >> reporter: hey, aaron. good morning. the reaction to the president's tweets reacting to gillibrand, it was pretty fierce. lawmakers calling that tweet gr grotesque and shameful. the president said gillibrand had begged him for campaign donations, that she would do anything to get. this was gillibrand's response. >> it was a sexist smear attempting to silence my voice and i will not be silenced on this issue. neither will the

and neither will the millions of women who have been marching since the women's march to stand up against policies they don't agree with. >> reporter: the white house says it wasn't sexist at all. the president has used the same wording in reference to men. they told reporters to take their minds out of the gutter. not necessarily the way many lawmakers saw it. more than 100 democrats are calling on congress to investigate the claims against president trump that he vehemently denies. >> tracie, senator gillibrand was making headlines before the president's tweet. >> reporter: right. she was outspoken being the first to call for al franken to step down. she's been mentioned as a possible presidential candidate in 2020. >> tracie, thank you. and savannah guthrie will speak with senator gillibrand in an exclusive live interview on the "today" show. you can watch it after "news 4 today." 4:49 now. today we expect to learn senator al franken's replacement in the

replace him in that seat. he announced his intention to resign last week after several women accused him of unwanted kissing or groping. he said his accusers deserve to be heard but he has not admitted the accusations are all true. this news could soon ease your morning commute. there could be a new blue line metro station in the works. our news partners in wtop says the transit agency is looking at a new blue line station in roslyn that would run through georgetown. this has been on a long term list of priorities for several years. tomorrow the metro board is expected to back an application to the northern virginia transportation authority for $2 million. to start looking at capacity issues in that area. now to an update on the new tolls along 66. vdot says they're working. they say commutes w n

faster but more reliable. tolls began on the eliminated from the competition. >> could hey could he h chloe kohanski, you are in. fleming tackled john mayer's "gravity" during monday's performance

fleming said he has known that he wanted to sing since the age of 3. you can tune in next week right here on nbc 4 for more of "the voice." such an incredible singer. such a unique voice. i can't imagine he's going to have a whole lot of trouble getting picked up and noticed. >> i hope so. competition is just tough. >> it's fierce. >> yes. >> once you get to the last five or ten people, everybody can sing. >> exactly. exactly. all right, mr. weather man, you have a lot to tell us about today. >> sing a warmer song today. >> i was going to say, man. ♪ we're having a heat wave ♪ >> whew! >> i don't know what happened there. >> you don't know that song? >> i do. >> it's like a heat wave. >> we're having a heat wave. >> maybe it's a different song. >> it goes back to the '40s, i believe. not your age 40s, the 1940s. i digress. the main thing is,

door. maybe that will help a little bit. it is a windy and cold start. wind chill down near 10 here in washington. 4 things to know about the weather today, wind chills will be near zero all morning. it will stay windy through the remainder of the day. could have a flurry or two late tonight. on the hole, have a couple of alberta clippers coming our way. each one of them looks like it will stay far enough north for us where our snow chances for tonight and for friday are decreasing. right now it feels like 6 in from the time rick, maryland and mart continuesburg, maryland. balmy practically. feels like factor only 23 degrees. as you're planning out the day, wind chills around 15 grease at lunchtime. the wind will lay down a little bit as clouds start to come back in. bitterly cold start to the day. the daily grade, not excellent, good, average, poor, but the worst. high today only right around 33 degrees. >> f minus. >> f m

today. what to wear? grab it, put it on. heaviest coat, wool hat, earmuffs, sunglasses. download our nbc washington app for your custom tailored storm team 4 forecast. friend me on social media. what about the next couple of days? we have a little bit milder pattern coming our way for the week leading into christmas. the next couple of nights for hanukkah celebration will be on the cold side. maybe a passing fleury on friday and a little chance for some rain late sunday into early monday. those will be rain drops, not snowflakes, melissa. >> probably better for the morning commute. probably. thank you for that. southbound 395 at 7th street southwest. broken down trailer. it is blocking the right lane this morning. also had that inner loop after route 1 blocking the right lane. that has

inner loop and outer loop looking pretty good. 270 at germantown middlebrook road, northbound, southbound nice and clear and very, very cold. eun? >> melissa, thank you. warning for those of you getting ready to take the dog out. the other animal officials want you to be on the lookout for after an attack in one neighborhood. and kids cashing in on youtube. how a 6-year-old is making millions just by reviewing toys o

you're watching "news 4 today." for all you pet owners out there, be on the lookout. a dog has been killed by a suspected coyote attack. the pet had been left outside and still couldn't be located hours later. after a long search the dog was found just outside the yard. an animal matching the description of a coyote had been seen in that area. there have been a lot more reports of coyote sightings. keep a close eye on your small pets. rallies expected in the district. the fcc is voting on the new regulations. the current law

internet. keep an eye on the nbc washington app. a 6-year-old has made forbes list of 2017 highest paid youtubers. he made $11 million this year reviewing toys. >> yeah. yeah. >> what do we have here? it's a flying airplane! >> pull out a wad of cash. >> why did i go to journalism school? remind me? >> one of his videos has more than 800 million views. his name is ryan. he and his parents post videos almost every day of him playing with toys and telling other kids what he thinks about them. his parents have been recording videos of him like this since he was 3 years old. ryan was number eight on the highest paid youtubers list. >> where did i go wrong? >> wow. if only we had had youtube when we were kids. >> the things we could have done. during the holiday season many of us are in the giving spirit.

local lawmakers say panhandlers who beg for money have to go. panhandling is dangerous. they're proposing a bill that would ban it in the medians and on the streets in the county. panhandling would still be allowed on the sidewalks. news 4 talked to one man yesterday who said asking for handouts is his only option. wright says he's sympathetic but something needs to change. >> need help. we want them to contact our non-profit providers that are out there. >> council member wright said that at least three panhandlers have been hit and killed while standing in the medians over the last five years. "news 4 today" begins with breaking news. i think that i have been waiting all my life and now i just don't know what the hell to say. >> breaking news coming out of alabama this morning. a stunning end to the race for senate as doug jones claims