way to plan ahead for the weather and the delays. >> a little fun to help you get over that holiday hump day. >> it is 6:00 a.m. right now. good morning, everybody. you are going to need to move around. >> that's right. >> shake a tail feather all morning long. >> all of that to stay warm. >> we are keeping an eye on the temperatures. look at the wind on the right side. the flag is whipping there. that's what you're going to have to worry about. the question now, how long will this biting cold weather stick around? >> meteorologist sheena parveen sticking around with some answers for us. >> good morning, guys. it is cold outside, bitter cold. you saw the temperatures just on the tv here as we go through the next several hours. our wind chills, they're actually going to be staying below 10 degrees for many areas. feels like 11 degrees in the district. feels like 1 in

there. feels like 8 degrees frederick. gaithersburg. 3 in clinton. 13 in manassas. 7:00, 8:00, wind chills this morning anywhere between 4 and 10 degrees. 9:00 a.m. between 5 and 13 degrees. as we go through the day today, temperatures will climb. won't be warm. will be around freezing for the afternoon. the wind chill is going to stay below freezing all day today. it's going to be very cold. bundle up before you step out especially for the kids at the bus stop. you will want the heat on in your car. hopefully you have some heated seats for the drive, melissa. >> you're going to need those heated seats today. i am thankful to you and chuck we don't have any wet roads this morning. that would be adding to the problem. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, overall looking good. northbound 23 at lowensville. from 70 to the spur going to

hearing about a brand-new problem in hyattsville. 50 westbound after 410, center of the roadblocked. talk more about that coming up. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. steam coverage on the weather 4 alert day continues with our transportation reporter adam tuss. >> he's breaking down why metro riders will be standing in the cold a little longer than usual today. adam, what's happening? >> reporter: we've got delays on the red line this morning, eun. all because of a communications problem that has popped up along the red line. take a look at riders, completely bundled up. at the grovener station. people on the outdoor platform, absolutely frigid. you don't want to take this lightly, you really do. especially if you're outside at the bus stop or on metro having to warm up. there's a communications cable

needs to be replaced. that pinpoints the location of trains on the system. you can tell how important that is. metro is not messing around. there will only be one train per track between brooklan, and the entire line trains will only run every 10 minutes instead of the normal 8 minutes. this weekend that will cause a shutdown as far as rail service is concerned so that communication service can be fixed. people at grove ner are bundled up and waiting to get through here. give yourself extra time, extra layers this morning as it is going to be a rough ride on metro especially when it comes to the cold. not going to be fun, guys. remember, bundle up out here this morning. back to you. >> adam tuss live for us near grove ner station. adam, thank you. because of the high winds and low temperatures this

issued a hypothermia alert. health officials say hypothermia can happen quicker than you think. the signs to watch out for, shivering, exhaustion, confusion, memory loss, slurred speech, drowsiness. the best advice, layer up in the cold temperatures. if you start to experience any of the symptoms, get to a warm spot and call for medical attention. head to our nbc washington app. new details this morning about the hours leading up to the death of a teenager in bethesda. sources say the teen was at a party in bethesda saturday night. there is footage of police talking to him hours before he went missing. montgomery county police didn't take the missing person's report until 9 hours later. our news reporters from wtop say once they started searching, social media took

they don't suspect foul play. they don't know how he died. deep red alabama went blue for the first time in 25 years, voters in alabama elected a democrat to the u.s. senate. last night doug jones appeared speechless at the magnitude of what his campaign and supporters pulled off. president trump aggressively campaigned for moore in the final weeks of the race. last night he acknowledged jones as the winner. in a tweet he congratulated jones and said write-in votes were a big factor in this race. arizona republican senator jeff lake who donated to jones campaign said decency wins. joe biden said, thank you, alabama. you've elected a man of integrity, grit and character. he will make you prout. moore was not only fighting jones but a wave of

of sexual misconduct. chris pollone is live. good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, aaron and eun. as you mentioned, republican roy moore has not conceded this race. he did not call doug jones last night to concede either and he is looking towards what his campaign mentioned as military ballots perhaps to trigger an automatic recount. the problem for roy moore is he's down by about 20 or 21,000 votes, a margin of 1.5%. well, in order to kick in an automatic recount in alabama he has to be at 1/2 of 1% even if every military member voted, if they all voted for him it wouldn't put moore in the automatic recount range. it is a long shot and it does appear doug jones is the winner. roy moore and doug jonesth

obviously jones claiming victory. moore blaming the media for his loss. >> the 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. >> reporter: vote totals will not be officially certified here in alabama until the end of the month. that means that doug jones when he gets sworn in will probably be sworn into the senate in january getting into washington sometime next month. he'll have a couple of years to serve before he's up for re-election in 2020. i'm chris pollone. aaron, eun, back to you. >> chris, thank you. 6:07 right now. today we expect to learn senator al franken's replacement in the u.s. senate.

appoint someone to fill franken's seat until the election next year. he announced his intention to resign last week after he was accused of unwanted kissing and groping. he is not admitting the accusations to be true. the time is 6:08. today the man accused of trying to blow himself up in the new york subway will appear before a new york judge. he's still in the hospital with burns from the pipe bomb. his court appearance will be by closed circuit video. he faces charges. he was radicalized on the internet three years ago. in three weeks we will be celebrating a new year. times square is prepping for a ball to drop there. this year's number, '17,r

>> counting down to the end of the year. this morning a local group is doing its part to spread some holiday cheer. >> nonprofit america adopt a soldier group wants to send 300,000 letters to the soldiers this weekend. molette green has an idea how we can make a helping hand. how's it going? >> reporter: it's going well as the volunteers go through the stacks of cards and letters coming in. the goal is 300,000. to send them out to soldiers overseas at va homes all over the country, all over the world. look at this. this is a simple, cute little message of thanks from a senior -- person at a senior center. there are cards and letters from children in elementary school. >> carton: -- kindergarteners sending in their message. we'll tell you how you can send in your messages as we talk to the founder.

community. >> we'll see you in a little bit here, molette. thanks. it's been a question in the d.c. area for years. why can't you take metro to georgetown? now there may be an answer to that question. >> a real life jews and what happened to the woman after the camera turned off. you think that's tough, you should see the pre-nup. with the winds howling, look at the future feels like

good morning, everybody. 6:13 on a wednesday morning. your daily grade for today, the worst. wind chills are down in the single numbers this morning. afternoon highs today will just

mark, so layer up. everything you've got that will keep you warm, put it on today. your heavy winter coat, wool hat, earmuffs, sweater. you'll need your sunglasses. at least the sun will be shining. that's a little good news. >> the morning commute, wow. sun glare, ah. outer loop at new hampshire avenue, center of the roadblocked by a crash. that is a couple of other new problems that have popped up. take a look at travel time coming up. thank you, melissa. north korea has plans to build up its stock of nuclear weapons. yesterday kim jong-un vowed to create even more deadly rockets and bombs. he spoke at a rare munitions conference in pyongyang. the north korean leader was personally awarded scientists and officials who helped contribute to a missile that was test launched two weeks ago. and looks like a

who completed the tradition at the u.s. naval academy is being disciplined. the unidentified midshipman faces serious consequences for scaling 21 feet to place his cap on top of the chapel. he climbed it leading up to the army/navy football game. navy spokesman says the dangerous nature of the climb moves beyond the realm and they can only do it at one time for tradition's sake, right? that's it. 6:15 the time right now. this might ease your morning commute. there could be a new blue line metro station in the works. our news partners at wtop says they're looking at a new blue line station in roslyn that would run through georgetown. this has been on metro's long-term list of priorities for several years now. tomorrow the metro board is schedule to have applications for $2 million for looking at capacity issues in that area. 6:15. a

goal this holiday season. >> talking about the nonprofit america's adopt a soldier. the group wants to send 300,000 letters to the troops over the holiday season. molette green is in alexandria this morning. molette, how can folks help out with this? >> reporter: a simple message, aaron, can go such a long way. a message of thanks. a message here, the american flag on it with the words we are thanking god and you for your service. that is the whole goal of america's adopt a soldier program, especially during the holiday season. 300,000 cards and letters to soldiers overseas, to soldiers at v.a. homes and hospitals. mary keiser is the founder. thank you so much for joining us and allowing us in your headquarters. tell me the impact. how does a soldier feel when they receive one of these cute messages? >> a lot of our service members that are employed overseas don't have access to smart phones or computers.

hug from america that says thank you for your service, we know that you're in harm's way and we appreciate your service, they go in their pockets. every service member has a pocket. this is with them. this gives hugs from america is with them wherever they go. this is extremely important for our service members to have them. >> you're a retired army officer, mary. your goal last year was 120,000. you met that goal. you under it to 300,000. >> yes. >> reporter: you can reach that goal. your board says we will make that goal. >> absolutely! >> reporter: all right. so the work goes on here. you can help. you can adopt a soldier and all you have to do is check out our nbc washington app. go there and search america's adopt a soldier so that you can send in one of these cards and letters from seen oncenters a-- senior centers. that is the latest live from alexandria at the headquarters

>> an awesome effort there. molette, thank you. >> notes and pictures and artwork. ♪ ♪ last night some local rabbis had to deal with some pretty windy conditions as they lit the national menorah. it took a couple of tries to get the flame to ignite. once they did, there were cheers in the crowd. celebrations for the eight night holiday started last night. of course, the crowd was treated to donut and potato latkas. >> look at the wind, see? that's the wind we're going to be dealing with today. >> yes. >> the lower temperatures on top of that, sheena. >> yes. it's not even the actual temperature when you walk outside, it's the wind chill. it hurts. all the way to the bone. >> it does! if your face isn't covered this morning, i mean, your skin is stingin

those were not cheers. we're looking at wind and cold. this is going to continue for your entire morning. not as bad. the bus stop, the kids want the warmest coat, scarf, gloves. every warm piece of weather. not as bad. currently looking at temperatures in the 20s but feeling like 11 degrees in the district with that breezy, i should say gusty wind. winchester feels like 1 degree right now. of degre 6 degrees in manassas. 5, dulles.

once the sun comes up. it will be slowly climbing though as we go through the morning hours. there you see 8:00, still feeling at 10 degrees or below. lunchtime feeling like the teens. little bit of an improvement. then by the afternoon still feeling below freezing. if you're walking the dog this morning, quick in and out. hopefully they do their business quickly. this is teddy. like i mentioned, around 30 degrees by noon. chills in the teens. we're also watching an alberta clipper. now the forecast looking a little different. late tonight staying far enough to the north to not give us too much of a chance. maybe some flurries north of the district. maybe tomorrow morning as well. otherwise we're looking at the temperatures getting back up closer to normal. we're looking at a rain chance moving in later on the day on sunday. we'll talk more about that coming up. let's check your roads. hey, melissa. >> taking a look at these roads. outer loop at new hampshire avenue, this crash was blocking the

that is much better news. westbound 50 after 410, this crash on the right side of the roadway. slowing things as you're headed in bound. northbound 123 at mcclain, still have the northbound lanes blocked. southbound open. inner and outer loop of the beltway, the rest of the beltway is looking pretty good with the exception up top. in bound after south dakota having a crash there. taking a look at 95 in virginia. northbound at old key mill road. crash reported there as well. eun? >> thank you, melissa. put that giving spirit on hold. a roadside problem why people want to ban panhandling in your neighborhood. >> new toll lanes driving up the price to commute. news 4 is working for you. remember to join us later for the ellen degeneres show. today ellen welcomes mario lopez

did you see that? not the way anyone wants their honeymoon to go. a woman was snorkeling in the caribbean with her husband when a shark bit her on the arm. >> she wasn't seriously hurt but a rough way to start a marriage. her husband was actually the one recording all of this.

>> a professor is showing an old photo on twitter. >> before he could talk she taught him american sign language. she didn't expect him to sign help. >> i'm going to be good and not throw a tantrum. somebody help me get away from this man, right? >> something is not right. >> you want me to sit on this crazy man's lap and ask for toys? no way. >> not the mall guy. 6:25. for all of you watching the voice, we are sad to report that baltimore native devon fleming has been eliminated. >>

you are in. >> you see the elimination process playing out here. unfortunately devin's name was not called. he performed john mayer's "gravity" and didn't make it through. all right. well, he's going to have a future i imagine with that talent. dodging bullets at mcdonald's. the mad dash for help at the fast food place and the manhunt that is still underway. those skies have cleared out overnight but don't be fooled. it is bitter cold outside this morning. the cold isn't going anywhere any time too soon. we'll show you the hour-by-hr forecasout

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"news 4 today" starts now. >> 6:29. good morning, i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. >> we're trying to stay smiling. >> it is a weather alert day. we warned you this was coming, folks. you can feel that 30 degree drop

>> you can see the flag whipping in the wind. >> team coverage to help you get out the door. sheena parveen and chuck bell are here to tell you why we won't see a warmup anytime soon. >> it's pretty painful out there when the wind smacks you in the face. if you have a hood on the jacket, you definitely want it today. >> the hood up. >> gloves. >> mittens, scarves, put it on for today. >> very cold weather. really, it's not so much the cold, it's the wind. the feels like temperatures are down in the single numbers and around 10 degrees. 11 now in washington. 11 by the bay in annapolis. cold on your way out the door this morning, blustery with wind chills down again mostly in the single numbers. we'll have a high today only right around 33 degrees. melissa, that is 1 degree above freezing. >> thank you for that math. i

outer loop at new hampshire avenue. still have that crash at the top of the beltway. it is now again on the shoulder. also have this problem hanging around as you're headed into town. westbound 50 after 410, on the right side of the roadway. traffic is getting by on the left. northbound 123 at mcclain in lewensville, overall no major issues. outer loop at new hampshire. eun? >> melissa, thank you. it's now 6:31. here are your top stories we're following for you this morning. deep red alabama went blue for the first time in 25 years. voters in alabama elected a democrat to the u.s. senate. in a stunning upset doug jones beat roy moore. >> expect on the red line for the rest of the week. crews replacing a communication cable. trains delayed. adam tuss will tell us how long the work will take coming up in a few minutes.

are still battling the massive thomas fire in california. the images are still so stunning. destroyed 236,000 acres along with hundreds of homes. the fire is about 25% contained but winds are expected to pick up again and that could cause flare-ups. 6:32 now. developing this morning, chaos outside and inside a local fast food restaurant shook up some customers. this happened just as shots rang out. >> news 4's justin finch is live with an update on two men who were injured and what's next. justin? >> reporter: eun, good morning. detectives will speak with those two menace their conditions improve, but meantime police say they're just grateful that more people were not hurt. think about when this happened. 6:00 p.m. on a tuesday or so. there are people inside that mcdonald's when a bullet came by and cracked that lower window pane there. and then those two men ran inside shot and asking for help. now they were taken to a

in the meantime, month ggomery couldn't bring police had to close down the mcdonald's and surrounding area to collect evidence. they worked to get surveillance video hoping to get a glimpse of the suspect or suspects that got away in this case. meantime, neighbors are telling us they want to see changes here going forward. >> i just think that it's really absurd. this is something that we need to get a lot more security over here. >> reporter: and back out live, this restaurant now open for business the morning after that shooting happened here yesterday. again, two men shot and are recovering. we can tell you police also saying they do not believe that this was a random case. they do think those two victims know who shot them. we're live here in germantown. justin finch, news 4, back in to you.

say only a monster would have killed her and discarded her like trash. d.c. police found her body in a trash can yesterday behind an abandoned house on 34th street northeast. rockingham had been missing since the day before thanksgiving. police say she had been stabbed multiple times. >> it's broken. we're a shallow place right now. many pieces are torn. it's a sad day. >> a $25,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to her killer. during the holiday season a lot of us are in the giving spirit. if you're thinking of giving to a panhandler along the road though, some county officials say think again. craig rice says this kind of panhandling is dangerous. he said at least three people have been killed in traffic over the last five years. he is proposing a ban on panhandling in the median and on the streets throughout the county. panhandling would still be allowed on sidewalks. now to an update on the new

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alabama senate seat surprise. a democratic upset. the new reaction this morning and the impact it could have on the balance of power in washington. >> realize when the vote is this close that it's not over. trump's twitter attack. accusations of sexism and the target is a u.s. senator. the white house response and the new action being taken this morning. >> i will not be silenced on this issue. teen tragedy. a gruesome discovery in the woods. what a local father's final hours searching for his son reveal about this case. >> it just hits you like a shot. anything that's not covered, my hands, my face, everything is cold. >> frigid commute. seeing red and feeling the chill. the reason metro riders better bundle up.

15 before the hour. we begin in alabama which was deep red is now blue for the first time in 25 years voters there elected a democrat to the u.s. senate. >> nbc's gabe gutierrez is live with more on doug jones's stunning upset over roy moore. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: aaron and eun, good morning. an incredible political upset. stunning come from behind apparent victory for democrat doug jones who pulled it off against this very challenging campaign against thrive val roy moore. this was a race that has been doi dogged by sexual allegations which moore repeatedly denied. last night there was a massive turnout for democrat doug jones. now jones thanked his supporters and as well this morning donald trump as well. he is saying that the deck was stacked against roy moore. this is being seen as an embarrassment for trump of sorts. during the primary h

backed luther strange, which is moore's opponent during the primary and last week he had endorsed roy moore. now he, along with steve bannon who have campaigned for moore, suffering a defeat. moore spoke briefly with reporters last night. he said this was not over. he refused to concede and raised the possibility of a recount. according to alabama state law a recount is only called when the margin of victory is less than one-half of 1 percentage point. jones won by three times that margin. that recount appears highly unlikely. again, this holds major implications of the future of the republican senate majority. republicans now have a 51-49 ma are the jo. guys, back to you. >> gabe gutierrez live montgomery, alabama. more from him on the "today" show. thanks. the women who accused senate candidate roy moore are reacting to doug jones's victory in

the election results with friends last night. listen to her explain the powerful reason why she is thrilled with the election results. >> i am just thrilled that, you know, that speaking out did make a difference and that we won't be silenced anymore and that no matter where you're at or what you do, you can speak. you can tell what happened and someone will lis enand it will make a difference. tina johnson was one of several women who accused moore in the run up to the election. she said moore groped her in his office 26 years ago. roy moore continues to deny any accusations of sexual misconduct. this morning president trump faces criticism and charges of sexism after a powerful tweet. president trump launched a twitter attack on tuesday against new york democratic senator kirsten gillibrand. the tweet came after gillibrand called for the president's resignation over sexual misconduct allegations.

weight and wrote that she begged him for campaign contributions saying, quote, would do anything for them. didn't take long for gillibrand to hit back. >> it was a sexist smear attempting to silence my voice and i will not be silenced on this issue. neither will the women who stood up to the president yesterday and neither will the millions of women who have been marching since the women's march to stand up against policies they do not agree with. >> savannah guthrie will speak with the senator. senator gillibrand in an exclusive live interview on "today." you can watch it right here after "news 4 today." it's 6:48. learning new details about the hours leading up to a bethesda teenager's tragic death. sources say navid saperry was at a party in bethesda when police showed up. there is body camera video showing officers talking to him before he went missing. hours later at 3:00 in the morning the teen's father went to the police station to report him missing.

take the missing person's report until nine hours later. our news partner at wtop reports once police started searching, social media led them to the woods where they found his body. investigators do not know how he died but they do not suspect foul play. 6:49. right now it could be an uncomfortable commute this morning because of the weather in a lot of ways. our storm team 4 weather alert continues with transportation reporter adam tuss. he is breaking down why metro riders are going to be standing in the cold a little longer than usual today. adam, a tough day to be doing that. what happened out there? >> reporter: well, the red line is actually delayed a little bit this morning. you can see people here on the red line making their way. these lucky folks just got on a train, but for a lot of people, not so lucky. you see off in the disstrans on the platform, we have people coming up. cold morning to be waiting on the platform and delays are strechg all along the red

the problem, guys, has to do with a communication cable that was discovered to be faulty. this was between brooklan, fort totten and tacoma. it pinpoints the location of trains on the system. you can understand why metro would want to fix that faulty cable as fast as possible. what does it mean for you? it means that there are going to be fewer trains specifically in that section, between brooklan, tacoma and fort totten. along the entire length of the red line it means trains will only run every 10 minutes as compared to every eight minutes. it means there will be a weekend shutdown this weekend to go and fix those issues. some riders we talked to this morning, yeah, a little bit upset and frustrated that they're going to have to wait. >> i hope it's not going to affect me so much earlier in the morning because the trains aren't as full, but i think later in the day the train's going to be very, very full go

trains. >> reporter: back now live on the platform as another train is taking off. come with me here. i'll show you what people are wearing this morning here as they come down to the metro system. cold morning, right? cold morning. absolutely. so just be prepared that you are going to have to bundle up out here, especially if you're out on the platform. we'll continue to monitor the commute. back to you. >> adam tuss live for us at the grovener station. chris lawrence following breaking news in northeast d.c. bad news for dozens of families hoping to take a shower and get out the door this morning. d.c. water is reporting a water outage on euro place northeast. between 10th and 12th in michigan park area. they had to shut off an 8 inch water main to make emergency repairs. right now it's affecting 50 homes and one hydrant. they don't e

hours. now we want to get a check on the morning commute. >> here's melissa mollet and your first 4 traffic. what's going on? >> a couple of problems we want to talk about this morning, guys. first of all, northbound 395 after duke street. had the left lane blocked. causing some problems there. eastbound toll road, ramp to the right side is blocked and outer loop to new hampshire with a crash. westbound 50 after 410, that crash is gone as well. had it on the right side of the roadway. northbound 95, virginia at old keane mill road. have a crash reported there. 123, northbound lanes at mcclain lewensville. northbound lanes blocked. travel times typically slow on 270 top of the beltway as well inner loop and outer loop. 65 and 95 looking slow. quantico to the beltway going to take you almost an hour because of that crash. remember to

when you hop in your car. hi, chuck. good morning, melissa. sun hasn't come out. the weak sun angle here in december. we'll need more solar horsepower. cold 23 in washington with the northwest wind. driving wind chills near 10. wind chills in most of the outlying suburbs in the single numbers. layer up. hourly temperatures today, our high expected to reach 33 degrees. we'll cool off briefly early this morning but overnight the winds will come back around to the south and that will hold overnight low temperatures in the low 30s. daily grade for today is about as ugly as we can make it for today. cold and windy with wind chills in the teens all day long today. so have your heavy winter coat and your woolly hat and earmuffs ready to go. for your hometown forecast you can use our nbc washington app, put in your zip code and have the forecast

this little alberta clipper. and there's another clipper behind that one which could bring us a stray flurry or two on friday. no accumulating snow is expected. windy, cold, sunny. 42 tomorrow. back into the 30s for highs on friday. passing fleury. little milder over the weekend and a chance for rain late sunday, early monday. 6:54. a local group is doing its part to spread some holiday cheer. >> america's adopt a soldier group wants to send 300,000 letters to troops this season. molette green is in alexandria with how you can give them a hand. what a nice gesture this time of the year, molette. >> reporter: it really is. just a few minutes of your time and you can really impact a soldier overseas, at a v.a. hospital, at a v.a. home. we have sargeant major -- retired sargeant major shawna pretlo here to read one of the letters. >>s,

thank you for serving and pro tengting our country. you are very brave and heroic to serve the armed forces from a third grade student. >> reporter: we spoke to two soldiers far away from home. here's what they said when they get one of these cards or letters, how it impacts them. >> the crayon marker is better than, you know, something typed. it's just that personalized feeling that we're not forgotten when we're deployed. >> a handwritten letter is like a home cooked meal. >> reporter: and if you want to adopt a soldier, you can. all you have to do is go to our nbc washington app and search america's adopt a soldier program. the goal is to reach -- get 300,000 of these cards and letters out there and they only are about 75,000 in so we can all do this and make a difference this holiday season. tis

alexandria. thank you. >> love to see the reactions from the troops, too. molette, thank you so much. 6:56. 4 things to know this morning. for the first time in 25 years voters in alabama elected a democrat to the u.s. senate. doug jones beat roy moore. what it means coming up on the "today" show. montgomery county police are looking for the gunmen who shot two men. no one inside was hurt. follow justin finch on twitter for updates. heads up for metro riders. expect delays on the red line for the rest of the week. trains will be delayed between brooklan, fort totten and tacoma. president trump launched a twitter attack on tuesday against kirsten gillibrand. savannah guthrie will speak with gillibrand in an exclusive interview next on "today." here is a look as we go through today. even though it says 33 degrees for a high, which is still very cold, it's too you willy going to feel

feeling more like the teens and 20s. same wednesday. not putting the forecast in the there. that is the broadcast this morning. appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. see you for your weather, traffic, local news. stay warm. >> make it a great wednesday, everybody.

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>> good morning. breaking overnight. no moore. alabama delivers a stunning once in a generation upset. roy moore loses, the democrat, doug jones, declared the apparent winner in the hotly contested senate race. >> i just don't know what the hell to say. [ cheers and applause ] >> but moore refuses to concede. >> let's go home and sleep on it. >> this morning, the major implications for both parties, and the president. over the line? president trump under fire for a tweet stating that new york senator, kirsten gillibrand, will do anything for a political contribution after she calls for his resignation. >> it was a sexist smear attempted