he was taken to the hospital, still no update on his condition right now. rockville pike is closed in both directions as crews continue this investigation. good morning to you. i'm meagan fitzgerald. we want to get to melissa mollet straight head to get the latest on this crash. melis melissa, what are we learning. this is breaking news. probably going to be a big impact throughout today and this morning. rockville pike, crash investigation there with all lanes blocked. of course, that's right in front of the rockville metro station and station 3 where sander cohen, the volunteer firefighter was from. you can see a little bit of a delay southbound. again, everything shut down in boept directions. sheena? >> good morning, melissa. we're talking about the cold again this morning. nothing compared to what we had yesterday morning. here are the feels-like temperatures before you

outside. 28 in outside. winchester feels like 17 degrees. we're watching a clipper moving by up to the north. last night it brought snow briefly. this morning, we could be seeing slick spots because of it. the winter coat and gloves again today, the sweater, not the umbrella. but you do neild the sunglasses. we expect sunshine. we saw the sun move north of d.c. these are the areas mainly northern maryland where we could be seeing slick spots. be very careful driving in those areas this morning. we're also continuing to watch maybe flurries towards hagerstown. we'll show you the forecast into the afternoon and the weekend coming up. thank you, sheena. two people found dead in silver spring at the elizabeth house high-rise on fren wick street. police were originally called

out for an assault. police are expected to release more information later today. you can keep an eye on your nbc washington app this morning for any updates that come in. today, maryland governor, larry hogan will speak at the funeral of lieutenant sander cohen had. the deputy fire marshal was killed on a crash on i-270. he stopped to help fbi special agent carlos wolff who crashed. another car hit and killed both men. cohen's funeral is at 11:00 this morning at the synagogue in rockville. wolff ease funeral is also today in gaithersburg. you'll run into some road closures because of the cohen funeral today. here's what you need to know. montrose between montrose parkway and east jefferson street will be open to local traffic only. the slow lane of both eastbound and westbound montrose road will be closed.

morning. it will last until around early afternoon. the procession to the ceremony will begin at around 12:30. pbs talk show host tavis smiley, he's the ligatest to be suspended. after an independent investigation into more than one complaint, the network has hired an outside law firm to investigate smiley. it comes weeks after networks dismissed charlie rose. pbs didn't specifically spes fight nature of the allegation, but said in a statement "the inquiry uncovered multiple credible allegations of conduct that is inconsistent with the values and standards of pbs." smiley has been at the network since 2004. this morning, arizona senator john mccain is back in the hospital as he continues to battle brain cancer. like any daughter would be, megan mccain is

concerned about her dad. she is the co-host of the talk show, the view. yesterday on the show, former vice president joe biden sat down with megan and spoke to her not as a politician but as a father and a very sentimental moment. take a look. >> one of the things that -- was john. your dad, you may remember, you're a little kid, your dad took care of my beau. he talked about your dad's courage, not about his illness but about his courage. >> if that's not a moment that makes you tear up. he has the same type of cancer that killed beau two years ago. he's being treated at walter reed. later on today, the federal communications commission will be voting to repeal most of the agency's net neutrality rules. it means your internet provider could give

treatment to certain content and charge you more. the rules were intended to keep the internet open and fair. they bar internet providers from speeding up and slowing down traffic to certain websites and apps. today's s.e.c. vote could change that? >> it opens the door to a lot of things that we may not want to deal with. they can't just go to somebody else or better service if they don't like the service they're getting now. >> the republican controlled s.e.c. is expected to pass the repeal 3-2 across party line. net neutrality supporters say they will take their fight to court. if you're from the philadelphia or jersey area like i am, this is an exciting day. wawa is coming to d.c. so the district is getting a first wawa location. it opens at 9:00 this morning. the new store is located downtown along 19th and l streets in northwest. this is one

expected to come. sheena, you lived in philadelphia, right? >> i lived in philadelphia five years. i love wawa. their food is so fresh. it's good. it's like a little grocery store. no matter who you talk to who has had a wawa in their area absolutely loves it. they're the number one. it's just the best snooimts a big deal. >> now we have it. you can get a hot coffee this morning. get something hot. it's still pretty cold out there. we're going to have a breeze out there. we're also watching for the snowflakes. we're watching them through hagerstown. flurries through fredericksburg, martinsburg. we could be seeing slick spots. i'll show you the snow that passed through yesterday evening straight ahead. she's out of the white house. s

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the two preschoolers in tennessee who got into a scuffle this week. it's for a reason that most parents will understand. a 2-year-old dressed as a sheep wanted baby jesus doll in their nativity scene while mary, who is 3 years old, she wasn't having it. she's cute. >> everybody wants the baby jesus, right? just don't break it. >> the parents stepped in and just hurt feelings. >> get another one for christmas. >> they'll look at that when they're older and laugh. it's funny. >> i'm sure. moving on to the next story. this might be the wave of the future. >> which is kind of creepy and scary at the same time. >> at the same time, right. there's always inventions. take a look. the owner of a restaurant, they've replaced human waiters with robots and servers. >> that's creepy. i didn't -- they look like aliens. >> they do.

>> this is real life for some folks in india. they decided on the robot servers. customers placed orders by phone. >> what's happening? >> there they go. serving the food right there. they deliver food and drinks. the demand, though, for the robots is expected to go up over the next three years. >> it was nice knowing you megan, we'll be replaced in a couple weeks here. >> do they have to tip them? >> better not. what are the robots going to do with the tip money? >> you know what, that's getting rid of jobs for people. >> i think it's creepy and i think that little boy was trying to avoid having nightmares. >> covering his eyes. moving along to another story that i kind of like. i like wine. >> me too. >> get this. i don't know if you've noticed this. i guess i kind of noticed it. wine glasses are getting bigger

and bigger. whether in a restaurant or store, the size is growing. i guess to keep up with the stress level. >> even if the size of my wine glass has not grown, the amount of wine in it has grown. it doesn't matter. >> six one way, half a dozen the other. researchers say this is a true thing. the size of the wine glass has grown significantly over the last 300 years. since the year 1700, researchers say the size of the wine goblets increased seven times. >> seven? >> seven times. it has to do with an overall increase in wine consumption. >> that makes sense. now the bottles need to get bigger. otherwise, we go from how many glasses in a bottle? >> four. >> we know who the drinker is. >> or two. >> the bottles are v. to get bigger to make up for the large wine glasses. >> i think that's the right thing to do. whether it's a glass

or -- >> something to keep you warm. >> going to need it. >> yesterday morning was brutal. this morning, not as brutal but cold. feel like 28 degrees. the breeze is still making a difference. the breeze will be around today. we'll talk more about what you can expect with another shot of cold air tomorrow. thieves stealing valuable items from your car. what they're taking is unusual. why some are startin

breaking news in first 4 traffic. rockville pike near deers mill road. a crash investigation is under way. a pedestrian struck there last night. right now, all lanes northbound and southbound are blocked. you can see it's purpose am. nothing is moving at all this morning. here is a live look there. right now, we're shut down. megan? >> melissa, thank you. moving on to omarosa. you might not have heard. omarosa manigault no longer works for the trump administration. white house officials say the former reality tv star a confrontation with chief of staff john kelly and was ultimately pushed out of the office of the public liaison. there are reports they had to physically remove her but the

happen and all they did was deactivate her badge. we're always working for you. for this story, want to let you know about a particular vehicle that thieves are targeting. they seem to be after car doors from hondas and toyotas. police are saying they're committing the crimes in as little as ten minutes. we've spoken to several drivers who are victims. one in arlington, the other in baltimore. local body shop workers say, believe it or not, there is a market for doors. this next story is one out of the classic charlie brown christmas special. it may not be the most tradition tree you'll see. but thanks to the girl who saved it, it's become a lasting tribute to her and the holiday season. nbc's joe fryer has more. >> among the hundreds of

you might notice the scrawny one on the corner, which was moments away from removal until danielle intervened. >> she had a fit. it was like, no, you can't do that. all it needs it love and care and it deserves to live, dad. >> she called it her charlie brown tree. >> i never thought it was such a bad little tree. >> like the one in "a charlie brown christmas," the tv special and book. >> it needed a little love. >> because that's what she said. >> you see 12 years ago at the age of 16, danielle was in a car accident and died. >> just took our hearts away. >> understandably her parents weren't in the christmas spirit until someone hung an ornament on that tree that grew into a christmas tradition.

lights. >> that's a new one. it's danielle's charlie brown tree that's also a community tree. >> it's decorated for valentines, st. patrick's day and halloween. but this time of year means the most. they always light the tree on danielle's december birthday. a scrawny tree with surprising strength. most of us may not have seen it. thank goodness, danielle did. >> the brightest and the best of all. >> thanks to danielle. >> joe fryer, nbc news, houston, california. >> it's a beautiful story. say what you will will this cold weather, but it's putting a lot of people in the holiday spirit. it feels like it's about to be the holidays. >> yes. >> exactly. once it gets cold enough, to break out the gloves and the scarves and the heavy winter coat. a lot of people are thinking, it is the holiday

even if you have the seasonal depression, you still have to be in the holiday spirit. it can hit you afterwards, after the holidays are over, maybe into january when we start getting colder than that. this morning, you want to have the warm coat again. 36 is the temperature in the district. 28 degrees is what it feels like out there. we're going to see sunshine again today. that will help things feel brighter if you don't like the cold. still pretty breezy. it's not as cold this afternoon as it was yesterday. not nearly as cold. it will be pretty chilly and breezy. feels-like temperature about the 20s and low 30s. everybody feels below freezing currently. driving this morning, slick spots north of d.c. we did have snow showers move in yesterday evening from the clipper system. they've mostly stayed in maryland. temperatures in the mid-30s by 7:00 a.m. by noon, dry roads. around 40 degrees. 5:00 p.m., the low 40s. this was last night.

not too much. just briefly. this morning, we're left with fairly dry conditions. we could see slick spots to the north. hagerstown seeing more of the snow showers trying to move in. that clipper is still up in pennsylvania. but it's trying to swing part of the area some flurries. mostly very northern maryland. tomorrow we have another chance for flurries. colder in the 30s. the weekend looks pretty good. back in the 40s. 50s into monday. meagan? >> sheena, thank you. this time last week, his son was still alive. now a local father is trying to come to terms with his son's death. why he says the police didn't do enough to help. we continue to follow breaking news this morning in montgomery county. a major roadway is back open after an overnight accident. but we're learning there was a fatality. how it could impact your drive so work thi morning.

a man found his teenage son dead in the woods, not police. he died over the weekend in bethesda. police believe the death was a tragic accident. pat collins spoke with sepehri's father saying police didn't do enough to help find his son. >> monday night, 17-year-old navid sepehri, a senior in high school, was found dead near the bannockburn swim club. he was found by his father. he talked to me about it but asked that we not show his face. >> you found him? >> i found him. >> you were alone. >> i was alone. >> the police? >> they were gone. >> this all began saturday night. there was a party on elgin lane. there was drinking at the

navid and some other teens left on foot. navid missing for about 18 hours before he was found in these woods, and his father says police did little to help. >> police didn't do anything for us, nothing. zero. nothing, nothing to help us. sitting in the shopping center, drinking coffee. >> police say they were out and nearby when he found his son. >> when the father cried out, there were other officers nearby in the woods who heard navid's father exclaim that he had found his son. >> he said at 3:00 a.m. sunday morning, he went to the bethesda police station and talked to an officer about his missing son. he says the cop told him to wait. >> she told me that, this

just wait until tomorrow morning, 10:00, 11:00, i'm sure he'll show up. >> police say they are reviewing this case. >> so the book is not closed on this? >> no, it's not. >> the cause of death here still yet to be determined by the medical examiner. in bethesda, pat collins, news 4. your time now is 4:26. "news4 today" continues right now with aaron and eun. that breaking news a popular roadway shut down overnight because of an accident. we're working for you with a look at whether it could impact your commute to work. there are two words you probably heard. net neutrality, the vote expected to happen today. how it could dramatically change your online experience. >> hawks or hoax? what the redskins are saying about an apparent name change. good morning everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. i'm eun yang. so we

yesterday. >> yes. >> i stood outside to run a few errands, the worst day to run them, the wind. i was freezing. >> it was bad. it got better later in the day. today not as bad, still cold though. >> we do have breaking news this traffic. >> yes, we do. this was shut down overnight. a fatal pedestrian accident in rockville. a man crossing the street hit in front of the rockville metro station. we have just reopened. northbound, southbound has reopened. we did have that purple color in here. but no problem getting around that crash scene at this point this morning. there's a live look at traffic getting through there. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, everything is nice and green. we do have this though east on 66 at fairfax county parkway. two left lanes getting by the work zone there. >> good morning, melissa. yesterday was brutal with the wind and the cold. t

it's still cold. but it's not as bad. that's how we'll label it today. not as bad. feels like 28. yesterday morning at this time, we were feeling below 10 degrees. it's not that bad. you still do need to bundle up this morning. make sure the kids do. look at the snow from yesterday. this was between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. we had snow showers move through mainly north of the district. let's look at that again. this was late last night. temperatures were below freezing. mainly northern maryland, we could see slick spots. i want to make mention of it. near hagerstown. a few snowflakes falling there and near thurmont. we'll talk about what to expect later on today and another chance for flurries as we end out the week. breaking news in silver spring. >> we have a death investigation going on. >> it was a scary night for residents in a hiri

spring. take a look at the video here. this was the heavy police presence outside the elizabeth house on fenwick street. police tell us they got a call at 9:00 last night for an assault. they found people dead inside. there's no word on you can keep an eye on the nbc washington app. we'll have more updates and send them to you. back to you. >> meagan, thank you. today, maryland governor larry hogan will speak at the funeral off sander cohen. he was stopped on the side of the road to help fbi special agent carlos wolff who crashed. another car hit and killed both men. cohen's funeral is this morning in rockville. the church of the redeemer

you'll run into road closures because of the cohen funeral today. monday rose road between montrose parkway and east jefferson street will be open to local traffic only. the slow lane of both east and westbound will be closed. that begins at 7:00 a.m. and lasts until early in the afternoon. the processions at the cemetery begin around 12:30. 4:30 now. a man responsible for ramming his car in charlottesville will appear in court today. >> prosecutors say james fields jr. was behind the wheel of this car when he drove into the crowd in august. heather hier died because of that crash. he's charged with that and nine other felonies. a former massage envy therapist is expected to plead guilty in court. he's charged with improperly touching two women at the location in northwest d.c.