a little bit cold out there, chuck bell. snow in the future possibly? >> we could track a little chance for snow between noon and 6:00 p.m. don't start picking out snowman names at this point. it's premature for that. we are tracking a chance for a couple of snowflakes to come our way. as of now, it is a cold start to the day. dry for now as well. not much of a wind out there early this morning. but what little breeze there is has shaved a couple of degrees off the temperatures. so the feels-like factors are mostly in the low to mid 20s. a cold start to the morning. we are watching a little clipper. moisture starved to say the very least. it will bring a chance for snow here. half an inch to maybe an inch. the timing of it, noon to 6:00 p.m. it's a lot more forward in the day. the best chance from the

corridor to the eastern bay. nothing towards the shenandoah valley or across much of northern virginia. we'll kuip posted on that. here's the way the day is looking. the little snow chance during the middle of the afternoon. we'll show you that on future weather in a few minutes. back over to news. chuck bell, thank you very much. we are following a developing story in charles county. authorities are searching for a gunman in waldorf. a man was killed on holly avenue last night. chopper 4 was over the scene as investigators collected evidence. deputies say the gunman took off in a dark-colored sedan. this right here, this will take time to repair. take a look at the damage after a car crashed into the d.c. warner theater. d.c. police say the department of public works van that was parked in front of the theater rolled and crashed into the stairs. one woman was hurt. she is expected to be okay.

a heartbreaking story continues as we continue to cover the southern california wildfires. they continue to rage out of control. san diego firefighter killed trying to fight the thomas fire, he was carried off to the coroner's office yesterday. engineer cory iverson's body as you see there, as i mentioned, he was taken to the coroner's office and the streets in san diego were lined with firefighters. they lined the freeways and overpasses and stood on top of vehicles to salute him as you see there. those who knew iverson say they are devastated. >> this is a tragic event. it's a reminder of the inherent dangers we face in california with wildfires. the risk that we take in the fire service. >> iverson leaves behind a pregnant wife and a 2-year-old daughter. he was just 32 years old. new and disturbing details about the d.c. school aide

23-year-old krishna garrett worked at the school. she posted a video on snapchat. it shows aides trying to change the diaper of a 13-year-old girl with multiple disabilities and the cognitive level of an 11-month-old. she made the video to document her stressful day and titled it, want to go home. she told police she felt remorse after watching the video later that day. today, the d.c. council is hosting a public hearing on the graduation scandal ahtyt ballou high school. it revealed dozens of students graduated from high school last year in southeast even though they had high rates of unexcused absences.

building at 10:00 a.m. mayor muriel bowser has also launched an investigation into the allegations. developing this morning, the gop is scrambling to get its tax plan passed. the president wants to sign the bill by christmas. republicans may not have the votes. florida senator marco rubio is threatening to vote no unless he gives american families a bigger child tax credit. utah senator mike lee is undecided and tennessee senator bob corker says he doesn't like it. republicans are also concerned about mississippi senator cochran who missed votes this week for health reasons and of course, arizona senator john mccain could also miss the vote since he's still in the hospital. republicans can only afford to lose two votes. the latest member to exit the trump administration isn't going quietly. omarosa manigault newman s

why she resigned. she was the only african-american woman in the senior staff of the white house. one of the things she said during last night's interview was that she's troubled by president trump's handling of the violence in charlottesville. >> and we all were shocked and repulsed by what we saw, yet the president said there were fine people in the crowd and bad folks on either side. >> i know that he -- >> sources say omarosa was pushed out by chief of staff john kelly and had to be escorted off the white house grounds. she says that is not true. omarosa says there's other issues she had with the white house, but she won't go into detail until her job is officially over, which is next month. and fans of the star wars

films, the last jedi are flocking to theaters for showings across the country. folks overseas came out and drove to see the screening in mumbai and bolivia. expect to see plenty of fans dressed as movie characters out and about today. this is the final film to feature carrie fisher. you'll remember, she died last yeefrmt for the fans dressing up, it's fun. who doesn't like to dress up. but you know, it's going to be cold today. at least cover it with something and then maybe just kind of open it. >> keep you a little warmer. >> if you dress like darth vader, you've got the cape and the hood. i think that would be a warm costume. but what do i know? >> we're tracking a little bit of chance for snowflakes during parts of the afternoon. you want to see snow today, the farther east you go, the better your chances will be. may have to go to the jersey shore to get an inch, though. planning your bus stops, plan on

20s and 30s all day long. another hollywood a-lister accused of sexual misconduct. the disturbing allegations against a two-time oscar winner. if you still need a gift for the woman who has everything, we found it. the purse that will have you saying, cheers.

did you know, today is national ugly christmas sweater day. find your most festive and obnoxious ugly sweater and put it on. to celebrate the occasion, there's promotions going on right now to today. alaska airlines is running a one-day deal. passengers wearing ugly christmas jumpers will get to board the plane 15 minutes early. you know, i think that's a deal, though. >> sure. >> i always get there late because i want to get my last-minute coffee or something. throw on your ugly sweater. >> do they have assigned seating. >> i think they do. >> at southwest, that would be something. because you don't have assigned seats. >> that's true. >> you're already assigned to 47f. >> at least you have an opportunity to get overhead space. >> that's true. >> ai travel so light, i don't need a lot of space. >> that's what the checke

is for. i don't like hoofing stuff through the airport. >> if you have an ugly sweater tweet us and use the nbc4 holidays hash tag. a new twitter theory believes santa's rain deers are actually female. how about that. >> sure. >> it began when a woman tweeted her support for female reindeer. she said male antlreindeer lose their antlers in the winter. still don't know what to get for mom. i don't know if you've seen this. this is how -- >> oh, lord. >> this purse functions as a wine dispensing purse. it's called the porto vino. there's a flap, you lift the flap. you fill up that little pouch with the wine.

i think this could be -- >> sounds like an italian purse in port fino. >> if you call it a european leather carry all then men can use it as well. >> they come up with everything these days. >> absolutely. >> it works. >> remember not to drink and drive. >> that's very true. absolute absolutely. if you are going outside shopping today, bundle, bundle up. >> absolutely right. it's going to stay cold. there are mild days ahead. he'll check the forecast in a

i. there are new sexual misconduct allegations against actor dustin hoffman and one involves a minor. three women talked to variety magazine. one says the two-time oscar winner exposed himself to her in 1980, when she was 16 years old. two others say hoffman sexually assaulted them while they were working on a movie in the 1980s. nbc news has not independently con fifrfirmed the claims and hoffman's lawyer denied the

allegations. today is the last day to sign up for insurance under the affordable care act. unless you live in maryland. the deadline there is december 22nd. the baltimore sun says it was extended by a week to help procrastinators. there has been a push to end the current program. as of right now, it still remains in place. 2, 1, 0. lift on off. >> we should see another one of these spectacular take-offs today. spacex is scheduled to launch a falcon 9 rocket from cape canaveral. the rocket will deliver surprise equipment and science experiments to the international space station. some babies left the hospital because of -- some say they're severe. kristin wright shares the story of a nurse at howard university hospital who makes it her

>> just kicking owl the wires. >> nurse white is doing what she always dreamed. >> welcome to this new world. >> white is a neonatal nurse at howard university hospital. in 35 years, imagine all the babies. >> they will get the benefit of your milk and they'll say god made for them. >> she keeps this old photo in a scrapbook at work. two volunteers rocking newborns abandoned at howard university hospital by drug addicted mothers in the '80s. >> crack coe kachblt crack cocaine hit the streets of washington, d.c., hit the streets of the united states and it significantly affected maternal instincts. >> during the crack epidemic howard housed as man a as 32 babies. >> it ended up being a marvelous daycare center. we

>> white remembers how the community pitched in. >> the community responded with open arms and checkbooks. >> that tradition of giving to help babies continues this saturday with howard university hospital's 25th annual child and family celebration for at-risk kids. the program has evolved into the border babies prevention program. >> we are not taking care of children here at the hospital. but we're taking care of the children in the community. >> border babies are never forgotten. in the district, kristin wright, news 4. i love that. love those feel-good stories. chuck bell, it is going to be a cold day here. if it's going to be cold, at least have something to show for it. possibly snow? >> i think just enough conversational snowflakes to keep everybody in the christmas spirit a little bit. not enough where you're going to

afternoon or evening shoveling. it's not going to add up to too much. not everybody is going to get it. we'll show you here on future weather in a second. right now what you need to know, snow possible, mainly between lunchtime and dinnertime. nowhere near as cold tomorrow. more clouds coming back on sunday. maybe light rain possible late sunday or monday. not much of a threat there either. right now, it's 30 degrees in washingt washington. 27 degrees in manassas. 23 in leesburg. seasonably cold start to your day. here's what we're watching here. alberta clipper across parts of michigan. it's riding a speedy jet stream in our direction. you can tell there. it is moisture starved. you have to get closer to the bay and the ocean and pick up moisture there. that's going to lead to our snow chance later on in the day today. as a result, the weather service issued a winter weather advisory. the time goes from 1:00 to 7:00.

early as lunchtime. 12:00 or so. the only location wefst of the potomac is arlington. eastbound of the bay, no one in northern virginia outside of arlington county is included in this advisory. here's future weather. at 1:00, a quick little hit possibly between 1:00 and 3:00 or 4:00 or 5:00 this afternoon. traveling eastbound on to the eastern shore, if you're going to philadelphia or new jersey, you'll have a better chance of picking up an inch of snow there. sheena is here, we'll be teamed up and bring you the latest in a minute. >> chuck, thank you. an area legislator proposing a change because of an i-team report. the new push to keep child predators out of our schools. ahead at 4:30, the tolls on the new 66 express lanes hit an all-time high, folks. how much some folks are paying,

the i-team continues to get results. week before the legislature convenes for the 2018, a key committee formally approved plans for new legislation to better protect children. our slipping through the cracks investigation earlier this year reveals virginia's current laws could leave children vulnerable to predators working inside their schools. scott macfarlane explains how key members of the legislature are proposing changes. >> reporter: this summer the news 4 i-team revealed child protective services found an elementary school teacher engaged in sex abuse against a third grade girl. the teacher always denied the

his name on a child abuse registry and he lost. the i-team found during the appeal over a span of nearly two years, the man managed to find a new teaching job in prince george's county. virginia law allows teachers to keep their licenses and their names off the state child abuse registry and keep teaching during their appeal. >> all in favor, say aye? >> arlington county senator who chairs the commission on youth says that loophole in law puts kids at risk. >> it was important that you all got on this and exposed it and enabled lawmakers to actually look at this issue and take some corrective action. >> the commission just formally voted to recommend new law when the legislature reconvenes in january to reduce the length of those appeals to 90 days to, among other things, prevent people found to have engaged in child abuse from stringing out their appeals and potentially finding new work in other schools. >> this is about the safety of our children. we want the best enro

school and obviously to learn in school. but to do that, they have to be safe. >> that was scott macfarlane reporting there. virginia's teachers union is waiting to see the language in the actual bill when introduced next month. in a statement, the union told the i-team it has frequently urged a speedier resolution to these cases but says teachers often face scheduling difficulties and delays dealing with local social service offices. the time now is 4:25. "news4 today" continues with aaron and eun. now on "news4 today," metro riders have been dealing with delays all week. now we're learning the cause. it's similar to the reason for a deadly crash. why metro says your safety isn't necessarily at risk. $44 to drive on 66.

express lanes. what's being blamed for this price hike. first, say it ain't snow. you could see it where you live. >> man up, aaron. not going to be that much. >> each a little bit of snow when everybody is driving home in the afternoon, the roads will be crazy, right? >> but it's not all the roads. that's good. >> all right. >> it's only part of the area. we don't like the panic on the roads. >> no. >> everyone tries to swerve to miss the snowflakes. that's where the trouble comes in. >> who does that? >> that's where the trouble starts. >> that sounds like a personal issue to miss a snowflake. >> i think there's 535 of them off the top of my head. mostly cloudy skies coming in later today. there is a winter weather

p.m. it includes arlington and the district. montgomery, prince george's, anne arundel county, howard county. the eastern side of the i-95 corridor. any snow that comes along could be light. it could add up to a half an inch to an inch. that's about it. >> the timing of it. lunchtime to dinnertime. the location of it mainly d.c. eastbound of the bay and the ocean. we're watching it for you. to get you out the door this morning, nothing to worry about. temperatures mostly in the mid to upper 20s. it will be a stick your tongue out at mother nature kind of day. temperatures just above the freezing mark. let's go over to see if anyone is swerving around with melissa mollet. >> no problems on the beltway this morning. taking a look at 270 from 70 to the spur, you are still on time southbound there. northbound as well. you don't have any issues northbnd

looking quite good this morning. 66 and 95, virginia, also rolling along nicely. we'll look at prince george's county in a couple of minutes. melissa, thank you. 4:28 now. we're following a developing store any charles county. sheriffs deputies are searching for a gunman. he was shot to death at holly avenue at spruce street last night. >> investigators collected evidence and the gunman took off in a dark-colored sedan. this will take some time to repair. take a look at this. this is the damage a car caused outside of d.c.'s warner theater. a department of public works van that was parked in front of the theater rolled and crashed into the stairs. one woman was hurt. but she's expected to be okay. >> a major shutdown on the red line this weekend. it will have an emergency shutdown between silver spring and rhode island avenue to replace thousands of feet of cable. according to the

post," the weekend shutdown is from defects in the signal system, similar to the one that caused a fatal crash in fort totten. there's only a small chance that worn-out cables could cause the control center to lose sight of a train. heartbreak in southern california where wildfires continue to rage out of control. a san diego firefighter was killed trying to fight the thomas fire. the fire is among the largest ever recorded in the state. yesterday engineer cory iverson's body was taken in a procession to the coroner's office. he was a san diego firefighter killed in the line of duty. the firefighters lined a freeway overpass. you can see there. stood on top of the vehicles to salute him. those who knew iverson say they're devastated. >> this is a tragic event. it's a reminder of the inherent dangers that we face here in califo w

risks that we take in the fire service. >> iverson leaves behind a pregnant wife and a 2-year-old daughter. he was 32 years old. terribly sad. some new details this morning about the d.c. school aide charged with voyeurism. the 23-year-old worked at a charter school. posted a video of aides change the diaper of a 13-year-old and the cognitive ability of an 11-month-old. she told police she felt remorse after watching the video later that day. today the d.c. council is hosting a public hearing on the graduation scandal at ballou high school. staff, students, parents and alumni will be able to testify. an investigation by npr radio revealed dozens of students graduated last june from the high school even though they had high rates of unexcused